Once you start using a zero trust network, the first causality is normally the Ping command. The gping (Graphical Ping) command line displays a color coded realtime graph of continuous pings to a specified host and it supports specifying alternate interfaces/gateways. First lets find which interface to use. The “arp -a” command is used to display […]
Read more →If you have multiple connections on your device (and maybe you have a zero trust client installed); how do you find out which network interface on your device will be used to route the traffic? Below is a route get request for googles DNS service: If you have multiple interfaces enabled, then the first item […]
Read more →If you have just changed ISPs or moved house and your internet suddenly starts misbehaving the likelihood is your Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is set too high for your ISP. The default internet facing MTU is 1500 bytes, BUT depending on your setup, this often needs to be set much lower. Step 1: First check […]
Read more →If you have just changed ISPs or moved house and your internet suddenly starts misbehaving the likelihood is your Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is set too high for your ISP.…
Read more →I frequently forget this command shortcut, so this post is simply because I am lazy. To clear your history in iTerm press Command + K. Control + L only clears the screen, so as soon as you run the next command you will see the scroll back again. If you want to view your command […]
Read more →There are three basic ways to secure email, these are: Sender Policy Framework (SPF), Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM), Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) definitions. Lets quickly discuss these before we talk about how to check if they have been setup: SPF helps prevent spoofing by verifying the sender’s IP address SPF (Sender […]
Read more →1. Find a list of IP addresses linked to a domain To find the IP address for a particular domain, simply pass the target domain name as an argument after the host command. For a comprehensive lookup using the verbose mode, use -a or -v flag option. The -a option is used to find all Domain records and Zone […]
Read more →Nikto is becoming one of my favourite tools. I like it because of its wide ranging use cases and its simplicity. So whats an example use case for Nikto? When I am bored right now and so I am going to hunt around my local network and see what I can find… Now lets pop […]
Read more →If you see the error “The capture session could not be initiated on the device “en0” (You don’t have permission to capture on that device)” when trying to start a…
Read more →When you open terminal you will see that it defaults the information that you see on the prompt, which can use up quite a bit of the screen real estate. Customize the zsh Prompt in Terminal Typically, the default zsh prompt carries information like the username, machine name, and location starting in the user’s home […]
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