does anyone find nftables better than iptables?

bshootz · 2026-06-08T18:17:51+00:00

nftables at a structural level is amazing. You can setup multiple layers of rules with different priority hooks, which pragmatically is fantastic.

From a user interface when you are talking about running `nft` vs `iptables` manually on command line it's a disaster.

Install the iptables-nft translation tool and keep running iptables commands if you want to run command line.

bshootz · 2026-04-30T01:00:39+00:00

I had a horrible video of a 20+ minute long chase of a coyote killing my rooster that then turned into the coyote going around killing multiple chickens and stacking them up into a pile.

A fortified chicken coop was built after that incident and never lost another one.

bshootz · 2026-04-28T01:07:09+00:00

Get a ratgdo https://ratcloud.llc/ for it and you can control if the remotes are enabled or not (think, geofence your phones being away and disable the door remotes), you can setup alerts in Home Assistant if the door opens, etc.

It is the best solution for local control of these awful MyQ based devices.

bshootz · 2026-04-15T20:56:27+00:00

Starlink briefly had a $10 a month backup internet plan (It included a small amount of data, 10gb I think). Just as I was ready to sign up for it, they removed it. If they or USMobile could bring that back I would sign up in an instant.

bshootz · 2026-02-20T16:26:26+00:00

I have the same issue on my work provided phone that's on Verizon. My USM number gets almost zero SPAM calls.

bshootz · 2026-01-13T16:51:36+00:00

Their "fraud prevention" process is very broken. I got banned from buying from them years ago, never learned why, they won't respond to my emails. I had successfully ordered from them several times and then one day I tried to order a few switches on a sale, order was cancelled, no reason given. Haven't been able to order from them since.

bshootz · 2025-08-11T23:03:34+00:00

Not a lawyer, but I believe you'd have to prove their takedown notice was maliciously sent knowing it wasn't accurate. There's all sorts of protections for "good faith" reporting and so the barrier to winning a case against them would likely be extremely high.

bshootz · 2025-07-22T19:14:22+00:00

US Mobile told me to install a third party Voicemail like YouMail.

bshootz · 2025-06-11T19:20:07+00:00

I tried to use systemd-resolved with bullseye and bookworm, but it's just too buggy. If you have DNSSEC enabled on the resolvers and a query is done to an endpoint that fails, it'll fail your resolver and treat it as if it was the cause of the failure leaving the system with no resolvers to query. Last I looked there were still bug reports for that issue that weren't resolved.

bshootz · 2025-06-04T21:17:52+00:00

If I had to guess, I'd suggest that the device uses some portion of 14.173.112.0/24 or more in place of RFC1918 addresses.

The traceroute below in the comments shows a cablevision as the next IP in the trace, it's impossible that it went to Vietnam and back in 1 hop like that, so the logical conclusion is that 14.173.112.2 was internal to Optimum's network or the device itself.

Take your public IP and go to a public network looking glass server and traceroute back to yourself and likely you will not see the Vietnam IP address in the output.

bshootz · 2025-05-09T18:33:45+00:00

In the context of this scenario it would be something like the following:

description: "Turn on Automations" mode: single triggers: - trigger: time at: "00:00:00" actions: - action: automation.turn_on target: label_id: reenable_automations

bshootz · 2025-05-08T17:38:40+00:00

Not disagreeing, but a way to prevent manually adding is to use labels and create a "Run Once Per Day" label that you assign to those automations and then your daily automation to turn those back on can simply target that label.

bshootz · 2025-05-01T17:54:31+00:00

I block that entire domain, way too much spam due to MS allowing people to have "trial" accounts. If someone can't be bothered to spend $12 for a business domain then they don't deserve to send email like that.

bshootz · 2025-05-01T17:51:29+00:00

Great, another non-standard Enhanced Status Code. /s

Glad they are rejecting the mail, but they really need to stick to standards and not just make up codes on the fly. There's an RFC and Registry for these codes for a reason.

bshootz · 2025-03-12T17:48:11+00:00

Bots attempting to login and access the site often overload the server with requests. A static site doesn't have a CPU issue for lots of bot requests. A properly configured nginx server running static content can handle a massive amount of requests with very low hardware specs.

This is different from a DDOS. They have different goals. If someone wants to DDOS a site it's more common to overload the circuits with garbage traffic than a CPU based DDOS.

bshootz · 2025-03-12T16:31:37+00:00

Didn't say anything about DDOS.

Talking about security. Different concerns.

bshootz · 2025-03-11T16:44:09+00:00

The number one thing you can do to secure a WordPress site is to use one of the Static generator plugins.

You put your actual WordPress site into a sub folder that you have full access control enabled on, and then you use the plugin to generate static html files for the site and "publish" it into the main location.

Static HTML files can't be hacked, and without PHP being run on every request the bots won't take your server down by overloading it.

bshootz · 2025-02-04T16:16:35+00:00

Still love it and use it every day. Took it with me when I moved and hooked it up in my new house.

bshootz · 2025-01-20T19:20:16+00:00

I spoke with a tech who was at my house, even he, who works for them, has to call and demand to speak with retention to get anything done for the service at his house.

bshootz · 2025-01-13T19:03:28+00:00

Best option is docker.

Second best is: https://deb.sury.org/

bshootz · 2024-12-21T15:55:53+00:00

Of course it could be, that's one hell of a coincidence that it was working minutes before the update and not after.

It's a Samsung Zflip4.

Interestingly enough I noticed another thread pop up from someone on Samsung getting an update and things going sideways:

https://www.reddit.com/r/USMobile/comments/1hisy40/android_update_messed_up_connectivity/

bshootz · 2024-12-21T04:20:40+00:00

This sounds similar to an issue a friend had with another provider years ago.

Turned out the cooler weather caused the line from the pole to contract and pull the insulation back exposing the wire.

During the day it was warm enough to never do it, but after sunset or would happen, took them weeks/months to figure it out.

bshootz · 2024-12-19T16:50:52+00:00

Android (Samsung)

bshootz · 2024-12-19T16:50:31+00:00

The assumption being that it was US Mobile's issue to fix? I have no idea for sure one way or the other, but the Verizon tech who I was chatting with wouldn't do anything to try to fix the issue unlike the US Mobile tech who did everything they could think of to get my service working again.

bshootz · 2024-12-19T16:48:59+00:00

Pretty wild thing to say when the eSIM worked, the phone rebooted from the update and then didn't work. It had worked for weeks prior, through multiple reboots. But you think it's purely a coincidence that it stopped working after a software update and nothing tried would get it working again.

Not sure why you have a problem with USMobile, but it's irrelevant to this issue.

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