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mTLS for Self-Hosted Services: Client Certificates Explained
Mutual TLS (mTLS) turns a certificate into a login: the client must present a certificate…
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pfBlockerNG vs Suricata: How the Two Layers Differ
pfBlockerNG and Suricata solve different problems and aren’t alternatives. pfBlockerNG is a blocklist enforcer —…
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Coral TPU vs GPU for Frigate Object Detection
For Frigate on a typical home rig of 4 to 12 cameras, a Google Coral…
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Self-Hosted Personal Cloud Apps: The Complete Guide
A self-hosted personal cloud is the set of apps — files, photos, passwords, documents, notes,…
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320 MHz Channels and the 6 GHz Band: Bandwidth vs Range Reality
A 320 MHz channel is twice the width of the widest channel Wi-Fi 6E ever…
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DAC vs Fiber vs Copper for 10G: Which to Use
For 10G, use a DAC cable inside the rack, fiber between rooms, and 10GBASE-T copper…
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ACME on OPNsense: Free Certs for the Firewall Web UI
OPNsense has an ACME Client plugin that fetches a free Let's Encrypt certificate for the…
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Policy-Based Routing: Send VLANs Out a Chosen WAN
Policy-based routing lets you write a firewall rule that says "traffic from this VLAN leaves…
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Is Wi-Fi 7 Worth It? Who Should Upgrade and Who Shouldn’t
Wi-Fi 7 can hit multi-gigabit link rates on paper, but the standard mandates almost nothing…
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Best PoE Cameras for a Self-Hosted NVR
The best PoE camera for a self-hosted NVR is whichever one speaks standard RTSP and…
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Caddy vs Traefik vs Nginx Proxy Manager for Automatic HTTPS
For automatic HTTPS in a homelab, Caddy is the easiest, Traefik is the best fit…
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Beating CGNAT Without a Public IP: WireGuard, Tunnels, and Reverse Proxies
You can reach home services from anywhere while stuck behind CGNAT, with no public IP…
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