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 59: Megaphone in the Middle
Why RISC-V looks promising for the future, how the web switched to HTTPS by default, an interesting DoS method, and how mitigating ssh attacks has changed over the years.
Plugs
RISC-V: The New Architecture on the Block
News/Discussion
Weaponizing Middleboxes for TCP Reflected Amplification
Electronic Frontier Foundation will deprecate HTTPS Everywhere plugin
Free Consulting
We were asked about SSH tarpits.
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