How to install obfs4proxy on Mac (or any platform)
With this guide, building and installing obfs4proxy is a no-brainer if you know how to use a terminal and have Git and Go installed.
How to install and enable firewall (UFW) on Raspberry Pi and basic configuration
In this guide you will learn how to install a firewall on your Raspberry Pi and enable it without locking yourself out. This guide of course also applies to any Debian or Ubuntu Server, no matter if a Pi or PC. What is a firewall? Firewall illustration by Bruno Pedrozo [...]
How to embed a GitHub Gist (code snippet) in WordPress (or any site)
In this guide you will learn how to embed a GitHub Gist (code-snippet) into your website (WordPress and others). Say you want a nicely formatted piece of code on your site, for example a WordPress site, but you don't want to install any plugins or libraries. Why not just embed [...]
What is Synology LXQt?
A hidden gem, that's what it is! You see, I always liked how Synology has a web interface that is like a desktop, with windows and applications that really make you feel like you're "computing in the cloud". Of course a Synology NAS has its limits as to what you [...]
Why you probably shouldn’t double-hash passwords and some thoughts
I had some thoughts about password hashing and password strength, and would like to share those with you. First we'll look into hashing and then into the topic of commonly used passwords, password strength, and possible ways to enforce strong passwords.
[ULTIMATE GUIDE] customize /etc/resolv.conf with persistence
You might want to have your own /etc/resolv.conf but it keeps getting overwritten or lost. I have the solution! On systems like Ubuntu 18.04, by default the file /etc/resolv.conf is controlled by systemd-resolved. Usually it fetches the DNS servers and domain name (search domain) from DHCP and writes it to [...]
What are the default Pi-hole block lists?
It's handy to know, so here they are: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts https://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt To restore Pi-hole to the default blocking lists, just delete all the lists but these six five lists. Note: There used to be a sixth list, which is now dead so you can safely delete it: https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt [...]
Big block-lists for Pi-hole
I used to have huge collection of block-lists for my Pi-hole(s) but I was annoyed about all the false positives, and decided to reset to the default lists that come with it. That way, I had no more issues and it would still block ads. But this also meant tracking [...]
Using an SSH tunnel to bypass firewalls and protecting yourself from snooping
While VPN's are great for virtual private networks (hence the name), it is often overkill if you just want to bypass a firewall or get an encrypted tunnel to protect yourself from snooping (e.g. on public Wi-Fi). More often than not, a VPN is also a paid service unless you [...]
Minecraft (SpigotMC) Server in Docker
Update 2020-November-12 I used to suggest using the image openjdk:8-alpine but it wasn't updated in a year, so I now suggest using openjdk:8-jre which seems to be actively maintained! I also added "nogui" at the end of the command as Spigot does now accept and understand it. Like the previous [...]