Technical


Segregating IoT Devices on an Isolated Network

Posted on March 13, 2017

While I was busy setting up my new router for my whole home VPN, I took advantage of that opportunity to make a few other changes to my network in order to make it more secure. In particular, I created a new WiFi network to be used exclusively by so called "Internet of Things" (IoT) devices in my home. If you've been paying attention to tech news, you've probably seen reports of IoT devices being hacked en masse. Everything from thermostats, ...

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Whole Home VPN with an Asus Router

Posted on March 11, 2017

A few days ago, I was browsing Twitter (as I am wont to do) and came across a tweet from the ACLU publicizing their statement opposing a Senate resolution that would allow Internet service providers (ISP) to sell customer browsing data without the customer's permission. Unsurprisingly, selling your browsing data is something that the big ISPs have been wanting to do for years. This proposal would give them that ability and more, since they ...

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Paint-by-Number Web Servers on Linode

Posted on January 13, 2017

In general, I'm a big fan of managed hosting. For example, all of my apps are backed by FatFractal, my preferred backend-as-a-service provider, and some of my websites are hosted on WPEngine. Outsourcing these sorts of functions allows me to spend my time where it can do the most good for my business – building software, handling marketing, and developing strategy – rather than using it to recreate commoditized services. But these managed ...

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