Late last night, I set an override for plex.direct on my OPNsense router so Plex doesn't do the dumb "insecure connection" thing all of the time. While I was playing with settings, I decided to "fix" my port forwarding, and I didn't realize how badly I'd broken it until I couldn't use PlexAmp on my drive to work.
Tonight, I changed Plex back to the default port and set a 1:1 port forward. It works on my phone when I disable wifi, hopefully this stays working..!
๐ Building an OPNsense router
๏ฝข Itโs open source, based on the venerable FreeBSD Unix-like OS, and has basically every feature you could possibly ask for when configuring your network. It is itself a fork of an older project, pfSense, which is also still in active development and it seems like there is quite a split in the homelab community regarding which is better ๏ฝฃ
Oh no! /s
What a joyous sight! Our new Samsung TV will never see the outside world. It's connected to our network via ethernet, locked on a VLAN so Home Assistant can connect to it, but it can see nothing except my local DNS server (for now).
I've preemptively blocked its WiFi MAC address in case anyone ever accidentally tries to "help" by connecting it to the WiFi.
Fully working with Home Assistant. Dumb screen otherwise. Perfect.
Over the last two days, Iโve configured Unbound to use DNS over TLS, migrated from ISC to DNSMasq, and cleaned up a ton of old empty tunables in my config. OPNsense is feeling fresh!
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Building an OPNsense router
T-minus 10 days!!!
In #CyberSecurity terms, I'm about to deliberately walk into an entirely new threat landscape with no local threat intel, a foreign language I'm still actively patching. The attack surface has changed. The adversaries are now cobblestones, bureaucratic Portuguese, and the very real possibility that I will confidently order the wrong thing at a restaurant and just go with it. Threat level: manageable. Vibes: elevated!!
The honeypots aren't moving. They never do - that's the whole point. They stay scattered where they are, quietly doing their thing, collecting everything. The only thing changing is where the intel gets delivered. Starting April 29th, that's Porto.
I'm a little concerned they're going to start sending it in #Portuguese. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Half my home lab is already there ahead of me. ZimaBoard, #opnsense the Pis - all running, all waiting, probably judging me for not arriving sooner. Home Assistant is next on the list once I land, which means I get to find out whether my automations survived the relocation or whether I'm about to have a very intimate conversation with Portuguese error messages. Could go either way.
And yes, I'm leaving behind the Chicago "L". The L. An elevated rail system so charmingly held together by decades of deferred maintenance and sheer Chicagoan stubbornness that honestly, it's kind of a security metaphor. I'm going to miss the ambiance of a train that sounds like it's actively negotiating with physics.
The Metro stop is literally across the street from my apartment. It's clean. It's modern. It's quiet. The trains run on time. I don't know how I'll cope. ๐
@sashatheflamingo is excited but has concerns about the cobblestones hurting her feet. I told her she can ride on my shoulder. Problem solved. The flamingo adapts. ๐ฆฉ
And if you're in the security community and haven't looked at #BSidesPorto yet - June 26th and 27th - I don't know what to tell you except that you're going to miss an awesome event if you don't get your tickets - NOW! And come find me. I'll be the one who showed up 60 days before the conference and is still figuring out which bus/metro train goes where.
The operation doesn't stop. It just changes coordinates. The #honeypots already know. They figured it out before I told them. (That's kind of their whole thing.)
๐ How to Deploy #OPNsense on a Rad Web Hosting #VPS
This guide demonstrates how to deploy OPNsense on a Rad Web Hosting VPS. This guide is tailored specifically for Rad Web Hosting VPS infrastructure, including /32 IP addressing, KVM virtualization, and ISO-based installs.
What is OPNsense?
OPNsense is a free, open-source firewall and routing platform designed for network security, traffic control, and perimeter ...
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