Engineering notes, deep dives, implementation stories, and practical articles on Windows networking, packet filtering, proxies, VPNs, and related systems work.
In conditions of constantly increasing state control over the internet, manifested, among other things, in the blocking of VPN protocols, the problem of developing alternative methods of connection is becoming increasingly relevant. This issue is not only theoretical but also quite practical. Having moved from Russia about a year ago, I continue to actively use […]
A WireGuard tunnel can complete its handshake and still leave you without internet access. The keys are correct, the server is reachable, and yet the first web page refuses to load. On a cloud VM, that usually means it is time to look beyond the tunnel itself: Linux forwarding, the guest firewall, NAT, and the […]
The move to working from home in 2020 made remote access an everyday requirement. Remote Desktop is convenient: your applications and files stay on the remote PC, and you work with them almost as if you were sitting in front of it. The less attractive part is exposing that PC’s RDP service directly to the […]