Something that is yet to come.
We have the tools, the standards, the years and years of research. The closest thing really is seL4 but this is not always an easy system to work with.
In a more "security for the rest of us", my closest choices would be #OpenBSD and #HardenedBSD or Linux with GRSecurity and PaX configured, but even then I would probably hesitate to deploy these in mission-critical environments.
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Happy Birthday, BSD Cafe! ๐Seeing your idea flourish into such a vibrant and supportive community is amazing. The positive atmosphere and mutual respect here are remarkable. Itโs clear your hard work and vision have paid off.
You got me directly attracted last year on Twitter when I started with social medias and we shared exactly the same mindset - not only about #BSD related content but also about how a community around should look like. You got me back more into the community and into community related services and #opensource. I took the opportunity to create a service like #BoxyBSD for the BSD community, which provides free #VMs (#FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenSolaris, #illumos) for the community to learn, practice or to build their projects. Not everyone can afford own systems to learn in real setups and here we come back to the community mindset - which I honestly took over from you by providing us all your great services!
Getting in touch with all the members of the #BSDCafe it was clear that we need something like a meeting - so we got the #BSDPub, where we can meet, discuss and share knowledge. I feel like home here in the BSDCafe and I can only recommend everyone who's interested into BSD to join.
Wishing you many more successful years ahead. Thank you for everything!
It's a toss between OS/2 and #OpenBSD
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EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin, Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
September 19-22, 2024
#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2024
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Always nice to check the bookcase and find something that past me bought despite having no real need for ... but future me is benefitting.
I'd bought @mwl's Absolute #OpenBSD 2nd ed back in 2013, because I'd just received my pre-ordered copy of @taosecurity's The Practice of Network Security Monitoring (thanks BTW) and in it was a 30% off voucher from No Starch Press. So I went looking for some worthy books to spend it on ...
Ironically, I never used the voucher in the end, because the shipping rates that No Starch had
available to them were awful for across-the-world shipping. Instead I got them at "normal" price via goodbooks (now defunct it appears) for less money and still probably not giving money to Amazon.
But regardless, over the last day or so I've benefitted from the book, as a handy reference for sysadmin tasks (like adding some new disk to my VM).
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You don't need xorg to video-game on a 20 year old machine running OpenBSD.
ft: https://100r.co/site/oquonie.html
#oldcomputerchallenge #uxn #openbsd
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There's a rabbit on pathway through void.
https://100r.co/site/oquonie.html
I know I said this post would come out weeks back, but I finally got time to publish ๐
"Dual Booting OpenBSD and Alpine Linux on a X220 ThinkPad"
pawn shop
#unix_surrealism #technomage #penguin #linux #openbsd #runbsd #9front #plan9 #glenda #comic #fediart #mastoart #foss #art
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Deb stands by its desk, looking at a list of things Puffy needs. There's a box with a rabbit inside.
Deb: "Mh... Let's check in the back..."
Puffy to Girl: "Wait here. Don't touch anything."
Girl shrugs.
She eyes the shelves. Purple Cassettes... Broken Glass... DANGEROUS?!
She reaches into the shelf and pulls out a green floppy with a 9 sticker.
The floppy is labeled:
"DO NOT INSTALL"
Girl: "Cool!"
Hey #OpenBSD people ...
What's the right way to approach a package in ports that is broken?
I'm looking for a "process" answer, not commands to execute, so I'm not naming the package :-)
If you install it with pkg_add, it will sigsegv when executed. This is because of an outdated library in the build. Upstream have committed the patches to their latest version that fix the problem; if I compiled from source the binary would be just fine.
But I want this machine to live for a long time, and upgrade itself properly every release. So I'm motivated to use the ports to provide this program, aren't I?
The full program for the #eurobsdcon 2024 conference in #dublin (September 19-22, 2024) has been published: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2024/schedule/ @EuroBSDCon #bsd #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #opensource
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I'll likely be crucified for being this vile. And to make it worse, I am not sorry for it 
#OpenBSD with emacs and spacemacs
summer
#unix_surrealism #technomage #comic #glibc #summer #fediart #monochrome #openbsd #linux #runbsd
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Girl is hacking. Puffy floats over.
Puffy: "Girl.. Some friends came to see you."
Girl goes see the friends. It's M, Baby-Daemon and Baby-Penguin.
M: "We're going to throw rocks down the old quarry and look for glibc vulnerabilities. Wanna come?"
Travel arrangements for #eurobsdcon 2024 done, see you in #dublin in september! https://2024.eurobsdcon.org #bsd #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #opensource
I will be honest, though: this is perhaps the last straw that will push me to finally adopt #openbsd everywhere. 
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Interesting ๐ค how #CVE are leveraged as resume items, putting #programmers #developers & project leads under pressure by #bogus CVE reports or unnecessary high CVE ratings.
Popular and obscure programs are affected in the #OpenSource #POSIX world e.g #Linux #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD
#Curl โฐ by #Daniel #Stenberg and #IP by #Fedor #Indutny are popular programs hit by this #phenomena which can lead to unwarranted #panic in the users space
Wrote a tiny post about fixing Jekyll issues on my OpenBSD machine (dart-sass related)
"Fixing Jekyll's dart-sass Dependency on OpenBSD"
https://btxx.org/posts/Fixing_Jekyll__39__s_dart-sass_Dependency_on_OpenBSD/
How to mount ISO or file disk images on OpenBSD by @solene
https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2024-06-15-mount-iso-file-openbsd.html
Having fun reading @solene's blog ๐
#OpenBSD #security #VPN #statelessness
boostedOnly a couple of hours left to get a discounted ticket for THE European *BSD event of the year 2024! ๐โณ๐ก
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EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin, Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
September 19-22, 2024
#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2024
boostedOne more day to get a discounted ticket for THE European *BSD event of the year 2024! ๐โณ๐ก
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EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin, Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
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Woah! https://fossy.us accepted my #OpenBSD talk about fw_update(8)!
I love getting such mails! Thanks a lot for shipping them @mischa@exquisite.social & @OpenBSDAms@bsd.network!
PS: Just have a look at the stamp ❤️
#OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #BSDCafe #BSDNetwork #BSDPub #OpenBSDAms #OpenBSDAmsterdam #BSDCommunity #Community
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If you haven't already, get on the early bird ticket train from the conference. More information over at: https://2024.eurobsdcon.org/ . I hope to see you there!
Wow, going to be a busy recording on the next @bsdnow episode, lots to talk about.
#eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon2024 #bsd #bsdnow #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD
I'm thrilled to announce that my talk for EuroBSDcon 2024 has been accepted! I am incredibly happy and honored. It will be a fantastic experience. Thank you to the team for your trust!
#EuroBSDcon #TechConference #OpenSource #BSDCommunity #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD
Hostname ideas for my next #OpenBSD install (need to get back to this project soon, seriously!):
puffythewindowsslayer
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Friends of the #BSDCafe, #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD and #NetBSD enthusiasts and the entire #Fediverse,
Curious about #BoxyBSD?
Join Florian - @gyptazy - as he dives into its creation, architecture, and community support.
Perfect for BSD beginners and pros alike!
๐ 10/06/2024
๐ Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEHL4skVq3U
๐ More about BoxyBSD: https://boxybsd.com
๐ More about the BSD Cafe: https://bsd.cafe
#BoxyBSD #BSD #OpenSource #VirtualMachines #BSDCafe #BSDCafeVideo #BSDPub #IT #VM #SysAdmin #RunBSD
EuroBSDCon 2024 submissions deadline is tomorrow!
Dublin, Ireland September 19-22, 2024
https://2024.eurobsdcon.org/
Call for Papers runs until June 15, 2024
https://2024.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/index.html
Submit at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/
#dublin #eurobsdcon #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #development #devops #sysadmin #networking
Would a batch of 10,000 AI generated patches against the #openbsd network stack be useful?
A recent discussion on openbsd-tech concludes with https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=171817275920057&w=2 from Theo de Raadt, preceded by Otto Moerbeek (@otto) https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=171817212419752&w=2 with a bit of reasoning.
But please do read the whole thread.
#openbsd #ai #llms #machinelearning #ArtificialIntelligence #automatedbullshit #bullshiteering
T-3 days... https://events.eurobsdcon.org/
#CfP #Dublin #RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2024
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Mike Karels' family would like to hear from the #BSDCan community about what he meant to us.
The FreeBSD Foundation has set up a page to collect remembrances. If you worked with Mike, please put a few sentences at https://freebsdfoundation.org/mike_karels/.
The remembrances will be printed out and read at his service.
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OpenSSH introduces options to penalize undesirable behavior
https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article%3Bsid%3D20240607042157
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article%253Bsid%253D20240607042157
#linux #openbsd #programming #release #security #selfhosted #unix
OpenSSH introduces options to penalize undesirable behavior https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240607042157 #openbsd #openssh #ssh #persourcepenalties #security #adaptivepenalty #secureshell
Friends, we're heading into the final 12 hours of the Dive into DevOps bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dive-into-dev-ops-no-starch-books featuring 22 titles including "Absolute OpenBSD" and "Absolute FreeBSD" by @mwl as well as "The Book of PF" by @pitrh - ends June 10th! #devops #development #sysadmin #linux #openbsd #freebsd #kubernetes #golang #security #monitoring #cybersecurity
My wife says that the BSDs are always in my head...
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD
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Less than four days to go: The Dive into DevOps bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dive-into-dev-ops-no-starch-books with "Absolute OpenBSD", "Absolute FreeBSD", "The Book of PF" and 19 other #DevOps/#sysadmin titles runs until June 10th, 2024 #openbsd #freebsd #kubernetes #linux #networking
We just wrapped up another fascinating session of the #BSDPub meeting. We discussed Mike Karels, the release of FreeBSD 14.1, #Freedive, cats against technology, #Pilldroid, GPL and BSD licenses, some intriguing ideas to attract more users to the BSD world, and a couple of interesting presentations to deliver. Thanks to everyone who participated, and... Stay tuned!
#FreeBSD #BSDCommunity #OpenSource #RunBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #TechTalk #SoftwareDevelopment #TechCommunity
New, minor update to barf (the tiny blog generator!). Mostly small, nice QoL changes
"Quality of Life Improvements"
OpenBSD scripts to convert wg-quick VPN files - by @solene
https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2024-04-27-openbsd-wg-quick-converter.html
For another 5 days, the "Dive into DevOps" bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dive-into-dev-ops-no-starch-books with 22 @nostarch titles including "Absolute FreeBSD" and "Absolute OpenBSD" by @mwl and "The Book of PF" by yours truly is available at basically steal prices - get yours now! #devops #sysadmin #openbsd #freebsd #security #networking (ends June 10, 2024)
BSD celebrity death [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Mike Karels died on the way home from #BSDCan, at the age of 67.
https://www.gearty-delmore.com/obituaries/michael-mike-karels
This man spent 40 years working on BSD. His code appears in #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, and everywhere.
If you have used the Internet, you have used code he wrote.
RIP, sir. You changed the world for the better.
What's probably his last talk: "I don't have much to say," followed by a spellbinding eighty minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSziyKlG1ws
[edited to remove echovita obit; apparently that's an AI scam site 
]
Today, I revamped my blog theme ( https://it-notes.dragas.net ) and moved it to @OpenBSDAms VPS, powered by httpd.
BunnyNet stands as the CDN upfront, can we still consider it hosted on OpenBSD? ๐ค
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In case you missed it earlier, the "Dive into DevOps" Humble Bundle by No Starch Press https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dive-into-dev-ops-no-starch-books, with titles such as "Absolute OpenBSD" and "Absolute FreeBSD" by @mwl and "The Book of PF" by yours truly is still on, until June 10th, 2024. #devops #openbsd #freebsd #sysadmin #security #networking
My new @OpenBSDAms VM has just been activated!
Some fun for the weekend
Wayland 1.23 Released With OpenBSD Support
@brokenix @ramin_hal9001
imagine someone reading this thread then thinking that #doas and doas on its native #openbsd had had these problems, rather than the linux port
(and possibly netbsd, sorry netbsd)
The "Dive into DevOps" https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dive-into-dev-ops-no-starch-books Humble Bundle by No Starch Press
- which includes "Absolute OpenBSD" and "Absolute FreeBSD" by @mwl and "The Book of PF" -
runs until June 10th (don't hang around, click that link already)
And now that I am in Canada I see we have made more than CAD 22,000 for the charity!
EuroBSDCon 2024 tutorials have been published, https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2024/schedule/
you can register at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/dublin/
And you can still submit talks! (go to https://events.eurobsdcon.org/)
Important upcoming dates:
2024-06-15: CfP closes (BSDCan closes on 2024-06-01)
2024-06-22: PC finalizes speaker selection
2024-06-31: Early Bird closes
2024-07-15: Schedule published
2024-09-19โ22: EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin
#eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #dublin #conference #freesoftware
The "Dive into DevOps" https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dive-into-dev-ops-no-starch-books humblebundle with @mwl's "Absolute OpenBSD and "Absolute FreeBSD" along with my own "The Book of PF" and a number of other excellent titles runs until June 10, 2024. Pay what you want, get the books, support a good cause! @humblebundles @nostarch #devops #freebsd #openbsd #development #sysadmin
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The mseal() syscall was merged for #Linux 6.10: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0b32d436c015d5a88b3368405e3d8fe82f195a54
It's a way to prevent changes to portions of the virtual address space โ and quite similar to #OpenBSD's mimmutable() syscall.
For details see the docs (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/Documentation/userspace-api/mseal.rst) or two @LWN articles (https://lwn.net/Articles/948129/ and https://lwn.net/Articles/958438/)
To be honest, having LVM2 under OpenBSD is the kind of project I would throw a lot of money behind.
This is literally the one and only thing that prevents me from using OpenBSD everywhere: having a reliable way to manage huge amounts of storage on my machines. Everything else, #OpenBSD does it and it does it pretty well.
So, right now, all my VMs (including OpenBSD!) run on #Slackware because... LVM and XFS are part of the base install.