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Using nginx to detect the Real Client IP and return a Status 403 Forbidden when your Site is Proxied by Cloudflare
When using Cloudflare proxying. By default the nginx logs show the remote_addr (162.158.3.22) as one of the multitudinous Cloudflare proxy server IP addresses: Following is how you can configure your nginx conf files to return 403 (Forbidden) to specified IP's and...
WSL2 no external network access after return from standby
I have to do the following to get my WSL external network access back every time I return from standby wsl --shutdown wsl # check external access ping 1.1.1.1 PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=9.47 ms 64 bytes...
SSH show key finger print
Just in case you need to check the key fingerprint of an SSH Key ssh-keygen -l -f id_ed25519 # enter passphrase if prompted # output 256 SHA256:oSvuAOotnIB08e0RTxY93n+mrGdQoYb8auT6xD7f5Jw domain\user@TGN-PC (ED25519)
another instance of pfsense-upgrade is running. try again later
Trying to do package upgrades from the pfsense GUI and get "another instance of pfsense-upgrade is running. try again later" So logged in via the ssh console and did the following to successfully upgrade or remove packages. pkg-static clean -ay ; pkg-static install...
13 Jan 2025
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Veeam Backup of a VMWare VM to Physical
I recently installed Ubuntu 24.10 on my Workstation and was running Windows 11 Pro as a guest in VMWare Pro Workstation I have a dual screen setup and on one screen Windows 11 would become non-responsive and require me to lock and re-login to the Ubuntu host to again...