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There’s a meme that software developers should be forced to use low end hardware to experience what it’s like to be a real user. So what hardware should devs actually use to test their software? How does this differ for GUI and CLI applications? With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.

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A Cloudflare outage shines a light on sloppy data center practices, and why you shouldn’t run a mail server at home. Plus followup on the Android multi-user bug, package managers on Windows, and Toshiba hard drives.

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News/discussion

Cloudflare claims Flexential data center outage was behind service disruption – DCD

Post Mortem on Cloudflare Control Plane and Analytics Outage

Android 14’s storage disaster gets patched, but your data might be gone

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Toshiba Consumer Internal Hard Disk Drives

Free Consulting

We were asked about running a mail server at home.

“Run Your Own Mail Server” chapter 0

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Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

Podcast (all): Download (Duration: 30:12 — 24.7MB)

In this episode:

• Mark is publishing blog posts to the Fediverse with help from Seb Jambor’s ActivityPub.academy and Paul Kinlan’s blog.
• Martin is writing Rust code without knowing Rust.
• Alan is Resurrecting a NextCloud Box and using it for something new.

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Half of us constantly change our hardware and software setups, and the other half like to keep things as constant as possible. Are we changing things to avoid personal technical debt, or are we just bored? Plus more on locking down phones.

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Okta seems to not be taking its security seriously enough, crashing iPhones is far easier than it should be, Jim’s report from the Ubuntu Summit, and what to do when you find a company’s sensitive data on the Internet.

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News

No, Okta, senior management, not an errant employee, caused you to get hacked

Okta October breach affected 134 orgs, biz admits

Okta hit by another breach, this one stealing employee data from 3rd-party vendor

This tiny device is sending updated iPhones into a never-ending DoS loop

Jim went to the Ubuntu Summit

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We were asked about what to do when you find a company’s sensitive data on the Internet.

The Traceroute Podcast

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Automox

Save time, eliminate risk, and automate the patching, configuration, and control of all your Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints with Automox.

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We are joined by Roger Light to discuss what it’s like to work for a company that uses the open core model — maintaining an open source project and offering additional paid for proprietary features. With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.

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Podcast (all): Download (Duration: 31:45 — 25.8MB)

The large water consumption of AI and data centers in general, China’s big push towards IPv6, why we don’t talk about Toshiba hard drives very often, and the implications of poor Bluetooth security on an e-bike.

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Unlocking Infrastructure Sovereignty: Harnessing the Power of Open Source Solutions for Business Flexibility and Cost-Effectiveness

News/discussion

The Secret Water Footprint of AI Technology

China requires all new Wi-Fi kit to run IPv6

Free Consulting

We were asked about the implications of poor Bluetooth security on an e-bike.

Monitor Traffic With Wireless Travel Time Sensors

DeepBlue Sensor

Bluetooth Pedestrian and Vehicle Tracking

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Kolide

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