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 20: Free money, claim it now!

January 07, 2021 32:23 5.24 MB Downloads: 0

A cruel but necessary phishing test, ancient standards in brand new legislation, using Windows when it makes sense, and commissioning and decommissioning servers.

 

Plugs

Webinar: Introducing OpenZFS 2.0

Klara: Routing and Firewalling VLANS with FreeBSD

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News

GoDaddy Employees Were Told They Were Getting a Holiday Bonus. It Was Actually a Phishing Test

Brexit trade deal advises governments to use Netscape Communicator and SHA-1. Why? It’s all in the DNA

 

Free consulting

We were asked about Active Directory solutions, and the server commissioning and decommissioning process.

 

 

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Datadog

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TrueNAS from iXsystems

This episode is sponsored by TrueNAS from iXsystems, the number one Open Storage OS. See how TrueNAS can support your next storage project, whether it’s just a few terabytes, all the way up to multiple petabytes.

 

 

 

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