Congrats! You've mastered #the ancient art of #reinventing the #wheel by adding one unnecessary layer of #complexity to your #database connection . Because what could be more fun than #debugging #network #proxies in your spare time?
https://pgdog.dev/blog/hacking-postgres-wire-protocol #software #development #HackerNews #ngated

#WeekendReading: Hoogakker (and 67 other people) go into the current state of low-oxygen #proxies currently in use in #paleoceanography. It's a small book (95 pages), more than a paper, and covers a lot.
https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/863/2025/

Commented on FCLTGlobal report, Beyond the Blame Game: Why the Proxy System Needs to Change. (added to prior post https://www.corpgov.net/2024/12/pre-disclosing-proxy-votes-bradley-august/ ) Reads like DOGE technocrats dismantling government to privatize democracy international transhumanist billionaires who believe they can live forever by merging with machines. Still, the report is the consensus of some of the world’s most important and influential organizations. As such, it is worth reading and discussing. #corpgov #ESG #proxies #proxysystem

We're working on a complete rewrite of https://github.com/unredacted/freesocks-control-plane into a fully-fledged web application to help anyone with the distribution of Outline & Xray/XTLS access keys.

Here's a sneak peak of the admin UI.

China-Russia Alliance Expands, Elevating US Risks in Asia and Middle East - Frederick Kempe, CEO of the Atlantic Council, highlighted two pressing concerns at... - https://news.bitcoin.com/china-russia-alliance-expands-elevating-us-risks-in-asia-and-middle-east/ #atlanticcouncil #condoleezzarice #frederickkempe #nicholasburns #leadership #middleeast #economics #sanctions #defense #proxies #ukraine #russia #china #asia #u.n. #war

you can use ip2 through tor browser with a few mods - whonix has a writeup on it #portable apps #wonix #tor browser #ip2 #proxies

️Spamhaus #TicketDeskTeam continues to receive a flood of removal requests from frustrated mobile phone users who can't send emails from their devices, due to their ISPs policies. Can you guess what the ISP's in question are still doing?

Find out here
https://www.spamhaus.org/resource-hub/compromised/spammers-love-mobile-phone-ip-space-heres-how-to-fix-that/

For several years, Spamhaus researchers have been observing the negative impact of downloading free apps and toolbars that turn residential networks into a proxy for paying users:

https://www.spamhaus.org/resource-hub/compromised/lets-talk-about-the-danger-of-residential-proxy-networks/

For Internet Service Providers, restricting port 25 is an essential step to protect your network from malware spread by proxies.

You can learn more about this escalating issue and how to resolve it here: https://www.spamhaus.org/restrict-port-25/

If you’d like to discuss this further, connect with one of the Spamhaus team, or reach out to us via this social channel.

If you are in #Bangladesh and are looking for a way to circumvent Internet censorship, try https://freesocks.org, it may be able to help.

Reach out to us if you have questions or need assistance, we’re here for you.

UK 'increasingly concerned' about Russian intelligence links to hacktivists
https://therecord.media/russian-intelligence-hacktivists-gchq-cyberuk #UK #russia #hacking #hacktivists #GCHQ #proxies

#USA it is time to end the #Israel pro government lobbies
That is not being #antisemitic just anti #Genocide
And also for those who can not think, i also advocate for the end of #Hamas and other #Iran #proxies, cause if they had the power, they would also being committing #genocide
But as #Israel government does not represent the #Jews neither #Hamas represents the #Palestinians or #Muslins

Weekend Reads

* DNSSEC and .nz https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2024-04/nzdnssec.html
* Cables under the sea https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
* Supply chain OSS dependencies https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.11763
* Residential proxies traffic study https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10610
* Africa undersea cable colonialism https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13637

We've got some really cool plans for freesocks.org. It's going to be open sourced soon!

What is FreeSocks? It's a service that provides free, open & uncensored #Outline (#Shadowsocks) #proxies to people in countries experiencing a high level of Internet #censorship.

Interesting overview by #NYT of Iranian proxies, it's not so simple as sometimes portrayed, lots of different groups with different levels of control by Iran. (giftlink)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/06/world/middleeast/iran-hamas-hezbollah-houthis-iraq.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iU0.Ug6q.J8qsG1ru24EL&smid=url-share
#Iran #proxies

Excited for #JCON EUROPE 2024? See Abdel Sghiouar at #JCON2024 in Cologne talking about '#Proxies, #Gateways, and Service #Mesh. Why Are Words so Confusing?'

Can you tell the difference between an #API Gateway, the API Gateway, …

Get your free #JUG Ticket: http://www.jcon.one

This project looks very cool (and useful)!

The #HTTP Garden is a collection of HTTP #servers and #proxies configured to be composable, along with scripts to interact with them in a way that makes finding #vulnerabilities much much easier.

https://github.com/narfindustries/http-garden

For some cool demos of the stuff that you can find with the HTTP Garden, check out our #ShmooCon 2024 talk.

https://invidious.slipfox.xyz/watch?v=aKPAX00ft5s&t=2h19m0s

If you are interested in the chemical tracers of wildfires, and how those might vary with burn severity, check out our new #preprint https://www.authorea.com/doi/full/10.22541/au.170689252.26414470/v1

We leached wildfire ashes and soils from karst areas, so we can better understand the speleothem palaeofire proxy signal. Another team effort, with co-authors from #UNSW ( @Andbaker) #ANSTO, #UWA, and #GNSScience

Stating the very obvious, US intelligence officials estimate Tehran does not have full control of its proxy groups. The whole rationality for proxies is not having full control, always having a degree of deniability.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/01/iran-proxies-intel-houthis-00139099?s=09
#iran #proxies #geopolitics