… What actually happened It all came down to a single firewall rule After doing some actual troubleshooting and diagnostics instead of firing up some new feature and hoping for the best, I noticed that the problem I was experiencing was due to congestion or segmentation. It was a firewall rule. …
… Related My network kept dropping devices until I stopped over-engineering and checked my firewall rules When you keep overlooking the solution. …
… They were on the same local subnet but were still seen as separate subnets because the firewall treated them as separate networks. …
… Had I stuck to simple firewall rules on Windows, I would’ve never learned anything about reverse proxies, SSL certifications, NAT, ACME clients, and other networking jargon. …
… The problem is we've hit a point where human intuition is no longer a reliable firewall against AI-driven social engineering. …
… Unlike firewalls and similar tools, it doesn't actually act on that information. …
… Turn off UPnP, WPS, and any firewall NAT features on your router. …
… This is where ex-enterprise routers, switches, and firewall devices come in, providing not only advanced features and security, but also greater reliability. …
… The LXC sits on a VLAN firewalled from most of my network, so even if the model went rogue, it doesn't have much to reach for. …
… "Aggressive hardening: sysctl lockdown, UFW default-deny firewall, fail2ban, and masking 7 unnecessary services to shrink attack surface." The seven unnecessary services included unattended-upgrades, which is one of the things that keeps Ubuntu patched automatically. …