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Host Your Stuff - Part VII
Lasers, linecards and Linuxes - Making all your computers talk. Usually. Essentials of Networking for Self-Hosting A capable, stable internal network will be crucial for a reliable self-hosting experience and will form the backbone of your home server environment. Upgrading from the all-in-one ISP provided box will be a good
Want to secure your enterprise? Don't buy enterprise security.
At this point, I'm not sure there is anything worse you can do to your security posture than pay for enterprise security solutions.
Certified Great Place To Work
I started this article at the top of the eighth hour of Severity 1 bridge calls where I have said a cumulative six words and spent most of that time waiting on the person who started the bridge to show up to their own Sev1 while watching or participating in
A NorthSec CTF experience
Against his better judgement, Murdoc goes to NorthSec 2025.
Getting popped is a business decision.
Over at our lovely Discord server, we have some great debates almost on a daily basis. And we don't talk exclusively about cybersecurity, mind you. We have this running joke about it being a hockey Discord. Or a philosophy Discord. Or even a Warhammer 40k Discord. We run
A Cyberpunks Guide to the 21st Century
"We are all tiny godless monkey brains piloting meat suits amongst billions of others, powerless to grasp the scale and impact of our actions, but desperate for connection we constantly deny ourselves out of fear of the mounting complexity of modern life." - Prig. This article is dedicated
Fingerprint what, exactly?
A recent spirited discussion in the Cranky Comrades Discord occurred regarding this article: https://blog.foxio.io/ja4%2B-network-fingerprinting which highlighted the continuing mindset that a new detection method, a new signature style or a new standard will "fix" the issues with the old versions and then we&
Host Your Stuff - Part VI
Let's make a blog!
Host Your Stuff - Part V
Introduction to Home Server Storage Hardware So you've got your first piece of your home server purring away, but that single drive is feeling a bit cramped. So what now? Enter stage left, Network Attached Storage or a NAS. More local storage versus a NAS Before building a
Cord cutting Spotify
Let’s fix the problem of Spotify making too much money while still keeping access to our music.
Host Your Stuff - Part IV
How do you do, fellow self-hosting enthusiasts? Today we are doing some actual self-hosting. We'll do it two ways: locally, and remotely. Let's start with the former because all you need for that is a computer in front of you. Windows, macOS, or Linux. No Z/
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Host your stuff - Part III
Today we ssh!
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Host Your Stuff - Part II
This guide will help you navigate the hardware options available, from repurposing old hardware to selecting new equipment, with a focus on practical, cost-effective solutions that won't break the bank or drive up your electricity bill
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Host Your Stuff - Part I
This is part 1 of the 32x33 Institute's Host Your Stuff series. In this post, we figure out how to domain name.
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Your guide to self-hosting
Introduction What is a home server? A home server is a dedicated system within a private network that provides services such as file storage, application hosting, media streaming, or even web hosting. Think of it as a personal data center scaled down to meet the needs of a household or
The problem with pretend money.
Hello, and welcome to the first post of 2025! I hope you had the chance to wind down and mentally prepare for what's next. Let's kick things off in style, and talk about cryptocurrencies. Right off the bat: ransomware only exists because cryptocurrencies are available and
hot-takes
Raspberry Pi as a security device, pipe dream or reality?
An exploration into the question: could you use a Raspberry Pi to improve network security for a small business? Haters will say...
comedy
When your identity gets stolen 😅
Ignorance is a flimsy shield.
Your OpSec is Your Problem
If you've been around the internet for as long as I have, you might have come across the incredibly annoying, and, quite frankly, weird phenomenon that is people not knowing their own email address. You see, one of my email accounts is a Gmail account that I got
hot-takes
Profit and Prejudice: Substack still has a Nazi problem
The Company continues to profit from hate.
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We need to talk. Discretely.
The US election wasn't free. It cost a pretty penny, but how much did the Company gain?
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So you're being targeted by a phishing campaign
Resources & references on where to report phishing attempts
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Our Daily Breach - Internet Archives is under attack (again)
Internet Archives is under attack... again. Hackers love this single trick to maintain persistence.