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2025-09-19 - Summer hurries not yet over

  • Speech recognition engine MacWhisper run locally (data remains local)
  • Calendar BusyCal as alternative to native MacOS Calendar.
  • Deployed an open source webshop web application 'opencart' in GCP with Cloud SQL as backend.
  • Protected above mentioned with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) before web application configured on nginx+google authenticator module (users and tokens via PAM (/etc/ga-secrets)).
  • Participated on SUSE Partner event in RIYADH (organized by Ingram, thanks for invite, guys)
  • Database server EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL Extended Server (edb-pge)
    • Setting up Transparent Data Encryption 
    • Setting up Replication to the second server 
    • Enabling High Availability (HA) with EnterpriseDB Failover Manager (edb-efm)
  • SIP phone Grandstream WP816 firmware upgrade
  • VPN tunnel between home and cloud environments using Cisco ASA5505 to OPNsense
    • Obtaining and activating Free 3DES-AES license from CIsco
    • Upgrading from v8.2 to minimum v9.1 to support IKEv2 and IPSEC
      • Install TFTP server/client on Windows XP (tftpd32 by Philippe Jounin amd PumpKIN by Klever Group)
  • Network Printer HP LaserJet 1320dn configuration for ability to print remotely (behind VPN)
  • Began a list of software with latest supported versions
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