Proposal For Improving Social Security Numbers
In the wake of the Equifax breach, a proposal for how the US can transition to a new Federal identification system with security as a main component.
FreeIPA and Raspbian
I use FreeIPA heavily to manage my lab at home however their client wasn't available on Raspbian, so I documented the stpes it took to get it working on my Pi.
LDAP With FreeIPA and Golden Gate Proxies
I wanted to have a complete centralized authentication at home, but also wanted as secure of a way as possible to overrid that of my LDAP server were to go down. This documents my "war room" configurations.
The Myth of the Necessary Jerk
There's a prevailing myth in popular culture and the tech industry of the "Necessary Jerk" - a jerk who is so singularly gifted in their field that they're completely irreplaceable. Here I argue why that's not only incorrect, but a stance that will actively harm groups and businesses.
Golden Gate and Let's Encrypt
Utilizing Cerbot's "webroot" plugin with an nginx reverse proxy on a dedicated server or VM.
SSH Relay for ChromeOS
What it took to get an SSH bastion host working with ChromeOS clients.
Project Transmute
A script I wrote to automatically detect and convert video files to a travel optimized format.
My Perfect Browser
An examination of how I selected my preferred browser
