Security
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Redesign of my home network
I have started a redesign of my home network. In short I installed and configured an OPNSense firewall with the WAN, LAN and Wifi segmented. More on the OPNSense installation later. I will be moving my CentOS file server and all current networked devices behind the OPNSense firewall. This includes all PC’s, Raspberry Pi’s, Televisions etc.
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Unable to run Securstick from USB disk
I recently found Securstick which encrypts a folder on a USB stick and supports Linux, MacOS and Windows. The application runs from the USB stick and opens a browser where you type the password to decrypt the contents. Unfortunately the application would not run from my USB disk on Pop!_OS but i found this post and followed the steps from the user GopherBaroque which resolved the issue for me. Just in case the steps are also below: Open your terminal Determine the UUID of the drives with the command “sudo blkid“ Create a mount point using the command “sudo mkdir / media / USB-Stick“ Enter the stick in the fstab…
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Resolve OPNSense stuck at booting
I’m busy building an OPNSense firewall for my home network and got stuck at a booting screen (below) before I could start the installation. I tried disabling UEFI, re-enabling it in the BIOS and a few other BIOS settings but could not resolve the issue from within the BIOS. To resolve the issue and get to the installer I followed the forum post by benibilme from here on the OPNSense forums. The steps I followed to resolve the issue are below and the video that shows the steps at the end of this blog post. Reboot your machine if you get stuck at the Booting step when booting from your…