How To: Resolve Multicast DNS (mDNS) using Dig in Linux
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Sometimes it can be nice to verify that the hostname on your box (printer, raspberry pi, whatever) is resolving to the correct IP-address on the LAN. Whether it’s published via…
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How To: Mitigate Mozilla Firefox HTML5 Video Performance Issues
A neat feature of the modern web is that Adobe Flash Player is (finally) starting to be replaced by HTML5 apps, and that includes video playback such as YouTube. During…
How To: Redirect HTTP Traffic to Proxy Using iptables
Proxy Madness Using Squid or any other proxy for transparent caching/filtering of HTTP traffic has many benefits, being for logging purposes or the aforementioned use-cases, keeping every client configured can…
How To: Netcat – Check for open ports with the command line
Kitty Port-checking When troubleshooting a network integration or any other connection issue in Linux, step one is usually a matter of checking to see if the network port on the…
Client side Security, How’s My SSL? (.com)
Years ago, Moxie Marlinspike taught us that web-browser hints such as a “lock icon” in the address bar, didn’t guarantee ciphered communication. Since the website you are visiting still happily…