Author: scaine
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Introducing the Library
It’s been a hell of a long time since I posted on scaine.net. So much for not breaking the chain! Yikes! That was nearly four years ago! However, it’s not all doom and gloom. Part of the reason for my lack of presence here is that I’ve been setting up a new site with more
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Update! Update now!
This made me laugh – http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/28/windows_10_live_tv. A live broadcast on American TV channel KCCI interrupted by a nag-ware screen to upgrade to Windows 10. Ouch. But this video is probably the main reason I’ll never go back to Windows. Who the hell can be bothered putting up with this? Why??
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Essential Ubuntu Software
A short post to outline the command that I end up issuing to every Ubuntu install I perform. These commands are specific to Ubuntu 16.04, but you can most likely use it on other Debian-based distributions too – just remove any packages that they complain about. apt-get install autofs cifs-utils samba zenmap x11vnc ubuntu-restricted-extras gufw
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Replicating Computrace Using Reverse SSH Tunnels
Background At my work I was recently asked to investigate whether Computrace was available for Linux, specifically Ubuntu, and if so, install it. Having a remote wipe mechanism available is part of our Security Policy. For those of you reading this that haven’t heard of Computrace, it’s a clever little rootkit for Windows that will
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A Minor Change
Just a short note to say that despite many fine years with Catalyst.net, I’ve finally moved hosting provider. This site is now hosted on Krystal.co.uk. One piece of incredible technology to highlight – UpdraftPlus. This is a WordPress plug-in that takes a copy of your site in its entirety and uploads the resulting files to
