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Twitter are going to charge for bad 2 factor authentication, new alarming details about the recent LastPass breach, and setting up a DNS server in the cloud.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara: ZFS Optimization Success Stories   News An update on two-factor authentication using SMS on Twitter LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken   Free Consult...

Google is getting paid to advertise malware sites, Comcast’s false map data, more on private TLDs, why we don’t use Btrfs, and getting notifications for your monitoring.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara Sysadmin Series: How to catch a bitcoin miner   News/discussion Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software Comcast gave false map data to FC...

Microsoft and Google seem to think that chatbots are the future of search, the problem of filtering spam, and organising data with backups in mind.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara Live Webinar, Feb 23rd: Deploying a Successful Performance Audit   News Bing is having bizarre emotional breakdowns and there’s a subreddit with examples Alphabet stock price drops after Google Bard l...

A “smart” lighting system goes wrong, mitigating a DNS attack, an unsatisfying update about Eufy cameras, why Jim and Allan won’t be active on Mastodon any time soon, and how we set up servers in a few minutes.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara Live Webinar, Feb 23rd: Deploying a Successful Performance Audit   News/discussion US school runs lights 24/7/365: The smart...

Yet another reason to disable voicemail, why so many recent Macs end up as scrap, and setting up a mail server.   Plugs Support us on patreon Auditing for Storage Performance   News WhatsApp accounts takeover Perfectly Good MacBooks From 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Activation Lock   Free Consulting We were asked about setting up a mail server.       Linod...

Why you should still use a VPN with public WiFi, who the new Xeons are aimed at, follow-up on trying to be your own bank, and separating legacy WiFi devices from modern ones.   Plugs Support us on patreon OpenZFS: Data Security vs Integrity   News/discussion Why Public Wi-Fi is a Lot Safer Than You Think Years late and 36 cores short of AMD, who are Intel’s 4th-gen Xeons even for?...

A recent outage that grounded thousands of planes, correcting ZFS misreporting, the problem of fake SSDs on Amazon, and IP schemes vs internal DNS.   Plugs Support us on patreon FreeBSD vs Linux: Package Management   News FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file The Future of ZFS on Ubuntu Desktop is Not Looking Good ZFSBootMenu Why the Heck Is Amazon...

Two recent examples of backups not being properly tested, why the term “edge” is meaningless, we try not to laugh at the Bitcoin dev who lost all his magic beans, and d irectory services for mixed environments.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara’s best articles from 2022   News/discussion Eir says thousands of customer emails irretrievably deleted in error Eir users of...

LastPass vaults are leaked, ChatGPT is coming to Bing, live migrations, and SSD vs spinning disk power usage.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara is looking for sysadmins with ZFS experience, join Allan’s team   News LastPass – Notice of Recent Security Incident The LastPass disclosure of leaked password vaults is being torn apart by security experts Microsoft to challenge Go...

It’s the last episode of the year so we look back at a couple of 2022 trends: the explosion of AI/ML, and big social media changes. Plus a quick-fire ZFS FAQ.         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 c...

Buying and renting features in Intel hardware that you’ve already bought, killer robots, a huge nuclear fusion breakthrough, and the pros and cons of parallel rsync jobs.   Plugs Support us on patreon OpenZFS: Choosing between FreeBSD and Linux   News/discussion Intel On Demand Driver Ready To Activate Your Licensed CPU Features With Linux 6.2 Intel On Demand VICTORY! San Francisco...

Saving money by changing the CPU frequency governor on servers, Making unphishable 2FA phishable, phishing with Google Docs, monitoring at scale, and using ZFS with a single disk.   Plugs Support us on patreon FreeBSD vs Linux – Networking   Discussion Can You Save Money By Changing the CPU Frequency Governor on Your Servers? Making unphishable 2FA phishable Phishing links with Google Do...

Security cameras that aren’t quite as secure as they claim, why it’s difficult to trust software “from Samsung”, getting started with offsite backups, and ZFS on root on Ubuntu.   Plugs Support us on patreon the Role of Operating Systems in IoT   News Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras Samsung’s Android app-signing key has leaked, i...

The risks of taking your laptop to a repair shop, why DNS has become concentrated to just a few providers, and powering down drives periodically.   Plugs Support us on patreon Virtualization Showdown: FreeBSD bhyve vs Linux KVM   Discussion Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid DNS concentration   Free Consulting We were asked about periodically shut...

Why the Twitter infrastructure is creaking, Jim’s experiences of the Ubuntu Summit, changing VM resources without rebooting, and more.   News/discussion Why Twitter will fail shortly Twitter mayhem, staff cuts have advertisers bailing on the platform Jim tells us about his experiences at the Ubuntu Summit   Free Consulting We were asked about WireGuard on OPNsense, and changing VM...

Microsoft’s half-baked Arm machine, why it’s a bad idea to go to the World Cup in Qatar, using WireGuard to punch through double NAT, and the best filesystem for removable storage. With guest host Alex Kretzschmar from Self-Hosted .   News/discussion Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to improve Windows on Arm How many major upgrade cycles with your main work machin...

Android’s controversial VPN settings, the deepfake audio arms race, the Metaverse is even worse than we thought, and why you shouldn’t use external cables for server storage. With guest host Alex Kretzschmar from Self-Hosted .   News Android leaks connectivity check traffic Meta’s New Headset Will Track Your Eyes for Targeted Ads Deepfake audio has a tell – researchers use fluid d...

Password spray attacks, the value of certifications vs actual experience, and the best VPN strategy.   News/discussion Use Authentication Policies to Fight Password Spray Attacks   Free Consulting We were asked about certifications, and VPN strategy.       Kolide Kolide is a fleet visibility solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can help you securely scale your busines...

An impressive AI pretends to be Linux, Jim gets angry about a RAIDZ calculator, and using a laptop as a server.   News/discussion We interviewed Linux OS through an AI bot to discover its secrets   Free Consulting We were asked about using a laptop as a server.         Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anyw...

Traditional vs modern backup methods, hiding malware inside innocent-looking files, and power loss protection in SSDs.   News/discussion Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo   Free Consulting We were asked about power loss protection in SSDs       Kolide Kolide is a fleet visibility solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can help you securely...

A drone-delivered exploit system , why companies destroy perfectly good hardware, and pulling backups from a Windows machine.   Plugs Support us on patreon iX and Klara – The Open Source Era is Upon Us Your Comprehensive Guide to FreeBSD’s rc   News Drone attack Twitter thread Why Big Tech shreds millions of storage devices it could reuse   Free Consulting We were asked...

SSDs are probably more reliable than spinning hard drives, how much RAM you actually need, Cloudflare alternatives, sudo password security, and more.   Plugs Support us on patreon the History of Package Management on FreeBSD   News/discussion The SSD Edition: 2022 Drive Stats Mid-year Review How Much RAM Do You Need in 2022? Exploring Swap on FreeBSD   Feedback Fastly Gcore Jetpack...

How a BGP hijack facilitated the theft of $235k worth of crypto, why we aren’t too excited about Cloudflare’s new CAPTCHA, and how to configure ZFS on Proxmox.   Plugs Support us on patreon Deploying FreeBSD on Oracle Cloud Allan and Wendell chat about ZFS data recovery   News How 3 hours of inaction from Amazon cost cryptocurrency holders $235,000 Announcing Turnstile, a use...

Why solving network congestion issues is so difficult, our thoughts on DNS privacy, an unwise use case for 32-bit Linux, and PoE injectors vs switches.   Discussion The Math Proves It—Network Congestion Is Inevitable   Free Consulting We were asked about Power over Ethernet injectors vs PoE switches.         Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices...

Why modern interfaces suck, the reasons we don’t recommend Cloudflare, and backups for beginners. With guest host Gary from Linux Downtime (and Pidgin ).   News/discussion Blocking Kiwifarms The modern OS desktop is a crime against humanity Rick Astley has done more to prevent folks clicking on unknown links than all cyber security training combined   Free Consulting We were asked...