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Meeting in Hudson and Main Street Contest

by Joshua Stone

Hey all, I'm posting to confirm that the venue for our upcoming in-person meeting at 7PM will be held at the Hudson Public Library! We may also want to look into eating options after the meeting, many of which are on Main Street: https://www.discoverhudson.org/taste/ My vote goes to the Rail Trail Flatbread which is close to the library and has some incredibly tasty menu items! And speaking of main streets, I'm happy to announce that Hudson has become a semi-finalist for the Main Street Contest! https://mainstreetcontest.com https://mainstreetcontest.com/profile/102 I think it's awesome that the town has seen so much growth since we moved here and gives us a sense of community. I'm excited to see where it'll go! - Josh

Nov. 15, 2021

Re: Use same hostname internally and externally

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "brad" == brad <bkn(a)ithryn.net> writes: brad> On Nov 12, 2021, at 19:34, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: brad> "brad" == brad via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: brad> To quickly summarize my problem/question, I’d like to host a brad> nextcloud server at my house and be able to access it with the brad> same hostname whether I’m home or away. brad> I own a domain, let’s call it example.com. Its main DNS record brad> points to a node at digital oceans. However I’d like to host a brad> sub-domain at my house, let’s call it brad> home.example.com. Currently home.example.com resolves to a brad> routable IP address at my house. brad> - When I’m on the road, I’d like to be able to connect to https://home.example.come brad> - When I’m home, I’d like to be able to connect to https://home.example.com. brad> The above works on a well-behaved desktop receiving dns servers brad> via dhcp. Specifically, I have setup local dns to resolve brad> home.example.com to 192.168.1.1. Searching this topic has taught brad> me that this method is called Split-DNS. brad> However android and iOS do not appear to honer my local dns brad> server — I’m not sure why — so they resolve the address to a brad> routable IP and connect from within the private 192.168.1.0 brad> subnet. My firewall sees this and drops it b/c it is a brad> non-routable IP address connecting to the external interface. (I brad> got this info by running tcpdump and watching traffic). brad> Are your iphone and android getting their data from the Wifi network brad> or their phone network? brad> This is a great question and led to what I believe is the solution. brad> You might need to sniff port 53 traffic on brad> your firewall and see where they're sending queries to. Then you brad> might need to block or redirect those queries to your own internal DNS brad> server. brad> I did sniff port 53 (and 853) to observe dns traffic. I also brad> sniffed port 67 and 68 to make sure that the DNS server was brad> getting sent w/ the dhcp request. All was good on the dhcp brad> front, and port 53 sniffing did display the fact that my brad> internal domain names were getting resolved to CNAMEs, but on brad> Andoird, it stopped at that step. I.e. android got a CNAME for brad> up.internal.example.com, but did not resolve the CNAME any brad> further. Interesting, I'm kinda surprised. brad> Has anyone attempted something similar? Is there something I’m brad> overlooking? (Probably) You might need/want to reboot the Android, or see if there's a way to flush it's own internal DNS cache. But I don't have any android to play with at home. brad> I've been meaning to do it myself, putting in a local internal brad> override for my dynamic DNS external name, so I can conncent from both brad> inside and outside (when I'm on the $WORK VPN mostly) without having brad> to remember things. Silly to bounce SSH across the country to get brad> downstairs... but when you sit at a $WORK laptop most days... it's brad> nice to be able to hit home stuff via SSH and screen. brad> Agreed, I recently setup wireguard to use as VPN for this brad> purpose. I just ssh home, no really need for wireguard at this time. brad> My goal is to not do special configurations on enduser devices. A laudable goal for sure! brad> What is your firewall or router at home? Depending on what you have, brad> you might be able to block outgoing port 53 traffic, or redirect it to brad> your internal DNS server so those devices get the results you want. brad> I use OpnSense at home, so if that's what you're using, we can work brad> together on this. brad> My firewall is openbsd — my preferred firewall OS as I love pf — brad> and my name server is unbound. I believe OpnSense is built on a brad> BSD, so unbound maybe an option for you. I'm already running unbound as my internal DNS server. brad> On to the solution, or at least ‘what works for me’. As far as I brad> can tell unbound is not an authoritative name server, so I had brad> to change all the CNAMEs to A records. That is a little annoying brad> when I comes to my config file, but it does work. No, unbound works just fine as an authoritative nameserver from what I know. It's dnsmasq which doesn't work as an authoritative. I think the solution of using A records is actually the right one, since you want to override the outside world's A record for your hostname, so using a CNAME inside isn't going to really help because it will lookup the name, and I *think* A records are a higher priority than CNAMEs in the response. So just doing a CNAME won't do the trick. Since it's not something that changes often, having to buidl your own A record shouldn't be that big a deal. brad> For your reference, a related bug report for opnsense is linked brad> below with subsequent links about why unbound and CNAMEs do not brad> go together. brad> https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/1041 This is an old bug, I'm running the latest production release of OpnSense and unbound, so I think I'm ok. brad> Thanks for provoking my curiosity into the eventual solution! Excellent! John

Nov. 13, 2021

Re: Use same hostname internally and externally

by brad

> On Nov 12, 2021, at 19:34, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>>> "brad" == brad via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > brad> To quickly summarize my problem/question, I’d like to host a > brad> nextcloud server at my house and be able to access it with the > brad> same hostname whether I’m home or away. > > brad> I own a domain, let’s call it example.com. Its main DNS record > brad> points to a node at digital oceans. However I’d like to host a > brad> sub-domain at my house, let’s call it > brad> home.example.com. Currently home.example.com resolves to a > brad> routable IP address at my house. > > brad> - When I’m on the road, I’d like to be able to connect to https://home.example.come > brad> - When I’m home, I’d like to be able to connect to https://home.example.com. > > brad> The above works on a well-behaved desktop receiving dns servers > brad> via dhcp. Specifically, I have setup local dns to resolve > brad> home.example.com to 192.168.1.1. Searching this topic has taught > brad> me that this method is called Split-DNS. > > brad> However android and iOS do not appear to honer my local dns > brad> server — I’m not sure why — so they resolve the address to a > brad> routable IP and connect from within the private 192.168.1.0 > brad> subnet. My firewall sees this and drops it b/c it is a > brad> non-routable IP address connecting to the external interface. (I > brad> got this info by running tcpdump and watching traffic). > > Are your iphone and android getting their data from the Wifi network > or their phone network? This is a great question and led to what I believe is the solution. > You might need to sniff port 53 traffic on > your firewall and see where they're sending queries to. Then you > might need to block or redirect those queries to your own internal DNS > server. > I did sniff port 53 (and 853) to observe dns traffic. I also sniffed port 67 and 68 to make sure that the DNS server was getting sent w/ the dhcp request. All was good on the dhcp front, and port 53 sniffing did display the fact that my internal domain names were getting resolved to CNAMEs, but on Andoird, it stopped at that step. I.e. android got a CNAME for up.internal.example.com, but did not resolve the CNAME any further. > brad> Has anyone attempted something similar? Is there something I’m > brad> overlooking? (Probably) > > I've been meaning to do it myself, putting in a local internal > override for my dynamic DNS external name, so I can conncent from both > inside and outside (when I'm on the $WORK VPN mostly) without having > to remember things. Silly to bounce SSH across the country to get > downstairs... but when you sit at a $WORK laptop most days... it's > nice to be able to hit home stuff via SSH and screen. > Agreed, I recently setup wireguard to use as VPN for this purpose. > brad> My goal is to not do special configurations on enduser devices. > > What is your firewall or router at home? Depending on what you have, > you might be able to block outgoing port 53 traffic, or redirect it to > your internal DNS server so those devices get the results you want. > > I use OpnSense at home, so if that's what you're using, we can work > together on this. > My firewall is openbsd — my preferred firewall OS as I love pf — and my name server is unbound. I believe OpnSense is built on a BSD, so unbound maybe an option for you. On to the solution, or at least ‘what works for me’. As far as I can tell unbound is not an authoritative name server, so I had to change all the CNAMEs to A records. That is a little annoying when I comes to my config file, but it does work. For your reference, a related bug report for opnsense is linked below with subsequent links about why unbound and CNAMEs do not go together. https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/1041 Thanks for provoking my curiosity into the eventual solution! — brad

Nov. 13, 2021

Re: Use same hostname internally and externally

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "brad" == brad via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: brad> To quickly summarize my problem/question, I’d like to host a brad> nextcloud server at my house and be able to access it with the brad> same hostname whether I’m home or away. brad> I own a domain, let’s call it example.com. Its main DNS record brad> points to a node at digital oceans. However I’d like to host a brad> sub-domain at my house, let’s call it brad> home.example.com. Currently home.example.com resolves to a brad> routable IP address at my house. brad> - When I’m on the road, I’d like to be able to connect to https://home.example.come brad> - When I’m home, I’d like to be able to connect to https://home.example.com. brad> The above works on a well-behaved desktop receiving dns servers brad> via dhcp. Specifically, I have setup local dns to resolve brad> home.example.com to 192.168.1.1. Searching this topic has taught brad> me that this method is called Split-DNS. brad> However android and iOS do not appear to honer my local dns brad> server — I’m not sure why — so they resolve the address to a brad> routable IP and connect from within the private 192.168.1.0 brad> subnet. My firewall sees this and drops it b/c it is a brad> non-routable IP address connecting to the external interface. (I brad> got this info by running tcpdump and watching traffic). Are your iphone and android getting their data from the Wifi network or their phone network? You might need to sniff port 53 traffic on your firewall and see where they're sending queries to. Then you might need to block or redirect those queries to your own internal DNS server. brad> Has anyone attempted something similar? Is there something I’m brad> overlooking? (Probably) I've been meaning to do it myself, putting in a local internal override for my dynamic DNS external name, so I can conncent from both inside and outside (when I'm on the $WORK VPN mostly) without having to remember things. Silly to bounce SSH across the country to get downstairs... but when you sit at a $WORK laptop most days... it's nice to be able to hit home stuff via SSH and screen. brad> My goal is to not do special configurations on enduser devices. What is your firewall or router at home? Depending on what you have, you might be able to block outgoing port 53 traffic, or redirect it to your internal DNS server so those devices get the results you want. I use OpnSense at home, so if that's what you're using, we can work together on this. John

Nov. 13, 2021

Use same hostname internally and externally

by brad

All, To quickly summarize my problem/question, I’d like to host a nextcloud server at my house and be able to access it with the same hostname whether I’m home or away. I own a domain, let’s call it example.com. Its main DNS record points to a node at digital oceans. However I’d like to host a sub-domain at my house, let’s call it home.example.com. Currently home.example.com resolves to a routable IP address at my house. - When I’m on the road, I’d like to be able to connect to https://home.example.come - When I’m home, I’d like to be able to connect to https://home.example.com. The above works on a well-behaved desktop receiving dns servers via dhcp. Specifically, I have setup local dns to resolve home.example.com to 192.168.1.1. Searching this topic has taught me that this method is called Split-DNS. However android and iOS do not appear to honer my local dns server — I’m not sure why — so they resolve the address to a routable IP and connect from within the private 192.168.1.0 subnet. My firewall sees this and drops it b/c it is a non-routable IP address connecting to the external interface. (I got this info by running tcpdump and watching traffic). Has anyone attempted something similar? Is there something I’m overlooking? (Probably) My goal is to not do special configurations on enduser devices. Thanks, — brad

Nov. 12, 2021

Re: Next Meeting November 18th, NOT the 11th.

by Joshua Stone

Hey Tim, We're good to go! I've reserved the conference room at the Hudon public library for the following times: Nov 18 @ 7:00PM - 8:30PM Dec 9 @ 7:00PM - 8:30PM I figured it'd be best to reserve the room for the December meeting just in case we decide to meet in-person again for the holidays. If we decide on a different venue, then I can free up that time slot. If anyone still needs to figure out parking, there are multiple options available with the library parking lot being the most convenient: https://www.discoverhudson.org/plan-your-visit/ - Josh On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 12:01 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Joshua, > > Please reserve a conference room for us at the Hudson Public Library. > > Chuck, an exploration of how Intel secreted minix into everybody's cpu's > would be a great talk! > > Tim. > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 11:16 AM Chuck Anderson via WLUG < > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > >> Happy Birthday Tim! >> >> I think we should do a talk on MINIX. Seriously! It is currently >> running on every Intel system out there these days, unbeknownst to >> most people, hidden away below your regular operating system: >> >> https://itsfoss.com/fact-intel-minix-case/ >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 08:59:46PM -0500, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: >> > 0. Thanks for the birthday wishes! My wife has pointed out that I've >> been >> > involved in WLUG for more than half my adult life at this point! >> > >> > 1. As for the dinner location, I have no idea, it's a surprise! >> > >> > 2. I'm totally down for having an in person meeting, we'd just have to >> find >> > a venue. The Hudson library worked really well, I'd be cool for that, of >> > other places are more central to others, we can figure something out. >> > Please propose locations and we'll figure out what works. I'm also not >> > opposed to having a rotating set of locations as long as it doesn't >> become >> > too confusing. >> > >> > 3. TrueNas Scale does look cool. There's talk of putting gluster on to >> of >> > ZFS for scale out storage, which slightly distresses me. I played with >> > gluster back in the day and was rather unimpressed with it, maybe it's >> > matured a bit) but last week poking at FreeBSD on a VM got me thinking >> > about TrueNAS and it's partner project TrueNAS Scale (which is a debian >> > based version of TrueNAS that supports containers, KVM, etc. >> > >> > 4. I was given a Raspberry Pi Zero as a gift. Apparently there's a tiny >> > unix you can run on it! >> > >> > Later, >> > Tim. >> > >> > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 2:47 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > Tim> My birthday is on the 11th and the family is taking me out for >> dinner. >> > > >> > > Where to? We can all meet up with you and sing. LOL! >> > > >> > > Tim> We'll have the meeting on the 18th instead! I've got some ideas >> > > Tim> for topics, but if someone has a burning desire to talk about >> > > Tim> something, let me know! >> > > >> > > Is this in person? >> > > >> > > Tim> Otherwise I think I'll show off my experiments with TrueNAS >> scale. >> > > >> > > That will be interesting to look at. >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >> Change Settings: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >> Web Forum/Archive: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/SOJ6F… >> > > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/BOZIG… >

Nov. 11, 2021

Re: Next Meeting November 18th, NOT the 11th.

by Tim Keller

Joshua, Please reserve a conference room for us at the Hudson Public Library. Chuck, an exploration of how Intel secreted minix into everybody's cpu's would be a great talk! Tim. On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 11:16 AM Chuck Anderson via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Happy Birthday Tim! > > I think we should do a talk on MINIX. Seriously! It is currently > running on every Intel system out there these days, unbeknownst to > most people, hidden away below your regular operating system: > > https://itsfoss.com/fact-intel-minix-case/ > > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 08:59:46PM -0500, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > > 0. Thanks for the birthday wishes! My wife has pointed out that I've been > > involved in WLUG for more than half my adult life at this point! > > > > 1. As for the dinner location, I have no idea, it's a surprise! > > > > 2. I'm totally down for having an in person meeting, we'd just have to > find > > a venue. The Hudson library worked really well, I'd be cool for that, of > > other places are more central to others, we can figure something out. > > Please propose locations and we'll figure out what works. I'm also not > > opposed to having a rotating set of locations as long as it doesn't > become > > too confusing. > > > > 3. TrueNas Scale does look cool. There's talk of putting gluster on to of > > ZFS for scale out storage, which slightly distresses me. I played with > > gluster back in the day and was rather unimpressed with it, maybe it's > > matured a bit) but last week poking at FreeBSD on a VM got me thinking > > about TrueNAS and it's partner project TrueNAS Scale (which is a debian > > based version of TrueNAS that supports containers, KVM, etc. > > > > 4. I was given a Raspberry Pi Zero as a gift. Apparently there's a tiny > > unix you can run on it! > > > > Later, > > Tim. > > > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 2:47 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > Tim> My birthday is on the 11th and the family is taking me out for > dinner. > > > > > > Where to? We can all meet up with you and sing. LOL! > > > > > > Tim> We'll have the meeting on the 18th instead! I've got some ideas > > > Tim> for topics, but if someone has a burning desire to talk about > > > Tim> something, let me know! > > > > > > Is this in person? > > > > > > Tim> Otherwise I think I'll show off my experiments with TrueNAS scale. > > > > > > That will be interesting to look at. > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/SOJ6F… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 11, 2021

Re: Next Meeting November 18th, NOT the 11th.

by Richard Klein

Happy birthday, Tim! On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 6:01 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > My birthday is on the 11th and the family is taking me out for dinner. > > We'll have the meeting on the 18th instead! I've got some ideas for > topics, but if someone has a burning desire to talk about something, let me > know! > > Otherwise I think I'll show off my experiments with TrueNAS scale. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/OOSIQ… >

Nov. 11, 2021

Re: Next Meeting November 18th, NOT the 11th.

by Chuck Anderson

Happy Birthday Tim! I think we should do a talk on MINIX. Seriously! It is currently running on every Intel system out there these days, unbeknownst to most people, hidden away below your regular operating system: https://itsfoss.com/fact-intel-minix-case/ On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 08:59:46PM -0500, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > 0. Thanks for the birthday wishes! My wife has pointed out that I've been > involved in WLUG for more than half my adult life at this point! > > 1. As for the dinner location, I have no idea, it's a surprise! > > 2. I'm totally down for having an in person meeting, we'd just have to find > a venue. The Hudson library worked really well, I'd be cool for that, of > other places are more central to others, we can figure something out. > Please propose locations and we'll figure out what works. I'm also not > opposed to having a rotating set of locations as long as it doesn't become > too confusing. > > 3. TrueNas Scale does look cool. There's talk of putting gluster on to of > ZFS for scale out storage, which slightly distresses me. I played with > gluster back in the day and was rather unimpressed with it, maybe it's > matured a bit) but last week poking at FreeBSD on a VM got me thinking > about TrueNAS and it's partner project TrueNAS Scale (which is a debian > based version of TrueNAS that supports containers, KVM, etc. > > 4. I was given a Raspberry Pi Zero as a gift. Apparently there's a tiny > unix you can run on it! > > Later, > Tim. > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 2:47 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > > > > Tim> My birthday is on the 11th and the family is taking me out for dinner. > > > > Where to? We can all meet up with you and sing. LOL! > > > > Tim> We'll have the meeting on the 18th instead! I've got some ideas > > Tim> for topics, but if someone has a burning desire to talk about > > Tim> something, let me know! > > > > Is this in person? > > > > Tim> Otherwise I think I'll show off my experiments with TrueNAS scale. > > > > That will be interesting to look at.

Nov. 11, 2021

Re: Next Meeting November 18th, NOT the 11th.

by Mher Mnatsakanyan

Happiest Birthday Tim. Enjoy the day. Cheers, Mher On Wednesday, 10 November 2021, Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > 0. Thanks for the birthday wishes! My wife has pointed out that I've been > involved in WLUG for more than half my adult life at this point! > > 1. As for the dinner location, I have no idea, it's a surprise! > > 2. I'm totally down for having an in person meeting, we'd just have to > find a venue. The Hudson library worked really well, I'd be cool for that, > of other places are more central to others, we can figure something out. > Please propose locations and we'll figure out what works. I'm also not > opposed to having a rotating set of locations as long as it doesn't become > too confusing. > > 3. TrueNas Scale does look cool. There's talk of putting gluster on to of > ZFS for scale out storage, which slightly distresses me. I played with > gluster back in the day and was rather unimpressed with it, maybe it's > matured a bit) but last week poking at FreeBSD on a VM got me thinking > about TrueNAS and it's partner project TrueNAS Scale (which is a debian > based version of TrueNAS that supports containers, KVM, etc. > > 4. I was given a Raspberry Pi Zero as a gift. Apparently there's a tiny > unix you can run on it! > > Later, > Tim. > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 2:47 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >> >> Tim> My birthday is on the 11th and the family is taking me out for >> dinner. >> >> Where to? We can all meet up with you and sing. LOL! >> >> Tim> We'll have the meeting on the 18th instead! I've got some ideas >> Tim> for topics, but if someone has a burning desire to talk about >> Tim> something, let me know! >> >> Is this in person? >> >> Tim> Otherwise I think I'll show off my experiments with TrueNAS scale. >> >> That will be interesting to look at. >> > > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". >

Nov. 11, 2021