KRAETHOR // netsec · homelab

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user kraethor

os self-hosted everything

shell 30+ years network & information security

day_job security architecture & risk

night_job home-lab operator, ham operator

kernel networking · virtualization · automation · AI infra

packages proxmox, firewalls, IDS, local LLMs, too many Pis

resolution"it's not a hobby, it's infrastructure"

~/projects

kraethor@homelab:~$ ls -la ~/projects

tscan-ng/

Network security scanner that hunts plaintext authentication on the wire — because in 2026 someone, somewhere, is still sending passwords in the clear. Tested against purpose-built fake protocol servers in the cloud.

borg-installer/

BorgBackup deployment tooling targeting Synology NAS. Deduplicated, encrypted, automated — backups that actually happen.

fox-hunt/

Homebrew fox-hunt transmitter for amateur radio direction-finding. Hide a beacon, hand out receivers, watch people wander a park holding antennas.

this-server/

You're reading this off a Raspberry Pi serving 11 HTTPS sites. It is doing its absolute best.

# more on the way — the lab never sleeps

homelab.target

kraethor@homelab:~$ systemctl status homelab.target
● homelab.target — The Basement Datacenter
     Active: active (running) since forever
     CGroup: /homelab.target
             ├─ proxmox        3-node virtualization stack (Falcon · SER8 · Nortron01)
             ├─ network        UniFi backbone + Firewalla edge, fully VLAN-segmented
             ├─ ai-core        local AI inference VM, dedicated GPU passthrough
             ├─ storage       Synology NAS ×2, Borg offsite-style backups
             ├─ web            Apache on a Pi 3B+ — 11 vhosts, Let's Encrypt, this page
             └─ pi-fleet      nine Raspberry Pis (one working, eight "on the bench")

# design goals: segment everything, automate everything, trust nothing

/srv/games

kraethor@homelab:~$ ls /srv/games

nightfall/ [ONLINE]

Nightfall — the gaming community I run. Discord hub, self-hosted game servers on home-lab metal, streaming, and a healthy meme economy. Flagship: Nightfall Disturbia, a dedicated Space Engineers server.

factory-must-grow/

Builder-game enjoyer: Factorio, Satisfactory, Minecraft, Timberborn, Mindustry, Space Engineers. If it has conveyor belts, I've lost a weekend to it.

tabletop/

D&D regular. Both DM and player. Multiple versions. Historic character: Gelf, a gray-skinned half-orc receptionist (long story — see half-orc.com)

rf — spectrum

kraethor@homelab:~$ rf --scan --all-bands

ham-radio [LICENSED]

Amateur radio operator. Active with Metro Skywarn storm spotting and a board member of the Twin Cities Repeater Club.

hardware-bench

Arduino & ESP32 builds, RF projects, HackerBox collector, 3D printing on a BambuLab P1S. Solder smoke is an aesthetic.

con-circuit

DEFCON, BSidesLV, and most of the Minnesota security con calendar. If there's a badge that blinks, I want it.

[email protected] — interactive

# this one's real — type a command. start with: help

[email protected]:~$