Novel Terrapin attack uses prefix truncation to downgrade the security of SSH channels.

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Although ssh -D is an option, it’s a bit overkill because connections aren’t limited to just a single port – it’s allowing apps on the client to connect to any port and/or network interface on the remote host.

A simpler and more secure option is to forward just the required port. Then you won’t need to change proxy settings and/or rely on web browser add-ons.

For OpenSSH, the command syntax is as follows:

ssh -L local_port:host:host_port user@remote_host

For example…

 ssh -L 1234:127.0.0.1:8384 logmein@10.10.10.10

• ssh – OpenSSH client.
• -L – Forward a local network port.
• 1234 – A locally available network port to listen on.
• 127.0.0.1 – Host to forward connections to.
• 8384 – Network port on the specified host being forwarded to.
• logmein@10.10.10.10 – Remote host to tunnel to, logging on as logmein.

Now choose any suitable web browser – no proxy changes and/or proxy add-ons required – and go to http://127.0.0.1:1234/.

Connections to local port 1234 are tunneled thru remote host 10.10.10.10 and forwarded to 127.0.0.1:8384 where Syncthing’s built-in web server is waiting for connections.

For convenience, add the following OpenSSH configuration block to ~/.ssh/config:

Host syncthing-webui
LocalForward 127.0.0.1:1234 127.0.0.1:8384
HostName 10.10.10.10
User logmein

Then to open the SSH tunnel, refer to the host alias:

 ssh syncthing-webui

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It is the Colorado Supreme Court’s unconstitutional, unambiguous and un-American belief that the time has come in our country to destroy democracy in the name of democracy.
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Breaking: The Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump is disqualified from holding office, citing section three of the 14th Amendment, removing him from the state’s 2024 ballot.
https://courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf
6:39 PM · Dec 19, 2023 //

polyjunkie
an hour ago edited
This should take the Supremes about a half hour to adjudicate. If it stands, then every Red State should disqualify FJB. Let’s see how that works out….

PS - the Constitution lists the criteria for being President. Being approved by left-wing judges is not one of them. And the 14th Amendment does not apply since the Congress impeached Trump and the Senate found him not guilty. Therefore no “insurrection” occurred. Done. //

Cynical Optimist polyjunkie
2 hours ago
That is precisely the point Jonathan Turley made this afternoon, saying that the ruling opens the door for groups in every state in the nation to disqualify any politician they dislike or want off the ballot. //

anon-d2hb
2 hours ago
Not even charged with, let alone convicted of insurrection, and CO Supreme Court rules that he is an insurrectionist. Our courts have become centers of politicized injustice. Charged and tried have been thrown completely out the window. //

Ed in North Texas
2 hours ago edited
As I noted elsewhere, this looks like a judicial setup. Lower court judge rules Trump engaged in "insurrection" but the Amendment didn't apply to the President. The appeal to the CO supremes then allowed four of the seven SCP appointees to take a ruling that he had engaged in insurrection and rule that the Amendment did apply and boot him off the ballot.

Gee, it almost seems like tinfoil hat time, except legally it works.

Edit: Temporarily it works. Doubt the SCOTUS will buy it, but we do live in "interesting times".

Here is a review of twelve different kinds of grass to choose from, one is right for you, //

• Bahia Grass
• Bermuda Grass
• Buffalo Grass
  ...
• Zoysia Grass

In its proper place, Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) makes a good lawn or good pasture. Unfortunately it doesn't stay in its proper place. The underground roots and the above ground runners spread everywhere. Soon you have Bermuda grass erupting from your flower beds, creeping through your cactus, tangling in your shrubs and even invading your garden shed.

Killing Bermuda grass is not difficult, but it's not going to happen overnight.

Previously, we focused on the sheer physicality required of close-combat unit members, in this particular case, tank crewmen. Today, we will focus on two competing issues. First, we can recognize that it is indeed possible to find women who can meet minimum standards for just about any given position. Second, the effort required to do so, must be an analysis of the costs, versus any expected benefits of doing so…especially when finding men to exceed the standard is so much easier than finding women to can barely meet it. We’ll get into that particular discussion in a follow-on piece.

Here’s why the discussion. It’s just biology. Let’s look at one physical act in detail to explain the point. These two extracts show the “military/shoulder press” capability of both men and women, aged 25, at varying levels of weight lifting experience/ability. The source is from Strength Level website, where you can compare and contrast various factors in physical fitness. I chose this particular exercise as experience shows it’s closest to the movement required to lift a main gun round overhead and hand it to another crewman on the tank deck. //

At this point, we have determined that for this particular requirement (and there are a host of others in this category) it takes extra effort to bring females up to the physical standard of the average male. When we begin to consider national-level personnel policy for our armed forces, we need to consider this and a number of other factors as we weigh the cost versus benefit of deciding to put/keep women in close combat units.

There is a piece of video propaganda making its way around the news services and the internet. It features imagery of an all-female, Israeli Army tank crew. //

That crew of dedicated Israeli patriots deserves nothing but kudos. They have stepped up to defend their nation against an evil force of terrorists who murdered infants in the crib among other atrocities. My beef, is with Americans who want to use those achievements to promote the provably and long-proven, false proposition, that generally speaking, females perform just as well as males in close combat units–moreover that somehow this Israeli example justifies the continued feminization of the American military. That’s. Just. Not. True. //

Two (of many) things left out of the video would demonstrate why women are physically unsuited for the role of tank crewman. What occurs inside the tank during combat isn’t relatively speaking, the physically demanding part. It’s what occurs prior to and after the battle that beats your body to death and requires strength and stamina to perform.

One of these crew tasks, is the manual upload of the “basic load” of tank ammunition from the ammo carrier or ground pallet, into the turret of the tank. Tank main gun rounds, depending on the type, weigh between 40, and over 50 pounds each. The Israeli Merkava 4, carries 48 rounds of 120 mm main gun ammo. Each round must be manually uploaded and placed into the vehicle’s storage magazine. //

Another onerous task required to be performed by armored vehicle crewmen, is “breaking track.” This physically demanding operation takes place when one or more of the track shoes must be taken out and replaced by a new one…or when the tank, or other armored vehicle, “throws” a track and it must be manually put back in place.

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This legislation is a Joe Biden Special, signed off after a bipartisan statute was delivered to his desk. Rep. Thomas Massie attempted to defund the mandate but his amendment was defeated in a 229 - 201 vote.

The kicker is that the technology demanded by Congress to accurately detect whether a person is intoxicated or incapacitated doesn't exist yet. It's effectively Congress taking control of private industry and demanding that they meet a requirement with a technology that they now have to develop quickly, and I can't imagine it being accurate or even safe right out the gate. //

If you think this is about drunk drivers you're sadly mistaken. That's just how it's being sold. What this will swiftly develop into is a way to control the movement of the populace. This is a technology that can be abused with reckless abandon. Authorities and politicians will be able to stop your car from moving for many different reasons.

For instance, if you're suspected of belonging to a group a politician in power doesn't agree with and has labeled as dangerous, they could find an excuse to shut down your vehicle in the name of public safety. They will follow the same guidelines as red flag laws for guns, requiring you to prove that you're not a danger to the public before they reactivate your vehicle.

This could also open the door for usage limits. Politicians may attempt to push environmental policies that involve fewer cars on the road for less time, forcing your vehicle to shut down after a certain amount of miles or time in use, and pushing you to utilize public transit for the sake of the "environment."

The possibilities for expansion and abuse of this are many, but at the core of it is the ability to monitor you while you're in your car. Your car is often considered an extension of your home, and while many state laws differ in the particulars on this, your car is your private property. What the government is doing is effectively installing a monitoring system in your car by which they can watch your performance and track your movements.

Despite Gay publishing just eleven papers in her academic career, five of which were shown to contain plagiarism, Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her conspiratorial race-baiting The 1619 Project, declared that attacks on the Harvard’s president’s qualifications are “racist”. President of the Black Economic Forum Alphonso David found Gay’s accusers to be engaged in an exotic kind of hate called “misogynoir,” reserved by the white supremacy exclusively for black women in positions of power. The Southern Poverty Law Center published multiple hit pieces on Rufo — they probably were banking them just in case he did something damaging.

I find their line of defense well-meaning but insufficiently radical. If the goal is to insert unqualified diverse apparatchiks into Western institutions — then yes, by all means shriek racism every time you get caught red-handed. But if the goal is not merely to create a wealth-sucking DEI attachment on capitalism, but to bring down the West, plagiarism should be celebrated.

Laser communications, an ever so important factor for the future of space exploration, has seen some important steps forward recently. Two test missions are on the way to provide important information, and a third one is planned for next year. //

Like using a laser pointer to track a moving dime from a mile away, aiming a laser beam over millions of miles requires extremely precise “pointing.” So, the transceiver must be isolated from the spacecraft vibrations, which would otherwise nudge the laser beam off target.

The demonstration also needs to compensate for the time it takes for light to travel from the spacecraft to Earth over vast distances. In the first DSOC test, the near-infrared photons took about 50 seconds to travel from the probe to Earth. Once the probe arrives at the asteroid, the transmission time will be extended to 20 minutes. In that time, both the spacecraft and the planet will have moved, and the uplink and downlink lasers will have to be adjusted accordingly.

Bahrain is the only regional country playing. This is significant because Egypt has a major role in CTF 153, and command of CTF 153 has rotated between US and Egyptian admirals. If this is a test of strength between the US and Iran (and China), the fact that Egypt and Saudi Arabia have bowed out shows which way the political winds are blowing.

The Chinese have six warships stationed in the Red Sea/Persian Gulf area of operations. They are not participating, and they are not aiding commercial traffic under attack. Draw your own conclusions. //

In my view, this is just another case of the Biden national security apparatus trying to give the impression of doing something while doing nothing. The obvious reason they are doing nothing is that Biden, Sullivan, etc., don't want to offend Iran. Instead of looking after our national interests (safe and rapid transit of sea lanes) and showing confidence and leadership, the Biden White House has elected to show weakness and uncertainty. Nothing good will come from this.

KENNEDY: If your neighbor, first of all, Israel has no obligation. Israel built 3,000 hot houses and gave them for greenhouses. That would have made Gaza completely food self-sufficient. Gave it to them and offered to rebuild the Port of Gaza to make it the Singapore of the West. Hamas said no, we don't want Jew money, we don't want Jew ideas.

And what do they do? The international aid agencies have given Hamas, have given Gaza, more than 10 times per capita than what we gave to all of Europe after the Marshall Plan. They've gotten $8,300 per capita, for every person in Gaza. We rebuilt Europe with $621 per capita, in Europe, and we rebuilt it. What did they do with that money? Instead of using it to make this, Gaza is this beautiful country, with white sand beaches, it should be a paradise. Hamas says we don't want that. They take virtually all that money, and they steal it so the top five guys, the top five leaders of Hamas are billionaires. //

It was not a "blockade" that hampered Gaza (and the Rafah Crossing with Egypt is not controlled by Israel). It was Hamas' choice to waste billions upon billions of dollars of international aid to enrich its leadership and wage war. As Kennedy goes on to explain, Hamas has broken every single peace agreement Israel has agreed to, including the one that was in force on October 6th. //

KENNEDY" If Mexico attacked us, and we built a fence, would you blame us for caging in Mexico? I don't know what it is, but everything in your mind says to blame Israel instead of blaming Hamas. //

It’s a dry heat
3 hours ago
The amazing part is that RFK was clearly telling ms. nobrains information she did not know. But that didn't slow her down one bit. Never did she utter, "Oh, I didn't know that." She steadfastly pursued a narrative in the face of facts she did not dispute that made her narrative false. She was an advocate, not a newsperson. This, of course, is nothing new; but it was so clearly on display here.

We didn’t just warn about the pernicious and corrosive effects of CRT and DEI that now are exploding on campuses. We documented the threat more deeply than anyone else. With facts and data. //

We have been warning for years about the pernicious and corrosive impact of the racialization of education under the umbrellas of Critical Race Theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. //

It’s been almost three years since we launched CriticalRace.org, a project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation, with interactive maps now covering over 700 schools, from higher ed, to elite K-12, to medical schools, to veterinary schools, to business schools, to the military service academies. It’s all documented, with source links and archived links for every single piece of data.

What is Christian Nationalism besides a slur to put in scare quotes that let the left discredit an opponent without having to talk about issues? It starts with the fact that America was founded by Christians who acknowledged the role of Christ in establishing a just government. The Mayflower Compact states three reasons for founding Plymouth Colony, "the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country." Similarly, the Jamestown Charter says the goal of Virginia Colony is "the furtherance of so noble a work, which may, by the providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the glory of his divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian religion to such people, as yet live in darkness and miserable ignorance of the true knowledge and worship of God, and may in time bring the infidels and savages, living in those parts, to human civility, and to a settled and quiet government."

From there, there is a straight line to the Founders. The First Amendment prohibition on the establishment of religion only applied to the federal government, with several states maintaining religious tests to hold office. Some state constitutions still require officeholders to profess a belief in God. It wasn't until Torcaso v. Watkins (1961) that religious tests were struck down. The purpose of the First Amendment was to prevent any Christian denomination — the target was explicitly the Anglican Church because of its close ties to England, which had served as a quasi-governmental agency for the Crown before independence — from achieving national church status. //

Christian liberty only happens within the context of a correctly formed conscience. Doing what you want because it feels good is not liberty; it is licentiousness and anarchy. Over the last 60 years, we've discovered that the glue holding America together was not individualism but our common Christian heritage. Without that glue, we see our culture disintegrating before our eyes. It is only by viewing the Constitution and the rights stemming from it through the lens of our Christian founding that we will survive. //

Dieter Schultz streiff
a day ago edited
I searched for the passage that they had written, I thought, in the Federalist but without a doubt, one of the Founders, that specifically addressed the Judeo-Christian teachings that allowed what they created with the USA. Noting that none of the other religions (Muslim, Hindu, or any of the others) allowed the type of government that they created, they were all missing in one way or the other what they needed when they created this country.

I didn't find it but I'm certain that the Founders knew and stated that right from the start that what they did recognized the unique Judeo-Christian tradition of what they created and none of the other religions allowed it. //

Laocoön of Troy Dieter Schultz
a day ago edited
George Washington's letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island might be interesting to you:

Gentlemen:

While I received with much satisfaction your address replete with expressions of esteem, I rejoice in the opportunity of assuring you that I shall always retain grateful remembrance of the cordial welcome I experienced on my visit to Newport from all classes of citizens.

The reflection on the days of difficulty and danger which are past is rendered the more sweet from a consciousness that they are succeeded by days of uncommon prosperity and security.

If we have wisdom to make the best use of the advantages with which we are now favored, we cannot fail, under the just administration of a good government, to become a great and happy people.

The citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy—a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship.

It is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it were the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights, for, happily, the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.

It would be inconsistent with the frankness of my character not to avow that I am pleased with your favorable opinion of my administration and fervent wishes for my felicity.

May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants—while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.

May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy. ~ G. Washington

Not much room for being a busybody, judgemental Karen is there? Not much room for Jew hatred and bigotry is there? And how does savage lefty lawfare and compulsion square with Washington's "just administration of a good government"?

SquidbillyCPO
16 hours ago
First of all that BS about the Supreme Court is just that BS and it would be unconstitutional to boot. Congress has zero constitutional authority to regulate the coequal judicial branch and the constitution is very clear Supreme Court justices have lifetime appointments the only power they have is impeachment. Like gun control these tyrants in waiting just can’t seem to bring themselves to submit a constitutional amendment which is the right way to do it. And the same with legislative term limits, they are unconstitutional the Supreme Court ruled on that decades ago. //

etba_ss
19 hours ago
If you don't include Congressional staffers in term limits, stock trades and lobbying bans, you will make the problem worse, not better. Instead of having career Congressman and Senators, we will have career staffers who will have all the power and corruption of Congress now, only without the accountability of facing the voters and answering for their votes. //

anon-d4h1
20 hours ago
There's a huge trap here that I have never seen anybody mention in regards to term limits: staff.

Both committee staff and personal staff members.

I used to work on the Hill, and the power senior staff wields can be almost limitless.

They're in place before most members are elected, and they'll be there after those members are gone. Their expertise is almost always deferred to by the members. And as a result appropriations bills, procurement priorities, authorization language already reflect staff priorities and biases more than anything.

Imagine what the impact would be of reducing the time in office of elected members? The power of unelected staff members will grow even stronger.

Any move for term limits (which may in itself be a laudable goal), must include airtight limitations on staff tenure. //

Chris Paige
11 hours ago
None of these reforms will work. Term limits will become term minimums (as no decent candidate will challenge somebody who is leaving soon anyway & no one will fund such candidates as it's not worth it). Besides, it's done nothing in NYC (as you just get a rotating crew of losers).

The key is we need to make Congressional elections more competitive.

First, we need to abolish campaign donation limits. If someone's willing to give you $1MM to run for Congress, then God bless.

Second, we need to limit donations to NATURAL persons who are eligible to vote for the candidate at issue. This would increase intra-party disputes as. national donors couldn't enforce uniformity.

Third, we need to outlaw donations by government workers, government contractors, and employees of highly-regulated firms (ie. if you're company is FDIC insured or part of the Fed, you can't donate.).

Fourth, we need to redraw Congressional map lines to MAXIMIZE inter-party competition.

Fifth, we need to strip the media/social media of their outsized role - neither should be allowed to censor anything that isn't actually illegal.

Sixth, we need to limit secrecy - everything should become public after 20 years w/ exceedingly few exceptions.

The stay of removal comes after a group called Defend Arlington, which is affiliated with Save Southern Heritage Florida, filed a lawsuit Sunday seeking the restraining order. The lawsuit accuses the Army, which oversees the administration and maintenance of the cemetery, of moving too fast in seeking the memorial's removal. Per the lawsuit, "The removal will desecrate, damage, and likely destroy the Memorial longstanding at ANC as a grave marker and impede the Memorial’s eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places."

In issuing his order, Judge Alston acknowledged there was merit to the argument by the plaintiffs that the work involved in removing the statue would disturb nearby gravesites. Alston ordered participants in the matter to be ready to argue their cases this Wednesday, and also noted that he "takes very seriously the representations of officers of the Court, and should the representations in this case be untrue or exaggerated, the Court may take appropriate sanctions.” //

The statue, unveiled in 1914, features a bronze woman, crowned with olive leaves, standing on a 32-foot pedestal, and was designed to represent the American South. According to Arlington, the woman holds a laurel wreath, a plow stock and a pruning hook, with a Biblical inscription at her feet that says: “They have beat their swords into plough-shares and their spears into pruning hooks.” //

smagar
3 hours ago
If Congress really wants to see this statue come down, wouldn't it speak up and object to the TRO?

Anyone who's studied this issue knows that the Naming Commission recommendations were buried in an NDAA. Hardly anyone saw them before they began to be implemented.

Since then, the House of Representatives has approved an amendment by Andrew Clyde (R-GA) to this year's defense appropriations, which would prohibit federal dollars from being spent to remove this memorial. If you put two and two together, this is a clear sign from one half of Congress that it doesn't want to see this memorial moved. Now that everyone's had a chance to read all the commission's recommendations and weigh their impact, it's telling that one house of Congress has voted this way.

Let's hope the judge considers this. Sounds as if it's time for the House to hold hearings on the Naming Commission recommendations themselves. Seems as things aren't as cut-and-dried as they were depicted to be.

About 10 percent of the world's sea traffic goes through the Red Sea. Rerouting ships around the Cape of Good Hope lengthens the trip by about twelve days, adding considerable cost to freight and disrupting supply chains. The frequency of the attacks has led two of the world's largest shipping companies, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, to order their ships to avoid the Red Sea until further notice; see Major Shipping Lines Avoid Red Sea; Is It Just the Houthis or Should We Be Looking Deeper?.

The new coalition, to be called Operation Prosperity Guardian (is it too much to ask that we begin calling military operations things that don't suck?), will involve ships of several nations. The concept of the operation is not yet known, but it is expected to combine the protection of individual ships with convoys. In fact, very little is known about the operation (number of ships, which countries, when it starts, its Mission) other than its name.

Shipping companies are taking it seriously. Automatic Identification System beacons are showing that Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd ships are forming up for a convoy. //

As I wrote in Major Shipping Lines Avoid Red Sea, Is It Just the Houthis, or Should We Be Looking Deeper? we need to look beyond the possibility of the Israel-Hamas War expanding if Israel carries out retaliatory strikes against Yemen. This is an exercise in testing the US and NATO response to a critical maritime route being obstructed and the tactics, techniques, and procedures we will use in keeping the sea lanes open.

My appearance on the Mark Reardon Show about antisemitism on campuses: “Jews end up becoming a proxy for everything that these groups hate about our own society. So if you did one of Kamala Harris’s Venn diagrams and you had things that were over overlapping … anti-American, anti-Capitalist, anti-Israel, there is a huge overlap.”