Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every two weeks TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry, and all of us that follow it. Every episode we dedicate a portion of the show to answer audience questions, discuss best practices, and solving your problems.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 13 days 15 hours 31 minutes
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410: Epyc Encryption
It's CPU release season and we get excited about AMD's new line of server chips. Plus our take on AMD's approach to memory encryption, and our struggle to make sense of Intel's Comet Lake line.
409: Privacy Perspectives
We examine why it's so difficult to protect your privacy online and discuss browser fingerprinting, when to use a VPN, and the limits of private browsing.
408: Apollo's ARC
We take a look at the amazing abilities of the Apollo Guidance Computer and Jim breaks down everything you need to know about the ZFS ARC.
Problematic Privileges
Wes takes a quick look at a container escape proof-of-concept and reviews Docker security best practices.
407: Old School Outages
Jim shares his Nagios tips and Wes chimes in with some modern monitoring tools as we chat monitoring in the wake of some high-profile outages.
406: SACK Attack
A new vulnerability may be the next 'Ping of Death'; we explore the details of SACK Panic and break down what you need to know.
405: Update Uncertainty
We explore the risky world of exposed RDP, from the brute force GoldBrute botnet to the dangerously worm-able BlueKeep vulnerability.
Waiting Game
The next episode of TechSNAP is still in the works, so Wes takes a quick look at an interesting application of public-key cryptography in Apple's Find My feature.
404: Prefork Pitfalls
We turn our eye to web server best practices, from the basics of CDNs to the importance of choosing the right multi-processing module.
403: Keeping Systems Simple
We’re back from LinuxFest Northwest with an update on all things WireGuard, some VLAN myth busting, and the trade-offs of highly available systems.