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unRAID, Windows & the Invisible Mouse Cursor
If you've ever setup a Windows VM in unRAID, you've probably noticed that the mouse cursor is almost invisible in unRAID's noVNC window. Installing the virtio video driver helps some, but it's still very difficult to locate.
I've tried a few solutions to enhance the visibility of the mouse cursor, but the best and simplest trick I've found is to invert the curs ...
Avoiding Outages when using Wordfence & NGINX
If you run WordPress, it's a good idea to have some type of security software to protect against the endless attacks waged against your precious websites. One of the most popular security plugins available to mitigate this onslaught is Wordfence.
Wordfence is a free security plugin that offers a lot of features to protect your site, one of which is called Firewall Optimiza ...
Enable User Password Changes on pfSense
If you have pfSense deployed in a business environment, you may have the need for users to be able to change their own account passwords. Some of you may be wondering, why would my users even have an account on my router? The answer, at least in my daily life, would be OpenVPN.
By default, pfSense doesn't allow anyone but the admin user to login, but this guide will show you how to enable ...
Running Cisco ASDM under Linux
Recently I had the need to configure an ASA while onsite at a customer's office and while I have experience making changes through the console, it's a lot easier for some things to be configured through Cisco's ASDM. At the time, I was in a rush so instead of trying to get ASDM to run on Ubuntu, I ended up booting into Windows and gaining access that way. One of the advantages of carrying a tr ...
MacBook Pro & Windows 10 Hanging (Workaround)
In an attempt to extend the life of my aging 13" MacBook Pro (2014), I purchased a 1TB Samsung 970 EVO along with the requisite NGFF to M.2 adapter. Not only did this quadruple the disk space I previously had, but according to benchmarks, doubled my read and write speeds as well.
This upgrade wasn't without its headaches though, including me having to reinstall ...
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