Do you want to create custom network clients and servers? Or just understand how it works? Then you will have to deal with sockets. Join me on this tour of ruby network programming to learn the basics, and start talking to other servers and clients using Ruby! So what are sockets? Sockets are the end […]
Networking
Every time you click on a link or directly type an address, a number of steps have to happen for the site to show on your screen. It may be a bit intimidating because multiple protocols and servers are involved in the process. In reality it’s not that hard, so please follow me and let’s dive in! It […]
There is a number of tools you can use in Linux to see what is going on your machine at the network level, one of the most common is netstat. This command will show you all the connections on your system, including some that you may not be interested in, like UNIX sockets. There are […]
If you do pentesting or any kind of security analysis you probably found yourself in the situation of needing to transfer data between your machine and the vulnerable machine. It is useful to know a few ways to do this in case one of them doesn’t work for your specific situation. Generic Samba can be […]
Do you want to learn some new tricks to make your Wireshark experience better? You have come to the right place, let’s get going! Protocol statistics + Apply as filter To get a sense of the kind of traffic you have on a packet capture session you can use the protocol statistics window. To open […]
