Podcast Episodes

2.5 Admins 59: Megaphone in the Middle

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 Arch…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

2.5 Admins 58: Autocompromised

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…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

2.5 Admins 57: Spherical Chickens

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…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

2.5 Admins 56: OMIGOD root

Episode 56

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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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

2.5 Admins 55: WiFi in the Woods

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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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

2.5 Admins 54: Bait and Switch

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 sys…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

2.5 Admins 53: Unexpected Root

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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Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

2.5 Admins 52: Notflix

Netflix blocking residential IPs, Intel’s upcoming discrete graphics cards, and the finer points of connecting disks to a RAID controller.

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Achieving RPO/RTO Objectives with ZFS – Part 2

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Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

2.5 Admins 51: Goodbye LISA

Why a large sysadmin conference shut down and what it means, roaming between multiple wireless access points, sending ZFS snapshots to the cloud, best practice for tunnelling between home and the clo…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

2.5 Admins 50: Optimal Airtime

Huge improvements for WireGuard on Windows, and a brief update on the Framework Laptop. Plus why RAID is not a backup, when to use bare metal vs VMs, choosing database types, and more.

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Let’s …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago