Security

In this post I describe the process of installing a “Bitwarden” server. I’ve been using their Cloud service for several years, but I’ve decided to go with an on-premise home installation. While researching I discover with surprise that I have two options, the first is to use the official Bitwarden self-hosted (which consumes quite a few resources and seems complex) or go with a lightweight Vaultwarden, a clone of the former, which apparently installs quickly and is simple. …

In this technical post I’ll describe how to set up a home VPN Server based on OpenVPN, which remains the best solution today despite being more complex to implement. The goal is to have access to the internal services of my home network from the internet. …

Geek quote: “Logging what happens is wise…” In the past I used ULOG to analyze which packets were being dropped by iptables, but since it’s been marked as deprecated I’ve switched to NFLOG. …

The SSH service is the first thing you should configure on a Linux system. With OpenSSH you get a set of tools – including ssh, sshd, scp, etc. – that allow you to enable secure remote shell access to your machine. If you come from the “telnet” era, you should forget about it; its replacement today is SSH. …