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2026-09-22

Helm & Salvo development notes: keeping one ship at the center

HELM & SALVO DEVELOPMENT NOTES: KEEPING ONE SHIP AT THE CENTER

The current direction for Helm & Salvo puts ship handling and gunnery first, with escorts and expedition choices built around the same flagship.

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2021-12-02

Miscellaneous commands

MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS

Unsorted command notes for Vim, IFS, interactive shells, and command execution. The IFS section is still unfinished.

Tool notes
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2020-12-16

MSFVenom

MSFVENOM

MSFVenom commands for binary and web payloads, scripting payloads, shellcode, and the handlers used with them.

Tool notesCommand reference
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2020-12-16

Windows privilege escalation

WINDOWS PRIVILEGE ESCALATION

An unfinished historical note on Windows privilege escalation. The original body contains only a TODO.

Tool notesWindowsPrivilege escalation
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2020-12-07

Swagshop Writeup

SWAGSHOP WRITEUP

An unfinished historical note on Swagshop. It records the initial scan and service versions; enumeration, foothold, privilege escalation, and lessons were left blank.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-12-02

FriendZone Writeup

FRIENDZONE WRITEUP

A FriendZone walkthrough using DNS zone transfers, an anonymous writable SMB share, local file inclusion, and a writable os.py imported by a root cron job. A PHP filter question remains unresolved.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-11-30

Changelog

CHANGELOG

Notes on site updates, changes to the writeup format, and the return to writing in December 2021 after a year away.

Site log
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2020-11-30

Irked Writeup

IRKED WRITEUP

An Irked walkthrough using the UnrealIRCd backdoor, an image containing a password, and viewuser for privilege escalation. The original notes retain open questions about enumeration and login requirements.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-11-29

Valentine Writeup

VALENTINE WRITEUP

An unfinished historical note on Valentine, covering SFTP and Heartbleed enumeration, an encrypted SSH key, and unsuccessful decryption or login attempts. The foothold and privilege escalation sections are blank.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-11-27

Learning plan

LEARNING PLAN

My OSCP study plan, covering Linux, Python, MSF, Windows, and buffer overflows, with links saved for later.

Study notesOSCP
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2020-11-27

Resources

RESOURCES

Resources I found while preparing for OSCP, covering enumeration, shells, privilege escalation, and preparation guides.

Study notesOSCP
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2020-11-26

File transfer

FILE TRANSFER

A command cheat sheet for transferring files with Netcat, Wget, Curl, and PowerShell on Linux and Windows.

Tool notesCommand reference
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2020-11-24

Sense Writeup

SENSE WRITEUP

An unfinished historical note on Sense, consisting mainly of reconnaissance and exploitation screenshots, with a reminder to include more file extensions in directory scans.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-11-23

Reverse shell

REVERSE SHELL

Reverse shell commands for Bash, Netcat, Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Java, and Xterm, with the original testing notes.

Tool notesCommand reference
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2020-11-22

Common problems

COMMON PROBLEMS

Notes on curl certificate and protocol errors, plus a Kali VMware networking problem where the device appeared as unmanaged.

Tool notesLinuxEnvironment setup
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2020-11-22

Nibbles Writeup

NIBBLES WRITEUP

Screenshot-led Nibbles notes on finding the application version, using a weak password and file upload to get a shell, and gaining root through a sudo misconfiguration.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-11-16

Beep Writeup

BEEP WRITEUP

Historical Beep notes on several attempted routes, including local file inclusion, an upload exploit, remote code injection, and Shellshock. Some attempts failed and several sections remain unfinished.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-11-15

Training plan

TRAINING PLAN

A practice plan using OSCP-like Hack The Box and VulnHub machines, followed by the PWK course, OSCP labs, and reports.

Study notesOSCP
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2020-11-14

Linux privilege escalation

LINUX PRIVILEGE ESCALATION

Linux privilege escalation notes on enumeration, scripts, misconfigured permissions, scheduled tasks, SUID, and exposed credentials, with unfinished sections left in place.

Tool notesLinuxPrivilege escalation
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2020-11-14

Version comparison

VERSION COMPARISON

Notes on finding software release dates and a version-comparison technique I still need to understand better.

Study notesOSCP
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2020-11-13

Bashed Writeup

BASHED WRITEUP

A Bashed walkthrough covering port scanning, the phpbash web shell, switching to scriptmanager through sudo, and a Python script run by a root cron job.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-11-10

Shocker Writeup

SHOCKER WRITEUP

A Shocker walkthrough from port and directory scanning to Shellshock, debugging the nmap payload, and gaining root through passwordless sudo access to Perl.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-11-07

Nmap tips

NMAP TIPS

Notes from a few Nmap experiments, comparing scan options and timing, adjusting retries, and using a report stylesheet.

Study notesOSCPNetwork scanning
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2020-11-06

At the beginning

AT THE BEGINNING

OSCP preparation notes on setting up my pentesting system, writing lab walkthroughs, and recording what I learn along the way.

Study notesOSCP
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2020-11-06

Lame Writeup

LAME WRITEUP

A detailed Lame walkthrough comparing several exploit routes, including Samba usermap_script, a shared-filesystem approach, distcc, and local privilege escalation. Failed attempts and unfinished investigations are retained.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-11-05

HTB Environment

HTB ENVIRONMENT

Historical notes on connecting to the Hack The Box VPN, checking the tun0 address, and removing a stale interface. The OpenVPN installation section is unfinished.

Lab walkthroughLinux
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2020-11-05

Kali setup

KALI SETUP

My Kali setup notes, covering networking, package sources, tools, and terminal settings, followed by an attempt at a one-click initialization script.

Tool notesLinuxEnvironment setup
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