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  Things that make my linux life more comfortable, portable and secure.
  For debian, or debian-based distros. using i3wm.org on the desktop.

** Questions this repos tries to answer

   - How long does it take for you to set up a machine?
   - Do you have backups?
   - Are you using a password manager?
   - How do you transport your secrets?
   - Can you get things done without *your* computer?
     - Rescue+Recover friends laptops/computers
     - panic-ops using a friends laptop

*** Firefox/Thunderbird customization

    - goto ~.mozilla/firefox/<user-profile>/~
    - ~mkdir chrome/ && cp ~/dotfiles/userChrome.css ./chrome/~
    - open Firefox: ~about:config~ and set
 ~toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets~ to *true*

*** Security

**** SSH Hardening

     - https://blog.g3rt.nl/upgrade-your-ssh-keys.html
     - https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html
     - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Guidelines/OpenSSH#OpenSSH_client
     - see ~/etc/ssh/ssh_config~ and ~.ssh/config~

**** SSH key generation

     #+BEGIN_SRC bash
       # ED25519 keys are favored over RSA keys when backward compatibility ''is not required''.
       # This is only compatible with OpenSSH 6.5+ and fixed-size (256 bytes).
       $ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_host_$(date +%Y-%m-%d) -C "Key to HOST for user-xyz"

       # Fallback for really old systems (why do you still have those??)
       # RSA keys are favored over ECDSA keys when backward compatibility ''is required'',
       # thus, newly generated keys are always either ED25519 or RSA (NOT ECDSA or DSA).
       $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 8192 -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa_host_$(date +%Y-%m-%d) -C "Key to HOST for user-xyz"
     #+END_SRC

**** GnuPG

     - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Key_Management
     - https://keyring.debian.org/creating-key.html
     - https://wiki.debian.org/Subkeys

     ~~/.gnupg/gpg.conf~:

     #+BEGIN_SRC bash 
     personal-digest-preferences SHA512 SHA384
     cert-digest-algo SHA256
     default-preference-list SHA512 SHA384 AES256 ZLIB BZIP2 ZIP Uncompressed
     keyid-format 0xlong
     #+END_SRC

**** Managing logins & passphrases

     - use a secure, cross-platform, *cloudless* password manager, e.g keepassXC

**** Backup Secure Keys

     - get 2 USB thumb drives
     - on each, create 2 partitions (ext4, you will never use them on any windows device anyway)
     - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Device_Encryption

     Nowadays it's mere chance to find a USB thumb drive with less than 4GB storage.
     Though, you want a dedicated drive to transport your password database, ssh keys and GPG keys.
     Those don't require more than a couple MB. So what to do with the remaining space?

     Scenarios:

     - You visit friends, only have your keys with you and you have to check your mails, assist a colleague
       in some network/ops emergency or just securely look up some confidential information.
     - A family member calls: their HDD just died and you are asked to quickly help out on recovery.

     Boot into a safe environment, having all your credentials available in a secure manner.
     Have a bootable forensics toolbox around to quickly get going in a familiar setup.

     Solution: multi-boot!

**** Thumb Drive Setup

     3 partitions: boot+isos, luks encrypted, unencrypted partition for non-sensitive data

** TODO [0/5]

   - [ ] explain setup, ideas, practises
   - [ ] add HOWTO
   - [ ] Check new bootable USB solution: https://ventoy.net/en/index.html
   - [ ] move to ansible for easier modularization of setup
   - [ ] OR: give GUIX a shot

** Moving to Arch

   - official repository setup: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Official_repositories#multilib
     - ~multiplib~ is required for wine
   - Sound troubleshooting: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture/Troubleshooting#HDMI
   - Skype, VSCode: use ~yay~