What if I told you this 10-year-old laptop can run a full IT lab—web servers, VMs, a VPN, and even a Git server. I’m creating a series where its focused on building practical, budget-friendly home labs by using old laptops. We’ll install Linux and KVM on Linux. No expensive enterprise servers and a great WAF, … Read more
I am currently taking an Ethical Hacking course at Mission College (CIT016), taught by Micky Pandit. For our mid-term project, we had to create videos on a product and showcase how to install, configure and use it. Upon learning how easy it is to find vulnerabilities and pwn devices, our paranoia got dialed up to … Read more
I came across this cool HTML5-based management interface for KVM hosts. Its called kimchi-project (https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/). In this guide, i’ll show you how to install it on an Ubuntu 16.04 host and manage your guest VMs. Pre-installation steps If you haven’t installed quemu, go ahead and do that now. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y … Read more
I’ve came across a yet another easy and cool home project that is intended for Rapsberry Pis, but can run on any flavor of Linux (Requirements here). Its called Pi-Hole and you can set it up in 5 minutes or less. Website: https://pi-hole.net/ The idea is simple: it blocks all add traffic in your network … Read more
Do you work with networking devices but don’t have the money to shell out for a Opengear, Pele, or Tripplite serial console server? Fear not, Raspberry Pi is here! Home lab users and budget constrained Network Admins will enjoy this. For those who are unfamiliar with the Raspberry Pi (RPi for short), its a credit … Read more