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 46: Not Actively Supported
Windows 11 has been announced but some key details are still unknown, why you shouldn’t connect consumer-grade network storage devices to the Internet, optimizing Windows guests on KVM hosts, and how to get started with Sanoid.
Plugs
History of FreeBSD: Net/1 and Net/2: Path to Freedom
News
WD My Book NAS devices are being remotely wiped clean worldwide Western Digital My Book NAS
Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Book Live devices
Western Digital Users Face Another RCE
Windows 11 is much more than a new theme slapped onto Windows 10
Free Consulting
We were asked about optimizing Windows guests on KVM hosts, and how to get started with Sanoid.
Linode
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CBT Nuggets
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