Disadvantages of the cloud
Or: the advantages of open source and Linux A business owner called me two weeks ago.
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Maurice de Laat
After studying computer science in Eindhoven, I started Muis Networken in 1996. Helped many small companies with network- and systemmanagement; I have also worked with many Linux internet systems in recent years.
In-house knowledge of/worked with Ubuntu, CentOS, RockyLinux, Apache, Nginx, Mariadb, Mysql, PHP, Perl, Sendmail, Dovecot, Exim, and much more.
I am now taking things a bit easier and am less tied to a fixed workplace. Using the internet it is perfectly and safely possible to work remotely at any location. In this way, I enjoy solving Linux issues as a freelancer. Can I do that for you soon?
I build smart solutions using Linux and Open Source. Also looking for a solution or Linux system management? Click here to send a message.
Author's posts
Password management
I was approached by an small company with a question about password management. The employees used Google Chrome’s password manager.
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Certificates for internally secured connections
You can use Let’s Encrypt to request certificates for websites free of charge. The disadvantage of such a certificate is that it is only valid for 90 days.
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Emails are considered spam
A customer contacted me with a major problem: when they sent an email to another party, this email was almost always mistaken for spam.
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Moving web server
A customer has their own VPS in the cloud that is used for the website and all email traffic.
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Daily backups
A sound studio was struggling with its backup strategy. The amount of data was (and is) large.
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Secure connection webshop
A webshop selling delicious wines was only accessible by an unsecured connection. I installed a security certificate so the orders and customerdata are only being sent using a secure connection (SSL, https, with a lockicon in the browser).
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