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Redeploying tor bridges using Terraform and Ansible

Posted on vr 06 mei 2022 in webapps • Tagged with freedom

Torbridges redeployed - more dynamic this time.

Privacy is a human right

Last year the Tor foundation tried to get more people to run Tor bridges. These are entry points for people that are unable to access the tor network via standard means. I deployed a bunch of them and they have been running for months …


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Toolchain spring cleaning

Posted on za 30 april 2022 in desktop • Tagged with apple, linux

Development setups

Since I don't know when I've been using desktop virtualisation to perform all sorts of development and testing work. There was quite some toil, but utilities like virtualbox combined with vagrant made it pretty usable.

I clearly rember working for a client that wanted to do cross AD …


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Zorin16Pro best linux desktop I've ever touched!

Posted on za 05 februari 2022 in desktop • Tagged with zorin

It has been just a bit longer then three months ago that I installed Zorin 16 Pro on my Dell XPS. I must say that I am very impressed and pleased with this distro. It is by far the best Linux distribution for the desktop/laptop I have touched in …


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Hetzner DNS

Posted on za 29 januari 2022 in cloud • Tagged with cloud

As a Happy Hetzner customer I've been using their dedicated server and cloud VPS offererings for years. Only recently I started using their free DNS hosting option. Not sure why it is free, but it is and it is nice.

It offers API access to update records which is great …


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Return to ISPConfig

Posted on za 29 januari 2022 in webapps • Tagged with ubuntu, ispconfig

Many moons ago I needed a simple and free ISP control like tool. Most of the options were either paid or crap. But then there was ISPConfig. Nothing fancy, but it did all the options I would expect, in a nice web interface.

After some time I switched to my …


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