====== Chanmaster's Wiki ====== * [[Programming|Computer Programming]] * [[Networking|Computer Networking]] * Computer Support (Technical Support) [[Support|Technical Support]] * [[Video Games]] * News / Current Affairs * Shopping * Repairs * [[reading|Reading Lists, Articles and Books]] ===== DNS ===== https://serverfault.com/questions/663112/why-cant-mx-records-point-to-an-ip-address\\ \\ Nirsoft DNSDataView - https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dns_records_viewer.html \\ \\ https://www.lifewire.com/free-and-public-dns-servers-2626062 \\ https://blog.cloudflare.com/enable-private-dns-with-1-1-1-1-on-android-9-pie/ \\ \\ https://support.rackspace.com/how-to/about-ttl-best-practices/ \\ http://social.dnsmadeeasy.com/blog/long-short-ttls/ \\ https://practical365.com/exchange-server/mx-record/\\ \\ https://www.dnsthingy.com/\\ https://support.forgetcomputers.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023964911-DMARC-Minimize-phishing-email-in-your-inbox?mobile_site=true\\ ===== IT Support ===== What is a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)? VMWare \\ https://www.vmware.com/topics/glossary/content/virtual-desktop-infrastructure-vdi\\ [[Microsoft Windows]] \\ Microsoft Email services \\ https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tricks-outlook-microsoft-account-secure/ \\ [[Linux]]\\ ===== Phone Setup ===== https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2018/08/enabling-voice-over-wifi-on-the-oneplus-5t-and-three-uk/ \\ http://getwallpapers.com/collection/iphone-6-grid-wallpaper \\ https://itechify.com/2017/07/18/clear-cache-oneplus-5/ https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/whats-point-clearing-cache-data-android/ ===== Phone Repairs / Device Repairs ===== [[Changing Battery]]\\ [[Phone Repairs]] \\ https://www.androidauthority.com/cellphone-battery-replacement-982247/ \\ https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-to-improve-battery-life-tips-myths-smartphones\\ [[Amazon Kindle]]\\ [[ipad]] \\ ===== Big Data ===== Intro to Big Data: Crash Course Statistics #38 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_jZAVLkWJw \\ NetVersity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkOwlXUaGMM ===== Blogs / Articles ===== Facinating blog about how an Apple developer kept Safari secret and was worried about Apple's Class A (now a /8 subnet) network range showing up on logs\\ https://donmelton.com/2013/01/03/keeping-safari-a-secret/\\ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5006397\\ \\ History of website that was hosted on early free webspace provided by Tesco and ntlworld \\ https://jdebp.eu/about-the-site.html \\ \\ Beigebox, site about old computers. Old computers used to be beige... \\ https://beigebox.co.uk/ \\ \\ Wired - Uncle Sam: If It Ends in .Com, It's .Seizable\\ https://www.wired.com/2012/03/feds-seize-foreign-sites/ \\ \\ VPN providers who have logs? \\ https://torrentfreak.com/purevpn-logs-helped-fbi-net-alleged-cyberstalker-171009/ \\ \\ Wavedine, a DRM technology\\ https://www.androidauthority.com/widevine-explained-821935/\\ \\ "The Investigatory Powers Bill has been passed by both Houses of Parliament and received Royal Assent in 2016"\\ https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ip-bill-law-details-passed\\ \\ Public USB charging ports may actually have malware that could infect your device, be careful! \\ https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/dont-use-public-usb-charging-ports \\ \\ Funland at the Trocedero, London\\ https://archive.coin-opcommunity.co.uk/blog/2784-arcades-changed-my-life-rip-london-funland/\\ https://web.archive.org/web/20190925060627/https://archive.coin-opcommunity.co.uk/blog/2784-arcades-changed-my-life-rip-london-funland/\\ https://www.londontrocadero.com/closure-of-london-trocadero/\\ https://www.vice.com/en/article/exmmdm/the-sad-decline-of-the-london-trocadero-012\\ \\ Case of a wedding photographer who got threatened with intimidating legal action by the groom when the photos were actually good \\ https://petapixel.com/2014/12/09/gary-fong-account-ridiculous-300000-lawsuit-threat-nelson-tang/ \\ \\ Tetris isn't as random as pure random...\\ https://simon.lc/the-history-of-tetris-randomizers \\ \\ Dijkstra Algorithm - Shortest path first, used in certain applications like Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) interior gateway protocol\\ https://medium.com/basecs/finding-the-shortest-path-with-a-little-help-from-dijkstra-613149fbdc8e\\ \\ Story of a stolen smartphone, but photos took by the their get uploaded dropbox \\ https://lifeofastrangerwhostolemyphone.tumblr.com/post/41270521796/how-a-stranger-stole-my-phone\\ \\ DNS hack on POS terminals \\ https://twitter.com/BleepinComputer/status/1278412677040259073 \\ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-pos-malware-uses-dns-to-smuggle-stolen-credit-cards/amp/ \\ \\ Huawei: What does the ban mean for you?\\ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53407096\\ \\ Wannacry sinkhole \\ https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/08/the-wannacry-sinkhole/\\ \\ Useless Incognito Mode? \\ https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/y3gzgb/incognito-mode-is-actually-pretty-useless \\ \\ Intel x86, Apple M1 (Apple Silicon)\\ https://siliconangle.com/2020/06/26/exiting-x86-apple-microsoft-embracing-arm-based-pc/\\ https://www.extremetech.com/computing/311529-a-competitive-apple-arm-core-could-finally-break-x86s-long-computing-monopoly\\ https://medium.com/swlh/is-it-game-over-for-the-x86-isa-and-intel-5ce1b00fbd1\\ Passwords NCSC\\ https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/passwords-passwords-everywhere\\ (the passwords list https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/static-assets/documents/PwnedPasswordsTop100k.txt)\\ Lastpass breach https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/22/23523322/lastpass-data-breach-cloud-encrypted-password-vault-hackers \\ \\ Cyber Security Challenge UK - How I won the first cipher challenge\\ http://www.jibble.org/cyber-security-challenge-uk-winner/ \\ \\ Log4j vulnerability\\ https://www.wired.com/story/log4j-flaw-hacking-internet/ \\ \\ https://www.quantamagazine.org/alan-turings-most-important-machine-was-never-built-20230503/\\ \\ BadUSB, Hak5 O.MG cable, Human Interface Device Spoofing \\ https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-a-usb-drop-attack/ \\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPF9f-PLDPc \\ \\ ==== Networking blogs/articles ==== "How To Become a Network Engineer In Less Than a Year In 5 Simple Steps "\\ https://blog.nexgent.com/network-engineer-in-less-than-a-year/ \\ \\ https://www.rogerperkin.co.uk/ccna/become-network-engineer/\\ \\ YouTube Offline 2008 Incident\\ https://www.wired.com/2008/02/pakistans-accid/ \\ https://www.cnet.com/news/how-pakistan-knocked-youtube-offline-and-how-to-make-sure-it-never-happens-again/ \\ https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/industry-developments/youtube-hijacking-a-ripe-ncc-ris-case-study \\ Routers, The Internet & YouTube Offline - Computerphile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkxqkoxErRk \\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzLPKuAOe50 \\ \\ BGP Routing Table Size Limit Blamed for Tuesday's Website Outages (Aug 2014)\\ https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/08/13/bgp-routing-table-size-limit-blamed-for-tuesdays-website-outages \\ 512k routes, TCAM limit to 1 million, Cisco 7600 (Catalyst 6500) routers. \\ https://lists.gt.net/cisco/nsp/180548\\ Cloudflare outage, BGP routes https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-outage-on-july-17-2020/amp/ \\ http://archive.is/kW4XL (archive of http://www.ipv4depletion.com/?p=672)\\ \\ Issues with Private IP Addressing in the Internet\\ https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-grow-private-ip-sp-cores-01.html\\ \\ GRC.com DoS https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/jun/05/hacking.security, https://www.geek.com/news/grccom-surrenders-545393/, http://archive.is/P1T7z \\ How I survived a DDoS attack - Jeff Geerling https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/three-ddos-attacks-on-my-personal-website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPcYMgTYQs0\\ \\ DEF CON 18 - Zoz - Pwned By The Owner: What Happens When You Steal A Hacker's Computer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwpg-AwJ0Jc\\ https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-you-steal-a-hackers-computer-5717309 \\ BBC News, How I bickered and bonded with a Spotify hacker https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-56026200\\ \\ from 2015 "Is the internet on the brink of collapse? The web could reach its limit in just eight years and use all of Britain's power supply by 2035, warn scientists" Daily Mail \\ http://archive.is/3twwZ \\ \\ https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-verizon-and-a-bgp-optimizer-knocked-large-parts-of-the-internet-offline-today/\\ \\ https://petri.com/how-30-and-32-bit-ip-subnet-masks-can-help-with-cisco-networking\\ \\ https://www.wired.com/2016/01/new-discovery-around-juniper-backdoor-raises-more-questions-about-the-company/\\ \\ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/europe-is-fresh-out-of-ipv4-addresses/ \\ \\ Fake Counterfeit Cisco switch analysis\\ https://labs.f-secure.com/publications/the-fake-cisco/\\ https://www.wired.com/story/counterfeit-cisco-switch-teardown/\\ \\ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/perlcom-domain-stolen-now-using-ip-address-tied-to-malware/\\ \\ https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/03/ncsc_bgp_best_practice/ \\ \\ Google.com.ar domain whoops https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56870270\\ \\ https://www.wired.com/story/submarine-internet-cables-egypt/\\ \\ https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/general/4739073-how-does-sogea-work.html\\ ===== Motivation? ===== https://getpocket.com/explore/item/bad-habits-you-must-break-immediately-to-improve-your-life-in-the-next-100-days https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2020/11/01/watch-bill-gates-give-brilliant-30-second-answers-to-common-job-interview-questions/ https://forge.medium.com/a-guide-to-developing-a-deep-reading-habit-f439e4eee872\\ ===== Clever websites ===== Clever dynamic chart showing Formula 1 points \\ https://formula1.markwessel.com/ \\ Cryptii - Web app offering modular conversion, encoding and encryption online. 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