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<h4 align="center">A collection of awesome lists, manuals, blogs, hacks and tools for <b>Awesome Ninja Admins</b>.</h4>

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## Who is Ninja Admins?

- race of pure evil who rule the network through a monarchistic feudelic system
- they never opened the door for strangers (or anyone at all)
- they know very nasty piece of code like a fork bombs
- they can make dd is not a disk destroyer
- they know that `#!/usr/bin/env bash` superior to `#!/bin/bash`
- they know that `su -` logs in completely as root
- they love the old admin nix-world

## Ninja Admins Collection

#### CLI Tools

##### :black_small_square: Shells

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ohmyz.sh/"><b>Oh My ZSH!</b></a> - the best framework for managing your Zsh configuration.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Bash-it/bash-it"><b>bash-it</b></a> - a community Bash framework.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Managers

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://midnight-commander.org/"><b>Midnight Commander</b></a> - visual file manager, licensed under GNU General Public License.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/"><b>screen</b></a> - full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki"><b>tmux</b></a> - terminal multiplexer, lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Network

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/"><b>Curl</b></a> - command line tool and library
for transferring data with URLs.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/jkbrzt/httpie"><b>HTTPie</b></a> - a user-friendly HTTP client.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://gnutls.org/manual/html_node/gnutls_002dcli-Invocation.html"><b>gnutls-cli</b></a> - client program to set up a TLS connection to some other computer.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://netcat.sourceforge.net/"><b>netcat</b></a> - networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.tcpdump.org/"><b>tcpdump</b></a> - powerful command-line packet analyzer.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Databases

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli"><b>pgcli</b></a> - postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.<br>
</p>

#### Web Tools

##### :black_small_square: SSL

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/"><b>SSL Server Test</b></a> - free online service performs a deep analysis of the configuration of any SSL web server.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dev.ssllabs.com/ssltest/"><b>SSL Server Test (DEV)</b></a> - free online service performs a deep analysis of the configuration of any SSL web server.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.htbridge.com/ssl/"><b>ImmuniWeb® SSLScan</b></a> - test SSL/TLS (PCI DSS, HIPAA and NIST).<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://report-uri.com/home/tools"><b>Report URI</b></a> - monitoring security policies like CSP and HPKP.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://csp-evaluator.withgoogle.com/"><b>CSP Evaluator</b></a> - allows developers and security experts to check if a Content Security Policy.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ccadb.org/resources"><b>Common CA Database</b></a> - repository of information about CAs, and their root and intermediate certificates.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://certstream.calidog.io/"><b>CERTSTREAM</b></a> - real-time certificate transparency log update stream.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: HTTP Headers

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://securityheaders.com/"><b>Security Headers</b></a> - analyse the HTTP response headers (with rating system to the results).<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://observatory.mozilla.org/"><b>Observatory by Mozilla</b></a> - set of tools to analyze your website.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: DNS

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://viewdns.info/"><b>ViewDNS</b></a> - one source for free DNS related tools and information.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dnsspy.io/"><b>DNS Spy</b></a> - monitor, validate and verify your DNS configurations.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://dnslytics.com/"><b>DNSlytics</b></a> - online investigation tool.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Mail

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx"><b>MX Toolbox</b></a> - all of your MX record, DNS, blacklist and SMTP diagnostics in one integrated tool.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Mass scanners (search engines)

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://censys.io/"><b>Censys</b></a> - platform that helps information security practitioners discover, monitor, and analyze devices.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.shodan.io/"><b>Shodan</b></a> - the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://viz.greynoise.io/table"><b>GreyNoise</b></a> - mass scanner (such as Shodan and Censys).<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.hardenize.com/"><b>Hardenize</b></a> - deploy the security standards.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Net-tools

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report"><b>Netcraft</b></a> -  detailed report about the site, helping you to make informed choices about their integrity.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://securitytrails.com/"><b>Security Trails</b></a> - APIs for Security Companies, Researchers and Teams.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://tools.keycdn.com/curl"><b>Online Curl</b></a> - curl test, analyze HTTP Response Headers.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://ping.eu/"><b>Ping.eu</b></a> - online Ping, Traceroute, DNS lookup, WHOIS and others.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://network-tools.com/"><b>Network-Tools</b></a> - network tools for webmasters, IT technicians & geeks.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.url-encode-decode.com/"><b>URL Encode/Decode</b></a> - tool from above to either encode or decode a string of text.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Performance

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://gtmetrix.com/"><b>GTmetrix</b></a> - analyze your site’s speed and make it faster.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://performance.sucuri.net/"><b>Sucuri loadtimetester</b></a> - test here the
performance of any of your sites from across the globe.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Passwords

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.random.org/passwords/"><b>Random.org</b></a> - generate random passwords.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://gotcha.pw/"><b>Gotcha?</b></a> - list of 1.4 billion accounts circulates around the Internet.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://haveibeenpwned.com/"><b>have i been pwned?</b></a> - check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach.<br>
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#### Manuals/Howtos/Tutorials

##### :black_small_square: Bash

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible"><b>pure-bash-bible</b></a> - a collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/start"><b>The Bash Hackers Wiki</b></a> - hold documentation of any kind about GNU Bash.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Unix tutorials

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.cyberciti.biz/"><b>nixCraft</b></a> - linux and unix tutorials for new and seasoned sysadmin.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.tecmint.com/"><b>TecMint</b></a> - the ideal Linux blog for Sysadmins & Geeks.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Hacking

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.hackingarticles.in/"><b>Hacking Articles</b></a> - LRaj Chandel's Security & Hacking Blog.<br>
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#### Blogs

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.brendangregg.com/"><b>Brendan Gregg's Blog</b></a> - Brendan Gregg is an industry expert in computing performance and cloud computing.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://gynvael.coldwind.pl/"><b>Gynvael "GynDream" Coldwind</b></a> - Gynvael is a IT security engineer at Google.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/"><b>Michał "lcamtuf" Zalewski</b></a> - "white hat" hacker, computer security expert.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://ma.ttias.be/"><b>Mattias Geniar</b></a> - developer, Sysadmin, Blogger, Podcaster and Public Speaker.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://nickcraver.com/"><b>Nick Craver</b></a> - Software Developer and Systems Administrator for Stack Exchange.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://robert.penz.name/"><b>Robert Penz</b></a> - IT security Expert.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://scotthelme.co.uk/"><b>Scott Helme</b></a> - Security Researcher, international speaker and founder of securityheaders.com and report-uri.com.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://security.szurek.pl/"><b>Kacper Szurek</b></a> - Detection Engineer at ESET.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.troyhunt.com/"><b>Troy Hunt</b></a> -  Microsoft Regional Director and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Developer Security.<br>
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#### Systems/Services

##### :black_small_square: Systems

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/"><b>OpenBSD</b></a> - multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://hardenedbsd.org/"><b>HardenedBSD</b></a> - HardenedBSD aims to implement innovative exploit mitigation and security solutions.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: HTTP(s) Services

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://varnish-cache.org/"><b>Varnish HTTP Cache</b></a> - HTTP accelerator designed for content-heavy dynamic web sites.<br>
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##### :black_small_square: Security/hardening

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://emeraldonion.org/"><b>Emerald Onion</b></a> - Seattle-based encrypted-transit internet service provider.<br>
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#### One-liners

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse"><b>commandlinefu.com</b></a> - command line diamonds, created and voted on by our members.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="http://www.bashoneliners.com/"><b>Bash One-Liners</b></a> - practical, well-explained Bash one-liners, and promote best practices in Bash shell scripting.<br>
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#### Lists

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/kahun/awesome-sysadmin"><b>Awesome Sysadmin</b></a> - amazingly awesome open source sysadmin resources.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/alebcay/awesome-shell"><b>Awesome Shell</b></a> - awesome command-line frameworks, toolkits, guides and gizmos.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://github.com/Hack-with-Github/Awesome-Hacking"><b>Awesome-Hacking</b></a> - awesome lists for hackers, pentesters and security researchers.<br>
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#### Other

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&nbsp;&nbsp;:small_orange_diamond: <a href="https://www.openbugbounty.org/"><b>Openbugbounty</b></a> - allows any security researcher reporting a vulnerability on any website.</p>