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.
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2.5 Admins 127: Public Why-Fi
Why you should still use a VPN with public WiFi, who the new Xeons are aimed at, follow-up on trying to be your own bank, and separating legacy WiFi devices from modern ones. Plugs Support us on patreon OpenZFS: Data Security vs Integrity News/discussion Why Public Wi-Fi is a Lot Safer Than You […]
2.5 Admins 126: Copy on Flight
A recent outage that grounded thousands of planes, correcting ZFS misreporting, the problem of fake SSDs on Amazon, and IP schemes vs internal DNS. Plugs Support us on patreon FreeBSD vs Linux: Package Management News FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file The Future of ZFS on […]
2.5 Admins 125: Into Thin Eir
Two recent examples of backups not being properly tested, why the term “edge” is meaningless, we try not to laugh at the Bitcoin dev who lost all his magic beans, and directory services for mixed environments. Plugs Support us on patreon Klara’s best articles from 2022 News/discussion Eir says thousands of customer emails […]
2.5 Admins 124: LastMigration
LastPass vaults are leaked, ChatGPT is coming to Bing, live migrations, and SSD vs spinning disk power usage. Plugs Support us on patreon Klara is looking for sysadmins with ZFS experience, join Allan’s team News LastPass – Notice of Recent Security Incident The LastPass disclosure of leaked password vaults is being torn apart […]
2.5 Admins 123: 4
It’s the last episode of the year so we look back at a couple of 2022 trends: the explosion of AI/ML, and big social media changes. Plus a quick-fire ZFS FAQ. Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and […]
2.5 Admins 122: PayAsYouPay
Buying and renting features in Intel hardware that you’ve already bought, killer robots, a huge nuclear fusion breakthrough, and the pros and cons of parallel rsync jobs. Plugs Support us on patreon OpenZFS: Choosing between FreeBSD and Linux News/discussion Intel On Demand Driver Ready To Activate Your Licensed CPU Features With Linux 6.2 […]
2.5 Admins 121: 2PHA
Saving money by changing the CPU frequency governor on servers, Making unphishable 2FA phishable, phishing with Google Docs, monitoring at scale, and using ZFS with a single disk. Plugs Support us on patreon FreeBSD vs Linux – Networking Discussion Can You Save Money By Changing the CPU Frequency Governor on Your Servers? Making […]
2.5 Admins 120: Certified Malware
Security cameras that aren’t quite as secure as they claim, why it’s difficult to trust software “from Samsung”, getting started with offsite backups, and ZFS on root on Ubuntu. Plugs Support us on patreon the Role of Operating Systems in IoT News Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security […]
2.5 Admins 119: Six Month Scrub
The risks of taking your laptop to a repair shop, why DNS has become concentrated to just a few providers, and powering down drives periodically. Plugs Support us on patreon Virtualization Showdown: FreeBSD bhyve vs Linux KVM Discussion Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid DNS concentration […]
2.5 Admins 118: Chaos Emerald Wealth
Why the Twitter infrastructure is creaking, Jim’s experiences of the Ubuntu Summit, changing VM resources without rebooting, and more. News/discussion Why Twitter will fail shortly Twitter mayhem, staff cuts have advertisers bailing on the platform Jim tells us about his experiences at the Ubuntu Summit Free Consulting We were asked about WireGuard on […]
2.5 Admins 117: Local Burner
Microsoft’s half-baked Arm machine, why it’s a bad idea to go to the World Cup in Qatar, using WireGuard to punch through double NAT, and the best filesystem for removable storage. With guest host Alex Kretzschmar from Self-Hosted. News/discussion Microsoft’s new $599 Mac Mini-like PC is designed to improve Windows on Arm How many […]
2.5 Admins 116: Worst Billionaire
Android’s controversial VPN settings, the deepfake audio arms race, the Metaverse is even worse than we thought, and why you shouldn’t use external cables for server storage. With guest host Alex Kretzschmar from Self-Hosted. News Android leaks connectivity check traffic Meta’s New Headset Will Track Your Eyes for Targeted Ads Deepfake audio has a […]
2.5 Admins 115: Key Party
Password spray attacks, the value of certifications vs actual experience, and the best VPN strategy. News/discussion Use Authentication Policies to Fight Password Spray Attacks Free Consulting We were asked about certifications, and VPN strategy. Kolide Kolide is a fleet visibility solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can help you […]
2.5 Admins 114: RAID WTF
An impressive AI pretends to be Linux, Jim gets angry about a RAIDZ calculator, and using a laptop as a server. News/discussion We interviewed Linux OS through an AI bot to discover its secrets Free Consulting We were asked about using a laptop as a server. Tailscale Tailscale is a […]
2.5 Admins 113: Eggs and Baskets
Traditional vs modern backup methods, hiding malware inside innocent-looking files, and power loss protection in SSDs. News/discussion Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo Free Consulting We were asked about power loss protection in SSDs Kolide Kolide is a fleet visibility solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can […]