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Michael Boelen

@mboelen@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06
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Blogger and author of #infosec tools rkhunter and #Lynis; involved with NLUUG, #openstandards and #opensource; helping companies to secure their #Linux and #BSD environment; interested in #sustainability and sharing messages in English here. My Dutch-only account is also @mboelen@mastodon.social (mastodon.nl).

#noindex

885 Followers
195 Following
16 Posts
Joined April 03, 2017
Personal website:
https://michaelboelen.com/
Linux security blog:
https://linux-audit.com/
Linux Lorem:
https://linuxlorem.com/
BSD Audit:
https://bsd-audit.com/
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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
🤔 Question: what would you do if you want to release an open source project, but not want to have it feed the AI machine? It is clear that I am not the only one struggling with this. Curious if we can come up with creative ways to reward humans and grant them access, while at the same time stopping the AI overlords. Suggestions or ideas? #OpenSource #NoAI
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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
The hidden costs of LLMs are well described by @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de including the impact they have on hosting open source. https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html #AI #OpenSource
blog.codeberg.org

Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs — Codeberg News

In Brief: Two motions regarding

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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 5mo ago

As of today, I am a board member again at the @nluug@nluug.social. Also @Cambion@mastodon.nl joined the board, so working with her again as well 🥳

Excited to work on several different aspects with the association to help it grow, like sponsoring. My work for the website will continue as well.

#NLUUG

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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 1mo ago

Regular expressions are very powerful, yet can be tricky to create.

Would you like to see a set of "challenges" that we complete and learn from together?

Conditions:

  • No outside help (websites, AI, local tools)
  • No peeking in the answers
  • We have to decide on a single tool that works on #Linux and #BSD using the same regex engine

#regex #regularexpressions

Regular expressions are very powerful, yet can be tricky to create. Would you like to see a set of "challenges" that we complete and learn from together? Conditions: - No outside help (websites, AI, local tools) - No peeking in the answers - We have to decide on a single tool that works on #Linux

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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 5mo ago

Yesterday at the @nluug@nluug.social I learned about podcasts provided by @hpr@infosec.exchange that covers topics for "hackers".

So check out to see if there is anything useful in there for you.

#infosec #opensource #linux

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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 8mo ago

Got a small blog or want to follow small blogs? Join the #indieweb movement!

Just discovered @powRSS@mastodon.social, so a perfect match for my Linux Audit blog.

See https://powrss.com/ for the blogs and posts.

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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 6mo ago

Are you into #Linux?

Have a look at these great books bundled by HB:

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-good-stuff-no-starch-books

Humble Bundle

Humble Tech Book Bundle: Linux, the Good Stuff by No Starch

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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 7mo ago

Are you a bit further with #Linux then you might enjoy this bundle from Humble Bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-for-seasoned-admins-oreilly-books-encore-2026

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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 9mo ago
Replying to
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe Return the favor and bounce it back: your message is written by AI. Thanks for your blog posts, 🧡 from another blogger 💪🏻
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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 7mo ago

Are you doing something with open source, open standards, security, privacy, or anything else that is a good fit for technical people? Then you have 12 hours remaining to submit to the @nluug@nluug.social Call for Proposals.

Go go go 😃

https://cfp.nluug.nl/nluug-voorjaarsconferentie-2026/cfp

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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 7mo ago

A few more days before the Humble Bundle package with O'Reilly Linux books is gone: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-for-seasoned-admins-oreilly-books-encore-2026

#Linux #books

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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 8mo ago

@JTensetti@mastodon.nu @ghrasko@mastodon.social I see, thanks! Is it possible to make a redirect? I will update the link in my blog post.

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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 20mo ago
Replying to
@mikesiegel You can move back: https://www.rackstuds.com/ #Rackmount #SelfHosting
rackstuds.com
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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @oxy@social.bsdlab.au
Question to those that contribute to #OpenBSD - what is the best way to submit a small non-impacting change? For example: a script contains a comment line that is there to simply disable an echo statement. Most likely as a way of debugging its working during the creation and testing of the script. Where and how would you bring this up? Is this for misc@openbsd.org or is there a better place?
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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 6mo ago
Replying to
@ronnylam@mastodon.social Me too. My bank account does not like it 😂
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Michael Boelen @mboelen@mastodon.social
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@wlaatje@social.edu.nl Nicely written 👌 Time to change your website footer 😉 @jorijn@toot.community
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