Elbrus

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Uh oh! After more than 27 years, ICQ has been been shut down [video](youtube.com)
2 points by Elbrus 2y ago|0 comments
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by Elbrus 2y ago
> This still has the best SOCKS5 proxy abilities, even over normal Firefox Could you please elaborate a bit on what exactly do you mean by that? E.g. in Firefox one can do the following: - Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels in Putty conn
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by Elbrus 2y ago
> So if you'll pardon my pun, I think they've probably just duck-taped a standard VPN client app into their browser app If it's true, then I'll only double the pun. But that's why I'm also curious about the
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by Elbrus 2y ago
Yes, Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels in Putty connection options. Add a dynamic tunnel there. Start the session. Then enter 127.0.0.1 and the port you've chosen as a SOCKS v5 proxy in Firefox options. Congratulations! Your poor
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by Elbrus 2y ago
> Most likely SOCKS5? AFAIK, there's still no proper SOCKS user authorization. So if I do something like that on my own VPS, I'll quickly have like 10 000 open connections from Pakistan there. > At least in Firefox there&#x2
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by Elbrus 2y ago
> No need to install a separate VPN app. Once you sign up for Privacy Pro, you can install our VPN right in your DuckDuckGo browser > we use the open-source WireGuard protocol Any info on how that is implemented? Did they build some p
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by Elbrus 2y ago
[Friday mode on] > US English: Oii... It‘s the rong soid of the interwebe ye was postin' down, innit? [Friday mode off]
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Zilore DNS Service shutting down on 14th July 2024 – heads-up for site owners
2 points by Elbrus 2y ago|0 comments
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by Elbrus 2y ago
> what do I start with as a base OS these days IMO, there are two primary options: — Rocky Linux (or AlmaLinux) if you prefer a “bit more corporate” flavor after getting used to Windows; — Debian if you'd like to get “more community
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by Elbrus 2y ago
> maintainability of things when you're not around The real issue, which is only getting worse. The guy from Reddit says: “The operating system of either server. They're probably Macs, but more than that I don't know ... E
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by Elbrus 2y ago
Being an enthusiast, who highly supports decentralization movement, would like to post just one suggestion while the project is new and the list of apps isn't huge: I believe it would be to good to have some indication of each app&#x27
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by Elbrus 3y ago
> Did you ever see Mark Ferrari's animated pixel art landscapes from the 1990s? I have seen these long ago, thanks a ton for the working link. Considering it is not some modern trendy pixel dithering, I can hardly imagine the amount
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by Elbrus 3y ago
> I started moving my company's team and contractors (as well as family and friends) ... onto Aegis An important question on this, if you don't mind: If the phone, where Aegis was installed, is dead/lost/stolen, which