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478: Debunking sudo myths

October 27th, 2022 | 46 mins 13 secs

berkeley, bsd, buster, command, dataset, debugbreak, debunk, dennis richie, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, machines, myth, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, rob pike, shell, software, sudo, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Open Source in Enterprise Environments, Your Comprehensive Guide to rc(8): FreeBSD Services and Automation, How Rob Pike got hired by Dennis Richie, what FreeBSD machines rubenerd uses, new debugbreak command, 7 sudo myths debunked

477: Uninitialized Memory Disclosures

October 20th, 2022 | 46 mins 57 secs

analysis, berkeley, binary ninja, bsd, crash dump, dataset, disclosure, distribution, dragonflybsd, driver, dual-license, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kernel, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, packet filter, ports, release, sharing, shell, software, tools pf, toolset, trident, trueos, tutorial, uninitialized memory, unix, zfs, zpool

Analyzing BSD Kernels for Uninitialized Memory Disclosures Using Binary Ninja, Sharing Dual-Licensed Drivers between Linux and FreeBSD, favorite Things About The OpenBSD Packet Filter Tools, How to trigger services restart after OpenBSD update, Gems from the Man Page Trenches, and more.

476: Warren Toomey interview

October 13th, 2022 | 44 mins 34 secs

berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tuhs, tutorial, unix, warren toomey, zfs, zpool

In this special episode, we interview Warren Toomey from the Unix Historical Society. We chat about his involvement in preserving old Unix systems and why that is important.

475: Prompt Injection Attacks

October 6th, 2022 | 47 mins 37 secs

attack, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, file management tools, filesystem, freebsd, gpt3, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, overview, package management, packages, ports, prompt injection, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, video playback, zfs, zpool

Prompt injection attacks against GPT-3, the History of Package Management on FreeBSD, A fresh look at FreeBSD, File Management Tools for Your Favorite Shell, Quick Guide about Video Playback on FreeBSD, and more.

474: EuroBSDcon 2022

September 29th, 2022 | 46 mins 13 secs

antispam, berkeley, book, bsd, conference, dataset, deploying, deployment, distribution, dragonflybsd, eurobsdcon, filesystem, freebsd, friends, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, immutable userland mappings, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, openbsd mastery, openssh, operating system, oracle cloud, os, packages, portable, ports, release, shell, software, spam, spammer, ssh-signed commits, tale, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Deploying FreeBSD on Oracle Cloud, A Tale of 300,000 Imaginary Friends, EuroBSDcon 2022 recap, OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems” Status Report, OpenBGPD 7.6 Released, immutable userland mappings, Portable OpenSSH commits now SSH-signed, and more.

473: Rusty Kernel Modules

September 22nd, 2022 | 46 mins 21 secs

aio lpe, amiga support, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, elastic metal, filesystem, freebsd, freebsd journal, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, issue, jails, kernel module, linux, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, rust, scaleway, science, shell, software, subsystem, systems, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Writing FreeBSD kernel modules in Rust, Details behind the FreeBSD aio LPE, Linux subsystem for FreeBSD, FreeBSD Journal: Science, Systems, and FreeBSD, NetBSD improves Amiga support, OpenBSD on Scaleway Elastic Metal, and more

472: Consistent Exit Code

September 15th, 2022 | 45 mins 22 secs

berkeley, boot support, bsd, dataset, distribution, dma, documentation, dragonfly mail agent, dragonflybsd, filesystem, framework, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, laptop, mail agent, mail delivery, muxfs, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, raid 1c, release, shell, software, stable abi, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, win32, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD on the Framework Laptop, Win32 is the only stable ABI on Linux, why OpenBSD’s documentation is so good, configure dma for mail delivery in jails on internet hosts, introducing muxfs, RAID1C boot support, and more

471: De-Penguinization

September 8th, 2022 | 49 mins 8 secs

berkeley, bsd, configuration, configuring, dataset, de-penguin, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hackathon, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openiked, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, rk2k22, rpki-client, shell, software, ten things, to do, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, users, zfs, zpool

Ten Things To Do After Installing FreeBSD, BSD for Linux users, r2k22 Hackathon Report on rpki-client, Configuring OpenIKED, De-Penguin Me, and more

470: 0mp interview

September 1st, 2022 | 52 mins 38 secs

berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

In this special episode, we are interviewing Mateusz Piotrowski about his various roles in the FreeBSD project, his ports work, and a few other interesting things he’s involved with. Enjoy this interview episode, we’ll be back with a regular episode next week.

469: Ctrl-C Reset

August 25th, 2022 | 42 mins 30 secs

berkeley, bsd, control-c, ctrl-c, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, fast, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, linuxulator, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, optimization, optimize, os, packages, ports, q2 2022, quarterly status report, release, reset, science, shell, slack, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, yes, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD Q2 2022 Status Report, FreeBSD in Science, fastest yes(1) in the west, Why Programmers Can’t "Reset" Programs With Ctrl-C, Run Slack in FreeBSD’s Linuxulator, and more.

468: Apples and CHERI

August 18th, 2022 | 38 mins 19 secs

advocacy, advocation, apple silicon, arm64, berkeley, bringup, bsd, cheri, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, first time, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, k desktop environment, kde, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Advocating for FreeBSD in 2022 and Beyond, NetBSD 9.3 released, OPNsense 22.7 available, CHERI-based computer runs KDE for the first time, Run FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE for ARM64 in QEMU on Apple Silicon Mac, and more

467: Minecraft on NetBSD

August 11th, 2022 | 48 mins 30 secs

berkeley, bsd, cubieboard1, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, httpd, interview, jails, minecraft, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, relayd, release, self-hosting, shell, shell history, software, static website, static-site, story, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix command, yes, zfs, zpool

Installing BSDs on Cubieboard1, Self-hosting a static site with OpenBSD, httpd, and relayd, NetBSD can also run a Minecraft server, A Little Story About the yes Unix Command, Shell History: Unix, OpenBGPD 7.5 released, and more

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