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Setting up an encrypted SOCKS proxy using Dante and stunnel

In this post, we are going to combine the power of Dante and stunnel together, to make an advanced encrypted SOCKS server.

How I lost my data trying to back it up

This is a story about how I lost my data when trying to prevent it by backing it up.

obfs4proxy-openvpn: Obfuscating OpenVPN traffic using obfs4proxy

After my initial post about obfs4 on how to hide any TCP traffic and an example for hiding SSH traffic, it's now time to do so for OpenVPN...

How to hide (obfuscate) SSH traffic using obfs4

In this post I'm going to give you a real example of obfs4proxy being used to obfuscate SSH traffic.

How to hide (obfuscate) any traffic using obfs4

In this post, I'm going to give you the information necessary to be able to use obfs4 protocol not just for wrapping Tor traffic, but for virtually any other TCP traffic as well.

Windows XP OpenVPN TAP installation, "devcon.exe failed"

Recently I had to install OpenVPN on a system running Windows XP (Don't ask). The installation went smoothly up until TAP driver installation and then suddenly things went haywire...

How to Fully Uninstall Kaspersky's NDIS Filter

I like Kaspersky anti-virus, and I use it regularly… (Not on my own PC mind you, but on the clients) While I do believe they provide the best anti-virus in the market, I am not a fan of most of their other products. That goes for the Firewall, Safe Browsing, SSL Hijacking, and of course their newest addition, Secure Connection…

OpenDKIM-OpenDMARC and a Chrooted Postfix Instance

Compatibility issues arises when using OpenDKIM/OpenDMARC Unix sockets with chrooted Postfix installation. In this post you will learn to resolve this...

The Tale of Windows UAC and Incompetent Programmers

In this post i will give you a brief history of UAC, an overall overview, and how programmers abuse the system. I also talk about different ways to manipulate an applications manifest to turn on UAC virtualization, and much more...

Remote unlocking of LUKS-encrypted root in Ubuntu/Debian

Not so long ago, remote unlocking of a LUKS-encrypted root partition was difficult to setup. While essential for headless servers, all required steps needed to be done manually and compatibility was a concern. Luckily, it is much simpler to do so in recent versions of Ubuntu/Debian. Unlocking an encrypted root remotely *should* be as simple as installing a single package... We'll see about that in a moment.