Strange Apache Reload IssueStrange Apache Reload Issue
I recently had to renew the SSL certificate for my web server, nothing exciting about that but Certbot created a new directory for the key because I had removed some[...]
Getting Started With KaliGetting Started With Kali
Kali is a Debian based distribution aimed at penetration testing. I haven’t felt a need to use it in the past because Debian has packages for all the scanning tools[...]
Links September 2021Links September 2021
Matthew Garrett wrote an interesting and insightful blog post about the license of software developed or co-developed by machine-learning systems [1]. One of his main points is that people in[...]
Oracle Cloud Free TierOracle Cloud Free Tier
It seems that every cloud service of note has a free tier nowadays and the Oracle Cloud is the latest that I’ve discovered (thanks to r/homelab which I highly recommend[...]
Links August 2021Links August 2021
Sciencealert has an interesting article on a game to combat misinformation by “microdosing” people [1]. The game seemed overly simplistic to me, but I guess I’m not the target demographic.[...]
Links July 2021Links July 2021
The News Tribune published an article in 2004 about the “Dove of Oneness”, a mentally ill woman who got thousands of people to believe her crazy ideas about NESARA [1].[...]
Thoughts about RAM and Storage ChangesThoughts about RAM and Storage Changes
My first Linux system in 1992 was a 386 with 4MB of RAM and a 120MB hard drive which (for some reason I forgot) only was supported by Linux for[...]
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[...]