Poor User's Almanack

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Mailing Lists
IRCNow Mailing Lists

Network News

Training
Code of Honor	My Server	Call of Duty	Good Questions
	Progress	Medals
Team	Testing sysadmin	Servers' Rights	Announce	federation
Dogfood	IRC Networks
Congress Procedure	Historic Documents	Milestones
IRCNow Roadmap 2021	IRCNow Roadmap 2022	IRCNow Roadmap 2023	IRCNow Roadmap
Status of the Union 2022
Deployment Procedure ?
Abuse Code
Target Markets	Metrics	NSF	Digital New Deal	Daughters of Liberty
Ellis Island

Civics
Netizenship	New User's Welcome	Become a Netizen	Netizen Rights
Independence	Self-Admin	Declaration	Freedom to Fork	Constitution & Bill of Rights
Liberty	Religious Liberty	No Central Censor	Software Freedom	Privacy
Opportunity	Homestead VPS	Made on IRC	Unix Work Ethic	The Startup Dream
Justice	Open For Everyone	Due Process	Checks and Balances	Rule by Law
Union	Federation	United We Serve	Universal Access	Radio Freedom
Education	Higher Education

OpenBSD
OpenBSD	Intro
Virtual Machines	Configure VMM	VMM Install Guide	VMM User Guide	VMM Linux Guide
	Sysupgrade VMM	Vmm new disk	Reinstall OS	VMM
	Debian ISO	Debian Install
	VMM Debian Guide	Optimize VMM	VMM Ubuntu ?
	Devuan Iso	Devuan install
	VMM Alpine Guide	VMM Arch Guide
VMM Plan 9
vmm router	VMM home router	IPMI Java
Bare Metal	Dell	Supermicro	BeagleBone Black	Orange Pi 3 LTS
Upgrade	OpenBSD 6.7 Upgrade	OpenBSD 6.8 Upgrade	OpenBSD 6.9 Upgrade	OpenBSD 7.4 Upgrade
	OpenBSD 7.5 Upgrade
Sysupgrade	OpenBSD 6.8 Sysupgrade	OpenBSD 6.9 Sysupgrade	OpenBSD 7.0 Sysupgrade	OpenBSD 7.1 Sysupgrade
	OpenBSD 7.2 Sysupgrade ?	OpenBSD 7.3 Sysupgrade ?	OpenBSD 7.4 Sysupgrade	OpenBSD 7.5 Sysupgrade
	OpenBSD Sysupgrade
Install	OpenBSD 6.7 Install	OpenBSD 6.8 Install	OpenBSD 6.9 Install	OpenBSD 7.0 Install
	OpenBSD 7.1 Install	OpenBSD 7.3 Install	OpenBSD 7.4 Install	OpenBSD 7.5 Install
OpenBSD Install	OpenBSD Ramdisk Install	Install OpenBSD on a OVH VPS
	boot.conf
	ResetPassword	Single User Mode	OpenBSD Books

Networking
TCP/IP	IPv4	IPv6	sockets ?	Netmasks ?
TCP/IP ports ?	BuyVM IPv6
	Anycast Addresses
Configure	Static Networking	Static Networking v2	Change Static Network	My IP address
	ifconfig ?	route		wifi
	Resolv.conf	Hostname	Add route to hostname.if
	dhcpd	npppd	pppoe	ntpd
	dhclient ?	Source address
	WiFi to Ethernet	6-in-4 GRE	6-in-4 GRE (with NAT)

Firewall
Packet Filter	PF Guide	PF for Stable	PF for Testing	pfbadhost
PF for VPN	Blocking Torrents
DDoS Defense	SSDP attack	TCP ack flood	TCP reset flood	SYN Flood ?
	HTTP Flood ?	NTP Amplification ?	UDP Flood	amplification attack
Troubleshooting
Network Layer	ping	tcpdump
	netcat	netcat IRC	netcat HTTP	send mail with netcat
Application	Telnet HTTP	OpenSSL HTTP	OpenSSL IMAP	OpenSSL SMTP ?
	Check OpenSSL certs	openssl encrypt file

Routing
bgpd configuration

DNS
DNS Overview	DNS Records	FQDN	Name Registrars	vhost
	FreeDNS vhosts	IRCNow vhosts
Authoritative
nsd	nsd master slave	Troubleshoot Nsd	rDNS	Zone File
	NSD Zone file	Troubleshooting DNS
delphinusdnsd
DNS for Mail	SPF Records	DKIM Records	DMARC Records	MTA-STS records
ipv6 rDNS	ipv4 rDNS
Caching
unbound	Using host	Using dig	unbound adblock
DNS Blacklists	rbldns	BIND resolver	unbound
Unbound DNSSEC

Cryptography
Signing
Verify GPG signatures	netpgp	Verify signify
Encryption
duplicity
VPNs
IPSec	Configure iked	VPN clients	iked new config	My IP Address
Site-to-site VPN
Tor
Tor	torsocks	Hidden Services	IRC with Tor
TLS
TLS Overview ?	TLS Intro ?	Certificate Authorities
acme-client	Automating acme-client ?	relayd TLS Acceleration	relayd TLS Acceleration Multi	Let's Encrypt Expired Cert
acme-client Automation	Dehydrated Setup	Acme.sh Setup
SSH
	sshd	ssh ?	SSH keys	SSH backdoor
Disable Password	Creating ssh keys	OpenSSH 2FA with S/key ?	OpenSSH 2FA with TOTP
Two-FactorAuth	SSH Drawterm
File Transfer
sftp	chrooted sftp
ftpd	FTP server ?
torrent	bittorrent server ?

Version Control
CVS	anoncvs	CVS intro	cvsweb
	Create CVS Repos	CVS Guide
pastebin	Install paster	Install fiche

Web ?
OpenHTTPd	OpenHTTPd Hosting	HTTP open proxies	Perl for OpenHTTPd	php
OpenHTTPd TLS	OpenHTTPd website	OpenHTTPd with C CGI	OpenHTTPd chroot
Applications
PHP	pmwiki	simpleurl	Replace Pmwiki	Pmwiki Style Guide
	Ikiwiki	dokuwiki
	SquirrelMail	Install RoundCube ?	Wordpress
	OSCommerce	cumulus clips ?	fluxbb ?	Question2Answer ?
	h5ai ?	manna ?	EasyApp
NodeJS
C	cgit	stagit
Got repo	gotweb	Using Got	got server	Got mirror
Database
Mariadb

IRC
IRC Guides
IRC	IRC101	Channel Op Guide	Oper Guide	Services Guide
	IRC Clients	IRC made easy
HostServ Rules
	unrealircd	thelounge Webirc client
Bouncers
Install ZNC	Install ZNC (chroot)	ZNC admin	ZNC Support	ZNC modules
ZNC Patch	Using ZNC	ZNC webpanel (relayd)
	ZNC I18n	Troubleshoot ZNC		Debugging ZNC
ZNC Defense	ZNC Flaws
Install Soju (with and without chroot)
PsyBNC	psybnc
BNCs	old ilines	new ilines
IRCv3	IRCv3 Defense
Ident
Ident	identd	oidentd install	oidentd for znc	Changing ident
Clients
ii ?	sic
Servers
ngircd install	ngircd link	ngircd ssl	ngircd sins	Ngircd Login.conf
hopm	acopm		Test hopm
HOPM: Now With Init (Advanced-ish)	Hunchentoot
Services
achurch	anope	atheme
Relays
pylink	chroot pylink	bitlbee install	matterbridge
Bots
Eggdrop	Install eggdrop 1.9.3	Install eggdrop 1.9.1	tcltls	Install eggdrop 1.8.4
	Identify with NickServ
Channel	chroot wraith	install wraith
Custom	biblebot ?	botnow	ircrelayd ?

Languages
Perl	CPAN
Korn	unix101	unix101 challenge ?
C	c101	Why Not C	intro ?	c-primer

Editors
emacs	vi	mg ?	ed

Mail
OpenSMTPd	opensmtpd	opensmtpd relay	opensmtpd-2	Mail Open Proxy ?
	Troubleshooting OpenSMTPd	Open Mail Relay	Test opensmtpd
DNS for Mail	SPF Records	DKIM Records	DMARC Records
	spamd	Getting inboxed
Mail	dovecot	mlmmj	mlmmj-archivist
Clients		mutt	fdm

System Admin
Disks	Adding a New Disk	fdisk	disklabel	Growfs partition
pkg	pkglocatedb	ports	pkg_add check update
Utilities	sudo, doas	syspatch	cron ?	rcctl
	adduser	Date and Time	Flashing USB Image	dd ?
	symbolic links	tmux Config	tmux share	XTerm
Backups	dump	restore	openrsync	rsync usage
fdisk	Dump Backup With SCP	fstab	dmesg	atactl
	newfs	mount
iplookup ?	Filesystem hierarchy		base64	Chinese
Editing crontab	ps process	Sending signals with kill	Intro to Vi	Suppress cron emails
vipw	tar usage ?	rcctl	syslogd	Remote syslogd
	kernel panic	sysctl	swapctl
	Fast Filesystem	Install OpenBSD with Softraid	Rebuilding Softraid
	disklabel	Disklabel Partitioning

Shell
ksh for bash users	Redirection with Pipes	autocomplete for ksh	Shell Limits	cronjobs
Out Of Memory	Symlinks for shells

Games
Misc	FreeCiv ?	OpenTTD ?
Olympics	IRCNow Olympics
Chess	Chess Books	chessgogi	tournament	limitsbot
	Install FICS	Admin FICS

Math
reading

Science
Shell Labs	reading	quotes ?	manifesto

Camping
Camping Gear

Minetest
Minetest
Adding Arenas	Server Locations	Texture Style Guide	Updating the Game	World Backup

Documents
LaTeX	TexLive	Sinhala

Audio/Video
SIP	asterisk
Media	ImageMagick	vorbis	sndiod	concat audio files
	ffmpeg ?	record audio	Record Audio	record screen with ffmpeg
	icecast

News
leafnode	Web News Install	News clients	INN
Gopher
gopher	gophernicus	geomyidae	Bucky Install ?
Alt Social Media
prosody	biboumi	matrix	fediverse	gomuks
akkoma
Misc ?
ISCABBS

Hosting
Hosting Providers	OpenHTTPd Hosting	Hosting Requirements ?

Security
Hardening	chroot	Password Mgmt Password.hashes	MITM: Man in the Middle ?	Phishing
	Password Schemes	Passwords with Words
Denial of Service ?	Spam ?	0days ?	Rootkits ?	pledge
unveil	Database Permissions ?	Secure web apps ?	Trust ?	Default Deny ?
login.conf	Intrusion detection system ?	setuid binaries	system accounting ?	file quotas
File Permissions	Shell Accounts	Policing Guide	Police fingerprints
oath-toolkit ?	doxing defense	Team security

Sheriff
intro ?

Desktop
X Windows	Xenodm
XFCE	Install XFCE
FVWM	Configure FVWM	Configure XDefaults	Touchpad	Configure cwm
VNC	Install TigerVNC	TigerVNC with SSH
	wsconsctl

Android
Install F-Droid

VMM
OpenBSD
Linux
Plan9front
NetBSD
DragonflyBSD

Plan 9
9 intro	Plan9 Shells	9 Install	partdisk	Plan 9 ini
Drawterm	JSDrawterm	9 Links	9 Showcase ?	rcpu
9 101	9 bootcamp ?	9paste ?	9: Independent	9 Cheatsheet
sysupdate	3rd party packages ?	ssh	Customize rio	mouse chording
netcat	9gridchan	9 Ideas	cloud9p	9p Ideas
audio	IRC clients	reading	Date and time	acmemail
splinternet	FNS	PKI	IP	Why9
inter9	ramfs

Books
	Unix Reading	BSD Reading ?

Linux
	Linux Flaws

Unix ?
History of UNIX	Exhibit	Unix Reading	install ?

Idea Brainstorm
ellisisland	newdeal	womenstem

Work in Progress Ideas
Union Relays	IRC Bots	Log Cabin Hosting	Gazette News	Code Armory
Ops Bootcamp	Shell Labs	Civics Intro	Software Projects	Screenshare
Patriot VPNs	Netizenship	Wiki Tips	Licenses	Ally Networks
Victory Cores - Donate a Core ?
Ops of Liberty	Pioneer	CodeForce	Ally	Explorer
Ranger ?	Settler	Sheriff	ircnow servers	Code Force

Team
Team docs	Buyvm Guide	BuyVM Routed Subnet

Historical Articles
dkimproxy	OpenSMTPd	rbldns	Ops Bootcamp	IRCNow goals