Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.</p><p>Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye</span><span class="invisible">ars_of_greytrapping.html</span></a> (tracked <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig</span><span class="invisible">hteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greylisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greylisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocklist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smtp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwordguessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwordguessing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pop3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pop3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
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MakerSpace<p>Learn how to send Raspberry Pi and Arduino messages to your desktop<br><a href="https://www.makerspace-online.com/send-raspberry-pi-and-arduino-notification-messages-to-your-desktop/?utm_source=mms" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">makerspace-online.com/send-ras</span><span class="invisible">pberry-pi-and-arduino-notification-messages-to-your-desktop/?utm_source=mms</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notifications</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arduino</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TCP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microcontrollers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcontrollers</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Happy </p><p>'Logging in as users<br>"<" <br>and <br>"> <br>day'</p><p>to all who celebrate! </p><p>Aug 11 12:48:53 freebeast sshd-session[32113]: Invalid user "<" from 46.246.3.247 port 36834<br>Aug 11 11:57:32 freebeast sshd-session[88]: Invalid user "> from 46.246.3.247 port 8731</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwordgropers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwordgropers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwordguessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwordguessing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>[Again for those on the other side of the pond] - </p><p>Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps rolled past the number of people in my home country. It's time for a retrospective.</p><p>Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye</span><span class="invisible">ars_of_greytrapping.html</span></a> (tracked <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig</span><span class="invisible">hteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greylisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greylisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocklist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smtp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwordguessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwordguessing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pop3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pop3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Post-Quantum Cryptography Advice Added to OpenSSH Website <a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250811110058" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250811110058</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openssh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postquantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postquantum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postq</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bsd</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to woo the unwary spammer rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.</p><p>Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye</span><span class="invisible">ars_of_greytrapping.html</span></a> (tracked <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig</span><span class="invisible">hteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greylisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greylisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocklist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smtp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwordguessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwordguessing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pop3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pop3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://myside-yourside.net/@StarkRG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>StarkRG</span></a></span> <em>nodds in agreeement</em> In a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/classroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classroom</span></a>-like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/setup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>setup</span></a> we'd more likely see some centralized, self-hosted <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/managment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>managment</span></a> solution like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Landscape</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RustDesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RustDesk</span></a> being used.</p><ul><li>I can see why they did this: It's clearly inspired by tools like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AnyDesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnyDesk</span></a> and I do have to applaud them for that.</li></ul><p>And if this acts similar to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebCall</span></a> and merely acts as a <em>"Rendrevous-Server"</em> then traffic and thus costs should be quite low.</p><ul><li>Still I expect this to later become <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enshittified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittified</span></a> with an ever more expensive <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscription</span></a> model like with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TeamViewer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeamViewer</span></a>.</li></ul><p>I'd still hope they <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Backend</span></a> so that there's another competitor to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dayon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dayon</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RustDesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RustDesk</span></a> available... </p><ul><li>In the meantime just setting up a <code>sudo</code> admin user with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pubkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pubkey</span></a>-only auth on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> is likely the way to do some admin stuff.</li></ul><p>Maybe one day <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RaspberryPi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RaspberryPi</span></a></span> will even add <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PXE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PXE</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NetBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetBoot</span></a> capabilities to their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> and thus allow for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DisklessWorkstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisklessWorkstation</span></a> - Setups, saving a crapton on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicroSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroSD</span></a> cards that are prone to get lost and/or stolen...</p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye</span><span class="invisible">ars_of_greytrapping.html</span></a> (tracked <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig</span><span class="invisible">hteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html</span></a>)</p><p>Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to woo the unwary spammer rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. </p><p>It's time for a retrospective.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greylisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greylisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocklist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smtp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwordguessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwordguessing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pop3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pop3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
Firebase<p>Browser-based SSH terminal? 🤯</p><p>[WeTTY](<a href="https://github.com/butlerx/wetty" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/butlerx/wetty</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) lets you access your server's terminal directly from your browser via HTTP/S. Perfect for quick access or sharing temporary terminal sessions without client installs. Streamlined and efficient!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devtools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devtools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a></p><p>Would you use this in your next project?</p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye</span><span class="invisible">ars_of_greytrapping.html</span></a> (tracked <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig</span><span class="invisible">hteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html</span></a>)</p><p>With the imaginary friends, also known as spamtraps, now more numerous than the inhabitants of their virtual landlord's home country, a greytrapping retrospective is in order.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greylisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greylisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocklist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smtp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passwordguessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passwordguessing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pop3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pop3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
Nelson<p>Time to discuss self-hosted alternatives to GitHub!</p><p>First, has anyone simply put a bare git repo on a server somewhere, pushed via SSH, and called it a day?</p><p><a href="https://idiomdrottning.org/hosting-git-repos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">idiomdrottning.org/hosting-git</span><span class="invisible">-repos</span></a></p><p>Do you really need more than a remote to push to and pull from, for your personal projects? If you've tried this, what obstacles did you encounter and what features did you miss?</p><p><a href="https://jawns.club/tags/GiveUpGitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiveUpGitHub</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>git</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/BareRepos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BareRepos</span></a></p>
John Goerzen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://piaille.fr/@usul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>usul</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.lwn.net/@lwn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lwn</span></a></span> I like to say "<a href="https://floss.social/tags/NNCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NNCP</span></a> is to <a href="https://floss.social/tags/UUCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UUCP</span></a> as <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssh</span></a> is to telnet". That is, NNCP adds modern encryption and a lot more flexibility, while dropping UUCP's modem focus.</p><p>If you really do need to use modems, NNCP is more flexible than UUCP in how you get data in and out of it, and it is certainly possible to transport NNCP using UUCP. (Vice-versa is more difficult because UUCP has no API for this)</p><p>1/</p>
Paul<p>I don't fully understand the cryptographic reasons why they're more secure, but I do like the fact that ed25519 SSH public keys are so much smaller than their rsa alternatives.</p><p><a href="https://social.xk7.net/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a></p>
Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)<p>Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@s3phy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>s3phy</span></a></span> again for helping me understand another area where IPv6 is broken in Linux desktop networking configuration tools: connecting to a SSH server to create a SOCKS proxy using the NetworkManager SSH plugin. That thing only checks if the gateway address is a valid IPv4 address :blobpats:</p><p>I reported the issue here: <a href="https://github.com/danfruehauf/NetworkManager-ssh/issues/130" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/danfruehauf/Network</span><span class="invisible">Manager-ssh/issues/130</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/r%C3%A9seau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>réseau</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/r%C3%A9seautique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>réseautique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NetworkManager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkManager</span></a></p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p>🚨 New Linux malware "Plague" stealthily backdoors systems via PAM to gain persistent SSH access! It evades detection by wiping session traces & hiding in the authentication stack. Undetected by antivirus for over a year! Stay alert! 🔐🐧 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malware</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SecurityThreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityThreat</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/newz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newz</span></a> </p><p>More info: <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-plague-malware-backdoors-linux-devices-removes-ssh-session-traces//" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/new-plague-malware-backdoors-linux-devices-removes-ssh-session-traces//</span></a></p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p>🚨 New Linux threat alert: "Plague" backdoor hijacks SSH via a malicious PAM module, bypassing authentication & evading all antivirus detection! Silent, stealthy, and persistent — putting critical servers at risk. Stay vigilant, audit your PAM configs! 🔐🐧 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LinuxSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Backdoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/newz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newz</span></a> </p><p>Read more: <a href="https://cyberinsider.com/new-plague-backdoor-for-linux-hijacks-ssh-using-malicious-pam-module/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cyberinsider.com/new-plague-ba</span><span class="invisible">ckdoor-for-linux-hijacks-ssh-using-malicious-pam-module/</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>New <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Plague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plague</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> stealthily maintains <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> access</p><p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-plague-malware-backdoors-linux-devices-removes-ssh-session-traces/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/new-plague-malware-backdoors-linux-devices-removes-ssh-session-traces/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
Doktor Overcomma :vepi:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hexa.club/@phooky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>phooky</span></a></span> <br>Remote login is a lot like astral projection. And, running over TCP, it should be reliable.<br><a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/AstralProjection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AstralProjection</span></a> <a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/telnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telnet</span></a> <a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/rlogin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rlogin</span></a> <a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssh</span></a></p>
Abimelech B. 🐧🇩🇪| wörk ™️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jwildeboer</span></a></span> Combing this with <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/sshrc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sshrc</span></a> lets you take all your aliasses and more settings like .vimrc and plugins for example to every host you are <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> 'ing 🤓</p>
MicMun<p>Das mit SSH in KeepassXC ist schon mal echt cool, habe das jetzt zum ersten Mal ausprobiert.</p><p><a href="https://gnulinux.ch/ssh-authentifizierung-mit-keepassxc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gnulinux.ch/ssh-authentifizier</span><span class="invisible">ung-mit-keepassxc</span></a></p><p><a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssh</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/keepassxc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>keepassxc</span></a> <a href="https://liberdon.com/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
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