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Dan Salmon is interested in information security, data privacy, and programming, and has experience in teaching and data mining.

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The author details the process of replacing an older HP Z620 workstation with a new rack-mounted server built around a Ryzen 5 1600 CPU. The post covers the selection of components, challenges faced during assembly, and troublesho...
The author discusses experiencing slow transfer speeds when using Tailscale with a TrueNAS SMB share. They identify that Windows prioritizes the Tailscale interface due to its advertised high link speed, which negatively impacts t...
The author discusses upgrading the SSDs in their Proxmox server's zpool from consumer-grade WD Blue 1TB SATA SSDs to enterprise-grade Micron 5300 Pro SSDs. They detail the process of replacing the drives one at a time, enabling au...
The author shares highlights from their experience at SecretCon 2025, detailing various activities and workshops attended, including a badge with animations, a hardware hacking village soldering workshop, an aerospace village simu...
The author shares highlights from their experience at SecretCon 2025, including the innovative badge with built-in animations, a hardware hacking workshop featuring an ESP32 board, and discussions on GNSS and airplane electronics....
The author outlines a list of personal projects planned for 2025, focusing on documentation improvements for S3Scanner, developing a Go app for Radio K's playlist, decoding pager messages with HackRF, sharing favorite talks from t...
The author, Dan Salmon, shares his experience of taking the SANS SEC542 course to obtain the GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT) certification. With six years of AppSec testing experience, he found the course mostly re...
The author discusses the process of building a new server to replace an older workstation, focusing on the parts chosen, the challenges faced, and the solutions found. The author also shares the cost breakdown of the project.

02025 Projects

2025-01-11

Dan Salmon shares his goals for 2025, including writing more about his projects. He lists the projects he's working on, such as S3Scanner documentation, Radio K Bot, HackRF documentation, and more.
The author experienced slow transfer speeds when trying to transfer an ISO file from a TrueNAS SMB share. The issue was related to having Tailscale running, which caused Windows to assign a lower interface metric to the Tailscale ...