Bitwarden, Your Secret Agent.

    Manage crypto keys can be a burden, making sure they don’t get stolen, lost, or having them backed up for when you need to setup that shiny new laptop that you now have because your old one died. With this SSH agent feature, you can now store your SSH keys in your Bitwarden vault.

    If you use Bitwarden from the macOS store.

    export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=~/Library/Containers/com.bitwarden.desktop/Data/.bitwarden-ssh-agent.sock
    

    If you use the Disk Image or Brew version.

    export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=~/.bitwarden-ssh-agent.sock
    

    Set the variable accordingly. Then enable the SSH agent feature.

    Enable SSH Agent

    Bitwarden SSH Agent Setting

    With the release of Bitwarden 2025.1.2 or newer, comes with built-in SSH agent feature. The feature is off by defaullt, so it’s opt-in. To enable the SSH agent feature, navigate to Settings and Enable SSH agent.

    Mar 27, 2025 · Filed in: Bitwarden, SSH
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    Why you should block DNS, sort of...

    If you have gone through the process of setting up DNS-based security for your home (Pi-Hole) or enterprise (Defender for DNS) network that’s awesome, you have increased the security of that network.

    If done right this will give you the visibility to see what is happening and control what’s going on with your network with clients that use internal DNS. If you have not take the time to identify, update, and block clients from using external DNS servers, you have a gap in your DNS security.

    Mar 29, 2024 · Filed in: DNS, Security, Network
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    iPhone Traffic Capture

    If you would like to capture traffic from the wireless interface of an iPhone. You will need the following:

    • iPhone identifier
    • Remote Virtual Interface Tool rvctl
    • Traffic capture software
    • macOS computer

    Plug the iPhone into a macOS computer using a USB to Lightning cable. Run Xcode, and access the Device and Simulators window through the menubar Window > Device and Simulators or by using the keyboard short ⇧⌘2.

    Aug 1, 2023 · Filed in: iPhone, Wireshark
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    Testing Certifcates using HTTP Server in Python

    It can be a good and reassuring to verify certificates before it comes time to deploy them to their endpoints. For example, you can load and check the certificate for issues and correctiness. Verify in different browsers that might have different certificate chains, etc.

    Apr 6, 2023 · Filed in: Python, HTTPS
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