Accessing resources remotely without cumbersome jumpboxes and dealing with restrictive red tape has been a recurring challenge for many. In this blog post, I will introduce a method to seamlessly extend your Wide Area Network (WAN) to the cloud and open inbound ports to a network within a firewall that Read more…
Introduction: Have you ever wanted to test how a system reacts, displays information, or handles attacks by pushing a bunch of PCAP (Packet Capture) files through a router or an Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS)? In this blog post, we’ll show you an easy and free method to accomplish Read more…
All kinds of interesting information can be found using the Elasticsearch API. https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-search.html I find it easier than using Kibana, but Kibana was necessary to figure out the query language. Using the same queries, you can save out results and sort through them. The simplest example would be something like Read more…
I started with acloud.guru AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate course. https://acloudguru.com/course/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate-saa-c02 If you get the pro subscription, you get access to labs without having to create your own AWS accounts. I think it’s 50 bucks a month, but you may be able to find this on Udemy for cheaper. AWS Read more…
Using FreeBSD 12 RELEASE disc1https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/ Once the system is up, install the packages below. # fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/12.0-RELEASE/src.txz# tar -C / -xzvf src.txz# portsnap fetch && portsnap extract# pkg update -f && pkg upgrade && pkg install -y open-vm-tools sudo vim htop py27-pip git netmap lua51 gmake gzip bro Additional system Read more…
Google doesn’t allow you to bridge their network box so you would have to double NAT and double port forward. Default: fiber_line –> fiber_to_ethernet_jack –> Google_Network_Box The Google Fiber network box powers the fiber to Ethernet jack via Power over Ethernet. You need a PoE injector unless you have a Read more…
Ubuntu, RHEL and Suse are now the only “supported” distros when it comes to the proprietary AMD GPU drivers. Historically, nvidia has always had the worst opensource driver for linux, but some would argue the best closed source driver. AMD has been the other way around. Opensource AMD GPU drivers Read more…
When I was first starting out in IT, I had to get Compaq and IBM laptop certifications so I could RMA parts to repair the mountain of systems on my desk. I lost so many screws it isn’t even funny. I always loved the old late 90s IBM laptops for Read more…
Let’s say I want to send some spoofed email to a friend of mine to help him test his MTA and I have authorization to do so. I need to do recon and prepare some things before I start sending emails. The first thing is a PTR record for my Read more…