Sindastra

About Sindastra

Sindastra is a software developer with over ten years of experience, specialized in backend web development. In her spare time she hacks on things and educates herself on a variety of topics. She likes to play Minecraft with friends and especially enjoys hacking on the game's server code.

Git SSH with YubiKey on Windows

Assuming you set up PGP (GPG) on your YubiKey, all you need to do is: Install Gpg4win from here.Install PuTTY from here.Tell git to use it (CMD): git config --global core.sshcommand "plink -agent" 4. Edit or create %appdata%\gnupg\gpg-agent.conf with the following contents: enable-putty-support enable-ssh-support use-standard-socket default-cache-ttl 600 max-cache-ttl 7200 5. [...]

By |2021-09-09T08:44:29+02:00September 9th, 2021|Guide, Tech Support|0 Comments

ProtonMail dots, hyphens and underscores

I just found an undocumented feature in ProtonMail... which I thought you might find useful to know. Backstory I use ProtonMail as my primary email hosting provider nowadays, as it gives me convenient PGP encryption across my devices, and all incoming emails that are not already PGP encrypted will be [...]

By |2021-08-07T06:58:13+02:00August 6th, 2021|Sharing|3 Comments

Windows CVE-2021-34527 Workaround

A serious security hole that is actively being exploited puts your Windows machines at risk. A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly performs privileged file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. An attacker could then [...]

By |2021-07-03T16:49:34+02:00July 3rd, 2021|Guide, News, Tech Support|0 Comments

GL.iNet GL-AR750S-Ext (Slate) Major Update!

In a previous post I reviewed the travel router GL-AR750S-Ext (Slate) from GL.iNET and recommended it. If you didn't know, the GL-AR750S-Ext (Slate) is an OpenWrt-based travel router with a custom GUI and added features on top that make it easier to use for non-technical users. You still can access [...]

By |2021-09-10T14:35:24+02:00April 22nd, 2021|News, Update|0 Comments

Linux and the magic of pcspkr

Background If you grew up in the 90s you might remember "PC Speakers", not to be confused with "computer speakers", the ones that you plug into a 3.5mm jack and use to listen to things, and instead I mean those small built-in speakers that could play basic sounds, and with [...]

By |2021-04-19T17:01:54+02:00April 18th, 2021|Guide, Hacking, Retro, Sharing|1 Comment
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