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 77: The Joe Ressington Experience
What the recent Spotify controversy means for open podcasting standards, why young people increasingly don’t understand the concept of a hierarchical filesystem, and our update practices. Plugs Modern inetd on FreeBSD Support us on patreon Discussion Joe Rogan Podcast is staying on Spotify says boss Students who grew up with search engines might […]
2.5 Admins 76: Horses for Courses
The pain of updating Windows, FreeBSD vs Linux, and getting started with ZFS. Plugs FreeBSD Periodic Scripts Support us on patreon News/discussion Microsoft: Windows needs at least 8 hours online to update reliably Why we’re migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD Counterpoint to “FreeBSD’s network stack is better” Free […]
2.5 Admins 75: Burning Fiber
Allan has a recent war story for us, Microsoft blocked email from Linode, maximizing performance in a large capacity storage server, and more. Plugs Cluster Provisioning with Nomad and Pot Support us on patreon Feedback Register article about Microsoft blocking email from Linode Allan’s recent war story Photos Free Consulting We […]
2.5 Admins 74: Virtual Pointless Network
A potential new European recursive DNS, why VPNs aren’t the silver bullet some people think they are, and how we set up new systems from scratch. Plugs Support us on patreon The Birth of Unix News/discussion EU wants to build its own DNS infrastructure with built-in filtering capabilities Free Consulting We were […]
2.5 Admins 73: QR Choad
A novel approach to an old scam, your feedback about web servers and ransomware, and maintaining old databases. Plugs Packet Scheduling with Dummynet and FreeBSD Support us on patreon News/Discussion Pay to park scam Feedback Jim’s review of the Caddy web server Free Consulting We were asked about optimising and maintaining […]
2.5 Admins 72: Email Cartel
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]