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As part of my new job, I'm learning a lot more about the mysteries of the Domain Name System than any mortal should know I thought possible. The humble unix dig command allows you to query all sort of DNS information. For example, to see name server records for the BBC website, you can run: dig bbc.co.uk NS Which will…
We're so excited to announce that Video Rooms is entering beta in Element, just as a new Room Search is exiting beta!
We have expanded our DNS blocking service with Gambling and Adult content filters!
On my home network I have guest WiFi configured and when guests come round they need to know the password. Happily there's a way to make thi...
A design pattern to reduce centralized control and change incentives in social networks.
Despite being designed and operated as a decentralized network-of-networks, the Internet is continuously subjected to forces that encourage centralization. This document offers a definition of centralization, explains why it is undesirable, identifies different types of it, catalogues limitations of common approaches…
Insights on running a Home Area Network (HAN) nearly completely on open source software, including configurations and metrics.
sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.
When I got my first iPhone in March I was surprised to find that iMessage didn’t support scheduling messages to be sent at a later time. This feature is pretty common on some other messaging platforms, and it’s especially useful when I remember I need to text my mom (who always has her ringer turned on) about…
Today we’re going to be talking about this code, shared on Twitter by Paul Moore. It’s worth noting that this code snippet was after Paul attempted to alert them to security issues with…
No matter where you go, there you are If you're like me, you travel occasionally. Access to your office from home, or from an airport loun...
Impersonating someone in SMS texts is way too easy, we must change this to prevent social engineering fraud.
Use this guide to setup Tailscale SSH. Learn how it transforms SSH connectivity by using your Tailscale identity for authentication. Enjoy simplified setup, added security with WireGuard®, and customizable access with ACLs. Ideal for managing secure connections across your tailnet.
An introduction to QUIC and its potential for censorship resistance, as well as a survey of current QUIC blocking in China, India, Russia and Uganda.
On June 15 we're showing how Matter will work and guide you in getting it set up.
Mnpn's website and blog containing projects and other information.
A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has demonstrated for the first time that the Bluetooth signals emitted constantly by our mobile phones have a unique fingerprint that can be used to track individuals’ movements.
Experimenting with ultrasonic data transmission in JavaScript as a payment method.
A Daily guide on live streaming, RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, low latency audio/video, and real-time calls, and well as their similarities and differences.
Guest Post: TCPLS takes advantage of decades of performance optimizations made to TCP and has also a few other tricks up its sleeves.
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Yes, some people do it, and yes, for some people, it works fine. But..... If you're standing up a new server and it has an IPv6 IP address, ...
Pipes are ubiquitous in Unix --- but how fast can they go on Linux? In this post we'll iteratively improve a simple pipe-writing benchmark from 3.5GiB/s to 65GiB/s, guided by Linux `perf`.
After about a decade of dealing with this madness, surely it's been worthwhile? No, not really.
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
This installment will review and demonstrate functional exploits for WinAPRS on both Windows XP SP3 and Windows 10.
Let's start at the beginning: it all started with me trying to boot a system which receives its initial ramdisk over XMODEM.
Floodgap has had a T1 line since I moved into this house in 2011. I'm one of those weirdos who runs my own hardware and prefers to avoid ...
Automating Verizon number searches to find rare phone numbers with repeating digits.
