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I have seen multiple times how HDDs fail, both in others' servers, and in my own computers. They usually develop unreadable sectors, and...

Today I received a job invitation for a C++ developer position. My C++ skills are not up to date, so I initially doubted whether to apply. N...

People use commercial VPNs as anonymity and privacy tools. To be useful as such a tool, the VPN provider must not store any information tha...

I had a rather stupid security incident recently, and want you to check if your company network is vulnerable to the same issue. The netw...

Sometimes, you need to perform a custom installation of an operating system (likely Linux) on a dedicated server. This happens, e.g., if th...

Many years ago, I mentioned that KExec is a good way to reduce server downtime due to reboots. It is still the case, and it is especially ...

Sometimes, your home PC or router does not have a static IP address. In this case, if you want to access your home network remotely, a comm...