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Shodan.io tips and tricks

Shodan.io tips and tricks

Bogdan Ungureanu

Shodan is a search engine for the internet of things (IoT). It allows users to search for specific types of internet-connected devices, such as security cameras or industrial control systems, and view information about them, such as their location, their internet protocol (IP) address, and their manufacturer.

Cheatsheet Utility

Bogdan Ungureanu

It is often helpful to have a quick reference to a set of commands in a development environment. Some of them are hard to remember because they are not very common. Whether you’re working with system administration tools, programming utilities, or specialized Linux commands, trying to memorize complex syntax can be frustrating and time-consuming.

Enable Password Reset Feature on Exchange 2013

Bogdan Ungureanu

Exchange Control Panel (ECP) is a web based management and configuration interface that allows you to manage various aspects of the server configuration. The password reset feature enables administrators to reset mailbox passwords over ECP.

Missing password reset

Setting Citrix XenServer 6.x/7.x/8.x to Auto-Start Virtual Machines

Setting Citrix XenServer 6.x/7.x/8.x to Auto-Start Virtual Machines

Bogdan Ungureanu

If you are still running a Citrix Xen Hypervisor nowadays, you may discover it comes with many challenges. One of them is to discover a way to set up the imported VM appliances to start at boot time.

Upgrading the Xen server to a new version is quite simple and has the advantage of preserving the previous settings. Sometimes this is not possible due to hardware aging when we need to do a clean install for the supervisor and reimport the virtual appliances.

HTTP Panic Recover Middleware

Bogdan Ungureanu

No matter if you are creating a simple REST service or a complex one, you will need to handle panics to provide good resiliency and stability. Without panic recovery mechanisms in place, an uncaught panic in your HTTP handler will crash your entire server, leaving your clients without service and no meaningful error response.

Fixed: Windows 2019 stuck on boot menu

Fixed: Windows 2019 stuck on boot menu

Bogdan Ungureanu

We have a couple of issues with Windows 2019 refusing to boot after installing Hyper-V role and performing Windows updates.

It looks like it’s stuck on the boot menu waiting for someone to hit enter.

Connect to remote website using socks5 proxy

Bogdan Ungureanu

Businesses use the SOCKS5 proxy all of the time, mostly for security purposes. Since security is a major point of any data-driven organization, including a SOCKS5 proxy could significantly ramp up the digital security of the company’s data.

Besides securing their data, it can restrict access to particular digital services through advanced authentication, which is completely optional and comes as a courtesy of SOCKS5.