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How to combat large amounts of Ai scrapers in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

If you're able to, use GeoIP ranges to only allow access from the countries you want.

That immediately limits a lot of everything

Then - again if you're able to - use a block list that covers known scrapers in case they're in your country.

I use pfBlockerNG on my pfSense firewall for exactly this.

According to Pornhub data (yes seriously!) Linux market share in 2024 increased more than 40% relative to 5.1% of all users. in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think they meant they're not a fan of Windows and having to update those programs individually...

Looking for a top punchout brush grommel for my Startech server rack. in c/homelab@lemmy.ml
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

Not brush, but flexible gromit strips will do the edge protection bit.

Then, dunno, postbox / door draught excluder brushes?

I like gentoo :D in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ah, Ok, yeah Arch on ARM is struggling at the moment

I have / had some Ras Pis on it, but they wrapped up .. Pi0? a while back, so had to look at Raspbian (or whatever it's called now)... I'd not considered Gentoo for them... hmmm

Maybe I'll check that out

Thanks

I like gentoo :D in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Interested in why you went back to Gentoo after Arch.

I use Arch (btw) and tried Gentoo back in the day, but it's always in the back of my mind that compiling source could be "better"...?

Just a small question. in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 1 points 6 days ago

Take a backup and go for it.

Personally, I ditched OMV for standard Arch Linux and just added the packages I wanted...

Reevaluating my password management in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
Which Distros Are Doing Best Currently? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Mint is the best apparently

https://distrowatch.com/

I use Arch btw

bashcrawl: learn Linux commands by playing a simple text adventure in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

This was great... great find and genius idea.

What's the best distro for a windows user with some linux experience in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you've read me wrong there.

First up, I presume you searched for other posts like this one? If not, a pinned post might've made that easier for you to get started (ie Mint)

Second, the pinned post doesn't become a final answer, it's a starting point to add to the discussion, (ie you tried Mint, but didn't like X, Y & Z)

From my pov there are a lot of posts asking this same question and this was simply a reflection on how we could improve the community... and your experience.

[blog post] what it's like to live with as much foss software as possible in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

~1600 hours uptime... no rebooting after patching?

You... you do patch your web server... don't you...?

But, a good blog... must give my BIOSes a good looking at and see if I can change some of mine

[blog post] what it's like to live with as much foss software as possible in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

LoL... looks like a EULA in Uppercase

Much prefer that you do your stuff the way you want, and lowercase makes it feel like it's hand written

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Ansible Playbook - How do I reverse engineer a running system? (feddit.uk)
 

I have a few VMs and PMs around the house that I'd setup over time and I'd now like to rebuild some, not to mention just simplify the whole lot.

How the hell do I get from a working system to an equivalent ansible playbook without many (MANY) iterations of trial & error - and potentially destroying the running system??

Ducking around didn't really show much so I'm either missing a concept / keyword, or, no-one does this.

Pointers?

TIA

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Vivaldi, now with added VPN (vivaldi.com)
 

Just found my Vivaldi update contained a little more than just bugfixes... it now has Proton VPN built in.

It's actually part of the browser, not an extension, so I'm in two minds whether I like that... or not.

You need either a Vivaldi account or a Proton account, so it's not completely anonymous, but it's a start.

The free-tier of Proton VPN also appears to be bandwidth limited and your exit point is randomised, so... yeah, it's ok...

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Options for "iPlayer will stop working on this device" (feddit.uk)
 

"On 11th November BBC iPlayer will no longer be available directly on this device."

OK, so, I didn't purchase this particular (Blaupunkt) TV, but as it's my mother's then, well, I'm the one that has to "fix" this.

Personally, I use TVs as a simple screen and watch everything through other devices (Roku, or a Linux PC running MythTV).

I see the BBC website has some links to review sites, but I thought this might be another place to ask for - preferably open source - devices that could be used.

Comments?

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Any MythTV Users Here? (feddit.uk)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Cyber@feddit.uk to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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As a long-term MythTV user, I read all the discussion about Plex vs Jellyfin, but I'm still here... recording Live TV, watching films, listening to "me choonz" all on free, open-source software. What am I missing? Any other MythTV users out there?

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NAS vulnerabilities (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Cyber@feddit.uk to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Just stumbled across this (overly dramatic?) article and thought I'd just post it here...

It's more to act as a reminder that if you've got a NAS that is serving content to the interwebs, then make sure it's behind a proxy of some kind to prevent weaknesses (ie in the management Web UI) being exposed.

Obvz, this article is pointing to Zyxel, but it could be your DIY home-built NAS with Cockpit: CVE-2024-2947 - just an example, not bashing that project at all.

I've used Squid and HAProxy over the years (mostly on my pfSense box) - but I'd be interested to know if there's other options that I've not heard of

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pfSense DHCP (& DNS) Performance (feddit.uk)
 

pfSense... Anyone have much experience with the new Kea DHCP server?

I'm using 2.7.2 (Community Edition) on a fairly good Celeron based system that's not heavily loaded, but I have 7 network segments (VLANs and physical interfaces), so I have 7 DHCP pools / configs.

Just adding 1 more static reservation can cause a significant delay when reloading the service and because I register static reservations in DNS, the network loses DNS so I "break the internet" for a short while.

Would Kea fix this?

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Pause alerts during the night (feddit.uk)
 

Well, as the title says, I've had a few notifications that alerted over night and I'm wanting to sleep instead

These are ntfy alerts, but driven by Uptime Kuma... and I can't find a programmatic / config option that says "don't notify between 11pm and 7am" (but willing to admit I've just not found it... yet...)

I need my (Android, ofc) phone to be on in case of family calls / messages, so I can't use "Do Not Disturb", and remembering to manually mute the ntfy app each night just doesn't make sense to me - computers are quite capable of automating my requirements for me.

So... any pointers? I'm sure you're not all getting alerts at 2am because your ISP dropped a few packets...

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Desktop Security (feddit.uk)
 

I secure systems for my day job. That means installing AV software, ensuring Windows Firewall is ON, etc. (Plus many other things...)

I've seen discussions around disk encryption here, but I don't recall much about a malware protection. Maybe a little about personal (desktop) firewalls.

I'm aware of Clam, etc, but is anyone actually using these tools much?

Or are we just presuming we're all immune from the bad guys targeting Windows?

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XMPP... on a Pi? (feddit.uk)
 

So, I've had it up to here (^^^) with the family using WhatsApp, etc and I'm heading off into the land of XMPP to find a better solution.

I've got a Pi3 hanging off my pfSense firewall acting as a kinda DMZ box, so thought I could setup an XMPP server on it (Prosody?)

Any advice? Will the Pi crumble (see what I did there) under the pressure of 4 people using it?

Issues with proxying outside with a Lets Encrypt cert on the pfSense box, but maybe not inside the network?

"Better" server software?

Thanks

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