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    WTB: cheap mATX or smaller motherboard/cpu combo for HTPC

    tempting offer, but i was mentioning the CPU to give you an idea of the age of the system... i'd really like to upgrade the graphics performance, especially for x265... and replace the motherboard with something a bit newer as well learning a bit more about the more recent AMD APUs w/ the vega...
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    WTB: cheap mATX or smaller motherboard/cpu combo for HTPC

    Just looking for a cpu/board combo, very happy with my Silverstone htpc chassis and everything else in the box
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    WTB: cheap mATX or smaller motherboard/cpu combo for HTPC

    evening friends, my HTPC has served me dutifully for far too long (celeron G1840), time to upgrade it i think i'm looking for a mATX, probably something AMD based w/ an APU, couple year old should be fine, it'd be nice if it can do x265, it'd be rad if it could push 4k 60hz out the HDMI...
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    Tabs vs spaces

    once i found out i could have my editor map my tab key to insert 2 spaces, i didn't care about tabs vs spaces...
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    What would you use something like this for?

    VyOS is a good suggestion... rolling your own linux router/switch ok too.. i would want to know what kind of NICs those are...
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    Hosting apache2 server locally

    you can pay like $2.50/mo for a VPS from vultr that would be way better than a rpi on your home connection... feel free to use my referral code :P https://www.vultr.com/?ref=7237348
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    Home Security

    you don't want wifi security cameras
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    HAWT: Micca MB42X-C Speaker (Refurb) $49.99 each

    i think i may have got the last one... only one left... been needing to grab a center to finish out my system... only thing left is to replace my sub...
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    I don't know if this is the right area to ask this.

    totally not interchangeable... i found this post super confusing... much better to refer to it as "powerline networking" and there is no real industry standard, that's what's so obnoxious about powerline networking... i know ubnt was looking at providing a robust powerline networking solution...
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    Wiring for a home - Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 6a?

    This question is probably discussed monthly, someone should really do a sticky
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    Hax and firewalls?

    Yes
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    The Supply of Steam Link Hardware Is Almost Gone

    anybody know of anyone hacking these and putting android on them or something?
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    Dealing with users who avoid screensaver/lock screen?

    internet filtering should probably be minimal, i'm ok with blocking ads at the workplace, as they're a big attack vector for malware... but you're probably right, when management wants to talk about blocking social media or other time wasters, a lot of times i push back... if you feel like your...
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    Dealing with users who avoid screensaver/lock screen?

    All technical solutions to a non technical problem. I would spend 0 time on this subject and go straight to HR to report policy violations, if there is no policy you should get one made And if HR doesn't care then you shouldn't care
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    Bluetooth Amplifier Board: D3116 50 watts x 2 starting at $7.80 shipped

    This thread made me think of https://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/audiovideo/build-your-own-professionalgrade-audio-amp-on-the-sort-of-cheap Kind of want to build one of these
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    MONOPRICE Early Black Friday Sale

    excluded products: https://www.monoprice.com/cart/couponproductdtl?couponid=128482&ListType=exclude&CouponName=BFNOW
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    Help me build a Professional Home Network.

    i'd get 6a for if 2.5g or 5g ever end up taking off... and i thought shielding was built in to the 6a spec... although i've seen 6a that are unshielded, do these really meet the spec? basically, the only real way to make your home future proof is to run smurf everywhere.... that's what i'd...
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    Switches/router not made in China?

    i'm paying attention, and i've actually been reading the articles... i've yet to see compelling evidence, nobody is providing their sources, the closest thing to somewhat compelling evidence is the cambridge lab article on how it MIGHT be possible, but this article is grasping at a tremendous...
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    Still Untangle? UTM Unified Threat Management router firewall?

    That seems crazy cheap if it includes the ram and ssd
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    Switches/router not made in China?

    you can buy these: https://www.amazon.com/Electro-Deflecto-Unisex-Foil-Size/dp/B01I497JAM
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    China Embedded Spy Chips On Supermicro Motherboards

    and this is why you tightly firewall your out of band management on any server... this is why dedicated management vlans exist and why any remote user should be VPNing into such a network with plenty of security along with it...
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    Russian Hackers Use Malware That Can Survive OS Reinstalls

    They were putting root kits in Bios before, so I dunno that I would necessarily blame uefi... Just a different attack vector that's all
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    AMD Could Regain 30% of Global Desktop CPU Market Share in 4Q18

    i never said anything before Ryzen, so i don't know what you're talking about i'm also not anti-AMD and certainly not pro-Intel, i am just knowledgable enough to know just how entrenched the industry is in intel... not only that, but this is specifically about Desktop, which is pretty...
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    AMD Could Regain 30% of Global Desktop CPU Market Share in 4Q18

    that's not vmotion... basically this will force big clusters to be all AMD or all intel... if AMD keeps the lead for long enough and intel falters for long enough, it could become an option, but right now compared to the intel offerings, there are very few AMD products out there to make this...
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    AMD Could Regain 30% of Global Desktop CPU Market Share in 4Q18

    does vmotion work between AMD and intel cpus yet? AMD is notoriously weak in the datacenter, and some of the reasons for that are out of their control
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    AMD Could Regain 30% of Global Desktop CPU Market Share in 4Q18

    slot me firmly into the "i'll see it when i believe it" category
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    Running pfense, enable Lets Encrypt free SSL cert with Cloudfare

    no, no http exposure, your pfsense box doesn't have to http challenge like your typical internet facing web site, no web ports need to be exposed on the internet facing interfaces... allows you to stay masked if you so desire... this is about challenge response part of the auto-renewal process...
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    Running pfense, enable Lets Encrypt free SSL cert with Cloudfare

    Cloudflare provides the API so your secured endpoint can dymanically update it's dns-01 challenge, no exposure to the internet needed
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    I humbly approach for FreeNAS problem

    I wish freenas had better vm support... Been waiting for ages for a leap forward with bhyve but I get how they might want to keep this out of scope... Someone else should be working on a plug-in for it Freenas is really becoming very commercialized I fear
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    Running pfense, enable Lets Encrypt free SSL cert with Cloudfare

    Thanks for posting this, I've been wondering how I might do let's encrypt with some intranet type sites... I realized it would be best with the DNS challenge, unless you want to be opening http stuff to the internet... But you need some way for the server being secured to be able to change some...
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    I humbly approach for FreeNAS problem

    you should use DNS instead of coding static IPs in things... and you should probably also have a static DHCP entry in your DHCP servers for things on your network that provide a service (mmmm... servers, etc.) i generally set aside a special DHCP scope for this... so perhaps most of my client...
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    Someone please explain mx records to me..

    It's a matter of weighing the risks. You are at much higher risk right now on the path you're currently on. Higher risk than you likely realize.
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    Someone please explain mx records to me..

    An amazing amount of restraint shown here, agree with you 100%
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    Someone please explain mx records to me..

    I think this is probably a great topic for discussion. I can think of a lot of bad things that can happen to someone like yourself that is attempting to DIY this sort of thing. For one thing, how are you handling SPAM filtering? Are you doing domain validation? How are you gauranteeing that...
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    Someone please explain mx records to me..

    Running a mail server is not for amateurs. It's a fun project, but you'll run into problems much larger than this. Why not use Protonmail, it's free. I'm willing to bet a huge percentage of people you send mail to mark you as a spammer. You kind of sound like a crazy person if I'm being...
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    Why aren't routers with preconfigured IOT network segregation a thing?

    and that's how we got uPnP, which is a big security risk now... we need some sort of authenticated uPnP system with some actual cryptography backing it up...
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    Someone please explain mx records to me..

    you set up an MX record with whoever's doing your DNS, specifically, whoever your nameservers are with... i would probably start with your registrar, a lot of times they'll provide nameservers for you with their registration services... for joe shmoe with his joeshmoe.com domain, this is...
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    FTP being attacked?

    good firewall software or ftp software could also ban users after too many failed login attempts you could also ban some typical overseas ip blocks and get rid of a lot of noise as well, as long as you don't need chinese, russian, or malaysian people to be able to log on to your FTP
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    Why aren't routers with preconfigured IOT network segregation a thing?

    Appropriate https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/novel-attack-technique-uses-smart-light-bulbs-to-steal-data/
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