Tag Archive: firewall

We Are All Periodically Humbled by the Basics

Author: Patrick July 6, 2016

Yesterday, I solved a problem that has been plaguing a colleague and I for three weeks. The task was to install a server certificate, enabling HTTPS. Seems simple enough. I did it for the first time on one of my personal projects in 40 minutes over coffee one morning. Not…
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encryption, firewall, https, iptables, mistakes were made, SSL, TLS

My /etc Directory Was Corrupted by My Water Heater

Author: Patrick December 28, 2015

I know, right? WTF? Our water tank has an electrical heating element on it’s base that was overloading the circuit shared by our boiler, which tripped half of the household electrical switches, including the one my pfSense firewall is on. After calling in an emergency plumber, on the 24th of…
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firewall, pfSense