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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.
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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.
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The basic computer science problems that still remain unsolvable, why you shouldn’t trust AI to tune ZFS (or answer any admin questions), and setting up a check-in system for a group of friends. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Discussion Why You Can’t Trust AI to Tune ZFS Free consulting We were asked about setting up a check-in system for a group of friends. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Old passwords work for Windows RDP, Broadcom shows why perpetual software licenses aren’t really forever, Windows Server is getting hotpatching, and preventing changes to archived files. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes Owning the Stack: Infrastructure Independence with FreeBSD and ZFS News/discussion Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that Broadcom sends cease-and-desist letters to subscription-less VMware users Microsoft pitches pay-to-patch reboot reduction subscription for Windows Server 2025 Free consulting We were asked about preventing changes to archived files. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
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Crosswalks were comically vulnerable to being hacked, even Google struggles with tiered SSD and HDD storage, some insight into how AI scrapers are using domestic IPs, and creating a ZFS mirror one disk at a time. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Inside FreeBSD Netgraph: Behind the Curtain of Advanced Networking News/discussion Hacking US crosswalks to talk like Zuck is as easy as 1234 Even Google struggles to balance fast-but-pricey flash and cheap-but-slow hard disks How Colossus optimizes data placement for performance The web is broken, IMHO Free consulting We were asked about creating a ZFS mirror one disk at a time. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Some Synology NAS products will require drives they sold you, doubt is cast on the CVE program, why some FreeBSD packages didn’t appear when they should have, and backing up the keys for encrypted backups. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Robust & Reliable Backup Solutions with OpenZFS News Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives CVE program gets last-minute funding from CISA – and maybe a new home CVE fallout: The splintering of the standard vulnerability tracking system has begun Free consulting We were asked about backing up the keys for encrypted backups. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
IPv4 addresses are worth an awful lot of money, the serious dangers of a seemingly sensible deepfake law, Microsoft is 50 years old, and our thoughts on antivirus on Linux and Windows. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Accurate and Effective Storage Benchmarking News Your IPv4 stash can now be collateral for $100M loans Congress close to passing deepfake law—Trump said he wants to use it himself Microsoft is now 50 years old Free consulting We were asked about antivirus on Linux and Windows. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Jim’s server is getting hammered by AI scrapers and he’s big mad about it, why RCS doesn’t work on Android without Google apps, a complex Google account issue, and how Jim and Allan handle their WireGuard configs. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Network Offload and Socket Splicing (SO_SPLICE) in FreeBSD News Jim hit by AI scrapers Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50% 80% of Web Traffic Is Bots — The Hidden Cost of AI Scraping Threat Spotlight: The good, the bad, and the ‘gray bots’ – the Gen AI scraper bots targeting your web apps An AI Scraping Tool Is Overwhelming Websites With Traffic Free consulting We were asked about RCS on AOSP, a complex Google account issue, and how Jim and Allan handle their WireGuard configs. wg-admin See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Whether tech debt is inevitable and where the blame lies, how to properly organise ZFS datasets, and selectively managing updates. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Orchestration Tools – Part 2: Replication SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for a limited time, use code 25ADMINS to get 50% off your first purchase. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
The key differences between throughput and latency – and when they matter, the tech that we’d keep if we stopped working in IT, and avoiding bitrot with rsync backups. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Core Infrastructure: Why You Need to Control Your NTP Free consulting We were asked about avoiding bitrot with rsync backups. Parchive SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for a limited time, use code 25ADMINS to get 50% off your first purchase. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
RISC-V is on the rise in China, why Power CPUs aren’t as promising, the dystopian nightmare of surveillance tech at work, and decrypting ZFS at boot. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Understanding ZFS in the Real World: Mistakes Made, Lessons Learned & Future Plans News/discussion Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V CPU design Raptor Computing Systems Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup’s demo goes viral Your Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting for You Free consulting We were asked about automatically decrypting ZFS at boot. SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for a limited time, use code 25ADMINS to get 50% off your first purchase. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Ten-year-old Chromecasts stop working, movie DVDs start rotting, Skype is finally dying, using ZFS on VM guests and hosts. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Space Accounting Explained News Google apologizes for Chromecast outage in email to users “They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams Free consulting We were asked about using ZFS on VM guests and hosts. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
HP was forcing people to wait on hold for 15 minutes to get support, the DOGE site was embarrassingly insecure, setting up encrypted offsite backups, and mixing SATA and NVMe in a server. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Why FreeBSD is the Right Choice for Embedded Devices News/discusison HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to ‘feedback’ Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website ( archive.is ) Free consulting We were asked about mixing SATA and NVMe in a server. Factor Eat smart with Factor. Get started at factormeals.com/factorpodcast and use code FACTORPODCAST to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for a limited time, use code 25ADMINS to get 50% off your first purchase. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Arm is going to make its own server chips, WordPress is selling “100 year” domain registrations, geo-redundancy for VPSs, and backing up Windows to Backblaze B2. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Isolating Containers with ZFS and Linux Namespaces News Arm to launch its own chip in move that could upend semiconductor industry The WordPress.com 100-Year Domain Free Consulting We were asked about geo-redundancy for VPSs, and backing up Windows to Backblaze B2. Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 24 gdnsd DNSMadeEasy – Failover Service [Allan’s Affiliate Link] Kopia snapshot verify | Kopia RAID is NOT a Backup and Other Hard Truths About Disaster Recovery SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for a limited time, use code 25ADMINS to get 50% off your first purchase. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
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Google found a way to run unofficial microcode on AMD CPUs, whether software should get a CVE when it goes end of life, LLMs changing Redditors’ minds and self-replicating, and managing SSH keys at scale. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Orchestration Tools – Part 1: Snapshots News/discussion How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 from RDRAND CVEs for End of Life? OpenAI says its models are more persuasive than 82 percent of Reddit users AI can now replicate itself — a milestone that has experts terrified Free Consulting We were asked about managing SSH keys at scale. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Used Seagate drives are being sold as “new”, another reminder not to hack Windows 11 onto unsupported hardware, about using ZFS on VPS block storage, picking hardware to run VMs, and delegating datasets to containers. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Controlling Your Core Infrastructure: DNS News Fraud with Seagate hard disks: Dealers swap, Seagate investigates Fraud with Seagate hard disks: Dozens of readers report suspected cases openSeaChest Windows 11 on devices that don’t meet minimum system requirements Free Consulting We were asked about using ZFS on VPS block storage, picking hardware to run VMs, and delegating datasets to containers. Klara: Isolating Containers with ZFS and Linux Namespaces SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for a limited time, use code 25ADMINS to get 50% off your first purchase. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
We appreciate the elegance of subnets as well as the power of custom benchmarking, Xboxes will support large amounts of external storage, why it’s not looking great for bcachefs, malware and remote desktops, and our thoughts on Fortigate network gear. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Key Considerations for Benchmarking Network Storage Performance News/discussion Xbox beta tests support for massive amounts of external storage Migrating away from bcachefs Free Consulting We were asked about malware and remote desktops, and our thoughts on Fortigate network gear. SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for a limited time, use code 25ADMINS to get 50% off your first purchase. Factor Eat smart with Factor. Get started at factormeals.com/25a50off and use code 25a50off to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
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An embarrassing typo suggests that MasterCard’s monitoring isn’t as good as it should be, tricky offsite backups, why two-factor authentication over SMS is a bad idea, and keeping two Mac laptops in sync. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara Webinar, Feb 13th: RAID is NOT a Backup and Other Hard Truths About Disaster Recovery News MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years Free Consulting We were asked about tricky offsite backups, why Two-factor authentication over SMS is a bad idea, and keeping two Mac laptops in sync. ServerMania Get 15% Off dedicated servers – recurring for Life at servermania.com/25a with code 25ADMINS Automox Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast . Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Microsoft didn’t control an important domain that it was using and end up red-faced, the dangers of using free VPN apps, a proof of concept exploit is out for last year’s SSH vulnerability, USB is getting slightly less confusing labels, and swapping the motherboard in a TrueNAS SCALE system. News Edgio bankruptcy results in endpoint change for Microsoft VPN used for VR game cheat sells access to your home network PoC Exploit Released For OpenSSH Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability An updated USB logo will now mark the fastest docking stations Free Consulting We were asked about swapping the motherboard in a TrueNAS SCALE system. Entroware This episode is sponsored by Entroware . They are a UK-based company who sells computers with Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE preinstalled. They have configurable laptops, desktops and servers to suit a wide range of Linux users. Check them out and don’t forget to mention us at checkout if you buy one of their great machines. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
A new version of ZFS is out and we go over the great new features. Plus recovering data after accidentally writing part of an ISO onto a USB drive, how to deal with abuse of your domain, and replacing all the drives in a ZFS pool while keeping the birth date. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Managing and Tracking Storage Performance News Zfs-2.3.0 Introducing OpenZFS Fast Dedup Free Consulting We were asked about recovering data after accidentally writing part of an ISO onto a USB drive, how to deal with abuse of your domain, and replacing all the drives in a ZFS pool while keeping the birth date. ServerMania Get 15% Off dedicated servers – recurring for Life at servermania.com/25a with code 25ADMINS See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Jim and Allan explain the benefits of a lithium iron phosphate “UPS”, whether it’s possible to delete every single copy of a file, and using Bluetooth in a Windows 11 VM. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Discussion Anker SOLIX C300 Anker SOLIX F3800 Free Consulting We were asked about using Bluetooth in a Windows 11 VM. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
What it would take to reliably store data for a hundred years including Institutional funding and organization, decade-proof redundancy, multiple hot and cold copies,hedging your bets against multiple media, and more. Plus backing up ZFS without normal snapshots. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Discussion Century-Scale Storage Free Consulting We were asked about backing up ZFS without normal snapshots. ServerMania Get 15% Off dedicated servers – recurring for Life at servermania.com/25a with code 25ADMINS See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Windows ssh is sending more telemetry than you might think, Let’s Encrypt will offer 6 days certificates, a PSA about domains that don’t send emails, and performance issues in a Synology NAS. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Winter 2024 Roundup: Storage and Network Diagnostics News/discussion ssh on Windows sends telemetry sshTelemetry.c Let’s Encrypt to offer 6 day certs Important reminder, if you own a domain name and don’t use it for sending email Free Consulting We were asked about performance issues in a Synology NAS. ServerMania Get 15% Off dedicated servers – recurring for Life at servermania.com/25a with code 25ADMINS See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Chinese researchers are making progress with quantum computing but they haven’t broken modern RSA or AES encryption, Russian attackers compromised a business via a nearby building’s WiFi, a startup runs out of money and bricks a robot for kids, and hardening Linux systems. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Storage Fault Management on Linux News/discussion No, Chinese quantum computers haven’t hacked military-grade encryption The Nearest Neighbor Attack: How A Russian APT Weaponized Nearby Wi-Fi Networks for Covert Access Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds The confusing reality of AI friends Free consulting We were asked about hardening Linux systems. ServerMania Get 15% Off dedicated servers – recurring for Life at servermania.com/25a with code 25ADMINS 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/25a See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
The US government tells people to use encrypted messaging, mandated MFA in healthcare raises a scary geopolitical question, QNAP bungles a firmware update, and securing access to self hosted applications with mTLS. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Deploying pNFS file sharing with FreeBSD News/discussion FBI Warns iPhone And Android Users—Stop Sending Texts US senators propose mandated MFA, encryption in healthcare QNAP firmware update leaves NAS owners locked out of their boxes Free consulting We were asked about securing access to self hosted applications with mTLS. Automox Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast . Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/25a See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Intel’s CEO departs but replacing him won’t magically solve its serious problems, Zipcar wasn’t prepared for an outage and handled it really badly, moving to an email provider that supports DMARC, and picking a NAS distribution. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Ask Me Anything – December 12th Applying the ARC Algorithm to the ARC News Intel CEO takes his leave as ambition meets reality What happened to Intel? Zipcar Outage Strands Customers in Random Places Free consulting We were asked about moving to an email provider that supports DMARC, and picking a NAS distribution. ServerMania Get 15% Off dedicated servers – recurring for Life at servermania.com/25a with code 25ADMINS See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Equinix is shutting down its bare metal service, D-Link advises people to dump old vulnerable routers, Google makes changes to how it ranks some affiliate-driven “reviews”, and data caps seem to be sticking around. Plus mixing different brands and types of disks, using other partitions on a ZFS drive, and scaling a fleet of FreeBSD hosts with jails. Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Introducing OpenZFS Fast Dedup News/discussion Equinix to shutter bare metal IaaS service in 2026 D-Link says replace vulnerable routers or risk pwnage Google cracks down on “Parasite SEO,” punishing established publishers Cable companies and Trump’s FCC chair agree: Data caps are good for you Free consulting We were asked about mixing different brands and types of disks, using other partitions on a ZFS drive, and scaling a fleet of FreeBSD hosts with jails. nomad-pot-driver Cluster provisioning with Nomad and Pot on FreeBSD ServerMania Find this year’s Black Friday & Cyber Week deals at servermania.com/blackfriday 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/25a See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Windows server unexpectedly upgrades major versions, Microsoft reinvents the idea of a thin client, restricting a friend’s access to just their backups, and the importance of warranties when buying hardware. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes DKMS vs kmod: The Essential Guide for ZFS on Linux News Windows Server 2025 takes admins by surprise No word from Microsoft on shock Windows Server 2025 installs Windows Server 2025 known issues and notifications Windows 11 update bug falsely warns of end of support, confusing users Windows 365 Link—the first Cloud PC device Free consulting We were asked about restricting a friend’s access to just their backups, and the importance of warranties when buying hardware. 2.5 Admins 218: TLS TTL See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
Jim and Allan discover modern charging tech and marvel at what’s possible in the USB-C era, more on IPv6 firewalls, using ZFS like Git, and running your own authoritative DNS server. Automox Check out the brand new Autonomous IT podcast . Listen in as a variety of experts in the IT Operations space discuss the latest Patch Tuesday releases, mitigation tips, and custom automations to help with CVE remediations. Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/25a See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
How using a copy-on-write filesystem like ZFS can get systems back online within seconds after ransomeware encrypts all your data, and even warn you more quickly that it’s happening. Plus Jim and Allan’s advice on getting a job as a sysadmin. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara: 5 Reasons Why Your ZFS Storage Benchmarks Are Wrong Free consulting We were asked about getting a job as a sysadmin. See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
It’s Halloween so Jim and Allan share horrific and spooky stories from their sysadmin careers. Plus picking a UPS for a homelab. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara: NAS: Maintenance Best Practices See our contact page for ways to get in touch.
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SSL certificates are likely going to last less time, the latest Windows 11 update leaves a huge chunk of data behind and doesn’t play nicely with some SSDs, picking a modern dhcp server on a homebrew router, and storing encrypted backups on a friend’s NAS with ZFS. Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Klara Halloween Webinar: ZFS Horror Stories. Oct 31st 13:00 EDT, 17:00 UTC News Sysadmins slam Apple’s SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts Windows 11 24H2 hoards 8.63 GB of junk you can’t delete As Microsoft rolls out its Windows 11 24H2 update, owners of certain Western Digital SSDs have been greeted with constant Blue Screens of Death WD releases new firmware to fix Windows 11 24H2 blue screens of death on some SSD Not just Western Digital – Windows 24H2 BSODs Asus kit Free consulting We were asked about picking a modern dhcp server on a homebrew router, and storing encrypted backups on a friend’s NAS with ZFS. The Ars guide to building a Linux router from scratch Linux Router Part 1: Routing, NAT, and NFTables See our contact page for ways to get in touch.…
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