Servers and LockdownServers and Lockdown
OS security features and server class systems are things that surely belong together. If a program is important enough to buy expensive servers to run it then it’s important enough[...]
Links June 2021Links June 2021
MIT Technology Review has an interesting article about Google Project Zero shutting down a “western” intelligence operation [1]. There’s an Internet trend of people eating rotten meat they call “high[...]
Dell PowerEdge T320 and LinuxDell PowerEdge T320 and Linux
I recently bought a couple of PowerEdge T320 servers, so now to learn about setting them up. They are a little newer than the R710 I recently setup (which had[...]
Netflix and IPv6Netflix and IPv6
It seems that Netflix has an ongoing issue of not working well with IPv6, apparently they have some sort of region checking code that doesn’t correctly identify IPv6 prefixes. To[...]
Internode NBN with Arris CM8200 on DebianInternode NBN with Arris CM8200 on Debian
I’ve recently signed up for Internode NBN while using the Arris CM8200 device supplied by Optus (previously used for a regular phone service). I took the configuration mostly from Dean’s[...]
Some Ideas About Storage ReliabilitySome Ideas About Storage Reliability
Hard Drive Brands When people ask for advice about what storage to use they often get answers like “use brand X, it works well for me and brand Y had[...]
Wifi Performance on LinuxWifi Performance on Linux
Wifi usually just works. In the past I haven’t had to worry much about performance as for home use things have always been bearable and at work it’s never been[...]
USB Cables and CamerasUSB Cables and Cameras
This page has summaries of some USB limits [1]. USB 2.0 has the longest cable segment limit of 5M (1.x, 3.x, and USB-C are all shorter), so USB 2.0 is[...]
HP ML110 Gen9HP ML110 Gen9
I’ve just bought a HP ML110 Gen9 as a personal workstation, here are my notes about it and documentation on running Debian on it. Why a Server? I bought this[...]
Minikube and DebianMinikube and Debian
I just started looking at the Kubernetes documentation and interactive tutorial [1], which incidentally is really good. Everyone who is developing a complex system should look at this to get[...]