FortiOS 7.6.8: Certificate-Based IPsec Authentication Using the Wrong Local ID Type Paid Members Public
After upgrading to FortiOS 7.6.8, one IPsec tunnel used ASN.1 DN instead of FQDN. The issue may affect setups with multiple certificate-based tunnels and was resolved by setting ike-localid-type to fqdn.
Gateway API: New stuff breaks old things Paid Members Public
The Kubernetes Gateway API is certainly more powerful than the much simpler Ingress, which can cause significant headaches when migrating existing deployments.
Structured YAML diffs for Helm Paid Members Public
Helm diffs used to be misleading unified-diff hunks buried in noise - and once an AI review stage started reading them too, that noise started costing tokens and time. Here's how we made this smarter.
FortiGate: Missing Policy on Virtual Server Causes Silent Drop Paid Members Public
Traffic was routing correctly, policies looked clean, and the flow debug showed no denial - yet the connection stalled.
LVM cache and mismatched logical block sizes Paid Members Public
LVM cache needs the origin and cache disks to share the same logical sector size (512 vs 4096). If they differ, LVM errors out.
SAS Drives Showing 0B in lsblk and Missing from Multipath: The 520-Byte Sector Problem Paid Members Public
Enterprise SAS SSDs repurposed from storage arrays often arrive formatted with 520-byte sectors — a T10 DIF/PI integrity field used by array controllers that Linux cannot handle. The kernel rejects the drive entirely, reporting 0B in lsblk and leaving multipathd with nothing to work with.
Enhanced RDP Security: Understanding Microsoft's New Phishing Protection Mechanism Paid Members Public
Microsoft has introduced a robust two-tier security system to protect users from malicious Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) files. This enhanced phishing protection mechanism adds crucial verification layers that help organizations maintain secure remote access while protecting against sophisticated social engineering attacks. The Two-Part Security Framework Part 1: Digital Signature Verification
rook ceph - unmap stuck rbd Paid Members Public
You might find yourself in a situation where you need to push rook ceph a little to unmount RBDs in order to unblock PV operations.
