I recently got married and at the time of writing am about a week into my honeymoon and while I have brought both my IPad and my Laptop I find myself more often than I expected reaching for my IPad...

What is SSH? The Secure Shell Protocol or SSH is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network Setup # Add the SSH Server "Feature" to Windows...

Why Manjaro? Manjaro is the ideal linux distribution for those who wish to be on bleeding edge of technology while still having built in safety nets that its upstream distribution Arch does not hav...

System Administration Last time I researched this topic i was already pretty satisfied with the result but this time a couple of new apps stood out to me: Termius Termius is essentially a modern t...

Tools If you are anything like me you spend a surprising amount of time configuring Windows after a new install and if you also hate how long it takes to complete this then this is the post for you...

When I am not using a appliance based operating system my preferred Linux distribution of choice is Ubuntu. With there recent release of there new LTS (Long term support) I had to of course take a ...

Video Guide Written Guide Server Log into your PFSense Firewall that will be acting as the server and navigate to VPN > OpenVPN >Servers Select Add Enter the name of the network in ...

Use case’s Cheap way to build out a test environment that you will later be deploying to Production in Azure or AWS Cheap way to deploy a VPN that can easily be managed Allow you to build a private...

What is Linode? Linode is a VPS provider primarily focused in the US and Canada What is a VPS? A Virtual Private Server or VPS is essentially a virtual machine hosted on someone else’s hardware in...

In this post I will be going over some of the reasons why I believe that the Forigate 30E is a great addition to your homelab. I will be covering the hardware, software, and some of the key feature...