Firewalls & Security
OPNsense, VPNs, stateful inspection, encryption
9 episodes
#2319: The Rise of the Dodgy Box: Streaming Piracy’s New Era
How the dodgy box became the go-to device for streaming piracy, and why authorities are cracking down now.
#2292: Inside China’s Internet: The Great Firewall and Beyond
Explore China’s parallel internet ecosystem—how the Great Firewall works, the apps that dominate it, and the surprising innovations it fosters.
#2226: When Quantum Breaks Everything
Quantum computers will shatter RSA and elliptic-curve encryption—but the real danger is data being stolen and stored right now, waiting to be decry...
#2104: VPN Metadata Leaks and How to Close Them
A VPN isn't magic. Learn how DNS and SNI leaks expose your browsing, and what encrypted DNS and ECH actually do to fix it.
#2103: AI Firewalls: Spotting Bombs on an Encrypted Conveyor Belt
With 95% of web traffic encrypted, firewalls can't read packets. Here's how AI analyzes metadata to detect threats without decryption.
#2097: Why Hopping Beats Hiding: The Physics of Survival
Forget just encrypting data—learn why hopping frequencies and bursting signals are the real secrets to staying invisible and alive.
#1908: Cloudflare Bot Controls: Getting the Balance Right
AI bots are crawling the web like a bank heist. Are Cloudflare's new controls protecting your content, or just helping Google?
#1872: DMARC: The Bouncer for Your Email
SMTP is broken. DMARC is the fix. Learn why your emails might vanish after April 2026 and how to stop domain spoofing.
#1697: Git Hooks: Your Code's Last Line of Defense
Stop shipping secrets and PII to GitHub. Here's how pre-commit hooks automate security for solo developers.