Paul's Blog

The articles below are on various topics, though the majority are focused on some aspect of systems administration.

Using SOCKS5 Over SSH for Web Browsing
How to use SSH as a pseudo-VPN for Firefox web browsing.

August 24, 2020Read more…

Re-reading Mistress of the Art of Death
What I love about Ariana Franklin’s historical mystery.

September 23, 2014Read more…

Xcode License Requires Admin Privileges
Security theater invades Xcode 6.0.1.

September 19, 2014Read more…

iOS 8 Update: The Long Road

I kicked off the iOS 8 update on my iPhone 4S at 11:40 this morning.

September 17, 2014Read more…

Stripping an Atom RSS Feed
Sanitize internal RSS feeds for external use iwth XSLT.

September 10, 2014Read more…

Of CFEngine and CentOS 7
Installing cfengine on centos 7 requires a mildly unusual approach.

September 06, 2014Read more…

Block Single Host with firewalld
How to block inbound packets from a single host using firewalld.

September 01, 2014Read more…

Welcome

So I’ve got a blog now.

August 23, 2014Read more…