Linux Terms
This page is intended as a reference to look at whenever confusing results from terms in How-To posts, or general posts. These terms are intended to get the new reader or user up to speed.Directory -...
View ArticleMoving Encryption Keys Between Devices
Categories: SecurityGNU/LinuxOpenPGPThis article covers how to move your OpenPGP key between computers, and is part of a series in communications security. The specifics cover moving between Linux...
View ArticleFinding the Gateway for Your Linux Computer
Categories: GNU/LinuxTipsIf you are setting up a static IP address for a computer and need the gateway, finding the gateway address is simple, if you have a computer already setup on the network. Below...
View ArticleCreating and Deploying a SSH Key
Categories: How-TosInternetSecurityGNU/LinuxNetworksA SSH Key allows you to log into a remote server without ever having to enter the password for you user on that server. In some situations, you can...
View ArticleSet a Static IP in Initramfs
Categories: How-TosGNU/LinuxDebianInitramfs (wikipedia) is a temporary filesystem that can boot a Linux system. Using initramfs allows you to use complex file partition schemes for your root directory,...
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How To Remotely Decrypt LUKS Encypted Partition Over SSH
AttachmentSizeremote_decrypt.1.34 KBCategories: How-TosSecurityGNU/LinuxDebianSome Linux distributions allow you to install all of your partitions, save the boot partition, onto encrypted partitions....
View ArticleReset a Terminal in Linux
Categories: GNU/LinuxTipsBashSometimes when you are working in your Bash terminal, something goes wrong. It might have been a program that output strange symbols, or maybe you ran the cat command on a...
View ArticleLinux Filesystem and No Space With 150 Gigabytes Left
Categories: GNU/LinuxTipsYou read that right. Today I had a partition with over 150 gigabytes of space left on it and a drive error reporting that said partition was full. Not only that, but this was...
View ArticleUpdating an initramfs Image in Debian or Fedora
Categories: TipsGNU/LinuxIf you make a change to a configuration file that needs to be reflected in your Linux boot process (such as mdadm.conf), you'll need to add it to your initramfs image. This...
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Making a "Linux Foundation" for Cryptography Libraries
Categories: SecurityGNU/Linux One of the things that the recent Heartbleed bug really should alert us to is the fact that our crypto libraries need work. On the one hand, we know that trusting a crypto...
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