About the show
Created by three guys who love BSD, we cover the latest news and have an extensive series of tutorials, as well as interviews with various people from all areas of the BSD community. It also serves as a platform for support and questions. We love and advocate FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD and TrueOS. Our show aims to be helpful and informative for new users that want to learn about them, but still be entertaining for the people who are already pros.
The show airs on Wednesdays at 2:00PM (US Eastern time) and the edited version is usually up the following day.
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Episodes
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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.
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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.
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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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41: Commit This Bit
June 11th, 2014 | 1 hr 7 mins
2014, 9.3, 9.3-release, advocacy, applied, bsd, bsdcan, bsdtalk, bug tracker, bugzilla, cdr, commit bit, delphix, documentation, dragonflybsd, dvd, freebsd, freenas, gnats, guide, howto, hybridcluster, interview, iso, libressl, license, matthew ahrens, netbsd, openbsd, openssl, openzfs, patches, pcbsd, pfsense, presentation, release, security, send-pr, sendbug, stable, talk, tutorial, vulnerability, zfs
This week in the big show, we'll be interviewing Benedict Reuschling of the FreeBSD documentation team, and he has a special surprise in store for Allan. As always, answers to your questions and all the latest news, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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40: AirPorts & Packages
June 4th, 2014 | 1 hr 13 mins
2014, absolute freebsd, beyond security, books, bsd, bsd vs linux, bsdcan, carp, code review, dragonflybsd, failover, firewalls, flightaware, freebsd, freenas, geom, guide, high availability, howto, interview, ipfw, ixsystems, jails, karl lehenbauer, keynote, kyua, libressl, linux, load balancing, netbsd, openbsd, owncloud, pcbsd, pf, plex, plex media server, plugins, tarsnap, tutorial, ufs, webcast, zfs
On this week's episode, we'll be giving you an introductory guide on OpenBSD's ports and package system. There's also a pretty fly interview with Karl Lehenbauer, about how they use FreeBSD at FlightAware. Lots of interesting news and answers to all your emails, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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39: The Friendly Sandbox
May 28th, 2014 | 1 hr 2 mins
application, bsd, bsdcan, bsdmag, bsdtalk, capsicum, casper, casperd, chroot, dns, dnscrypt, dnscurve, dnssec, dragonflybsd, encryption, exploit, freebsd, gateway, guide, howto, interview, isolated, isolation, jails, journal, libressl, lookups, netbsd, openbsd, opendns, pcbsd, presentation, recordings, sandbox, security, ssh, talk, the friendly ghost, tunnel, tutorial, video, virtual machine, vpn, vps
This time on the show we'll be talking with Jon Anderson about Capsicum and Casper to securely sandbox processes. After that, our tutorial will show you how to encrypt all your DNS lookups, either on a single system or for your whole network. News, emails and all the usual fun, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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38: A BUG's Life
May 21st, 2014 | 1 hr 28 mins
11.0, 3rd edition, binary, bsd, bsd user group, bug, cobug, colorado, community, compile, conference, cron, dragonflybsd, encrypted, financial report, foundation, freebsd, full disk encryption, guide, honeypot, howto, interview, kippo, libressl, lug, monitoring, nas, netbsd, network attached storage, new york, nycbsdcon, nycbug, openbsd, openssl, packages, pcbsd, periodic, pf, pkgsrc, ports, presentation, routing domains, script kiddies, signing, source, ssh, the book of pf, third edition, tutorial, unix users group, users group, uug
We're back from BSDCan! This week on the show we'll be chatting with Brian Callahan and Aaron Bieber about forming a local BSD users group. We'll get to hear their experiences of running one and maybe encourage some of you to start your own! After that, we've got a tutorial on the basics of NetBSD's package manager, pkgsrc. Answers to your emails and the latest headlines, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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37: BSDCanned Goods
May 14th, 2014 | 2 hrs 7 mins
bsd, bsdcan, conference, convention, dragonflybsd, emails, feedback, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, openzfs, ottawa, pcbsd, questions, support, tutorial, zfs
This week we're at BSDCan, ganging up on people and forcing them to give us interviews. Assuming we don't get arrested for harassment, we'll be back next week with your regularly scheduled programming. For now, we've got some feedback emails to catch up on, as well as a prerecorded talk Matt Ahrens gave about ZFS. We'll be back to tell you all about the conference next week, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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36: Let's Get RAID
May 7th, 2014 | 1 hr 30 mins
5.5, aslr, bioctl, bsd, cd set, clang, core, core team, david chisnall, demo, disks, dragonflybsd, ffs, filesystem, freebsd, gcc, gmirror, gnome, gnome3, graid, gstripe, guide, hackathon, howto, i regret this already, interview, llvm, marcusports, mirror, netbsd, openbsd, opensmtpd, pcbsd, pf, pie, ports, raid, raid-z, raid0, raid1, raid5, raidz, redundancy, router, signify, stripe, the worst pun i've done so far, theraven, tour, tutorial, ufs, zfs
This week on the show we'll be showing you how to set up RAID arrays in both FreeBSD and OpenBSD. There's also an interview with David Chisnall - of the FreeBSD core team - about the switch to Clang and a lot more. As usual, we'll be dropping the latest news and answering your emails, so sit back and enjoy some BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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35: Puffy Firewall
April 30th, 2014 | 1 hr 19 mins
3rd, book of pf, bsd, bsdcan, dragonflybsd, firewall, fork, freebsd, guide, hackathon, howto, interview, ipfilter, ipfw, iptables, libressl, m2k14, netbsd, no starch press, nostarch, npf, openbsd, openssl, packet filter, pcbsd, peter hansteen, peter n.m. hansteen, pf, pfsense, pitrh, presentation, router, security, third edition, tutorial
We're back again! On this week's packed show, we've got one of the biggest tutorials we've done in a while. It's an in-depth look at PF, OpenBSD's firewall, with some practical examples and different use cases. We'll also be talking to Peter Hansteen about the new edition of "The Book of PF." Of course, we've got news and answers to your emails too, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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34: It's Gonna Get NASty
April 23rd, 2014 | 22 mins 39 secs
bsd, development, dragonflybsd, freebsd, freenas, guide, howto, interview, ixsystems, jails, john hixson, netbsd, openbsd, pcbsd, plugins, tutorial
This week, Allan's at a conference so we've got a short episode for you. We sat down with John Hixson to discuss FreeNAS development and all their future plans. The show will be back next week with a normal episode.
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33: Certified Package Delivery
April 16th, 2014 | 1 hr 20 mins
0day, bsd, bsd certification, bsdcan, bsdcertification, conference, cve, distributed ports builder, dpb, dragonflybsd, exam, exploit, foundation, freebsd, guide, heartbeat, heartbleed, hole, howto, interview, ixsystems, jim brown, journal, marc espie, mitigation, netbsd, netflix, nycbsdcon, openbsd, openssh, openssl, package builds, pcbsd, poudriere, presentations, recording, ssl, talks, tarsnap, test, theo de raadt, tls, tutorial, zero day
This week, we sit down with Jim Brown from the BSD Certification group to talk about the BSD exams. Following that, we'll be showing you how to build OpenBSD binary packages in bulk, a la poudriere. There's a boatload of news and we've got answers to your questions, coming up on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.