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A recent outage that grounded thousands of planes, correcting ZFS misreporting, the problem of fake SSDs on Amazon, and IP schemes vs internal DNS.

 

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FreeBSD vs Linux: Package Management

 

News

FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file

The Future of ZFS on Ubuntu Desktop is Not Looking Good

ZFSBootMenu

Why the Heck Is Amazon Selling These Fake 16 Terabyte Portable SSD Drives?

 

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We were asked about IP schemes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Two recent examples of backups not being properly tested, why the term “edge” is meaningless, we try not to laugh at the Bitcoin dev who lost all his magic beans, and directory services for mixed environments.

 

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Klara’s best articles from 2022

 

News/discussion

Eir says thousands of customer emails irretrievably deleted in error

Eir users offered free lifetime subscriptions after up to 20 years of emails deleted in error – The Irish Times

EA says it can’t recover 60% of players’ corrupted Madden franchise save files

It’s time to retire ‘edge’ from our IT vocabulary

Bitcoin Core developer loses all his BTC

 

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We were asked about directory services for mixed environments.

 

 

 

 

 

Kolide

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Tailscale

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up to 20 devices.

 

 

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LastPass vaults are leaked, ChatGPT is coming to Bing, live migrations, and SSD vs spinning disk power usage.

 

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Klara is looking for sysadmins with ZFS experience, join Allan’s team

 

News

LastPass – Notice of Recent Security Incident

The LastPass disclosure of leaked password vaults is being torn apart by security experts

Microsoft to challenge Google by integrating ChatGPT with Bing search

 

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We were asked about live migrations, and SSD vs spinning disk power usage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It’s the last episode of the year so we look back at a couple of 2022 trends: the explosion of AI/ML, and big social media changes. Plus a quick-fire ZFS FAQ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Buying and renting features in Intel hardware that you’ve already bought, killer robots, a huge nuclear fusion breakthrough, and the pros and cons of parallel rsync jobs.

 

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OpenZFS: Choosing between FreeBSD and Linux

 

News/discussion

Intel On Demand Driver Ready To Activate Your Licensed CPU Features With Linux 6.2

Intel On Demand

VICTORY! San Francisco Bans Killer Robots…For Now

Nuclear fusion power research passes milestone with ‘fusion ignition’

 

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We were asked about running parallel rsync jobs

Fpsync

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Saving money by changing the CPU frequency governor on servers, Making unphishable 2FA phishable, phishing with Google Docs, monitoring at scale, and using ZFS with a single disk.

 

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FreeBSD vs Linux – Networking

 

Discussion

Can You Save Money By Changing the CPU Frequency Governor on Your Servers?

Making unphishable 2FA phishable

Phishing links with Google Docs

 

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We were asked about monitoring at scale, and using ZFS with a single disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kolide

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Security cameras that aren’t quite as secure as they claim, why it’s difficult to trust software “from Samsung”, getting started with offsite backups, and ZFS on root on Ubuntu.

 

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the Role of Operating Systems in IoT

 

News

Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras

Samsung’s Android app-signing key has leaked, is being used to sign malware

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about getting started with offsite backups, and ZFS on root on Ubuntu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kolide

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The risks of taking your laptop to a repair shop, why DNS has become concentrated to just a few providers, and powering down drives periodically.

 

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Virtualization Showdown: FreeBSD bhyve vs Linux KVM

 

Discussion

Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid

DNS concentration

 

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We were asked about periodically shutting down a server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kolide

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Why the Twitter infrastructure is creaking, Jim’s experiences of the Ubuntu Summit, changing VM resources without rebooting, and more.

 

News/discussion

Why Twitter will fail shortly

Twitter mayhem, staff cuts have advertisers bailing on the platform

Jim tells us about his experiences at the Ubuntu Summit

 

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We were asked about WireGuard on OPNsense, and changing VM resources without rebooting.

 

 

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.

 

 

 

 

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Microsoft’s half-baked Arm machine, why it’s a bad idea to go to the World Cup in Qatar, using WireGuard to punch through double NAT, and the best filesystem for removable storage. With guest host Alex Kretzschmar from Self-Hosted.

 

News/discussion

Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to improve Windows on Arm

How many major upgrade cycles with your main work machine do you expect to go through before you transition to an Arm machine?

Everyone going to the World Cup must have this app – experts are now sounding the alarm

Qatar Spyware – Schneier on Security

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about WireGuard and double NAT, and the best filesystem for removable storage.

NetBird

nebula

headscale

 

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide is a fleet visibility solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can help you securely scale your business. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3HB8xUv