Posted on do 03 november 2016 in software • Tagged with debian, red_hat, puppet
During Puppetconf 2016 Github announces it was releasing one of its internal test tools called octocatalog-diff as open source. What the tools basicly does is compile the catalog for a certain machine using your old and new puppetcode to show you the diff output. This allows you to see the …
Posted on za 16 april 2016 in services • Tagged with security
I’ve used a webservice to check the TLS settings on a secured website numerous times (ssllabs.com). But I’ve only recently discovered a TLS/SSL testing service that checks if third parties can securely deliver mail on you mailserver.
Using http://www.checktls.com/ I was able to …
Posted on za 16 april 2016 in desktop • Tagged with apple, hardware
During my freelancing time over the last couple of years, I’ve been trying different setups that would satisfy my wish to use a single laptop for different clients whilst maintaining proper security.
After all, I do not want to explain my client that their servers got infected with Crapware …
Posted on vr 12 februari 2016 in software • Tagged with freedom, apple
As I was planning a new item in my schedule last week, my OS X calendar was trying to be helpful by suggesting entries based on previous events in my schedule. This is great on many occasions, but this time it suggested an entry from long ago. Think ten years …
Posted on vr 12 februari 2016 in software • Tagged with debian, red_hat, puppet
Puppet has had native nagios resource types for quite some time. As both a nagios and a puppet fan, I really liked the idea of not setting up any monitoring but have some base level of monitoring on every managed system automatically. Deploying new systems involves a lot of steps …