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Damian is one Technical Support Engineers at Loadbalancer.org. He has always had an interest in IT and how computers work. This ended quite badly for his first PC! His first contact with Linux was over 15 years ago when Canonical was cool enough to send CD-ROMs with Ubuntu for free. He has been using Linux based operating system as his daily driver for the last decade. Outside of work, he enjoys binge-watching various TV series and spending time with his children.

Complete guide to DNS load balancing: Choosing the right method for your applications

Complete guide to DNS load balancing: Choosing the right method for your applications

DNS is a naming convention that translates human-readable web addresses into IP-addresses, and vice versa...

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What's the difference between load balancer node roles and states, and how do they contribute to high availability?

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What's the difference between load balancer node roles and states, and how do they contribute to high availability?

Understanding node states and roles both contribute in their own unique ways to achieving high availability...

Damian Pacuszka

SSH stands for SECURE SHell, not regreSShion Hell...

SSH stands for SECURE SHell, not regreSShion Hell...

Security is important, but you shouldn’t be losing sleep over every single newly announced CVE...

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How to automate SSL/TLS certificate renewal with Let's Encrypt

How to automate SSL/TLS certificate renewal with Let's Encrypt

How many engineers does it take to renew an SSL/TLS certificate? Several, you might joke. But you may not be far wrong!..

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See who's really visiting your website: Achieving IP transparency with the Proxy Protocol

See who's really visiting your website: Achieving IP transparency with the Proxy Protocol

There are a few different ways to achieve IP transparency, but one of the most effective is with the help of the great Proxy Protocol...

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The futility of vulnerability scans: Why they're not worth your time and energy!

The futility of vulnerability scans: Why they're not worth your time and energy!

We all want to protect ourselves from cyberattacks, and any tool that can help us proactively monitor our networks and systems has got to be a good thing, right?..

Damian Pacuszka

What is Stunnel and how do you configure it?

What is Stunnel and how do you configure it?

Here is another example of a more “exotic” Stunnel configuration. Most people, and rightly so, will ask “but why?”. Well, because we can!..

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Apache Log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

Apache Log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

The Apache Log4j utility is commonly used for logging requests by millions of Java applications to log error messages. However, recently the critical vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 was discovered in the Apache Log4j library...

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Extending Net-SNMP for infrastructure monitoring

Extending Net-SNMP for infrastructure monitoring

Monitoring your infrastructure is a crucial task, and (regardless of the software you've chosen) requires you to make use of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)...

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Automation of the initial setup of your Loadbalancer.org appliance (VMware Edition)

Automation of the initial setup of your Loadbalancer.org appliance (VMware Edition)

Although our appliances are absolutely awesome and fun to use, going through the same process many times may become slightly tedious!..

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What is a load balancer? A comprehensive guide to load balancing

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What is a load balancer? A comprehensive guide to load balancing

Hidden in data centers around the world, there are millions of load balancers that keep businesses and their applications fully functional 24/7 – making sure users enjoy a seamless and uninterrupted high-quality experience at every single click...

Damian Pacuszka

How to write an external health check script for HAProxy

How to write an external health check script for HAProxy

Loadbalancer.org were the original sponsors of the external health check mechanism in HAProxy. We think it's an invaluable tool when you need something a bit special...

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