Technology Solutions for Everyday Folks

April 2022 Archive

In-Place Upgrade of WSL Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04

April 25, 2022
5 minutes
inspiration, mistakes, php, security, tech

About two months back (early March to be exact), I had the opportunity to finally deprecate some old versions of applications and packages due to planned retirements and upgrades. Most specifically a full-on move to PHP 7.4 was in sight, though there were other bits.

April 11, 2022
4 minutes
automation, inspiration, php, security, tech, website

I've done a lot of server migrations for very unrelated reasons over the last six months or so. Many of these host applications that send emails, and I've implemented the basics to get them sending DMARC-compliant messages. This has generally been limited to DNS SPF records for each host configuration. Generally speaking, having SPF or DKIM compliance is 'enough' to get your messages not flagged as spam, though it can depend on the DMARC policy configuration.