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How to fill storage space on an iPhone or iPad with little effort
Before I sell-on my old gadgets, I always try to do a factory reset and erase all data. I want to make it as difficult as I can for future owners to recover my personal data. As an additional step, … Continue reading
How to share a Bluetooth mouse between Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux (dual boot)
Here’s a little python script I put together to help get a Bluetooth mouse to work across both partitions on my daughter’s laptop. I’ve included some potentially helpful pix at the bottom of the post.
Posted in Linux, Networking, Windows
Tagged Bluetooth, Linux, Mouse, Python, Ubuntu, Windows
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Secure administration of Splunk Free on Linux using SSH port forwarding (or tunnelling)
Splunk is a great data search, monitoring and analysis tool, and a cut-down version of the tool – Splunk Free – is available for learning/testing purposes. One of the limitations of the free version is that there are no user … Continue reading
Qualys Cloud Agent installation issue caused by ISP’s ‘helpful’ DNS response [Fixed!]
When I tried to do a Qualys vulnerability scan of a Fedora 29 system today, things didn’t go too smoothly. First, I downloaded and installed the Qualys Cloud Agent – so far, so good. The next step was to run … Continue reading
Facebook CTF (Capture The Flag) platform – Bad Gateway
Facebook recently released their CTF (Capture The Flag) platform as an Open Source project on GitHub, so I thought I’d check it out. I thought it might be fun to host some Capture The Flag competitions with friends and colleagues. What … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Security
Tagged Capture The Flag, CTF, Facebook, Linux, open source, Security
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Mobile internet IP address craziness – fun with Single Packet Authorization
Due to a new ongoing need for me to be able to connect to my home lab away from home, I’ve set up an SSH server to connect back in through. As I didn’t want people to be trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Networking, Security
Tagged fwknop, Linux, network config, Networking, openssh, Security, SPA, ssh
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VirtualBox ‘vboxmanage hostonlyif’ memory error fixed
I have a VirtualBox virtual environment running on an Ubuntu 12.04 machine, and as part of the network configuration I have static routes set up on the host machine so that I can get through to the virtual machines via … Continue reading
Vistron MX-200i Reciva Internet Radio – fixing corrupt network config
I bought this radio cheap from ebuyer years ago, and was very pleased with it until I changed wireless router. From that point on, I couldn’t get the radio to remember the new network config. The factory reset option did … Continue reading
Picture frame with Wireless Intrusion Detection System (WIDS) functionality (O2 Joggler & Kismet)
What’s this? Someone is powering on a wireless router with the same SSID as my home network! Are they hoping I’ll accidentally connect to their wifi so that they can sniff my traffic? Outrageous! Thankfully, my digital picture frame is … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Networking, Security
Tagged bash, joggler, kismet, Linux, open source, Security, shell script, xubuntu
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Ubuntu 12.04, NetworkManager, and vSphere 4 customization specifications
Getting Ubuntu 12.04 running in vSphere 4 was dead easy. Once a default setup was installed, the next step was to convert it to a template so that new Ubuntu 12.04 VMs could be easily created on demand. The first … Continue reading
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