links
table of contents
the internet
Internet-related links across various topics.
privacy
Privacy Guides
The guide to restoring your online privacy. Massive organizations are monitoring your online activities. Privacy Guides is your central privacy and security resource to protect yourself online.
THE NEW OIL
The beginner’s guide to data privacy & cybersecurity.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity
How (the author) learned to start worrying and love privacy anonymity.
https://anonymousplanet-ng.org/guide.html
Privacy Tools
You are being watched. Private and state-sponsored organizations are monitoring and recording your online activities. PrivacyTools.io provides services, tools and privacy guides to counter global mass surveillance.
Privacy Tests
Open-source tests of web browser privacy.
browser hardening
Arkenfox
The arkenfox user.js is a template which aims to provide as much privacy and enhanced security as possible, and to reduce tracking and fingerprinting as much as possible - while minimizing any loss of functionality and breakage (but it will happen).
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki
security
Madaidan’s Insecurities
Security & Privacy Evaluations – A list of analyses regarding security and privacy-focused topics.
https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io
Password Entropy Calculator
Calculates the relative strength of a password.
https://alecmccutcheon.github.io/Password-Entropy-Calculator
KrebsonSecurity
In-depth security news and investigation.
BleepingComputer
An information security and technology news publication.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com
random
The web now-a-days
A website dedicated to today’s web technologies.
https://how-i-experience-web-today.com
Web Economy Bullshit Generator
Click the make bullshit button. Watch bullshit appear in the box.
linux / FreeBSD
*nix-related links to various subjects.
hardening
Linux Foundation’s Linux workstation security checklist
A set of baseline recommendations to avoid most glaring security errors without introducing too much inconvenience.
https://github.com/lfit/itpol/blob/master/linux-workstation-security.md
Madaidan’s Linux Hardening Guide
Linux is not a secure operating system. However, there are steps you can take to improve it. This guide aims to explain how to harden Linux as much as possible for security and privacy. This guide attempts to be distribution-agnostic and is not tied to any specific one.
https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html
System Administration – Post Installation Tasks
This guide is a checklist of tasks required or recommended after a basic installation to ensure safe and reliable operation.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-server/sysadmin-postinstall/
shells
grml’s zsh
home of grml-zsh-config - the zsh config
Learning the Shell
“I once heard an author say that when you are a child you use a computer by looking at the pictures. When you grow up, you learn to read and write. Welcome to Computer Literacy 101. Now let’s get to work.”
https://linuxcommand.org/lc3_learning_the_shell.php
ShellCheck
Finds bugs in your shell scripts.
Bash Scripting Cheat Sheet
“The only bash scripting cheat sheeet that you will ever need.”
https://dev.to/bobbyiliev/the-only-bash-scripting-cheat-sheet-that-you-will-ever-need-55c7
guides / blogs
vermaden’s sysadmin blog
lots of FreeBSD and server related guides from a sysadmin
https://vermaden.wordpress.com
CALOMEL
“Open Source Research and Reference” – lots of guides, etc.
RoseHosting blog
hundreds of linux related posts with good information
https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/
Kyau’s Arch Linux Wiki
solid, detailed hardening configurations and various tips
https://kyau.net/wiki/Category:Arch_Linux
software
joplin/plugins
official joplin plugin repository
https://github.com/joplin/plugins
systemd tips & tricks
tips & tricks for systemd
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TipsAndTricks/
fzf usage examples
fzf implementations, usage examples, scripts, etc.
https://github.com/junegunn/fzf#usage
Vim cheatsheet
Vim is a very efficient text editor. This reference was made for Vim 8.0.
Vim Cheat Sheet
another handy vim cheatsheet.
awesome-lists
awesome-selfhosted
a list of software for self-hosting of services
https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
awesome-sysadmin
a list of open source sysadmin resources
https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin
awesome-security
a list of security related software, libraries, resources, etc
https://github.com/sbilly/awesome-security
the book of secret knowledge
manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli tools, etc
https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge
Malware Analysis Tools List
A curated list of awesome malware analysis tools and resources.
git / github
gh-trends
GitHub star history plots
https://github.com/nschloe/gh-trends
GitPop3
Find the most popular fork on GitHub.
https://andremiras.github.io/gitpop3/
emoji-cheat-sheet
This cheat sheet is automatically generated from GitHub Emoji API and Unicode Full Emoji List.
https://github.com/ikatyang/emoji-cheat-sheet/blob/master/README.md
big media
Project Censored
The news that didn’t make the news.
https://www.projectcensored.org/
Independent News Sources
The news outlets and media organizations listed here consistently live up to the Society of Professional Journalists’ four guidelines for ethical journalism by seeking the truth and reporting it, minimizing harm, acting independently, and being accountable and transparent.
videos
“This Mysterious Computer Could Prove Time Travel Exists”
The Mystery of the Dodleston Messages