Tag: security

Fighting Docker iptables on Arch

A strange issue I could not find a meaningful explanation anywhere regarding running docker-compose script and iptables firewall on Arch Linux. Steps to reproduce assume bare iptables, Docker and docker-compose available. Step 1. Start Docker Start the docker.service via systemct…

GnuPG security token has arrived

I have started learning more about the GnuPG security tokens fairly recently in the post about GitHub automatic commit signing. Links in that post provide for some great read too, go check it out if you are interested. GnuPG security token is a device that stores the keys on the …

Wildcard certificate with acme.sh

This post is a sequel to my previous post. The post demonstrated how to setup HTTPS for Nginx by obtaining a certificate via 3rd party client called acme.sh. There is also some basic underlying theory about these terms. Consider reading it if feeling uncertain. Start by creating …

Nginx with acme.sh on Arch

Modern Internet is full of encryption. In many ways, using encryption is still optional, although non-encrypted communication of any form is getting rarer every day. There are factors that contribute to this trend. As a specific example, some top-level domains, like .app or .dev,…

Automatically signed GitHub commits are puzzling

I wanted to finally start getting into signing my commits, mainly because among any other reasons, it increases the overall confidence in my work. With the GitHub's decision to display a yellow warning stating Unverified near the commit list, the trend towards signing will almost…