I wanted to switch my home network to IPv6 only design. However the reality is still that there are lot of devices today that only support IPv4 and large parts of Internet are still IPv4 only. Because of this, many networks still deploy dual stack everywhere. However, I believe there is a case to be… Read More: Building a Mostly IPv6 Only Home Network »
I recently setup my Home Lab. However, I realised that the network connecting two of the mini PCs hosting my distributed GlusterFS volume was too slow. I was getting bottlenecked by the network between them. The 2 NVMe SSDs I put in would be no good if the network between them was going to be… Read More: Running 40Gbps Network on Mini PCs For Under $50 »
Just wanted to share a few updates about blog and life. TLS 1.3 with 0-RTT TLS 1.3 is a new standard of encryption on the web and I have implemented it! This should result in faster load times and improved security for the users. ECDSA certs are enabled too, along with RSA for better performance.… Read More: Updates to blog – BGP, IPv6, TLS 1.3 and more »
Virtually every address on the internet is connected with each other with a protocol called as the Border Gateway Protocol(BGP), which dynamically routes traffic on the internet to the closest network. This guide will show you how you can be part of the internet for the cheapest possible cost. This guide is intended for sysadmins… Read More: BGP on a shoestring – The definitive guide »
IPv6 is now enabled on this blog. Getting it to work wasn’t as straight forward as I initially thought since my hosting provider Contabo gives only a single /64 and I use many LXC containers to host different things. Thankfully my friend Anurag helped me out. You can read his blog post about it here.… Read More: IPv6 should be working on this blog! »