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Fastly’s recent outage, how attackers probably breached the Colonial Pipeline’s network, crypto mining in anti-virus software, and setting up a box at your friend’s house to watch Netflix while abroad.

 

News

Fastly broke the Internet for an hour

The 503’s heard around the world

Fastly Summary of June 8 outage

Colonial Pipeline Chief Says Recovery From Ransomware Hack Not Complete

Uncle Sam recovers 63.7 of 75 Bitcoins Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware crew

NortonLifeLock Unveils Norton Crypto

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about encrypted off-site backups, and getting around geo-restrictions with a VPN.

 

 

 

Linode

Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/twoandahalf and get started with $100 credit.

 

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Synology and Btrfs, backing up low-end Linux laptops, vulnerability management, FreeBSD hypervisors, and more.

 

Plugs

Building Customized FreeBSD Images

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Feedback

Things we mentioned:

Barracuda

I couldn’t break Synology SHR+btrfs (yet)

Our subreddit

 

Free Consulting

We were asked about AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting), backing up low-end Linux laptops, FreeBSD hypervisors, and vulnerability management.

 

 

 

Linode

Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/twoandahalf and get started with $100 credit.

 

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The complex tale of the recent IRC drama, Microsoft kills Windows 10X, and why we think a WordPress site was pwned.

 

News

Microsoft puts Windows 10X variant on the back burner

Freenode IRC staff resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s “crown prince”

 

Free Consulting

We were asked why a WordPress site had been compromised.

 

 

Linode

Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/twoandahalf and get started with $100 credit.

 

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Testing failing disks and why they don’t work over a certain altitude, and your feedback about ZFS snapshots, authentication, community discussion platforms, Docker and ZFS, and more.

 

Plugs

Basics of ZFS Snapshot Management

Klara articles RSS feed

Support us on patreon

 

Feedback

Things we mentioned:

zrepl

authelia

r/25admins

Using bind mounts

docker-vackup

 

Discussion

Poor Disk Performance

Dell HDD Warranty void above 10,000 ft

 

 

 

CBT Nuggets

This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go to cbtnuggets.com/25admins and sign up for a 7-day free trial.

 

Linode

Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/twoandahalf and get started with $100 credit.

 

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The importance of VPNs when using Wi-Fi, the complexities of chip node size, and whether appliance NAS devices make any sense.

 

Plugs

Getting the most out of ARM64

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News

FragAttacks: Security flaws in all Wi-Fi devices

IBM creates the world’s first 2 nm chip

 

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We were asked about off-the-shelf network storage devices.

 

 

 

Linode

Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/twoandahalf and get started with $100 credit.

 

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Authorities trying to remove malware from people’s servers, turning your sysadmin hobby into a career, cloud backups, config management, and more.

 

Plugs

Why you should consider the BSD license

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Feedback

Cloud backups with Rclone and alternatives, MikroTik network gear, server security, and config management.

 

News

Brit authorities could legally do an FBI and scrub malware from compromised boxen without your knowledge

 

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We were asked about the best way to turn your sysadmin hobby into a career.

 

 

 

 

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GUI Linux apps on Windows, Linux kernel development is pen-tested, ZFS and Docker, and converting a Windows installation to a VM.

 

Plugs

FreeBSD IOStat

EuroBSDCon 2021 CfP

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News

Graphical Linux apps are coming to Windows Subsystem for Linux

Linux kernel team rejects University of Minnesota researchers’ apology

“Full disclosure” from the University of Minnesota

 

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We were asked about using ZFS with Docker, and visualizing a physical Windows installation.

 

 

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We answer a bunch of your questions about server hardening, managing ZFS snapshots, Docusign, SSL certs in air-gapped networks, and automating updates.

 

Plugs

EuroBSDCon 2021 Call for Papers

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We answer a bunch of your questions about firewalls, best practices for backups, learning ZFS, QoS, SSH key management, backing up Google Drive, and more.

 

Links to things mentioned

Unix Haters Handbook

Allan’s FreeBSD Journal Article

Dummynet: The Better Way to Build FreeBSD Networks

Jim’s ZFS 101

Allan’s book

 

Plugs

Customizing FreeBSD Ports and Packages

All Things Open

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Thousands of students learn about backups the hard way, why securing all of DNS isn’t practical, and how to protect Internet-facing services running at home.

 

News

Victoria University of Wellington accidentally nukes files on all desktop PCs

Root Server Operators’ Statement on DNS Encryption [pdf]