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  • Server Rack Pet-Project: Firewall

    What server rack project would it be without a firewall?! I got myself another bargain deal with a WatchGuard Firebox XTM25. I should have enough fun with some Stateful Packet Inspection and Threat protection (such as DoS attacks, fragmented & malformed packets, blended threats, and more), and if I manage to reactivate a WatchGuard subscription I […]

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  • Save yourself from a disaster #4: Redundancy of Storage

    This is the fourth part of the series Save yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. How can we make sure our second most important asset is safely secured in case of a disaster? We could mainly 2 things: Distributed Storage Backups

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  • Save yourself from a disaster #3: Redundancy of Database

    This is the third part of the series Save yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. How can we make sure our most important asset (which is the DB) is safely secured in case of a disaster? We could do mainly 2 things (and you better do both of them): Backups Redundancy

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  • Save yourself from a disaster #2: Secure the Storage

    This is the second part of the series Save yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. How can we make sure our second most important asset is safely secured in case of a disaster? We could mainly 2 things: Distributed Storage Backups

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  • Save yourself from a disaster #1: Secure the Database

    This is the first part of the series Save yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. How can we make sure our most important asset (which is the DB) is safely secured in case of a disaster? We could do mainly 2 things (and you better do both of them): Backups Redundancy

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  • Save yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget

    What can we learn from the latest major cloud incident (ie. burning OVH datacenter)? Do not put all your eggs in one basket! The only certain thing is that it’s not a matter of IF there’ll be a disaster but rather WHEN, so better be not caught off guard. I’m running a bunch of very […]

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  • Bye-bye LastPass, Welcome KeePass(X)

    LastPass has recently decided to limit their free account to allow only 1 active device (computer or mobile) per account. In the lights of this debatable decision, many people have decided to move away from it.

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