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Created by three guys who love BSD, we cover the latest news andhave an extensive series of tutorials, as well as interviews with various people from all areas of the BSD community. It also serves as a platform for support and questions. We love and advocate FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD an…

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    507: Michael W. Lucas Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 58:41


    Author Michael W. Lucas joins us in this interview to talk about his latest book projects. Find out what he's up to regarding mail servers, conferences, his views on ChatGPT, and more. NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Interview - Michael W. Lucas - mwl@mwl.io (mailto:mwl@mwl.io) OpenBSD Mastery Filesystems Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. - Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) Special Guest: Michael W Lucas.

    506: A greener BSD

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 32:04


    Comparing Modern Open-Source Storage Solutions, FreeBSD Q1 Status Report, Hello Systems 0.8.1 Release, OpenBSD: Managing an inverter/converter with NUT, Tips for Running a Greener FreeBSD, BSDCAN Registration open NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Comparing Modern Open-Source Storage Solutions OpenZFS vs. The Rest (https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-comparing-modern-open-source-storage-solutions/) FreeBSD Q1 Status Report (https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2023-01-2023-03/) News Roundup Hello Systems 0.8.1 Release (https://github.com/helloSystem/ISO/releases/tag/r0.8.1) OpenBSD: Managing an inverter/converter with NUT (https://doc.huc.fr.eu.org/en/sys/openbsd/nut/) Celebrating Earth Day: Tips for Running a Greener FreeBSD (https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/celebrating-earth-day-tips-for-running-a-greener-freebsd/) BSDCAN Registration (https://www.bsdcan.org/2023/registration.php) Beastie Bits • [SimCity 2000 running on OpenBSD 7.3 via DOSBox 0.74-3](https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd_gaming/comments/12k9zt2/simcity_2000_running_on_openbsd_73_via_dosbox_0743/) • [OpenBSD Webzine #13](https://webzine.puffy.cafe/issue-13.html) • [AWS Gazo bot](https://github.com/csaltos/aws-gazo-bot) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv)

    505: BSD Desktop Setup

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 29:26


    OpenBSD 7.3 released, Accelerating Datacenter Energy Efficiency by Leveraging FreeBSD as Your Server OS, install Cinnamon as a Desktop environment, xmonad FreeBSD set up from scratch, Burgr books in your terminal, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines OpenBSD 7.3 released (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230410140049) BSDCan 2023 Schedule posted (https://www.bsdcan.org/events/bsdcan_2023/schedule/) Accelerating Datacenter Energy Efficiency by Leveraging FreeBSD as Your Server OS (https://klarasystems.com/articles/accelerating-datacenter-energy-efficiency-by-leveraging-freebsd-as-your-server-os/) News Roundup FreeBSD – How to install Cinnamon as a Desktop environment (https://byte-sized.de/linux-unix/freebsd-cinnamon-als-gui-installieren/#english) xmonad FreeBSD set up from scratch (https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/xmonad-freebsd-set-up-from-scratch.75911/) Burgr books in your terminal (https://blubsblog.bearblog.dev/burgr-books-in-your-terminal/) Pros and Cons of FreeBSD for virtual Servers (https://www.hostzealot.com/blog/about-vps/pros-and-cons-of-freebsd-for-virtual-servers) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Reese - Dans Interview (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/505/feedback/Reese%20-%20Dans%20Interview.md) jj - looking for help (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/505/feedback/jj%20-%20looking%20for%20help.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    504: Release the BSD

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 36:06


    FreeBSD 13.2 Release, Using DTrace to find block sizes of ZFS, NFS, and iSCSI, Midnight BSD 3.0.1, Closing a stale SSH connection, How to automatically add identity to the SSH authentication agent, Pros and Cons of FreeBSD for virtual Servers, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines FreeBSD 13.2 Release Announcement (https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.2R/announce/) Using DTrace to find block sizes of ZFS, NFS, and iSCSI (https://axcient.com/blog/using-dtrace-to-find-block-sizes-of-zfs-nfs-and-iscsi/) News Roundup Midnight BSD 3.0.1 (https://www.phoronix.com/news/MidnightBSD-3.0.1) Closing a stale SSH connection (https://davidisaksson.dev/posts/closing-stale-ssh-connections/) How to automatically add identity to the SSH authentication agent (https://sleeplessbeastie.eu/2023/04/10/how-to-automatically-add-identity-to-the-ssh-authentication-agent/) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Dan - ZFS question (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/504/feedback/Dan%20-%20ZFS%20question.md) Matt - Thanks (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/504/feedback/Matt%20-%20Thanks.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    503: Fast Unix Commands

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 36:54


    ZFS Optimization Success Stories, Linux Namespaces Are a Poor Man's Plan 9 Namespaces, better support for SSH host certificates, Fast Unix Commands, Fascination with AWK, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines ZFS Optimization Success Stories (https://klarasystems.com/articles/zfs-optimization-success-stories/) Linux Namespaces Are a Poor Man's Plan 9 Namespaces (https://yotam.net/posts/linux-namespaces-are-a-poor-mans-plan9-namespaces/) News Roundup We need better support for SSH host certificates (https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/65874.html) Fast Unix Commands (https://alexsaveau.dev/blog/projects/performance/files/fuc/fast-unix-commands) Fascination with AWK (https://maximullaris.com/awk.html) Beastie Bits [Development environment updated and working])https://twitter.com/sweordbora/status/1618603990463438851?s=52&t=GHrPlL6qZhIWo6u2Y5ie3g) [WIP] feat: add basic FreeBSD support on Kubelet](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115870) Jar of Fortunes (http://fortunes.cat-v.org/) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. - Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv)

    502: Ping from Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 35:41


    5 Key reasons for a OpenZFS Performance Audit, The Ping from Hell, OpenBGPD 7.9 released, Setting the clock ahead to see what breaks, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines 5 Key reasons why you need a OpenZFS Performance Audit (https://klarasystems.com/articles/5-key-reasons-why-you-need-an-openzfs-performance-audit/) Musings on Mobility : The Ping from Hell (http://bastian.rieck.me/blog/posts/2023/mobility/) News Roundup OpenBGPD 7.9 released (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230323152353) Setting the clock ahead to see what breaks (https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2023/01/19/time/) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Esteban - pot (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/502/feedback/Esteban%20-%20pot.md) Tim - BSD Talk at SCALE (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/502/feedback/Tim%20-%20BSD%20Talk%20at%20SCALE.md) Fred - Networking (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/502/feedback/Fred%20-%20Networking.md) - Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv)

    500: Guarding the Wire

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 36:18


    Wireguard VPN Server with Unbound on OpenBSD, Auditing for OpenZFS Storage Performance, OpenBSD 7.2 on a Thinkpad X201, Practical Guides to fzf, Replacing postfix with dma, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines How To Set Up a Wireguard VPN Server with Unbound on OpenBSD (https://marcocetica.com/posts/wireguard_openbsd/) Auditing for OpenZFS Storage Performance (https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-auditing-for-storage-performance/) News Roundup Some notes on OpenBSD 7.2 on a Thinkpad X201 (https://box.matto.nl/some-notes-on-openbsd-72-on-a-thinkpad-x201.html) fzf A Practical Guide to fzf: Building a File Explorer (https://thevaluable.dev/practical-guide-fzf-example/) A Practical Guide to fzf: Shell Integration (https://thevaluable.dev/fzf-shell-integration/) *** Replacing postfix with dma (https://dan.langille.org/2023/02/28/replacing-postfix-with-dma/) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Dennis - Thanks (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/500/feedback/Dennis%20-%20Thanks.md) Luna - Trillian (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/500/feedback/Luna%20-%20trillian.md) Lyubomir - ipfw question (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/500/feedback/Lyubomir%20-%20ipfw%20question.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    499: Dan Langille Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 40:20


    We're interviewing Dan Langille about his new server project. He'll talk to us about the things he's building, some of which are a bit out of the ordinary. We're also talking about BSDCan 2023 and what to expect after returning to an in-presence conference format. Enjoy! NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Interview - Dan Langille - dan@langille.org (mailto:dan@langille.org) / @twitter (https://twitter.com/dlangille) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Special Guest: Dan Langille.

    498: Dropping Privileges

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 42:58


    OpenZFS auditing for storage Performance, Privilege drop; privilege separation; and restricted-service operating mode in OpenBSD, OPNsense 23.1.1 release, Cloning a System with Ansible, FOSDEM 2023, BSDCan 2023 Travel Grants NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines OpenZFS auditing for storage Performance (https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-auditing-for-storage-performance/) Privilege drop, privilege separation, and restricted-service operating mode in OpenBSD (https://sha256.net/privsep.html) News Roundup OPNsense 23.1.1 released (https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=32484.0) Cloning a System with Ansible (https://kernelpanic.life/software/cloning-a-system-with-ansible.html) FOSDEM 2023 (http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/fosdem_2023) BSDCan 2023 Travel Grant Application Now Open (https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/bsdcan-2023-travel-grant-application-now-open/) The Undeadly Bits Game of Trees milestone (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230120073530) Game of Trees Daemon - video and slides (May make the older game of trees obsolete) (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230210065830) amd64 execute-only committed to -current (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230121125423) Using /bin/eject with USB flash drives (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230214061952) Tunneling vxlan(4) over WireGuard wg(4) (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230214061330) Console screendumps (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230128183032) Execute-only status report (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230130061324) OpenBSD in Canada (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230226065006) Privilege drop, privilege separation, and restricted-service operating mode in OpenBSD (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230219234206) Theo de Raadt on pinsyscall(2) (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230222064027) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Kevin - PLUG (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/498/feedback/Kevin%20-%20PLUG.md) Luna - FOSDEM (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/498/feedback/Luna%20-%20FOSDEM.md) *** Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    497: Random Relinking SSHD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 42:29


    How to Catch a Bitcoin Miner, A Call For More Collaboration, zstd updates, hating hackathons, How to monitor multiple log files at once, KeePassXC, sshd random relinking at boot, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Sysadmin Series - How to Catch a Bitcoin Miner (https://klarasystems.com/articles/sysadmin-series-how-to-catch-a-bitcoin-miner/) A Call For More Collaboration & Harmony Among BSD Hardware Drivers (https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/bsd_driver_harmony/) • [Slides](https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/bsd_driver_harmony/attachments/slides/5976/export/events/attachments/bsd_driver_harmony/slides/5976/BSD_Driver_Harmony_FOSDEM.pdf) • Video is embedded on the schedule event page Printing on FreeBSD (https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2023/02/07/print-on-freebsd/) News Roundup zstd updates (https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/tag/v1.5.4) I hate hackathons (https://pgpt.substack.com/p/i-hate-hackathons) How to monitor multiple log files at once (https://sleeplessbeastie.eu/2023/02/01/how-to-monitor-multiple-log-files-at-once/) Notes to self: KeePassXC (https://jpmens.net/2023/01/22/notes-to-self-keepassxc/) sshd random relinking at boot (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230119075627) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Nelson - aix.md (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/497/feedback/Nelson%20-%20aix.md) Adrian - vbsdcon (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/497/feedback/Adrian%20-%20vbsdcon.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    496: Hacking the CLI

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 45:05


    Automation and Hacking Your FreeBSD CLI, Run your own instant messaging service on FreeBSD, Watch Netflix on FreeBSD, HardenedBSD January 2023 Status Report, How To Set Up SSH Keys With YubiKey as two-factor authentication, OpenSSH fixes double-free memory bug that's pokable over the network, A late announcement, but better late than never, Next NYC*BUG and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Automation and Hacking Your FreeBSD CLI (https://klarasystems.com/articles/automation-and-hacking-your-freebsd-cli/) Run your own instant messaging service on FreeBSD (https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/run-your-own-instant-messaging-service-on-freebsd/) News Roundup Watch Netflix on FreeBSD (https://byte--sized-de.translate.goog/linux-unix/netflix-auf-freebsd-schauen/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp) HardenedBSD January 2023 Status Report (https://hardenedbsd.org/article/shawn-webb/2023-01-31/hardenedbsd-january-2023-status-report) How To Set Up SSH Keys With YubiKey as two-factor authentication (U2F/FIDO2) (https://www.cyberciti.biz/security/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys-with-yubikey-as-two-factor-authentication-u2f-fido2/) OpenSSH fixes double-free memory bug that's pokable over the network (https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2023/02/03/openssh-fixes-double-free-memory-bug-thats-pokable-over-the-network/) A late announcement, but better late than never (https://github.com/chettrick/discobsd/releases/tag/DISCOBSD_2_0) Next NYC*BUG: March? April? Certainly May! (https://lists.nycbug.org:8443/pipermail/talk/2023-February/018550.html) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Daniel - Plan 9 lives (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/496/feedback/Daniel%20-%20Plan%209%20lives.md) Jason - nvd driver (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/496/feedback/Jason%20-%20nvd%20driver.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    495: Limited Jail Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 30:18


    FreeBSD Status Report Fourth Quarter 2022, How to limit a jail, the parallel port, Hello System 0.8, Solbournes in space, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines FreeBSD Status Report Fourth Quarter 2022 (https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2022-10-2022-12/) How to limit a jail (https://dan.langille.org/2023/01/16/how-to-limit-a-jail/) News Roundup The parallel port (https://computer.rip/2023-01-29-the-parallel-port.html) Hello System 0.8 is out (https://github.com/helloSystem/ISO/releases/tag/r0.8.0) Solbournes in space (https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/01/solbournes-in-space.html) Beastie Bits Collecting notes for future “historians” was: Earliest UNIX Workstations? (https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2023-January/027495.html) New Open Position: FreeBSD Userland Software Developer (https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/new-open-position-freebsd-userland-software-developer/) The One Lone Audiobook now exclusive on my store (https://mwl.io/archives/22539) *** Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv)

    494: Unix workstation extinction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 46:45


    Mass extinction of UNIX workstations, Determine Who Can Log In to an SSH Server, Factors When Considering FreeBSD vs. Linux Packages, A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels, Harvesting the Noise While it's Fresh, Bastille - The Jail Manager on FreeBSD, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines The mass extinction of UNIX workstations (https://www.osnews.com/story/135605/the-mass-extinction-of-unix-workstations/) whoarethey: Determine Who Can Log In to an SSH Server (https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/whoarethey) News Roundup FreeBSD vs. Linux 5 Factors When Considering FreeBSD vs. Linux: Packages (https://klarasystems.com/articles/freebsd-vs-linux-5-factors-when-considering-freebsd-vs-linux-package-management/) A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding (https://iximiuz.com/en/posts/ssh-tunnels/) Harvesting the Noise While it's Fresh, Revisited (https://medium.com/@peter.hansteen/harvesting-the-noise-while-its-fresh-revisited-3da1894cc8a7) Bastille - The Jail Manager on FreeBSD (https://byte--sized-de.translate.goog/linux-unix/bastille-der-jail-manager-unter-freebsd/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. *** Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    493: Dotfile Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 42:29


    Write Admin tools from Day One, Differentiating between Data Security and Data Integrity, 45 year-old Unix tool is finally getting an upgrade, OpenBSD 7.2 on an ODROID-HC4, Dotfiles Management, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Write Admin tools from Day One (https://milwaukeemaven.blogspot.com/2022/08/write-admin-tools-from-day-one.html) Differentiating between Data Security and Data Integrity (https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-data-security-vs-integrity/) News Roundup This 45 year-old Unix tool is finally getting an upgrade (https://www.techradar.com/news/45-year-old-unix-tool-finally-gets-an-upgrade) Installing OpenBSD 7.2 on an ODROID-HC4 (https://www.tumfatig.net/2022/install-openbsd-odroid-hc4/) Dotfiles Management (https://mitxela.com/projects/dotfiles_management) Beastie Bits FreeBSD Journal - November/December 2022 - Observability and Metrics (https://freebsdfoundation.org/past-issues/observability-and-metrics/) HAMMER2 file system for NetBSD (https://github.com/kusumi/netbsd_hammer2) Running OpenBSD 7.2 on your laptop is really hard (not) (https://sohcahtoa.org.uk/openbsd.html) MinIO on OpenBSD 7.2: Install (https://dev.to/nabbisen/minio-on-openbsd-72-install-3b3h) WireGuard VPN on OpenBSD (https://www.adrianobarbosa.xyz/blog/openbsd-wireguard.html) A tool for glamorous shell scripts (https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum) Visualize your git commits with a heat map in the terminal (https://github.com/james-stoup/heatwave) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv)

    492: Feeling for NetBSD

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 38:43


    Writing your own operating system, Continuous Integration and Quality Assurance Update, feeling for the NetBSD community, Testing wanted: execute-only on amd64, GCC uses Modula-2 and Rust, do they work on OpenBSD, Unix is dead; long live Unix, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Part 1: Writing your own operating system (https://o-oconnell.github.io/2023/01/12/p1os.html) 2022 in Review: Continuous Integration and Quality Assurance Update (https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/2022-in-review-continuous-integration-and-quality-assurance-update/) News Roundup I feel for the NetBSD community (https://rubenerd.com/i-feel-for-the-netbsd-community/) Testing wanted: execute-only on amd64 (https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230115095258) GCC now includes Modula-2 and Rust. Do they work on OpenBSD? (https://briancallahan.net/blog/) Unix is dead. Long live Unix! (https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/17/unix_is_dead/) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions • [Kevin - Advent of Computing podcast covers BSD](https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/492/feedback/Kevin%20-%20Advent%20of%20Computing%20podcast%20covers%20BSD.md) • [ilo - thanks](https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/492/feedback/ilo%20-%20thanks.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    491: Catch the Spammers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 42:18


    Dragonfly BSD 6.4 is out, Running OpenZFS – Choosing Between FreeBSD and Linux, OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems ebook leaks, catching 71% spam, crazy unix shell prompts, Linux Binary Compatibility: Ubuntu on FreeBSD, Reproducible Builds Summit Venice 2022, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Dragonfly BSD 6.4 is out (https://www.dragonflybsd.org/release64/) Running OpenZFS – Choosing Between FreeBSD and Linux (https://klarasystems.com/articles/running-openzfs-choosing-between-freebsd-and-linux/) News Roundup “OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems” ebook leaking out (https://mwl.io/archives/22462) Can Your Spam-eater Manage to Catch Seventy-one Percent Like This Other Service? (https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/can-your-spam-eater-manage-to-catch.html) Crazy unix shell prompts (https://lists.nycbug.org:8443/pipermail/semibug/2022-December/000775.html) Linux Binary Compatibility: Ubuntu on FreeBSD (https://byte--sized-de.translate.goog/linux-unix/linux-binary-compatibility-ubuntu-unter-freebsd/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp) Reproducible Builds Summit Venice 2022 (https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/reproducible_builds_summit_venice_2022) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Felix - Managing Jails with ansible (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/491/feedback/Felix%20-%20Managing%20Jails%20with%20ansible.md) John Baldwin - bhyve networking setup article (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/491/feedback/John%20Baldwin%20-%20bhyve%20networking%20setup%20article.md) Welton - bhyve webadmin (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/491/feedback/Welton%20-%20bhyve%20webadmin.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    490: New Year's Plan9'ing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 46:13


    FreeBSD Foundation's Software Development review of 2022, what can we learn from Vintage Computing, OpenBSD KDE Status Report 2022, a Decade of HardenedBSD, In Praise of Plan9, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines 2022 in Review: Software Development (https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/2022-in-review-software-development/) What can we learn from Vintage Computing (https://github.com/readme/featured/vintage-computing) News Roundup OpenBSD KDE Status Report 2022 (https://www.sizeofvoid.org/posts/2022-26-12-openbsd-kde-status-report-2022/) A Decade of HardenedBSD (https://git.hardenedbsd.org/shawn.webb/articles/-/blob/master/hardenedbsd/2023-01_decade/article.md) In Praise of Plan9 (https://drewdevault.com/2022/11/12/In-praise-of-Plan-9.html) Beastie Bits LibreSSL 3.7.0 Released (https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221212183516) OPNsense 22.7.10 released (https://opnsense.org/opnsense-22-7-10-released/) BSDCan 2023 call for papers (https://lists.bsdcan.org/pipermail/bsdcan-announce/2022-December/000194.html) How to lock OpenSSH authentication agent (https://sleeplessbeastie.eu/2022/12/28/how-to-lock-openssh-authentication-agent/) Once upon a time long ago, I was sitting alone in the UCLA ARPANET site... (https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/109588605178700335) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    489: Refreshing Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 36:11


    FreeBSD vs. Linux – Networking, HDMI sound output through TV speakers on FreeBSD 13, Getting started with tmux, Samba Active Directory, OpenIKED 7.2 released, FreeBSD Plasma 5 GUI Install, DHCP server howto in German, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines FreeBSD vs. Linux – Networking (https://klarasystems.com/articles/freebsd-vs-linux-networking/) (Solved), HDMI sound output through TV speakers Freebsd 13 or @4 plus VCHIQ audio patch - Raspberry Pi Forums (https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=343233) News Roundup Getting started with tmux (https://ittavern.com/getting-started-with-tmux/) Samba Active Directory (https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/samba-active-directory/freebsd-raspberry-pi.html) OpenIKED 7.2 released (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221202230711) FreeBSD Plasma 5 GUI Install (https://byte--sized-de.translate.goog/linux-unix/freebsd-kde-plasma-5-als-gui-installieren/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp) Original German Article (https://byte-sized.de/linux-unix/freebsd-kde-plasma-5-als-gui-installieren/) *** Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    488: Old ping(8) bug

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 35:25


    Finding a 24 year old bug in ping(8), The Role of Operating Systems in IOT, Authentication gateway with SSH on OpenBSD, FreeBSD 12.4 is out, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Fuzzing ping(8) … and finding a 24 year old bug (https://tlakh.xyz/fuzzing-ping.html) The Role of Operating Systems in IOT (https://klarasystems.com/articles/the-role-of-operating-systems-in-iot/) News Roundup Authentication gateway with SSH on OpenBSD (https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-12-01-openbsd-authpf.html) FreeBSD 12.4 is out (https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2022-December/000059.html) Beastie Bits Vagrant FreeBSD Boxbuilder (https://github.com/punktDe/vagrant-freebsd-boxbuilder) LibreSSL 3.7.0 Released (https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221212183516) OPNsense 22.7.9 released (https://opnsense.org/opnsense-22-7-9-released) BIOS Memory Map for vmd(8) Rewrite in Progress (https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221211164822) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. *** Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    487: EuroBSDcon Interviews Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 34:19


    This year end episode of BSDNow features a trip report to EuroBSDcon by Mr. BSD.tv, as well as an interview with FreeBSD committer John Baldwin. Happy New Year, 2023! NOTES*** This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) EuroBSDCon 2022 Trip Report (https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/eurobsdcon-2022-trip-report-patrick-mcevoy/) Interview 3 - John Baldwin - email@email (mailto:email@email) / @twitter (https://twitter.com/user) Interview topic Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    486: EuroBSDcon interviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 39:01


    This special episode features two interviews we did at EuroBSDcon in Vienna this year. We talk with FreeBSD developers about how they got started, their current projects and more. Also, consider donating to your favorite BSD Foundation to keep the projects going. NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Help the OpenBSD Foundation Reach Its 2022 Funding Goal (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221202062601) • [FreeBSD Foundation Donation Link](https://freebsdfoundation.org/donate/) • [NetBSD Foundation Donation Link](http://www.netbsd.org/donations/#how-to-donate) Interview 1 - Brooks Davis - email@email (mailto:email@email) / @twitter (https://twitter.com/user) Interview topic Interview 2 - Olivier Cochard-Labbe - email@email (mailto:email@email) / @twitter (https://twitter.com/user) Interview topic Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. *** Feedback/Questions Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    485: FreeBSD Home Assistant

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 43:32


    Tails of the M1 GPU, Getting Home Assistant running in a FreeBSD 13.1 jail, interview with AWK creator Dr. Brian Kernighan, Next steps toward mimmutable, Unix's (technical) history is mostly old now, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Tails of the M1 GPU (https://asahilinux.org/2022/11/tales-of-the-m1-gpu/) Getting Home Assistant running in a FreeBSD 13.1 jail (https://dan.langille.org/2022/08/27/getting-home-assistant-running-in-a-freebsd-13-1-jail/) News Roundup A brief interview with AWK creator Dr. Brian Kernighan (https://pldb.com/posts/brianKernighan.html) Next steps toward mimmutable, from deraadt@ (https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221120115616) Unix's (technical) history is mostly old now (https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/UnixHistoryMostlyOldNow) MWL Update • [Fediverse Servers, plus mac_portacl on FreeBSD](https://mwl.io/archives/22392) • [Fifty Books. Thirty Years. What Next?](https://mwl.io/archives/22399) • [Mailing List Freebies](https://mwl.io/archives/22423) Beastie Bits More #FreeBSD Power Saving Notes (http://blog.ignoranthack.me/?p=686) Hacker Stations (https://hackerstations.com/) The Cult of DD (https://eklitzke.org/the-cult-of-dd) RavynOS (https://airyx.org/) ravynOS (previously called airyxOS) is an open-source operating system based on FreeBSD, CMU Mach, and Apple open-source code that aims to be compatible with macOS applications and has no hardware restrictions. Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv)

    484: Birth of stderr

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 36:26


    Virtualization showdown, The Birth of Standard Error, why Steam started picking a random font, Maintaining Sufficient Free Space with ZFS, updated Apple M1/M2 bootloader, code, FreeBSD on my workstation, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Virtualization showdown – FreeBSD's bhyve vs. Linux's KVM (https://klarasystems.com/articles/virtualization-showdown-freebsd-bhyve-linux-kvm/) The Birth of Standard Error (https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20131211/) News Roundup Investigating why Steam started picking a random font (http://blog.pkh.me/p/35-investigating-why-steam-started-picking-a-random-font.html) Curious Case of Maintaining Sufficient Free Space with ZFS (https://taras.glek.net/post/curious-case-of-maintaining-sufficient-free-space-with-zfs/) Call for testing on updated Apple M1/M2 bootloader code (https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221120113149) FreeBSD on my workstation (https://camandro.org/blog/2022-09-30-freebsd-on-my-workstation.html) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Brad - Initial Setup (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/484/feedback/Brad%20-%20Initial%20Setup.md) Joseph - openbsd and postgresql (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/484/feedback/joseph%20-%20openbsd%20and%20postgresql.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    483: ZFS Time Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 50:46


    Research Unix Version 6 in the Open SIMH PDP-11 Emulator, The Hot Tub Time Machine is Your ZFS Turn-Back-Time Method, NFS on NetBSD: server and client side, HardenedBSD October 2022 Status Report, Nushell : Introduction, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Installing and Using Research Unix Version 6 in the Open SIMH PDP-11 Emulator (http://decuser.blogspot.com/2022/10/installing-and-using-research-unix.html) httm – The Hot Tub Time Machine is Your ZFS Turn-Back-Time Method (https://klarasystems.com/articles/httm-is-a-zfs-based-time-machine/) News Roundup NFS on NetBSD: server and client side (https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/959-nfs-on-netbsd-server-and-client-side) HardenedBSD October 2022 Status Report (https://hardenedbsd.org/article/shawn-webb/2022-10-31/hardenedbsd-october-2022-status-report) Nushell : Introduction (https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-10-31-nushell.html) Beastie Bits Unix Pipe Game (https://hackaday.com/2022/10/18/if-only-the-kids-knew-about-pipes/) Slides - The “other” FreeBSD optimizations used by Netflix to serve video at 800Gb/s from a single server (https://people.freebsd.org/~gallatin/talks/euro2022.pdf) My FreeBSD Friday Lecture: The Writing Scholar's Guide to FreeBSD (https://www.coreystephan.com/freebsd-friday/) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Dan - Response to Hans (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/483/feedback/Dan%20-%20Response%20to%20Hans.md) Johnny - bhyve question (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/483/feedback/Johnny%20-%20bhyve%20question.md) Manuel - EuroBSDcon social event (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/483/feedback/Manuel%20-%20EuroBSDcon%20social%20event.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    482: BSD XFCE Desktop

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 39:20


    5 Key Reasons to Consider Open Source Storage, OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop, BSD XFCE, Alpine Linux VM on bhyve - with root on ZFS, FreeBSD Jail Quick Setup with Networking, and more. NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines 5 Key Reasons to Consider Open Source Storage Over Commercial Offerings (https://klarasystems.com/articles/open-source-storage-over-commercial-offerings/) OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop (https://nechtan.io/articles/openbsd_minimalist_desktop.html) News Roundup BSD-XFCE (https://github.com/Wamphyre/BSD-XFCE) Creating an Alpine Linux VM on bhyve - with root on ZFS (optionally encrypted) (https://it-notes.dragas.net/2022/11/01/creating-an-alpine-vm-on-bhyve-with-root-on-zfs-optionally-encrypted/) FreeBSD Jail Quick Setup with Networking (2022) (https://www.shaka.today/freebsd-jail-quick-setup-with-networking-2022/) Beastie Bits EuroBSDcon videos are now up (https://www.youtube.com/c/EuroBSDcon/videos) LibreSSL 3.6.1 released (https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221104064712) Raspberry Pi 4 with FreeBSD 13-RELEASE: A Perfect Miniature Homelab (https://www.coreystephan.com/pi4-freebsd/) AsiaBSDcon 2023 CfP (https://2023.asiabsdcon.org/cfp.html.en) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions John - Allan's meetup (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/482/feedback/John%20-%20Allan's%20meetup.md) Matthew - atime and a question (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/482/feedback/Matthew%20-%20atime%20and%20a%20question.md) Valentin - Becoming a FreeBSD Developer (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/482/feedback/Valentin%20-%20Becoming%20a%20FreeBSD%20Developer.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***

    481: Fiery Crackers