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 264: A Question of Trust
Matrix shows how painful enormous databases can be to restore, why the certificate authority system doesn’t seem to make sense in 2025, a hosting provider thinks they are better than Cloudflare at blocking malicious traffic, a viral app turns out to be written by an enthusiastic dev who doesn’t understand best practices, and using S3 object storage outside of the cloud. With guest host Gary from Linux After Dark and Hybrid Cloud Show.
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News/discussion
Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown
Mis-issued certificates for 1.1.1.1 DNS service pose a threat to the Internet
The number of mis-issued 1.1.1.1 certificates grows
Mythic Beasts will block Cloudflare IPs on shared hosting if abusive traffic gets through
Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater
ICEBlock handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way
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