Synology SSH Security Fail
Synology made a brain-dead decision that undermines privilege separation, a fundamental concept in IT security.
My Conundrum With Cloud Drives
There are different kinds of cloud drives, with different levels of reliability, maintenance, cost and privacy... and the state of things is not pleasing.
Where to publish your PGP key
Why you shouldn't use SKS, and what to use instead.
How to install MariaDB server on Mac with MacPorts
If you're on a Mac, and need a MariaDB server for development, you can install one using MacPorts... but the setup is not self-explanatory. Today, I will show you how to install MariaDB 10.3 (or any 10.x) server on Mac! 1. MacPorts First install [MacPorts from here] and then get [...]
Linux and the magic of pcspkr
Background If you grew up in the 90s you might remember "PC Speakers", not to be confused with "computer speakers", the ones that you plug into a 3.5mm jack and use to listen to things, and instead I mean those small built-in speakers that could play basic sounds, and with [...]
How I got Minecraft DDoS protection at home
Background Some time ago, at the end of last year or so, I did set up a Minecraft server at home. It's public, in the sense that anyone can join, but it's not listed anywhere other than on its small website. So, for now it's used by friends only. But [...]
How to install and enable firewall (UFW) on Raspberry Pi and basic configuration
In this guide you will learn how to install a firewall on your Raspberry Pi and enable it without locking yourself out. This guide of course also applies to any Debian or Ubuntu Server, no matter if a Pi or PC. What is a firewall? Firewall illustration by Bruno Pedrozo [...]
How to edit systemd service files the right way with overrides
In an earlier tutorial, I showed you how to obfuscate Tor bridges with obfs4proxy which required editing the Tor service files. The official Torproject documentation stated, that you needed to edit the systemd service files and change a variable in each, to allow the usage of privileged ports. So, I [...]
A Little History of Minecraft Servers (mostly Bukkit/Spigot/Bedrock)
Minecraft came out a bit over a decade ago, as a game written in Java that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux but only x86! That's because, while the game is written in Java, it depends on native libraries that are x86 (although I think now they're AMD64 so you [...]
Configure Tvheadend channel icons
Today I will show you where to get TV channel icons and how to configure them in Tvheadend. Getting the icons First step is to download icons from here (download SRP full and SNP full) and save them on your Linux box under /home/hts/icons which can be done as follows [...]