Fantastic Friday!

Hello everyone, a quick update on new posts from this week and reminder about all the Holiday sales going on. Lastly, a survey if you'd be so kind...

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As always, tons of build & part recommendations on my Hardware page, which some are on sale now compare to before:

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New Posts from this Week😮

Hardening Your Domain: Advanced Cloudflare Free Security (CF Part 2)

Welcome back, fellow self-hosters! In part 1 of the Cloudflare series, we covered the basics of getting your Ghost blog set up with Cloudflare. Now that you’re enjoying the CDN benefits, it’s time to supercharge your security without spending a dime. Many Blog/Website/Webserver users, especially those running on

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Wireguard vs OpenVPN?

Is one better than the other, or are there simply different use cases? We’ll dive into that and help you decide the path forward. Both hold their place for the self-hoster... Firstly, let’s discuss the security aspects. Is WireGuard “less” secure than OpenVPN? Are we sacrificing security & privacy over speed?

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The Shielded Tunnel: Securing Your Traffic with Gluetun & Docker

In my previous guides, we built the server and we built the automation stack. Now, we need to talk about Operational Security (OpSec). I’ve been using various types of VPN tech personally and professionally for two decades by this point and they have assisted me greatly, in both respects. I

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Sometime this next week I'll be publishing a guide on Unifi Network App & Unifi Gateway configurations, and there's lots in the cooker already for later such as bypassing CG-NAT guides. Again, if there's something specific you're hoping to see, let me know and drop a comment below, fill out the survey or email me!

That's it - Happy Weekending!