Tag: linux

Articles

• Simulating Asymmetric Partitions with Raft Pre-Vote

  21 Jun, 2026

  A deep-dive into simulating asymmetric network partitions inside a custom Linux namespace sandbox, analyzing etcd Raft state transitions, pre-vote mechanisms, and the disruptive follower failure mode.

• Forensic Reconstruction of Black-Box Protocols

  14 Jun, 2026

  A legacy server is dropping connections with no error codes. I walk through the process of using tcpdump, strace, and gdb to reconstruct a custom binary protocol from scratch.