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CONNECTION: ESTABLISHED // ENCRYPTION: SHA-256 // ACCESS: ROOT@HOMELAB // WARNING: NO ANOMALIES

[2026-08-17] --tag=gentoo --tag=init-system --tag=linux

> Securing Your Homelab Traffic: Setting Up Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN

$ wg show interface: wg0 public key: <masked> private key: <masked> listening port: 51820 // Encrypted...

[2026-08-17] --tag=docker --tag=homelab --tag=linux --tag=self-host

> Deploying Containerized Code-Server with Tailscale Access

$ docker compose up -d [+] Running 1/1 ✔ Container code-server Started // Tailnet Ready Running an IDE in the cloud...

[2026-08-17] --tag=gentoo --tag=linux --tag=news

> Deploying Gentoo Linux: LUKS Encryption, LVM, and UKI Boot Setup

$ uname -r 6.x.x-gentoo // System Initialized When building a Gentoo system from scratch, standard partitioning just wo...

[2026-08-17] --tag=init-system --tag=gentoo --tag=news --tag=linux

> cat /etc/init/openrc-vs-systemd.md

At the heart of every Linux system beats PID 1—the init system. It is the very first process spawned by the kernel, resp...

[2026-08-17] --tag=gentoo --tag=news

> cat /etc/gentoo/alienware-m15r5.md

There is a rite of passage in the Linux community: moving from distros that make decisions for you to a system where eve...

> cat /etc/passwd/nana --bio

Security Analyst. Self-hoster. Automator.

I’m nana, a Cyber Security Analyst with a passion for self-hosting. I spend my time diving into the weeds of Docker, Kubernetes, and home lab security. I started this blog to share my technical experiments, configuration guides, and security best practices.

> cat /etc/security/philosophy.conf

[01] Principle of Least Privilege: Minimum permissions, isolated processes.
[02] Zero Trust Networking: Hostile network assumption, Tailscale, authenticated proxies.
[03] Immutable Infrastructure: Version-controlled configs, minimized drift.
[04] Secrets Hygiene: Centralized secret management, zero plain-text keys.

"In the world of self-hosting, security is a process, not a destination."

> cat /etc/passwd --active-users

user[dennis]: Dennis Agyepong (8 posts)

> cat /etc/contact

> gpg --list-keys --fingerprint

pub   ed25519/0xA297B1D018ECD865 2026-09-10 [SC] [expires: 2028-09-09]
      Key fingerprint = 56D5 A11A E383 9747 DF45  D580 A297 B1D0 18EC D865
uid                     Dennis Agyepong <[email protected]>
sub   cv25519/0xB887CDFDEA64E3B2 2026-09-10 [E] [expires: 2028-09-09]

> cat public_key.asc