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Block Advertising on your Network with Pi-hole and Raspberry Pi

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Will Foster

I recently setup Pi-hole on an existing Raspberry Pi running CentOS on my home network to serve as my DNS server and block advertising and unwanted domains for all internet-connected devices. I’m still using an ASUS router with Shibby Tomato … Continue reading →

Posted in open source, sysadmin | Tagged ad blocking, advertising, blocking, DNS, dnsmasq, docker pi-hole container, free privacy software, home ad blocking, linux, pi-hole, pi-hole centos, pi-hole docker, pi-hole raspberry pi, pi-hole setup guide, privacy, raspberry pi, security, spyware blocking | 56 Comments

Installing Fedora on the Raspberry Pi 3

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Will Foster

Recently I setup CentOS on the Raspberry pi 2. Now we’re going to be installing a modern Fedora 23 desktop on the Raspberry Pi 3. I’ve used the Pi 2 instructions from chisight’s blog post so original credit goes to … Continue reading →

Posted in open source | Tagged armv7, desktop linux, fedora, linux, raspberry pi, raspberry pi 3 | 72 Comments

Installing CentOS on the Raspberry Pi

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Will Foster

I recently acquired a Raspberry Pi 2 and wanted to run CentOS7 on it. Here’s how I got CentOS installed and setup. There are now official Raspberry Pi 2 CentOS ARMv7hl images available for your enjoyment. Let’s get started.

Posted in open source, sysadmin | Tagged armv7, centos, centos7, how to install centos on raspberry pi, how to install centos raspberry pi, install centos raspberry pi, installing centos on raspberry pi, linux, open source, raspberry pi, raspberry pi 2 | 9 Comments

Fun and Profit with Reverse SSH Tunnels and AutoSSH

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Will Foster

Sometimes you just need to get to things remotely. Those things might be behind an unbudging firewall with no way to forward proper ports for remote access, or perhaps you just want it setup access to resources this way. I … Continue reading →

Posted in open source, sysadmin | Tagged autossh, autossh on linux, how to use reverse ssh proxy, linux, linux openssh proxy, linux reverse ssh, reverse proxy, security, ssh, ssh reverse proxy linux | 22 Comments

Build Secure VLAN Networks with ‘Shibby’ Router Firmware

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Will Foster

I’ve been an ardent user of the Tomato Linux Open Source router firmware, specifically on the ASUS RT-N66U home routers using the ‘Shibby’ builds. They let you take full advantage of enterprise (and kitchen sink) features on the broadcom-based residential … Continue reading →

Posted in open source, sysadmin | Tagged asus rt-n66u, IoT, linux, linux home vlan router, networking, security, shibby, tomato, tomato firmware vlan, vlan, wireless vlan | 68 Comments

Using ProtonVPN for Privacy and Security

Posted on December 27, 2018 by Will Foster

Being a long-time user of OpenVPN and generally liking the security approach of ProtonMail I decided to take ProtonVPN for a test drive. These are my experiences using their Linux CLI and a persistent systemd connection, Mac OSX briefly and … Continue reading →