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End-to-end encryption is under threat again, Broadcom is buying VMware, prison time for an angry DBA, and backing up your photos with encryption.   Plugs Evaluating FreeBSD-CURRENT for Production Use BSDCan 2022 – Online June 1-4th Support us on patreon   News “War upon end-to-end encryption”: EU wants Big Tech to scan private messages Broadcom to buy VMware on Thursday for ‘$60 billion’ Angry IT admin wipes employer’s databases, gets 7 years in prison   Free Consulting We were asked about backing up photos with encryption. Stingle is a privacy-focused open source photo backup application Google Photos is so 2020—welcome to the world of self-hosted photo management     Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3LpQbqk   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.  

More on Ubuntu mirrors and DNS, detecting advanced persistent threats, resilient backups, and open source Active Directory alternatives.   Plugs bhyve: the BSD hypervisor Support us on patreon   Feedback ubuntu/pool/main/b/bash Damaged ZFS filesystems can be more or less unrepairable   Free Consulting We were asked about open source Active Directory alternatives.     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.  

Another attempt to replace passwords, trying to solve the problem of write-once storage, and the unusual ways we manage our invoices.   Plugs EuroBSDCon CfP: September 15-18, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. Submit by May 25th Support us on patreon   News Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard How Apple, Google, and Microsoft will kill passwords and phishing in one stroke Verbatim Launches Write-Once External SSD With 10-Year Warranty   Free Consulting We were asked about open source invoice software.       Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3LpQbqk   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 long optical disks last and why cold storage isn’t usually worth it, VM security, more thoughts on crypto nonsense, and more.   Plugs Learning the Fundamentals of the FreeBSD Shell Support us on patreon   Feedback Twitter thread about optical media longevity Qubes OS   Free Consulting We were asked about exporting VMs.         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.  

Musk buys Twitter, Ubuntu’s ZFS on root snapshot tool is put on the back burner, and setting up your own apt mirror.   Plugs Build your own NAS, Part 2: Tuning Support us on patreon   News Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn Tweet from Rik Mills (Ubuntu & Kubuntu developer) Launchpad bug to remove ZFS-on-root from Ubiquity installer zsys removed from the 22.04 installer   Free Consulting We were asked about running setting up your own apt mirror.       Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3LpQbqk   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.  

Yet another IoT company abandons its customers, ridiculous “hard drives”, Postrges with containers, and cloud storage that isn’t quite as good as it sounds. With guest host Alex Kretzschmar from the Self-Hosted podcast.   Plugs Building Your Own FreeBSD-based NAS with ZFS Support us on patreon   News Insteon looks dead—just like its users’ smart homes   Feedback Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn’t want or need Jottacloud   Free Consulting We were asked about  ZFS and multipath, and running Postgres with containers.         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.  

The new features in OpenSSH, an embarrassing outage, the ugly side of Apple’s AirTags, and securing SSH keys when using Git. With guest host Dalton Durst from Linux After Dark.   Plugs Improving Replication Security With OpenZFS Delegation Support us on patreon   News OpenSSH 9.0 released At last, Atlassian sees an end to its outage – in two weeks Police Records Show Women Are Being Stalked With Apple AirTags Across the Country Apple: What to do if you get an alert that an AirTag is with you AirGuard – AirTag protection Tom Scott video   Free Consulting We were asked about securing SSH keys when using Git.       Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/3LpQbqk   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.    

CAPTCHAs in phishing attacks, Jim gets angry about Bitcoin propaganda in schools, and packet loss with UDP.   Plugs Tuning OpenZFS Record size Support us on patreon   Discussion How CAPTCHA puzzles cloak phishing page URLs in emails Jim gets mad about crypto propaganda in schools   Free Consulting We were asked about packet loss with UDP.     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 open source dev goes rogue, a big single sign-on provider is compromised, self-hosting DNS, and more.   Plugs Should I upgrade to OpenZFS 2.1? Support us on patreon   News BIG sabotage: Famous npm package deletes files to protest Ukraine war The Fragile Open Source Ecosystem Isn’t Ready for ‘Protestware’ Okta Hack Exposes A Huge Hole In Tech Giant Security: Their Call Centers Microsoft: Lapsus$ Used Employee Account to Steal Source Code Lapsus$ found a spreadsheet of passwords as they breached Okta, documents show     Free Consulting We were asked about switches, and self-hosting DNS. Allan’s DNS Made easy affiliate link     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.  

SSD reliability, a huge potential amplification DDoS attack, and learning how a mail server works.   Plugs Webinar: Improving Recovery Objectives with OpenZFS Support us on patreon   News Backblaze report finds SSDs as reliable as HDDs New method that amplifies DDoSes by 4 billion-fold. What could go wrong?   Free Consulting We were asked how to learn the inner workings of a mail server. Postfix, Virtual Domain Setup     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.