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WANDERING THE INTERWEBS
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF DNSSEC
> Great overview of what’s coming (eventually) to DNS and the internet.
SWITCH Security-Blog
According to measurements by APNIC’s Geoff Hustoncurrently 16 percent of Swiss
Internet users use a DNSSEC validating DNS resolver. If you want to benefit from
the added security with DNSSEC in your network then I suggest you enable DNSSEC
validation in your network as well. SurfNet published a deployment guide
recently that takes BIND 9.x, Unbound and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 into
account.
Enabling DNSSEC validation on your DNS resolvers is one simple step and it
protects you from DNS Cache Poisoning. However, if it were only for this, then
the DNSSEC protocol complexity would come at a high cost for only providing this
one benefit. In fact, DNSSEC is much more than only a protection from Cache
Poisoning. It’s a new PKI in DNS and if you have signed your zone and are
already validating then you can take advantage of that PKI. Some use cases are…
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xxdesmus Internet Related, Tech News August 11, 2014August 11, 2014 1 Minute
HOW TO TEST DNSSEC AND DANE ON A DOMAIN
Here’s a simple way to check if DANE is properly setup on a site:
# echo -n | openssl s_client -connect spdysync.com:443 | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' | openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha256 | tr -d :
depth=2 /C=IL/O=StartCom Ltd./OU=Secure Digital Certificate Signing/CN=StartCom Certification Authority
verify error:num=19:self signed certificate in certificate chain
verify return:0
DONE
SHA256 Fingerprint=461479314CDEC67FB609C812EB74737BAA5327455AD422BA606C88DD530BF2C2
And then compare that value against published TLSA record:
# dig +short TLSA _443._tcp.spdysync.com
3 0 1 461479314CDEC67FB609C812EB74737BAA5327455AD422BA606C88DD 530BF2C2
These value should match. If they don’t assume the site has been compromised.
This assumes of course the domain is also signed with DNSSEC. A properly
configured domain: http://dnssec-debugger.verisignlabs.com/spdysync.com
xxdesmus Internet Related, Tech News August 11, 2014August 11, 2014 1 Minute
CREATING A SIMPLE, CHEAP, AND AUTOMATED BACKUP SOLUTION WITH TARSNAP
BACKGROUND:
So I host a variety of small websites on a VPS at Ramnode (affiliate link). I’ve
been extremely happy with their service, and their performance per dollar ratio.
Previously I had been using DigitalOcean, but their VPS performance lately was a
bit lacking compared to other providers (sorry DigitalOcean, I still love ya).
As part of my evaluation of a handful of providers I performed extensive
benchmarking to determine which VPS provider would be best for my (amateur)
needs. It was also an excuse to use Excel again — oh Excel how I miss thee — but
I digress.
I’ve been a very happy camper at Ramnode until I realized the weaknesses of
having picked OpenVZ Linux containers vs. KVM virtualization which I’ve used in
the past. Long story short, with OpenVZ containers the user (me) does not have
access to much of the low-level system (including the kernel). This leads to
problems with things like iptables logging, syslog, or when trying to access
information about a given partition within your container. This lack of
partition information unfortunately means that when you try to backup your data
with a traditional backup solution like R1Soft you — as a lowly user — do not
have the right permissions to read and then backup your data within your
own container. Not a problem I said — Ramnode provides customers with regular
backups. That was one of the reasons I picked them.
Well, that was the case until
recently: https://clientarea.ramnode.com/announcements.php?id=368 They casually
announced that they had disabled the weekly automated backup system. So that
sucks, a lot.
My VPS provider decided to stop backing up my data (even though they sold me
plan saying they would) and due to OpenVZ limitations many of the common
automated backup tools simply won’t work.
So I needed to come up with a solution.
Continue reading “Creating a Simple, Cheap, and Automated Backup Solution
with Tarsnap” →
xxdesmus Internet Related, Tech News, Thoughts August 2, 2014August 3, 2014 8
Minutes
NODEPING VS. PINGDOM — SERVER MONITORING
Pingdom:
Positives:
* mobile app
* large number of testing locations
* 10 checks at the yearly price is reasonably priced.
* Built-in “PageDuty”-lite incident response is handy, though overkill for
personal web servers.
* I like the root cause analysis any time a check fails. Provides full
connection output, response headers, etc. Extremely helpful when
troubleshooting the cause of the failed check.
Negatives:
* New website design is painfully slow and confusing.
* Can’t add a new check via the mobile app
* No option to specify host headers for a check — such as specify IP and
specify the hostname directly.
* No public status page unless you pay 2x per month.
NodePing:
Positives:
* Free public status page
* Website is fast and clean, though lacking some features
* Pricing is attractive, even without a yearly agreement.
Negatives:
* No mobile app
* Relatively few testing locations
* No option to specify host headers for a check — such as specify IP and
specify the hostname directly.
* Virtually nothing in the way of detail when a check fails. Also no easy way
to go back and find a failed check after 300 successful checks have passed.
They both have a variety of checks — HTTP/HTTPS, UDP/TCP arbitrary port check,
POP/SMTP/IMAP, and DNS checks. Both send me an email and push notification via
Pushover whenever there’s an issue. Both use 1 minute checks, and confirmation
from 3 locations before an alert is triggered.
I like StatusCake, but their checks seem spotty at best. They report all kinds
of intermittent downtime when every other monitoring service sees zero issues.
Not exactly great when your server monitoring tool is lying to you.
I also tested Monitus and CopperEgg. Didn’t like either one. I use New Relic’s
free plan which is handy, also Linode’s Longview tool with the free plan.
Ultimately it looks like I’ll be going with Pingdom, even though it’s not my
favourite choice.
xxdesmus Internet Related, Software, Tech Miscellaneous, Thoughts 4 Comments
July 14, 2014 1 Minute
EMAILS SHOW FEDS ASKING FLORIDA COPS TO DECEIVE JUDGES
> Police in Florida have, at the request of the U.S. Marshal’s Service, been
> deliberately deceiving judges and defendants about their use of a
> controversial surveillance tool to track suspects, according to newly obtained
> emails.
Source: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/feds-told-cops-to-deceive-courts-about-stingray/
When a normal person lies to a judge/court you get an even harsher punishment,
BUT if you’re a police officer …apparently you just get more convictions — no
questions asked!
xxdesmus Tech News June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 1 Minute
CLOUDFLARE TEAMS UP WITH 15 NGOS TO PROTECT CITIZEN JOURNALISTS AND ACTIVISTS
FROM DDOS ATTACKS
I’m proud to be a small part of this.
xxdesmus Tweets June 14, 2014 1 Minute
TWEET: I CAN’T WAIT TO GET MY SITE OFF WORDPRESS AND THEN…
I can’t wait to get my site off WordPress and then never touch that thing again.
xxdesmus Tweets 1 Comment June 7, 2014 1 Minute
TWEET: IT’S PRETTY AMAZING HOW MUCH WINDOWS VISTA “GLASS”…
it’s pretty amazing how much Windows Vista “glass” is included in OS X Yosemite.
#thinkdifferrent
xxdesmus Tweets 1 Comment June 7, 2014 1 Minute
TWEET: GETTING REAL IP ADDRESSES USING CLOUDFLARE, NGINX,…
Getting Real IP Addresses Using CloudFlare, Nginx, and Varnish linkit.tk/3m
Thanks @DanielMiessler this was the answer I needed!
xxdesmus Tweets 1 Comment June 7, 2014 1 Minute
TWEET: DEAR @PAYPAL @ASKPAYPAL I CHANGED MY ADDRESS IN Y…
dear @PayPal @AskPayPal I changed my address in your system 2 years ago. You
continue to offer the old address, not helpful.
xxdesmus Tweets June 7, 2014 1 Minute
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