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  • 554: NetBSD Double Digit

    The XZ Backdoor, NetBSD 10.0, iX announces that they will put out a release of TrueNAS 13.3, State of the Terminal, LibreSSL 3.8.4 and 3.9.1 released and more

    NOTES

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    Headlines

    People have no doubt heard of this by now, but are not aware of the BSD side of

    things since its mostly been Linux getting all the news. It'd be nice if we
    could give a summary of the issue and then address how it does/doesn't affect
    the BSDs.
    The XZ Backdoor

    • NetBSD's statement
    • FreeBSD's statement
    • OpenBSD?
    • NetBSD 10.0

      News Roundup

      iX announces that they will put out a release of TrueNAS 13.3

      • A community fork has been announced
      • State of the Terminal

        LibreSSL 3.8.4 and 3.9.1 released

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        Feedback/Questions
        • Derek via feedback has asked for some discussion around this NetBSD security advisory

        • -- Advisory Link

        • Ben - Nextcloud Installation

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          • 1 hr 3 min
          • 553: Terminal Latency

            Using Git offline, Make your own E-mail server, quiz: a tool for rapid OpenZFS development, Configuring openzfs for nvme databases, Mirroring OmniOS: The Complete Guide part 1, Installing OpenBSD 7.4 on a VisionFive 2 rev, and more...

            NOTES

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            Headlines

            Using Git offline

            Make your own E-Mail server - FreeBSD, OpenSMTPD, Rspamd and Dovecot included - Part 1

            News Roundup

            quiz: a tool for rapid OpenZFS development

            Configuring openzfs for nvme databases

            Mirroring OmniOS: The Complete Guide; Part One

            Installing OpenBSD 7.4 on a VisionFive 2 rev 1.2a

            Terminal Latency

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            • 54 min
            • 552: The Laptop Sparc

              Setup diskless booting of Raspberry Pi, TrueNAS abandons FreeBSD, SPARCbook 3000ST: The coolest 90s laptop, Sparkbook Teardown, SSH over HTTPS, Keycloak Identity and Access Management on FreeBSD, Ford Aerospace and BSD Unix, and more

              NOTES

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              Headlines

              HOWTO: Setup diskless booting of Raspberry Pi (running RPi OS) via TFTP & NFSv4 from a FreeBSD ZFS server

              TrueNAS abandons FreeBSD

              • No one needs to panic, we're aware of plans that have already been in the works. But more on that later.
              • News Roundup

                SPARCbook 3000ST: The coolest 90s laptop

                Sparkbook Teardown
                Author Comment

                SSH over HTTPS

                Keycloak Identity and Access Management on FreeBSD

                Ford Aerospace and BSD Unix.

                Beastie Bits
                • OpenBGPD 8.4 released
                • Solene games Context: https://bsd.network/@solene/112115442072927484
                • How I backup
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                  • 1 hr
                  • 551: SSH Port Story

                    This week on the show, The story of SSH getting port 22, GGC using Clang, AuxRunner, Stabweek, Using a Kensington SlimBladePro on OpenBSD, and more...

                    NOTES

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                    Headlines

                    The story of getting SSH port 22

                    Can GCC use Clang as its assembler?

                    News Roundup

                    AUXrunner: a macOS QEMU-based app for running A/UX

                    Stabweek

                    Using the Kensington SlimBlade Pro TrackBall with OpenBSD

                    Running 9front on an emulated SGI Indy via MAME

                    Beastie Bits

                    Huffman Codes – How Do They Work?

                    NetBSD 10.0_RC5
                    New code for SIGILL faults help identify misbranches
                    New Illumos telegram channel
                    The Jan Feb issues of the FreeBSD Journal is here

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                    Feedback/Questions
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                    • 53 min
                    • 550: Netware and Netmap

                      This week on the show, you're not too late to develop the future, netmap on czgbe, OpenZFS 2.2.3, SSH Brute Forcing, some unknown OpenBSD Features, Release notes for the latest Omni OS, and more...

                      NOTES

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                      Headlines

                      When the Power Macintosh ran NetWare (featuring Wormhole and Cyberpunk)

                      You are not too late

                      News Roundup

                      netmap on cxgbe interfaces

                      OpenZFS 2.2.3

                      A recent abrupt change in Internet SSH brute force attacks against us

                      Some OpenBSD features that aren't widely known

                      Release Notes for OmniOS v11 r151048

                      The Making of RP2040 Doom

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                      Feedback/Questions
                      • Brendan - Log Files

                      • Mischa - EuroBSDcon

                      • Sebastiano - Sed

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                        • 54 min
                        • 549: htop Tetris

                          FreeBSD Foundation Statement on the European Union Cyber Resiliency Act, DragonFly BSD on a Thinkpad T480s, How FreeBSD

                          Employs Ampere Arm64 Servers in the Data Center, FreeBSD Yubikey authentication, that time I almost added Tetris to htop, and more

                          NOTES

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                          Headlines

                          FreeBSD Foundation Statement on the European Union Cyber Resiliency Act

                          DragonFly BSD on a Thinkpad T480s

                          News Roundup

                          Ampere in the Wild: How FreeBSD Employs Ampere Arm64 Servers in the Data Center

                          FreeBSD Yubikey authentication

                          That time I almost added Tetris to htop

                          Beastie Bits

                          Mail Software Projects for You

                          At long last: the MWL Title Index
                          FreeBSD on a RPi

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                          Feedback/Questions
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                          • 57 min
                          • 548: NTP - In Memoriam

                            FreeBSD Status Report Q4 2023, In Memorium of the NTP inventor, Migrate a FreeBSD bhyve virtual machine to OmniOS, AI-free blog, Hard disk LEDs and Noisy Machines, SSH based comment system, NetBSD 10 RC.4 is available, and more

                            NOTES

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                            Headlines

                            FreeBSD Status Report Fourth Quarter 2023

                            In Memoriam : Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

                            News Roundup

                            Migrate a FreeBSD bhyve virtual machine to OmniOS

                            This blog is AI free

                            Hard disk LEDs and Noisy Machines

                            SSH based comment system

                            NetBSD 10 RC.4 is available

                            Beastie Bits
                            Tarsnap

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                            Feedback/Questions
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                            • 57 min
                            • 547: IT Impostor Syndrome

                              Overcoming imposter syndrome in IT, A Practical Guide to GNU sed With Examples, Early computer art by Barbara Nessim, Don't prefill config files, Trapping Spambots Based on Target Domain Only, You cannot cURL under pressure, and more

                              NOTES

                              This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon

                              Headlines

                              Overcoming imposter syndrome in IT

                              A Practical Guide to GNU sed With Examples

                              News Roundup

                              Early computer art by Barbara Nessim (1984)

                              Don't prefill config files

                              A Simpler Life: Trapping Spambots Based on Target Domain Only

                              You cannot cURL under pressure

                              Tarsnap

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                              Feedback/Questions

                              Marcus - Linux Compat Layer

                              Daniel - FreeBSD Nostalgia
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                              • 45 min
                              • 546: Debunking FreeBSD Myths

                                Debunking Common Myths About FreeBSD, Please, don’t force me to log in, Exploring FreeBSD service(8) basics, Failed Product Designs: A Laptop with Seven Screens, What’s a Permissive License – and Why Should I Care?, Beginning of the year Laugh

                                NOTES

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                                Headlines

                                Debunking Common Myths About FreeBSD

                                Please, don’t force me to log in

                                News Roundup

                                Exploring FreeBSD service(8) basics

                                Failed Product Designs: A Laptop with Seven Screens

                                The Expanscape Aurora 7

                                “What’s a Permissive License – and Why Should I Care?”

                                Beginning of the year Laugh

                                Beastie Bits

                                NetBSD 10: Thirty Years, Still Going Strong!

                                Dracula theme using bash shell
                                pinsyscalls(2) working in anger
                                First bits of a Haiku compatibility layer for NetBSD

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                                • 54 min
                                • 545: BSD Audio Enhancements

                                  ZFS High Availability with Asynchronous Replication and zrep, Stop

                                  Blogging and start documenting, 2023 in Review: Infrastructure, NovaCustom NV41
                                  laptop review, OpenBSD Video Audio Screen Recording, HDMI Audio sound patches
                                  into GhostBSD source code, DSA removal from OpenSSH, NetBSD/evbppc 10.99.10 on
                                  the Nintendo Wii, NetBSD/amd64 current performance patch

                                  NOTES

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                                  Headlines

                                  ZFS High Availability with

                                  Asynchronous Replication and zrep

                                  Stop Blogging and start documenting

                                  News Roundup

                                  2023 in Review: Infrastructure

                                  NovaCustom NV41 laptop review

                                  OpenBSD Video Audio Screen Recording

                                  HDMI Audio sound patches into GhostBSD source code /usr/ghost14/ghostbsd-src SOLVED Jan20 2024

                                  Beastie Bits

                                  DSA removal from OpenSSH

                                  NetBSD/evbppc 10.99.10 on the Nintendo Wii

                                  NetBSD/amd64 current performance patch

                                  November/December 2023 FreeBSD Journal Issue

                                  Feedback
                                  • Rick - Questions
                                  • Tarsnap

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                                    • 1 hr 4 min

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