Server Move Complete
As you probably are aware of by now, the site has been offline for about a week. I'll explain what has been happening. Ten years ago, I needed a server…
Quickie: How to Dedicate An Ethernet Port to VirtualBox on Debian Linux
I've spent the past week setting up a malware analysis lab, with the detonation environment (AKA the PC that gets virused for science) using an old HP EliteDesk 800 G2…
VRChat, Easy Anti-Cheat, and Why It’s a Bad Choice
TW: This is going to be a fairly, long detailed article aimed at laymen about anti-cheat from the perspective of a game programmer and systems analyst. I hope I can…
MelonLoader Sold Out?!
Right now, there is a flurry of accusations being thrown around of MelonLoader's staff giving logs and IPs to VRChat. Many of these accusations are backed up with screenshots (low-resolution…
Getting ready to install ws-tux-001.
Upgrades Soon
The ancient dedicated server that this blog and several sites are hosted on will be receiving badly-needed RAM upgrades to support a Space Engineers I have been asked to host.…
Fixing a Role-Changed VIVE Tracker
Update 2/20/2020: I "decompiled" the Vive Tracker Role Changer tool and figured out it's just self-extracting batch file packaged with lighthouse_console. Will try to get in touch with Valve or…
Day of Dragons’ Killswitch: How it Works and Why it’s Wrong
Day of Dragons is a Kickstarted game released on Steam Greenlight that has seen difficulties as of late, and I wanted to chime in. Before we get started, though, allow me to make something clear: I do not hate the game, I do not hate the developer, nor do I hate the community, despite anything you might hear to the contrary. – MORE
Ah ha!
4chan’s New Ad Loader, And “Canvas Fingerprinting” Accusations
It’s that time of the year again, and Hiro, 4chan’s current owner, has decided to switch to a new ad loader after issues with the previous one (“argon”) being blocked. I didn’t make an article about Argon, since I didn’t figure anyone would give a shit beyond the few paranoids on /g/, but I did tear it apart and reverse-engineer it on my GitLab as an exercise. – MORE
FTD – Lua, Missiles, and APIs, Oh My
I should probably use this blog more often. Here it sits, gathering dust, while I work on things that people would like to know more about. A while ago, I…