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Kali vs Parrot vs Athena
The operating system is an integral part of cybersecurity. Each one offers different tools and functions catering to different people. In this article, I will review some of the differences and my experiences with the OSs I’ve used. Kali Based on Debian, link here. Pros: Cons: Parrot Based on Debian, link here. Pros: Cons: Athena Based on…
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Portmaster: Privacy Oriented Firewall
Safing’s Portmaster is an open source firewall that allows users to monitor and block network activity. Its primary purpose is to protect privacy by blocking malicious connections from apps and hiding the computer’s IP address. In this article, I will go over my experiences with setting up and using Portmaster. Setup Installing Portmaster was simple, I…
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FauxPilot: Self Hosted AI Coding Assistant
FauxPilot is an AI coding assistant compatible with VScode, the OpenAI API (limited), and with curl. As its name suggests, FauxPilot is similar to Github Copilot, having essentially the same functions. In this article, I will go over my experience setting up and using FauxPilot. Setup FauxPilot has a server and a client. The server runs…