Tag Archives: security

#162 | Amazon Metadata Server from EC2

Hi, today a really quick article about Amazon WebServices and the way it operates. Quick summary EC2 servers are Amazon’s equivalent of dedicated servers, while S3 are considered as buckets and are used to store files (it operates as a CDN). While on those instances, a MetaData server is available at that address: http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/hostname Accessing …

#138 – How to chain VPNs

Hi, today a really quick article about how to chain multiple VPNs, as it could always be useful (for anonymity reason, or because you can’t access another vpn host directly). Chaining through a virtual machine This one is really easy, all you have to do is setup a VPN on your host machine then connect …