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Secure stateless token authentication
29 Apr 2026 | Read more... | comments
Recently I once again came into the situation that I needed to authenticate and identify endusers without a local user database. I only rely on the Access Token returned by an OpenID Connect auth server. However, I also couldn’t disclose the token to the enduser, because that would enable them...
KW 8/26 Voyager - Helio Strap - Alterskontrollen
22 Feb 2026 | Read more... | comments
Star Trek Voyager - Across the Unknown Diese Woche kam das Spiel “Star Trek Voyager - Across the Unknown” raus, und nachdem ich heldenhaft 24 Stunden durchhielt, habe ich es mir gekauft. Ich bin kein grosser Freund der “Fallout: Shelter”-aehnlichen Baumechaniken, aber die Tatsache dass wir in 2026 - 31...
Fixing recipient_delimiter in postfix/dovecot/mariadb/ldap
01 Jun 2025 | Read more... | comments
For a long while now I used a throwaway email domain where literally AnyStupidCombo@throwaway.example.com would be delivered to my primary mailbox. That works very well for me personally, but it doesn’t scale to a mailserver of ~20 active users (ie: closest family). I never did get the + delimited version...
Using an Ergolutions / Tuya Desk controller with Home Assistant
15 Sep 2024 | Read more... | comments
A year or so ago I got one of my best additions to my Home Office: a convertible standing desk. I can raise it up to stand at it, or lower it down to sit, or have it somewhere in between so I can store my chair underneath the desk...
Connecting to LANCom VPN via NetworkManager / StrongSWAN
24 Jun 2024 | Read more... | comments
Recently my wife switched from Windows to Linux on her personal laptop. She also uses the device to connect to her employer’s VPN through a BYOD policy, so I wanted to setup the VPN connection, an excercise I expected to take all of two minutes. Ha-ha, right. Fair warning: I...