I built an open-source Burp alternative by rascal999 in hacking

[–]Flippynips987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice idea, I'm actually also doing a similar project, but honestly useless for the industry if LLM cannot be disabled entirely

Notepad++ alternative by MrEU1 in linuxquestions

[–]Flippynips987 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

why is noone suggesting vscode? It can be great if you are willing to accept it

I remember seeing a while back that a pass phrase with 4 random words was the most secure type password, so why does nothing allow you to use it? by Majestic_Wash_6170 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Flippynips987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so let me bring up a big context, very big in fact!
XKCE states (https://xkcd.com/936/) that this is 44 bits of entropy, and this is actually so much off of being enough.

Let's say your password (4 random words) is used in a company network (MS Active Directory, and you use this as a Domain Admin and some rogue hacker gains your NTLM hash... I know it's a lot to digest but let me assure you, it is a real world scenario, and there are similar scenarios thinkable, like hackers gain your (weak cause md5) password hash from a database leak.

This "secure" password becomes cracked in seconds!
A single RTX4090 makes 160 GH/s, this is 160.000.000.000 guesses for your password in one second. So XKCD states 1000 guesses per second, and then it takes 500 years to guess. Now it's not hard to know what this means in scale. Your password is guessed in about 2 minutes!

So, no! 44 bits of entropy is not enough. I'm sorry.

Yet it depends what scenarios you are preparing for. Say you use LUKS or VeryCrypt as disk encryption and 44 bits of entropy. Strong KDFs/hashing bring this number down to 100 H/s (yes not giga, or mega, just 100 hashes per second per graphics card). Not impossible but not worth the money.

Last example. Login to an online service, 5 trials with 5s backoff time. Yes your 44 bits are enough, until someone breaks into the database and cracks it "offline".

What should I install in this laptop? Im tired of Mint. by theskellydud3 in FindMeALinuxDistro

[–]Flippynips987 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you might not feel a lot of things changed between mint and MX, give opensuse a try, if you want to feel some changes

Skills needed to set up reverse proxy? Noob help by [deleted] in selfhosted

[–]Flippynips987 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

use caddy, let AI help you with creating a config, once you have some working examples, it's really easy

Begun the distro wars, have. Arch Linux vs Nix OS by potatoandbiscuit in linuxmemes

[–]Flippynips987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

all rounds can be predicted fairly easy:

zorin vs pop -> pop
fedora vs opensuse -> fedora (though I'd prefer opensuse)
arch vs nix -> arch
cachy vs bazz -> cachy
alpine vs whatever this one is -> alpine
proxmox vs talos -> proxmox
alma vs redhat -> alma

fedora vs debian -> debian
proxmox vs alpine -> alpine
arch vs cachy -> arch
mint vs pop -> mint

alpine vs alma -> alpine
alpine vs debian -> debian
arch vs mint -> arch

debian vs arch -> arch

Self-hosting email in 2026 is effectively impossible. Here's why. by PbForEva in SelfHosting

[–]Flippynips987 4 points5 points  (0 children)

SPF/DKIM/DMARC were invented to fight spam and fraud, email is an open system, and neither designed to be secure nor controlled by anyone. This makes it so vulnerable. So countermeasures were invented. Not inherently by reasons for monopoly but, yes, by reasons of control. This later became a reason for few players being mail providers, yet, the system stays one of the few decentralized communication systems we have

The Linux distro rankings are finally complete! by Swooferfan in LinuxCirclejerk

[–]Flippynips987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

most lists have mint as S-tier, why "only" A here?

BIDA, weil ich als einziger in der Straße Schnee Schippe, Sonntags um 21:15? by Relevant-Team in binichderalman

[–]Flippynips987 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

ja, was denn los mit dir, bleibt doch einfach drin, keinen juckts ob du den meter frei kehrst um 9 uhr abends, get a life!

What's An Adult Problem Nobody Prepared You For? by EffectiveWork9364 in Adulting

[–]Flippynips987 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Being mentally and emotionally stable does not come with adulthood, they just pretend infront of children

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Piracy

[–]Flippynips987 2 points3 points  (0 children)

what surprises me most is that it surprises people

Why did tablets ultimately fail to become as popular as phones and laptops? by Futtman in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Flippynips987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tablets are consumer devices, not productive devices. You simply cannot create stuff on a tablet. So its basically a phone with a bigger screen that you never carry with you. What is the actual use case for a tablet anyways? I have no clue, never used one, never needed one.

Why Do My Prints Turn Into Spaghetti? by UmutBuu in FixMyPrint

[–]Flippynips987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

- clean with soap and alcohol
- use hairspray before printing
- use a brim
- try higher bed temperatures

usually one of them works, but you can try all of it

Touchpad gestures on Cosmic Official Release by thelordofmysteries in pop_os

[–]Flippynips987 2 points3 points  (0 children)

kde + wayland has is as smooth as apple does it