A new Certificate Authority appears : Let’s Encrypt If you’ve not heard about it yet, a new Certificate Authority appeared recently, called “Lets Encrypt”. Backed by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), it aims at securing the web by providing SSL certificates for everyone. After a bit of teasing, they just entered public beta, which […]
Category Archives: Server administration
Proxying Transmission Web interface with nginx
0. Why do this? Easy for me : I use a PCH box as my torrent client. It’s really nice, but it cannot : Use IPv6 (I don’t want to forward ports when it can be avoided) Protect the Transmission web interface with a password On the other hand My macbook is always on (though […]
Migrating a domain name from 1and1
I thought I would share this information, since the steps you have to follow are completely not obvious at all : 1. Allow the migration of your account – log in to your account – select your domain name – set it to an “unlocked” state 2. Cancel your contract Now, this feels completely idiotic, […]