September 2026
2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz vs 6 GHz: What Should Go Where?
A practical Wi-Fi band-planning guide explaining which devices belong on 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz networks in Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 homes.
Where Should You Put Your Wi-Fi Access Points?
A practical Wi-Fi AP placement guide for homes and small offices, covering ceiling APs, wired backhaul, multi-floor layouts, RF obstacles, and validation.
IoT Device Security Checklist: Firmware, Updates, and End of Support
Review an IoT device's firmware source, update and recovery path, vulnerability-disclosure record, exposed services, support dates, and isolation options before purchase and at each lifecycle review.
How to Block AI Scrapers: robots.txt, Rate Limits, and Access Control
robots.txt publishes a preference; it does not enforce access. Use verified bot controls and rate limits for request policy, authentication for private content, logs for evidence, and legal terms for notice, with tested exceptions for legitimate traffic.
Build a Homelab Service Catalog Before You Forget Everything
A practical homelab service catalog guide for tracking what runs where, who uses it, how it is backed up, and how to recover it.
Homelab SSO: Authentik vs Authelia vs Pocket ID
A practical homelab SSO comparison covering Authentik, Authelia, Pocket ID, OIDC, SAML, proxy auth, passkeys, MFA, and recovery planning.
Is My Router Affected by This CVE? Model, Firmware, and Exposure Checks
Match the exact router model, hardware revision, firmware build, affected feature, and management exposure before acting on a CVE headline. Then route known exploitation or compromise to the appropriate patch, rebuild, rotation, or replacement runbook.
Linux Failure Injection Lab: Test systemd, Disk, DNS, and Recovery
Run bounded Linux failure-injection tests for systemd crashes, full and read-only filesystems, DNS and network loss, watchdogs, external alerts, rollback, and user-facing recovery without using production as the target.
Palo Alto Networks Revises GlobalProtect Privilege Escalation Fixes
Palo Alto Networks issued CVE-2026-0307. Match affected deployments, apply supported fixes, validate operations, and retain evidence.
Container Security for Normal Homelabs
A normal-person Docker security guide for exposed ports, privileged containers, Docker socket risk, secrets, rootless mode, user namespaces, and backups.