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April 27, 2023504: Release the BSD
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
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Headlines
FreeBSD 13.2 Release Announcement
Using DTrace to find block sizes of ZFS, NFS, and iSCSI
News Roundup
Midnight BSD 3.0.1
Closing a stale SSH connection
How to automatically add identity to the SSH authentication agent
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Feedback/Questions
Dan - ZFS question
Matt - Thanks
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37 min
April 20, 2023503: Fast Unix Commands
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
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Headlines
ZFS Optimization Success Stories
Linux Namespaces Are a Poor Man's Plan 9 Namespaces
News Roundup
We need better support for SSH host certificates
Fast Unix Commands
Fascination with AWK
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
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37 min
April 13, 2023502: Ping from Hell
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
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Headlines
5 Key reasons why you need a OpenZFS Performance Audit
Musings on Mobility : The Ping from Hell
News Roundup
OpenBGPD 7.9 released
Setting the clock ahead to see what breaks
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Feedback/Questions
Esteban - pot
Tim - BSD Talk at SCALE
Fred - Networking
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36 min
April 06, 2023 501: Boot that Snapshot
Nextcloud + OpenBSD = <3, Understanding the Origins of DTrace, Bastille Templates for FreeBSD Jails, Initial support for guided disk encryption in the OpenBSD installer, Dynamic host configuration please, OpenBSD Storage Management tutorial at BSDCan 2023, Jan/Feb 2023 Column Out in the FreeBSD Journal, and more
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Headlines
Nextcloud + OpenBSD = <3
FreeBSD History Series - Understanding the Origins of DTrace
News Roundup
Bastille Templates for FreeBSD Jails
Initial support for guided disk encryption in the installer
Dynamic host configuration, please
BSDCan 2023 Tutorial: OpenBSD Storage Management
Jan/Feb 2023 Column Out in the FreeBSD Journal
loader: Add support for booting from a ZFS snapshot
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39 min
March 30, 2023500: Guarding the Wire
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
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Headlines
How To Set Up a Wireguard VPN Server with Unbound on OpenBSD
Auditing for OpenZFS Storage Performance
News Roundup
Some notes on OpenBSD 7.2 on a Thinkpad X201
fzf
A Practical Guide to fzf: Building a File Explorer
A Practical Guide to fzf: Shell Integration
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Replacing postfix with dma
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Feedback/Questions
Dennis - Thanks
Luna - Trillian
Lyubomir - ipfw question
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37 min
March 23, 2023499: Dan Langille Interview
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
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Interview - Dan Langille - [email protected] / @twitter
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Special Guest: Dan Langille.
41 min
March 16, 2023498: Dropping Privileges
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
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Headlines
OpenZFS auditing for storage Performance
Privilege drop, privilege separation, and restricted-service operating mode in OpenBSD
News Roundup
OPNsense 23.1.1 released
Cloning a System with Ansible
FOSDEM 2023
BSDCan 2023 Travel Grant Application Now Open
The Undeadly Bits
Game of Trees milestone
Game of Trees Daemon - video and slides (May make the older game of trees obsolete)
amd64 execute-only committed to -current
Using /bin/eject with USB flash drives
Tunneling vxlan(4) over WireGuard wg(4)
Console screendumps
Execute-only status report
OpenBSD in Canada
Privilege drop, privilege separation, and restricted-service operating mode in OpenBSD
Theo de Raadt on pinsyscall(2)
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Feedback/Questions
Kevin - PLUG
Luna - FOSDEM
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43 min
March 09, 2023497: Random Relinking SSHD
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
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Headlines
Sysadmin Series - How to Catch a Bitcoin Miner
A Call For More Collaboration & Harmony Among BSD Hardware Drivers
• [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
News Roundup
zstd updates
I hate hackathons
How to monitor multiple log files at once
Notes to self: KeePassXC
sshd random relinking at boot
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Feedback/Questions
Nelson - aix.md
Adrian - vbsdcon
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43 min
March 02, 2023496: Hacking the CLI
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
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Headlines
Automation and Hacking Your FreeBSD CLI
Run your own instant messaging service on FreeBSD
News Roundup
Watch Netflix on FreeBSD
HardenedBSD January 2023 Status Report
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
A late announcement, but better late than never
Next NYC*BUG: March? April? Certainly May!
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Feedback/Questions
Daniel - Plan 9 lives
Jason - nvd driver
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46 min
February 23, 2023495: Limited Jail Time
FreeBSD Status Report Fourth Quarter 2022, How to limit a jail, the parallel port, Hello System 0.8, Solbournes in space, and more
NOTES
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Headlines
FreeBSD Status Report Fourth Quarter 2022
How to limit a jail
News Roundup
The parallel port
Hello System 0.8 is out
Solbournes in space
Beastie Bits
Collecting notes for future “historians” was: Earliest UNIX Workstations?
New Open Position: FreeBSD Userland Software Developer
The One Lone Audiobook now exclusive on my store
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31 min

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