If you use a odroid device like my odroid n2 you should know that the OFTEN needed DRM Browser Plugin “Widevine” in NOT available by default for ARM64. Google free Browser Chromium does not support Widevine without hacking (extracting from a Chromebook OS Recovery ARMHf/32bit Image.) I was not able to get it to run on Armbian or ubuntu for odroid. Its much simpler to setup Android and use the Apps like Amazon Video or else.. Google does NOT offer a Widevine to ARM64 CPU Support by default. Try x86 TV Sticks or Boxes like the intel tv stick if […]
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Ubuntu Bug NetworkManager openvpn plugin fails
If you setup Ubuntu 18.04 with openvpn you must install all Network Manager Plugins to run a stable VPN do: sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome network-manager network-manager-gnome This fixes dependencies of Plugins to openvpn like pptp and more! The Syslog does not show any informations whats happening! only like this: vpn-connection[ID-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX,”vpn”,34:(tun0)]: VPN plugin: failed: connect-failed (1) seen: 2019/10/31
Bug: AVM Router Repeater Mesh Stream Problems
Since latest Updates of AVM Router Firmware the Devices are sold with MESH Option but this FAILS! Background: Mesh should handle the best Connect between Router + Repeater and used Devices Mesh Service produces own Communication Traffic which is added to your default WIFI TRAFFIC! The Repeaters do NOT offer 3 or 4 seperated WIFI NICs for handling the Traffic If you buy new Repeaters look that they have minimum 4 Channels (2,4+5GHZ to Router and 2,4+5GHZ to the Devices like TV,Laptop and more.. If you have LAN Cables next to the Repeaters, you should prefer at the Repeater LAN-to-WIFI […]
WordPress Anonymous Comments DSGVO
To set this for Privacy DSGVO protection do: enable Comments at WordPress Settings discussion! go to your Theme folder search functions.php insert: function wpb_alter_comment_form_fields($fields) { unset($fields['author']); unset($fields['email']); unset($fields['url']); return $fields; } add_filter('comment_form_default_fields', 'wpb_alter_comment_form_fields'); edit style.css insert as last lines: .comment-notes { display:none; }
Script DNS Blocker DNSMASQ
If you tested pihole, you perhaps look for a smaller Command Line version? Install dnsmasq by: sudo apt-get install dnsmasq Here DNS Rule Injector Script (copy & paste): blocker.sh # www.linuxonlinehelp.eu 2019 # DNS Blocker for Small Linux with dnsmasq # #!/bin/bash # goto tmp (tmpfs) cd /tmp/ # get URL-Blocklists wget -O blocklist.txt https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Kowabit.txt # get Templates #SET Variables txt='blocklist.txt' IP='0.0.0.0' # set to 0.0.0.0 or to a Webserver with "white Page" showing Text "URL-blocked!! #merge URLs and redirect to wanted IP – Rule creation n=1; while read line; do echo 'address=/'$line'/$IP '>> 02-blocked1.conf ; n=$((n+1)); done < $txt […]
Ubuntu 18.04 Backlight Control Command Line
By default the xbacklight command does not work on Intel HD Graphics: Workaround: sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-intel.conf: insert: Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "intel" Option "Backlight" "/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight" EndSection now add to startup / autostart (lxde) : xbacklight -set 30
Briar decentralized Peer to Peer Messenger
If you have used Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram etc. last time and other Messenger, you perhaps now looking for a more secure Messenger, thats the point to Test Briar Messenger a Peer to Peer Messenger which uses NO SERVER as INTERFACE ! Source: briarproject.org Download-APK ..kick your old Messenger from the Phone !!
Pihole DNS Adblocker
If you have outdated PC’s you can give them a Second Life as DNS Adblocker! You can get the free Software Package at pi-hole.net Don’t buy high priced preinstalled devices on NET cause a lot of the Resellers DONT DONATE the pi-hole Developers Group!!! Advantages: Less Homecalls of all Devices at your Home, like TV’s, Tablets, Phones and more Less Advertisement by Internet Browsing Less Fingerprints on Internet Faster Website Access Live Logview by “pihole -t” shows the Spy’s of your Network Reduce Network Load of all Wifi Routers an Repeaters (MESH LOAD) Reduce Heat and Power Consumption of […]
Android Cleanup NonRoot
If you use a Android Phone you should cleanup by Reset every 6 Month: Remove of Background Apps Remove blown up Updates Remove unused Apps Disable unused Apps preinstalled Raise Security Raise Privacy Reduce burned Bandwith from App Homecalls Use Siteload to reinstall LESS Apps Use Browser against Apps ! Reduce Backlinks of Apps to Cloud Remove Google Account Reset Advertisment-ID at Google Settings Reset Phone Settings, often useful! Disable Mobile Net+Wifi Access to unused preinstalled Apps! Control Homecalls by connect to a OpenWRT Router with iftop! Increase Battery runtime. Remove E-Mail, Social-Media Apps against Viruses over Chat and Mails […]
mj12bot hammer mediawiki
Here some IP’s of some Botnet Servers of mj12bot.com: the Botnet ignores robots.txt and hammers on Mediawiki’s! A sorted output of a Log done with : cat /var/log/apache2/other*.log|grep MJ | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n Output for ufw Firewalls: 162.210.196.97 144.76.3.131 148.251.195.14 5.9.158.195 173.208.157.186 176.31.255.65 178.63.34.189 69.30.198.186 144.76.60.198 40.121.210.108 5.189.152.91 5.9.66.153 69.30.198.242 69.30.205.218 81.109.126.245 192.99.10.47 If this doesn’t help the use “Apache AUTH Basic” to block unwanted access!! It’s easy to setup.
Social Bots the Business Killer
If you have a small Company and you want to raise up your Startup Business you often asked to buy Support by Developers (eMail) or Big Data Companies (goo, fb .. etc.) to use their Marketing Tools like Social Bots, automated Scripts and more.. But take care this can be your Business Killer cause: Trust is lost if Bots are recognized by the Users too much Ads or Trash Posts forces Humans to leave if trust is gone the Users logoff from current Social Media Channel, for example “fb” loses much Users last time and was enforced to integrate new […]
WordPress Gutenberg Editor fails on modsecurity2
If you use modsecurity2 Plugin Filter on a Apache2 / Apache24 Setup then on my Blogs Gutenberg fails to SAVE Pages and Drafts. Workaround: Install the old but useful “Classic Editor Plugin” and replace Gutenberg for all Users! Background: It seems the lastest stable mod_security2 Rules not modified for Gutenberg post urls!
Convert WordPress Blog into Static Websites
For some reasons you want to convert your WordPress with Linux Tools into a Static Website: low level Hosting no SQL + PHP for higher Security Then open a Terminal and enter into a Text Editor: nano wp2statis.sh: #!/bin/bash wget \ –recursive \ –no-clobber \ –page-requisites \ –html-extension \ –convert-links \ –restrict-file-names=windows $url-of-site exit 0 Advantage? wget runs on most WP-Themes low Load on the convert Process Script can be used to run by Cron automaticly every Night !
WordPress Speed Test Optimization
If you use WordPress and you want to get better results on search engines and social media checkout: Load Speed at Google free Speed Analyser for Developer https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ Reduce and Control the Plugins Reduce and Control Images at Content and Image Sizes 50-100 kb Limits Use latest PHP Version if possible 7.3 Use cached MySQL if available Result: If green your Job is done well.. cause old rule, LESS is often MORE
Split Files on embedded Linux Systems
If you run a embedded Linux PC like raspi often some Linux Commands fail without error messages, cause the hardware performance is low tech. Same i have seen on the split command.. to split a 50GB Photos-Archive File to 4Gb on a USB Drive i found out that: sudo split -b 4096m -d -u Photos.tgz Photos-Archive_ fix the job.. Cause option -u disable IO-Caching over the 2.0 USB Port to the RAM of the raspi that the Data of the Output Stream is written direct to the Drive.
FastGlacier Client on Linux AWS Cloud Backup
If you are a Newbie on AWS Glacier Cloud Backup you want to use a simple Backup Uploader you can use FastGlacier inside Wine! Major Info: Glacier puts only Files up to 4GB size, split 50GB Tar/Zip Files to 4GB!! Setup AWS free Account !! Go to IAM create User, set User Role to Glacier full access Write down User and Password key at IAM now go right to you loved Cloud Area like Frankfurt or Asia Setup new vault, logout.. install wine install winetricks dotnet40 Framework install FastGlacier have fun.. sudo apt-get install wine sudo apt-get install winetricks Run […]