Category: tech

<p>I've been running nftables for years. But I've never sat down to get good telemetry for it. For firewalls to get good telemetry coverage I feel you need:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Rule Statistics</strong> <ul> <li>See what rules are getting hit</li> <li>Overly hot rules</li> <li>Rules no longer getting hit (cleanup)</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Logs + Analysis</strong> <ul> <li>Summarized traffic [ View Post… ]

systemd progressed the Linux PID 1 situation adding many feature and capabilities. But, as always, with features and capabilities, comes complexity. One thing I and many co-workers have found difficult is getting startup order right, especially with custom targets. First lets define some systemd concepts: unit: a configuration file that describes a service, a socket, [ View Post… ]

<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09D3VHLD2/" title="Amazon Link">Amazon Link</a></p> <ul> <li>Disclaimer: I get no royalites or anything here – Just had coworkers ask me about it</li> </ul> <p>So since I'm no systems guru and am now working on a Linux Distribution effectively at work I thought I'd read this book. Especially since it relies so heavily on <a href="https://systemd.io/" [ View Post… ]

I found that jool has very good tutorials, but all the commands to get going are hidden in these large tutorials. Here are the steps I took to get it working on Ubuntu 20.04 on both a Raspberry Pi + Protectli Vault. Please pre-read and refer to to Jool’s Documentation for more information. I have [ View Post… ]