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    Say Hello to Goodbye Mails: Temporary Disposable Email Accounts for Creating Accounts

    This blog post offers a comprehensive guide to setting up your own disposable email server using OpenSMTPD on an Ubuntu 24.04 server. Perfect for individuals looking to manage temporary email addresses for various service signups like Facebook, Instagram, and more, without the risk of being...
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    `firmware-updater` on Ubuntu 24.04 (for Workstations)

    Have you tried the tool firmware-updater, which I found on 24.04. I noticed the new Ubuntu gives me notifications once a day, that I can install updates for my Intel management engine (read: NSA spy engine), my BIOS and even the firmware of my SSD. Seems there is a tool now called...
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    James Bond Style Encryption: Using Cryptsetup LUKS to Setup Encryption with Plausible Deniability

    If you're a privacy enthusiast, an aspiring Mr. Robot, new to Kali, or simply someone wanting to keep personal data extra private—this blog post is for you! This article that I wrote explains in detail how to use Cryptsetup LUKS with a detached header on Linux to make the encryption itself...
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    nftables wrapper? How do you manage nftables on servers?

    I used shorewall on servers for ages and I'm super happy with it. Sadly it runs on iptables and has no intention of migrating to nftables. There is firewalld, but it doesn't have an option to log dropped/rejected packets based on zones. You can just log everything, which is total nonsense as I...
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    tool of the day: faketime

    Thats one I didn't know :D root@server ~ # date Tue Apr 16 17:39:04 UTC 2024 root@server ~ # faketime 'last friday 5 pm' date Fri Apr 12 17:00:00 UTC 2024 That certainly is funny.
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    Maps on the command line - MapSCII

    https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii?tab=readme-ov-file quick try: telnet mapscii.me
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    Getting rid of all the ads (on youtube, websites, pretty much everywhere)

    The last time I have seen an ad was round about when wham was famous and I thought I'd share with you guys how to do that. 1) Install this privacy optimized firefox: https://librewolf.net/ (I'm reasonably sure that already does it for the most part) 2) Click an account here (I'm sure other...
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    IaaS Provider Rant Thread. Complain about your most hated IaaS providers here.

    Whats worse. Drowning or AWS. I think I'd rather drown right now. I've wasted 1.5 hours to create a debian stable instance in ec2 and it is still not reachable by SSH. Security Group is wide open. Auto-assign public IP and using elastic IP doesn't work. Cloning an instance that works doesn't...
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    FORUM GUIDELINES (inofficial rules) ON USING LLMs TO ANSWER QUESTIONS

    These are the rules we agreed on: 1. Understand the Topic: Before using a LLM to generate content, make sure you have a good understanding of the subject matter so you can determine if the LLM generated answer is correct. 2. Review and Edit Before Posting: Always read through LLM-generated...
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    [solved] Nginx 301 /path/index.html -> /path/ keeps giving me a 301 loop

    I can't seem to figure this one out. I have a website thats just html + css + a tiny bit of js. I am trying to eleminate double pages for SEO - that means that example.com/de/ and example.com/de/index.html show the same page. Google doesn't like that, so example.com/de/index.html should 301 to...
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    The ULTIMATE Guide to Reasonable Security for your Debian/Ubuntu Linux Server for new Linux Admins

    PLEASE READ THE SECOND POST IN THIS THREAD BEFORE POSTING Welcome new Linux Server admins! Take these steps to configure a reasonably secure server and to avoid falling victim to automated bot attacks! [Security is a process not a task that can be completed, hence this thread will always be...
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