Posts by pitrh@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AxBeSMxpHmJ2nCuvgG by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-08-15T07:30:54Z
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@foone you just released in me a gust of deep fear that some descendant of mine will encounter just that, on a system that runs off ancient floppies.
(DIR) Post #AxJtss0nWf6XBz55tI by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-08-19T07:00:51Z
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Soon a new OpenBSD release, v 7.8, will be on the horizon. Time prepare and to reprise "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for.html) #openbsd #install #sysadmin #devops #maintenance #packages #freesoftware #libresoftware
(DIR) Post #AxZHUGKFIrkFdCNLyy by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-08-26T13:28:35Z
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@pndc @davidgerard In case the searches have become too slop infested by now, there's a pdf available at https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf
(DIR) Post #AxtvlxKmX92BGrohFo by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-09-05T16:08:44Z
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@kaia I would tend to think this due to incompetence rather than malice. Likely inept robocall herders with bad timing. Which would be annoying, but likely harmless.
(DIR) Post #Ay3kdbn7acm4E1UMDY by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-09-10T09:01:30Z
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In two weeks, at EuroBSDCon, Tom Smyth and I will be giving a Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/FW39CX/ tutorial. Register via https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html #eurobsdcon #zagreb #openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter #networking #security
(DIR) Post #Ayfl2Uf1ZUL10BWdKS by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-09-28T16:58:35Z
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#Eurobsdcon 2026 will be in #Brussels #belgium
(DIR) Post #B0EcBCxcw2s41cRwye by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-11-14T10:51:55Z
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Transition to support for 52 partitions https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251114105005 #openbsd #storage #52partitions #disks #bigdisks #partitioning #development #freesoftware #current #libresoftware
(DIR) Post #B0J6avDVIt8FmOtRKq by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-11-16T15:03:12Z
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@rl_dane @SamuraiSakura @inlovewithpda The installation is usually quite painless for most people once they get over the mental hurdle of it actually being (mostly) a shell script.For the post install parts I wrote a piece a little while back called "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html (or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for.html if GOOG's trackers don't bother you).
(DIR) Post #B0JNzjMMDwhlSvRxEu by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-11-16T17:25:34Z
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If you are looking for #PF resources for #openbsd and #freebsd alike, the up to date slides for the #tutorial are at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/pf_fullday.pdf with updates for each session. In addition, we (the good people at @nostarch and yours truly) are working to get the 4th edition of The Book PF ready and available as soon as possible (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html)
(DIR) Post #B0KWJ6fmlNUC42FOQi by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-11-17T06:35:11Z
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Are you working on something involving a BSD system that you would like to share with others?The Call for Papers period is open for AsiaBSDCon until November 30th, 2025 and for BSDCan until January 17, 2026.Check out the websites linked in the article, and get that submission in!What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out! https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what-is-bsd-come-to-conference-to-find.html #asiabsdcon #bsdcan #bsd #dragonflyBSD #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #conference
(DIR) Post #B0PfhQe6OpOytLbsiu by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T19:07:39Z
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Installing #openbsd is easy, but what does it take to keep your system in trim?Here is a piece I wrote, "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html to provide some pointers (also at https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for.html if tracking is not a thing you worry about) #maintenance #sysadmin #dailytasks #dailydriver
(DIR) Post #B0db2dzLlTO9YnLNY0 by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-11-26T12:22:12Z
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Tired of the interminable emacs vs vi editor wars (with praise for nano baked in)? Back in 2018 I wrote "ed(1) mastery is a must for a real Unix person" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/ed_mastery_is_a_must_for_real_unix_person.html - a review of @mwl 's then recent book #ed #vi #emacs #editors #unix #editorwars #standardeditor
(DIR) Post #B16RjEbOf5ZbJveDwG by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-12-10T10:41:29Z
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The latest Valuable News by @vermaden https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/valuable-news-2025-12-08/ notes that The Book of PF, 4th edition is coming soon (also https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html, https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html) @nostarch #freebsd #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #bookofpf #4thedition
(DIR) Post #B16TQQvmnb8nxpLbCS by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-12-10T10:59:12Z
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@justine while I am one of those lazy gits who prefer my keyboards be made for me, I'm sure there are #openbsd people who make their own. I'd suggest to air the issue on misc and see if anyone pipes up.
(DIR) Post #B18cyrLCOyRjcde0eW by pitrh@mastodon.social
2025-12-11T11:45:29Z
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What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out! https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.htmlAlso, the @bsdcan call for papers is on until January 17th 2026 https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html #bsd #bsdcan #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #development #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware
(DIR) Post #B2Jsyf5gfwhwxKSi5Q by pitrh@mastodon.social
2026-01-15T13:55:29Z
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@0xabad1dea During the ten years or so before libressl was started, I have heard several OpenBSD developers say something along the lines of "I sat down to read the OpenSSL source but I could only go on for so long before my eyes started bleeding"but they *did* get around to forking libressl after a while
(DIR) Post #B2JsyhPy1W7OAnxvyS by pitrh@mastodon.social
2026-01-15T14:40:54Z
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@whynothugo @0xabad1dea I think BobBeck's BSDCan 2014 "the first 30 days of libressl" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBbhXBDmwU&t=463s&pp=ygURYm9iIGJlY2sgbGlicmVzc2w%3D is still worth taking in
(DIR) Post #B2Vi6AVNEOg4Y9vI0m by pitrh@mastodon.social
2026-01-21T11:33:59Z
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@ptribble about 20 years ago sounds reasonable. OpenBSD removed the last traces of telnetd in the base system in 2005: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=111700017509177&w=2, not sure how long other systems kept theirs (but could be years in some cases)
(DIR) Post #B2lE5ipfwfWJwkC8iu by pitrh@mastodon.social
2026-01-28T20:05:15Z
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Despite some persistent rumors, installing OpenBSD is both quick and easy on most not too exotic hardware. But once the thing is installed, what is daily life with the most secure free operating system like? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #dailydriver #sysadmin
(DIR) Post #B2lE5pKNnPeG5ibkQ4 by pitrh@mastodon.social
2026-01-28T21:29:22Z
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And now for the inevitable, shameless plug: The Book of PF, 4th ed https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition has some preview of upcoming features as well as #openbsd 7.8 and #freebsd 14 #pf configs. Also see the #asiabsdcon tutorial and https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html @nostarch