When I upgraded to Debian 10, IPsec VPN connections from Windows 10 clients to our Debian 10 VPN server stopped working. It seems that Windows is configured to use MODP_1024 (DH Group 2), but Debian 10 is requiring MODP_2048 (DH Group 14) or better. Here’s the relevant output from /var/log/daemon.log showing the “received proposals” from […]
Upgrading Debian 9 (Stretch) to Debian 10 (Buster) did not provide a smooth Icinga upgrade in my experience. Maybe the process would have gone more smoothly if I had updated my Icinga apt repo source file from stretch to buster before my OS upgrade from Debian 9 to Debian 10 instead of after? Debian removed […]
Upgrading Debian 9 (Stretch) to Debian 10 (Buster) did not provide a smooth Cacti upgrade from 0.8.8h to 1.2.2 in my experience. Debian automatically upgraded my packages, but was unable to handle the database upgrade when I visited the web interface after the upgrade. First, I was presented with an error during the database upgrade […]
My Scholarship Background I served on the scholarship selection committee for a local technology board for 5 years (2015-2019). During that time, I also served on their board as Incoming President (2015), President (2016-2017), and Past President (2018-2019). I was also extremely involved in managing, promoting, and fundraising for the scholarship program during my two […]
I am attempting to register physical USB keys with various online accounts in an attempt to improve my online security. I purchased multiple YubiKey keys (YubiKey 5 NFC and YubiKey 5 Nano) with the intent to register at least two keys with each of my supported online accounts so that I have a backup in […]