Things I do after uploading a new package to Debian
There are a couple of things I tend to do after packaging a piece of software for Debian, filing an Intent To Package bug and uploading the package. This is both a checklist for me and (hopefully) a...
View ArticleEnabling AppArmor on a Linode VPS in enforcement mode
Enabling AppArmor on a Debian Linode VPS is not entirely straightforward. Here's what I had to do in order to make it work.Packages to installThe easy bit was to install a few packages:apt install...
View ArticleMonitoring browser network traffic on Android using mitmproxy
Using mitmproxy to intercept your packets is a convenient way to inspect a browser's network traffic.It's pretty straightforward to setup on a desktop computer:Install mitmproxy (apt install mitmproxy...
View ArticleUpgrading from Debian 11 bullseye to 12 bookworm
Over the last few months, I upgraded my Debian machines from bullseye to bookworm. The process was uneventful (besides the asterisk issue described below), but I ended up reconfiguring several things...
View ArticleAutomatically rebooting for kernel updates
I use reboot-notifier on most of my servers to let me know when I need to reboot them for kernel updates since I want to decide exactly when those machines go down. On the other hand, my home backup...
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Filtering your own spam using SpamAssassin
I know that people rave about GMail's spam filtering, but it didn't work for me: I was seeing too many false positives. I personally prefer to see some false negatives (i.e. letting some spam through),...
View ArticleProper Multicast DNS Handling with NetworkManager and systemd-resolved
Using NetworkManager and systemd-resolved together in Debian bookworm does not work out of the box. The first sign of trouble was these constant messages in my logs:avahi-daemon[pid]: Host name...
View ArticleUsing a GitHub Gist like a git repo
A GitHub gist is backed by a regular git repository, but it's not exposed explicitly via the user interface.For example, this "secret" gist can be cloned using this command:git clone...
View ArticleMonitoring and Time-Shifting YouTube Podcasts
While most podcasts are available on multiple platforms and either offer an RSS feed or have one that can be discovered, some are only available in the form of a YouTube channel. Thankfully, it's...
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Blocking comment spammers on an Ikiwiki blog
Despite comments on my ikiwiki blog being fully moderated, spammers have been increasingly posting link spam comments on my blog. While I used to use the blogspam plugin, the underlying service was...
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