My current project relies on the use of the AWS VPN Client as it supports SAML based federated authentication. When I started on the project I was still using a Mac, but a few months in I got a new Tuxedo notebook and had to migrate everything to Linux. Unfortunately Amazon officially only supports Ubuntu …
Recently I wanted to add some additional security layers to a server that I administer. To a seasoned admin, this will be old news, but I’m a hobbyist and just learned about this. Maybe some of you find it useful as well. If you have a server that is publically accessible, when you look at …
I’ve been a long-time user of Enpass and while it’s a fine password manager I looked into Bitwarden some months ago and started using it. Bitwarden can be used as a managed service and that’s what I did for some time now. Same as Enpass it’s quite advanced and integrates nicely into my working environment.
Ever since I started my blog, I’ve been using HTTPS to serve its content using encrypted connections. At first I used TLS certificates issued by Namecheap but when Let’s Encrypt entered the arena it didn’t take long for me to switch. More than the pricing aspect, it was just so much easier to manage the …
In November 2014 it was announced, that Mozilla and the EFF (among others) were working on a project called Let’s Encrypt, which aimed at increasing the use of HTTPS encrypted connections. The plan was to set up a new CA that would issue free certificates and provide a client to automate the process of obtaining …