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Just learned a neat little trick to test the network speed between two servers running Linux using Netcat. On machine one, open up the port using netcat. and on machine two, write to it using dd. Your output should look … Read More
Eternalblue is a vulnerability in SMB on Windows 7 and older machines that were leaked by the ShadowBrokers group on April 14th, 2017. CVE-2017-0144, aka. Eternalblue is an incredibly severe vulnerability which the NVD gave a score of 8.1. Eternalblue uses a … Read More
There is not doubt that Linux has a pretty good market share in the server world, and Android, the Linux based mobile operating system, is doing pretty well also. But why is Linux, that was written for the Desktop, doing so … Read More
Outsiders see Linux users as these hardcore neckbeard having hackers. This post is to prove that us Linux users have a sense of humor too, and instead of doing constructive things we often waste time so that other people can … Read More
As Linux users, most of us spend a lot of time in our terminal emulator. Some people actually make it a point to do as much at the command line as they can, taking CLI apps like MPV over a GUI media player. … Read More
If you are new to programming, looking online and trying to find the best first language to learn could very well turn you off to programming altogether. In this post, I am going to try to take an objective look at what … Read More
I’m sure that many of you have already heard that the House has voted to eliminate the FCC ISP privacy rules. If not, they did a fantastic write-up at Ars Technica. I personally am very upset about this whole turn … Read More
So I recently realized that I actually hate the Solarized color scheme. The problem with switching is that I could never find the right color scheme to replace it. I wanted something that had a darker background, because the off-blue background of … Read More
I decided to just take a few minutes and give a quick rundown of some of the tools that I use on a regular basis. Some of these tools might be tools that you aren’t used to using or haven’t heard … Read More
I made a new wallpaper for my computer and thought it would be worth sharing in case anyone else liked it. It’s pretty minimalist, but most things that I do are.