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Microsoft suffers an embarrassment with Exchange, why it’s so hard to host your own email, and the easiest and safest way to manage your backups.

 

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BSDCan 2022: June 1-4th. CFP Closes Jan 19th

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Microsoft releases emergency fix for Exchange year 2022 bug

Gloomy sysadmin take on running your own email infrastructure

 

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We were asked about using Syncoid for backups.

 

 

 

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Why ransomware isn’t really an infosec problem, how some open source work Allan helped with saved a company millions of dollars, your feedback, and more.

 

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OpenZFS: Native Encryption

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Kronos hack will likely affect how employers issue paychecks and track hours

How We Saved Millions in SSD Costs by Upgrading Our Filesystem

 

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SpinRite

 

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We were asked about moving a QNAP NAS out of an office.

 

 

 

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A huge vulnerability in a Java logging library, ZFS on AWS disappoints, the fastest web servers for static sites, the importance of certs, and more.

 

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Using FreeBSD’s pkg audit to investigate known security issues

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Log4Shell: RCE 0-day exploit found in log4j 2, a popular Java logging package

The Internet’s biggest players are all affected by critical Log4Shell 0-day

Canada Revenue Agency and other government departments take some services offline due to security vulnerability

Amazon FSx for OpenZFS

 

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We were asked about web servers for static sites, VLANS and interfaces, and certifications.

 

 

 

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A mystery in the Tor network, whether blockchain has any real-world value, configuring passwords with Ansible, and burning in new disks. With guest host Gary Williams from Linux After Dark.

 

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Allan was on Late Night Linux Extra talking about FreeBSD.

BSDCan 2022 – Call for papers

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It’s long past time for cost-benefit analysis on blockchain

Funny tweet

A mysterious threat actor is running hundreds of malicious Tor relays

 

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We were asked about using configuring passwords with Ansible, and burning in new disks.

 

 

 

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An insight into the massive scale of Google’s infrastructure, Allan and Jim refuse to accept that crypto now means cryptocurrency (and confuse Latin and Greek), multi-factor auth and WireGuard, and testing network quality.

 

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Demystifying OpenZFS 2.0

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Google’s server life extension delivers $1.7bn revenue boost in nine months

Google to make its own custom server chips as well

Seagate demos hard disk drive with an NVMe interface

Cryptographers are not happy with how you’re using the word ‘crypto’

 

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We were asked about using WireGuard with multi-factor authentication, and testing network quality.

netburn

FreeBSD Network Troubleshooting: Understanding Network Performance

RIPE Atlas

 

 

 

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Tesla owners locked out of their cars, a Linux side-channel attack that enables DNS cache poisoning, why Jim doesn’t use Proxmox, and accessing KVM hosts from Windows.

 

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Jim was on Late Night Linux twice, as well as Late Night Linux Extra.

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Tesla drivers left unable to start their cars after outage

Server errors hit Tesla remote-control app

Linux has a serious security problem that once again enables DNS cache poisoning

 

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We were asked about why Jim doesn’t use Proxmox, and accessing KVM hosts from Windows.

 

 

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How some Swedish parents tried to take control of their kids’ education app, why you shouldn’t try to add magsafe to your phone, introducing the new shiny at work, Samba security, and more.

 

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FreeBSD Papers We Love: Jails and Cloneable Network Stacks

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These Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops

 

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We were asked about monitoring, how junior admins can introduce new workflows in the face of resistance, and Samba security.

 

 

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Why the metaverse sounds terrible, Alder Lake benchmarks, revoking SSH keys, remote management of Windows machines, and more.

 

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Looking towards the future: FreeBSD on RISC-V

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Welcome to Meta

Intel’s Alder Lake big.little CPU design, tested: It’s a barn burner

OpenZFS Developer Summit

 

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We were asked about managing and revoking SSH keys, and remote management of Windows machines.

 

 

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The Oculus Go is opened up, a potential addition to HTTPS, Intel’s new Alder Lake CPUs, testing ZFS backups, virtualising a firewall, and more.

 

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OpenZFS Developer Summit – Nov 8-9th Online

Advanced ZFS Snapshots – Holds and Clones

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John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset

HTTPS Attestable: Remote, secure, verified enclaves proposed

Intel Announces 12th Gen Core “Alder Lake” CPUs

 

 

 

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We were asked about testing ZFS backups, and virtualising a firewall.

 

 

 

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