System & Network Admin

It’s really easy to create a DNS server that filters out malicious ads and links. The most popular option is to turn to Pi-Hole, but you will see for yourself that it is far from necessary. This tool requires some maintenance effort and increases the chances of being compromised by having a web environment open to the outside world. With just a server, VPS or Raspberry Pi, and 10 commands we will have our own DNS filter running with fantastic performance. Shall we start? 1 Download Maza Ad Blocking. curl -o maza https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking/master/maza 2 Grants Maza enforcement permissions. chmod +x...

The Yggdrasil Network is a VPN software that aims to create a true mesh network. Learn what it is and how to install it in Linux today.

A recently discovered botnet under active development targets Linux systems, attempting to ensnare them into an army of bots ready to steal sensitive info, installing rootkits, creating reverse shells, and acting as web traffic proxies.

Lynis is a free and open-source security auditing tool and released as a GPL licensed project and is available for Linux and Unix-based Operating syst...

Gentoo Linux allows you to create your own custom Linux distribution. Learn how to install Gentoo on your computer today.

Images are the fundamental component of docker. In this guide, we will discuss what docker images are, how to build them, how to manage them, and how ...

In this tutorial Sergio Marin describes how to use Pantacor and Tailscale to turn your Raspberry Pi into a VPN gateway to secure your home network.

Have you ever wished you could travel back in time after deleting that all important customer report or installing a broken driver just before heading into the board meeting? Well, you better read on, because now you can! All it takes is to install Kali Linux version 2022.1 or newer with btrfs as file system and to enable snapshotting after installation.

Nessus allows you to check your server for a vulnerability. Here we show you how to use the Nessus vulnerability scanner on Linux.

NordVPN has been mentioned across the web by reputable bodies as a deserving representative of the top virtual private networks.

Hello everyone, I just installed Proxmox 6.3 on my new machine. I had a problem with my previous Proxmox system due to SSD failure. Now [...]

How can I extract .tar.xz or .xz files on my Linux system?. xz is a lossless compression program and file format which incorporates the LZMA/LZMA2 compression

In this guide, I’m going to show you how to install Proxmox. We'll also create a virtual machine and install Home Assistant.

A complete guide to installing Pi-Hole inside a Linux Container running on Proxmox. A quick way to get your own secure, ad-blocking DNS server

A guide on how to install Home Assistant in a Proxmox virtual machine

This tutorial shows you how to set up a local DNS resolver on Ubuntu 20.04, with the widely-used BIND9 DNS software. Why Run Your Own Local DNS Resolver?

:x: Proxmox LXC Templates using DAB. Contribute to chriswayg/proxmox-templates development by creating an account on GitHub.

I already have AdGuard installed on the Windows PC (at the network layer), but I'm starting to reconsider running browser extensions and their ilk - they're executing with potentially full rights in the DOM (AdGuard injects JS to manage things

Before you can create a LXC container on a Proxmox virtualized environment, you need to download the template images first from an available list. You need to pre-download the images first befoe yo…

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