2.5 Admins
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2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington. Every two weeks we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.
2.5 Admins
2d ago
How a smart TV broke a Windows machine on the same network by pretending to be hundreds of different TVs, Jim’s alarming theory about AI malware, and encrypting offsite backups.
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News/discussion
Is your PC having trouble? Your smart TV might be to blame
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We were asked about encrypting offsite backups.
Tailscale
Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go ..read more
2.5 Admins
1w ago
ZFS on root is back in the Ubuntu installer but there’s a better way to do it, next-generation hard drives are proving to be reliable but prices are going up thanks to storage-hungry AI, why getting started with ZFS is really easy, and the best filesystem for a single SSD (take a guess).
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How to upstream code to open source projects
News
Ubuntu 24.04 Supports Easy Installation Of OpenZFS Root File-System With Encryption
After years of testing, Seagate claims its heat-assisted HAMR drives are as r ..read more
2.5 Admins
2w ago
Why updating iPhones in their sealed boxes might have some downsides, Amazon’s “AI” turned out to just be people, LLMs hallucinating imaginary dependencies is potentially a security risk, Aruba backs up its government data to the Internet Archive, and disk queue schedulers in Linux.
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Here’s our first look at Apple’s in-the-box iPhone updating machine
Amazon Ditches ‘Just Walk Out’ Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores
AI bots hallucinate software packages and devs download them
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2.5 Admins
3w ago
A backdoor has been found in xz-utils, OpenZFS improves ZVOL performance on Linux, Twitter devs fail at regex, and adding SATA ports to a home NAS.
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Hybrid Cloud Show is a new show that’s part of the Late Night Linux Family!
News
backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise
OpenZFS Merges Support For Using Multiple Task Queues To Increase Performance for zvols
X fixes URL blunder that could enable social media phishing
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2.5 Admins
1M ago
Glassdoor seemingly doesn’t understand its raison d’etre, Telegram wants to cheap out on sending verification codes, law enforcement makes YouTube give them details of everyone who watched certain videos, and tuning a low end VPS to host a blog.
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Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent
Telegram’s Peer-to-Peer Login system is a risky way to save $5 a month
Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube Users
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2.5 Admins
1M ago
The FreeBSD version of TrueNAS is going away, a major Apple antitrust case begins, encrypted LLM chat responses are relatively easy to read, and scaling a fleet of FreeBSD hosts with jails.
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TrueNAS CORE 13 is the end of the FreeBSD version
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Apple’s antitrust fight begins
US DOJ’s blockbuster lawsuit against Apple is headline grabber but poses limited near-term impact
Hackers can read private AI-assistant chats even though they’re encrypted
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2.5 Admins
1M ago
Roku stops its users watching TV until they accept a new ToS, the line between journalism and computer fraud and abuse, and when using jumbo frames on a network makes sense.
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News
Roku disables players and TVs with attempt to coerce arbitration agreement
Over 15,000 hacked Roku accounts sold for 50¢ each to buy hardware
Op-ed: Charges against journalist Tim Burke are a hack job
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We were asked about using jumbo frames on a network.
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2.5 Admins
2M ago
More cameras leak footage, Avast is fined for selling user data, a vending machine quietly scans students’ faces, using a small NVMe drive with ZFS, and taking snapshots of VMs.
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“So violated”: Wyze cameras leak footage to strangers for 2nd time in 5 months
Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data
Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students
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2.5 Admins
2M ago
Nginx is forked, Broadcom/VMware kills ESXi, dedup is finally fixed in ZFS, using multiple network interfaces on a NAS, and more.
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News
announcing freenginx.org
Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software
OpenZFS Native Encryption Use Raises Data Corruption Concerns
Fast Dedup is a Valentines Gift to the OpenZFS and TrueNAS Communities
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We were asked about using multiple network interfaces on a NAS.
Kolide
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2.5 Admins
3M ago
Trying to report a security issue lands a consultant in trouble, a new take on the drop shipping scam, setting up your first NAS – including the benefits of RAID, picking a distro, choosing the right disk size, and more.
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IT consultant in Germany fined for exposing shoddy security
Canadian Man Stuck in Triangle of E-Commerce Fraud
ICANN proposes creating .INTERNAL domain
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We were asked about setting up your first NAS – including the benefits of RAID, picking a ..read more