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 303: Denial of Secrets

June 11, 2026 29:30 5.0 MB ( 23.66 MB less) Downloads: 0

People were locked out of their password managers to stop a brute force attack, Coreutils come to Windows, a FreeBSD PR effort backfires, and the best simple consumer WiFi gear.

 

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Why ZFS Is the Ideal Filesystem for Multi-User/Department Media Production

Webinar: June 30th @ 11am EDT: FreeBSD After Hours AMA

 

News/discussion

Password manager Dashlane suspends customer accounts amid brute-force attacks

Microsoft Announces Coreutils For Windows: Derived From Rust Coreutils

Coreutils for Windows

FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop

 

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We were asked about the best simple consumer WiFi gear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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