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.
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2.5 Admins 100: 💯
More on abandoned hardware, central auth, Internet Explorer, Antivirus, monitoring, speed testing, and more. Plugs Watch Jim and Allan’s webinar: Getting started with bhyve Support us on patreon Things mentioned: End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers (selected models) Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers FreeIPA Sophos Icinga […]
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 Support us on patreon News PSA: buyer beware on “WaterPanther” drives Canadian ISP Rogers falls over for hours, takes out broadband, cable, cellphones Rogers restores […]
2.5 Admins 98: Lemonade
Picking the right switch, clustering Raspberry Pis, dynamic DNS, replacing a desktop PC, work-life balance, and more. Kolide Kolide is a fleet visibility solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can help you securely scale your business. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3HB8xUv Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines […]
2.5 Admins 97: Gotta Go Fast
The best ways to test your Internet speed, more on filesystem caching, monitoring servers at scale, and more. Plugs ZFS Developer job description Webinar: Open-source Virtualization: Getting Started with Bhyve Support us on patreon Discussion Public iPerf3 servers DSLReports MTR fast.com Feedback OpenZFS on Windows Free Consulting We were asked about […]
2.5 Admins 96: Skunky Routers
Internet Explorer is dead, Cisco small business routers that need to be junked, antivirus on Linux servers, and you’ll never guess what Jim and Allan recommend for easily rolling back updates. Plugs ZFS Developer job description Webinar: Open-source Virtualization: Getting Started with Bhyve Support us on patreon News Internet Explorer 11 has retired […]
2.5 Admins 95: Opened in 45 Seconds
The finer points of allocating VM resources, Jim is annoyed with the browser situation on Ubuntu desktop, and when you should have passwords on your SSH keys. Plugs ZFS Developer job description Support us on patreon News/discussion How are we improving Firefox snap performance? Part 1 Free Consulting We were asked about […]
2.5 Admins 94: Free IPv4s, Click Here!
Freeing up millions of IPv4 addresses, WSL 2 comes to Windows Server, why cert renewal should be automated, what to do with SMR drives, and more. Plugs ZFS Developer job description Support us on patreon News Freeing up of hundreds of millions of IPv4 addresses proposed Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 splashes down […]
2.5 Admins 93: Byhve Mind
A Linux user tries out FreeBSD’s Bhyve hypervisor, choosing storage for a VMware ESXi server, and perfect use case for WireGuard. Discussion Jim has been testing Bhyve Free Consulting We were asked about connecting home and small business networks, and choosing storage for a VMware ESXi server. Linode Simplify your […]
2.5 Admins 92: End to End to End
End-to-end encryption is under threat again, Broadcom is buying VMware, prison time for an angry DBA, and backing up your photos with encryption. Plugs Evaluating FreeBSD-CURRENT for Production Use BSDCan 2022 – Online June 1-4th Support us on patreon News “War upon end-to-end encryption”: EU wants Big Tech to scan private messages Broadcom […]
2.5 Admins 91: The Deenis
More on Ubuntu mirrors and DNS, detecting advanced persistent threats, resilient backups, and open source Active Directory alternatives. Plugs bhyve: the BSD hypervisor Support us on patreon Feedback ubuntu/pool/main/b/bash Damaged ZFS filesystems can be more or less unrepairable Free Consulting We were asked about open source Active Directory alternatives. Linode […]
2.5 Admins 90: 2 Admins
Another attempt to replace passwords, trying to solve the problem of write-once storage, and the unusual ways we manage our invoices. Plugs EuroBSDCon CfP: September 15-18, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. Submit by May 25th Support us on patreon News Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard How Apple, […]
2.5 Admins 89: Warm Storage
How long optical disks last and why cold storage isn’t usually worth it, VM security, more thoughts on crypto nonsense, and more. Plugs Learning the Fundamentals of the FreeBSD Shell Support us on patreon Feedback Twitter thread about optical media longevity Qubes OS Free Consulting We were asked about exporting VMs. […]
2.5 Admins 88: Great Scott
Musk buys Twitter, Ubuntu’s ZFS on root snapshot tool is put on the back burner, and setting up your own apt mirror. Plugs Build your own NAS, Part 2: Tuning Support us on patreon News Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn Tweet from Rik Mills (Ubuntu & Kubuntu developer) Launchpad […]
2.5 Admins 87: Unplanned Obsolescence
Yet another IoT company abandons its customers, ridiculous “hard drives”, Postrges with containers, and cloud storage that isn’t quite as good as it sounds. With guest host Alex Kretzschmar from the Self-Hosted podcast. Plugs Building Your Own FreeBSD-based NAS with ZFS Support us on patreon News Insteon looks dead—just like its users’ smart […]
2.5 Admins 86: Reluctant Sysadmin
The new features in OpenSSH, an embarrassing outage, the ugly side of Apple’s AirTags, and securing SSH keys when using Git. With guest host Dalton Durst from Linux After Dark. Plugs Improving Replication Security With OpenZFS Delegation Support us on patreon News OpenSSH 9.0 released At last, Atlassian sees an end to its […]