FileZilla is a free and open-source, cross-platform FTP application, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. Clients are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Both server and client support FTP and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS), while the client can in addition connect to SFTP servers. Since FileZilla started offering a commercial version of their product,…
RealTek 2.5 Gig Ethernet Driver
I’m not sure I understand why these are so hard to find and download, but here is a link to the drivers for these cards: Realtek_10gNIC_Install_PCIE_Win11_11.11.1206.2022_03202023 – Windows 11 Driver Download Network Interface Controllers > 2.5G Gigabit Ethernet > PCI Express RTL8125 / RTL8125B(S)(G) Network Interface Controllers > 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet > PCI Express RTL8111B/RTL8111C/RTL8111D/RTL8111E/RTL8111F/RTL8111G(S)/RTL8111H(S)//RTL8118(A)(S)/RTL8119i/RTL8111L/RTL8111K…
Let’s Encrypt for IIS on Windows Server 2022
Win-Acme is a simple tool to help you install Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates on an IIS Server on Windows Server 2022. Download the Application: Download Win-Acme 2.1.23 – Local Download Extract the application after the download has completed. Find wacs.exe from the folder you downloaded and run it. As it is an application downloaded from the internet,…
Microsoft Ticking Timebombs – January 2023 Edition
This is a great reddit post from u/AustinFastER Here is my attempt to start documenting the updates that require manual action either to prepare before MS begins enforcing the change or when manual action is required. Are there other kabooms that I am missing? February 2023 Kaboom Microsoft Authenticator for M365 users – Microsoft will…
Windows 10 / Windows 11 Remote Desktop Freeze
Recently, I’ve been having a heck of a time with a windows VPS I connect to daily. My remote desktop sessions started freezing, but the virtual server was not locked up. If I disconnected the remote desktop session and reconnected, it would work fine for a little while. Through some stealth google skills, I noticed…
Securing SSH on Arch Linux
To secure SSH on Arch Linux, you can take the following steps: Use the passwd command to set strong and unique passwords for all SSH accounts. Use ssh-keygen to generate a public and private key pair for public key authentication. Then copy the public key to the server using ssh-copy-id. Edit the SSH server configuration…
Download from Netflix and Amazon with Y2mate Downloader
I have been working to rebuild my Plex server for quite a while. I recently got serious about getting back in to it and realized I was going to need help rebuilding my catalog. I started searching around the Internet to try and find some applications that would help me download movies I owned from…
AlmaLinux Repositories
AlmaLinux Repositories Information about the main AlmaLinux repositories and how to install them can be found on this page. Repository Description How to Enable on AlmaLinux 8 How to Enable on AlmaLinux 9 BaseOS Content in the BaseOS repository is intended to provide a core set of the underlying OS functionality that provides the foundation…
Disable SELinux on AlmaLinux 9
An easy way to quickly check the status is with the getenforce command, which will only output the current mode of SELinux and nothing else. $ getenforce Enforcing SELinux has three possible modes that you could see when running the command. They are: Enforcing – SELinux is active and enforcing its policy rules. Permissive – SELinux…
Unlock an account in OpenVPN
I love OpenVPN but one of it’s most annoying issues is the inability to unlock accounts from the GUI. If you have a user that has fat-fingered their password too many times, you’ll need to unlock their account or make them wait for the temporary lockout to expire. How do I unlock an OpenVPN user…