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 86 Episodes.
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466: cat(1)’s efficiency
August 4th, 2022 | 53 mins 39 secs
aws ec2, bastille, berkeley, bsd, cat, contributing, contribution, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, efficiency, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, internet of old things, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, software development, speed boost, tls 1.3, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vnet, zfs, zpool
Contributing to Open Source Beyond Software Development, bringing TLS 1.3 to the Internet of Old Things, How efficient can cat(1) be, boost the speed of Unix shell programs, Running FreeBSD VNET Jails on AWS EC2 with Bastille, and more
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463: The 1.0 Legend
July 14th, 2022 | 55 mins 11 secs
1993, audio, base vs. ports, berkeley, bhyve, bsd, compiler, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hacker news, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, legend, llvm, netbsd, netgraph, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, truenas 13, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Differences between base and ports LLVM in OpenBSD, Netgraph for FreeBSD’s bhyve Networking, Audio on FreeBSD – Quick Guide, FreeBSD’s Legend starts at 1.0, Hacker News running by FreeBSD, TrueNAS 13, and more
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462: OpenBSD Sales Pitch
July 7th, 2022 | 53 mins 49 secs
autoconf, berkeley, bsd, cache, caching, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jailed application, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, rc.d, release, sales, salesperson, selling, shell, software, speed, speedup, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, yubikey, zfs, zpool
The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD rc.d system, selling OpenBSD as a salesperson, Speeding up autoconf with caching, Allowing non-root execution of a jailed application, Configure login(1) and sshd(8) for YubiKey on OpenBSD, and more.
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459: NetBSD Kernel benchmark
June 16th, 2022 | 54 mins 5 secs
backup, backups, benchmark, berkeley, bsd, compiler benchmark, compiling, dataset, diagnostics, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, graviton 3, guide, hardenedbsd, hardware detection, howto, interview, jails, kernel compile, netbsd, network management, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, packet filter, pf, ports, production use, release, shell, software, time machine, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Evaluating FreeBSD CURRENT for Production Use, Time Machine-like Backups on OpenBSD, FreeBSD on the Graviton 3, Compiling the NetBSD kernel as a benchmark, Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset from BSDCan 2022, Hardware Detection & Diagnostics for New FreeBSD Users, and more
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458: Traceroute interpretation
June 9th, 2022 | 48 mins 41 secs
account, account locking, berkeley, bsd, cautionary tale, cloud, ctwm, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, fundamentals, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, locking, moreutils, mtr, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, overgrowth, packages, password groping, ports, protection, public cloud, release, shell, software, spamtraps, spamware, spf, spleen, traceroute, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, user account, zfs, zpool
Fundamentals of the FreeBSD Shell, Spammers in the Public Cloud, locking user accounts properly, overgrowth on NetBSD, moreutils, ctwm & spleen, interpreting a traceroute, and more
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455: Ken Thompson Singularity
May 19th, 2022 | 45 mins 21 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, debugger, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, game, game development, gaming, godot, guide, hardenedbsd, hare compiler, howto, interview, jails, lldb, multiprocess support, netbsd, nuclear apocalypse, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, thinkpad t460s, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
OpenBSD is the Perfect OS post Nuclear Apocalypse, Multiprocess support for LLDB, porting the new Hare compiler to OpenBSD, Writing my first OpenBSD game using Godot, FreeBSD 13 on Thinkpad T460s, and more.
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454: Compiling 50% faster
May 12th, 2022 | 48 mins 50 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, faster compile, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kernel compiling, nas, nas building, netbsd, network attached storage, open source, openbsd, openbsd 7.1, operating system, os, packages, ports, quick compile, randot, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, v openbsd, years of service, zfs, zpool
OpenBSD 7.1 is out, Building Your Own FreeBSD-based NAS with ZFS Part 2, Let's try V on OpenBSD, Waiting for Randot, Compiling an OpenBSD kernel 50% faster, A Salute for 10+ years of service, and more
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451: Tuning ZFS recordsize
April 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 45 secs
backups, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, dump, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, intel, interview, laptop, mount, mounted, mounting, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, optimizing, os, packages, ports, power consumption, recordsize, release, shell, software, tcpdump, trident, trueos, tuning, tutorial, unix, wireless bridge, zfs, zpool
Full system backups with FFS snapshots, ZFS and dump(8), tuning recordsize in OpenZFS, Optimizing FreeBSD Power Consumption on Modern Intel Laptops, remember to check for ZFS filesystems being mounted, Use tcpdump to save wireless bridge, and more
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450: Unix Tool Writing
April 14th, 2022 | 58 mins 53 secs
berkeley, best practices, bsd, coding, cron, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, errors, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, libressl, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, taskwarrior, tool writing, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix philosophy, zfs, zpool
The ideas that made Unix, hints for writing Unix tools, cron best practices, three different sorts of filesystem errors, LibreSSL 3.5.1 released, taskwarrior to manage tasks, and more.
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448: Controlling Resource Limits
March 31st, 2022 | 45 mins 22 secs
berkeley, bsd, cpu frequency scheduling, dataset, distribution, dns, dragonflybsd, freebsd, gsoc, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, rctl, release, resource limits, rsync, shell, software, summer of code, technical notes, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, userland, zfs, zpool
Controlling Resource Limits with rctl in FreeBSD, It’s always DNS, Google Summer of Code in BSD Projects, Rsync Technical Notes - Q4 2021, Userland CPU frequency scheduling for OpenBSD, and more.
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447: Path to BSD
March 24th, 2022 | 53 mins 54 secs
berkeley, bsd, burpsuite, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, foundation, freebsd, futjitsu, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, linuxulator, mainframe, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, project proposal, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix service, webzine, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD Foundation Proposals, UNIX: On the Path to BSD, Fujitsu ends its mainframe and Unix services, Install burpsuite on FreeBSD using Linuxulator, new OpenBSD Webzine is out, and more.
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446: Debugging ioctl problems
March 17th, 2022 | 48 mins 24 secs
badger book, berkeley, boot process, bsd, dataset, debug, debugging, distribution, dnssec book, dragonflybsd, freebsd, game pc, game setup, gaming, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ioctl, michael w. lucas, mwlauthor, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, sparcbook, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Restoring a Tadpole SPARCbook 3, The FreeBSD Boot Process, Debugging an ioctl Problem on OpenBSD, Why my game PC runs FreeBSD and Kubuntu, DNSSEC, Badgers, and Orcs, Oh My, and more.