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Firewalls, VPNs, zero-trust remote access and keeping business networks safe.

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How To: GL.iNet + Tailscale for Secure Remote Access

How to set up Tailscale on a GL.iNet travel router like the Beryl AX for secure remote access to your home PC and the devices behind the router.

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How To: OpenVPN Access Server

How to set up OpenVPN Access Server on a DigitalOcean droplet, with an SSL certificate, MFA users, split tunneling and site-to-site router access.

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How To: Password Pusher Complete Setup with Docker

How to self-host Password Pusher with Docker on a Vultr server, with Caddy for HTTPS, a ufw firewall and containers that restart on reboot.

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UniFi VPN Proxy Service configuration

Set up a VPN proxy service like Private Internet Access as a UniFi VPN Client, then route a device, specific domains or a whole VLAN through it.

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How to Disappear Online

How to disappear online: private browsers, HTTPS-only mode, private search, DNS over HTTPS, VPNs, Pi-hole ad blocking, Tor and Tails.

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Cloudflare Tunnel Easy Setup

How to set up a Cloudflare Tunnel with a cloudflared Docker connector on a Synology NAS, reach LAN services over HTTPS and lock them down with Zero Trust.

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Easy Yubikey How-To: Two Factor Authentication for iOS!

How to set up YubiKey security keys (FIDO U2F) to protect your Apple ID on iOS 16.3, with step-by-step iPhone screenshots.

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PiVPN / WireGuard Complete Setup 2022

Step-by-step PiVPN and WireGuard setup on a Raspberry Pi: install, static IP, port forwarding, client QR codes, conf files and backups.

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Create Your Own Personal VPN Proxy with Streisand

Build your own Streisand VPN proxy server on DigitalOcean: builder droplet, Ansible install, DNS, SSH SOCKS proxy in Firefox and OpenVPN fixes.

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Let's Encrypt UniFi

How to install a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate on a self-hosted UniFi Controller, with automatic renewal through cron.