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Tag: debian

  • Screenshot of a MacOS terminal running commands to set up Caddy and PHP8.4 on a Debian server.

    PHP 8.4 on Caddy on Debian 13... in Three Minutes

    I just needed to spin up a new PHP webserver and I was amazed how fast and easy it was, nowadays. Just the stock package repositories and around five commands and my fresh box and it was serving PHP applications over HTTPS.

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    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 21 January, 2026
  • Screenshot showing SSH connection being established to an Endlessh server, which is returning line after line of randomly-generated text as a banner.

    Endless SSH Tarpit on Debian

    Given that I already routinely run my SSH servers on unusual ports, I'm surprised it took me until today before I discovered Endlessh, an SSH tarpit you can install on the conventional port to waste the time of anybody attempting a brute-force attack. Here's how I set it up on a Debian 12 server.

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    • Article
    • posted 6 January, 2025
  • Me: "This weekend I need to update these buildout scripts for Debian 12 and implement a new provider middleware."

    Dog's expression: "Or we could just go for a walk?"

    Me: "Or we could just go for a walk, sure."

    Full image of French Bulldog, outdoors, on a lead, her tongue sticking out.
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    French Bulldog, outdoors, on a lead, her tongue sticking out.

    • Note
    • posted 31 August, 2024
  • Screenshot from FoundryVTT, showing a party of three adventurers crossing a rickety bridge through a blood-red swamp, facing off against a handful of fiends coming the other way. A popup item card for a "Dragon Slayer Longsword" is visible, along with two 20-sided dice.

    Easy FoundryVTT Cloud Hosting

    People keep asking for a quick-and-easy guide to setting up a cloud hosted FoundryVTT server. So I wrote one.

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1661 words)

    • Article
    • posted 29 September, 2023
  • Screenshot from GMail showing "DKIM: 'PASS' with domain danq.link".

    Debian + DKIM for Dummies

    I migrated my email subscription list from Gandi's SMTP server to my own... for which I first needed to teach myself OpenDKIM. Here's what I learned.

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1444 words)

    • Article
    • posted 2 September, 2023

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