Bsdtalk

Intro: Some musings on the consistency and simplicity of BSD.A brief interview with Adam Wright from No Starch Press, recorded by Micheal Dexter on behalf of BSDTalk. They talk about recent and future BSD books.File Info: 8Min, 4MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk145/bsdtalk145.ogg

Interview with Dan Langille. We talk about his new job with Afilias, and BSDCan 2008.File info: 22Min, 10MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk144/bsdtalk144.ogg

Interview with Deborah Norling. We talk about her use of BSD on old hardware, accessibility on the BSDs, and Simh (http://simh.trailing-edge.com).File info: 23Min, 10MB.Ogg link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk143/bsdtalk143.oggNote: The first set of audio files that I posted were accidentally exported from an intermediate working set that didn't have the audio levels adjusted. I have posted the proper files. My apologies to Deborah, and to the listening audience.

Interview with FreeBSD Lead Release Engineer Ken Smith.File Info: 16Min, 7MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk142/bsdtalk142.ogg

Interview with PC-BSD founder Kris Moore about the new features in PBI 4.File Info: 10Min, 5MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk141/bsdtalk141.ogg

Interview with Kristaps Dzonsons.We talk about the Mult project, which is "an on-going research project to create a high-performance instance multiplicity system." You can find more information at http://mult.bsd.lv/. He also gives a quick update on Sysjail.File Info: 30Min, 14MB.https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk140/bsdtalk140.ogg

Interview with Dru Lavigne. We talk about her new book "The Best of FreeBSD Basics" and also get an update on some other projects including BSD Certification.See the following links for more information:https://register.bsdcertification.org/register/get-a-bsdcg-idhttp://reedmedia.net/books/freebsd-basicshttp://www.osbr.caFile Info: 14Min, 7MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk139/bsdtalk139.ogg

News:DesktopBSD 1.6 and FreeBSD 6.3 released.Setting up a central syslog server.If you are concerned about the security of your logs, use a dedicated machine and lock it down.Keep clocks in sync.You may need to change log rotation schedule in /etc/newsyslog.conf. You can rotate based in size and/or time. This can be as much a policy decision as a hardware decision.On central log host, change syslogd flags to listen to network. Each BSD does this differently, so check the man pages. Also, check out the -n flag for busy environments.Make sure host firewall allows syslog traffic through.Be careful to limit syslog traffic to just the trusted network or hosts. FreeBSD man page refers to syslogd as a "remote disk filling service".For heavy logging environments, it is important to have a dedicated network. A down syslogd server can create a lot of "ARP who-has" broadcasts.Most network devices such as printers and commercial firewalls support sending to a central syslog server. Take a look at "Snare" for Windo

Happy New Year. I had fun bringing some old Cobalt RaQ2 devices back to life with NetBSD 4.0.Interview with Marten Vijn about www.OpenCommunityCamp.org.File Info: 13Min, 6MBOgg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk137/bsdtalk137.ogg

Can you believe that it has been two years? A lot has happened in the land of BSD since December 2005. Thank you for listening and for your support.An interview with Peter N. M. Hansteen, recorded by Michael Dexter on behalf of BSDTalk. If you would like to learn more about the PF firewall, check out "The Book of PF" which is available at http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=pfFile Info: 16Min, 7MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk136/bsdtalk136.ogg

I'm sorry that I disappeared for a while. I have a new job, and it has taken me a while to come up for air. I hope to get back on track soon.Michael Dexter sent me an interview he recorded on behalf of BSDTalk with Joerg Sonnenberger at EuroBSDCon 2007. Thank you Michael.File Info: 17Min, 8MB.Ogg Link:hhttps://archive.org/download/bsdtalk135/bsdtalk135.ogg

A quick update on AsiaBSDCon 2008 with Hiroki Sato and George Neville-Neil. More information at http://www.asiabsdcon.org/.File Info: 10 Min, 5MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk134/bsdtalk134.ogg

A short update on OpenCon 2007 with Marc Balmer. More information at http://www.opencon.org/.File Info: 7Min, 3MBOgg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk133/bsdtalk133.ogg

Interview with Richard Stallman. He requested that the interview only be distributed in a free format, so the mp3 file is just a quick message. Please download the ogg version for the full interview.File Info: 28Min, 16MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk132/bsdtalk132.oggVisit http://www.playogg.org if you have questions about the ogg format.A later note from RMS:In the interview, I said that all the BSD systems " include, intheir installation systems--in some cases I believe it's called a ports system...--they all include some non-free programs". What I meant is that the non-free programs are included in the set of programs that the ports system can install. The ports system software as such is free. For me, distributing a recipe to fetch and install a non-free program is pretty much ethically equivalent to distributing a copy.

Interview with Anders "Ragge" Magnusson. We talk about his work on the Portable C Compiler. More information can be found at http://pcc.ludd.ltu.se/.File Info: 15Min, 7MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk131/bsdtalk131.ogg

News: PC-BSD 1.4 Released.Michael Dexter sent me an interview he recorded on behalf of BSDTalk with Marko Zec at EuroBSDCon 2007. More information on the project at http://imunes.tel.fer.hr/virtnet/.File Info: 16Min, 8MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk130/bsdtalk130.ogg

Interview with Dru Lavigne. We talk about the progress of BSDCertification.org and also her new position with the Open Source Business Resource at http://www.osbr.ca/.File info: 20Min, 10MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk129/bsdtalk129.ogg

News:EuroBSDCon starts this week in Copenhagen, Denmark. I wish I could be there.OpenBSD 4.2 is available for pre-order.Interview with Michael Dexter. We talk about the new sysjail and the recent system call wrapper issues.File Info: 22Min, 10MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk128/bsdtalk128.ogg

Why I like the CLI:Uses minimal resources. Less space, less memory, fewer dependencies.Transparency. GUI hides internals, limits options.Similar between Unix-like systems. GUI tools seem to change every week.Remote management. SSH rocks.Everything is text. Configs, devices, output. CLI is natural complement.Pipes and scripts. One time is hard, a thousand times is easy.Only need a few tools. Grep, sed, awk, vi, cron.Text config files. Easy to version, share, and comment.Requires reading skills instead of clicking skills.Much faster when you know what you are doing.File Info: 12Min, 6MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk127/bsdtalk127.ogg

News:I was interviewed on the LinuxReality podcast.Interview with MidnightBSD founder Lucas Holt.File Info: 15Min, 7MB.Ogg Link:https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk126/bsdtalk126.ogg