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 58: Autocompromised
A pretty serious flaw with Autodiscover that leaks email credentials, why Btrfs sucks for more than one disk, and the best hardware for a low-powered NAS.
Plugs
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When to use a SLOG, and when not to
News
Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover bug leaks hundreds of thousands of domain credentials
Microsoft knew of Exchange Autodiscover flaw five years ago
Examining btrfs, Linux’s perpetually half-finished filesystem
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We were asked about the best hardware for a low-powered NAS.
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