Transparent Connection Interception Trick
Now when I have a blog for half a year I figured I should post something. So here goes description of using Linux (Ubuntu in my case) bridge configured to redirect selected TCP connections to...
View ArticleMaking Linux network bridge transparent for 802.1x packets
Update 17/01/2011: If you are interested in 802.1x bridging, have a look at my Tapping 802.1x Links with Marvin blog post.802.1x authentication messages are sent in Ethernet frames with destination MAC...
View ArticleCapstats: fast NIC statistics reporting tool
Just came across a nice tool to display NIC statistics, it is called capstats. Capstats is much less CPU intensive that iptraf, so it can be run along with hping3 to monitor its performance.Example...
View ArticleLinux Routing Quirks
Recently I have spent some time trying to mess up a routing table of Linux appliance to trick it into leaking out certain network traffic I was interested in. In theory it looked reasonably simple, but...
View ArticleSelf-encrypting (FDE) Hard Disks & Linux
Recently I have upgraded to Dell Latitude E6510 with 4 cores / 8 threads processor, plenty of RAM, and a fast hard disk. Nevertheless, the interactive performance of Ubuntu becomes sloppy beyond any...
View ArticleUbuntu 11 on Kingston SV100S2/256G SSD
Here are some notes about my attempt to install Ubuntu 11 on Kingston SV100S2/256G SSD (on Dell Latitude E6510 laptop). Just in case somebody else finds it useful.I have Googled around for information...
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