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Quick how-to for updating Firefox with screenshots included.
Open Firefox
Click the hamburger icon (shown below) which is in the top right of your computer screen
Click Help (shown below) then select About
If there is an update, it will show here, if the update is installed you will need to restart the browser as shown. And that is it!
Quick How-To install Tor
Open a terminal
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y tor torbrowser-launcher
torbrowser-launcher
Thats it!
Quick How-To for updating pihole on Ubuntu
Open a terminal
Type:
sudo apt-get update
Enter in your password
Type
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Enter in your password
Type
pihole -up
Enter in your password
Pihole updates
That is it!
This one is quick and easy. You need to know the record info that was setup with the DNS Provider to do it
Go to https://MXToolBox.com/NetworkTools.aspx
Find the DKIM Box
Enter in the domain:selector info
Example – tacticalware.com:mydkim
Press the DKIM Lookup button
If it is setup properly you will see in green, the dkim information. If it is setup improperly, you will see an error, as you would see if you searched for the dkim tacticalware.com:mydkim
Here is how to backup your DNS information in GoDaddy
Login into your account
Navigate to https://dcc.godaddy.com/control/portfolio
Identify the Domain name you want to backup
Click the three dots next to it “…“
Select Edit DNS
On the DNS MANAGEMENT page, next to the ADD button, click the Three Dots “…“
Select Export Zone File
Your DNS will backup to your computer.
Save it to somewhere special, and go on your merry way
This is a quick how-to on setting up the SPF record for those of us not using Microsoft 365. They have a different record type If you want a more in-depth one, there are many available elsewhere. So for now, here it is
Login into your DNS Provider
Ex – Network Solutions, Hostgator, ENOM
Navigate to the area to Manage DNS records
Create a TXT record
Name will be
@
Value will be:
v=spf1 a mx ip4:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ~all
Be sure to change xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the actual IP of your mail server
Save the record
Go to MXToolbox.com and enter your domain name
You should see a green box with your SPF record info contained inside
This is a quick how-to on setting up the record. If you want a more in-depth one, there are many available elsewhere. So for now, here it is
Login into your Email Server
Create a new email address. Something like dns@tacticalware.com
Next, Login into your DNS Provider
Ex – Network Solutions, Hostgator, ENOM
Navigate to the area to Manage DNS records
Create a TXT record
Name will be
_dmarc
Value will be:
v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dns@tacticalware.com; ruf=mailto:dns@tacticalware.com; fo=1;
Make sure you change dns@tacticalware.com to whatever the email address is that you created in the first step
Save the record
Go to MXToolbox.com and enter your domain name
You should see a green checkmark next to DMARC
Most marketing emails contain a single pixel hidden in the email which tracks you. This pixel calls home, lets the marketers/spammers know that you opened the email, and begins tracking your movement through their system.
Here is how to block it within Outlook on your IOS device (ipad, iphone, etc)
Open Outlook
Click on the File
Select Options
Open Trust Center
Click on Trust Center Settings
Find Automatic Download
Place check mark in:
Don’t download pictures automatically in standard html…..
Don’t download pictures in encrypted or signed…..
Thats it! Tracking pixel disabled
Most marketing emails contain a single pixel hidden in the email which tracks you. This pixel calls home, lets the marketers/spammers know that you opened the email, and begins tracking your movement through their system.
Here is how to block it within Outlook on your IOS device (ipad, iphone, etc)
Open Outlook
Click on the Avatar for you at the top left of the main screen
At the bottom left column you will see a gear. Click it
Find Mail Accounts
Click on your Office 365 Account / Google Account / Whatever you have for email
Find Block External Images
Turn it on
Thats it! Tracking pixel disabled
In ParrotOS if you install torsocks using apt-get install torsocks, it installs fine, however you cannot run it from the commandline as it has the following error
Error:
PERROR torsocks[2859]: socks5 libc connect: Connection refused (in socks5_connect() at socks5.c:202)
To fix this error do the following
Type:
sudo nano /etc/tor/torsocks.conf
Scroll down to the TorPort line
Change 9050 to 9150
Now it should read
TorPort 9150
Press CTRL + X
Press Y to save
Now you can run torsocks
