LibreSSL has been released this weekend, so here is some steps to build a first version usuable in parallel with the default OpenSSL library of the system (Gentoo in my case).
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Password Safe
The 2014 year is, so far, disturbing for people who care about the security of their data. The deeper serious people dig into openssl, the weaker it seems, and corporations still consider than unsalted md5’s are the state of art for storing passwords in their customer databases.
So time as come for the password spring-cleaning, and it is now obvious that a tool is required for remember the distinct passphrases (15+ characters) required to maintain some security online.
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FreeBSD 9.2 : Upgrade and SSH improvements
FreeBSD 9.2 have been released a few days ago, this post explains the required steps to upgrade a FreeBSD 9.1 host from source, and how to take advantage of an OpenSSH new feature in this release.
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ZFS NAS in a FreeBSD jail
This article details all operations needed to setup a NAS based on FreeBSD 9.1 and ZFS in a jailed environnement.
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Debian, DLNA and DMR devices
Recently, I spent some time wondering how to send the audio output of my laptop to a DLNA DMR (Digital Media Renderer) compliant HiFi device.
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Audio codecs, keep it real.
After trying to find some decent qualitative analysis of AAC / OGG codecs online, I didn’t manage to find a correct or recent one, so I decided to make a test by myself.
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SQLite / PostgreSQL Migration
Here is some operations made for a manual (but quick) SQLite / PostgreSQL migration.
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Debian on Vostro 3460
This post summarize all the required steps to setup a operational GNU/Linux on a Dell Vostro 3460. After being a Fedora user during many years, I switched to Debian Wheezy to avoid the systemd philosophy (but I was also highly influenced by Pinpin).
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman
Depuis l’intégration du chiffrement par courbes elliptiques à partir d’openSSH 5.7[1] (ECDSA), j’ai cherché à comprendre les mécanismes de base de cet échange de clés. Ceci est un (très) bref resumé des informations trouvées (voir biographie).
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ZFS – Backup
All my data is currently saved in a quite trustable raidz pool, but this is not theft-proof for example. For increased safety, I chose to externalize a backup of the pool with a used tape drive on another hard drive.
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