Posted on Tue 02 January 2024 in Security • Tagged with Linux, FreeBSD, Admin, ssh, tmux, zsh
Having secure remote access that's still convenient is key when you're travelling. My setup is very old, but still works perfectly. The remote access I need is mostly terminal access, as I have a lot of tools on terminal to access my important data remotely.
I use …
Posted on Sun 31 December 2023 in Space • Tagged with Space, Opensource
At this year's 37c3, a talk by two members of the Libre Space Foundation (LSF) caught my attention. The story of how they prepared their own open-design satellites and launched them into space was fun to hear. They developed a lot of tools to make the development possible. They used …
Posted on Sat 23 December 2023 in FreeBSD • Tagged with FreeBSD, performance
FreeBSD 14 was released a few weeks ago. One of my home servers has been running FreeBSD for many years. The system has been upgraded from version to version and works like a charm. Some jails are used to separate services provided by the box and ZFS as a file …
Posted on Sat 23 December 2023 in Security • Tagged with Postfix, Mail, Security, IT-Security
On 2023-12-18, the SEC Consult team published a security issue affecting many SMTP implementations. The problem results in some attack vectors bypassing important antispam/antispoofing mechanisms. This can cause major problems as mails can be injected into the mail flow that appear to come from a valid trusted source.
It …
Posted on Sat 23 December 2023 in Linux • Tagged with Linux, Debian
When I installed Debian on a Thinkpad two weeks ago, I was out of luck. As you may have heard, the stable Linux kernel maintenance team imported a change from the upstream which caused a major problem on systems with ext4 filesystems. Ext4 is the default for Debian installs, and …
Posted on Fri 22 December 2023 in Linux • Tagged with CentOS, Linux, Debian
Over the past few years I have used a number of different Linux distributions in addition to FreeBSD and MacOS. My daily work is also often done on Microsoft Windows machines. I am not a fan of the best operating system battle. In my opinion, the best system is the …
Posted on Wed 13 December 2023 in Linux • Tagged with Linux, Debian
If you like the cli like I do, you might also like modern tools with some eye candy. Nala is a nice frontend for dpkg and a replacement for apt. It has some useful features for your daily work.
The history for nala can …
Posted on Mon 04 July 2022 in GNSS • Tagged with GNNS, Galileo, Linux, Galmon
Some time ago, I stumbled over the Galmon project by Bert Hubert. Since I am into everything with space technology, this caught my attention. Bert initiated a project where you can host your own mini observing station and collect status information from …
Posted on Fri 28 August 2020 in Fedora • Tagged with Fedora, Lenovo, Thinkpad
The MAYA 22 USB is an audio interface you can easily connect over USB to your computer.
I like it for its small form factor and good build quality.
It works great with MAC, FreeBSD, Linux and Windows.
When I connected it to my Fedora 32 notebook the device was …
Posted on Fri 28 August 2020 in Fedora • Tagged with Fedora, Lenovo, Thinkpad
The T14 with AMD processor arrived and it is time for a short write up.
The machine I work with is powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U with Radeon Graphics. It comes with 8 Cores and 16 threads from 1.7 GHz - 4.1 GHz. Aside to …