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The stupid notch on the new Macs, why Windows 11 had performance issues with AMD CPUs, why hibernation isn’t really a thing, and more.

 

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OpenZFS Developer Summit – Nov 8-9th Online

Understanding top(1) on FreeBSD

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AMD and Microsoft release fixes for Ryzen slowdowns in Windows 11

Apple’s MacBook Pro is a GPU-shaped warning to Nvidia and AMD

 

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We were asked about hibernation, and whether there’s a distro with a Linux kernel and a BSD userland.

 

 

 

Linode

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How not to steal and sell sensitive information, why ISPs shouldn’t try to sue Netflix, and the best way to set up wireless access points.

 

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Webinar: Enterprise Certificate Management on FreeBSD – October 28th @ 12:00 ET

FreeBSD Developer Workstation Setup

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FBI Arrests Navy Nuclear Engineer, Wife Accused of Selling Submarine Secrets

S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge from ‘Squid Game’

 

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We were asked about setting up wireless access points to avoid lag-spikes.

 

 

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How Facebook’s services managed to go down for 6 hours, Windows Subsystem for Linux is now easier than ever to set up, and expanding a large capacity storage server.

 

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Webinar: Enterprise Certificate Management on FreeBSD – October 28th @ 12:00 ET

All Things Open

Manipulating a ZFS Pool from the Rescue System

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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus are down. Here’s what we know

Update about the October 4th outage

Animated graphic of Facebook BGP routes disappearing

The best part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux

A preview of WSL in the Microsoft Store is now available

 

 

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We were asked about expanding the storage in large capacity server.

 

 

Linode

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Why RISC-V looks promising for the future, how the web switched to HTTPS by default, an interesting DoS method, and how mitigating ssh attacks has changed over the years.

 

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RISC-V: The New Architecture on the Block

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Weaponizing Middleboxes for TCP Reflected Amplification

Electronic Frontier Foundation will deprecate HTTPS Everywhere plugin

 

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We were asked about SSH tarpits.

 

 

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A pretty serious flaw with Autodiscover that leaks email credentials, why Btrfs sucks for more than one disk, and the best hardware for a low-powered NAS.

 

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EuroBSDCon 2021 videos are available

When to use a SLOG, and when not to

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Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover bug leaks hundreds of thousands of domain credentials

Microsoft knew of Exchange Autodiscover flaw five years ago

Examining btrfs, Linux’s perpetually half-finished filesystem

 

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We were asked about the best hardware for a low-powered NAS.

 

 

 

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What exactly constitutes WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption, your feedback about time-based YouTube blocking, Optane in servers, and what sysadmins actually do.

 

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Using the FreeBSD RACK TCP stack

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WhatsApp “end-to-end encrypted” messages aren’t that private after all

 

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We were asked about Optane in servers, and what sysadmins actually do.

 

 

 

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Yet another Azure vulnerability, Anonymous dumps a huge Epik leak, running a desktop in a VM, SSH keys on a Yubikey, and ZFS send to TrueNAS.

 

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Understanding ZFS Channel Programs

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Security researchers at Wiz discover another major Azure vulnerability

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Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host Epik

 

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We were asked about ZFS sends to TrueNAS, running a dektop in a VM, and SSH keys with a Yubikey.

 

 

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A surprisingly cheap and easy way to connect 2 buildings wirelessly, your feedback about Samba, and the realities of parental Internet controls.

 

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Choosing the right ZFS pool layout

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Point-to-point Wi-Fi bridging between buildings—the cheap and easy way

 

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We were asked about restricting access to YouTube at certain times of day.

 

 

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SSD manufacturers quietly switching out components, 20TB non-SMR HDDs, the surprising side effects of killing the landline, ZFS snapshots when space is limited, and how Jim and Allan set up their systems and monitoring.

 

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History of ZFS: Part 3

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After quietly switching to slower NAND in an NVMe SSD, Western Digital promises to be a bit louder next time

Samsung seemingly caught swapping components in its 970 Evo Plus SSDs

Western Digital introduces new non-SMR 20TB HDDs with onboard NAND

Internet revamp for the humble landline

 

 

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How getting root might be easier for attackers than you think, what a new OS can teach us about open source development, and why you probably shouldn’t buy enterprise drives for your NAS.

 

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EuroBSDCon 2021 is Online, September 17-19, 2021

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Asking nicely for root command execution (and getting it)

SerenityOS is a Unix-y love letter to the ’90s

 

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We were asked about enterprise and NAS drives.

 

 

 

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