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Used Seagate drives are being sold as “new”, another reminder not to hack Windows 11 onto unsupported hardware, about using ZFS on VPS block storage, picking hardware to run VMs, and delegating datasets to containers.

 

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Controlling Your Core Infrastructure: DNS

 

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Fraud with Seagate hard disks: Dealers swap, Seagate investigates

Fraud with Seagate hard disks: Dozens of readers report suspected cases

openSeaChest

Windows 11 on devices that don’t meet minimum system requirements

 

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We were asked about using ZFS on VPS block storage, picking hardware to run VMs, and delegating datasets to containers.

Klara: Isolating Containers with ZFS and Linux Namespaces

 

 

 

 

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We appreciate the elegance of subnets as well as the power of custom benchmarking, Xboxes will support large amounts of external storage, why it’s not looking great for bcachefs, malware and remote desktops, and our thoughts on Fortigate network gear.

 

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Key Considerations for Benchmarking Network Storage Performance

 

News/discussion

Xbox beta tests support for massive amounts of external storage

Migrating away from bcachefs

 

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We were asked about malware and remote desktops, and our thoughts on Fortigate network gear.

 

 

 

 

 

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An embarrassing typo suggests that MasterCard’s monitoring isn’t as good as it should be, tricky offsite backups, why two-factor authentication over SMS is a bad idea, and keeping two Mac laptops in sync.

 

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Klara Webinar, Feb 13th: RAID is NOT a Backup and Other Hard Truths About Disaster Recovery

 

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MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years

 

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We were asked about tricky offsite backups, why Two-factor authentication over SMS is a bad idea, and keeping two Mac laptops in sync.

 

 

 

 

 

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Automox

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Microsoft didn’t control an important domain that it was using and end up red-faced, the dangers of using free VPN apps, a proof of concept exploit is out for last year’s SSH vulnerability, USB is getting slightly less confusing labels, and swapping the motherboard in a TrueNAS SCALE system.

 

News

Edgio bankruptcy results in endpoint change for Microsoft

VPN used for VR game cheat sells access to your home network

PoC Exploit Released For OpenSSH Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

An updated USB logo will now mark the fastest docking stations

 

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We were asked about swapping the motherboard in a TrueNAS SCALE system.

 

 

 

 

 

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A new version of ZFS is out and we go over the great new features. Plus recovering data after accidentally writing part of an ISO onto a USB drive, how to deal with abuse of your domain, and replacing all the drives in a ZFS pool while keeping the birth date.

 

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Managing and Tracking Storage Performance

 

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Zfs-2.3.0

Introducing OpenZFS Fast Dedup

 

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We were asked about recovering data after accidentally writing part of an ISO onto a USB drive, how to deal with abuse of your domain, and replacing all the drives in a ZFS pool while keeping the birth date.

 

 

 

 

 

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Jim and Allan explain the benefits of a lithium iron phosphate “UPS”, whether it’s possible to delete every single copy of a file, and using Bluetooth in a Windows 11 VM.

 

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What it would take to reliably store data for a hundred years including Institutional funding and organization, decade-proof redundancy, multiple hot and cold copies,hedging your bets against multiple media, and more. Plus backing up ZFS without normal snapshots.

 

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Century-Scale Storage

 

 

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Windows ssh is sending more telemetry than you might think, Let’s Encrypt will offer 6 days certificates, a PSA about domains that don’t send emails, and performance issues in a Synology NAS.

 

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Winter 2024 Roundup: Storage and Network Diagnostics

 

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ssh on Windows sends telemetry

sshTelemetry.c

Let’s Encrypt to offer 6 day certs

Important reminder, if you own a domain name and don’t use it for sending email

 

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We were asked about performance issues in a Synology NAS.

 

 

 

 

 

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Chinese researchers are making progress with quantum computing but they haven’t broken modern RSA or AES encryption, Russian attackers compromised a business via a nearby building’s WiFi, a startup runs out of money and bricks a robot for kids, and hardening Linux systems.

 

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ZFS Storage Fault Management on Linux

 

News/discussion

No, Chinese quantum computers haven’t hacked military-grade encryption

The Nearest Neighbor Attack: How A Russian APT Weaponized Nearby Wi-Fi Networks for Covert Access

Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds

The confusing reality of AI friends

 

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We were asked about hardening Linux systems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The US government tells people to use encrypted messaging, mandated MFA in healthcare raises a scary geopolitical question, QNAP bungles a firmware update, and securing access to self hosted applications with mTLS.

 

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Deploying pNFS file sharing with FreeBSD

 

News/discussion

FBI Warns iPhone And Android Users—Stop Sending Texts

US senators propose mandated MFA, encryption in healthcare

QNAP firmware update leaves NAS owners locked out of their boxes

 

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We were asked about securing access to self hosted applications with mTLS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1Password

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