Tom Jones
Co-Host of BSD Now
Tom Jones is an Internet Researcher and FreeBSD developer that works on improving the core protocols that drive the Internet. He is a
contributor to open standards in the IETF and is enthusiastic about using FreeBSD as a platform to experiment with new networking ideas as they progress towards standardisation.
Tom Jones has hosted 102 Episodes.
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495: Limited Jail Time
February 23rd, 2023 | 30 mins 18 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, fourth quarter, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hello system, howto, interview, jails, limit, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, parallel port, ports, release, resource limits, resource use, shell, software, solbournes, space, status report, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD Status Report Fourth Quarter 2022, How to limit a jail, the parallel port, Hello System 0.8, Solbournes in space, and more
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494: Unix workstation extinction
February 16th, 2023 | 46 mins 45 secs
bastille, berkeley, bsd, comparison, dataset, deciding, decision, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, factors, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jail manager, jails, login, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, ssh, storage, trident, trueos, tunnel, tutorial, unix, visual guide, workstation, zfs, zpool
Mass extinction of UNIX workstations, Determine Who Can Log In to an SSH Server, Factors When Considering FreeBSD vs. Linux Packages, A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels, Harvesting the Noise While it’s Fresh, Bastille - The Jail Manager on FreeBSD, and more
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491: Catch the Spammers
January 26th, 2023 | 42 mins 18 secs
berkeley, binary compatibility, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, ebook, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, leaks, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, reproducible builds, shell, software, spam, spam trap, storage, summit, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix shell prompt, venice, zfs, zpool
Dragonfly BSD 6.4 is out, Running OpenZFS – Choosing Between FreeBSD and Linux, OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems ebook leaks, catching 71% spam, crazy unix shell prompts, Linux Binary Compatibility: Ubuntu on FreeBSD, Reproducible Builds Summit Venice 2022, and more
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490: New Year’s Plan9’ing
January 19th, 2023 | 46 mins 13 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kde, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, plan9, ports, release, shell, software, status report, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vintage computing, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD Foundation’s Software Development review of 2022, what can we learn from Vintage Computing, OpenBSD KDE Status Report 2022, a Decade of HardenedBSD, In Praise of Plan9, and more
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486: EuroBSDcon interviews
December 22nd, 2022 | 39 mins 1 sec
berkeley, brooks davis, bsd, dataset, distribution, donate, donation, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, olivier cochard-labbe, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, year-end fundraising, zfs, zpool
This special episode features two interviews we did at EuroBSDcon in Vienna this year. We talk with FreeBSD developers about how they got started, their current projects and more. Also, consider donating to your favorite BSD Foundation to keep the projects going.
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485: FreeBSD Home Assistant
December 15th, 2022 | 43 mins 32 secs
apple, awk, berkeley, brian kernighan, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, graphics processing unit, guide, hardenedbsd, history, home assistant, howto, interview, jail, jails, m1 gpu, mimmutable, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Tails of the M1 GPU, Getting Home Assistant running in a FreeBSD 13.1 jail, interview with AWK creator Dr. Brian Kernighan, Next steps toward mimmutable, Unix's (technical) history is mostly old now, and more
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484: Birth of stderr
December 8th, 2022 | 36 mins 26 secs
berkeley, bhyve, bootloader, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, font, free space, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kvm, m1, m2, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, random, release, shell, software, standard error, stderr, steam, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, virtual, virtualization, vm, workstation, zfs, zpool
Virtualization showdown, The Birth of Standard Error, why Steam started picking a random font, Maintaining Sufficient Free Space with ZFS, updated Apple M1/M2 bootloader, code, FreeBSD on my workstation, and more
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481: Fiery Crackers
November 17th, 2022 | 47 mins 54 secs
avoid, avoidance, aws, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, firecracker, freebsd, guide, gzip, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, linux, minio, netbsd, nvme, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, postgres, q3, questions, reddit, release, shell, software, speedup, status report, tar, third quarter, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vendor lock-in, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD Q3 2022 status report, Leveraging MinIO and OpenZFS to avoid vendor lock in, FreeBSD on Firecracker platform, How Much Faster Is Making A Tar Archive Without Gzip, Postgres from packages on OpenBSD, Upgrading an NVMe zpool from 222G to 1TB drives, Don't use Reddit for Linux or BSD related questions, and more.
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480: OpenBSD 7.2
November 10th, 2022 | 48 mins 55 secs
ad blocker, ad blocking, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, fuguita, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, memory protection, memory protections, netbsd, notifications, notify, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, secteam, security team, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unbound, unix, zfs, zpool
OpenBSD 7.2 and FuguIta have been released, Learn the Whys and Hows with the FreeBSD Sec Team, how to get notified about FreeBSD updates, using unbound for ad blocking on OpenBSD, further memory protections on OpenBSD current, and more.
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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.
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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.
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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.