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<![CDATA[Post4VPS Forum | Free VPS Provider - Software]]> https://post4vps.com/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:55:29 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Best VPN to use]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Best-VPN-to-use Sun, 05 Sep 2021 12:32:35 +0000 Dale]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Best-VPN-to-use
What is the best VPN (Virtual Private Network) for gaming?

Thanks.]]>
What is the best VPN (Virtual Private Network) for gaming?

Thanks.]]> <![CDATA[we can install windows on flash?]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-we-can-install-windows-on-flash Sun, 29 Aug 2021 21:25:07 +0000 hamed]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-we-can-install-windows-on-flash <![CDATA[Any one using Kindle App book reader alternatives?]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Any-one-using-Kindle-App-book-reader-alternatives Sun, 04 Jul 2021 23:39:47 +0000 deanhills]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Any-one-using-Kindle-App-book-reader-alternatives
Any way, I then did research and discovered the FullReader e-book reader which I tried, and am really happy with. It was available from the Google Playstore. What attracted me to it was the large number of book extensions it caters for, also it had some really good reviews for a free Kindle alternative. The app turned out to be very simple, effortless to use, totally uncomplicated to install, intuitive, so I haven't had to search for anything, or looks for a tutorial yet. Here is more info about the app:
https://en.itense.group/fullreader.html

So now I'm wondering what other members are using for Kindle alternatives?]]>
Any way, I then did research and discovered the FullReader e-book reader which I tried, and am really happy with. It was available from the Google Playstore. What attracted me to it was the large number of book extensions it caters for, also it had some really good reviews for a free Kindle alternative. The app turned out to be very simple, effortless to use, totally uncomplicated to install, intuitive, so I haven't had to search for anything, or looks for a tutorial yet. Here is more info about the app:
https://en.itense.group/fullreader.html

So now I'm wondering what other members are using for Kindle alternatives?]]> <![CDATA[How to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-How-to-install-Windows-11-on-unsupported-hardware Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:48:59 +0000 LightDestory]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-How-to-install-Windows-11-on-unsupported-hardware
A lot of people are complaining about this choice... but what do you except?
Microsoft is trying to make a revolution on their OS on both graphical and technology way. All of that is essentially hard to make for older hardware.

An older hardware has such limitations:

No secure boot
No TPM module (it can be added via CPU FW update, but Intel will not upgrade CPU that has been discontinued)
No DirectStorage API: It requires both Windows 11 and a supported GPU card

But if you still want to try out Windows 11 on bare hardware instead of a VM... here you go a guide on how to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware:

THIS GUIDE HAS BEEN TESTED ON WINDOWS 11 INSIDER PREVIEW. IT IS UNKOWN IF THESE METHOD WILL STILL WORK ON FINAL RELEASE.

Currently there are 2-3 method to successfully install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.

First of all, we need to get on our hands a ISO of Windows 11... I can't share mine due to security reasons (who will install an OS from a random guy's iso?). I can't neither tell you how to download one because MS doesn't publish any iso for Insiders... BUT iso can be "generated" using UUP.

UUPDump is a website that allow you to create scripts that will download UUP and generate an ISO from them. The usage is very basic and doesn't need much to explain. This link points to the [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]22000.51 x64[/color] build. The iso creation process will take a while depending on your pc performance and internet speed.
If you are not confortable with scripts, look for a ISO on the web from a reliable source.

So, now we got a ISO that will not install the OS on our machine due to Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 limitation. What can we do?

anticipated already one of the methods:
1) REGEDIT way

Create the bootable USB with the generated iso
During installation, when the limitation screen shows up press SHIFT+F10 and a cmd window will pop-up
Now type regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup
Create a new key called "LabConfig" and insert the following entries:

Code:
BypassTPMCheck=dword:00000001 BypassSecureBootCheck=dword:00000001
Save the changes and you should be able to continue the installation

2) Install.wim swap

Get your hands on a Windows 10 ISO
Create the bootable USB with the Windows 10 iso
Extract Windows 11 iso
Replace the install.win from USB "sources" folder with the Windows 11 one

3) Appraiserress.dll downgrade

Get your hands on a Windows 10 ISO
Create the bootable USB with the Windows 11 iso
Extract Windows 10 iso
Replace the Appraiserress.dll from USB "sources" folder with the Windows 10 one

Method 1 requires the use of regedit and it must be performed every time we want to install Windows 11. Methods 2 and 3 are "apply-once" workaround that will make your ISO capable of installing Windows 11 on every machine without any manual command input.

For applying method 2 and 3 there is a script developed by a fellow Windows modder that will apply one of them automatically but I will not post it because I still have no permission to post the script on other forums.

Let me know if you knew this methods and if you will use of them!]]>
A lot of people are complaining about this choice... but what do you except?
Microsoft is trying to make a revolution on their OS on both graphical and technology way. All of that is essentially hard to make for older hardware.

An older hardware has such limitations:

No secure boot
No TPM module (it can be added via CPU FW update, but Intel will not upgrade CPU that has been discontinued)
No DirectStorage API: It requires both Windows 11 and a supported GPU card

Create the bootable USB with the generated iso
During installation, when the limitation screen shows up press SHIFT+F10 and a cmd window will pop-up
Now type regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup
Create a new key called "LabConfig" and insert the following entries:

Code:
BypassTPMCheck=dword:00000001 BypassSecureBootCheck=dword:00000001
Save the changes and you should be able to continue the installation

2) Install.wim swap

Get your hands on a Windows 10 ISO
Create the bootable USB with the Windows 10 iso
Extract Windows 11 iso
Replace the install.win from USB "sources" folder with the Windows 11 one

3) Appraiserress.dll downgrade

Get your hands on a Windows 10 ISO
Create the bootable USB with the Windows 11 iso
Extract Windows 10 iso
Replace the Appraiserress.dll from USB "sources" folder with the Windows 10 one

Method 1 requires the use of regedit and it must be performed every time we want to install Windows 11. Methods 2 and 3 are "apply-once" workaround that will make your ISO capable of installing Windows 11 on every machine without any manual command input.

For applying method 2 and 3 there is a script developed by a fellow Windows modder that will apply one of them automatically but I will not post it because I still have no permission to post the script on other forums.

Let me know if you knew this methods and if you will use of them!]]> <![CDATA[Windows 11 has been announced]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Windows-11-has-been-announced Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:12:12 +0000 LightDestory]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Windows-11-has-been-announced Don't worry, I am here to sum up the essential stuff!

So, on 24 june 2021 Microsoft announced its new OS: Windows 11.

IT IS A TOTAL UI REFRESH, maybe if you disliked Windows 8 attempt to put a new UI you will hate Windows 11 too... but Windows 11 attempts is surely better than Windows 8 one!

Let's talk about the interesting topics:

UI refresh: a new UI is planned for Windows 10 too, it is code name Sun Valley and it is the 21H2 update;
Integrated Teams: Windows 11 will shift from Skype to Microsoft Teams, with a proper OS-integration, for it's calling/meeting app;
DirectStorage API: it is a feature similar to ResizableBar, your game will be able to communicate and use GPU's ram directly;
AutoHDR: Windows 11 is trying a proper implementation of HDR!
Android Applicaiton: Windows 11 will be able to run Android application! You can download them via Windows Store that is linked to Amazon App Store... it is still unknow if will be possible to sideload apps;
Virtual Desktop improvements: Windows 11 will improve your docking life, a new tabs organizer and a "monitor memory" for laptop that uses external monitors;
Widget are backs: Windows 11 has it's "relax" window where you can find useful widget. They are not the same as Windows 7 widget!
Xbox Game Pass: Windows 11 has Xbox game pass built-in on Xbox app;
Free upgrade for Windows 10 users who have a COMPATIBLE DEVICE
New minimal requirements: Windows 11 requires Secure Boot and TPM 2.0, two bios settings that can be found only on POST-2015 hardware.
A LOT MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

As today, 28 june, Windows 11 insider program has been started, I am currently downloading the insider build and I am going to switch soon.

So, are you going to upgrade to windows 11? I am going to update at 100%
I am so exicited!]]> Don't worry, I am here to sum up the essential stuff!

So, on 24 june 2021 Microsoft announced its new OS: Windows 11.

IT IS A TOTAL UI REFRESH, maybe if you disliked Windows 8 attempt to put a new UI you will hate Windows 11 too... but Windows 11 attempts is surely better than Windows 8 one!

Let's talk about the interesting topics:

UI refresh: a new UI is planned for Windows 10 too, it is code name Sun Valley and it is the 21H2 update;
Integrated Teams: Windows 11 will shift from Skype to Microsoft Teams, with a proper OS-integration, for it's calling/meeting app;
DirectStorage API: it is a feature similar to ResizableBar, your game will be able to communicate and use GPU's ram directly;
AutoHDR: Windows 11 is trying a proper implementation of HDR!
Android Applicaiton: Windows 11 will be able to run Android application! You can download them via Windows Store that is linked to Amazon App Store... it is still unknow if will be possible to sideload apps;
Virtual Desktop improvements: Windows 11 will improve your docking life, a new tabs organizer and a "monitor memory" for laptop that uses external monitors;
Widget are backs: Windows 11 has it's "relax" window where you can find useful widget. They are not the same as Windows 7 widget!
Xbox Game Pass: Windows 11 has Xbox game pass built-in on Xbox app;
Free upgrade for Windows 10 users who have a COMPATIBLE DEVICE
New minimal requirements: Windows 11 requires Secure Boot and TPM 2.0, two bios settings that can be found only on POST-2015 hardware.
A LOT MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

As today, 28 june, Windows 11 insider program has been started, I am currently downloading the insider build and I am going to switch soon.

So, are you going to upgrade to windows 11? I am going to update at 100%
I am so exicited!]]> <![CDATA[Chrome advert frustration! Chrome alternatives?]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Chrome-advert-frustration-Chrome-alternatives Sun, 06 Jun 2021 11:04:18 +0000 deanhills]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Chrome-advert-frustration-Chrome-alternatives
I've disabled all of the settings for pop ups etc etc. Even went into ads by clicking on the cross to cross them out, and try to find a way to disable them. But not a chance.

Any suggestions for Chrome alternatives? I'm using Mozilla Firefox, which I find is a bit better but I like to have a backup like Chrome. I've just started to try out Brave last night. Any other or better suggestions?]]>
I've disabled all of the settings for pop ups etc etc. Even went into ads by clicking on the cross to cross them out, and try to find a way to disable them. But not a chance.

Any suggestions for Chrome alternatives? I'm using Mozilla Firefox, which I find is a bit better but I like to have a backup like Chrome. I've just started to try out Brave last night. Any other or better suggestions?]]> <![CDATA[Which OS is Best for VPS?]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Which-OS-is-Best-for-VPS Sun, 30 May 2021 04:44:01 +0000 devilnator]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Which-OS-is-Best-for-VPS
I use 3 Linux VPS and 1 Windows VPS.]]>
I use 3 Linux VPS and 1 Windows VPS.]]> <![CDATA[Beware! PHP 8 may break old WP Themes!]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Beware-PHP-8-may-break-old-WP-Themes Fri, 07 May 2021 23:32:18 +0000 deanhills]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Beware-PHP-8-may-break-old-WP-Themes
A major hurdle turned out to be one of my oldest WordPress sites. When I move a WP site I use the All In One WP Migration Plugin to create backups after every change. So usually it's quick and easy. I create a new WP installation at the destination site. Then import the backup. With the old Website it is the first time ever that my backup had a critical issue with the database. Thing is this only happened with this very old WordPress site. The other sites that had old WP themes were OK, but the site that had the critical database issue was a very old theme called Tetris.

Took quite a while for me to figure out that the reason was php 8.0. I then picked up on a warning by WordPress to be careful not to use php 8.0 as there seems to be conflicts with some of the themes and plugins. They are investigating this.]]>
A major hurdle turned out to be one of my oldest WordPress sites. When I move a WP site I use the All In One WP Migration Plugin to create backups after every change. So usually it's quick and easy. I create a new WP installation at the destination site. Then import the backup. With the old Website it is the first time ever that my backup had a critical issue with the database. Thing is this only happened with this very old WordPress site. The other sites that had old WP themes were OK, but the site that had the critical database issue was a very old theme called Tetris.

Took quite a while for me to figure out that the reason was php 8.0. I then picked up on a warning by WordPress to be careful not to use php 8.0 as there seems to be conflicts with some of the themes and plugins. They are investigating this.]]> <![CDATA[Edge vs Chrome]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Edge-vs-Chrome Thu, 29 Apr 2021 05:25:08 +0000 xdude]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Edge-vs-Chrome
Anyone here uses MS Edge for a while? How's your experience?]]>
Anyone here uses MS Edge for a while? How's your experience?]]> <![CDATA[University of Minnesota attempted our security!]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-University-of-Minnesota-attempted-our-security Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:10:46 +0000 LightDestory]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-University-of-Minnesota-attempted-our-security If you didn't read it, don't worry I will provide a "offensive-less" summary of what the researchers of Minnesota tried to do.

On 21 April 2021 an email from Greg Kroah-Hartman announced his decision to ban University of Minnesota from the Linux development contributors and the revert their commits (= nullify all their code changes). The researchers tried to intentionally insert bugs in an unauthorised Penetration test to perform an experiement described on one of their scientific article... THEY COULD HAVE AFFECTED YOUR SECURITY.

These ***** researcher just used the trust of the open source community to just to perform a dangerous experiment to boost their own paper-career. It is disgusting.
We should thanks the numerous reviewers who protect us by inspecting the code.

I will stop here my personal summary because I could use a offensive tone, so I would just append the "polite" email from Greg Kroah-Hartman:

Code:
I have been meaning to do this for a while, but recent events have

finally forced me to do so.

Commits from @umn.edu addresses have been found to be submitted in "bad

faith" to try to test the kernel community's ability to review "known

malicious" changes.  The result of these submissions can be found in a

paper published at the 42nd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy

entitled, "Open Source Insecurity: Stealthily Introducing

Vulnerabilities via Hypocrite Commits" written by Qiushi Wu (University

of Minnesota) and Kangjie Lu (University of Minnesota).

Because of this, all submissions from this group must be reverted from

the kernel tree and will need to be re-reviewed again to determine if

they actually are a valid fix.  Until that work is complete, remove this

change to ensure that no problems are being introduced into the

codebase.

This patchset has the "easy" reverts, there are 68 remaining ones that

need to be manually reviewed.  Some of them are not able to be reverted

as they already have been reverted, or fixed up with follow-on patches

as they were determined to be invalid.  Proof that these submissions

were almost universally wrong.

I will be working with some other kernel developers to determine if any

of these reverts were actually valid changes, were actually valid, and

if so, will resubmit them properly later.  For now, it's better to be

safe.

I'll take this through my tree, so no need for any maintainer to worry

about this, but they should be aware that future submissions from anyone

with a umn.edu address should be by default-rejected unless otherwise

determined to actually be a valid fix (i.e. they provide proof and you

can verify it, but really, why waste your time doing that extra work?)

thanks,

greg k-h

What do you think about it?
The open source community is always friendly and open minded to new and senior contributor, but these reseachers just decided on their own to do something so dangerous that could have been affected our daily usage devices.]]> If you didn't read it, don't worry I will provide a "offensive-less" summary of what the researchers of Minnesota tried to do.

On 21 April 2021 an email from Greg Kroah-Hartman announced his decision to ban University of Minnesota from the Linux development contributors and the revert their commits (= nullify all their code changes). The researchers tried to intentionally insert bugs in an unauthorised Penetration test to perform an experiement described on one of their scientific article... THEY COULD HAVE AFFECTED YOUR SECURITY.

These ***** researcher just used the trust of the open source community to just to perform a dangerous experiment to boost their own paper-career. It is disgusting.
We should thanks the numerous reviewers who protect us by inspecting the code.

I will stop here my personal summary because I could use a offensive tone, so I would just append the "polite" email from Greg Kroah-Hartman:

Code:
I have been meaning to do this for a while, but recent events have

finally forced me to do so.

Commits from @umn.edu addresses have been found to be submitted in "bad

faith" to try to test the kernel community's ability to review "known

malicious" changes.  The result of these submissions can be found in a

paper published at the 42nd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy

entitled, "Open Source Insecurity: Stealthily Introducing

Vulnerabilities via Hypocrite Commits" written by Qiushi Wu (University

of Minnesota) and Kangjie Lu (University of Minnesota).

Because of this, all submissions from this group must be reverted from

the kernel tree and will need to be re-reviewed again to determine if

they actually are a valid fix.  Until that work is complete, remove this

change to ensure that no problems are being introduced into the

codebase.

This patchset has the "easy" reverts, there are 68 remaining ones that

need to be manually reviewed.  Some of them are not able to be reverted

as they already have been reverted, or fixed up with follow-on patches

as they were determined to be invalid.  Proof that these submissions

were almost universally wrong.

I will be working with some other kernel developers to determine if any

of these reverts were actually valid changes, were actually valid, and

if so, will resubmit them properly later.  For now, it's better to be

safe.

I'll take this through my tree, so no need for any maintainer to worry

about this, but they should be aware that future submissions from anyone

with a umn.edu address should be by default-rejected unless otherwise

determined to actually be a valid fix (i.e. they provide proof and you

can verify it, but really, why waste your time doing that extra work?)

thanks,

greg k-h

What do you think about it?
The open source community is always friendly and open minded to new and senior contributor, but these reseachers just decided on their own to do something so dangerous that could have been affected our daily usage devices.]]> <![CDATA[The operating system for Hackers is based on Windows 10]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-The-operating-system-for-Hackers-is-based-on-Windows-10 Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:07:25 +0000 hopphim95]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-The-operating-system-for-Hackers-is-based-on-Windows-10 This article has been taken from another Website and some of the wording in the intro slightly modified. Please note that copy pasting from another Website is not allowed as we see this as plagiarism. It is against our Forum rules.

Thank you to the member who submitted a report on this and provided us with the source of the plagiarized content. I've gone ahead to put the material below in quotation marks and provided the source at the bottom of the post.

Please also note that topics like these aren't really suitable for discussion in our Forum as not all of our members are suitably experienced to understand the contents and this could be to their detriment. Tests that are not done properly can crash servers, expose sensitive data, corrupt crucial production data, or cause a host of other adverse effects associated with mimicking a criminal hack.

Quote:Have you ever thought of using penetration tools that come pre-installed in Windows like Kali Linux, Parrot OS, Blackarch and many others, but they are all Linux based. Ninjutsu OS is an operating system based on Windows 10 but is integrated with hacking, security and testing tools for Hackers and security experts.

However, now pentesters don't have to worry about switching to Linux since they can use windows with the pentest tools. For all setup problems and problems, here's the solution - "Ninjustu Operating System."

A brief introduction to Ninjustu OS
However, now pentesters don't have to worry about switching to Linux since they can use windows with the pentest tools. For all setup problems and problems, here's the solution - "Ninjustu Operating System."

The Ninjutsu OS project started on May 7 [2020] to take the revision of Windows 10 to a whole new level and turn Windows 10 into a powerful platform for penetration testing. Many tools (around 800), including hardware monitoring, VPN manager, Google Chrome and torrent app, have been added for security professionals as well as for casual users. It is also designed to remove features that are considered unwanted or unnecessary in such environments.

System requirements:

Minimum CPU: 64-bit supported Intel or AMD processor

RAM: at least 4Gb

Hard drive at least: 55 GB

Ninjustu OS was pre-installed with pyhton3.8, python3.7, python2.7, Go, Ruby, perl, git, php, apache, mysql, nod, filezeila, tomcat ...

Protect identity and privacy

Ninjutsu OS includes a complete arsenal of tools for performing information scans, penetration checks, security checks, and system attacks.
Ninjutsu has built-in tools such as Proxycap, Shut10, WPD10 and simple DNSCrypt designed to protect your privacy and your identity.
Customize Windows 10 with powerful tweaks and optimizations.

Protect your privacy by tweaking and customizing Windows 10.

Disables many annoying features built into Windows.

Remove unwanted Windows components.

Remove / Disable many Windows programs and services

Penetration Testing pre-installed Windows 10, Red Teaming and Android Security Test Integration Environment.

More than 800 penetration testing tools.

Free and open source tool.

Pre-populate the command line.

Terminal with many useful features.

Customize Windows 10 with powerful tweaks and optimizations.

Protect your privacy by tweaking and customizing Windows 10.

Disable any annoying features built into windows.

Remove unwanted Windows components.

Remove / Disable many Windows programs and services.

And many other functions are waiting for you to discover
Direct discussion at Ninjutsu OS's Telegram

Source: https://medium.com/hackers-news/penetrat...28162c055f]]> This article has been taken from another Website and some of the wording in the intro slightly modified. Please note that copy pasting from another Website is not allowed as we see this as plagiarism. It is against our Forum rules.

Thank you to the member who submitted a report on this and provided us with the source of the plagiarized content. I've gone ahead to put the material below in quotation marks and provided the source at the bottom of the post.

Please also note that topics like these aren't really suitable for discussion in our Forum as not all of our members are suitably experienced to understand the contents and this could be to their detriment. Tests that are not done properly can crash servers, expose sensitive data, corrupt crucial production data, or cause a host of other adverse effects associated with mimicking a criminal hack.

Quote:Have you ever thought of using penetration tools that come pre-installed in Windows like Kali Linux, Parrot OS, Blackarch and many others, but they are all Linux based. Ninjutsu OS is an operating system based on Windows 10 but is integrated with hacking, security and testing tools for Hackers and security experts.

However, now pentesters don't have to worry about switching to Linux since they can use windows with the pentest tools. For all setup problems and problems, here's the solution - "Ninjustu Operating System."

A brief introduction to Ninjustu OS
However, now pentesters don't have to worry about switching to Linux since they can use windows with the pentest tools. For all setup problems and problems, here's the solution - "Ninjustu Operating System."

The Ninjutsu OS project started on May 7 [2020] to take the revision of Windows 10 to a whole new level and turn Windows 10 into a powerful platform for penetration testing. Many tools (around 800), including hardware monitoring, VPN manager, Google Chrome and torrent app, have been added for security professionals as well as for casual users. It is also designed to remove features that are considered unwanted or unnecessary in such environments.

System requirements:

Minimum CPU: 64-bit supported Intel or AMD processor

RAM: at least 4Gb

Hard drive at least: 55 GB

Ninjustu OS was pre-installed with pyhton3.8, python3.7, python2.7, Go, Ruby, perl, git, php, apache, mysql, nod, filezeila, tomcat ...

Protect identity and privacy

Ninjutsu OS includes a complete arsenal of tools for performing information scans, penetration checks, security checks, and system attacks.
Ninjutsu has built-in tools such as Proxycap, Shut10, WPD10 and simple DNSCrypt designed to protect your privacy and your identity.
Customize Windows 10 with powerful tweaks and optimizations.

Protect your privacy by tweaking and customizing Windows 10.

Disables many annoying features built into Windows.

Remove unwanted Windows components.

Remove / Disable many Windows programs and services

Penetration Testing pre-installed Windows 10, Red Teaming and Android Security Test Integration Environment.

More than 800 penetration testing tools.

Free and open source tool.

Pre-populate the command line.

Terminal with many useful features.

Customize Windows 10 with powerful tweaks and optimizations.

Protect your privacy by tweaking and customizing Windows 10.

Disable any annoying features built into windows.

Remove unwanted Windows components.

Remove / Disable many Windows programs and services.

And many other functions are waiting for you to discover
Direct discussion at Ninjutsu OS's Telegram

Source: https://medium.com/hackers-news/penetrat...28162c055f]]> <![CDATA[Linux Virtualization in Windows 10 via WSL2]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Linux-Virtualization-in-Windows-10-via-WSL2 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 06:35:11 +0000 debjit]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Linux-Virtualization-in-Windows-10-via-WSL2 New thread created from old thread dated 2018. Moved to Geek World/Software Forum:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/

WSL 2 is an update of WSL1 for virtualization of Linux OS in Windows 10.

Wsl2 is now released. MS says it is fast and more reliable. I am currently using ubuntu 20 for test dev. I am currently thinking of using docker with my wsl2 installation. Do you have any other option? Or I just use docker with Virtualbox or install Linux on my laptop? I am very confused with this wsl2 installation.
I am currently using laragon on my pc. But I have to install every database that I am testing, which is a pain, and multi-database is also very confusing here. I hope to find a solution for my dev needs soon. I will upload more here.]]> <![CDATA[Laragon simple and powerful development environment.]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Laragon-simple-and-powerful-development-environment Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:11:04 +0000 debjit]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Laragon-simple-and-powerful-development-environment I found laragon page is pretty compelling and offer similar features like valet. I installed and it's been 2 years that I never tried another dev stack.
Here I am sharing some of the features that I like, you can get the full feature set from their website Laragon .

1. Pretty Url and sharing

I need to change all the host file manually for every app that I create, now laragon do that for me automagically. It creates app.test or anything you like as an extension. And when I have to share from my computer sometimes it does not register my localhost, but laragon makes sharing with ngrok just one click.

2. Comes with some goodies

It comes with notepad++,git and ConEmu which is better than dos in my opinion. HeidiSql portable software also a good alternative for phpmyadmin.

There are a lot of features to see, I advise you to go and give it a try.]]> I found laragon page is pretty compelling and offer similar features like valet. I installed and it's been 2 years that I never tried another dev stack.
Here I am sharing some of the features that I like, you can get the full feature set from their website Laragon .

1. Pretty Url and sharing

I need to change all the host file manually for every app that I create, now laragon do that for me automagically. It creates app.test or anything you like as an extension. And when I have to share from my computer sometimes it does not register my localhost, but laragon makes sharing with ngrok just one click.

2. Comes with some goodies

It comes with notepad++,git and ConEmu which is better than dos in my opinion. HeidiSql portable software also a good alternative for phpmyadmin.

There are a lot of features to see, I advise you to go and give it a try.]]> <![CDATA[AdGuard Home - Free & Self-hosted DNS sinkhole Adblocker]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-AdGuard-Home-Free-Self-hosted-DNS-sinkhole-Adblocker Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:40:06 +0000 Mashiro]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-AdGuard-Home-Free-Self-hosted-DNS-sinkhole-Adblocker [Image: 68747470733a2f2f63646e2e616467756172642e...652e737667]

[Image: 68747470733a2f2f63646e2e616467756172642e...652e737667]

A free & self-hosted DNS sinkhole Adblocker

Many of you may already know AdGuard as a application for Android and iOS to block advertising and other bad stuff on your Android or iOS device via a local VPN or proxy on the device itself. It has a limited free version and a premium version based on subscription / licenses per device with much more features and configuration abilities. It is by far one of the best and most popular Adblockers for mobile devices.

Some of you may also have heard of a free and open source project called Pi-Hole that allows you block advertising and other stuff on DNS level by sending the request to a DNS sinkhole (0.0.0.0). Pi-Hole has become very popular as a self-hosted application for the Raspberry Pi but can also be hosted on any other normal Linux VPS. You bascially run your own local DNS server that blocks domains that are serving advertising on websites or other bad sites (spam, malware, etc.).

Now mix together AdGuard and Pi-Hole: you get AdGuard Home. AdGuard Home is (as the title says) a free, open source and self-hosted DNS sinkhole Adblocker by the makers of the AdGuard app. It can be compared to Pi-Hole as it basically uses the same concept to block advertising as Pi-Hole. However AdGuard Home comes with more features onboard that aren't available with Pi-Hole or can only be installed additionally with a lot of hassle via SSH. AdGuard Home is based on the code of the AdGuard DNS server service.

AdGuard Home Features
- Choose what exactly will the server block or not block.
- Monitor your network activity.
- Add your own custom filtering rules.
- You are the only one who's in control of your own server.
- Blocking ads and trackers.
- Built-in DHCP server.
- HTTPS for the Admin interface.
- Encrypted DNS upstream servers (DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS, DNSCrypt).
- Cross-platform.
- Running as a DNS-over-HTTPS or DNS-over-TLS server.
- Blocking phishing and malware domains.
- Parental control (blocking adult domains).
- Force Safe search on search engines.
- Per-client (device) configuration.
- Access settings (choose who can use AGH DNS).
- Running without root privileges.

Text = Compared features are available with AdGuard Home but aren't available with Pi-Hole (can possibly be added by additional work, software and configuration via SSH).

Sadly DNS sinkhole based Adblockers always have a little downside:

AdGuard Home GitHub Readme Wrote:Essentially, any advertising that shares a domain with content cannot be blocked by a DNS-level blocker.

Is there a chance to handle this in the future? DNS will never be enough to do this. Our only option is to use a content blocking proxy like what we do in the standalone AdGuard applications. We're going to bring this feature support to AdGuard Home in the future. Unfortunately, even in this case, there still will be cases when this won't be enough or would require quite complicated configuration.

Example: You cannot block advertising in Youtube videos. If you attempt to do so you will actually also block any Youtube video. No videos will play. Youtube will be broken. I tried this with Pi-Hole and it didn't work well at all. Nothing in Youtube worked.

Installation

You can easily install it on Linux or Mac with the command below:

Code:
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/master/scripts/install.sh | sh

If you prefer you can also install everything manually step by step: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHo...ng-Started

Another very easy way to deploy AdGuard Home is by Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/adguard/adguardhome

If you use Snap (e.g. Ubuntu Server) you can install it via the Snap Store: https://snapcraft.io/adguard-home

Official AdGuard Home GitHub Repo: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome

Wiki: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/wiki

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A free & self-hosted DNS sinkhole Adblocker

AdGuard Home GitHub Readme Wrote:Essentially, any advertising that shares a domain with content cannot be blocked by a DNS-level blocker.

Is there a chance to handle this in the future? DNS will never be enough to do this. Our only option is to use a content blocking proxy like what we do in the standalone AdGuard applications. We're going to bring this feature support to AdGuard Home in the future. Unfortunately, even in this case, there still will be cases when this won't be enough or would require quite complicated configuration.

Code:
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/master/scripts/install.sh | sh

]]> <![CDATA[Why are all updates only ADDING MB instead of removing redundant MB?]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Why-are-all-updates-only-ADDING-MB-instead-of-removing-redundant-MB Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:21:16 +0000 deanhills]]> https://post4vps.com/Thread-Why-are-all-updates-only-ADDING-MB-instead-of-removing-redundant-MB
Why are all software updates ADDING MB only, and not deleting MB that are no longer needed? Like isn't that a weakness of the software in its own right and counter productive? Maybe even a security risk?

How this rant came about is that I've just updated a tiny blog from WordPress 5.6 to WordPress 5.7 and that added approx 4 MB of space, without me making any changes to the blog. Just pure "script udpate"!

Worst in my experience are Anti-Virus software like Kaspersky. When I first started using Kaspersky a few years back, it was lean and mean and totally great for any of my hardware. Nowadays it's heavy, bloated, and with every new release even Gigabytes in difference. To the extent I had to remove it from my laptop, as it was weighing the system down. I could hardly move with it.

Ditto Windows 10. Why can't there be subtraction of software data that is no longer required happen at the same time when it is "updated". Like only data are added, never subtracted.

Surely when one gets an update or upgrade (particularly when you're paying for it too), then obsolete data should be removed? The aim should be to keep the software as lean as possible? Or am I missing something here?

Ditto OS! The higher the release number, the more bloated the OS gets. I look at CentOS few years ago when it was lean. Now it's super heavy in comparison.]]>
Why are all software updates ADDING MB only, and not deleting MB that are no longer needed? Like isn't that a weakness of the software in its own right and counter productive? Maybe even a security risk?

How this rant came about is that I've just updated a tiny blog from WordPress 5.6 to WordPress 5.7 and that added approx 4 MB of space, without me making any changes to the blog. Just pure "script udpate"!

Worst in my experience are Anti-Virus software like Kaspersky. When I first started using Kaspersky a few years back, it was lean and mean and totally great for any of my hardware. Nowadays it's heavy, bloated, and with every new release even Gigabytes in difference. To the extent I had to remove it from my laptop, as it was weighing the system down. I could hardly move with it.

Ditto Windows 10. Why can't there be subtraction of software data that is no longer required happen at the same time when it is "updated". Like only data are added, never subtracted.

Surely when one gets an update or upgrade (particularly when you're paying for it too), then obsolete data should be removed? The aim should be to keep the software as lean as possible? Or am I missing something here?

Ditto OS! The higher the release number, the more bloated the OS gets. I look at CentOS few years ago when it was lean. Now it's super heavy in comparison.]]>