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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 2 hours 38 minutes
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2.5 Admins 113: Eggs and Baskets
Traditional vs modern backup methods, hiding malware inside innocent-looking files, and power loss protection in SSDs. News/discussion Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo Free Consulting We were asked about power loss pr...
2.5 Admins 112: Reuse > Recycle
A drone-delivered exploit system, why companies destroy perfectly good hardware, and pulling backups from a Windows machine. Plugs Support us on patreon iX and Klara – The Open Source Era is Upon Us Your Comprehensive Guide to FreeBSD’s rc News Dro...
2.5 Admins 111: The Freezer Trick
SSDs are probably more reliable than spinning hard drives, how much RAM you actually need, Cloudflare alternatives, sudo password security, and more. Plugs Support us on patreon the History of Package Management on FreeBSD News/discussion The SSD E...
2.5 Admins 110: Border Gateway Currency
How a BGP hijack facilitated the theft of $235k worth of crypto, why we aren’t too excited about Cloudflare’s new CAPTCHA, and how to configure ZFS on Proxmox. Plugs Support us on patreon Deploying FreeBSD on Oracle Cloud Allan and Wendell chat about...
2.5 Admins 109: Selling Technical Debt
Why solving network congestion issues is so difficult, our thoughts on DNS privacy, an unwise use case for 32-bit Linux, and PoE injectors vs switches. Discussion The Math Proves It—Network Congestion Is Inevitable Free Consulting We were asked abo...
2.5 Admins 108: dQw4w9WgXcQ
Why modern interfaces suck, the reasons we don’t recommend Cloudflare, and backups for beginners. With guest host Gary from Linux Downtime (and Pidgin). News/discussion Blocking Kiwifarms The modern OS desktop is a crime against humanity Rick Astley ...
2.5 Admins 107: s/smart//g
Why the W3C is struggling to move to HTTPS by default and follow-up on Certbot, monitoring, and Silverlight. Plus buying enterprise switches. News/discussion W3C’s planned transition to HTTPS stymied by legacy laggards Free Consulting We were asked...
2.5 Admins 106: Wrap Your Deenis
A big change is coming to Windows licensing for VMs, Google changes the rules around VPNs on Android, and solving a DoH problem. Plugs Support us on patreon EuroBSDCon Sept 15-18 Vienna, Austria – Allan will be speaking about making ZFS scale for NVM...
2.5 Admins 105: Old Men Yell at Cloud
The pros and cons of using email aliases, an Internet hero scratches his own itch, Jim and Allan yell at the cloud, and choosing a firewall distro. News/discussion The Security Pros and Cons of Using Email Aliases Man who built ISP instead of paying...
2.5 Admins 104: Bathtub Map
Amazon is acquiring lots of home floor plans, Google will let politicians spam its Gmail users, burning in new drives, and ZFS scrub best practises. Plugs Support us on patreon EuroBSDCon Sept 15-18 Vienna,