Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 6Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 6
In February I reviewed a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 1 [1] that I bought on Ebay. I have just been supplied the 6th Generation of the Thinkpad X1 Carbon for[...]
Fail2banFail2ban
I’ve recently setup fail2ban [1] on a bunch of my servers. It’s purpose is to ban IP addresses associated with password guessing – or whatever other criteria for badness you[...]
Google and Certbot (Letsencrypt)Google and Certbot (Letsencrypt)
Like most people I use Certbot AKA Letsencrypt to create SSL certificates for my sites. It’s a great service, very easy to use and it generally works well. Recently the[...]
Suggestions for Trump SupportersSuggestions for Trump Supporters
I’ve had some discussions with Trump supporters recently. Here are some suggestions for anyone who wants to have an actual debate about political issues. Note that this may seem harsh[...]
Passwords Used by DaemonsPasswords Used by Daemons
There’s a lot of advice about how to create and manage user passwords, and some of it is even good. But there doesn’t seem to be much advice about passwords[...]
Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning
This post is about my latest idea for learning about computers. I posted it to my local LUG mailing list and received no responses. But I still think it’s a[...]
BTRFS and SE LinuxBTRFS and SE Linux
I’ve had problems with systems running SE Linux on BTRFS losing the XATTRs used for storing the SE Linux file labels after a power outage. Here is the link to[...]
Racism in the OfficeRacism in the Office
Today I was at an office party and the conversation turned to race, specifically the incidence of unarmed Afro-American men and boys who are shot by police. Apparently the idea[...]
WordPress Multisite on DebianWordPress Multisite on Debian
WordPress (a common CMS for blogs) is designed to be copied to a directory that Apache can serve and run by a user with no particular privileges while managing installation[...]
Compromised Guest AccountCompromised Guest Account
Some of the workstations I run are sometimes used by multiple people. Having multiple people share an account is bad for security so having a guest account for guest access[...]