How to download a file from a remote Linux server via SCP in Windows using Cmder
If you’re working on Windows and you need to grab a file from a remote Linux server over SSH, make sure you use Cmder. Once you have Cmder extracted, you […]
2017
Hashcheck – the best way to calculate and verify checksums on Windows
HashCheck is the quickest and easiest way to verify downloaded files on Windows. Originally developed at code.kliu.org, HashCheck was left to languish for since 2009 until @gurnec took over stewardship […]
SSH keygen best practice for cmder
Bang this into cmder. mkdir %CMDER_ROOT%\config\.ssh and then this ssh-keygen -o -a 100 -t ed25519 -f %CMDER_ROOT%\config\.ssh\id_ed25519 Which will output something like this: Generating public/private ed25519 key pair. Enter passphrase […]
SSH without passwords in Windows using cmder
Being able to log into remote servers without remembering each unique password is one of the great things about the public-key system. In Linux this is pretty much expected behaviour, […]
Android, MTP and Windows programs
It’s frustrating how many older Windows programs handle MTP – they simply pretend it doesn’t exist. I wanted to dedupe some photos and videos between my OnePlus 3 and the […]
Configuring the Red Scarf III 84 (RS84) keyboard layout
I have been envious of the neatness of my friend’s 60% keyboards for some years. I’ve also liked the idea of taking up less desk space and minimising the amount […]
How to manually kill a MariaDB process
Thanks to Wojtek Dmyszewicz on StackOverflow for saving me time and frustration when I ran into [ERROR] InnoDB: Unable to lock ./ibdata1, error while working with MariaDB at the command […]
Setting up a WordPress site using EasyEngine 3.7
Creating WordPress sites on a $5/month VPS such as DigitalOcean with EasyEngine is incredibly rapid. Installing EasyEngine is a single command and then setting up a WordPress site with the […]
SSL A rating with SSL Labs
I was getting a B rating when testing my newly Let’s Encrypted site with Qualys SSL Labs. The solution was to add a strong DH group to NGINX – here’s how to do it.