Author: Christopher Berger
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SMB Share to Unprivileged LXC
How to Connect an SMB share to Proxmox LXC Privileged LXCs which become exposed to an intruder can allow root access escalation to the Proxmox host. In order to maintain a secure posture within your Proxmox environment, unprivileged LXCs are the way to go but this can bring some added difficulties when wanting to add…
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Your Own E-Mail Server With Amazon SES
Who This Is For Use multiple AWS features to forward emails when your ISP blocks SMTP from your homelab for a low price point. If you’re like me, you do not have a business class internet plan from your ISP. Therefore, it is likely that your ISP blocks SMTP whether it’s inbound, outbound, or bidirectionally.…
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Network Upgrade and Intro to Servers
After a few years, I knew I wanted to build a server and have my own rack. Being naive, I thought I could build one following a post I found on Reddit. After spending way more than initially planned, I realize I could have just bought a 22U rack and been a wash but I…
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Intro to Networking
After starting down the rabbit hole of Pi-Hole and DNS, I decided it was time to begin segregating my network into vlans, and more specifically, an IoT vlan. I learned how much my IoT devices were trying to track me or phone home thanks to the Pi-Hole network. I decided to grab my first Unifi…
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Pi-Hole and SAMBA
Upon first learning of being able to block ads on your home network, I had to jump on this train. But, of course, this wouldn’t be enough. This was the start of my entire journey. I began with a single pi, then bought a second soon after to have a failover Pi-Hole. I started with…