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Transferring domains between registrars is an adventure!
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Adding OCSP and HSTS to an Nginx configuration.
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Setting up SSL/TLS is tricky: here's some basic stuff about history and settings, mostly aimed at Nginx.
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Basic setup and configuration of an OpenVPN server with two connected clients.
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OpenVPN requires you become your own Certificate Authority. The "easy-rsa" package somewhat eases that pain.
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X is capable of managing sessions on remote machines, but apparently hardly anyone does it anymore - so finding setup information is tricky.
read moreUbuntu 15.10 (Re)Install Process
Ubuntu has dumbed down their install so much it's now totally without options.
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Getting a legitimate and free SSL/TLS certificate from the good folks at letsencrypt.org via acme-tiny, a small Python implementation of the letsencrypt Acme protocol.
read moreGenerating Random Passwords
How to programmatically create a random password on a Mac or Linux system.
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