
Improving my mail server setup 27 may 2018 | Last updated: 27 may 2018 00:00
After switching from SpamAssassin to rspamd for spam classification I wasn't completely happy yet with the separation I had achieved. More and more I find myself splitting off functions on my server into jails and I wanted to achieve more separation of unauthenticated content processing with storage of data.
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The simplest LetsEncrypt for Apache 10 sep 2017
mod_md
is by far the simplest way to add LetsEncrypt signed certificates to your Apache httpd server. Just add one line of configuration and you're done!

acme-client 30 dec 2016 | Last updated: 15 dec 2017 00:00
This should be the final and my definitive guide on using Let's Encrypt and acme-client on FreeBSD. I've written multiple posts about this but things have changed again. I believe that the LetsEncrypt service is now stable and the acme-client seems to be stable as well.
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Using your jails easier 11 dec 2016 | Last updated: 11 dec 2016 00:00
Recently on Twitter I said I was using jx
to run programs in my FreeBSD jails and there were requests to create a port for them. As I think these are so basic, I decided to just create a short blogpost and host the scripts myself. Whilst doing so I discovered that over the years my scripts grew stale even though they still worked!

Modernizing the OpenSSL port 02 oct 2016 | Last updated: 02 oct 2016 00:00
During the last EuroBSDCon in Belgrade I took maintainership of the OpenSSL port in FreeBSD. At the same time there were OpenSSL releases fixing vulnerabilities and emergency fixes for regressions introduced. The port had not been updated to recent ports framework and I wanted to get it in line with latest porting techniques.
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