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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.   Plugs Support us on patreon Virtualization Showdown: FreeBSD bhyve vs Linux KVM   Discussion Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid DNS concentration   Free Consulting We were asked about periodically shutting down a server.         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/25a and get started with $100 credit.     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         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.    

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   Free Consulting 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.   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/25a and get started with $100 credit.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

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   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/25a and get started with $100 credit.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Android’s controversial VPN settings, the deepfake audio arms race, the Metaverse is even worse than we thought, and why you shouldn’t use external cables for server storage. With guest host Alex Kretzschmar from Self-Hosted.   News Android leaks connectivity check traffic Meta’s New Headset Will Track Your Eyes for Targeted Ads Deepfake audio has a tell – researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices   Free Consulting We were asked about usuing Thunderbolt storage with a server, and how PINs relate to encryption. ODROID-H3       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.   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/25a and get started with $100 credit.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.    

Password spray attacks, the value of certifications vs actual experience, and the best VPN strategy.   News/discussion Use Authentication Policies to Fight Password Spray Attacks   Free Consulting We were asked about certifications, and VPN strategy.       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   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/25a and get started with $100 credit.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.    

An impressive AI pretends to be Linux, Jim gets angry about a RAIDZ calculator, and using a laptop as a server.   News/discussion We interviewed Linux OS through an AI bot to discover its secrets   Free Consulting We were asked about using a laptop as a server.         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.   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/25a and get started with $100 credit.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Traditional vs modern backup methods, hiding malware inside innocent-looking files, and power loss protection in SSDs.   News/discussion Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo   Free Consulting We were asked about power loss protection in SSDs       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   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/25a and get started with $100 credit.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

A drone-delivered exploit system, why companies destroy perfectly good hardware, and pulling backups from a Windows machine.   Plugs Support us on patreon iX and Klara – The Open Source Era is Upon Us Your Comprehensive Guide to FreeBSD’s rc   News Drone attack Twitter thread Why Big Tech shreds millions of storage devices it could reuse   Free Consulting We were asked about pulling backups from a Windows machine. cwRsync Acrosync       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.   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/25a and get started with $100 credit.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

SSDs are probably more reliable than spinning hard drives, how much RAM you actually need, Cloudflare alternatives, sudo password security, and more.   Plugs Support us on patreon the History of Package Management on FreeBSD   News/discussion The SSD Edition: 2022 Drive Stats Mid-year Review How Much RAM Do You Need in 2022? Exploring Swap on FreeBSD   Feedback Fastly Gcore Jetpack A Practical Guide to (Correctly) Troubleshooting with Traceroute (pdf) Paris Traceroute How to properly interpret a traceroute or mtr TRex   Free Consulting We were asked about sudo password security.       BorgBase Manage all your Borg backup repositories in one place via web interface or API. Use promo code 25A to get 30% off your first year at BorgBase.com   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   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/25a and get started with $100 credit.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

How a BGP hijack facilitated the theft of $235k worth of crypto, why we aren’t too excited about Cloudflare’s new CAPTCHA, and how to configure ZFS on Proxmox.   Plugs Support us on patreon Deploying FreeBSD on Oracle Cloud Allan and Wendell chat about ZFS data recovery   News How 3 hours of inaction from Amazon cost cryptocurrency holders $235,000 Announcing Turnstile, a user-friendly, privacy-preserving alternative to CAPTCHA   Free Consulting We were asked about ZFS on Proxmox. Klara Article: Jim on tuning ZFS recordsize Jim’s Proxmox bug       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   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/25a and get started with $100 credit.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.