hello, i'm amy
I'm a sysadmin by trade and a developer by hobby with a passion for digging into the internals of software and ecosystems.
I've built a JVM, run my own homelab, and mess around with electronics on occasion.
In the near future I intend on exploring embedded hardware & RF with some home-assistant integrated sensors and an RF SDR. Stay tuned here for posts about that!
Recent Posts
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a useful CLI printing tool
We have some automations which take documents from a folder, print them, and then delete them. Very old fashioned I know, but this is an old company, cut me some slack... In case you find yourself in...
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restore Windows domain connection
I recently discovered netdom reset which is a handy CLI tool to restore the secure channel between a Windows device and its domain controller. This is useful if you've disabled a device in AD, as that...
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warp madness
We all know Cloudflare, right? Our favourite internet monopolist. When going to market for our next web security product, we found Cloudflare's WARP client. It did it all, web security, SASE, access...
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stop HCL Notes from taking over
This rabit hole came through a user request to stop HCL Notes (the IBM mail product) from being their default mail application. We moved to Outlook not too long ago but some older devices still have...
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moving on-prem users to Entra
If you're an organisation with a Hybrid identity setup, you may eventually want to move some of those on-prem users into cloud-only accounts. Such users might be legacy shared mailbox accounts,...
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debugging Windows DHCP
If you're managing your DHCP/DNS through your domain controllers, you might sometimes see weirdness in replicated environments. Just recently I had this scenario: Only impacting 1 subnet (call it...
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SSLVPN stuck at 98%
SSLVPN is one of Fortinet's free VPN offerings, integrating into their firewall hardware, it provides access to your internal network like any other corporate VPN solution. It does this by...
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ensure your EDR's state with Intune
As you delve further into Intune, you may want to experiment with different compliance policies. For example, ensuring your company EDR is installed and active. Most of the time the builtin...
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accessing older UniFi devices over ssh
For some older UniFi devices (those ones you have in the back of the shelf), modern ssh clients might complain when you try and connect to them. This is relevant when you want to apply custom config...
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tidbits: a new post series
I plan on writing in this series about little useful tips and tricks I find through my personal and professional experience. These will include various pieces on syadmining, networking, and whatever...
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