Version 1.3.0 of remote-systemd-toggle is now available. This release combines the security hardening and packaging improvements from 1.2.0 with a small CLI cleanup in 1.3.0. There is one small breaking CLI change: use remote-systemd-toggle status instead of remote-systemd-toggle –status. The protocol, configuration files, secrets file format, certificates, and packages remain compatible. 🔐 Security hardening The … Read more
remote-systemd-toggle 1.1.0 is now available. This release focuses on two areas: better operational hardening with fail2ban support and a significantly improved README with clearer documentation, configuration examples, security notes, and tradeoffs. 🛡️ fail2ban Support Version 1.1.0 adds log output intended for fail2ban integration. The main goal is to help protect the server against repeated connection … Read more
Sometimes the simplest tools are the most useful ones. While managing servers, VPN gateways, lab systems, and infrastructure, we occasionally found ourselves wanting a very small utility that could securely toggle a specific systemd service from a remote machine. Not a complete orchestration platform. Not a web application. Not another management framework. Just a small, … Read more
Thirty-Five Years in the Machine — and Why I Left 🏭 Inside the Machine I have been inside the machine for thirty-five years. Not on the periphery. Not as an observer. Inside — where decisions are made that shape products used by billions, where projects worth hundreds of millions live and die in conference rooms, … Read more
