Ansible User Account Provisioning

Whenever I stand up a new Linux machine, I always find myself doing the same four things:  Creating my main user account  Creating an ansible user account  Configuring sudoers  Copying over SSH Public Keys. Definitely, not something that evokes fun. I have tried various automation tools, but ansible has found a very special place in … Read more

AutoFS with DHCP Classless Static Route Option

My FreeNAS server is a virtual machine (VM) on my Dell r710 server. I mount my NFS and CIFS Shares using AutoFS and configure my static routes to the NAS using the DHCP Server on my pfSense Appliance. AutoFS is software that uses the automounter of the Linux kernel to dynamically mount file systems on demand. … Read more

Handcrafting Linux Shellcode

Crafting your own shellcode requires getting muddy with low level programming. One does not simply write machine code from memory. This blog post is my attempt at providing a template and tutorial of the shellcode creation process for a 32-bit Linux machine. The first step we will take is to write the task we want … Read more