Linux kernel module whitelisting
In the last weeks, several high severity vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel have been exposed (most notably Copy Fail and Dirty Frag), leading to local privilege escalations (LPE). …
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Garagentormotor in Home Assistant einbinden
Unser Garagentor wurde bereits als wir die Garage übernahmen von einem Motor angetrieben. Um genau zu sein von einem „novoferm VivoPort“. Der hat zwar immerhin eine Fernbedienung, aber leider auch nur genau eine. Man könnte welche nachkaufen und anlernen, aber die hätte ich dann im entscheidenden Moment doch nicht dabei.1
- Wir nutzen die Garage eher mit Fahrrädern, sodass es keine Lösung ist, die Fernbedienung einfach im Auto oder beim Autoschlüssel zu lagern. ↩
Document management, part 3: Scanning documents
I previously always used gscan2pdf for scanning. A great piece of software for technically minded folks, providing tweaks for every option and kind of integrating OCR. But for batch scanning, that workflow was simply too cumbersome. And OCR was automatically done in a later stage anyway, as discussed in the first part of this post series. So I had a look at the alternatives. …
Document management, part 2: Nextcloud full text search
Nextcloud is my favorite piece of self-hosted software. It is so universal that it replaced almost everything else I used before. And I remember my surprise about the simplicity of setting up calendar and contact syncing via CalDAV a decade ago using Nextcloud, compared to earlier self-hosted solutions. …
Document management, part 1: Paperless-ngx
Nobody likes paper folders. And although I don't expect having to move ever again, if I do, I don't want to carry boxes of them around. So I set out to finally digitize all of them. …