BSD Now

53: It's HAMMER Time

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It's our one year anniversary episode, and we'll be talking with Reyk Floeter about the new OpenBSD webserver - why it was created and where it's going. After that, we'll show you the ins and outs of DragonFly's HAMMER FS. Answers to viewer-submitted questions and the latest headlines, on a very special BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

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FreeBSD foundation's new IPSEC project
  • The FreeBSD foundation, along with Netgate, is sponsoring some new work on the IPSEC code
  • With bandwidth in the 10-40 gigabit per second range, the IPSEC stack needs to be brought up to modern standards in terms of encryption and performance
  • This new work will add AES-CTR and AES-GCM modes to FreeBSD's implementation, borrowing some code from OpenBSD
  • The updated stack will also support AES-NI for hardware-based encryption speed ups
  • It's expected to be completed by the end of September, and will also be in pfSense 2.2
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    NetBSD at Shimane Open Source Conference 2014
    • The Japanese NetBSD users group held a NetBSD booth at the Open Source Conference 2014 in Shimane on August 23
    • One of the developers has gathered a bunch of pictures from the event and wrote a fairly lengthy summary
    • They had NetBSD running on all sorts of devices, from Raspberry Pis to Sun Java Stations
    • Some visitors said that NetBSD had the most chaotic booth at the conference
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      pfSense 2.1.5 released
      • A new version of the pfSense 2.1 branch is out
      • Mostly a security-focused release, including three web UI fixes and the most recent OpenSSL fix (which FreeBSD has still not patched in -RELEASE after nearly a month)
      • It also includes many other bug fixes, check the blog post for the full list
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        Systems, Science and FreeBSD
        • Our friend George Neville-Neil gave a presentation at Microsoft Research
        • It's mainly about using FreeBSD as a platform for research, inside and outside of universities
        • The talk describes the OS and its features, ports, developer community, documentation, who uses BSD and much more
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          Interview - Reyk Floeter - [email protected] / @reykfloeter

          OpenBSD's HTTP daemon

          Tutorial
          A crash course on HAMMER FS
          News Roundup
          OpenBSD's rcctl tool usage
          • OpenBSD recently got a new tool for managing /etc/rc.conf.local in -current
          • Similar to FreeBSD's "sysrc" tool, it eliminates the need to manually edit rc.conf.local to enable or disable services
          • This blog post - from a BSD Now viewer - shows the typical usage of the new tool to alter the startup services
          • It won't make it to 5.6, but will be in 5.7 (next May)
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            pfSense mini-roundup
            • We found five interesting pfSense articles throughout the week and wanted to quickly mention them
            • The first item in our pfSense mini-roundup details how you can stream Netflix to in non-US countries using a "smart" DNS service
            • The second post talks about setting ip IPv6, in particular if Comcast is your ISP
            • The third one features pfSense on Softpedia, a more mainstream tech site
            • The fourth post describes how to filter HTTPS traffic with Squid and pfSense
            • The last article describes setting up a VPN using the "tinc" daemon and pfSense
            • It seems to be lesser known, compared to things like OpenVPN or SSH tunnels, so it's interesting to read about
            • This pfSense HQ website seems to have lots of other cool pfSense items, check it out
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              OpenBSD's new buffer cache
              • OpenBSD has traditionally used the tried-and-true LRU algorithm for buffer cache, but it has a few problems
              • Ted Unangst has just switched to a new algorithm in -current, partially based on 2Q, and details some of his work
              • Initial tests show positive results in terms of cache responsiveness
              • Check the post for all the fine details
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                BSDTalk episode 244
                • Another new BSDTalk is up and, this time around, Will Backman interviews Ken Moore, the developer of the new BSD desktop environment
                • They discuss the history of development, differences between it and other DEs, lots of topics
                • If you're more of a visual person, fear not, because...
                • We'll have Ken on next week, including a full "virtual walkthrough" of Lumina and its applications
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                  Feedback/Questions
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