Questions tagged [internet]
The Internet is a global network consisting of many networks connecting billions of devices together via a variety of network technologies.
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Can't connect to internet via ethernet cable but as soon as I use VPN internet starts to work [closed]
I am using ethernet cable to connect to internet on my laptop. However, sometimes it doesn't work I can't open any website or doing any online activity. When I use VPN, only then laptop connects to ...
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How do hackers hack into private network device? [duplicate]
As a picture show above, how do hackers use PC0 to hack into PC1? They are in different private network. As far as I know, we can use VPN to communicate two different private networks, so do hackers ...
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Does a secured guest network on my router create significant vulnerability?
Guests need to use Wi-Fi when they come by, so to minimize risk, I've simply kept a secondary secured router running for guests since it's not possible to understand anybody's computer & security ...
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How to tunnel intranet web site with php file?
I have this configuration:
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Internet -----> | Server | ----> All intranet server
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port(80) ------...
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Couldn't establish a secure connection
NordVPN popped up with
"Couldn't establish a secure connection." "We couldn't validate this
TLS certificate and ensure a secure connection required for NordVPN to
run. It looks like ...
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Random endpoint getting pinged constantly on my server [duplicate]
I've read bits around this, but I am curious should I be worried. I constantly am getting hit with random GET and POST requests from I guess just bots crawling the web trying to find vulnerabilities.
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How can I be sure that my internet service provider is safe?
There is a new internet service provider in town that provides fiber internet--their internet is fast and it's proven. Almost everyone in our town switched to their internet. However, I am kind of ...
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Can a device that connected to malicious network once be compromised even after disconnection from malicious WiFi?
I need to take my personal laptop to the workplace so I will be using their internet that only employees usually use. However, if the network I connected to was malicious, is my data only compromised ...
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Does my ISP sees that I am using someone else's PPPoE username/password?
I want to ask that does my ISP will be able to see that I am using username/password of someone else on my dialup PPPoE.
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Router network seperation when an (unknown) device is connected via LAN?
I share a router (Asus RT-AX58U) with my flat mate. Because the rooms are on different floors it is of no use for him to use the wireless network (he doens't have the password).
He bought his own ...
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Is it possible to detect VPN in the network?
Is it possible to detect the use of a VPN in a network?
Let's say that I'm going to use a VPN during my connection in a country where the internet is filtered, and to avoid being monitored I installed ...
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Secure DNS (DoH, DoT) differences, performance, comparison
I am reading up on secure DNS (DoH, DoT) and trying to identify its differences. Currently, I am on https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-over-tls/ page.
Is there for example some non-...
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How would I communicate with my computer from a remote server when I'm using a VPN? [closed]
I have a computer at home. It's connected to the Internet. I use OpenVPN on Windows 10 to auto-connect to a VPN at startup.
Now, I would like for a remote computer to make some sort of network ...
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"needs to review the security of your connection before proceeding.": What security check is that? [duplicate]
From time to time, when browsing a website I see the following message:
[Webpage URL] needs to review the security of your connection before proceeding.
What kind of security check on my connection ...
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What kind of redirect of websites is this? [closed]
Some websites can redirect you, but they're not using http 301 or 302. After that the url will be changed and you can't go back to the previous page using your web browser's back button. For example, ...
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Clicking on links [duplicate]
We are often warned about clicking on links in emails from unknown senders. That got me to wondering about other situations. For instance, you are searching the web looking to purchase an item and ...
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Is it insecure to publish the private IP addresses of my devices?
I'm interested in both IPv4 and IPv6, but more-so IPv6 because of how unfeasible it is to find valid addresses by just guessing-and-checking.
Edit: My concern is that more trust may be given to IPv6, ...
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Can my ISP censor my internet?
Can the internet be censored from the ISP itself? And what to do if the internet is censored by my ISP?
Even TOR is not showing me the results I want: I had previously searched for the same keywords ...
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How to prove my Gmail has been hacked?
I believed that someone had hacked my Gmail because they were using information contained within my emails in an attempt to try to convince me that they were psychic. I told them that I didn't believe ...
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Can my ISP access my browser cookies and browsing history?
I only use https websites and Microsoft Edge. I know that my ISP can see only https://example.com of the full URL I've visited (e.g. https://example.com/abc/xyz).
But I don't clear my browsing history ...
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If someone knows your wifi password can they hack your router?
What exactly can someone do if they know your Wifi password? Can they only see which sites you visit or can they do more? Are they able to hack(router) and do malicious things with your router just by ...
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Can websites see the Google account I'm logged into?
If I go on a website, can the owner see what Google and Youtube account I use (on the same browser or not) even if I don't give that information away?
I ran one of those tests from privacy.net and it ...
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How can this website bypass by VPN/proxies and somehow figure out my actual location?
My browser (Vivaldi) does not send any accept-language or similar headers for my native language.
Its user-agent does not contain my country or preferred language.
My proxy is verified at https://...
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Internet connection issues with new cable broadband (100/10) service, intermittently able to reach neighbor's management interface at 192.168.x.x?
I'm unfamiliar with coax broadband provisioning specifics with new (100/10) service in a residential neighborhood, and intermittently getting Internet disconnections and interestingly discovered the ...
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Landlord wants to share a single 3Gbps fibre to the property line across 4 flats using a mesh network. Should I be concerned?
fibre to the property is being installed in my road for the first time
my landlord doesn't want lots of holes in their building
they acknowledges that FttP is probably necessary going forward
So ...
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Why do some VPN block internet access?
Some of the VPNs at work block internet access once you are connected. I understand if the incoming (or even outgoing) traffic from some servers are not allowed. But why all the client machines that ...
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Why aren't search engines encrypting search queries? [duplicate]
As you will know most search engines pass the search information url-encoded, i.e a get request with the parameters on it.
But given all the fuzz about security and surveillance, why aren't SEs ...
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Is every packet in a home Wi-Fi which has say, AES password for connection, encrypted using the same password?
If there is an intruder in a LAN who knows the encryption type and password, will he be able to monitor all the packets which are in the LAN? Suppose someone on the LAN is visiting HTTP sites, which ...
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If the connection is encrypted, is it still unsafe to login at a public network?
It's common knowledge that one shouldn't login to personal or bank accounts on public wifi such as in a starbucks or a hotel. However, assuming that the connection is HTTPS and the passwords itself ...
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Is an open TCP port that doesn’t take input secure?
I have written a simple C program (~30 lines) that opens an internet socket and sends data to the client on every connection. The program never read()s from the socket; it just parses the /proc ...
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The practicality that a home network / router gets compromised
I know that it's theoretically possible that a router can be hacked, and malware can be spread throughout a network merely by being connected to it.
However, I'm wondering what exactly the chances of ...
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I want to host a server from my home computer; safe?
I am planning to make public a website I have been working on; it seems to me that the only way I can do this without needing to pay any extra money to external hosts etc. is by hosting the server ...
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How do ISPs send their own pages when a user is trying to access a blocked site?
I know that some ISPs send block pages(like "This site has been blocked because ... ") over HTTP by sending a fake 301/302 redirect.
I also know that instead of sending a block page, some ISPs simple ...
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Is revealing a PC account user name bad?
Typical computers with modern operating systems require log-on accounts with a user name and a password. Is it dangerous to reveal the user name of the log-on account to the public?
My research:
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How can I prevent people from logging into public services with non-company accounts?
Since everyone seems to have personal outlook, hotmail, and gmail accounts, is it possible to prevent people from using non-company email accounts when logging into Google, Bing, and other websites on ...
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Best practices against mass surveillance for everday internet usage? [closed]
Corporations and governments use a variety of de-anonymization techniques to identify and profile users.
All aspects of our personal lives are now consolidated online (banking, medical, academic, ...
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Is it possible to hide a servers location on the internet?
Can you make a server appear to be in another country and how would you do it?
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Can I prevent my ISP from accessing my network if I change my router config?
A few days ago my internet provider automatically changed my Wi-fi network name.
I was very annoyed because I add to reconfigure all my devices, and I had no choice to refuse this update.
As they ...
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why public WIFI cannot use encryption? [duplicate]
I want to ask why public WIFI is always open and cannot use encryption? For example, customers in coffee shop can use WIFI without password (i.e. no encryption). Why WIFI router cannot configure with ...
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Preventing internet access for smart devices using MAC filtering
If I use MAC filtering on my router to prevent internet access for a smart device e.g. IP camera, could it feasibly change the MAC address to get around this and leak data to a remote server? If so, ...
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My housemate is spying on my web traffic with their own "faster" router [closed]
I live in a student house with 2 guys and a girl and I'm not very tech-savvy. When we moved in we got Virgin Media broadband. I have set this up before and the admin panel is very basic with no ...
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Kali linux aircrack [closed]
I have AirPort Extreme network card and when I try to use airmong-ng on kali linux in a virtual machine this does not work. I know I need a usb-network card if I want to make this work but if I boot ...
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Do ISPs like Xfinity gather geographical information about their users?
Do ISPs like Xfinity gather geographical information about the users of their public hotspots? If so how is it done and how accurate is it?
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If my home router password was reset, is that a sign of a security breach?
Recently I started having issues with my home Wi-fi connection. My devices showed as connected to the router, but no Internet was coming through.
While trying to log into the router through my browser ...
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Why does Firefox claim a site has a "Potential Security Risk"? [duplicate]
When trying to go to https://www.pfizerpapconnect.com, the Firefox web browser claims there is a "Potential Security Risk" and pops up a page recommending to not proceed.
Is there a real ...
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How to investigate my wifi router for devices which are disconnected earlier
I have a D-link 600M router with a simple WPA2 password that got cracked. 60 Gb of data was downloaded (I think they downloaded torrent movies), which resulted in the renewal of my data plan. I ...
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How easily can ISP/mobile network operator employees read or decode traffic data?
When I sign up for a mobile subscription or internet connection with my ISP (also a mobile network operator), the company's privacy policy says that certain information is processed such as personal ...
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Could other people steal my Internet connection if they had my PPPoE data?
Would it be possible for other people to use my PPPoE data to get Internet access or is it somehow restricted to my house? Then what about my neighbors downstairs, could they do it?
And what about ...
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How can a service like Fastly have such an impact on the Internet? [closed]
Fastly WAF service was down a while ago, and it has affected a lot of major internet platforms and sites such as Amazon, PayPal, eBay, Spotify, HBO Max, the UK's main government website - Gov.uk, and ...
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Can a domain be taken by someone else if custom nameservers are misconfigured?
Example: I own the domain example.com.
Instead of using the nameservers set up by default by the registrar, I set up my own nameservers on my own machines with bind9. Let's say that at the beginning, ...
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