Recent content on k3can blog
I mentioned in a previous post that using Cloudflare’s reverse proxy services (such as “tunnels” or “proxied domains”) comes with certain security and privacy implications. Essentially, to function as a reverse proxy, CF must be able to intercept and decrypt your traffic. This Man-In-The-Middle position gives CF the ability to hypothetically capture or alter your…
I will be relocating my servers again in the next few months. These servers host this blog, a couple websites, my Fediverse server, and various internal services.
My internal services will simply be down during this process, but for the external-facing services, I wanted something a little more elegant. Namely, a proper maintenance page. 
 One of the challenges to self-hosting is managing…
For a while now, I’ve followed a pretty strict rule: public services are public, and private services are private . 
For me, that meant that the only things on my network that were exposed to the public internet are my blog and public websites. Private services, like Home Assistant or Navidrome, are only accessible from my local network (or remotely via VPN). 
 Today I changed that a…
Can IPv6 play a role in resisting internet censorship? 
 Background 
 Earlier this week a user on the Fediverse noticed that a website titled “w-social.eu,” recently went offline.
Looking into its records, it appears that w-social.eu was a small typo-squatting website that encouraged visitors to use Mastodon if they wanted a free, trusted, and transparent social media…
This will just be a quick post to share the cable I built for interfacing PC audio with my Xiegu G90 for digital radio modes. 
 Following the pin out provided in the G90 manual, I spliced a Mini DIN8 connector to a TRRS plug, which I can then plug into a tiny USB soundcard (as pictured)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mini DIN8 
 TRRS 
 
 
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