Quick tip - Apticron - Handy hints and tips
Apticron is a great tool, it will automatically e-mail you an alert if you have outstanding packages that need upgrading on a *nix systems. Some useful tips ...
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Outlook.com Premium - Bring your own domain don’t pay $10
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Quick Tip: Firefox stuck in a update loop on MacOS
I had a issue where I could not get FireFox to update
Reset a forgotten OS X Password
If you forget a password in OS X there is an easy way to reset it.
DNSSEC and PowerDNS
I’ve been running PowerDNS for a couple of months now including DNSSEC. Here is how I set it up and how to avoid the pitfalls I fell into.
CAA Records
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Secondary DNS with Hurricane Electric
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Setting up SSHFP records
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Picking a CPanel Provider - some considerations
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MySQL- Get Database size
A quick tip on getting the size of all MySQL databases: