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Windows server unexpectedly upgrades major versions, Microsoft reinvents the idea of a thin client, restricting a friend’s access to just their backups, and the importance of warranties when buying hardware.

 

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DKMS vs kmod: The Essential Guide for ZFS on Linux

 

News

Windows Server 2025 takes admins by surprise

No word from Microsoft on shock Windows Server 2025 installs

Windows Server 2025 known issues and notifications

Windows 11 update bug falsely warns of end of support, confusing users

Windows 365 Link—the first Cloud PC device

 

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We were asked about restricting a friend’s access to just their backups, and the importance of warranties when buying hardware.

2.5 Admins 218: TLS TTL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jim and Allan discover modern charging tech and marvel at what’s possible in the USB-C era, more on IPv6 firewalls, using ZFS like Git, and running your own authoritative DNS server.

 

 

 

 

 

Automox

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1Password

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How using a copy-on-write filesystem like ZFS can get systems back online within seconds after ransomeware encrypts all your data, and even warn you more quickly that it’s happening. Plus Jim and Allan’s advice on getting a job as a sysadmin.

 

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Klara: 5 Reasons Why Your ZFS Storage Benchmarks Are Wrong

 

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We were asked about getting a job as a sysadmin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It’s Halloween so Jim and Allan share horrific and spooky stories from their sysadmin careers. Plus picking a UPS for a homelab.

 

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Klara: NAS: Maintenance Best Practices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SSL certificates are likely going to last less time, the latest Windows 11 update leaves a huge chunk of data behind and doesn’t play nicely with some SSDs, picking a modern dhcp server on a homebrew router, and storing encrypted backups on a friend’s NAS with ZFS.

 

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Klara Halloween Webinar: ZFS Horror Stories. Oct 31st 13:00 EDT, 17:00 UTC

 

News

Sysadmins slam Apple’s SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts

Windows 11 24H2 hoards 8.63 GB of junk you can’t delete

As Microsoft rolls out its Windows 11 24H2 update, owners of certain Western Digital SSDs have been greeted with constant Blue Screens of Death

WD releases new firmware to fix Windows 11 24H2 blue screens of death on some SSD

Not just Western Digital – Windows 24H2 BSODs Asus kit

 

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We were asked about picking a modern dhcp server on a homebrew router, and storing encrypted backups on a friend’s NAS with ZFS.

The Ars guide to building a Linux router from scratch

Linux Router Part 1: Routing, NAT, and NFTables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The difference between monitoring and metrics analysis, the security pros and cons of cloud vs on-prem, why Jim and Allan don’t use Unraid, and cloud storage and email for a small company.

 

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Netdata

Nagios

ZFS and Unraid

 

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We were asked about cloud storage and email for a small company.

 

 

 

 

 

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1Password

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NIST has finally proposed some sensible password standards, why server CPUs with high core counts make sense in a lot of deployments, the .io TLD is probably sticking around, and the best options for a Linux-based router.

 

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Klara Halloween Webinar: ZFS Horror Stories. Oct 31st 13:00 EDT, 17:00 UTC

ZBM 101: Introduction to ZFSBootMenu

 

News

NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules

You’re right not to rush into running AMD, Intel’s new manycore monster CPUs

The Disappearance of an Internet Domain

 

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We were asked about setting up a Linux-based router.

OpenWrt on TP-Link devices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Why cold storage is never as good as keeping your data warm and regularly tested, how the American air traffic control system became so outdated, and isolating your devices from a roommate’s shenanigans.

 

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Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying 

FAA air traffic control modernization efforts are a mess

 

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1Password

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A proposed solution to the WHOIS TLS verification problem gets a surprising amount of pushback. Plus isolating IoT devices, our thoughts on Ubiquiti gear, setting up WiFi in a new house, remote access with WireGuard, and our mini PC recommendations.

 

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Google calls for halting use of WHOIS for TLS domain verifications

 

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1Password

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The Malaysian government’s misguided plan to control its citizens’ DNS, the wrong way to deploy underwater servers, a philosophical question about how long a person’s photos will exist, and how we manage our SSH keys.

 

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Malaysia’s plan to block overseas DNS dies after a day 

Proposed underwater data center surprises regulators who hadn’t heard about it

 

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We were asked about how we manage our SSH keys.

 

 

 

 

 

1Password

Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/25a

 

Automox

Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast. Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.