In this guide I will show you a possible fix for Windows not detecting your YubiKey. I was using Windows on my laptop, when I required to set up GPG so that I can SSH to a server, using my YubiKey. I did set up GPG4Win as I usually would, [...]
In this guide I will show you how to make Debian (and Ubuntu) packages (.deb) the easy way.
In this guide you will learn how to install a firewall on your Raspberry Pi and enable it without locking yourself out. This guide of course also applies to any Debian or Ubuntu Server, no matter if a Pi or PC. What is a firewall? Firewall illustration by Bruno Pedrozo [...]
In this guide you will learn how to embed a GitHub Gist (code-snippet) into your website (WordPress and others). Say you want a nicely formatted piece of code on your site, for example a WordPress site, but you don't want to install any plugins or libraries. Why not just embed [...]
A hidden gem, that's what it is! You see, I always liked how Synology has a web interface that is like a desktop, with windows and applications that really make you feel like you're "computing in the cloud". Of course a Synology NAS has its limits as to what you [...]
I was a bit annoyed that, looking at the official documentation there was no mention of a default username and password for the web interface for this camera. It seems that Ubiquiti expects you to use one of their NVRs or other form of controller machine, which will "adopt" the [...]
I am writing this post because Thunderbird 78.x has issues for advanced PGP users
In an earlier tutorial, I showed you how to obfuscate Tor bridges with obfs4proxy which required editing the Tor service files. The official Torproject documentation stated, that you needed to edit the systemd service files and change a variable in each, to allow the usage of privileged ports. So, I [...]
I met someone through this very blog. We have been emailing back and forth, and eventually the question arised why I'm so interested in IT security. My response was, that there's no particular reason and I guess it's just "obvious" to me. To which he replied seemingly perplexed, that I [...]
If you are using a system that's not based on Debian/Ubuntu and want to play Minecraft Java these days, you don't install a Minecraft.jar file anymore. Instead, you use the new "Minecraft Launcher" that is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. While this launcher is nicely packaged into a .deb [...]