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TryHackMe - Brute It

Let's try a write-up on TryHackMe. Task 1 - About this box In this box you will learn about: - Brute-force - Hash cracking - Privilege escalation Connect to the TryHackMe network, and deploy the machine. Done. Yay! Task 2 - Reconnaissance Search for open ports using nmap.
17 Jul 2025 4 min read
Do not underestimate his capacity to fuck things up.

Do not underestimate his capacity to fuck things up.

‌ Today, I woke up to a couple 500 errors on my Nextcloud calendars on my phone.  Huh, that's weird, but forgot about it and turned on Plex, worked totally fine.  Eventually I tried to hit Nextcloud, which responded with the same Internal Server Error.  Uh oh, did my
24 Mar 2023 1 min read
The massive radiation exposure had failed to give him superpowers.

The massive radiation exposure had failed to give him superpowers.

Well, that didn't last long. In one of my last posts, I set up a bash script to download the USA Today crossword in a Forkyz-readable XML file.  I noticed that my script was able to download the Sunday USA Today crossword while Forkyz (for some reason) was
16 Feb 2023 1 min read
Our Lady of Sleeping Through It
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Our Lady of Sleeping Through It

When implementing SSH private key login on my server, I realized this would not work with one use case: using my firewall as a jump box while at work.  The previous way to login to my server from work was to:  · SSH into my firewall (TCP 22 is only exposed
08 Aug 2022 1 min read
Newton's third law, expressed as violence.
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Newton's third law, expressed as violence.

I'm on one of my irregular "if you put trackers into a smart phone app, you should masticate a toaster" kicks, which means I'm scouring F-Droid for new apps/games.  I found Forkyz, and even though ya boi has never been much of a
28 Jul 2022 5 min read
Well.  This can't be good.
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Well. This can't be good.

This is the 4th attempt at writing a personal blog that no one will see.  I still have no idea what to write about, but I'm going to challenge myself to write something every day for a year and see if my writing improves.  There might be a
27 Jul 2022
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