Walter Stovall
I’m out on one of my first days this spring, enjoying a bicycle ride from one end of Atlanta to the other. The quality of the experience is directly related to the repurposing of abandoned railroad lines in our city, primarily by the Path Foundation. Without the dedication of large tracts of real estate to … Read more
I can’t get over how simple and powerful my OPNsense router is. It’s almost as easy to setup as any consumer router as long as you know to leave stuff alone that you don’t understand. I recently setup OPNsense on a Protectli VP420 and I’ve been real happy with it. Running a home lab with … Read more
I recently setup an opnsense router to handle network traffic for my home lab. There’s a lot of configuration done at opnsense in terms of interfaces, IP reservations, unbound DNS, firewall settings, VPN, security certificates, and more. Aside from some manual backup options, how can all this configuration be preserved if the hardware fails? Well, … Read more
I started programming computers in 1977 and was quickly addicted. It was simply amazing to me, the power that was available literally at my fingertips. I was limited only by my understanding. Making the computer do what I specifically wanted it to (at first even the most trivial things), took long days and nights as … Read more
There’s more to a rocket than an engine, but a rocket without an engine is not a rocket. SpaceX is passing an important milestone by producing a fully assembled Raptor engine per day. The Raptor is key to building the SharShip rocket that NASA has contracted with SpaceX to build as part of the Artimis … Read more
This post explores some techniques I’ve been using to improve the security of some services on my home network and make it easier to recover them in the event of hardware/other disasters. Below, I’ll describe how and why I’m moving more and more services onto virtual machines (VM). This is better for security because you … Read more
For all the docker users out there, I thought I’d share a couple points about managing docker containers on your home server. These are important security issues that get commonly missed. The simple examples you see on the internet for installing docker containers won’t usually mention these things. But they might save your whole system … Read more
Whew! It’s been a few intense months. I’ve been too engaged to stop and take note of any of it. But I’m taking a breather here to mention a couple things I’ve been working on and talk about the New Home for this blog and how that fits in. With my DS-1520+ server with its … Read more
The full beltline slowly falls into place as a result of continuous effort. It might take several more years before its a completely finished trail around the whole city. I dream of the day when I can go out on my bicycle and ride the whole thing. It can be done in large measure today … Read more
Atlanta can be a very busy place. Even with good bicycle-travel infrastructure, that doesn’t mean it’s a quiet and tranquil area (a nice day on the beltline will be crowded with lots of pedestrian and bicycle traffic). That’s why I was delighted to find this area yesterday when I was running an errand down to … Read more