Category Archives: Security

Securing large language models with a reverse proxy

In a previous post, I explained how to host a private ChatGPT using Docker and Traefik. I didn’t spend a lot of time on the security aspect of the project. I see many people asking how to expose their large … Continue reading

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Troubleshoot HTTP API requests with mitmproxy

Sometimes you connect a new tool to one of your servers and it doesn’t work as expected. You are sure you follow the documentation or tutorials but you don’t get the expected results. Before you throw away everything, you should … Continue reading

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OpenSSH CVE-2023-48795 mitigation

If you cannot upgrade your OpenSSH client and/or server to fix CVE-2023-48795, also known as the Terrapin attack, the way to mitigate it is to disable the vulnerable ciphers as Red Hat explains very well. If you have a recent … Continue reading

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Suricata and fail2ban

In case you want to ban IP addresses based on Suricata fast.log, here is the filter you need: In the jail configuration, I suggest you change the default blocktype from REJECT to DROP. Edit 2023-03-24: you may want to use … Continue reading

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Fortigate: SAML authentication in firewall policy with Keycloak

First, create a new Single Sign-On authentication under User & Authentication. As of version 7.0.6, the GUI does not specify ports and does not let you change them either. To work around this, use the CLI. Default ports used by … Continue reading

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Elasticsearch in Docker: threat intelligence with filebeat

Goals: collect observables from supported feeds collect observables from unsupported feeds with elastic-tip

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