Jake's Blog

  • Better Internet and Network (July 2020)

    When I moved into my new Apartment in February I also got new Internet. The only option in the apartment complex was AT&T. Though I got the AT&T Fiber 1000Mbps No Data Cap plan since it was only 20$ more...

  • Encoding to hide in plain sight

    The Security Firm “Huntress Labs” did a great writeup on how they found malware that was hiding in plain sight. https://blog.huntresslabs.com/hiding-in-plain-sight-556469e0a4e One thing I found that was very interesting is how you can manipulate numbers by converting them between different...

  • UPnP 169 Weirdness and Terminals

    I don’t recommend setting up npcap or wireshark on a gaming pc. I figured out something weird. Apparently the reason why my games haven’t been working that well on the new router is because. The Games have been trying to...

  • Computer/Server Upgrades & WSL2

    Computer Upgrade setup around end of June (AMD Ryzen 3700X, 32GB DDR4 3600Mhz, 2TB M.2 SSD, Asus Crosshair VII X470) The Gaming Computer that was built in 2013 (Intel 4790S, 16GB DDR3 1866Mhz, 1TB M.2 SSD) became the new XCP-NG...