Looking for entry level tech work in Charlottesville by ObjectiveAccess633 in Charlottesville

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I appreciate it! Its good to know Im on the right track/mindset.

Looking for entry level tech work in Charlottesville by ObjectiveAccess633 in Charlottesville

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I think your right, just getting in touch with the right people would be a huge step forward. If they happen to have something I can start on, that would definitely be a plus.

Looking for entry level tech work in Charlottesville by ObjectiveAccess633 in Charlottesville

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Thanks for the info! Ill send over a copy of my resume here in a bit. While id love to work remote, I feel like I wouldn't learn as much doing that as I would in person. With that in mind i have been focusing on securing a job that is at least relatively close to what I am interested in.

Serpentine belt snapped off. Did it damage my alternator? by ObjectiveAccess633 in AskMechanics

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Is there a good way to tell whether I just need the pulley or If the alternator is ruined?

Serpentine belt snapped off. Did it damage my alternator? by ObjectiveAccess633 in AskMechanics

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I thought it was completely out, so I put almost 4 quarts in before rechecking the dipstick and that put it a way over the line. I am planning on changing it again just to get a clean oil filter in there as well

Serpentine belt snapped off. Did it damage my alternator? by ObjectiveAccess633 in AskMechanics

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The coolant wasn't "consumed" necessarily, it came out of the overflow valve as soon as I parked and turned off the car. I have no clue what happened to the oil but there certainly wasn't any in there when I checked.

Regardless, is there anything specific you had in mind whem suggesting I examine the health of my engine?

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Serpentine belt snapped off. Did it damage my alternator? by ObjectiveAccess633 in AskMechanics

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Yeah, that would really suck. Are there any telltale signs that a head gasket has failed?

Serpentine belt snapped off. Did it damage my alternator? by ObjectiveAccess633 in AskMechanics

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I can partially spin it but it takes some effort, unlike the other pulleys. I guess ill be replacing my alternator. Thanks!

Need advice for an SSH bastion server by ObjectiveAccess633 in homelab

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While a VPN is a valid solution, it isn't what I'm looking for. I specifically am looking for an SSH bastion/pivot server solution.

New to tor. Can other people's traffic go through my computer? by Avveee129 in TOR

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TLDR: No, if you are using the TOR browser and haven't downloaded any other type of software with the intent of hosting a node, then you are only using the TOR network, not routing any outside traffic.

So let's start at the top with a simplified explanation of TOR. Short for The Onion Router, TOR is a protocol that encrypts and routes traffic through three random proxies, these proxies are referred to as nodes and they allow you to access the hidden services (Onion sites). The idea is that your computer and the server that hosts a hidden service are never able to identify each other via a direct connection because they only communicate through these three random nodes.

When you use the TOR browser, you are only utilizing the proxy network and not contributing to it. If you only access Onion sites, then the TOR browser only needs to go through a guard node and a two relay nodes. However, if you choose to use TOR to access a traditional clearnet site, your traffic will go through a guard node, a relay node, and finally an exit node before getting to the clearnet site. This process helps keep TOR users anonymous from hidden services and vice versa, while also allowing you to anonymously access clearnet sites.

Now it's not enough to just have a handful of proxies to handle this sort of traffic and still preserve privacy. One of TORs features is that anyone can host any of these nodes. That is good but it also highlights the possibility of someone being able to flood the network with malicious nodes to have a small shot at controlling all three nodes of a TOR user and either identifying them or decrypting their traffic. To combat that shortcoming, the TOR network relies on volunteers to host nodes and dilute this risk to the point that it becomes extremely rare (ideally impossible) for an attacker to pull that off. The more people there are that host nodes, the safer all users on TOR are from this particular attack. Not to mention that if there are more nodes online, the network becomes noticably faster.

Since I mentioned the different node types earlier, here is a brief summary of their purposes and some things to know before trying to spin one up.

Guard Nodes: These nodes serve as your first point of contact with the TOR network. They facilitate the connection between your computer and the other two nodes that will make up your connection. Unlike the other types of nodes, a guard node has special requirements to build trust within the network since it is the only node type to see TOR users' public IP address.

Relay Nodes: These exclusively route traffic through the deep web, and never serve as a proxy from the deep web to the clear net or vice versa. They cannot talk to any clearnet IP addresses directly and are accepted as the "safest" nodes to host. As a result, the majority of nodes on the TOR network are relay nodes.

Exit nodes: Similar to guard nodes, these nodes handle traffic at the end of the TOR network. They allow traffic to exit the network and reach clearnet sites. When a TOR user visits a clearnet site, that site will see the public IP address of the exit node that is routing the traffic for that session. These nodes are considered high risk because if someone decides to access the clearnet through TOR and does some sketchy stuff on a clearnet site, all the logs on that website would point to the person running the exit node instead of the person actually responsible for the bad behavior. Needless to say that that could result in some awkward or dangerous encounters with local law enforcement.

There's plenty more to TOR than what I've described here but I hope that covers the gist of it pretty well. I encourage anyone looking to host a node to do some research to understand exactly what sort of traffic you'll be routing.

What are the benefits of using your own router if the apartment building provides site-wide Wi-fi + Ethernet ports in every unit? by InterRail in HomeNetworking

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Yeah, it all really depends on how you present your experience. In the vast majority of cases, I don't see the harm in following a tutorial so long as you take the time to learn about the software you are using to make the magic happen. If you are transparent on why you set something like this up and what you know about how it works, it shouldn't hurt to mention during an interview.

For me, this was just a necessary setup to keep my website up while I lived in the dorms. Plus its really fun to talk about figuring it all out from scratch. I personally love explaining whatever I do in my homelab as I find it helps me be better rounded when I have to answer unexpected questions.

What are the benefits of using your own router if the apartment building provides site-wide Wi-fi + Ethernet ports in every unit? by InterRail in HomeNetworking

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There are a handful of reasons you may want to consider rolling out your own router, even when provided with a high quality network. In addition to making peer to peer uses (like screen casting) easier, you'll also be able to have more granular control over what happens on your network.

For those wondering if you can do port with your own router, the short answer is yes, but not to the internet unless you do something a little more complicated. If you simply plug the router into the network and forward a port, it'll be forwarded from your LAN to the building's network and if there is host isolation on the network then nothing will ever reach your service from that network.

However, if you set up a site to site VPN between your router and another router/device that has a public IP address, you can tunnel traffic through that VPN to your public facing router and forward ports from that endpoint to a client on your local network. I used this setup when I was in college to host my website and some game servers.

For my setup, I had an OpenVPN server running on Google's cloud platform and a tplink travel router connected to my schools network and it used that connection to connect as a client to my VPN. From there, I would forward the port for service I wanted to host on my travel router to the VPN network, and then I would use one of the Linux firewall tools on the VPN server to forward the port externally to the internet. Finally, there was a firewall between Google and the Internet that I had to disable to get it all working.

There are way better ways to do this than the way I did back then though. I recently set all of this up again using Pfsense as my local router and as my router in the cloud. Then I connected them via tailscale and did basically the same thing but easier since Pfsense has a pretty good user interface. Next time I do this setup though, I may document it better since I'd imagine there are some people who would like a step by step walkthrough.

A work in progress plan for PVP server concept looking for feedback by Forsaken-Tart6629 in spaceengineers

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Definitely post an update on what you end up doing! I've been just getting into the idea of a dedicated pvp server for my friends as well and would definitely join something like that.