Category: Technology
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Solving Slow Downloads in FreeBSD Jails
I recently ran into a frustrating and baffling issue: my FreeBSD jails were experiencing painfully slow downloads, even though the host system’s network was perfectly fine. I spent over a week trying to figure out what was wrong, as this was a problem on my updated 14.0-RELEASE server. The setup for my jails is a…
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fail2ban: a Mainstay in My Linux Server Hardening Checklist
Let’s talk about the digital equivalent of locking your front door at night. Not the ten-camera home surveillance system that phones home to a Bezos cloud, not the smart lock you unlock with your face—just a plain, sturdy deadbolt. That’s what fail2ban is: an old-school, no-nonsense security measure that doesn’t track you, doesn’t sell your…
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Data Filtering in PAN-OS: A Tinkerer’s Guide
So if you’re like me, you love poking around in your gear, seeing what you can make it do, and maybe even breaking things (just a little) to learn how they work. Today, I want to talk about something that’s both super useful and, honestly, kind of fun to mess with: data filtering in Palo…
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