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 61: Alice and Bob
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
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
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
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 […]
2.5 Admins 57: Spherical Chickens
What exactly constitutes WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption, your feedback about time-based YouTube blocking, Optane in servers, and what sysadmins actually do. Plugs Using the FreeBSD RACK TCP stack Support us on patreon News/Discussion WhatsApp “end-to-end encrypted” messages aren’t that private after all Free Consulting We were asked about Optane in servers, and what […]
2.5 Admins 56: OMIGOD root
Yet another Azure vulnerability, Anonymous dumps a huge Epik leak, running a desktop in a VM, SSH keys on a Yubikey, and ZFS send to TrueNAS. Plugs Understanding ZFS Channel Programs Support us on patreon News Security researchers at Wiz discover another major Azure vulnerability Timeline Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right […]
2.5 Admins 55: WiFi in the Woods
A surprisingly cheap and easy way to connect 2 buildings wirelessly, your feedback about Samba, and the realities of parental Internet controls. Plugs Choosing the right ZFS pool layout Support us on patreon News/Discussion Point-to-point Wi-Fi bridging between buildings—the cheap and easy way Free Consulting We were asked about restricting access to […]
2.5 Admins 54: Bait and Switch
SSD manufacturers quietly switching out components, 20TB non-SMR HDDs, the surprising side effects of killing the landline, ZFS snapshots when space is limited, and how Jim and Allan set up their systems and monitoring. Plugs History of ZFS: Part 3 Support us on patreon News After quietly switching to slower NAND in an […]
2.5 Admins 53: Unexpected Root
How getting root might be easier for attackers than you think, what a new OS can teach us about open source development, and why you probably shouldn’t buy enterprise drives for your NAS. Plugs EuroBSDCon 2021 is Online, September 17-19, 2021 Support us on patreon News/Discussion Asking nicely for root command execution (and […]
2.5 Admins 52: Notflix
Netflix blocking residential IPs, Intel’s upcoming discrete graphics cards, and the finer points of connecting disks to a RAID controller. Plugs Achieving RPO/RTO Objectives with ZFS – Part 2 Jim was a guest on Linux Unplugged 418 discussing WireGuardNT Support us on patreon News Netflix is adding residential IP addresses to its VPN […]
2.5 Admins 51: Goodbye LISA
Why a large sysadmin conference shut down and what it means, roaming between multiple wireless access points, sending ZFS snapshots to the cloud, best practice for tunnelling between home and the cloud, and a novel use for old hard disks. Plugs Achieving RPO/RTO Objectives with ZFS – Part 1 Support us on patreon […]
2.5 Admins 50: Optimal Airtime
Huge improvements for WireGuard on Windows, and a brief update on the Framework Laptop. Plus why RAID is not a backup, when to use bare metal vs VMs, choosing database types, and more. Plugs Let’s Talk OpenZFS Snapshots Support us on patreon News New WireGuardNT shatters throughput ceilings on Windows Framework’s lightweight modular […]
2.5 Admins 49: Cuddle the Pegasus
Why the Pegasus spyware isn’t really anything new, a Windows vulnerability sends Jim and Allan down memory lane, what to do with old hard disks, your feedback, and more. Plugs FreeBSD TCP performance system controls Support us on patreon News Leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon This World of Ours New Windows […]
2.5 Admins 48: PR Problem
Jim’s hands-on with the modular and upgradeable Framework laptop, the details of Muse Group’s latest controversy, and when backing up to a Pi in your friend’s basement sometimes makes sense. Plugs Managing Boot Environments Support us on patreon News Framework Laptop Audacity’s new owner is in another fight with the open source community […]
2.5 Admins 47: ZFS Rules, LTO Drools
The current and future states of system performance across the whole stack, and backing up to tapes. Plus your feedback about clustered filesystems, a ZFS success story, and IPv6 devices. News/Discussion Computing Performance: On the Horizon Free Consulting We were asked about backing up to magnetic tape. Linode Simplify your […]