Tom Jones
Co-Host of BSD Now
Tom Jones is an Internet Researcher and FreeBSD developer that works on improving the core protocols that drive the Internet. He is a
contributor to open standards in the IETF and is enthusiastic about using FreeBSD as a platform to experiment with new networking ideas as they progress towards standardisation.
Tom Jones has hosted 75 Episodes.
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534: Narrow Waisted Internet
November 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
berkeley, bsd, cli, code, comparison, dataset, design, development, distribution, docker, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, illumos, internet, interview, jails, migration, narrow waist, netbsd, news guy, open source, openbsd, operating system, oracle developer studio, os, packages, pdf, pdftk, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, worst, zfs, zpool
Migrating from an Old Linux Server to a New FreeBSD Machine, The Internet Was Designed With a Narrow Waist, The Worst New Guys In History, FreeBSD Jails vs. Docker: A Comparison, Oracle Developer Studio 12.6 on Illumos
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533: Package the Base
November 16th, 2023 | 44 mins 11 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, code, core dump, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, firefox, foss, freebsd, fuguita, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, libressl, netbsd, open source, openbsd, opensmtpd, operating system, os, packages, pkgbase, ports, programming, recover, release, riscv, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, xenix, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD on the RISC-V Architecture, A bit of XENIX history, pkgbase: Official packages, recover lost text by coredumping firefox, FuguIta 7.4 has been released, LibreSSL 3.8.2 Released, OpenSMTPD 7.4.0p0 Released
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530: Old Computer Rescue
October 26th, 2023 | 54 mins 15 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, email, email service, filesystem, first five minutes, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, implementation, implementing, interview, ipsec, jails, netbsd, old computer, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, rescue, route based vpn, self-hosted, shell, software, sort, sorting, storage, syslog message, system call, tools, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, x201, zfs, zpool
Implementing a system call for OpenBSD, Self-Hosted Email services on OpenBSD, First 5 Minutes on a New FreeBSD Server, OLD COMPUTER RESCUE - X201, sec(4) for Route Based IPSec VPNs, send syslog messages using command-line utilities, Keeping email sorted (the hard way), and more
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529: Adapt, adopt, diffuse
October 19th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
adoption, berkeley, bsd, cheri, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, memory allocator, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pixelfed, ports, programming, release, samba, self-hosting, server message block, shell, smb, software, stable diffusion, storage, time capsule, tools, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
Adopting FreeBSD as Your Open Source Operating System, How Hard is it to Adapt a Memory Allocator to CHERI, Running Stable Diffusion on FreeBSD, Self-hosting Pixelfed on OpenBSD, Time Capsule instance using Samba, FreeBSD, and ZFS, and more
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526: ZFS Replication Tools
September 28th, 2023 | 46 mins 49 secs
50 years ago, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dns, dragonflybsd, eisa, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, isa, jails, learn, learning, netbsd, old computer challenge, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pci, ports, release, replication, shell, software, storage, tools, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vlb, zfs, zpool
Why DNS is still hard to learn, Unix support 50 years ago, ZFS Replication tools, Between ISA and PCI, PCs had EISA and VLB, Old Computer Challenge v3, and more
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525: Old NetBSD Server
September 21st, 2023 | 44 mins 19 secs
1 line, 15 years old, 6 days, berkeley, bsd, change, children proof, cli, coding, dataset, development, distribution, do it well, do one thing, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, github, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, old computer challenge, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, profile achievements, rejected, release, retro, retrogaming, shell, software, station, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Do one thing and do it well, Turning a 15 years old laptop into a children proof retrogaming station, Old Computer Challenge v3: day 1, It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code, Rejected GitHub Profile Achievements, that old netbsd server, and more
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520: 4 months BSD
August 17th, 2023 | 43 mins 26 secs
4 months, address book, ban, banning, bastille, berkeley, blocking, bsd, calendar, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, four, freebsd, geo-block, git, git-page, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, location, location-based, log, log analysis, netbsd, nginx, open source, openbsd, opensmtp, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, restrict, self-hosted, server, shell, software, storage, template, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
4 Months of BSD, Self Hosted Calendar and address Book, Ban scanners IPs from OpenSMTP logs, Self-hosted git page, Bastille template example, Restrict nginx Access by Geographical Location on FreeBSD, and more.
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519: Telegram from BSDNow
August 10th, 2023 | 37 mins 25 secs
advantages, bandwidth limit, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, desktop audio, development, distribution, dod, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, ksos, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, release schedule, scp, secure, secure copy, server, shell, software, storage, stream, streaming, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
3 Advantages to Running FreeBSD as Your Server OS, FreeBSD 14 Release Schedule, Stream your OpenBSD desktop audio, DOD KSOS Secure UNIX Operating System Manual, How to limit bandwidth usage with SCP transfers, and more.
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518: Unix Edition Zero
August 3rd, 2023 | 56 mins 42 secs
-10x engineer, 20 percent, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, edition zero, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, long live, netbooks, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openbsd router, operating system, os, packages, ports, problem-solving, release, server, sg105w, shell, software, storage, time, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wireguard, zfs, zpool
A Guide to Problem-Solving for Software Developers with Examples, making 20% time work, Long Live Netbooks, OpenBSD Router on Sg105w, Set Up a Simple and Actually Working Wireguard Server, Unix Edition Zero, how to be a -10x engineer, and more
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517: Huge pfsync rewrite
July 27th, 2023 | 46 mins 49 secs
27 years, berkeley, bsd, cli, comparison, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, laptop, netbsd, open source, openbsd, opensmtpd, operating system, os, packages, perfect os, pfsync, ports, release, security practices, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Linux and FreeBSD Firewalls Comparison Part 2, 27 Years with the Perfect OS, Top 20 OpenSSH Server Best Security Practices, Huge pfsync rewrite, OpenSMTPD 7.3.0p1 release, Running OpenBSD 7.3 on your laptop is really hard (not), and more
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516: Computer Time Origins
July 20th, 2023 | 46 mins 7 secs
berkeley, bsd, cdn, cli, comparison, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, firewalls, freebsd, gitlab, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, malware, netbsd, netflix, nginx, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, php shell, ports, release, shell, software, storage, system clock, time, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, web server, zfs, zpool
Linux and FreeBSD Firewalls Part 1, Why Netflix Chose NGINX as the Heart of Its CDN, Protect your web servers against PHP shells and malwares, Installing and running Gitlab howto, and more
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515: ChatGPT writing pf.conf
July 13th, 2023 | 40 mins 15 secs
berkeley, bsd, chatgpt, chromium, cli, computer scientist, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, ghostbsd 23.06.01, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, linux, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense 23.1.9, os, os wars, packages, packet filter, pf.conf, ports, release, shell, software, storage, story telling, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, visual studio code, vscode, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD or Linux – A Choice Without OS Wars, The Computer Scientist Who Can’t Stop Telling Stories, ChatGPT was asked to write a pf.conf to spec, GhostBSD 23.06.1 is now available, OPNsense 23.1.9 released, Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD, and more