What is the reason to use SSL on websites if it can be decrypted easily?

Since SSL can be decrypted easily using a basic man in the middle node, whats the reason to continue using it? Don’t most ISPs decrypt on a daily basis using Deep Packet Inspection? And isn’t it possible to put a MITM node at any hop along the packet route (not just ISP) to decrypt therefore … Read more

I need to block all but one IP address from access to Mongo running on my local Mac using packet filter

Could someone help me block all incoming traffic on my network which has port forwarding set up on the router to allow incoming requests on port 27017 to be sent to the Mac running Mongo internally except for one IP address which I can specify? I tried loading a new anchor file from /etc/pf.conf. In … Read more

iptables matching pattern followed by 4 random values followed by another pattern

I’m trying to create a iptables rule that matches the following pattern in this UDP packet: 0x0000: 0000 030a 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0800 ……………. 0x0010: 4500 0027 5d30 0000 6c11 232a 5164 585d E..’]0..l.#*QdX] 0x0020: c0a8 6402 fe25 1e61 0013 b382 5341 4d50 ..d..%.a….SAMP 0x0030: c063 ba71 e2ea 63 .c.q..c The pattern is … Read more

tcpdump: can’t create rx ring on packet socket: Cannot allocate memory

I’ve been using tcpdump without any issues before this error popped up. I use the following two commands with variations as soon as my server is attacked so the packets automatically get dumped if the packet rate is high. tcpdump -i eth0 -p -nn -s0 -c 2000 -w $dumpdir/dump.`date +”%Y%m%d-%H%M%S”`.cap tcpdump -nn -s0 -c 2000 … Read more

tcpdump: can’t create rx ring on packet socket: Cannot allocate memory

I’ve been using tcpdump without any issues before this error popped up. I use the following two commands with variations as soon as my server is attacked so the packets automatically get dumped if the packet rate is high. tcpdump -i eth0 -p -nn -s0 -c 2000 -w $dumpdir/dump.`date +”%Y%m%d-%H%M%S”`.cap tcpdump -nn -s0 -c 2000 … Read more

How to connect Network and GRE Tunnel Traffic and control and flow of TCP/UDP Packets?

I need some serious help with a complex routing setup I am doing. Lets I have a /24 IPv4 .I am announcing the same /24 at two different locations. One is a ISP exchange center where all the ISPs peer each other locally.To make it simple just understand that this network does not has internet … Read more