Dad's a Nerd! networking & self-hosting, minus the jargon

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  1. Host Your Own Email: Why It's Not as Hard (or Dangerous) as You've Heard

    Self-hosted email, ten years in — the one real hurdle (port 25), the myths that aren't true, and the complete relay setup, hardened.

    Self-HostingEmailHomelabMail-in-a-BoxNetworkingSecurity

  2. VLAN Segmentation on pfSense: Guest & IoT Networks

    Guest and IoT VLANs on pfSense, actually isolated — firewall rules, dual-stack IPv6, and why to stop using 192.168.1.1.

    pfSenseSecurityHomelabIPv6

  3. DNS over TLS on pfSense: Encrypt Unbound's Upstream Queries

    Encrypt pfSense's DNS queries with DoT — setup, the DNSSEC tradeoff, and how to actually verify it's working, not just enabled.

    pfSenseDNSNetworkingSecurity