Louis Rossmann on right to repair, he is amazing! Fix your own machines!
Tech note for certbot!
Did some testing this morning on the new certs and realised that things were not working in firefox and at one point I think I saw an erro in chrome!
Problem was fire fox needed both www and non www versions of the site name. Re issuing the cert sorted this in no time!
This is how the process worked out…!
sudo certbot --nginx
Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log
Plugins selected: Authenticator nginx, Installer nginx
No names were found in your configuration files. Please enter in your domain
name(s) (comma and/or space separated) (Enter 'c' to cancel): www.gingercatsoftware.com gingercatsoftware.com
Quick shout out, letsencrypt and cerbot2
Quick shout out to letsencrypt and cerbot2 . Amazing open source free applications that are keeping the web safe for everyone! I’ve just renewed my site certs and it was surprisingly easy, free and fast. If your like me and have a non critical site but care about security check them out and even consider a donation.
https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/
Cisco people update and Patch NOW!
Just a quick shout out …. So one of the things that is some times talked about is the problem of the “non heterogeneous” or homogenous networking environment. The illusion that choosing the market dominant product (because everyone else buys it) is the right thing to do …. Anyhow it seems that Cisco is in a bit of bother due to its some what hated buggy protocol CDP. If your a cisco nerd and haven’t caught up on this it might be time to do a bit of serious patching!
Have a look at this wired article
Cisco Flaws Put Millions of Workplace Devices at Risk
And also the Reg have something about it
Tens of millions of Cisco devices vulnerable to CDPwn flaws: Network segmentation blown apart by security bugs
Stay safe on the Interwebs!