Using DynDNS with OVH
OVH provides rich features, one of which is a DynDNS service when you have registered a domain with them. In other words, if you have mydomain.net registered there, then you …
Using scp with file names containing spaces
When running a scp command from a bash shell, I realized that the pathnames are interpreted both on the local shell and on the remote one (through the ssh one …
Does encfs encryption break rsync byte-difference algorithm?
Rsync is using an optimized algorithm in order to minimize the overhead when one size is synchronized up several times but it has small changes. To keep simple, the similar …
Reading a EncFS volume password from a file
The almighty EncFS which is now my preferred option for encrypted file systems has a possibility to read the volume password from a vriety of inputs. According to the man …
Secure remote backup with OpenVPN, rsync and encfs
One of the reasons I purchased a dedicated box on OVH low-cost solution kimsufi is to have my own backup server, a la Mozy. There are a bunch of existing …
Selectively deleting your bash history
It is possible and easy to selectively remove entries from your bash history (say, for commands involving a password), using the following commands: If you want to delete the whole …
Minimal IPTABLES configuration to run a dedicated host at OVH
The full details are on this reference page on the OVH website.
Securing the Transmission Web GUI behind an HTTPS server
The transmission web interface makes it possible to control the bittorrent client remotely with a web browser. When ones run a seedox, this is typically the only way to access …