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 90 Episodes.
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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
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512: BSDNow Live! 9 bits of BSDNow - Just speak into the goat
June 22nd, 2023 | 40 mins 35 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Recorded at BSDCan 2023
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511: Against Innovation
June 15th, 2023 | 50 mins 54 secs
berkeley, bookmarks, bsd, cli, clusters, dataset, dav, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, high performance computing, howto, hpc, httpd, innovation, interview, jails, laptop, mips, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, plex, ports, proxmox, release, root, self-hosted, shell, software, storage, sun ray, terraform, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wol, zfs, zpool
Sun Ray laptops, MIPS and getting root on them, OpenZFS for HPC Clusters, Self-Hosted Bookmarks using DAV and httpd on OpenBSD, Terraform + Proxmox + OpenBSD = <3, WOL Plex Server, Against innovation, and more
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510: The BSD Slabtop
June 8th, 2023 | 46 mins 40 secs
asiabsdcon, audio, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, desktop, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, gnome, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, slabtop, software, storage, stream, thinkpad, trident, trip report, trueos, ttyload, tutorial, unix, x201, zfs, zpool
AsiaBSDCon 2023 Trip Report, Converting My X201 ThinkPad into a Slabtop, Stream your OpenBSD desktop audio to other devices, The Gnome and Its "Secret Place", ttyload, and more
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507: Michael W. Lucas Interview
May 18th, 2023 | 58 mins 41 secs
author, berkeley, book, bsd, chatgpt, cli, conferences, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, events, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, mail server, michael w. lucas, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, writing, zfs, zpool
Author Michael W. Lucas joins us in this interview to talk about his latest book projects. Find out what he’s up to regarding mail servers, conferences, his views on ChatGPT, and more.
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506: A greener BSD
May 11th, 2023 | 32 mins 4 secs
berkeley, bsd, bsdcan, cli, comparison, converter, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, green computing, guide, hardenedbsd, hello systems, howto, interview, inverter, jails, netbsd, nut, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, status report q1 2023, storage, storage solution, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Comparing Modern Open-Source Storage Solutions, FreeBSD Q1 Status Report, Hello Systems 0.8.1 Release, OpenBSD: Managing an inverter/converter with NUT, Tips for Running a Greener FreeBSD, BSDCAN Registration open
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503: Fast Unix Commands
April 20th, 2023 | 36 mins 54 secs
awk, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, fascination, fast commands, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, namespaces, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, optimization, os, packages, plan 9, ports, release, shell, software, ssh host certificates, storage, success story, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
ZFS Optimization Success Stories, Linux Namespaces Are a Poor Man's Plan 9 Namespaces, better support for SSH host certificates, Fast Unix Commands, Fascination with AWK, and more
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502: Ping from Hell
April 13th, 2023 | 35 mins 41 secs
audit, berkeley, bsd, cli, clock, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hell, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ping, ports, reason, release, shell, software, storage, time, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
5 Key reasons for a OpenZFS Performance Audit, The Ping from Hell, OpenBGPD 7.9 released, Setting the clock ahead to see what breaks, and more
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499: Dan Langille Interview
March 23rd, 2023 | 40 mins 20 secs
berkeley, bsd, bsdcan, cli, conference, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, r730, release, server, setup, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
We’re interviewing Dan Langille about his new server project. He’ll talk to us about the things he’s building, some of which are a bit out of the ordinary. We’re also talking about BSDCan 2023 and what to expect after returning to an in-presence conference format. Enjoy!
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498: Dropping Privileges
March 16th, 2023 | 42 mins 58 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
OpenZFS auditing for storage Performance, Privilege drop; privilege separation; and restricted-service operating mode in OpenBSD, OPNsense 23.1.1 release, Cloning a System with Ansible, FOSDEM 2023, BSDCan 2023 Travel Grants