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 72: Email Cartel

January 06, 2022 31:24 22.92 MB Downloads: 0

Microsoft suffers an embarrassment with Exchange, why it’s so hard to host your own email, and the easiest and safest way to manage your backups.   Plugs BSDCan 2022: June 1-4th. CFP Closes Jan 19th Support us on patreon   News/discussion Microsoft releases emergency fix for Exchange year 2022 bug Gloomy sysadmin take on running […]

2.5 Admins 71: Recover Calmly

December 30, 2021 29:01 21.22 MB Downloads: 0

Why ransomware isn’t really an infosec problem, how some open source work Allan helped with saved a company millions of dollars, your feedback, and more.   Plugs OpenZFS: Native Encryption Support us on patreon   News/Discussion Kronos hack will likely affect how employers issue paychecks and track hours How We Saved Millions in SSD Costs […]

2.5 Admins 70: Xmas AMA

December 23, 2021 30:06 21.99 MB Downloads: 0

It’s our holiday AMA episode. We answered your questions about hobbies, TV resolutions, living in the moment, and the biggest screw-ups we’ve witnessed.   Plugs Panel: FreeBSD Arm64 Flexibility with Ampere Support us on patreon       Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern […]

2.5 Admins 69: Nice

December 16, 2021 30:37 22.37 MB Downloads: 0

A huge vulnerability in a Java logging library, ZFS on AWS disappoints, the fastest web servers for static sites, the importance of certs, and more.   Plugs Using FreeBSD’s pkg audit to investigate known security issues Support us on patreon   News/Discussion Log4Shell: RCE 0-day exploit found in log4j 2, a popular Java logging package […]

2.5 Admins 68: Shuckchain

December 09, 2021 30:45 22.46 MB Downloads: 0

A mystery in the Tor network, whether blockchain has any real-world value, configuring passwords with Ansible, and burning in new disks. With guest host Gary Williams from Linux After Dark.   Plugs Allan was on Late Night Linux Extra talking about FreeBSD. BSDCan 2022 – Call for papers Support us on patreon   News It’s […]

2.5 Admins 67: Haitch

December 02, 2021 30:42 22.42 MB Downloads: 0

An insight into the massive scale of Google’s infrastructure, Allan and Jim refuse to accept that crypto now means cryptocurrency (and confuse Latin and Greek), multi-factor auth and WireGuard, and testing network quality.   Plugs Demystifying OpenZFS 2.0 Support us on patreon   News/Discussion Google’s server life extension delivers $1.7bn revenue boost in nine months […]

2.5 Admins 66: Lack of Entropy

November 25, 2021 29:30 21.57 MB Downloads: 0

Tesla owners locked out of their cars, a Linux side-channel attack that enables DNS cache poisoning, why Jim doesn’t use Proxmox, and accessing KVM hosts from Windows.   Plugs Jim was on Late Night Linux twice, as well as Late Night Linux Extra. Support us on patreon   News Tesla drivers left unable to start […]

2.5 Admins 65: Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten

November 18, 2021 28:36 20.92 MB Downloads: 0

How some Swedish parents tried to take control of their kids’ education app, why you shouldn’t try to add magsafe to your phone, introducing the new shiny at work, Samba security, and more.   Plugs FreeBSD Papers We Love: Jails and Cloneable Network Stacks Support us on patreon   News/Discussion These Parents Built a School […]

2.5 Admins 64: Augmented Dystopia

November 11, 2021 29:44 21.73 MB Downloads: 0

Why the metaverse sounds terrible, Alder Lake benchmarks, revoking SSH keys, remote management of Windows machines, and more.   Plugs Looking towards the future: FreeBSD on RISC-V Support us on patreon   News Welcome to Meta Intel’s Alder Lake big.little CPU design, tested: It’s a barn burner OpenZFS Developer Summit   Free Consulting We were […]

2.5 Admins 63: Unlocking the Future

November 04, 2021 30:06 21.99 MB Downloads: 0

The Oculus Go is opened up, a potential addition to HTTPS, Intel’s new Alder Lake CPUs, testing ZFS backups, virtualising a firewall, and more.   Plugs OpenZFS Developer Summit – Nov 8-9th Online Advanced ZFS Snapshots – Holds and Clones Support us on patreon   News/Discussion John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus […]

2.5 Admins 62: Top Notch

October 28, 2021 30:03 21.96 MB Downloads: 0

The stupid notch on the new Macs, why Windows 11 had performance issues with AMD CPUs, why hibernation isn’t really a thing, and more.   Plugs OpenZFS Developer Summit – Nov 8-9th Online Understanding top(1) on FreeBSD Support us on patreon   News AMD and Microsoft release fixes for Ryzen slowdowns in Windows 11 Apple’s […]

2.5 Admins 61: Alice and Bob

October 21, 2021 30:32 22.3 MB Downloads: 0

How not to steal and sell sensitive information, why ISPs shouldn’t try to sue Netflix, and the best way to set up wireless access points.   Plugs Webinar: Enterprise Certificate Management on FreeBSD – October 28th @ 12:00 ET FreeBSD Developer Workstation Setup Support us on patreon   News/Discussion FBI Arrests Navy Nuclear Engineer, Wife […]

2.5 Admins 60: Butter Fingers

October 14, 2021 31:43 23.16 MB Downloads: 0

How Facebook’s services managed to go down for 6 hours, Windows Subsystem for Linux is now easier than ever to set up, and expanding a large capacity storage server.   Plugs Webinar: Enterprise Certificate Management on FreeBSD – October 28th @ 12:00 ET All Things Open Manipulating a ZFS Pool from the Rescue System Support […]

2.5 Admins 59: Megaphone in the Middle

October 07, 2021 30:11 22.05 MB Downloads: 0

Why RISC-V looks promising for the future, how the web switched to HTTPS by default, an interesting DoS method, and how mitigating ssh attacks has changed over the years.   Plugs RISC-V: The New Architecture on the Block Support us on patreon   News/Discussion Weaponizing Middleboxes for TCP Reflected Amplification Electronic Frontier Foundation will deprecate […]

2.5 Admins 58: Autocompromised

September 30, 2021 29:54 21.85 MB Downloads: 0

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 EuroBSDCon 2021 videos are available When to use a SLOG, and when not to Support us on patreon   News Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover bug leaks hundreds of […]