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 99: 00000000
A PSA about cheap hard drives, a major Internet outage in Canada, Apple’s new Lockdown Mode, and hostnames and DNS.
Plugs
From 0 to Bhyve on FreeBSD 13.1
News
PSA: buyer beware on “WaterPanther” drives
Canadian ISP Rogers falls over for hours, takes out broadband, cable, cellphones
Rogers restores service for ‘vast majority’ of customers after massive outage
Rogers outage points to need for greater oversight of critical industry
After massive Rogers outage, Government of Canada to force telecoms to help each other in emergencies
Apple expands commitment to protect users from mercenary spyware
Why Lockdown mode from Apple is one of the coolest security ideas ever
Free Consulting
We were asked about hostnames and DNS.
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