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A tech post. A simple one for some people in tech, but many disciplines within the sector do not cover this, it it was a long forgotten lecture at uni.

Before attackers touch your network, they read your DNS.
Each of these records left empty is an open door. Here is what they see, and what it means:

1. CAA. Empty means any certificate authority can issue a cert for YOUR domain.
Publish: 0 issue "letsencrypt.org" (list the CAs you actually use).

2. SPF. Empty means anyone can send mail as your servers.
Publish: v=spf1 <your senders> ~all, and exactly ONE SPF record.

3. DMARC. Empty means phishers spoof your exact domain to your own staff.
Publish: v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:you@yourdomain.
Read the reports, then ratchet to p=reject.

4. DNSSEC. Unsigned means your DNS answers can be forged. Enable auto-signing at your DNS provider and publish the DS record at your registrar.
Proof: dig @1.1.1.1 yourdomain +dnssec returns the ad flag.

5. MTA-STS. Empty means attackers can strip encryption off your inbound mail.
Publish a "v=STSv1" TXT at _mta-sts plus the policy file at https://mta-sts.yourdomain/.well-known/mta-sts.txt. Add TLS-RPT to see failures.

6. Null MX. Your parked domains are free spoofing stationery.
Publish: MX 0 . plus "v=spf1 -all".
1984 · 1w
The worst part of normie thinking is the, we can't live without our rulers mentality. They scream up about any riot or dissent as an attack on society (and not the rulers), they always question if it ...
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I would say that rioting and burning and raging is slave behavior based on a slave mindset.

Slaves live in the moment. The don't think about what happens next as a result of their actions. They rise up and burn their own house down without any consideration about what then. And so they sit in the ashes crying and pleading for someone else to make things right. They even demand a return to their slavery so master will put a roof back over their heads.

Living like a free men involves careful consideration of the future, and acting with controlled intent. You want your slave master gone? A better move is to walk away from him, rather than burning your own house down.
Jeff Booth · 1w
We just hired one of the senior engineers from NVDIA for Orange Juice. I knew AI was moving fast but one of the things that blew me away was his statement from seeing what is happening at the front ed...
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I just spent some time in Claude building an actual real world enterprise app.
It was a very interesting experience from a SDLC / architecture perspective.

The development time is extremely short, however the QA/bug resolution cycle has become insanely tight.

I don't know if anyone is saying this, but I suspect the days of Agile development are numbered. AI enabled waterfall development delivers everything original waterfall set out to achieve.

I spent the vast majority of my time capturing requirements, and developing the architecture / specifications.

The resulting first iteration was almost exactly how I wanted it. Some UX changes and business logic needed to be made, which took minutes to implement, deploy, and test.

Now I'm about to perform a code review and see if this is actually fit for production.
No Solutions · 1w
“I see people maybe checking in once a month or something, and just not using Nostr that much, because it’s not that addictive.” - nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fs...
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Guilty.
Mostly because there is not a lot of content here other than Bitcoin topics.

And my life is far broader than that. Right now it's harvest and fall planting season. My focus is on the slow rolling global food supply disaster that is upon us.

We have powerful people and agencies outright lying to keep the spell intact. They no longer speak to the people, but the machines because it's the machines that drive the financial markets. They can't tell truth from bullshit.

It's hard to keep in touch with reality living in a big city, but the folks who are out on the land can look out the window and see for themselves just how bad the situation is.

The USDA is pointing to all the acres of crops and declaring a near record year. Meanwhile the farmers have no intention of harvesting it because of the poor quality and the crippling price of diesel. It's cheaper for them to leave it out there to rot.

That's just one example of why I haven't been here much. Other things like my stomach taking my focus 😁
Ivan · 1w
These bastards closed down my account years ago because bitcoin purchases meanwhile they we're laundering money for actual criminals what a bank. https://blossom.primal.net/a6f53ac0230ad42c43a57ecbaa8...
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All the big banks are doing this. And guess what? Nobody goes to jail ever.
Why? Because the governing bodies are in on the game. they get their cut and call it "fines". For the banks, it's a cost of doing business.

US Treasury, the SEC, the FDA... they all use the same play book and the only person to actually go down and do time for their criminal activity was Bernie Madoff and Sam Bankman-Fried.

Why only those two, and why them specifically? 🤔