Internet – Blog by Jay Mutkawoa (Nitin)

Africa Internet Summit 2018 – Getting ready for the Hackathon – Day 1

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Post Date May 15, 2018
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On day 1, I woke up early in the morning and went outside for a morning walk. Everyone in Senegal says Bonjour to each other, irrespective of being a stranger. The people of Dakar seem very polite and relaxed in nature. [Read More…]

MeetUps and Presentations Networking and Hardware Security

cyberstorm.mu VideoStream #2 : Modem Insecurity in Mauritius

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date October 25, 2017
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Some days back, the cyberstorm.mu (Name rebranded due to trademark issue) team made our first video stream on Youtube about Modem Insecurity in Mauritius. We received several feedbacks from the public, friends and local media about the issue raised. Upon further [Read More…]

Linux Application Networking and Hardware Security

Dare to do a brute force attack again!

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date November 4, 2015
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Dare to do an SSH Bruteforce attack again and you are banned!! I have noticed that there are several DDOS SSH botnets attack these days on my server. Despite that I would prefer SSH to listen on port 22, I [Read More…]

Networking and Hardware

Internet Speed – How far is your ISP truthful ?

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date October 13, 2015
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Have you ever notice that your ISP (Internet Service Provider) advertise you Internet package in a very tricky way? One of the best ways to manipulate you is with the use of the technical term such as Bytes and bits. [Read More…]

Linux System

Overlay Union Filesystems in Linux

Returning to the world of blogging after nearly a month’s hiatus, I find myself intrigued by the concept of Overlay Filesystems. This article has piqued my curiosity, and I am convinced it will offer valuable insights for my future endeavors. [Read More…]

Posted on February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

My indoor plants in Winter 2024

I used to have a cool indoor greenhouse in my living room growing lettuce, arugula, and thyme. However, since I work from home most of the time and need a dedicated office space, I decided to make some changes. I [Read More…]

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Cloud Computing

Playing around with SSM, Tags, and Resource Group in AWS

AWS Systems Manager is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that helps you automate and manage your infrastructure at scale. It provides a unified user interface so that you can view operational data from multiple AWS services and [Read More…]

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Smart Contracts and Tokens in Ethereum

Smart contracts in Ethereum are self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into code. They are computer programs that run on the Ethereum blockchain and automatically enforce the rules and conditions defined within their code. If you [Read More…]

Posted on January 17, 2024January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Ethereum, Solidity and Decentralization

Ethereum can be considered a technology that is more capable than Bitcoin. In a traditional Blockchain technology like Bitcoin, I mentioned how Bitcoin is mostly focused on a ledger system with records and algorithms backing up the transactions. But Ethereum [Read More…]

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Proof of Stake in Blockchain

In some of my previous articles, I wrote about the Consensus protocol. If you had been following closely, you would have come across the term several times. I explained how Consensus is a mechanism by which participants in a distributed [Read More…]

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa