A blue print: Brand new pen tester, what I've learned in three months.

Oh, you are right about that! I agree with everything you said. For some reason it took me too long to find where the misunderstanding was.

I tried it also (bare metal and daily driver), to devote my time to learning and using it. But, I decided to go back to Mint for all the reasons mentioned earlier. I didn't completely trust the VM configurations either. (Is it really using my VPN? what happens when I use TOR on my VM but my host machine is using a VPN over NAT, etc)

Some tools on Kali are extremely easy to use, meaning easy to commit some type of crime and potentially get in trouble by not knowing what I'm doing. So I decided I probably shouldn't use Kali as a daily driver or bare metal in any capacity. VM, like you, definitely. Live USB, sure, it's handy and makes allot of sense for me, and beyond that I think it makes good sense from a OPSEC standpoint for OFFSEC purposes. I still have a ton more to learn, and I always will have a ton to learn. There's no end. And because of that I think good opsec practices are important for everyone.
When the host computer uses a VPN and your VM uses Tor then the traffic intended for the Tor entry guard or bridge will be routed to the VPN entry node first and after reaching your VPN exit the traffic will then be routed to the Tor entry guard or bridge and then through the Tor network to the Tor exit node, unless you are accessing a Tor hidden service in which case to that service. You don't need to use a VM to use Tor with a VPN. I use both without one.

I tried to use an AI, but couldn't load the model because my computer only has 16 GiB of physical RAM. I had to set up some swap space and enable it just so the computer wouldn't crash when the memory ran out. Perhaps a smaller model will work for me.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell
 


When the host computer uses a VPN and your VM uses Tor then the traffic intended for the Tor entry guard or bridge will be routed to the VPN entry node first and after reaching your VPN exit the traffic will then be routed to the Tor entry guard or bridge and then through the Tor network to the Tor exit node, unless you are accessing a Tor hidden service in which case to that service. You don't need to use a VM to use Tor with a VPN. I use both without one.

I tried to use an AI, but couldn't load the model because my computer only has 16 GiB of physical RAM. I had to set up some swap space and enable it just so the computer wouldn't crash when the memory ran out. Perhaps a smaller model will work for me.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell
Thanks for the info.

Yes, some of the models are very hefty. Most of the smallest models have high built in moderation, but there are a few (llama.guf, not the exact model name but you can probably find it) is my favorite currently. It's fast enough for me, my system has the same amount of ram as yours does. I like that alpaca allows you to save your chats, so instead of completely training a model, you can add allot of reference data for it to go over and the chats are saved for quick access. I really like it.
 
Thanks for the info.

Yes, some of the models are very hefty. Most of the smallest models have high built in moderation, but there are a few (llama.guf, not the exact model name but you can probably find it) is my favorite currently. It's fast enough for me, my system has the same amount of ram as yours does. I like that alpaca allows you to save your chats, so instead of completely training a model, you can add allot of reference data for it to go over and the chats are saved for quick access. I really like it.
Did I mention I like it.
 
Thanks for the info.

Yes, some of the models are very hefty. Most of the smallest models have high built in moderation, but there are a few (llama.guf, not the exact model name but you can probably find it) is my favorite currently. It's fast enough for me, my system has the same amount of ram as yours does. I like that alpaca allows you to save your chats, so instead of completely training a model, you can add allot of reference data for it to go over and the chats are saved for quick access. I really like it.
I was using something with the name wizard in it. The model was over 12 GB in size. I guess I'll need to find a smaller one, but an uncensored one if possible.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell
 
I was using something with the name wizard in it. The model was over 12 GB in size. I guess I'll need to find a smaller one, but an uncensored one if possible.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell
Would have been good if you could run it. Dang. I was thinking about setting up a cloud environment just to run some of the largest state of the art ones. My computer crashed not long ago, and then I lost internet, if that hadn't happened id send you some info to your DMs but it would probably be a waste of both of our time. You know way more than I do, that's obvious, so you'll probably find something better than I did anyway. Good luck.
 
I was using something with the name wizard in it. The model was over 12 GB in size. I guess I'll need to find a smaller one, but an uncensored one if possible.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell
After doing a little research myself, and trying to reverse engineer what was going on with WormGPT, I'm fairly certain this was how it was done.
Spin up a cloud environment, put in a custom trained model with additional training data to work from, and sell API keys for Bitcoin to use it. Pretty slick actually, but probably not that hard to do.
 
After doing a little research myself, and trying to reverse engineer what was going on with WormGPT, I'm fairly certain this was how it was done.
Spin up a cloud environment, put in a custom trained model with additional training data to work from, and sell API keys for Bitcoin to use it. Pretty slick actually, but probably not that hard to do.
I suppose I would have to have a cloud environment available to use first. That's costs money, which I'm afraid is in short supply here these days.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell
 
I suppose I would have to have a cloud environment available to use first. That's costs money, which I'm afraid is in short supply here these days.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) offers an unlimited free trial and significant discounts on paid plans, making it one of the cheapest options
 

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