Proposal For Improving Social Security Numbers Update: Added diagrams for an example If you're unfamiliar with asymmetric or public key cryptography, a good introduction without the math is available here. In the wake of the Equifax breach, there's increasing
FreeIPA and Raspbian I've gotten used to having freeipa-client available in dnf or apt repos, so I've rarely setup clients manually. However, I did today in Raspbian on my Raspberry Pi. I wanted to document it
LDAP With FreeIPA and Golden Gate Proxies I have a hypervisor to run my VMs at home and I decided to finally rollout LDAP and Kerberos using FreeIPA. I wanted to completely remove local login options, but this presented a
The Myth of the Necessary Jerk There's a prevailing myth in popular culture and the tech industry (and others I'm sure) of the "Necessary Jerk" - a jerk who is so singularly gifted in their field that
security Golden Gate and Let's Encrypt I am currently serving all the things out of my home from behind my "Golden Gate proxy," which is a combination of an nginx reverse proxy, an SSH WebSocket proxy, and
chromeos SSH Relay for ChromeOS I am a fairly heavy user of ChromeOS. Most of my "actual work" is done on my server so ChromeOS makes for a great laptop OS for me. However it is
Project Transmute I would like my videos to be ready to be moved to mobile devices when I want to travel, and things like Plex take too long for my liking. However I also prefer
security My Perfect Browser I'm trying to make everything I do online as secure as possible, while compromizing my expereince as little as possible. The most significant choice here is my web browser. I rotate between a
Golden Gate SSH Config Files In addition to my Golden Gate proxy providing security for web requests, I needed it to assist in securing SSH requests as well. SSH is already as secure as I need it, but
Golden Gate Nginx Config Files I have a rudimenatry Golden Gate proxy up and running using nginx reverse proxies. I have included the configuration file (from /etc/nginx/sites-enabled) I used to protect my Sickbeard installation. The first
My RSS Feeds I've had people ask to get all my RSS Feeds. I have a bunch that I check in Tiny Tiny RSS. I've exported an OPML file that can be imported into Tiny Tiny
two-factor Security Measures: Two-Factor This is a brief description of my security practices. I will make several posts and write updates as I make changes. Two-Factor Authentication I enable two-factor authentication whenever possible. I use multiple apps
password management Security Measures: Password Management This is a brief description of my security practices. I will make several posts and write updates as I make changes. Password Management For password mangement I use LastPass. LastPass has its issues,
security Security Measures: Servers and Data Storage This is a brief description of my security practices. I will make several posts and write updates as I make changes. Servers I keep my data on a server running NAS4Free with one
security Security Measures: Client Devices This is a brief description of my security practices. I will make several posts and write updates as I make changes. Client Devices The main security measure I take on my individual devices
security Project Golden Gate Overview This is an outline for a project I'm working on. I'll post updates as I progress. Golden Gate aims to be a transparent reverse proxy that sits on the border of a