Monthly Archives: May 2011

Of darknets, onion routing and online anonymity

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Flavio Villanustre

Darknets are usually defined as closed, often decentralized and hidden, networks that overlay a public medium such as the Internet. Although common knowledge gives this term a “peer-to-peer file sharing” connotation, exchange of information, frequently anonymously, across multiple parties would … Continue reading →

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Howto: Linux on your wireless router

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Flavio Villanustre

Perhaps you have decided that you need a feature that your old wireless router doesn’t support: How about the ability to provide a VPN service to access your home network securely from remote? Or maybe a guest network for those relatives … Continue reading →

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World IPv6 day @ home

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Flavio Villanustre

In case you haven’t heard about it yet, the Internet Society (ISOC) is planning an IPv6 “test flight” with some large organizations, on June 8th, 2011. The event will last for 24 hours and is intended to raise awareness about … Continue reading →

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Of OpenBSD 4.9, Linux and licenses…

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Flavio Villanustre

Roughly 20 years ago, around the time the first versions of Linux started seeing the light, a couple other efforts in the Opensource Operating System arena were underway. On one side, the mythical GNU own kernel (HURD) was discussed about (two … Continue reading →

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Is there a blue pill for Qubes OS?

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Flavio Villanustre

Those who regularly follow the Black Hat briefings probably remember Joanna Rutkowska who presented a novel attack against Windows Vista (and any Operating System running on an x86 architecture, in general). She was the first researcher to demonstrate a piece of … Continue reading →

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