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2026-10-21

34.

Eight Bits of Trust; eMudhra's CA keys cracked in milliseconds

scotthelme.co.uk/eight-bits-of-trust-emudhras-ca-keys-cracked-in-milliseconds

One of eMudhra's certificate authority private keys is the number 4.

Not a number that starts with 4, or the number 4 followed by a few hundred random digits, just, 4... Another one is 56, and another is 115.

2026-10-07

29.

Let's Encrypt with OpenBSD and Rex

foo.zone/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.html

A detailed Rex example.

28.

KISS high-availability with OpenBSD

foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.html

Uses base OpenBSD to provide a highly available static website, with plenty of hints to expand to more complicated services.

This article introduced me to the configuration management tool Rex, which I'm super grateful for!