Tag: networking

Learn IPFS distributed storage: content addressing, CIDs, installing the IPFS daemon, pinning files, public gateways, and real use cases for resilient self-hosted file storage.

Apply zero-trust principles to your home lab, network segmentation, VLANs, identity-aware proxies, and Tailscale as the glue.

HAProxy is the battle-tested load balancer powering GitHub, Reddit, and Instagram. Here's how to actually use it without reading 500 config options.

Cloudflare's free tier WAF is more powerful than most people use. Here's how to actually configure it: rules, rate limits, and all.

Stop using your registrar's janky DNS panel. Here's how Cloudflare DNS actually works, proxying, DNSSEC, dynamic DNS, and email records that don't break.

Master Traefik's label-based routing in Docker: entrypoints, routers, middlewares, TLS, and the mental model that makes it all click.

Set up Nginx Proxy Manager in Docker, get SSL certs, proxy hosts, access lists, and TCP streams, without reading a 40-page nginx manual.

Learn VLAN basics for your home lab: 802.1Q tagging, trunk vs access ports, managed switch setup, and pfSense VLAN configuration to isolate IoT, guests, and your NAS.

Hide your SSH port from scanners with port knocking. It's not a replacement for security, but it's a valid defense-in-depth tactic.

The upload works locally and dies through NGINX. The four timeouts that matter, the config that breaks them, the buffering trap, and how to test first.

Set up Chrony for NTP time sync in your home lab. Covers chrony.conf, chronyc tracking, stratum levels, LAN NTP server setup, and why correct time matters more than you think.

You turned the VPN on and half your traffic still leaves over the normal route. How VPN routing works, reading the routing table, and forcing all traffic.