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Read more about the article How IPFire protects your Family on the Internet

How IPFire protects your Family on the Internet

  • Post author:Cogtropolis
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Caregivers need Help If you are a caregiver for others then we know first-hand that you need help. The children or senior citizens in your life are a huge challenge…

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Read more about the article Pi-Hole on Lightsail with 5 Million Blocked Sites

Pi-Hole on Lightsail with 5 Million Blocked Sites

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I decided to take my own advice and deploy Pi-Hole on Amazon LightSail. I made a couple of changes to the deployment that make it easier and more efficient. The…

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Read more about the article X-Windows, LILO, and Slackware Upgrade

X-Windows, LILO, and Slackware Upgrade

  • Post author:Cogtropolis
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Upgrading Slackware Recently I made the innocent mistake of updating Slackware (to include Kernel updates) without making any allowances for LILO and the X-Window startup process. That is the third…

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Read more about the article How Does a Decentralized VPN (dVPN) Work?

How Does a Decentralized VPN (dVPN) Work?

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  • Post category:Security

What is a Decentralized VPN? Decentralized VPNs promise to be the upgrade to existing, standard VPN services. They claim to offer better privacy at lower prices than their traditional counterparts,…

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Read more about the article How to prevent customs agents from copying your phone’s content

How to prevent customs agents from copying your phone’s content

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  • Post category:Data/Security

Data copied from devices at entry points into the United States — including airports and border crossings — gets saved for 15 years in a database searchable by thousands of…

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Read more about the article Build a Custom Firewall and WiFi Access Point with IPFire

Build a Custom Firewall and WiFi Access Point with IPFire

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What is a Custom Firewall? "Flash Routers" are another term for a custom firewall and WiFi Access Point. They are a form of custom firewall and WiFi access point that…

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Read more about the article The risk of undermanaged open source software

The risk of undermanaged open source software

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  • Post category:OS/Security

Relying on open source doesn’t mean you are opening your organization up to vulnerabilities, as long as you review the code for any security concerns. Unlike proprietary software, open source…

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Read more about the article Slackware 15 RC2 Install and Review

Slackware 15 RC2 Install and Review

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Slackware 15 RC2 was released not long after we posted a quick review and installation how-to for RC1. In our experience with the installation process nothing has changed since RC1…

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Read more about the article Check for Log4j vulnerabilities with this simple-to-use script

Check for Log4j vulnerabilities with this simple-to-use script

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  • Post category:Security

One great thing about Linux and the open source community is that as soon as a vulnerability is detected, developers are hard at work releasing tools to mitigate the problem.…

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Read more about the article Log4J shows we must all learn to understand our software

Log4J shows we must all learn to understand our software

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This week has led to yet another major vulnerability being discovered in major corporate software stacks, leading to a massive effort to discover, patch, and update. I remember the first…

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