Hype for the Future 52C: The Fediverse

Introduction

The Fediverse is identified by anti-corporate ideologies with the ActivityPub protocol. However, if a service does not support the ActivityPub protocol, then by definition, the service cannot be identified within the definition of the Fediverse.

Independent Blog Sites

Located within the perspective of the Fediverse is typically Mastodon, Lemmy, PeerTube, PixelFed, Akkoma, Pleroma, Misskey, WriteFreely, and numerous smaller social networking sites, as well as select sites powered by WordPress, of which this website is one such site. However, independent blog sites, even if they can capture the spirit of the Fediverse, can never be identified as part of the Fediverse if not already compatible with the ActivityPub protocol.

Services Not Typically Included within the Fediverse

Usually, if a site on WordPress is powered by WordPress.org, rather than WordPress.com, then the site is not compatible with the ActivityPub protocol and thus cannot be identified as part of the Fediverse. Typically, related services, such as Proton Mail and the remainder of the Proton family, are not identified within the Fediverse because mailing services are not typically compatible with ActivityPub. The ActivityPub protocol also does not extend into the independent publication sites, such as LibCom or otherwise lesser-known sites.

Target and Discovery Configuration Options for “nmap”

The nmap command contains numerous configuration options for port scanning operations, as appropriate and as necessary. The options and parameters include -iL for input from host and network list file names, -iR for random targets, --exclude for exclusion of hosts and networks, and --excludefile for the exclusion of lists from files. Host discovery options include -sL for list scans, -sn for ping scans (disabling the port scans), -Pn to assume complete operations online, and additional features and functionality to provide for specific protocol demands. -PS, -PA, -PU, and -PY are for TCP SYN/ACK, UDP, and SCTP discovery to specific ports, while -PE, -PP, and -PM are for ICMP echo, timesamp, and netmask probes. -PO is for the Internet Protocol, -n and -R are for resolving (or not resolving) DNS, --dns-servers is for custom domain name servers, --system-dns is for resolving using the system domain name servers, and --traceroute is for tracing the hop paths to the respective hosts.