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I thought it would make sense to run Unbound locally to cache my DNS queries - which can speedup DNS resolution quite a bit. So, let’s get started! Installing Unbound Unbound is available on all major Linux distributions and on the various BSD’s. I use Debian in this case and install Unbound via...
on Mon, 6PM
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Lately I’ve been thinking about putting together a little blog post on where to find information/help/guides/etc. on Debian. So, long story short, this is a collection of useful Debian related links/sites that might come in handy when looking for some information. Link galore Debian itself...
on Sun, 6PM
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In this little guide we will create a custom .deb package from vsftpd with the version information patched out. Disclaimer: Changing the version number is NOT magically saving you from everything! Security is a layered approach and is compromised of many steps - not just one! (Keep that in...
on Sun, 5PM
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Foray into analytics So far, all the websites I hosted never had any sort of analytics at all - Never. I think it is high time to change just that. This small little guide will leverage goaccess to generate static reports that can easily be served via any webserver (In this guide, we will use...
on Nov 30
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Ventoy is a fantastic way of booting many different iso’s on computers. I have used to flash usb sticks all the time with different operating systems - which in and of itself is fine… except one having many usb sticks that need to be updated and the dreaded situation in which said sticks are not...
on Nov 9
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Sometimes it is helpful to build a custom kernel. Someone might want to slim down the kernel, optimize it or just building a kernel for fun - depending on ones needs of course. Debian makes this a breeze!. The following short article will show how to build a Linux kernel and also generating easy...
on Nov 9
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Choice - The enternal enemy We all know well how much options are all around us… From simple things like what food to order all the way up to who to marry. Let’s face it: Choice is everywhere Q: Is it inherently a bad thing? A: No, not at all. The enemy is ourself. We procrastinate forever on...
on Nov 3
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Password Generators Imagine needing to come up with passwords all the time, which is not impossible. However, why not leverage tools for doing that. After all, generating random passwords is a important step. Let’s explore some of the options out there and see what can be done. pwgen One of my...
on Nov 3
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Arch Wiki Everyone knows and loves it. The one and only Arch Wiki. There is so much information encapsulated in the Wiki that having a browsable local copy can be quite beneficial. Requirements The only real requirement for hosting the Arch Wiki locally is a webserver. There are plenty of...
on Nov 2
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OPNSense Automated Config Backup
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OPNSense and backups I lately searched for a way to do automated config backups which will be stored directly on my NAS. The Business Edition of OPNSense allows to do centralized backups, given the firewall in question is a managed via OPNCentral. In my homelab, this is not the case. To solve...
on Sep 15
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Set up Apache with userdir and PHP
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Why? I wanted to setup a webserver on my local system with PHP enabled to do some fiddling around. The process on Debian is quite simple… so simple that you just need to install the packages and everything will already work - given you put your PHP script files under /var/www/html. But in...
on Jun 2
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A new (used) Laptop emerges I’ve lately found a nice deal while browsing eBay on a ThinkPad Yoga 260 which I could not resist. (This is the problem with eBay in general… well, it is what it is) Bought it and was quickly shipped to my in a couple of days. Well… This could have been another Linux...
on May 26
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The struggle I remember a time in my life where I was changing my distro literally on a weekly and sometimes on a daily basis. Oh boy, the though alone makes my head spin! Of course, I did not run any distro under the sun… but, I’ve run a fair number. From Debian based distros over RHEL to Arch...
on May 26
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Before FOSS In the beginning there was… No, not gonna start like that. As most of you, I started with Windows back in the 90’s. Windows 98 was all the rage back then and I really did not care a lot about understanding the system I use better. Gaming, after all, was my introduction to computers...
on May 25
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Debian: Docker and KVM Virtualization under Debian is a breeze. Install the needed packages and off you go… Except for one fact: If you want to use a bridge on your vm’s and you also happen to run Docker you might have run into a wall… That being that your vm’s...
on Apr 18
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Why? Having to install Debian from time to time really made me think to doing the install over the network, rather than always making USB sticks or mounting a ISO file in a VM. The steps to set up PXE on Debian are quite easy - all in all maybe a 10 minute process. …So, let’s get to...
on Dec 27
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Motivation I personally use vanilla FreeBSD on a low power PC to handle all my data needs. This setup has served me well over the time, which is why I want to dedicate a few lines of text to it. Assumption I assume that the reader uses sudo in this article. You can of course become root by using...
on Nov 19, 2023
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Creating a swapfile can be easily done with dd. $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=4k This will create a 4GB file directly under the / (root) directory. Hint: count specifies how many 1M (bs) blocks will be allocated. After the creation make sure to alter the permissions of the...
on Nov 12, 2023
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Installing Fail2Ban Fail2Ban is available in the Debian repository. You can install it as follows: $ sudo apt install fail2ban That’s it - kinda… By default there are no logs to read from. Rsyslog was removed in Debian 12, which means there are no logfiles to read for Fail2Ban. However, Fail2Ban...
on Nov 6, 2023