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I would like to set up a jump box in a very specific way. The host system must not have any internet connection at all, just connect to the OOB network for all devices with a management port. I would like to then install a VM and connect t… Continue reading Jump Box /w Limited Internet Access in a VM [closed]
Does secure boot stop the boot process if you have firmware on your HDD that has been tampered with? In other words, do HDD firmware viruses get detected with secure boot?
If a firewall is a layer 3 thing, if I set up a firewall on an end point/host, how can it block traffic between hosts on the same VLAN/subnet?
I’m thinking about this in the context of micro-segmentation whereby each host has a firewall in… Continue reading How does a firewall on a node prevent layer 2 traffic?
I bought some second-hand HDDs. If these drives have a firmware virus and an OS is installed onto a new drive with secure boot, and the suspect drives are plugged in after, can you be affected by a firmware virus?
Continue reading Firmware Viruses on Second-Hand HDD [duplicate]
I was watching Sun Knudsen’s videos and in one of them, he talks about GPG. Specifically, he said that he has 3 locations where he provides fingerprints of his signatures. YouTube, Github and his personal site.
My understanding is that if … Continue reading GPG Impersonation
I’m reading the GNU Privacy Handbook where it says:
A hybrid cipher uses both a symmetric cipher and a public-key cipher. It works by using a public-key cipher to share a key for the symmetric cipher. The actual message being sent is then… Continue reading Attacking Public Key Ciphers
I’m trying to figure out whether a website that is secured by a certificate can get hacked? This source:
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/https-protect/
Refer to 3rd last paragraph where it says:
"It provides integrity, so… Continue reading HTTPS Website Hacking
I’m a one man shop. All I care about is having my workstations and server stolen. I plan on running a couple dozen VMs on my server, mostly Linux.
Question is, obviously having unique passwords for each SSH key for each VM is most secure, … Continue reading Unique SSH Keys With Identical Password?
I found this site:
In it, the author created default rules:
# Setting default filter policy
iptables -P INPUT DROP
iptables -P OUTPUT DROP
iptables -P FORWARD DROP
But in this video @15:24, it’s mentioned that you can set a default policy… Continue reading iptables Policy Set to DROP or Create Rules to DROP?
I’m setting up firewalls on a few computers and am stuck on what logging I should be doing? I spent a few days Googling, but came up with little info. I have totally run out of ideas on where to look next to figure this out. Any hints woul… Continue reading What Logs Do I Need When Setting Up Firewall