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Ian LeCorbeau

BDFL @ Ragnarok, cybersecurity and infosec zealot, privacy/freedom advocate and strength training enthusiast.

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Debian/Devuan: Use doas and Resurrect the Wheel Group

Quick tip for Debian/Devuan users: replace sudo with doas and resurrect the wheel group: # apt-get install -y doas # sed '15 s/^# //' /etc/pam.d/su # addgroup --system wheel # echo "permit :wheel" > /etc/doas.conf Or, just switch to Ragnarok , it uses them by default.

Ragnarok and OpenBSD's ksh

The reason Ragnarok uses OpenBSD's ksh as the default interactive shell is because A) I like it (obviously) and it's what I use, and B) It does most of what bash does, yet with a MUCH smaller and saner code base (which helps with security, on top of it). For Debian/Devuan users who want to try it, a .deb package is available outside the Ragnarok repo, or the source can just be cloned and built…

Tip: Run Brave Browser Without JIT

Security tip: run your browser without JS Just-In-Time compilation to prevent potential code injection, JIT spraying and arbitrary code execution attacks.

"Off Day" Training

Off days don't have to be completely off. In fact, using them to do extra workouts is often the best way to build consistency. This is a simple yet effective workout to do on non-training days (or as a training day for those who don't normally train).

Use mmdebstrap to install Debian (and more)

This is a follow up to my Debian Deboostrap Install guide posted a few years back.