Knowledge Base
A growing collection of notes on topics I find interesting or useful. Linux internals, security hardening, networking, infrastructure, and whatever else I happen to be digging into. Some are polished references, others are working notes still being refined from my personal knowledge base. These notes are less curated than my posts and were at least accurate at the time of writing. Some have gotten quite old and while I periodically try to prune or update them, your mileage may vary.
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Broiled Salmon with Chili-Lime Sauce
Ingredients 1 cup mayonnaise 2 Tbsp harissa chili paste (sambal oelek works as a substitute, adjust to taste) Finely grated zest of 2 limes 2 tsp fresh lime juice 1/2 tsp ground coriander seed 2 lbs …
Yubikey
found top level header in "/notes/security/yubikey/" that didn't match meta title ("YubiKey 5 Series" != "Yubikey")The YubiKey 5 series packs a lot of functionality into a …
Quick Thai Basil Chicken
Ingredients 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 3 tablespoons oyster sauce 2 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons fish sauce 3 tablespoons sugar 1 red bell pepper, chopped 8 ounces green beans 1 1/2 pounds …
Mutt
I keep a copy of my mutt config here on the site. VimSince I use vim as my editor I also added the following line to my vim configuration file to autowrap my lines at 72 characters, but only for mutt …
GPSd
InstallationInstall gpsd and optionally the client tools. On a headless server you'll probably want to skip gpsd-clients as they pull in X dependencies for xgps. 1 2 3 $ pacman -S gpsd # Arch $ apt …
PAM
Overview/etc/pam.d/ directory contains the PAM configuration files for each PAM-aware application. Each pam aware configuration file has lines in the format of: <module interface> <control …
Network
found top level header in "/notes/linux/network/" that didn't match meta title ("Network Configuration" != "Network")Modern Linux networking is typically managed through ip …
Kale Caesar Salad with Sweet Potatoes and Crispy Chickpeas
Salad 2 small sweet potatoes, cut into 1/2 inch circles 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 1-2 teaspoons chipotle chili powder, to taste 2 teaspoons smoked paprika Kosher salt and black pepper 1 (14 …
Time
This is a very basic operation on a Linux system, but I have to interact with it so rarely since I run chrony on all my machines. Occasionally, I find a device that needs a helping hand. On a device …
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