Notes

This is a series of notes covering installing, configuring, and maintaining open-source software and dealing with related devices.

Terminal colors
Setting reasonable terminal colors
FIDO2 and its companions
Using FIDO2 authentication
Web security playground
Web security playground
GnuPG signing party
Hosting a GnuPG signing party
OpenWrt-based XMPP server
A simple OpenWrt-based XMPP server
ulimit
Resource limits on UNIX
USA
Computing-related and other products that are made in the USA
Adventure
Colossal Cave Adventure
Apple
Open-source programs on the Macintosh
Awesome
Running the Awesome window manager on Fedora
Beholder
A network monitor for home and small business use
C
Robust programming in C (an oxymoron?)
Certificates
Notes about the use of certificates
DoD Common Access Card and other smartcards on Unix
Notes on using the US Department of Defense Common Access Card and other smartcards on Unix
Domain Controller
Configuring a UNIX computer to serve as an Active Directory domain controller
Doppelganger
A backup for Mimic
Fedora Nano
Producing small Fedora installations
FiOS G1100 Bridge
Configuring the Verizon FiOS G1100 as a network bridge
firewalld
Notes about using firewalld
Forensic analysis
Notes on computer forensic analysis
Golem
An inward-facing, multi-function server for home and small business use
Growing a filesystem
Notes on growing a filesystem
GStreamer
GStreamer- and multimedia-related notes
Guardian
A switch/router/firewall for home and small business use
Hardening Unix computers
Notes on hardening Unix computers
Herald
An outward-facing, multi-function server for home and small business use
Herald applications
Installing applications on Herald
Hugo
The Hugo website generator
insert
Map insert to another key; useful for running st on a laptop without an insert key
LaTeX
Notes related to the use of LaTeX
Learning
Learning computer science, low-level security, and programming
Linux kernel development
Notes about programming within the Linux kernel
Logging strategies
Various strategies for managing system logs
Maven
Use of the Maven build system
Mimic
A minimalist Xen installation to host virtual machines
NAT
Setting up IPv4 NAT on various devices
Network monitoring
Notes about using Nagios on Fedora
Network monitoring
Monitoring a network from the command line
NTP
Notes about using ntpd on Fedora
OpenWrt-based DHCP/DNS server
A simple OpenWrt-based DHCP/DNS server
OpenWrt-based FTP server
A simple OpenWrt-based FTP server
Packets
Fun with packets and logs
Profiling programs
Targeted optimization and profiling programs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux without root
Notes on customizing Red Hat Enterprise Linux without root access
SELinux
Notes about using SELinux
Shrieker
A Raspberry Pi-based ringer
Siren
A Raspberry Pi-based music player
Spam
A technique for filtering spam
Sprite
A home entertainment system
Tracker
Tracker, GNOME’s semantic data storage system
Virtualization
Notes having to do with platform virtualization
VPN
Configuring an OpenVPN client suitable for use with guardian
WebDAV, CalDAV, and CardDAV
Use of WebDAV, CalDAV, and CardDAV with various clients
Wiping devices
Notes about wiping the data from various devices
Workstation
A workstation for use with Golem and other servers
XMPP
Notes about XMPP and the Empathy XMPP client
Zombie
A PXE and other protocol boot server