BSD Now

53: It's HAMMER Time

September 3rd, 2014 | 1 hr 18 mins

apache, bsd, cluster, dragonfly, dragonflybsd, dubstep, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hammer, hammer fs, hammerfs, howto, interview, ipsec, lumina, matthew dillon, netbsd, nginx, openbsd, openhttpd, party, pcbsd, pfsense, rave, rcctl, reyk floeter, tutorial, webserver, zfs

It's our one year anniversary episode, and we'll be talking with Reyk Floeter about the new OpenBSD webserver - why it was created and where it's going. After that, we'll show you the ins and outs of DragonFly's HAMMER FS. Answers to viewer-submitted questions and the latest headlines, on a very special BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

52: Reverse Takeover

August 27th, 2014 | 1 hr 14 mins

address space layout randomization, aslr, bind, bsd, dns server, dragonflybsd, encryption, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, nginx, nsd, openbsd, os x, pcbsd, pfsense, pie, position-independent executables, reverse tunnel, shawn webb, ssh, time machine, tunnel, tutorial, unbound

Coming up this week, we'll be chatting with Shawn Webb about his recent work with ASLR and PIE in FreeBSD. After that, we'll be showing you how you can create a reverse SSH tunnel to a system behind a firewall... how sneaky. Answers to your emails plus the latest news, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

51: Engineering Nginx

August 20th, 2014 | 1 hr 27 mins

aircrack-ng, atheros, autofs, automounter, bsd, bsdcan, cloud computing, defcon, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hackathon, hosting solution, howto, httpd, https, interview, kismet, netbsd, nginx, openbsd, openssh, pcbsd, spamd, ssl, tls, tutorial, webserver, wifi, wireless, xinuos

Coming up on the show, we'll be showing you how to set up a secure, SSL-only webserver. There's also an interview with Eric Le Blan about community participation and FreeBSD's role in the commercial server space. All that and more, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

50: VPN, My Dear Watson

August 13th, 2014 | 1 hr 27 mins

bsd, dragonflybsd, exploit mitigation, freebsd, freenas, freenas mini, guide, howto, interview, ixsystems, kansai, libressl, lzo, meetbsd, nas, netbsd, network attached storage, openbsd, openssl, openvpn, pcbsd, rump kernels, security, ssh, tls, tunnel, tutorial, vpn, vps, x11, xenocara, xorg, zfs

It's our 50th episode, and we're going to show you how to protect your internet traffic with a BSD-based VPN. We'll also be talking to Robert Watson, of the FreeBSD core team, about security research, exploit mitigation and a whole lot more. The latest news and answers to all of your emails, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

49: The PC-BSD Tour

August 6th, 2014 | 1 hr 22 mins

bafug, bhyve, bsd, dragonflybsd, foundation, freebsd, gui, guide, howto, intel nuc, interview, libressl, libvirt, netbsd, netmap, nuc, openbsd, opensmtpd, openssl, pcbsd, presentation, recording, rss, ssl, talk, tls, tutorial

Coming up this week on the show, we've got something special for you! We'll be giving you an in-depth look at all of the graphical PC-BSD utilities. That's right, BSD doesn't have to be commandline-only anymore! There's also the usual round of answers to your emails and all the latest headlines, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

48: Liberating SSL

July 30th, 2014 | 59 mins 52 secs

arc4random, book, bsd, comparison, disks, dragonflybsd, freebsd, freebsd mastery, geom, guide, howto, httpd, interview, intrinsic functions, libressl, linux, mandoc, netbsd, openbsd, openhttpd, openssh, openssl, pcbsd, pkgng, portable, presentation, prng, relayd, rng, security, status report, storage, talk, tutorial, ufs, web server, zfs, zfsguru

Coming up in this week's episode, we'll be talking with one of OpenBSD's newest developers - Brent Cook - about the portable version of LibreSSL and how it's developed. We've also got some information about the FreeBSD port of LibreSSL you might not know. The latest news and your emails, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

47: DES Challenge IV

July 23rd, 2014 | 1 hr 32 mins

aes, bsd, bsdcan, cheri, cryptography, dag-erling smørgrav, des, dragonflybsd, encryption, firewall, freebsd, guide, hackathon, howto, interview, ixsystems, libressl, linux, multithreading, netbsd, openbsd, openssl, packet filter, pcbsd, pf, prng, qemu, security, smp, tarsnap, tutorial, zfs

Coming up this week on the show! We've got an interview with Dag-Erling Smørgrav, the current security officer of FreeBSD, to discuss what exactly being in such an important position is like. The latest news, answers to your emails and even some LibreSSL drama, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

46: Network Iodometry

July 16th, 2014 | 1 hr 45 mins

2014, 9.3, bsd, bypass, bypassing, detection, dns, dragonfly bsd, encryption, eurobsdcon, firewall, freebsd, freenas, guide, howto, ids, interview, iodine, multithreaded, netbsd, openbsd, pc-bsd, pf, pkgng, pkgsrc, pkgsrccon, portmgr, presentations, smp, ssh, talks, tunnel, tutorial, two factor authentication, vpn

We're back, and this week we'll be showing you how to tunnel out of a restrictive network using only DNS queries. We also sat down with Bryan Drewery, from the FreeBSD portmgr team, to talk all about their building cluster and some recent changes. All the latest news and answers to your emails, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

45: ZFS War Stories

July 9th, 2014 | 46 mins 28 secs

array, bsd, bsdcam, dragonflybsd, freebsd, freenas, guide, hardware, high availability, howto, interview, iscsi, ixsystems, netbsd, open-zfs, openbsd, openzfs, pcbsd, raid, raid-z, tutorial, zfs, zpool

This week Allan is at BSDCam in the UK, so we'll be back with a regular episode next week. For now though, here's an interview with Josh Paetzel about some crazy experiences he's had with ZFS.

44: Base ISO 100

July 2nd, 2014 | 1 hr 45 mins

applied, authenticated encryption, boringssl, bsd, bsdmag, cd, cdr, chacha, chacha20, database, decryption, dragonflybsd, dvd, encryption, firewall, freebsd, freenas, gcm, google, guide, hardened, hardening, horrible puns, howto, interview, iso, ixsystems, jenkins, kyua, libressl, magazine, multithreading, mysql, netbsd, openbsd, openssl, patch, pcbsd, performance, pf, pfsense, pkg_add, pkgsrc, pkgsrccon, postgresql, pre-applied, salsa20, scalability, security, signify, smp, sql, ssl, stable, tarsnap, testing, tls, tutorial

This time on the show, we'll be sitting down to talk with Craig Rodrigues about Jenkins and the FreeBSD testing infrastructure. Following that, we'll show you how to roll your own OpenBSD ISOs with all the patches already applied... ISO can't wait! This week's news and answers to all your emails, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

43: Package Design

June 25th, 2014 | 1 hr 26 mins

2014, aslr, boringssl, bsd, bsd-cloudinit, bsdday, building, bulgaria, bypassing, cloud computing, cluster, dragonflybsd, eff, eurobsdcon, evasion, exit node, firewall, freebsd, freenas, geoblock, glusterfs, guide, how to upgrade, howto, interview, ip ban, ixsystems, libressl, marc espie, nas, nas4free, netbsd, openbsd, openssl, openstack, packages, pcbsd, pf, phk, pie, pkg_add, ports, poul-henning kamp, presentation, rdomains, rebuild, relays, schedule, security, slides, talks, tarsnap, tor, tor challenge, tor nodes, tutorial, update, upgrades

It's a big show this week! We'll be interviewing Marc Espie about OpenBSD's package system and build cluster. Also, we've been asked many times "how do I keep my BSD box up to date?" Well, today's tutorial should finally answer that. Answers to all your emails and this week's headlines, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

42: Devious Methods

June 18th, 2014 | 1 hr 24 mins

9.3, aslr, bcallah is a noob, beta, bsd, bsd router project, bsdcan, chaining, cowsay, delphix, devio.us, devious, dragonflybsd, firewall, foundation, free, freebsd, guide, hangout, hopping, hosting, howto, interview, ixsystems, jump host, linux, linux vs bsd, m0n0wall, matt ahrens, netbsd, netgate, openbsd, openssh, openstack, pcbsd, pfsense, pie, release, report, router, security, shell, shell provider, slackware, ssh, switching, tarsnap, tor, tunnel, tutorial, university, vpn, vps, zfs, zpool

Coming up this week, we'll be showing you how to chain SSH connections, as well as some cool tricks you can do with it. Going along with that theme, we also have an interview with Bryce Chidester about running a BSD-based shell provider. News, emails and cowsay turkeys, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.

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