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 95 Episodes.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
yesUnix Command, Shell History: Unix, OpenBGPD 7.5 released, and more -
466: cat(1)’s efficiency
August 4th, 2022 | 53 mins 39 secs
aws ec2, bastille, berkeley, bsd, cat, contributing, contribution, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, efficiency, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, internet of old things, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, software development, speed boost, tls 1.3, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vnet, zfs, zpool
Contributing to Open Source Beyond Software Development, bringing TLS 1.3 to the Internet of Old Things, How efficient can cat(1) be, boost the speed of Unix shell programs, Running FreeBSD VNET Jails on AWS EC2 with Bastille, and more
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463: The 1.0 Legend
July 14th, 2022 | 55 mins 11 secs
1993, audio, base vs. ports, berkeley, bhyve, bsd, compiler, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hacker news, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, legend, llvm, netbsd, netgraph, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, truenas 13, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Differences between base and ports LLVM in OpenBSD, Netgraph for FreeBSD’s bhyve Networking, Audio on FreeBSD – Quick Guide, FreeBSD’s Legend starts at 1.0, Hacker News running by FreeBSD, TrueNAS 13, and more
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462: OpenBSD Sales Pitch
July 7th, 2022 | 53 mins 49 secs
autoconf, berkeley, bsd, cache, caching, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jailed application, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, rc.d, release, sales, salesperson, selling, shell, software, speed, speedup, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, yubikey, zfs, zpool
The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD rc.d system, selling OpenBSD as a salesperson, Speeding up autoconf with caching, Allowing non-root execution of a jailed application, Configure login(1) and sshd(8) for YubiKey on OpenBSD, and more.