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Switching to letsencrypt: Experiences with the closed beta program
How to rewrite and forward .*/index.html to .*/ with nginx and Apache
How to clean up your all your index.html urls and directory listings by forwarding to one unique url, the path with a trailing /, for all subfolders. For less ambiguity and to make the GoogleBot happy.
SSH Tips & Tricks: On killing & multiplexing Sessions, and checking Host Keys">SSH Tips & Tricks: On killing & multiplexing Sessions, and checking Host Keys
Recently, I found out that none of my friends with own servers knew about these three ssh configuration options, so I decided to collect them, add some explanation around it and share them with everyone. :)
Der Beginn von Freifunk Karlsruhe
Seit über zwei Monaten gibt es jetzt auch in Karlsruhe eine Freifunk-Gruppe – endlich, hurra! Darauf warte ich schon seit ich hierher gezogen bin.
CAcert certificates everywhere!
Since a few months ago, I’ve been using CAcert certificates instead of self-signed ones, and I became a CAcert assurer. Still no DNSSEC, though.
How to tunnel IPv4 internet through tinc
This describes the setup I use to allow computers in my tinc VPN to tunnel their internet traffic through tinc by making tinc dual stack and setting up a NAT with shorewall.
Brace your bonsai, winter is there!
Let me introduce you to my bonsai! I’m sure he’d be pleased to meet you.
VPN using IPv6 payloads over IPv4 and iproute2">How to set up a small tinc VPN using IPv6 payloads over IPv4 and iproute2
This describes the setup I use to connect my computers at home, on the road, my home server and virtual server with [tinc][], „a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet”.
New Language Feeds
I have two new feeds available (which might caused duplicate entries in your feed reader, sorry for that). In case you want only my English or only my German articles, read on. ;)
Stand in Sachen IPv6 und Zwangstrennung bei der Telekom
Gibt es bei der Telekom IPv6? Und wie sieht es mit der Zwangstrennung aus?
DNS mit eigener Domain auf die FRITZ!Box">Dynamisches DNS mit eigener Domain auf die FRITZ!Box
Wie kann ich meine Subdomain als DynDNS-Ersatz auf meine FRITZ!Box zeigen lassen?
lavabit.com has shut down, wolkenplanet.de has started up
On the 8th of August, the email provider of me and, among many others, some guy called Edward J. Snowden has decided to close its doors instead of giving all their data to the NSA.
Learning Japanese: Second Semester
My second semester of learning Japanese is over. Adjectives are quite useful!
mezamashi - めざまし
Today I pushed mezamashi to github. It’s a terminal alarm clock written in python.
End of Semester - alaCarte released
Today we published alaCarte, our student lab course project we worked countless hours on in the last semester, as open source software.
Learning Japanese: First Semester
My first semester of learning Japanese is over. Won’t be the last. (^_^)
tmux - a terminal multiplexer
Most people know that there’s screen to leave scripts running when you disconnect from your server. But in case it’s yourself administering your server and not just some script running, tmux is a viable alternative.
ZNC, an advanced IRC Bouncer">How to set up ZNC, an advanced IRC Bouncer
Do you want to know everything that’s spoken in an irc channel, do you want to receive every query even if you’re not in front of your computers? Do you dream of idling 24 hours per day, 7 days per week? With your server, ZNC and your regular irc client, you can do exactly that. ;)
& federated social networking?">tent.io, a new hope for open & federated social networking?
This post is about tent.io, the new protocol for social networking compared to Diaspora* and status.net
How to sync your N9 with your ownCloud calendars and adress books
This post explains how one can sync an N9 via SyncEvolution with your ownCloud - on the command line!
First things first: Setting up your working environment
What’s the most important service on a linux box, the one you never should risk breaking? Right, it’s ssh. Therefore the first entry in the server guide is on configuring ssh and your working environment for what will come next.
Hallo Welt
Hello! Welcome to my new blog. This is just a short post for me to have at least one article while I’m getting used to pelican and designing the site. But actually there’s more than just this teaser. ;)