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A request hitting a netfilter egress hook and being dropped
Tech & CodingMay 2, 2026·7 min read

Blocking websites at the kernel layer on Linux — without a setuid binary

How I designed a per-user, system-wide website blocker that catches even raw-IP curl, while keeping a single narrow privileged surface and zero setuid bits.

#linux#security#go#architecture
A GRUB boot menu
Digital GardenOct 24, 2023·2 min read

GRUB: what is it?

What a bootloader actually does, and how GRUB fits into the Linux boot process from BIOS/POST through MBR to the login screen.

#linux#systems
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