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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25: A Sixth pfSense
February 19th, 2014 | 1 hr 7 mins
2014, amazon, asiabsdcon, bandwidth, books, bsd, build, custom, dragonflybsd, ec2, edge router, edgebsd, edgerouter, edgerouter lite, eurobsdcon, eurobsdcon2014, firewall, fosdem, freebsd, freebsd journal, gateway, graphs, guide, hackathon, hangout, howto, images, instance, interview, ipfilter, ipfw, michael w lucas, mips, netbsd, new zealand, openbsd, pcbsd, pf, pfsense, php, pkgsrc, router, signed packages, smp, tutorial, web interface, webui
We have a packed show for you this week! We'll sit down for an interview with Chris Buechler, from the pfSense project, to learn just how easy it can be to deploy a BSD firewall. We'll also be showing you a walkthrough of the pfSense interface so you can get an idea of just how convenient and powerful it is. Answers to your questions and the latest headlines, here on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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24: The Cluster & The Cloud
February 12th, 2014 | 1 hr 9 mins
big data, binary packages, bsd, chroot, cloud, cloud computing, cluster, conference, convention, dragonflybsd, file sharing, filesharing, freebsd, guide, howto, http, httperf, hybridcluster, instances, interview, jails, keynote, linux, linux user, netbsd, nyc, nycbsdcon, nycbug, open stack, openbsd, openstack, pcbsd, performance, pkg, pkg_add, pkgng, presentation, provisioning, scaling, sftp, shell, smp, ssh, switching to bsd, talks, tutorial, virtualization, vpn, web hosting, webhosting, zfs
This week on BSD Now... a wrap-up from NYCBSDCon! We'll also be talking to Luke Marsden, CEO of HybridCluster, about how they use BSD at large. Following that, our tutorial will show you how to securely share files with SFTP in a chroot. The latest news and answers to your questions, of course it's BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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23: Time Signatures
February 5th, 2014 | 1 hr 15 mins
6.5, aes, aes-gcm, arm, armv7, beaglebone, black, bsd, cddl, chacha20, clang, copyfree, copyleft, debate, digital signature, donations, dragonflybsd, ecc, ed25519, foundation, free software, freebsd, gcm, general public license, gnu, gnupg, gpg, gpl, gplv2, gplv3, guide, hmac, howto, interview, isc, iso, leaseweb, license, linux, llvm, netbsd, network time protocol, ntp, ntpd, open source, openbsd, openntpd, openssh, packages, patches, pcbsd, richard stallman, rms, security, serial, server, set, signed, ssh, ted unangst, tty, tutorial, verification, verify, zfsonlinux, zol
On this week's episode, we'll be talking with Ted Unangst of the OpenBSD team about their new signing infrastructure. After that, we've got a tutorial on how to run your own NTP server. News, your feedback and even... the winner of our tutorial contest will be announced! So stay tuned to BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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22: Journaled News-Updates
January 29th, 2014 | 1 hr 30 mins
acpi, anoncvs, binary, branch, bsd, buildworld, conference, convention, current, cvs, dragonflybsd, efi, ffs, freebsd, freebsd journal, gce, george neville-neil, gnn, google compute engine, guide, hackathon, howto, interview, journal, make build, matt ahrens, n2k14, netbsd, new zealand, news, nyc, nycbsdcon, openbsd, openzfs, pcbsd, pfsense, poudriere, release engineering, secure boot, secureboot, stable, tutorial, uefi, ufs, update, upgrade, zfs
This time on the show, we'll be talking with George Neville-Neil about the brand new FreeBSD Journal and what it's all about. After that, we've got a tutorial on how to track the -stable and -current branches of OpenBSD. Answers to all your BSD questions and the latest headlines, only on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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21: Tendresse for Ten
January 22nd, 2014 | 1 hr 47 mins
10.0, amazon, ansible, aws, backup, backups, benkyokai, benkyoukai, bsd, check, cloud, colin percival, cperciva, crashplan, custom kernel, download, dragonflybsd, dropbox, ec2, encrypted, freebsd, freenas, generic, guide, howto, hypervisor, in the cloud, instance, interview, iperf, m0n0wall, nas, netbsd, network, ntp, ntpd, off site, offsite, openbsd, openntpd, pcbsd, performance, pf, pfsense, speed, sysctl, tarsnap, test, throughput, tokyo, tutorial, upload, vfs, virtual machine, vm, vnstat, vulnerability, xen, zfs
This time on the show, we've got some great news for OpenBSD, as well as the scoop on FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE - yes it's finally here! We're gonna talk to Colin Percival about running FreeBSD 10 on EC2 and lots of other interesting stuff. After that, we'll be showing you how to do some bandwidth monitoring and network performance testing in a combo tutorial. We've got a round of your questions and the latest news, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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20: Bhyve Mind
January 15th, 2014 | 1 hr 23 mins
automatic install, bhyve, bsd, chromebook, dom0, domu, dragonflybsd, edgebsd, freebsd, freenas, guide, howto, hypervisor, installation, interview, neel natu, netbsd, openbsd, pcbsd, peter grehan, presentation, pxe, pxeboot, spider in a box, spiderinabox, tutorial, type 2, virtualization, vm, xen
It's our big 20th episode! We're going to sit down for a chat with Neel Natu and Peter Grehan, the developers of bhyve. Not familiar with bhyve? Our tutorial will show you all you need to know about this awesome new virtualization technology. Answers to your questions and all the latest news, here on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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19: The Installfest
January 8th, 2014 | 1 hr 21 mins
access point, bsd, bsdinstall, competition, contest, dnscrypt, dnscurve, dragonflybsd, freebsd, gce, giveaway, google compute engine, guide, howto, installer, installfest, interview, ixsystems, jails, megacore, mitm, netbsd, openbsd, opendns, pc-sysinstall, pcbsd, performance, pillow, pkgsrc, router, sets, signed packages, signify, sweepstakes, sysinstall, testing, tuning, tutorial
We've got some special treats for you this week on the show. It's the long-awaited "installfest" segment, where we go through the installer of each of the different BSDs. Of course we also have your feedback and the latest news as well... and... we even have our very first viewer contest! There's a lot to get to today on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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18: Eclipsing Binaries
January 1st, 2014 | 1 hr 10 mins
bapt, binary, binary star, bsd, bsdmag, dragonflybsd, firewall, freebsd, freebsd-update, guide, hangout, howto, interview, linux bsd differences, netbsd, openbsd, openbsd-binary-upgrade, packages, patches, pcbsd, pf, pfsense, pkg_add, pkgng, portmgr, ports, signed, switching from linux to bsd, tmpfs, tutorial, update, upgrade
Put away the Christmas trees and update your ports trees! We're back with the first show of 2014, and we've got some catching up to do. This time on the show, we have an interview with Baptiste Daroussin about the future of FreeBSD binary packages. Following that, we'll be highlighting a cool script to do binary upgrades on OpenBSD. Lots of holiday news and listener feedback, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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17: The Gift of Giving
December 25th, 2013 | 18 mins 46 secs
bsd, cdn, dragonflybsd, freebsd, gigabit, guide, high performance, howto, interview, netbsd, netflix, openbsd, openconnect, pcbsd, raid, release engineering, scott long, scottl, ssd, tuning, tutorial, yahoo
Merry Christmas everyone! We're taking the holiday off and just have an interview for you today. We sat down with Scott Long to discuss using FreeBSD at Netflix and lots of other things. Next week we will return with the normal round of news and tutorials.
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16: Cryptocrystalline
December 18th, 2013 | 1 hr 50 mins
aes, arm, base64, bcrypt, bsd, chacha20, cipher, crypto, damien miller, decode, djm, dragonfly bsd, dsa, ecc, ecdsa, ed25519, encode, encrypted install, encryption, fde, foundation, freebsd, freebsd journal, full disk encryption, guide, hash, hmac, howto, installation, interview, ixsystems, keys, mac, md5, mindrot, netbsd, newsletter, office hours, openbsd, openssh, openvpn, openzfs, passphrase, password, pcbsd, poly1305, rc4, rsa, salt, security, sftp, sha256, ssh, ssl, tap, tun, tunnel, tutorial, unencrypted, vpn, vps
This time on the show, we'll be showing you how to do a fully-encrypted installation of FreeBSD and OpenBSD. We also have an interview with Damien Miller - one of the lead developers of OpenSSH - about some recent crypto changes in the project. If you're into data security, today's the show for you. The latest news and all your burning questions answered, right here on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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15: Kickin' NAS
December 11th, 2013 | 1 hr 48 mins
9.2.0, bcrypt, bsd, cto, dragonflybsd, encryption, freebsd, freenas, frontend, guide, howto, interface, interview, ixsystems, josh paetzel, jpaetzel, linux, linux foundation, nas, netbsd, network attached storage, openbsd, opensmtpd, openssh, pcbsd, portmgr, ports, switching from linux to bsd, tutorial, ui, walkthrough, web, zfs, zpool
This time on the show, we'll be looking at the new version of FreeNAS, a BSD-based network attached storage solution, as well as talking to Josh Paetzel - one of the key developers of FreeNAS. Actually, he's on the FreeBSD release engineering team too, and does quite a lot for the project. We've got answers to your viewer-submitted questions and plenty of news to cover, so get ready for some BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
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14: Zettabytes for Days
December 4th, 2013 | 1 hr 18 mins
1.2, bsd, chacha20, cipher, delphix, devsummit, dragonflybsd, encryption, freebsd, george wilson, guide, howto, illumos, interview, itworld, linux, mac, mirror, netbsd, openbsd, opensolaris, openssh, openzfs, pcbsd, pkg, pkgng, poly1305, raidz, raidz2, raidz3, rc4, security, solaris, ssh, switch, tutorial, zfs, zfsonlinux, zol, zpool
This week is the long-awaited episode you've been asking for! We'll be giving you a crash course on becoming a ZFS wizard, as well as having a chat with George Wilson about the OpenZFS project's recent developments. We have answers to your feedback emails and there are some great news items to get caught up on too, so stay tuned to BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.