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What to do when an SSH session hangs because of a network problem

Posted on March 16, 2021 by SoCRaT

It’s a very basic post, yet still useful! Sometimes when you disconnect from a network or VPN or have any network connectivity problem in general that affects an established SSH connection to any of your servers, the terminal hangs for … Continue reading →

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Copy with rsync over ssh

Posted on October 30, 2019 by SoCRaT

From remote server to local one: rsync -avzhe ssh remote_user@REMOTE_IP:/remote_folder_or_file /local_destination_folder_or_file From local server to remote one: rsync -avzhe ssh local_folder_or_file remote_user@REMOTE_IP:/remote_destination_folder_or_file That’s it, Enjoy! Sources: Rsync (Remote Sync): 10 Practical Examples of Rsync Command in Linux

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How to use hydra to test/crack ssh credentials for a list of servers

Posted on January 20, 2019 by SoCRaT

To install hydra on Ubuntu: sudo apt install hydra Simply, to start our test/attack, we have a list of usernames, list of passwords and list of servers: hydra -L users.txt -P passes.txt -u -M hosts.txt ssh -o Report.txt Where: users.txt … Continue reading →

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Create SSH profiles for your frequent connections on Ubuntu 18.04 using ssh_config

Posted on October 17, 2018 by SoCRaT

This is very useful if you connect to tons of servers via ssh and you need to keep record of them as profiles. Edit/Create a file .ssh/config Add entries in this manner: Host blabla User blablabla # or domain\blablabla if … Continue reading →

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How to mount SSHFS from Ubuntu

Posted on February 5, 2018 by SoCRaT

A more secure alternative to NFS or SAMBA would be to use SSHFS. Besides encrypting the data stream, it has many benefits, among which: Firewall-friendly, since it uses standard SSH ports Supports PKI To mount an SSH filesystem from Ubuntu, … Continue reading →

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