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[2204.20 --> 2210.32] I was listening to your segment about what to do with syncing certificates to multiple servers using something like S3.
[2210.80 --> 2212.04] And I have some comments.
[2212.30 --> 2214.66] Please, for the love of God, don't do this.
[2215.02 --> 2217.78] Firstly, because the certificates are the keys to your kingdom.
[2218.16 --> 2224.70] A leak of those removes all security on your services and lets anyone in the middle snoop on whatever it is you're doing.
[2225.64 --> 2228.76] Self-hosted or otherwise, certificates are massively important
[2228.76 --> 2232.88] and shouldn't be stored anywhere other than where they're absolutely needed.
[2233.46 --> 2235.86] Secondly, because it's just not necessary.
[2236.32 --> 2241.32] If you're not using wildcard certificates, then just creating certificates for each domain is totally fine.
[2241.58 --> 2244.68] And they can be stored and managed wherever the domain needs to be served from.
[2244.88 --> 2248.82] If you are using wildcards, there's nothing which says only one can exist in the world.
[2249.42 --> 2254.54] My servers each have their own wildcard automatically managed and renewed by Trafic.
[2254.54 --> 2259.62] This way, there's neither a need to store their certificates anywhere other than the servers,
[2259.82 --> 2263.52] nor to set up some secure storage or communication method.
[2264.36 --> 2267.56] I don't even bother backing out my certificates anymore.
[2267.82 --> 2268.96] That seems crazy to me.
[2270.00 --> 2272.66] Let's Encrypt, or more specifically, Acme,
[2272.92 --> 2276.32] makes provisioning certs insanely simple.
[2276.72 --> 2278.68] Let them deal with the security side of things.
[2278.68 --> 2283.18] We can just use their tools to create all the certificates we want, wherever we want.
[2283.42 --> 2285.24] Thanks for reading, and keep up the great work.
[2285.38 --> 2286.56] Your friendly neighbor, Orange.
[2287.50 --> 2288.74] Thanks for writing in, Jake.
[2288.84 --> 2293.48] Now, this is Jake of episode 42 fame, who came in on our first community spotlight.
[2294.64 --> 2300.74] Also, we had Kevin write in, who told us that we're actually trying to overcomplicate the management of SSL certificate management.
[2300.74 --> 2330.72] He says,
[2330.74 --> 2330.86] Yeah.
[2331.22 --> 2331.48] Yeah.
[2331.78 --> 2332.84] I don't know why we missed that.
[2333.44 --> 2334.64] It's a really obvious thing.
[2334.72 --> 2337.96] Just run Acme or Certbot on each machine.
[2338.36 --> 2339.12] Problem solved.
[2340.02 --> 2340.36] Well, I do.
[2340.66 --> 2343.12] This is, of course, easy for me to say now,
[2343.20 --> 2347.44] but I remember specifically on the pre-show that we were not streaming.
[2348.12 --> 2350.48] We thought, this guy isn't doing this right.
[2350.58 --> 2353.44] And we did start talking about this, but then we just dropped it,
[2353.54 --> 2355.60] and we got to the business of actually recording the show.
[2355.60 --> 2359.36] We have this thing, don't we, where we're always having a pre-show conversation,
[2359.52 --> 2363.06] and all the best versions of our problem solving comes out then,
[2363.10 --> 2364.08] and we're like, save it for the show.
[2364.20 --> 2366.46] And I guess we just forgot to save that nugget.
[2367.32 --> 2367.48] Yeah.
[2367.80 --> 2369.74] It is absolutely our bad.
[2370.04 --> 2373.36] So, thankfully, we have an awesome audience who helps us with that kind of stuff.
[2373.44 --> 2377.44] And we have no qualms at all about making corrections and fixing that sort of stuff,
[2377.48 --> 2379.22] because it's all about just getting the best info out there.
[2379.22 --> 2384.66] Now, I was hoping to solicit some feedback from the audience on my next networking upgrade.
[2384.92 --> 2390.16] I've currently got a gigabit network everywhere, which, like most people, I did because it's cheap.
[2390.30 --> 2393.16] You know, I can buy a five-port switch for 15 bucks at Best Buy.
[2394.12 --> 2398.56] And every time I've looked at going more than gigabit, so, you know, 10 gigs,
[2398.84 --> 2402.02] probably the next logical step, I'd look at the switch prices,
[2402.02 --> 2404.78] and they're like $200, $300 per switch.
[2404.78 --> 2408.66] And I think, oh, I'll just wait for the prices to come down a little bit.
[2408.66 --> 2409.50] And they never seem to.
[2410.16 --> 2413.12] And Jeff Geerling, you know, who was also on the show previously,
[2413.40 --> 2422.16] just did a video on a Microtix switch, the CRS3091G8S plus IN.
[2422.88 --> 2424.34] That name rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?
[2424.42 --> 2424.86] Flipping heck.
[2425.06 --> 2425.60] Yeah, nice.
[2425.84 --> 2426.28] Smooth.
[2427.70 --> 2429.78] So, basically, questions for the audience.
[2430.00 --> 2433.20] If you've done 10 gig, I'm really curious to know how you did it.
[2433.20 --> 2435.08] Did you run fiber in your house?
[2435.20 --> 2436.78] Did you do it with CAT 6A?
[2436.78 --> 2441.24] Thankfully, I ran CAT 6A on the trunks in my house when I moved in three years ago.
[2441.98 --> 2444.90] Or am I shooting for the stars with 10 gig?
[2444.98 --> 2447.10] Is 2.5 enough for my needs right now?
[2448.20 --> 2449.46] That's a fair question.
[2449.58 --> 2453.68] I'm curious what you're doing right now that makes even gigabit insufficient.
[2454.14 --> 2455.82] Well, I've got gigabit WAN.
[2455.82 --> 2461.80] So, sometimes, if I'm pulling something down from the internet and then trying to stream something to Plex,
[2462.20 --> 2467.28] you know, like a high bitrate movie or moving some files around from my desktop to my NAS, for example,
[2467.94 --> 2470.50] that can sometimes cause issues.
[2471.12 --> 2471.20] Sure.
[2471.50 --> 2476.46] Yeah, especially when you're, you know, not working with, like, Cisco switches there at your house, right?
[2476.52 --> 2477.98] So, that also makes a difference.
[2478.06 --> 2482.08] That makes, I mean, I'm never going to stop a guy from going as much performance as possible.
[2482.08 --> 2482.90] I'm all about it.
[2483.44 --> 2485.60] I think that's a great question.
[2485.82 --> 2487.44] Is 2.5 gigabit enough?
[2488.34 --> 2491.54] And is it worth the leap to 10 gigabit?
[2491.76 --> 2499.62] I have to tell you, Alex, I feel like you're the kind of guy that appreciates the value of doing it once and just doing it right.
[2500.14 --> 2504.92] You know, like, you could do 2.5 gigabits, and you could probably get away with it for a couple of years,
[2505.06 --> 2506.08] probably even five years.
[2506.08 --> 2511.04] But there's going to be a point where you're going to wish it was faster because you're just that kind of guy.
[2511.36 --> 2512.98] And you know it could be better, too.
[2513.08 --> 2513.84] That's the other thing.
[2514.50 --> 2516.58] You are totally spot on.
[2516.78 --> 2519.50] Now, Lucas writes in the live chat,
[2520.08 --> 2525.82] I impulse signed up for 2 gig Google Fiber and realized almost nothing I have can distribute it across the LAN.
[2526.58 --> 2527.26] Oh, no.
[2528.34 --> 2531.70] Who thought we'd have WAN connections that were faster than gigabit, huh?
[2532.10 --> 2532.40] Yeah.
[2532.54 --> 2534.14] I mean, I would love to have that problem.
[2534.14 --> 2536.94] I'm still stuck with 300 megabits here at the studio.
[2537.12 --> 2537.62] That's what I get.
[2537.62 --> 2538.18] I'm with you, Chris.
[2539.24 --> 2540.30] I'm not even joking.
[2540.44 --> 2545.32] There are days when the Starlink in the RV performs better than the Comcast here at the studio.