Frankie

@wasteofserver
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Living and idling at https://wasteofserver.com/
https://wasteofserver.com/tplink/ @Tplink have you thought about making the API official? #IoT #tplink
TP-Link HS100 - Godsend for Smart Home Integration

The following code works on the HS100, HS105 and HS110, it may be compatible with more models, but was tested with success on these.

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Java; terminal with ANSI colors in Windows, Linux & IntelliJ

I've run into this problem more times than I’d like, always having to retrace my steps to get things working again; so I’m putting this online as a reference.

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A dive into the data recovery world while developing a custom tool to capture Zoom M3 wav files https://wasteofserver.com/zoom-m3-mictrak-file-recovery/ #datarecover #zoom
Zoom M3 MicTrak file recovery

How a series of inconspicuous events lead to a journey deep into the binary encoding of RIFF files and this data recovery tool

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Permanently delete unwanted emails from Gmail. Out of sight, out of mind!

Getting unwanted emails from a specific sender and can’t resist checking the trash? This guide will help you remove them for good.

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@HAProxy once more to the rescue! Rate limit 404 bots. https://wasteofserver.com/stop-404-prying-bots-with-haproxy/ #haproxy #security
Stop 404 prying bots with HAProxy

If you manage a public facing web server, you'll have noticed that bots try their luck on a myriad of non-existing pages. Leverage HAProxy to stop them at the door.

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Latest episode now live, a rant on API design and how Pepsi broke that contract with the consumers.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3nXpvFvh3ILD9qXfK7W2Xo

Pepsi broke the contract

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We've posted a guide on how to use Postfix to relay via Gmail. Now you can really read those logwatch logs! ;)

https://wasteofserver.com/postfix-using-gmail-as-a-relay-server/

Postfix using Gmail as a relay server

It's trivial to configure your box to dispatch emails via an external SMTP provider like Gmail.

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Mitigate WordPress attacks when running under Cloudflare podcast is now available for listening.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xD5FbMqGNmNeLnjjWKnzx?si=FldUBzACTGK8fZEThHMcmg

Mitigate attacks on WordPress when running under Cloudflare

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Cygwin sometimes creates files that Windows cannot delete. You can tackle that using `takedown`.

https://wasteofserver.com/cygwin-created-file-cannot-delete/

Cygwin Created File - Cannot Delete

If you open permissions on a file or folder and get this message: Permissions Are Incorrectly Ordered And if you list files in Cygwin and the user:group looks like this: [waste@server /cygdrive/e/folder_with_bad_permissions]# ll total 172K drwxr-x---+ 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 Jun

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How to mitigate attacks on WordPress when running under a full CDN like Cloudflare

How to restrict a user when the IP you're getting hit with belongs to the CDN (Content Distribution Network)? This is a guide on how to leverage an OSI Level 7 Proxy, such as HAProxy, to scope and filter malicious requests.

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