Inspired by #ESPecially Easy AVR Programming I started playing around with ESP-Link a bit. As mentioned in the readme you can point some programs (e.g. Avrdude, PuTTY) directly at the ESP8266's telnet socket but as far as I can tell most others (e.g. Termite, Arduino, ESPlorer) will only work with serial ports. Therefore a tunnel from a virtual serial port to the ESP's telnet port is required.
The truth is that there is really no such thing as hack-proof or hacker-proof, just like there is nothing out there that is completely waterproof.Therefore, in this article, we're going to discuss making your wireless router as hacker-resistant as possible. Your wireless router is a prime target for hackers wanting to infiltrate your network or freeload off your Wi-Fi connection.
Some quick googling revealed com0com/com2tcp and socat should accomplish just that on Windows and Linux, respectively. It wasn't immediately obvious to me how to set up com0com so I made a detour over this other program also called COM2TCP. It was really easy to set up and worked right out of the box but unfortunately free usage is limited to 45 days so I went back and decided to figure out com0com.
This is how to set up com0com and com2tcp in Windows:
Download com0com from the main project page (same link as above) and install it. During the setup I chose not to install any port pairs. I also got a couple of error messages but continued anyway.
Download com2tcp executable (the one that's part of com0com) from the projects file section. The zip file containing the exe also hast a brief readme on this process.
Set up a port pair by starting com0com's Setup Command Prompt (found in the start menu or as setupc.exe in com0com's folder in Program Files) and running the following commands:
where you replace the x with the number of an unused COM port. This also gave me an error message and I again continued.
Same thing here with the error messages and continuing. After this step you should see the ports with the defined names in the device manager.
Set up com2tcp by opening the folder containing com2tcp.exe in a command prompt (I just open the folder and enter cmd in the address bar). Similar to the instructions from the readme run
It should respond with some information and some OK's and the connection should be good to go.
To set up the tunnel in Linux just install socat
and run
To test the connection you can open the virtual COM port (your COMx) with your favorite terminal program, send something and verify the output of the ESP.
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Created by FoxNoMad, this is a brilliant map for frequent travelers. The first thing you want to do after landing is to login to Facebook or Google something, this is where the free wifi in most airport comes handy. As shown in the map below, the map, which Polat updates regularly, includes the Wi-Fi passwords and locations of dozens of airports around the world. Note: Free open WiFi means all of your data is not encrypted, a hacker with a laptop can easily sniff your username and password, always use a VPN (Recommend VyprVPN for anonymous surfing) to mask your identity when you use these free public WiFi.
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WiFox App for Apple iOS and Google Android are continually updated, it will display the latest map of airports and lounge wifi passwords from around the world. In map view, you can tap any wifi icon where wireless information is available, and use the button to copy the password to the clipboard. The map is available offline (when you download the appropriate Google Maps) so you don’t need an Internet connection to use WiFox when you’re traveling. The best place to get free wifi is StarBucks, almost every airport has a StarBucks.