PRIMARY SOURCES FIRST
Reading
The manuals and specifications behind the notebook. Read the implementation details before tuning a production system.
Linux
ss manual ↗
Companion to “A small server needs a baseline”.
NetworkingLinux TCP manual ↗
Companion to “Reading TCP under load”.
PerformanceGoogle BBR project ↗
Companion to “BBR, buffers and the delay budget”.
ProtocolsRFC 9000: QUIC ↗
Companion to “QUIC is more than UDP”.
SecurityRFC 8446: TLS 1.3 ↗
Companion to “Certificates are a lifecycle”.
NetworkingRFC 1034: domain names ↗
Companion to “DNS: from label to destination”.
LinuxCaddy automatic HTTPS ↗
Companion to “Caddy as a small static origin”.
SecurityOpenSSH manuals ↗
Companion to “SSH access with an exit plan”.
Securitynftables project documentation ↗
Companion to “Firewall changes you can explain”.
PerformanceLinux control group v2 documentation ↗
Companion to “Monitoring small VPS machines”.
Networkingcurl manual ↗
Companion to “A network debugging ladder”.
ProtocolsRFC 8200: IPv6 ↗
Companion to “IPv4 and IPv6 without assumptions”.