Posts tagged #Linux

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All posts tagged with #Linux.

tagged #Linux

September 2026

  1. Networking12 min readSSH KEX Hang: A VPN Tunnel at MTU 1500 is not a TunnelSSH connects, then dies mid-handshake. A local port-forward to a remote database cluster through a bastion stopped working, hanging on the first large packet of the SSH session. How an oversized MTU on a VPN interface created a silent black hole.
  2. Linux11 min readTerminal System Diagnostics: A Complete Picture Without GUI ToolsHow to get a single complete picture of a machine's OS, boot mode, disk layout, memory, GPU, and network from one terminal pass, without guessing. A structured approach to hardware and OS discovery.
  3. Networking13 min readAWS IAM Identity Center Sign-In Failure Caused by an MTU Black HoleWhen the AWS access portal loads but authentication hangs indefinitely, the fault may lie below the application layer. How a 1478-byte path MTU and dropped ICMP messages created a silent TLS handshake black hole.
  4. Linux10 min readAWS IAM Identity Center Sign-In Failure Caused by Host Clock SkewA generic AWS sign-in error and a misleading password reset failure traced back not to IAM permissions or account status, but to a 5-hour local clock skew caused by dual-boot RTC desynchronization.