Encrypted Backchannel for Modern Red Teams

[ 2025.09.30 ]

TAGS: #release #community #rtfmv2 #CLI

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If you’ve ever wished your tradecraft console doubled as an ops room, the latest RTFMv2 CLI release delivers exactly that. Fire up server --start --port 5001 and the binary becomes its own TLS-protected WebSocket broker, minting certificates on the fly and authenticating every connection against your RTFM license. Remote teammates authenticate, join a shared or private session, and suddenly the commands they send from a browser widget or lightweight client run through the same root command pipeline as if they were at the keyboard—plugins, Lua extensions, template attacks, everything.
Because the server preserves shell state per session, one operator can drop into shell, change directories, and everyone else can issue follow-up commands that execute in that exact working directory. Outputs are broadcast back to the room in real time, so teammates can watch progress, annotate findings, or copy results straight into reports. Need to pull loot without exposing extra services? A simple file --copy streams the requested file chunk-by-chunk over the encrypted socket, complete with size estimates and hash validation, while the rest of the session keeps humming.
The WebSocket layer also gives you a secure side-channel for collaboration. Any client can send a result payload—think quick notes, formatted text, or JSON summaries—and the CLI relays it to everyone in the session. Pair that with a Node-RED dashboard or a custom web UI and you’ve got chat, task tracking, and command execution all living inside one encrypted tunnel. In practice, it means your red team can rendezvous from anywhere, run coordinated commands, trade loot, and keep a live discussion going, all without spinning up extra infrastructure or sacrificing the simplicity of the CLI you already know.