2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington. Every two weeks we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.
2.5 Admins 154: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Why the increasing trend of charging for public IPv4 addresses won’t change much, Google trials restricting its employees’ Internet access, and operating systems uploading firmware to devices at boot.
Plugs
Klara 2023 Recommended Summer Reads – FreeBSD and Linux
News
New – AWS Public IPv4 Address Charge + Public IP Insights
AWS to charge customers for public IPv4 addresses from 2024
Google’s new security pilot program will ban employee Internet access
Free Consulting
We were asked about operating systems uploading firmware to devices at boot, rather than having it baked in.
Kolide
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