Phil's Technical Pages

Open Source Projects

Primary Maintainer

IP Tables State - A tool to display stateful connections across an iptables/nftables firewall in a curses display (C++)
SugarJar - A wrapper for git and gh/hub to make working with git and GitHub easier (ruby)
PGP Individual UID Signer (pius) - Software to help automate the verification and signing of many UIDs on many keys (python)
Concordance - Cross-platform software to program Logitech® Harmony™ universal remote controls (C/C++)
mime_dump - Configurable utility to parse and output various MIME pieces of a MIME message in various different ways for debugging or viewing if complex MIME documents (perl)
check_x509 - A program to do various checks on X509 files such as certificates, CAs, CRLs, and bundles designed to work as a Nagios plugin or standalone (perl)

Co-maintainer

Markdownlint - A linting tool for Markdown
Chef - Widely used cross-platform configuration management software from Progress/Chef Software
Taste Tester, Grocery Delivery, Between Meals, and Chef Utils - A suite of software to manage and test Chef cookbooks from Meta/Facebook
FB Chef Cookbooks - The Meta/Facebook core cookbooks

Misc Projects

PGP - Everything you've ever wanted to know about PGP, and then some

X509/SSL - A page that shows how to properly handle SSL including running a (mostly) PKIX compliant CA with openssl

Insanity Palace of Metallica - An interactive fan site that allows fans to track shows they've been to, songs they've seen, trade guitar picks, and more

Unmainted/Old Projects

These are unmaintained and likely very out-of-date. They are kept here because pieces of them are still useful.

The MSS Initiative - An initiative to stop people from breaking the internet due to creating Path MTU Discovery Blackholes

Linux Tips - A collection of Linux tips, hacks, notes, and patches

The IP Filter FAQ - The one-time official IP Filter FAQ (No longer maintained; will happily hand off to someone else if they want it)

Solaris Tips - Various how-to's, tips, and tricks

Cyrus IMAPd and Multiple Domains - How to set up Cyrus with multiple virtual domains cleanly, with usernames being just 'username' and domain coming from IP the client is connecting to; covers Cyrus and MTA configuration, including SSL support

ATA/IDE/EIDE Transfer Mode Reference Page - A chart of ATA/ATAPI/IDE/EIDE standards to PIO/DMA/UDMA modes to transfer speeds; neat, clean, and color coded so you can understand it all

UNIX Run Levels - A list of Run Levels for Various Unices