AIDE Ledger - Quick Reference Essential Commands Only Updated: 2025-12-07 🚀 The 4 Core Operations 1️⃣ Run AIDE Check # Run integrity check and save to log aide -...

If your system could testify, AIDE would be its expert witness. In this article, we take the next step — not just monitoring integrity, but proving it. With automation, cryptographic signatures, an...

This guide accompanies the main article, AIDE in Motion: Automating and Signing System Integrity Checks, and pairs with the AIDE Daily Integrity Checklist for a concise, printable summary of the wo...

This checklist is a companion to the main article, AIDE in Motion, and the detailed AIDE Automation Build Guide, which explains each step in greater depth. ✅ AIDE Daily Integrity Automation — Bui...

Before dashboards, before SIEMs, there was one simple question: “Did my files change?” AIDE still answers that — silently and faithfully. 🔍 Why File Integrity Still Matters My first exposure t...

Virtualization tech — once locked away in enterprise data centers — now powers all kinds of home labs. I use mine for learning, tinkering, and running services like Proxmox VE. Whether you’re runni...

“A deep dive into QubesOS network isolation and how to verify your VPN, TOR, and inter-VM firewalling actually works.” 📝 Introduction I began my IT career as a client/server programmer before t...

If you’re setting up Samba shares, you’re probably aiming for something deceptively simple—“I just want to share a folder.” But like many IT pros (myself included), you’ve likely hit a moment wher...

When I first got into IT, I was all about planning. I’d spend hours researching, mapping everything out, and building the “perfect” install plan before touching anything. But, like most people find...

Enable secure, controlled file sharing across Windows and Linux clients using Samba. This guide walks you through a basic setup, which forms the foundation for building a secure, maintainable file ...