Google’s new TLDs are silly but not as dangerous as some people think, whether we should cling on to AM radio, Microsoft scans password-protected zip files, and how to assess open source software for its trustworthiness.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-144/

Kolide

Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more at https://kolide.com/25a

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to https://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 https://linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.

Adobe’s vague threats show why open source is often the pragmatic choice, Russians craft a poor man’s ransomware with WinRAR, Chrome drops the padlock icon, Amazon pulls a Google, and using a keyfile with a password manager.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-143/

Axiom

HelloFresh

Linode

Google's attempt to replace passwords with keys, why Jim thinks IBM is dragging Red Hat in the wrong direction, Intel’s rudimentary error that breaks a security feature, and protecting your files from other users on your system.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-142/

Kolide

Tailscale

Linode

What the challenge of building a web browser from scratch tells us about the state of the modern web, why some people are frying their AMD CPUs, more on basic password managers and regularly powerscyling network gear, moving from Mercurial to Git, running old applications on modern Ubuntu, and more.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-141/

Factor

The Traceroute Podcast

Linode

How not to practice responsible disclosure, Mulvad proves that its claims stand up, whether to be worried about public phone chargers, an “anti-ransomware” SSD, and monitoring ZFS with Zabbix.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-140/

Kolide

Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more at kolide.com/25a

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.

The new and up and coming tech that we’re excited about including RISC-V, hard drive innovation, Arm servers, and the Fediverse. Plus whether FreeBSD’s license has held it back, and generating SSL certificates on a router.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-139/

Linode

Google Drive's arbitrary file limit, SMR disks probably die sooner, Western Digital’s My Cloud outage locks some people out of their data, why we don't talk much about Veeam, and running containers as root.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-138/

Linode

Kolide

Tailscale

Yet another reason not to plug random USB drives into your laptop, how Reddit learned about the importance of testing your backups, and we brainstorm a sysadmin’s version of a minimal password manager.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-137/

HelloFresh

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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 https://linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.

Why the RESTRICT Act is about much more than banning Tik Tok, what recent Tesla hacks tell us about the way the security research community is changing, and what server manufacturers we recommend.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-136/

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 can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more at kolide.com/25a

Why the death of Reader 10 years ago might come back to haunt Google, Samsung's AI moon photos raise a philosophical question, Jim's frustrations with Ubuntu, and connecting a POS system.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-135/

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 https://linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.

Kolide

Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more at https://kolide.com/25a

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to https://tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.