ArchLinux - Install rTorrent, Flood and SFTP
A complete tutorial for installing Flood alongside rTorrent, a hardenned Nginx reverse proxy, an SFTP configuration, with all those features using service accounts for a greater global security. Insta
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ArchLinux installation in VirtualBox
First of all, this tutorial doesn't prevent you from following the ArchWiki - Installation guide, it is not standalone. Pre-installation# First basic steps# For those first steps, I think you are a bi
The rather unusual, opinionated and commented ArchLinux installation
First of all, this tutorial doesn't prevent you from following the ArchWiki - Installation guide, it is not standalone. Pre-installation# First basic steps# For those first steps, I think you are a bi
Check SSH fingerprint
Display the default fingerprint# Of a key# You can either use the public key or private key to obtain the fingerprint (default is SHA256 in base64). $ ssh-keygen -lf ./id_ed25519 256 SHA256:jISolPDpdv
Remove EXIF metadata from pictures with exiftool
When taking a photo from your phone you don't want to share your position, right? After rendering a picture from a tool like Gimp or Photoshop you want it to be as light as possible but to keep a good
Block automated scanners from scanning a website
Disclaimer# This post describes how to block automated scanners from scanning a website. Requirements# You will need: fail2ban nginx (another web server can work too but this will need some modificat
Client Side Certificate Authentication in Nginx with Elliptic Curve Cryptography
We will setup a client side certificate authentication in Nginx with Elliptic curve cryptography using ECDSA (curve secp384r1) for certificates and a self signed Certificate Authority (CA). Create Ser
How to use ProtonVPN on Arch Linux
Install the necessary packages# Install openvpn if needed: # pacman -S openvpn --needed To prevent DNS leakage you'll need an additional package, for more info see Arch Linux Wiki. Using systemd <
Install BlackArch Linux on top of ArchLinux without gnupg / behind a proxy
I assume your curl, git, environment variables are already configured to use a proxy. But often gnupg keyservers don't work behind a proxy even if gnupg is configured to use it. The solution is to avo
ArchLinux - Pacman error: $filename exists in filesystem
Before each update, check Archlinux news, there may be special instructions. When updating you system with # pacman -Syu you may sometimes encounter this error: error: could not prepare transaction er