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Note to self: Even rocky 9.2 uses bridge-utils
Sometimes I decrypt LUKS volumes via dracut/dropbear (ssh). To enable this I follow the instructions from the dracut-ssh project. However since I usually use my linux boxes as hypervisors, and vms need a bridge, I end up with bridged networking. Now for the problem: if your dracut networking config does not align with your normal…
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Probably time to dump Redhat
Late in 2020 Redhat made its first attempt to kill CentOS. Then came the heroic rescue of Alma and Rocky distros. Now just last month, June 2023, Redhat is attempting to kill these “downstream distros.” They – wrongly, I might add – assert “recently, we have determined that there isn’t value in having a downstream…
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Ubiquitous Encryption with GPG
Because its easy, and because it provides so many benefits, i now try to use encryption everywhere. GPG is my tool of choice; i actually don’t even know what other options there are. Here are some things I have found to be useful: Password management. I use the pass application for this. After installing gpg, i just…
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