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Robert Penz Blog
About Linux, IT security,tips and tricks and otherstuff that comes into my mind
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Evolution of the LWZ Monitoring: From Python to ESPHome

| | Linux, Other
It’s been over a decade since I first poked around the serial interface of my Stiebel Eltron LWZ 403 SOL. What started as a “cable investigation” with a technician’s notebook has grown ...
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Proxmox Container with Debian 10 does not work after upgrade

| | HowTo, Linux
I just did an apt update / upgrade of a Debian 10 container and restarted it afterwards and got following: # pct start 105 Job for [email protected] failed because the control process ...
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Howto visualize your water meter and get alerted if too much water is used

| | HowTo, Linux, networking
In the village I live the water meter is replaced every 5 years and it was the fifth’s year this year. I took the opportunity to talk to the municipal office, if ...

Howto install Wireguard in an unprivileged container (Proxmox)

| | HowTo, IT Security, Linux, networking
Wireguard is the new star on the block concerning VPNs – and yes it has some benefits to the old VPN technologies but I won’t talk about them as there is much ...

Howto install Bitwarden in a LXC container (e.g. Proxmox)

| | IT Security, Linux
As many of you know me, I’m quite serious about security and therefore a believer in the theory that a service which is not reachable (e.g. from the Internet) cannot be attacked ...
QuickTip: Howto secure your Mikrotik/RouterOS Router and specially Winbox

QuickTip: Howto secure your Mikrotik/RouterOS Router and specially Winbox

| | HowTo, IT Security, networking
I didn’t post anything about the multiple security problems in the Mikrotik Winbox API, as I thought that whoever is leaving the management of a router open to the Internet should not ...
Some VPN providers leak your IPv6 IP address

Some VPN providers leak your IPv6 IP address

| | IT Security, networking
Just a short note. Today a friend called me if I could help him to get TV streaming from TV stations in the US running. When I looked at it, he even ...
How to configure a Mikrotik router as DHCP-PD Client (Prefix delegation)

How to configure a Mikrotik router as DHCP-PD Client (Prefix delegation)

| | networking
Over time more and more IPS provide IPv6 addresses to the router (and the clients behind it) via DHCP-PD. To be more verbose, that’s DHCPv6 with Prefix delegation delegation. This allows the ...
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Tips / Solutions for settings up OpenVPN on Debian 9 within Proxmox / LCX containers

| | General
When I tried to migrate my OpenVPN setup to a container on my new Proxmox server I run into multiple problems, where searching through the Internet provided solutions that did not work ...