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+---
+title: "Netboot.xyz Bootloader"
+date: 2021-06-18T15:43:29-04:00
+draft: false
+tags: []
+---
+
+Instead of manually loading ISOs onto a USB stick for [Ventoy](/blog/ventoy) to display, we can use Netboot.xyz to present us a list of options and download them during boot. This requires an internet connection in order to work.
+
+Netboot.xyz is commonly used for PXE booting, but in this post I'll describe using it as an ISO.
+
+Download the [Netboot ISO](https://boot.netboot.xyz/ipxe/netboot.xyz.iso) and [load it onto a flash drive](/blog/ddforiso/). Then boot a computer from the flash drive and you should see something similar to this animation from their website:
+
+![](/img/netboot.xyz.gif)
+
+Another benefit of this approach over Ventoy is that we don't have to manually update the flash drive. It always comes fresh with the ISOs available on their website.
+

content/blog/socatforward.md

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+---
+title: "Forward Packets with Socat"
+date: 2021-06-18T19:38:43-04:00
+draft: false
+tags: []
+---
+
+I've written about relaying TCP traffic using [SSH port forwarding](https://brandonrozek.com/blog/sshlocalportforwarding/). Though sometimes you don't require the authenticity and encryption of SSH or want to use another protocol such as UDP. That's where `socat` comes in.
+
+The following will listen to TCP traffic on port 8001 and redirect it to TCP localhost:8000
+
+```bash
+socat tcp-listen:8001,reuseaddr,fork tcp:localhost:8000
+```
+
+This will listen UDP on port 4009 and forward it to UDP localhost:4010
+
+```bash
+socat udp-listen:4009,reuseaddr,fork udp:localhost:4010
+```

content/blog/terminaloutputvim.md

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+---
+title: "Terminal Output in Vim"
+date: 2021-06-18T16:22:30-04:00
+draft: false
+tags: []
+---
+
+In Vim you can output the result of a command below your cursor by using `:r!`. 
+
+Examples:
+
+Hello World
+
+```
+:r! echo Hello World
+```
+
+The current timestamp
+
+```
+:r! echo "[$(date '+\%Y-\%m-\%d \%H:\%M:\%S')]"
+```
+
+Outputs: `[2021-06-18 16:13:19]`
+

content/blog/ventoy.md

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+---
+title: "Ventoy for managing ISOs on one USB"
+date: 2021-06-18T15:32:38-04:00
+draft: false
+tags: []
+---
+
+Traditionally I would hold one linux distribution per USB drive. Though with 32 GB USB Flash drives only costing $12, why hold only one per drive? That's where Ventoy comes in. With Ventoy, we can store multiple ISOs which it then presents as a boot screen. 
+
+To install Ventoy onto a flash drive, follow the [Get Started](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html) guide on their website. Then once it's installed you should see a mountpoint labeled "Ventoy". There you can drop off any ISOs you want to appear on the boot screen. Here are some examples of what I keep in mine:
+
+
+
+- Clonezilla
+- Kali Linux
+- Kubuntu
+- Tails
+- UBCD
+
+![](/img/ventoy.png)
+
+Example screenshot from their website.
+