Scott Lowe

APRIL 16, 2014

Long-time readers know that one of my projects over the last couple of years has been to become more fluent in Linux (refer back to my 2012 project list and my 2013 project list ). Folks were wrestling with what I thought were pretty simple tasks; these were not, after all, very complex exercises. I’m a Linux guy now.

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GeekWire

MAY 22, 2020

For exercising, it helps that they seem to be pretty sweat-resistant, as well. My entire interview and hiring process has taken place virtually (a first for me), and I can’t wait to get to work from our offices and with our incredible team of people at WRF. Outdoor exercise. Mac, Windows or Linux? Windows, I guess.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 2, 2013

This post, by the way, was sparked in part by a comment on my article on using GRE tunnels with OVS , in which the reader asked: “Is there a way to configure bare Linux (Ubuntu)…with OVS installed…to serve as a tunnel endpoint…?” See my introductory post on Linux policy routing if you need more information.

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Linux Academy

MAY 13, 2019

When isolating infected virtual servers, a C-level executive must give permission to isolate a server. Once permission is granted, the virtual network adapter of the virtual server will be disabled within the operating system, and the server’s virtual network adapter will be connected to the quarantine VLAN.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 22, 2014

I leave the creation of such a template as an exercise for the reader, but I will point out that I’ve already shared with you almost all the pieces necessary to do exactly that. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. See the blog posts I provided earlier.).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2021

” Three years ago, Arnold’s team started a small pilot program with a few nonprofits to engage them in an exercise to reimagine their missions fully digitally enabled. It would be incredibly difficult to adjust to work and be productive without access to rock solid virtual collaboration tools. Mac, Windows or Linux?

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Linux Academy

MARCH 15, 2019

I had the pleasure of speaking with one of our amazing students about his experience training for AWS certifications on Linux Academy. My job encompasses supporting Linux and VMware on physical servers. I think we have close to 1600 virtual instances at any given time, spread across two data centers separated by 10 miles.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

I’ve long said that if you’re going to use Docker, you need to exercise caution about blindly throwing some container on the “FROM” line of your Dockerfile. Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). Virtualization. Still, the idea is pretty cool.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Additionally, for all remaining command examples, I’ll leave the assignment of output values into a variable as an exercise for the reader. Further variations on these commands for other AMIs is left as an exercise for the reader. ImageId'. Naturally, you can manipulate the filter values to find other types of AMIs. ImageId'.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Michael Kashin has a good post on source IP address selection in Linux. While I generally enjoy using macOS, sometimes the tight control that Cupertino exercises over the OS and its behaviors feels…constricting. Amit Gupta shows how to install Cilium in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) without kube-proxy.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Since that time, I’ve incorporated Linux ( Fedora , specifically) into my computing landscape, and I started using the Libvirt provider for Vagrant (see my write-up here ). each do |net| section works for the local virtualization providers (VirtualBox, VMware, and Libvirt), but is silently ignored for AWS. The machine[nics].each

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2023

Previous experience is optional to complete this course, although some students feel there need to be more practical exercises. is offered by Udemy and focuses on major operating systems like Windows, Mac OS, and Linux, providing learners with the skills they need to secure systems while preserving privacy and anonymity.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Part of Cold War wargaming exercises, the red teams are always viewed as offensive, or the attackers -- in this case it could be reference to the red Soviet Union. In a kinetic war, the two groups don’t necessarily tip their hands, and the same is true in a virtual war--even if both teams are employed by the same organization.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Part of Cold War wargaming exercises, the red teams are always viewed as offensive, or the attackers -- in this case it could be reference to the red Soviet Union. In a kinetic war, the two groups don’t necessarily tip their hands, and the same is true in a virtual war--even if both teams are employed by the same organization.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Part of Cold War wargaming exercises, the red teams are always viewed as offensive, or the attackers -- in this case it could be reference to the red Soviet Union. In a kinetic war, the two groups don’t necessarily tip their hands, and the same is true in a virtual war--even if both teams are employed by the same organization.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I’ll leave that as an exercise to the readers. Using this sort of technique to support multiple providers in a single Vagrant environment provides a clean, consistent workflow regardless of backend provider. Naturally, this could be extended to include other providers using the same basic techniques I’ve used here.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And the Purple teams, they’re a economic team that does both red and blue team exercise -- get it? The more famous of these is Kali Linux, from Offensive Security. Vamosi: A virtual machine is literally that, a computer that runs virtually inside your own computer. But all these pentesters are inside the company.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And the Purple teams, they’re a economic team that does both red and blue team exercise -- get it? The more famous of these is Kali Linux, from Offensive Security. Vamosi: A virtual machine is literally that, a computer that runs virtually inside your own computer. But all these pentesters are inside the company.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Familiarize yourself with operating systems Get comfortable with different operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. Use virtual machines or cloud services like AWS or Google Cloud to create a safe environment for testing and experimentation.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

You could use a Starbucks free wi-fi and virtually leave no trace behind. Kaksonen: I don't know, I'm not sure how the first fuzzer came to be, but I think that in fact it was an academic exercise. And then there are, for example, dedicated Linux distributions which server like on collections of tools ready to be used.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

You could use a Starbucks free wi-fi and virtually leave no trace behind. Kaksonen: I don't know, I'm not sure how the first fuzzer came to be, but I think that in fact it was an academic exercise. And then there are, for example, dedicated Linux distributions which server like on collections of tools ready to be used.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

You could use a Starbucks free wi-fi and virtually leave no trace behind. Kaksonen: I don't know, I'm not sure how the first fuzzer came to be, but I think that in fact it was an academic exercise. And then there are, for example, dedicated Linux distributions which server like on collections of tools ready to be used.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 7, 2021

So, I tell people that you know in order to get experience if your job is not giving you that you don't have that in a professional means, Then you need to set up a home lab, you know, whether that be in the cloud or virtually using the technology debt is one thing, another is what you do with that platform.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 7, 2021

So, I tell people that you know in order to get experience if your job is not giving you that you don't have that in a professional means, Then you need to set up a home lab, you know, whether that be in the cloud or virtually using the technology debt is one thing, another is what you do with that platform.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. Vamosi: And a lot of these systems do not use the familiar Linux Mac Windows operating systems. There's also so many virtual conferences.

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