Recent Blog ArticlesNewest TopicsMost LikesTagged:TagWhat is going on with RC4 in Kerberos? Howdy everyone! The cat is out of the bag when it comes to Microsoft’s forward outlook on RC4 usage in Kerberos. In the past few months, we have published the following. Beyond RC4 for Windo...Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 06: Kerberos it’s AUTH-some! New to the series? Be sure to check out the previous posts! Introduction to Network Trace Analysis Part 0: Laying the Groundwork Introduction to Network Trace Analysis Part 1: Asking Que...What's the deal with Kerb3961? Howdy, everyone! I wanted to write this blog post to discuss the new Kerb3961 library introduced in Windows Server 2025 / Windows 11 24H2. It is (hopefully) making encryption type (etype) usage withi...Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 5: SMB? Sounds good to me! Let's start off with the question, what is this whole SMB thing anyway? SMB is a network file system protocol. This means that it can allow Machine A to read and write files on Machine B. This protoc...Proxies, proxies everywhere but still no Internet. Overview of the Windows Proxies Howdy everyone, a quick tangent from our regularly scheduled Introduction to Network Trace Analysis series to talk about the Windows Proxy ecosystem. Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 4: DNS (it's always DNS) Howdy everyone! I'm back to talk about one of my favorite causes of heartache, the domain name system (DNS). This will be our first foray into an application layer protocol. The concept of DNS is sim...Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 3: TCP Performance A lot of variables affect TCP performance but not all of them are easily configurable. Let’s start with our absolute constraint. The speed of light. Unfortunately, we need to abide by the pes...Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 2: Jumping into TCP Connectivity Howdy everyone, I hope you're hungry we have a feast of information we will be going through today. Our topic will be the transmission control protocol (TCP) and what you need to know. Introduction to Network Trace Analysis Part 1: Asking Questions and Collecting Data Today’s post will be a bit shorter but will cover how we collect network traces and what information we need to make use of the data we collect. Introduction to Network Trace Analysis Part 0: Laying the Groundwork Nearly all modern applications use the network to some degree and knowing how your specific technology interacts with the network will help you understand not only the portion that uses the network b...
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