Nour Agha

Hosting an MTA-STS policy using Hugo and Netlify

Sat, 13 May 2023 17:23:10 +0300

An MTA-STS (Mail Transfer Agent Strict Transport Security) policy is essential for securing your emails with both encryption and authentication. This helps prevent potential and malicious MITM (man-in-the-middle) attacks which involve interception and tampering during transit through SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) used by mail providers. MTA-STS is a fairly new standard which makes email communication much more secure, and has been adopted by Google only a few years ago and Microsoft as of last year. If you have and use your own domain for email, you will need to create, configure and publish your own MTA-STS policy.

Creating a Mastodon alias

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 01:54:18 +0200

You can create a Mastodon alias with your own custom domain without having to host your own Mastodon server, thanks to some web magic. It’s called an alias because it doesn’t change your actual address, but it’s very useful for identity and discoverability. This means that others can find you on Mastodon (or the wider fediverse) using your alias – a part of your identity that remains unchanged, even if you switch or migrate servers.

Welcome

Sat, 08 Apr 2023 23:29:33 +0200

Welcome to my blog!

This is a place to share my ideas, projects, guides and documentation, and a home for my thoughts, opinions, insights and perspectives regarding any topics or subjects of interest. When it comes to technical blogs, my aim is to make my guides and documentation user-friendly and accessible to anyone regardless of technical skill and background, where possible or necessary.

You can find out and explore more about me and my background here, where I cover my main areas, passions and interests. If you would like to connect, need help or have any questions, feel free to reach out and get in contact with me – I’m always happy to chat and meet new people.

About

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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Hello 👋 I’m Nour, a computer engineer and software developer from Lebanon. I’m an INFP, dreamer, writer, gamer, and a progressive and uplifting electronic music listener, producer and DJ. I’m currently working in a senior support role in the computer guided surgery field in digital dentistry, helping and enabling dental professionals to design, craft and spread more smiles.

I’m a free and open source software (FOSS) enthusiast and a privacy, security, digital freedom and humane technology advocate. I’m interested in science and philosophy and I’m passionate about STEM, academically and professionally. My favourite literary and entertainment genres are sci-fi and fantasy. I enjoy music, writing, gaming and football as hobbies.

Contact

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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You can contact me at ✉️ nour@agha.dev, hello@nouragha.com or hi@nour.lol.

For secure and encrypted communication, you can find my GPG key here: 135F 6915 34C8 9192 95ED 97C1 C185 9ED0 57E7 14DC

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If you’d like to get in touch and chat with me, feel free to send me a message:

🗨️ Signal: nour.01