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The Importance of Password Managers and Multi-Factor Authentication In Your Personal Life

The Importance of Password Managers and Multi-Factor Authentication In Your Personal Life

In today's online world, you often find yourself logging into several websites, applications, or services a day. You may create new accounts with each one, or login with a third-party service like Google, Facebook, Discord, etc. You may or may not use the same password for all your

Logs, Non-Repudiation, and Accountability

Logs, Non-Repudiation, and Accountability

It's not the most exciting topic, but it is a vital one: Logs and Non-Repudiation. When safeguarding an Information System, you need to ensure that the people operating within that environment are accountable for what they do. You probably have a Consent to Monitor statement when users login.

Small Organizations Under Risk Management Framework, How It Scales, And Why It Matters

Small Organizations Under Risk Management Framework, How It Scales, And Why It Matters

One of the joys of maintaining a smaller organization has always been adapting to the needs of larger organizations. After all, the larger organizations are often the ones that "create the rules" that everyone must follow. Consider a site with 1000 nodes, be it workstations, servers, or network

Securing Docker on a VPS under Ubuntu using the Host-Based Firewall

Securing Docker on a VPS under Ubuntu using the Host-Based Firewall

For anyone interested in using Docker, the first question that should be asked is how are you going to secure it? Is it locally hosted? Is the host behind a network firewall? Is it hosted on a VPS? All of these things should be considered, as depending on the situation

I Switched to ProtonMail, then Switched Back to Skiff

I Switched to ProtonMail, then Switched Back to Skiff

Recently, I migrated Fifthdread.com from my web-hosting provider to self-hosting. During this switch, I had to decide on an email provider for the many Fifthdread.com email addresses. There are a vast amount of email providers out in the wild, so I had an uphill battle to find the

One of my Fifthdread emails was sending spam, and I caught it

One of my Fifthdread emails was sending spam, and I caught it

Yeah, it's a blunder. It's probably been going on for some time as well, and I didn't think to check. Too be honest, you're more likely to get your account compromised than you think. It's happened to so many of

Service Dashboards - Testing Three Popular Options

Service Dashboards - Testing Three Popular Options

Yup, it's that time. We gotta have a dashboard discussion. No ifs ands or buts about it- Fifthdread Services needs a dashboard for all the various self-hosted services I provide. If someone asks me again for the Element URL, imma flip. "Fifthdread Services" as we call

Self-Hosting my own Websites and Services

Self-Hosting my own Websites and Services

It's funny, because if you scroll down just a little, a similar post was made a while back. But this time, it's a little different. Fifthdread.com and Fifthdread Services has gone through a few big changes which I want to talk about. First, I'

Quick update on Fifthdread Services

Quick update on Fifthdread Services

A week ago, I was devastated. I accidentally cloned a drive to the wrong destination, and as a result, I lost all my HyperV VMs. I’ve since spent the past week rebuilding everything from scratch, but this time, I was going to do things a lot cleaner, smarter, and

Discord VS Element - My thoughts on the matter.

Discord VS Element - My thoughts on the matter.

Honestly, I’m not keen on this discussion. It’s tough to have, considering people exist in two camps. Mostly me in one camp and everyone else in the other one. Discord has become a huge platform for both small and large communities alike, and many are quick to adopt

More Fifthdread Services Stuff

More Fifthdread Services Stuff

One thing that I wish I could improve about Fifthdread Services is making it easier to access stuff. For example- Look at my portal page. Now look at the URLs for a lot of Fifthdread services. Yeah, it’s all server.fifthdread.com:port number. That’s annoying. How are

The NEW Fifthdread Services

The NEW Fifthdread Services

Those of you who know me are well aware of Fifthdread Services- my collection of self-hosted services which I maintain for a variety of reasons. You likely use Element for chat, or Teamspeak for voice communications when online. You may use Bitwarden or my file services. There are several services

Why I absolutely love the new M1 Macbooks

Why I absolutely love the new M1 Macbooks

If you came to my blog for an objective view on the new M1 Macbooks. you came to the wrong place. I already spoiled it in the title- I LOVE the new M1 Macbooks, and I want to do my best to explain why. For as long as I remember,

The new Apple M1 chip and my thoughts

The new Apple M1 chip and my thoughts

Apple recently released their new Apple Silicon equipped devices, and I have a lot to say about them. For starters, the new chip, the Apple M1, has been blowing away reviewers left and right. I could get very VERY wordy here, but I’ll try and summarize how I think

Server Upgrade Rant!

Server Upgrade Rant!

My servers have been something I have always taken pride in, as I enjoy not only self-hosting stuff for personal use, but also for my friends. It’s sort of a hobby of mine, and has the added benefit of keeping me sharp when it comes to technology in general.