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SD Card Formatter, That's All

 Simple, need that SD card formatted- Don't require anything fancy... you'd setup that SD card to boot a R Pi project... you've since discoverred how to boot offa  SSD instead- oh those lovely few seconds of boot saved- hey they add up! Alright this was supposed to be a post to just share a quick link... to a basic SD card formatter... So, here we are... Format away. https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/sd-memory-card-formatter-for-windows-download/ How much more legit can you get than a SD card formatter from... SDCard.org. Any SD card experiences to share? Would love to here 'em. Leave a comment. Oh, if for whatever reason that SD card is toast...did you try to use it on a Pwnogatchi project? Some reason, certain versions of the firmware, I'm gonna say all the new versions. "Kill": SD cards... afterwards, can't use them for anything... can't re format, can't erase... un-usable. Not really. If you truly require use of that SD card, get y...

Getting Down with Wireshark as a Network Monitoring Tool

Wireshark-  When you need to get down and dirty with individual packets, it's the undisputed champ. But what happens when you're trying to figure out what's actually going down on a high-speed, chaotic network? Not just  the wireless activity- getting more involved; seeing what is actually going on, what users on the network are active in/ their activities- what can we see? Scrolling through a billion packets to find out who's hogging all the bandwidth with Netflix isn't just a headache; it's practically impossible. Wireshark is a microscope, but sometimes you need a satellite view. You want to know the big picture: what apps are running, who the top talkers are, and if something sketchy is happening, without spending hours creating ridiculously complex filters. The Secret Sauce: ntop's nDPI Enter the total game-changer: nDPI (ntop Deep Packet Inspection) . Think of standard Wireshark as a mailman who only reads the outside of the envelope (the packet heade...