Notices by Peter N. M. Hansteen (pitrh@mastodon.social)

@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.

@cstross @nixCraft I anticipage breakage, interesting in the Chinese sense

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

Post-Quantum Cryptography Advice Added to OpenSSH Website https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250811110058 #openbsd #openssh #ssh #cryptography #postquantum #postq #crypto #security #libresoftware #freesoftware #bsd

@cwebber if the explanation differs from "chose not to stay off the moonshine after all", I too would love to hear

I've heard of one-LETTER user names before, but trying ' as a user name takes a very special kind of ... something.

Jul 23 07:45:42 skapet sshd-session[12400]: Failed password for invalid user ' from 161.132.40.50 port 41338 ssh2

#sshgropers #cybercrime #cyberfail #passwordgropers #passwordguessing

EuroBSDcon 2025 Scedule published: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/

Register at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/zagreb/

General info: https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/

Where + when : Zagreb, Croatia; September 25-28, 2025

#eurobsdcon #conference #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #unix #development #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware

Long rumored, eagerly anticipated by some, you can now PREORDER "The Book of PF, 4th edition" https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition for the most up to date guide to the OpenBSD and FreeBSD networking toolset #openbsd #freebsd #networking #pf #packetfilter #firewall #preorder #security

"We're done with Teams" - https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250613-we-re-done-with-teams-german-state-hits-uninstall-on-microsoft (just love the headline there)

The BSDCan streams can be found on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/@BsdcanOrg along with recordings from earlier conferences.

Also see https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/ for livestream info

#bsdcan #bsd #conference #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #unix #development #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware

Found at #bsdcan - "Move fast and brick things"

Next up at #bsdcan plenary room, "Why (and how) we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs" by Stefano Marinelli https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/contributions/123/ #conference #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware

See anything interesting on the #bsdcan schedule https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/timetable/timetable-all.html ?

You can still register for the conference (tutorials June 11-12, 2025, talks June 13-14, 2025) https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/registration.html

#bsdcan #conference #bsd #unix #development #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #sysadmin #devops

BSDCan is in Ottawa, with tutorials June 11-12, 2025, talks & BOFs June 13-14, 2025

Registration is open - https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/registration.html

Event descriptions https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/contributions/

#bsdcan #conference #bsd #unix #development #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #sysadmin #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware

That Grumpy BSD Guy: A Short Reading List https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_short_reading_list.html A collection of pointers to things about #openbsd, #freesoftware, #engineering, #cybercrime, #eurobsdcon #bsdcan

Do you have an interesting project on a BSD and want to present?

EuroBSDCon 2025, Zagreb, September 2025 - Call for Talk and Presentation proposals is open

Feel free to submit at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/

Please also visit the main website https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/ for information about the conference.

See you in Zagreb!

#eurobsdcon #bsd #conference #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #unix #development #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware @eurobsdcon

LLDP daemon and tool committed to -current https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250507045746 #openbsd #lldp #lldpd #networking

The installer now prefers disks over 1GB https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250506012122 #openbsd #installer #osinstall #storage #disks #devops #sysadmin #automation #development

#OpenBSD 7.7 https://www.openbsd.org/77.html out, now go install the thing!

Then you can prepare for the daily tasks by reading "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html, and watch for updates over on the OpenBSD Journal https://undeadly.org

#openbsd #bsd #unixlike #newrelease #devops #development #sysadmin #networking #security #sanity #qualitysoftware #securecode #correctcode

BSDCan is in Ottawa, with tutorials June 11-12, 2025, talks & BOFs June 13-14, 2025

Registration is open - https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/registration.html

Also see https://blog.bsdcan.org/2025/03/18/bsdcan-2025-talks-tutorials-and-registration/ for descriptions and tips, contributions: https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/contributions/

#bsdcan #conference #bsd #unix #development #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #sysadmin #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware