Tag: Security
All the articles with the tag "Security".
LUKS Password Problems
Updated:After setting up a new fully encrypted system, I found that I couldn't unlock the disk encryption with the password I know I set correctly. I added a new p
OpenWrt - DNS Hijacking
Updated:For users of our LAN and Guest networks, I want to grab all their DNS calls and service them using our own resolver. This means that any call to an externa
polkit-error-quark
Updated:I caused myself a few hours of frustration today. I installed a new instance of Manjaro today, and it applied some Lynis security suggestions that I didn't
Fail2ban - PostgreSQL
Updated:We don't often have the need to expose PostgreSQL to a network, let alone the internet. Mostly the instances are enclosed within a Docker container set and
LINPEAS, PEASS
Updated:How to get an elevated privileged shell the easy way. https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng
Fail2ban with Gitea
Updated:I noticed a bot had decided to target our Gitea service, so thought of putting it into fail2ban to lock it down. Turned out this wasn't as straight forward
WireGuard, OTP and ACL's
Out of the box, WireGuard is a simple tool that solves a simple issue. Securely connect this system to that system. But what if that's not quite enough? If
Microsoft Azure and Juniper SRX
Updated:We're getting on the Microsoft Office 366 and band wagon. I'm not a Microsoft fan, and think it's overpriced for the functionality we'll actually use. This means we need to setup an IPSec VPN between the Juniper SRX and Azure.
OpenSSL Ciphers
Updated:OpenSSL is a very handy tool. Both on Linux and Windows. On both you can do all kinds of conversions and creations, but equally of use you can view cipher
VCSA root Locked Out!
Updated:This gave me cause for tears today. The VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) management Web UI ( https://vcsa:5480 ) decided not to let me in as root. I'm guess