Providing storage to your Linux system is a common practice to separate storage from the computing unit. By utilizing a Synology 2-Bay NAS with RAID 1, you can ensure that your important data is secure and easily accessible. This setup not only offers redundancy but also allows for flexible sharing options across different Linux systems.
A Storage Area Network (SAN) is a specialized network that provides block-level data storage. Unlike traditional file storage, SANs separate storage devices from servers, creating a dedicated, high-performance environment for accessing and managing storage.
For hardening/securing a website which uses NPM (Nginx Proxy Manager) as reverse proxy, its recommended to use security headers. Security headers are like an additional layer of security beside https. For this purpose we are going to implement those headers in our nginx proxy manager configuration which is of course running as Docker Container in our environment.
AD-Integrated SVMs are using LDAP for fetching/verification/resolving of Users/Groups from Active Directory. This behavior is independent from authentication protocols -> NTLM/Kerberos.
As default Pi-hole is processing IPv4 DNS requests. But nowadays your local clients receive also IPv6 addresses from your Router. So your clients are able to request IPv6 request, which would be bypassed your Pi-hole. This would also explain the “strange” behavior, why you’re getting furthermore some adds.
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