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  • Noble Shift@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlVPS encryption
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    4 days ago

    A hacker group in Seattle (GHI) years ago attempted to build secure systems on top of compromised hardware. Although different levels of security could be achieved, the overall outcome was No. You cannot build a fully secured system on top of compromised hardware.

    A VPS for this exercise counts as ‘compromised’ hardware.








  • A long time ago when I handed off my duties when leaving, my replacement (in house) was absolutely astonished at how little I was doing. I had taken the global fleet of bar/retail/hotel/restaurant/office printers (minus properties in China) from around 30% of total being OOS to less than 3% in 18 months. Everything from giant plotters to the fry cooks’ line printers.

    What my replacement didn’t see was the 3 months I spent not sleeping. Worth every second.

    Automate the living fuck out of everything (that’s ok to automate) & read reports / logs.

    [edit] A love letter to Bash, Korn (pdksh) & Cron [dbl edit] And Tail. [tpl edit] and I guess all of /var