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 63: Unlocking the Future
The Oculus Go is opened up, a potential addition to HTTPS, Intel’s new Alder Lake CPUs, testing ZFS backups, virtualising a firewall, and more.
Plugs
OpenZFS Developer Summit – Nov 8-9th Online
Advanced ZFS Snapshots – Holds and Clones
News/Discussion
John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
HTTPS Attestable: Remote, secure, verified enclaves proposed
Intel Announces 12th Gen Core “Alder Lake” CPUs
Free Consulting
We were asked about testing ZFS backups, and virtualising a firewall.
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