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This week on the show, Allan and I have gotten a bit more sleep since AsiaBSDCon, which is excellent since there is a LOT of news to cover. That plus our interview with Ports SecTeam member Mark Felder. So keep it

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FreeNAS 9.10 Released

• OS:
  • The base OS version for FreeNAS 9.10 is now FreeBSD 10.3-RC3, bringing in a huge number of OS-related bug fixes, performance improvements and new features. +Directory Services:
  • You can now connect to large AD domains with cache disabled. +Reporting:
  • Add the ability to send collectd data to a remote graphite server. +Hardware Support:
  • Added Support for Intel I219-V & I219-LM Gigabit Ethernet Chipset
  • Added Support for Intel Skylake architecture
  • Improved support for USB devices (like network adapters)
  • USB 3.0 devices now supported. +Filesharing:
  • Samba (SMB filesharing) updated from version 4.1 to 4.3.4
  • Added GUI feature to allow nfsv3-like ownership when using nfsv4
  • Various bug fixes related to FreeBSD 10. +Ports:
  • FreeBSD ports updated to follow the FreeBSD 2016Q1 branch. +Jails:
  • FreeBSD Jails now default to a FreeBSD 10.3-RC2 based template.
  • Old jails, or systems on which jails have been installed, will still default to the previous FreeBSD 9.3 based template. Only those machinesusing jails for the first time (or deleting and recreating their jails dataset) will use the new template. +bhyve: ++In the upcoming 10 release, the CLI will offer full support for managing virtual machines and containers. Until then, the iohyve command is bundled as a stop-gap solution to provide basic VM management support - ***

Ubuntu BSD's first Beta Release

• Under the category of “Where did this come from?”, we have a first beta release of Ubuntu BSD.
• Specifically it is Ubuntu, respun to use the FreeBSD kernel and ZFS natively.
• From looking at the minimal information up on sourceforge, we gather that is has a nice text-based installer, which supports ZFS configuration and iSCSI volume creation setups.
• Aside from that, it includes the XFCE desktop out of box, but claims to be suitable for both desktops and servers alike right now.
• We will keep an eye on this, if anybody listening has already tested it out, maybe drop us a line on your thoughts of how this mash-up works out. ***

FreeBSD - a lesson in poor defaults

• Former BSD producer, and now OpenBSD developer, TJ, writes a post detailing the defaults he changes in a fresh FreeBSD installation
• Maybe some of these should be the defaults
• While others are definitely a personal preference, or are not as security related as they seem
• A few of these, while valid criticisms, but some are done for a reason
• Specifically, the OpenSSH changes.
• So, you’re a user, you install FreeBSD 10.0, and it comes with OpenSSH version X, which has some specific defaults
• As guaranteed by the FreeBSD Project, you will have a nice smooth upgrade path to any version in the 10.x branch
• Just because OpenSSH has released version Y, doe