OpenBSD Multimedia Resources List

Links on this page refer to multimedia resources (podcast, vodcast, audio recordings, video recordings, photos) related to OpenBSD or of interest for OpenBSD users.

This list is available as chronological overview, as a tag cloud and via the sources.
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If you know any resources not listed here, or notice any dead links, please send details to Edwin Groothuis so that it can be included or updated.

Tag: mp3

• NYCBSDCon Update with Isaac Levy and Steven Kreuzer
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 19 August 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, nycbug, nycbsdcon, nycbsdcon2008, isaac levy, steven kreuzer
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 15 minutes)
  An update on NYCBSDCon 2008 with Isaac Levy and Steven Kreuzer. More information on the conference can be found at http://www.nycbsdcon.org/

• Martin Tournoij from DaemonForums.org
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 23 July 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, daemonforums, martin tournoij
  Ogg version (7 minutes), MP3 version (3 Mb, 7 minutes)
  A brief interview with Martin Tournoij, one of the founders of DaemonForums.org.

• Matthew Dillon
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 09 July 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, hammer, matthew dillon
  Ogg version (30 minutes), MP3 version (14 Mb, 30 minutes)
  An interview with Matthew Dillon. He gives a fairly technical description of the HAMMER filesystem features that will make it in the DragonflyBSD 2.0 release.

• Michael W. Lucas
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 15 June 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdcan2008, michael lucas
  Ogg version (12 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 12 minutes)
  Interview with Michael W. Lucas at BSDCan 2008. We talk about some of his books and strategies for writing technical publications.

• A Few FreeBSD Core Team Members
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 05 June 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdcan2008, freebsd core, warner losh, george neville-neil murray stokely, hiroki sato, robert watson, brooks davis, philip paeps
  Ogg version (26 minutes), MP3 version (12 Mb, 26 minutes)
  An interview with a few of the FreeBSD Core Team members: Warner Losh, George V. Neville-Neil, Murray Stokeley, Hiroki Sato, Robert Watson, Brooks Davis, and Philip Paeps. The interview was recorded at BSDCan2008 in Ottawa, Cananda.

• Sean Cody from Frantic Films VFX
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 31 May 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdcan2008, frantic films, sean cody
  Ogg version (13 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 13 minutes)
  Interview with Sean Cody at BSDCan2008. We talk about his use of BSD at a visual effects studio.

• Alex Feldman from Sangoma
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 20 May 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, sangoma, alex feldman
  Ogg version (9 minutes), MP3 version (4 Mb, 9 minutes)
  Interview at BSDCan2008 with Alex Feldman from Sangoma.

• Justin Gibbs from the FreeBSD Foundation
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 18 May 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd foundation, justin gibbs
  Ogg version (11 minutes), MP3 version (5 Mb, 11 minutes)
  Interview with Justin Gibbs from the FreeBSD Foundation.

• Jeremy White, Founder of CodeWeavers
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 03 May 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, codeweavers, crossover, jeremy white
  Ogg version (16 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 16 minutes)
  Interview with Jeremy White, Founder of CodeWeavers. We talk about the recent availability of an experimental build of Crossover Games for BSD.

• FreeBSD Developer Alexander Motin
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 18 April 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, mpd, alexander motin
  Ogg version (16 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 16 minutes)
  Interview with FreeBSD Developer Alexander Motin. We talk about mpd, the netgraph based Multi-link PPP Daemon. For more information, see http://mpd.sourceforge.net/.

• James Cornell
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 08 April 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, desktop, james cornell
  Ogg version (9 minutes), MP3 version (9 Mb, 20 minutes)
  Another interview with Sysadmin James Cornell. We talk about BSD, OpenSolaris, and Linux on the desktop.

• Adam Wright from No Starch Press
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 02 April 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, books, no starch press, adam wright
  Ogg version (8 minutes), MP3 version (4 Mb, 8 minutes)
  

  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.

• Dan Langille
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 22 March 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, afilias, bsdcan2008, dan langille
  Ogg version (22 minutes), MP3 version (10 Mb, 22 minutes)
  Interview with Dan Langille. We talk about his new job with Afilias, and BSDCan 2008.

• BSD Hobbiest Deborah Norling
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 11 March 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, accessibility, deborah norling
  Ogg version (23 minutes), MP3 version (10 Mb, 23 minutes)
  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).

• FreeBSD Lead Release Engineer Ken Smith
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 01 March 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, release engineer, ken smith
  Ogg version (16 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 16 minutes)
  Interview with FreeBSD Lead Release Engineer Ken Smith.

• PBI 4 with Kris Moore
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 27 February 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, pc-bsd, kris moore
  Ogg version (10 minutes), MP3 version (5 Mb, 10 minutes)
  Interview with PC-BSD founder Kris Moore about the new features in PBI 4.

• The Mult Project with Kristaps Dzonsons
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 06 February 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, multi project, kristaps dzonsons
  Ogg version (30 minutes), MP3 version (14 Mb, 30 minutes)
  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.

• Dru Lavigne
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 31 January 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, dru lavigne, the best of freebsd basics
  Ogg version (14 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 14 minutes)
  

  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-id
  • http://reedmedia.net/books/freebsd-basics
  • http://www.osbr.ca

• Central Syslog
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 25 January 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, syslog
  Ogg version (7 minutes), MP3 version (3 Mb, 7 minutes)
  

  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 Windows hosts.
  • To send messages from a Unix host, specify the host name prepended with @ instead of a file for logging in /etc/syslog.conf. For example, change /var/log/xferlog to @loghost.mydomain.biz. You can also copy and edit the line to have it log to both a local file and a remote host.

• Open Community Camp with Marten Vijn
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 08 January 2008
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, opencommunitycamp, marten vijn
  Ogg version (13 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 13 minutes)
  Interview with Marten Vijn about www.OpenCommunityCamp.org.

• PF with Peter N. M. Hansteen
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 21 December 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, pf, michael dexter, peter n m hansteen, book of pf
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 16 minutes)
  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=pf

• Joerg Sonnenberger
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 18 November 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, eurobsdcon, eurobsdcon2007, michael dexter, joerg sonnenberger
  Ogg version (17 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 17 minutes)
  Michael Dexter sent me an interview he recorded on behalf of BSDTalk with Joerg Sonnenberger at EuroBSDCon 2007.

• AsiaBSDCon Update with Hiroki Sato and George Neville-Neil
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 23 October 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, asiabsdcon, hiroki sato, george neville-neil
  Ogg version (10 minutes), MP3 version (5 Mb, 10 minutes)
  A quick update on AsiaBSDCon 2008 with Hiroki Sato and George Neville-Neil. More information at http://www.asiabsdcon.org/.

• OpenCon 2007 update from Marc Balmer
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 20 October 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, opencon, marc balmer
  Ogg version (7 minutes), MP3 version (3 Mb, 7 minutes)
  A short update on OpenCon 2007 with Marc Balmer. More information at http://www.opencon.org/.

• PCC with Anders "Ragge" Magnusson
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 06 October 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, pcc, ragge, anders magnusson
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 15 minutes)
  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/.

• Network Stack Virtualization with Marko Zec
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 03 October 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, stack virtualization, marko zec
  Ogg version (16 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 16 minutes)
  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/.

• BSDCertification Update with Dru Lavigne
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 19 September 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdcertification, dru lavigne
  Ogg version (22 minutes), MP3 version (10 Mb, 20 minutes)
  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/.

• Sysjail Revisited with Michael Dexter
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 14 September 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, sysjail, michael dexter
  Ogg version (22 minutes), MP3 version (10 Mb, 22 minutes)
  Interview with Michael Dexter. We talk about the new sysjail and the recent system call wrapper issues.

• Why I like the CLI
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 01 September 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, cli, will backman
  Ogg version (12 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 12 minutes)
  

  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.

• MidnightBSD founder Lucas Holt
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 23 August 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, midnightbsd, lucas holt
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 15 minutes)
  Interview with MidnightBSD founder Lucas Holt.

• Matthew Dillon
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 16 August 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, dragonflybsd, mattew dillon
  Ogg version (20 minutes), MP3 version (10 Mb, 20 minutes)
  Interview with DragonflyBSD's Matthew Dillon. We talk about the 1.10 release and the design of a new filesystem.

• PC-BSD Founder Kris Moore
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 07 August 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, pc-bsd, kris moore
  Ogg version (12 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 12 minutes)
  Interview with PC-BSD Founder Kris Moore. We talk about the upcoming 1.4 release.

• William "whurley" Hurley, Chief Architect of Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc.
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 31 July 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bmc software, whurley, william hurley
  Ogg version (28 minutes), MP3 version (14 Mb, 28 minutes)
  Interview with William "whurley" Hurley, Chief Architect of Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc. We talk about the BMC Developer Network.

• Embedding FreeBSD with M. Warner Losh
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 27 July 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, embedding freebsd, m warner losh
  Ogg version (16 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 16 minutes)
  Interview with M. Warner Losh about embedding FreeBSD.

• Fast IPSec with George Neville-Neil
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 16 July 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, ipsec, george neville-neil
  Ogg version (14 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 14 minutes)
  Interview with George Neville-Neil about Fast IPSec.

• BSD Hacker Isaac "Ike" Levy
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 16 July 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, nycbug, isaac levy
  Ogg version (26 minutes), MP3 version (13 Mb, 26 minutes)
  Interview with BSD Hacker Isaac "Ike" Levy. To hear more of Ike and other NYCBUG audio, visit http://www.fetissov.org/public/nycbug/

• Playing with IPv6
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 06 July 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, ipv6
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 15 minutes)
  I ramble on about how I have been experimenting with IPv6. For more details, see http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/cis341/resources/ipv6-test-lab.html.

• Sidsel Jensen from EuroBSDCon
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 25 June 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, eurobsdcon, eurobsdcon2007, sidsel jensen
  Ogg version (9 minutes), MP3 version (5 Mb, 9 minutes)
  Interview with Sidsel Jensen from www.eurobsdcon.org.

• One Time Passwords
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 14 June 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, security, one time passwords
  Ogg version (6 minutes), MP3 version (4 Mb, 6 minutes)
  

  • Important when you don't trust the computer you are using, such as a library computer or internet kiosk.
  • Available by default in Free/Net/Open BSD.
  • FreeBSD uses OPIE, Net/Open use S/Key.
  • One time passwords are based on your pass phrase, a non-repeating sequence number, and a seed.
  • Initial setup should be done directly on the server.
  • "skeyinit" for Net/Open, "opiepasswd -c" for FreeBSD.
  • Enter a pass phrase that is not your regular account password.
  • Find your current sequence number and seed with "opieinfo" or "skeyinfo", for example: "497 pc5246".
  • Generate a list of the next 10 passwords and write them down, using "opiekey -n 10 497 pc5246" or "skey -n 10 497 pc5246".
  • When you log in from a remote machine that might have a keystroke logger, you can now use a one time password instead of your regular password.
  • For OpenBSD, log in as account:skey, for example "bob:skey", which will cause the system to present the s/key challenge.
  • For NetBSD, the system will always present you with the s/key challenge if it is configured for your account, although you can still use your regular password.
  • FreeBSD by default will force you to use a one time password if it is configured for your account.
  • If you want both OPIE and password authentication, FreeBSD allows you to list trusted networks or hosts in /etc/opieaccess.
  • Instead of carrying a list of passwords around, you can use s/key generators on a portable device that you trust, such as a palm pilot.
  • For more info, check the man pages.

• Rick Macklem and NFSv4
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 07 June 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, nfs, rick macklem
  Ogg version (13 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 13 minutes)
  Interview with Rick Macklem about his work with NFSv4. More information at http://snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca/nfsv4/.

• Jun-ichiro "itojun" Itoh Hagino
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 02 June 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, kame, itojun, jun-ichiro itoh hagino
  Ogg version (10 minutes), MP3 version (4 Mb, 10 minutes)
  Interview with KAME project core researcher Jun-ichiro "itojun" Itoh Hagino.

• A Few FreeBSD Core Team Members
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 26 May 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd core, brooks davis, warner losh, george neville-neil, hiroki sato, robert watson
  Ogg version (35 minutes), MP3 version (16 Mb, 35 minutes)
  An interview with a few of the FreeBSD Core Team members: Brooks Davis, Warner Losh, George V. Neville-Neil, Hiroki Sato, and Robert Watson. The interview was recorded at BSDCan in Ottawa, Cananda.

• Designing BSD Rootkits Author Joseph Kong
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 24 May 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, kernel, rootkits, books, joseph kong
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 15 minutes)
  Interview with Joseph Kong, Author of "Designing BSD Rootkits: An Introduction to Kernel Hacking" from No Starch Press. The interview was recorded at BSDCan in Ottawa.

• Qing Li and Tatuya Jinmei
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 19 May 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, ipv6, books, qing li, tatuya jimei
  Ogg version (20 minutes), MP3 version (10 Mb, 20 minutes)
  Interview at at BSDCan with Qing Li and Tatuya Jinmei. We talk about the books that they authored with Keiichi Shima: "IPv6 Core Protocols Implementation" and "IPv6 Advanced Protocols Implementation." The books are available at Amazon.com or on the publisher's web site, www.mkp.com.

• FreeBSD Developer Diane Bruce
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 10 May 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, diana bruce
  Ogg version (10 minutes), MP3 version (5 Mb, 10 minutes)
  Interview with FreeBSD developer Diane Bruce. We talk about Ham Radio on BSD. Slides from one of her talks: http://www.oarc.net/hamradio_on_freebsd.pdf

• Josh Berkus, Postgresql Lead at Sun Microsystems
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 03 May 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, postgresql, josh berkus
  Ogg version (19 minutes), MP3 version (9 Mb, 19 minutes)
  Interview with Josh Berkus, Postgresql Lead at Sun Microsystems. We talk about the upcoming PGCon on 23-24 May 2007. More info at http://www.pgcon.org.

• George Neville-Neil and Using VMs for Development
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 26 April 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, virtual machines, george neville-neil
  Ogg version (12 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 12 minutes)
  George Neville-Neil and Using VMs for Development. See http://blogs.freebsdish.org/gnn for more information.

• Matt Juszczak from bsdjobs.net
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 19 April 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdjobs, matt juszczak
  Ogg version (4 minutes), MP3 version (4 Mb, 8 minutes)
  Interview with Matt Juszczak from bsdjobs.net.

• Contiki OS Developer Adam Dunkels
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 12 April 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, contikios, adam dunkels
  Ogg version (27 minutes), MP3 version (13 Mb, 27 minutes)
  Interview with Contiki OS Developer Adam Dunkels. You can find more information at http://www.sics.se/contiki/.

• Interview with Matthieu Herrb about Xenocara
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 09 April 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, xenocara, matthieu herrb
  Ogg version (14 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 14 minutes)
  Interview with Matthieu Herrb about Xenocara.

• Intro to PF with Jason Dixon
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 01 April 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, pf, jason dixon
  Ogg version (25 minutes), MP3 version (12 Mb, 25 minutes)
  Introduction to PF with Jason Dixon.

• Getting to know X
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 21 March 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, X
  Ogg version (10 minutes), MP3 version (5 Mb, 10 minutes)
  

  Getting to know the X Window System.
  Make sure you are in a text only mode. You might need to change how the system boots, or boot into single user mode.

  • "startx" to make sure X is working right.
  • "X" by itself gives the basic grey screen.
  • "ctrl" and "alt" and "backspace" keys at the same time will zap X.
  • "X & xterm -display :0"
  • "xterm -geometry +300+300"
  • "twm" or "metacity"

• Robert Ricci from Emulab
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 13 March 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, emulab, robert ricci
  Ogg version (16 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 16 minutes)
  Interview with Robert Ricci from www.Emulab.net.

• Cisco Distinguished Engineer Randall Stewart
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 08 March 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, cisco, freebsd, stream control transmission protocol, randall stewart
  Ogg version (35 minutes), MP3 version (17 Mb, 35 minutes)
  Interview with Cisco Distinguished Engineer Randall Stewart. We talk about the Stream Control Transmission Protocol and his work bringing it to FreeBSD.

• FreeBSD Developer George Neville-Neil
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 27 February 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, packet construction set, george neville-neil
  Ogg version (19 minutes), MP3 version (10 Mb, 19 minutes)
  Interview with FreeBSD developer George Neville-Neil. We talk about the packet construction set and the packet debugger.

• NetBSD Developer Lubomir Sedlacik
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 17 February 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, netbsd, pkgsrccon, lubomir sedlacik
  Ogg version (13 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 13 minutes)
  Interview with NetBSD Developer Lubomir Sedlacik. We talk about pkgsrcCon 2007.

• AsiaBSDCon PC Chair George Neville-Neil
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 09 February 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2007, george neville-neil
  Ogg version (14 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 14 minutes)
  Interview with AsiaBSDCon 2007 Program Committee Chair George Neville-Neil.

• DragonFlyBSD Developer Matthew Dillon
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 08 February 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, dragonflybsd, mathew dillon
  Ogg version (24 minutes), MP3 version (12 Mb, 24 minutes)
  Interview with DragonFlyBSD developer Matthew Dillon. We talk about the 1.8 release.

• OpenBSD Developer Pierre-Yves Ritschard
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 02 February 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, openbsd, hoststated, pierre-yves ritschard
  Ogg version (16 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 16 minutes)
  Interview with OpenBSD Developer Pierre-Yves Ritschard. We talk about hoststated.

• Artist and Musician Ty Semaka
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 29 January 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, openbsd, artwork, ty semaka
  Ogg version (12 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 12 minutes)
  Interview with Artist and Musician Ty Semaka. You can find his work at http://www.tysemaka.com/, and also on the OpenBSD CDs, posters, and shirts.

• OpenBSD Developer Claudio Jeker
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 24 January 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, openbsd, claudio jeker
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 15 minutes)
  Interview with OpenBSD Developer Claudio Jeker.

• BSD Consultant Jeremy C. Reed
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 21 January 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, consultancy, jeremy c reed
  Ogg version (16 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 16 minutes)
  Interview with BSD Consultant Jeremy C. Reed from http://www.reedmedia.net/

• EMC Lab Admin Glen R. J. Neff
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 21 January 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, emc lab, glen r j neff
  Ogg version (30 minutes), MP3 version (15 Mb, 30 minutes)
  Interview with EMC Lab Administrator Glen R. J. Neff.

• Run Your Own Server Podcast Host Adam Glen
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 12 January 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, run your own server, adam glen
  Ogg version (12 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 12 minutes)
  Interview with Adam Glen, one of the hosts of the Run Your Own Server Podcast.

• Phil Pereira from bsdnexus.com
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 07 January 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdnexus, phil pereira
  Ogg version (18 minutes), MP3 version (9 Mb, 18 minutes)
  Interview with Phil Pereira from bsdnexus.com.

• Sys Admin Mike Erdely
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 04 January 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, binpatch, mike erdely
  Ogg version (17 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 17 minutes)
  Interview with Sys Admin Mike Erdely. You can find more information on his use of binpatch at http://erdelynet.com/binpatch.

• NetBSD Release Engineer Jeff Rizzo
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 03 January 2007
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, netbsd, jeff rizzo
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 15 minutes)
  Interview with NetBSD Release Engineer Jeff Rizzo. We talk about the upcoming 4.0 release.

• A Year of BSDTalk
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 21 December 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, anniversary
  Ogg version (8 minutes), MP3 version (4 Mb, 8 minutes)
  A short ramble about the first year of bsdtalk.

• FreeBSD Developer Joseph Koshy
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 11 December 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, libelf, joseph koshy
  Ogg version (9 minutes), MP3 version (5 Mb, 9 minutes)
  Interview with FreeBSD developer Joseph Koshy about libELF. You can find more information about libELF at http://wiki.freebsd.org/LibElf.

• FreeBSD Developer Kip Macy
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 07 December 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, ultrasparc t1, kip macy
  Ogg version (22 minutes), MP3 version (10 Mb, 22 minutes)
  Interview with FreeBSD developer Kip Macy. We talk about the Ultrasparc T1 port.

• FreeBSD Port Committer Thomas McLaughlin
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 01 December 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, bsd#, thomas mclaughlin
  Ogg version (18 minutes), MP3 version (9 Mb, 18 minutes)
  Interview with FreeBSD Port Committer Thomas McLaughlin about the BSD# project.

• FreeBSD Release Engineer Bruce Mah
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 29 November 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, release engineer, bruce mah
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 15 minutes)
  Interview with FreeBSD Release Engineer Bruce Mah.

• Pkgsrc Developer Johnny Lam
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 19 November 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, pkgsrc, johnny lam
  Ogg version (13 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 13 minutes)
  Interview with pkgsrc developer Johnny Lam.

• OpenBSD Developer Jason Wright
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 10 November 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, openbsd, sparc, radio, jason wright
  Ogg version (17 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 17 minutes)
  Interview with OpenBSD developer Jason Wright. We talk about his work on sparc and also amateur radio.

• Thorsten Glaser from MirOS
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 07 November 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, miros, thomas glaser
  Ogg version (19 minutes), MP3 version (9 Mb, 19 minutes)
  Interview with Thorsten Glaser from MirOS, which can be found at www.mirbsd.org.

• EuroBSDCon Organizer Massimiliano Stucchi
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 03 November 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, eurobsdcon, eurobsdcon2006, massimiliano stucchi
  Ogg version (8 minutes), MP3 version (4 Mb, 8 minutes)
  Interview with EuroBSDCon organizer Massimiliano Stucchi.

• OpenBSD Developer David Gwynne
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 01 November 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, openbsd, david gwynne
  Ogg version (16 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 16 minutes)
  Interview with OpenBSD developer David Gwynne. We talk about the upcoming 4.0 release of OpenBSD and current projects that he is working on.

• Kris Moore from PC-BSD
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 26 October 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, pc-bsd, kris moore
  Ogg version (21 minutes), MP3 version (10 Mb, 21 minutes)
  Interview with Kris Moore from PC-BSD.

• Matt Olander from iXsystems
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 18 October 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, ixsystems, matt olander
  Ogg version (19 minutes), MP3 version (9 Mb, 19 minutes)
  Interview with Matt Olander from www.iXsystems.com.

• OpenBSD Developer Marc Balmer
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 13 October 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, opencon, openbsd, marc balmer
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 15 minutes)
  Interview with OpenBSD Developer Marc Balmer. We talk about www.opencon.org and his work with OpenBSD.

• Interview with Hiroki Sato and George Neville-Neil from AsiaBSDCon
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 06 October 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2006, hiroki sao, george neville-neil
  Ogg version (13 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 13 minutes)
  Interview with Hiroki Sato and George Neville-Neil from AsiaBSDCon. More info at http://www.asiabsdcon.org/.

• Interview with Sevan Janiyan
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 05 October 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, brighton chilli wifi, sevan janiyan
  Ogg version (13 minutes), MP3 version (6 Mb, 13 minutes)
  Interview with Sevan Janiyan. We talk about the Brighton Chilli WiFi hotspot project, which can be found at http://brightonchilli.geeklan.co.uk/

• Interview with Poul-Henning Kamp about Varnish
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 03 October 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, varnish, poul-henning kamp
  Ogg version (36 minutes), MP3 version (17 Mb, 36 minutes)
  Interview with Poul-Henning Kamp about Varnish. More information at http://www.varnish-cache.org/.

• Interview with Einar Th. Einarsson from f-prot.com
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 29 September 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, f-prot, einar th einarsson
  Ogg version (17 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 17 minutes)
  Interview with Einar Th. Einarsson from f-prot.com.

• Interview with NetBSD Developer Tim Rightnour
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 28 September 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, netbsd, tim rightnour
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 15 minutes)
  Interview with NetBSD Developer Tim Rightnour. We talk about NetBSD/prep.

• Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 23 September 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, openbsd, xen, christoph egger
  Ogg version (15 minutes), MP3 version (7 Mb, 15 minutes)
  Interview with Christoph Egger about Xen on OpenBSD.

• Interview with OpenBSD Developer Bob Beck
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 23 September 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, openbsd, bob beck
  Ogg version (26 minutes), MP3 version (12 Mb, 26 minutes)
  Interview with OpenBSD Developer Bob Beck.

• Interview with Dan Langille about backups
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 22 September 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bacula, dan langille
  Ogg version (22 minutes), MP3 version (10 Mb, 22 minutes)
  Interview with Dan Langille about backups. Check out http://www.bacula.org/

• Interview with Michael Dexter about sysjail
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 21 September 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, sysjail, michael dexter
  Ogg version (35 minutes), MP3 version (16 Mb, 35 minutes)
  Interview with Michael Dexter about sysjail. http://sysjail.bsd.lv/

• Interview with Eirik Øverby.
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 15 September 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, jails, eirik Overby
  Ogg version (18 minutes), MP3 version (9 Mb, 18 minutes)
  Interview with Eirik Øverby. We talk about his use of BSD and Jails.

• Interview with NetBSD Developer Jason Thorpe
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 13 September 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, netbsd, jason thorpe
  Ogg version (38 minutes), MP3 version (18 Mb, 38 minutes)
  Interview with NetBSD Developer Jason Thorpe

• Interview with Mitchell Smith about BSD and Accessibility
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 01 September 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, accessibility, mitchell smith
  Ogg version (17 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 17 minutes)
  Interview with Mitchell Smith about BSD and Accessibility.

• Interview with YAWS developer Claes Klacke Wikstrom
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 22 August 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, yaws, claes wikstrom
  Ogg version (18 minutes), MP3 version (8 Mb, 18 minutes)
  Interview with YAWS developer Claes "Klacke" Wikstrom.

• My BSD History
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 11 August 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, accessibility
  Ogg version (10 minutes), MP3 version (5 Mb, 10 minutes)
  My BSD History, by Will Backman of BSDTalk, and a bit on accessibility.

• Interview with Matt Morley
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 08 August 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, matt morley
  Ogg version (25 minutes), MP3 version (11 Mb, 25 minutes)
  Interview with Matt Morley, BSD user.

• Interview with Jason Thaxter from gomoos.org
  Source: bsdtalk
  Added: 05 August 2006
  Tags: bsdtalk, interview, gomoos, jason thaxter
  Ogg version (23 minutes), MP3 version (11 Mb, 23 minutes)
  Interview with Jason Thaxter from gomoos.org.

• Max Laier - PF - Extended Introduction
  Source: Swiss Unix Users Group Conference 2004
  Added: 14 January 2007
  Tags: suug, presentation, pf, altq, max laier
  Video/MPEG (94 Mb), Slides (1 Mb), Audio/MP3 (22 Mb)
  The talk will introduce packet filter (pf) - a *BSD firewall system - and summarize its history and projected future. After providing a short overview of pf's general functionality and some firewall basics, it will concentrate on packet filter's advanced feature-set from the administrator's point of view. The talk will also cover the integration of ALTQ, a mature framework for traffic shaping and priorization. Finally it will provide a short overview of the "Common Address Redundancy Protocol" (CARP) and its integration in pf.

• Public Key sudo
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 19 August 2008
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, sudo, public key, matthew burnside
  MP3 version (2 Mb)
  

  Two tools which have become the norm in Linux- and Unix-based environments are SSH for secure communications, and sudo for performing administrative tasks. These are independent programs with substantially different purposes, but they are often used in conjunction. In this talk, I describe a flaw in their interaction, and then present our solution called public-key sudo.

  Public-key sudo is an extension to the sudo authentication mechanism which allows for public key authentication using the SSH public key framework. I describe our implementation of a generic SSH authentication module and the sudo modifications required to use this module.

  Bio:
  Matthew Burnside is a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science department at Columbia University, in New York. He works for Professor Angelos Keromytis in the Network Security Lab. He received his B.A and M.Eng from MIT in 2000, and 2002, respectively. His research interests are in network anonymity, trust management, and enterprise-scale policy enforcement.

• Configuration Management with Cfengine
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 03 July 2008
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, configuration management, cfengine
  MP3 version (6 Mb, 58 minutes)
  

  Configuration Management with Cfengine

  Cfengine is a policy-based configuration management system. Its primary function is to provide automated configuration and maintenance of computers, from a policy specification.

  The cfengine project was started in 1993 as a reaction to the complexity and non-portability of shell scripting for Unix configuration management, and continues today. The aim was to absorb frequently used coding paradigms into a declarative, domain-specific language that would offer self-documenting configuration.

  about the speaker:
  Steven Kreuzer has been working with Open Source technologies since as long as he can remember, starting out with a 486 salvaged from a dumpster behind his neighborhood computer store. In his spare time he enjoys doing things with technology that have absolutely no redeeming social value.

• Managing OpenBSD Environments
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 12 May 2008
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, openbsd, system management
  MP3 version (11 Mb, 103 minutes)
  

  This talk is the result of an after-meeting discussion with a few folks, when it became apparent that there is some confusion as to how to deal with OpenBSD in small and large environments. The topic of installation and upgrading came up again. This talk is aimed to hopefully dispel many of the rumors, provide a thorough description and walk through of the various stages of running OpenBSD in any size environment, and some of the features and tools at the administrator`s disposal.

  Okan Demirmen has been working with UNIX-like systems for as long as he can remember and has found OpenBSD to match some of the same philosophies in which he believes, namely simplicity and correctness, and reap the benefits of such.

• Building a High-Performance Computing Cluster Using FreeBSD
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 22 March 2008
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, high performance computing, freebsd, brooks davis
  MP3 version (9 Mb, 80 minutes)
  

  Special NYC*BUG meeting with FreeBSD developer Brooks Davis
  Since late 2000 we have developed and maintained a general purpose technical and scientific computing cluster running the FreeBSD operating system. In that time we have grown from a cluster of 8 dual Intel Pentium III systems to our current mix of 64 dual, quad-core Intel Xeon and 289 dual AMD Opteron systems.

  In this talk we reflect on the system architecture as documented in our BSDCon 2003 paper "Building a High-performance Computing Cluster Using FreeBSD" and our changes since that time. After a brief overview of the current cluster we revisit the architectural decisions in that paper and reflect on their long term success. We then discuss lessons learned in the process. Finally, we conclude with thoughts on future cluster expansion and designs.

  Bio
  Brooks Davis is an Engineering Specialist in the High Performance Computing Section of the Computer Systems Research Department at The Aerospace Corporation. He has been a FreeBSD user since 1994, a FreeBSD committer since 2001, and a core team member since 2006. He earned a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College in 1998.

  His computing interests include high performance computing, networking, security, mobility, and, of course, finding ways to use FreeBSD in all these areas. When not computing, he enjoys reading, cooking, brewing and pounding on red-hot iron in his garage blacksmith shop.

• User Interfaces and How People Think
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 10 March 2008
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, user interfaces
  Slides (2.7 Mb, 24 pages), MP3 version (9 Mb, 78 minutes)
  

  "User Interfaces and How People Think" will introduce concepts of designing software for different users by observing how they think about and do what they do. While much of design today focuses on the front-end of computer systems, there is opportunity to innovate in every area where a human interacts with software.

  Bio: Jeffery Mau is a user experience designer with the leading business and technology consulting firm Sapient. He has helped clients create great customer experiences in the financial services, education, entertainment and telecommunications industries. With a passion for connecting people with technology, Jeff specializes in Information Architecture and Business Strategy. Jeff holds a Masters in Design from the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago, Illinois.

• Open Meeting on OpenSSH
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 19 February 2008
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, openssh
  MP3 version (7 Mb, 63 minutes)
  

  Open Meeting on OpenSSH

  Febrary's NYCBUG meeting is a broad look at OpenSSH, the de facto method for remote administration and more. OpenSSH celebrated its 8th anniversary this past September, and we thought this would be a great opportunity to discuss OpenSSH, and for others to contribute their hacks and interesting applications.

• SSARES
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 11 January 2008
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, ipv6, gene cronk
  Paper (443 Kb, 10 pages), MP3 version (7 Mb, 67 minutes)
  

  SSARES: Secure Searchable Automated Remote Email Storage - A usable, secure email system on a remote untrusted server

  The increasing centralization of networked services places user data at considerable risk. For example, many users store email on remote servers rather than on their local disk. Doing so allows users to gain the benefit of regular backups and remote access, but it also places a great deal of unwarranted trust in the server. Since most email is stored in plaintext, a compromise of the server implies the loss of confidentiality and integrity of the email stored therein. Although users could employ an end-to-end encryption scheme (e.g., PGP), such measures are not widely adopted, require action on the sender side, only provide partial protection (the email headers remain in the clear), and prevent the users from performing some common operations, such as server-side search.

  To address this problem, we present Secure Searchable Automated Remote Email Storage (SSARES), a novel system that offers a practical approach to both securing remotely stored email and allowing privacy-preserving search of that email collection. Our solution encrypts email (the headers, body, and attachments) as it arrives on the server using public-key encryption. SSARES uses a combination of Identity Based Encryption and Bloom Filters to create a searchable index. This index reveals little information about search keywords and queries, even against adversaries that compromise the server. SSARES remains largely transparent to both the sender and recipient. However, the system also incurs significant costs, primarily in terms of expanded storage requirements. We view our work as a starting point toward creating privacy-friendly hosted services.

  Angelos Keromytis is an Associate Professor with the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University, and director of the Network Security Laboratory. He received his B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Crete, Greece, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Computer and Information Science (CIS) Department, University of Pennsylvania. He is the author and co-author of more than 100 papers on refereed conferences and journals, and has served on over 40 conference program committees. He is an associate editor of the ACM Transactions on Information and Systems Security (TISSEC). He recently co-authored a book on using graphics cards for security, and is a co-founder of StackSafe Inc. His current research interests revolve around systems and network security, and cryptography.

• Gene Cronk on Implementing IPv6
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 06 October 2007
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, ipv6, gene cronk
  MP3 version (14Mb, 60 minutes)
  

  This talk will be on some of the basics of IPv6 including addressing, subnetting, and tools to test connectivity. There will be a lab (network permitting), and setups for an as of yet undisclosed flavor of BSD as well as some of the well known daemons (Apache 2, SSHD) will be demonstrated. Setting up a BSD OS as an IPv6 router and tunneling system will also be covered.

  Bio
  Gene Cronk, CISSP-ISSAP, NSA-IAM is a freelance network security consultant, specializing in *NIX solutions. He has been working with computers for well over 20 years, electronics for over 15, and IPv6 specifically for 4 years. He has given talks on IPv6 and a multitude of other topics at DefCon, ShmooCon and other "underground" venues.

  Gene is from Jacksonville, FL. When not involved in matters concerning IPv6, he can be found gaming (Anarchy Online), helping out with the Jacksonville Linux User`s Group, being one of the benevolent dictators of the Hacker Pimps Security Think Tank, or fixing up his house.

• Using Cryptography to Improve Web Application Performance and Security
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 12 September 2007
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, cryptography, nick galbreath
  MP3 version (18Mb)
  

  Cryptography has a reputation of slowing down applications. However if done correctly, it can actually be used to improve performance by storing high-value/high-cost results "in public." In addition the same techniques can solve common security problems such as authorization, parameter scanning, and parameter rewriting.

  All are welcome - no previous experience with cryptography is required, and the techniques will be presented in a programming-language neutral format.

  Nick Galbreath have been working on high performance servers and web security at various high profile startups since 1994 (most recently Right Media). He holds a Master degree of Mathematics from Boston University, and published a book on cryptography. He currently lives in the Lower East Side.

• Marc Spitzer on Nagios
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 01 August 2007
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, nagios, marc spitzer
  MP3 version (19Mb)
  

  Nagios is a platform for monitoring services and the hosts they reside on. It provides a reasonable tool for monitoring your network and you can not beat the price.

  We plan on covering the following topics:

  • what it is
  • how it works
  • where to get it
  • how to install it
  • how to configure it
  • how to customize it for your environment
  • where the data is stored
  • how to write a basic plug-in

  About the Speaker
  Marc Spitzer started as a VAX/VMS operator who taught himself some basic scripting in DCL to help me remember how to do procedures that did not come up enough to actually remember all the steps, this was in 1990. Since then he has worked with HPUX, Solaris, Windows, Linux, and the BSDs, FreeBSD being his favorite. He has held a variety of positions, admin and engineering, where he has been able to introduce BSD into his work place. He currently works for Columbia University as a Systems Administrator.

  He is a founding member of NYCBUG and LispNYC and on the board of UNIGroup.

  Most of his career has been building tools to solve operational problems, with extra effort going to the ones that irritated him personally. He takes a great deal of pride in not needing a budget to solve most problems.

• Isaac `Ike` Levy on the Real Unix Tradition
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 08 July 2007
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, unix tradition, isaac levy
  MP3 version (10Mb)
  

  "The Real Unix Tradition"

  UNIX hackers, all standing on the shoulders of giants.

  "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

  "Well, it was all Open Source, before anybody really called it that". - Brian Redman, 2003

  UNIX is the oldest active and growing computing culture alive today. From it`s humble roots in the back room at Bell Laboratories, to today`s global internet infrastructure- UNIX has consistently been at the core of major advances in computing. Today, the BSD legacy is the most direct continuation of the most successful principles in UNIX, and continues to lead major advances in computing.

  Why? What`s so great about UNIX?

  This lecture aims to prove that UNIX history is surprisingly useful (and fun)- for developers, sysadmins, and anyone working with BSD systems.

  About the speaker
  Isaac Levy, (ike) is a freelance BSD hadker based in NYC. He runs Diversaform Inc. as an engine to make his hacking feed itself, (and ike). Diversaform specializes in *BSD based solutions, providing `IT special weapons and tatics` for various sized business clients, as well as running a small high-availability datacenter operation from lower Manhattan. With regard to FreeBSD jail(8), ike was a partner in the first jail (8)-based web hosting ISP in America, iMeme, and has been developing internet applications in and out of jails since 1999. Isaac is a proud member of NYC*BUG (the New York City *BSD Users Group), and a long time member of LESMUUG, (the Lower East Side Mac Unix Users Group).

• Steven Kreuzer on Denial of Service Mitigation Techniques
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 08 June 2007
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, denialofservice, steven kreuzer
  MP3 version (10Mb)
  

  Protecting your servers, workstations and networks can only go so far. Attacks which consume your available Internet-facing bandwidth, or overpower your CPU, can still take you offline. His presentation will discuss techniques for mitigating the effects of such attacks on servers designed to provide network intensive services such as HTTP or routing.

  About the speaker
  Steven Kreuzer is currently employed by Right Media as a Systems Administrator focusing on building and managing high transaction infrastructures around the globe. He has been working with Open Source technologies since as long as he can remember, starting out with a 486 salvaged from a dumpster behind his neighborhood computer store. In his spare time he enjoys doing things with technology that have absolutely no redeeming social value.

• Amitai Schlair on pkgsrcCon.
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 04 May 2007
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, pkgsrccon, netbsd, amitai schlair
  MP3 version (21Mb)
  

  The fourth annual pkgsrcCon is April 27-29 in Barcelona. As might be expected when brains congregate, pkgsrcCon traditionally results in a flurry of activity toward new directions and initiatives. Mere hours after returning to New York, Amitai will give us a recap of the proceedings, including his presentation, "Packaging djbware."

  Amitai Schlair is a pkgsrc developer who has worked in such diverse areas as Mac OS X platform support and packages of software by Dan Bernstein. His full-time undergraduate studies at Columbia are another contributing factor to his impending insanity. He consults in software and IT.

• Ray Lai: on OpenCVS
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 06 April 2007
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, cvs, openbsd, ray lai
  MP3 version
  

  This presentation was inspired by the recent Subversion presentation. It will talk about the origins of OpenRCS and OpenCVS, its real-world usage in the OpenBSD project, and why OpenBSD will continue to use CVS.

  Ray is an OpenBSD developer who uses Subversion by day, CVS by night. Taking the phrase "complexity is the enemy of security" to heart, he believes that the beauty of UNIX`s security is in its simplicity.

• Matthew Burnside: Integrated Enterprise Security Mgmt
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 09 March 2007
  Tags: mp3, presentation, enterprise security, matthew burnside
  MP3 version
  

  Integrated Enterprise Security Management

  Security policies are a key component in protecting enterprise networks. But, while there are many diverse defensive options available, current models and mechanisms for mechanically-enforced security policies are limited to traditional admission-based access control. Defensive capabilities include among others logging, firewalls, honeypots, rollback/recovery, and intrusion detection systems, while policy enforcement is essentially limited to one-off access control. Furthermore, access-control mechanisms operate independently on each service, which can (and often does) lead to inconsistent or incorrect application of the intended system-wide policy. We propose a new scheme for global security policies. Every policy decision is made with near-global knowledge, and re-evaluated as global knowledge changes. Using a variety of actuators, we make the full array of defensive capabilities available to the global policy. Our goal is a coherent, enterprise-wide response to any network threat.

  Biography
  Matthew Burnside is a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science department at Columbia University, in New York. He works for Professor Angelos Keromytis in the Network Security Lab. He received his B.A and M.Eng from MIT in 2000, and 2002, respectively. His main research interests are in computer security, trust management, and network anonymity.

• Okan Demirmen on PF
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 07 January 2007
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, openbsd, pf, okan demirmen
  MP3 version
  We have had lots of meetings that have peripherally discussed OpenBSD`s wildly popular PF firewall... but finally we will have a meeting focused on it.

• New York City BSD Con 2006
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 01 November 2006
  Tags: nycbug, presentation
  Russell Sutherland: BSD on the Edge of the Enterprise. (12 Mb), Bob Beck: spamd - spam deferral daemon. (16 Mb), Bjorn Nelson: A Build System for FreeBSD (9 Mb), Jason Dixon: BSD Is Dying. (5 Mb), Kristaps Johnson: BSD Virtualisation with sysjail. (15 Mb), Bob Beck: PF, it is not just for firewalls anymore. (15 Mb), Jason Wright: OpenBSD on sparc64. (9 Mb), Brian A. Seklecki: A Framework for NetBSD Network Appliances. (10 Mb), Johnny C. Lam: The "hidden dependency" problem. (13 Mb), Corey Benninger: Security with Ruby on Rails in BSD (14 Mb), Wietse Venema: Postfix as a Secure Programming Example. (16 Mb), Marco Peereboom: Bio & Sensors in OpenBSD. (11 Mb)
  Audio recordings of presentations given at New York City BSD Conference 2006. Courtesy of nikolai at fetissov.org. The main page also has links to the slides.

• Isaac `Ike` Levy on m0n0wall and PFSense (9 Mb)
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 09 September 2006
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, monowall, pfsense, isaac levy
  UNIX professionals are busy these days. Setting up routers and firewalls are fundamental to any network, but in environments where the focus is on various applications, (servers, workstations, and the software that runs on them), it`s difficult for a business not to choose off-the-shelf SOHO routers and networking gear. The web management gui`s are understandable by everyone, (even techs without UNIX knowledge), and the gear is cheap - this saves time and money.
  In the meantime, the features of your average Linksys or Netgear router often leave MUCH to be desired, (https auth management, for one simple example).
  Enter m0n0wall and PFSense, 2 BSD based packaged router/firewall solutions that are as solid and full featured as you`d expect from any BSD system- PLUS THEY HAVE HTML WEB INTERFACES FOR MANAGEMENT!
  m0n0wall and PFSense become an easy sell in any small professional enviornment, any competent tech can manage the network within minutes... At home, in every hackers home network, they free the hacker to have trusted tools available, but are as time-saving as using any Linksys router.
  m0n0wall and PFSense are both light and clean, designed to run on embedded systems- (Soekris, WRAP), but are monsters when unleashed on even legacy PC`s around the office. If you manage UNIX networks and systems all day, do you really want to manage the router for your DSL when you get home? But then doesn`t it bug you to use a chincey Linksys box?
  Ike has been a member of NYC*BUG since we first launched in January 2004. He is a long-time member of the Lower East Side Mac Unix User Group. He has spoken frequently on a number of topics at various venues, particularly on the issue of FreeBSD`s jail (8).

• Alfred Perlstein on Sendmail Hacks (11 Mb)
  Source: New York City *BSD User Group
  Added: 07 August 2006
  Tags: nycbug, presentation, sendmail, alfred perlstein
  Alfred will discuss the hacks used to turn Sendmail into a high performance solution for delivering millions of messages to OKCupid`s subscribers. Topics covered will be system tuning and sendmail hacks used in house to achieve massive throughput.
  Alfred Perlstein is the CTO of OKcupid.com, the largest free online dating site. He has been a FreeBSD hacker for five years, he`s worked on NFS, VFS, pthreads, networking and general system maintenance during his tenure on both FreeBSD and OS X kernels.

• Episode 08 of "FreeBSD for all" uploaded
  Source: FreeBSD for All
  Added: 27 November 2006
  Tags: freebsd for all, talk
  128 kbps MP3 version (18 Mb)
  This week we talk about some tips, latest news, Press Coverage and yes, some jazz.

• Episode 07 of "FreeBSD for all" uploaded
  Source: FreeBSD for All
  Added: 27 July 2006
  Tags: freebsd for all, talk, podcast clients, ipfw
  64 kbps MP3 version (23 minutes), 128 kbps MP3 version (11 Mb, 23 minutes), Ogg version (23 minutes)
  This week we talk about podcast clients, ipfw firewall etc.

• Episode 06 of "FreeBSD for all" uploaded
  Source: FreeBSD for All
  Added: 05 June 2006
  Tags: freebsd for all, talk, john baldwin, freebsd vs linux
  Ogg version, MP3 version, 64 kbps MP3 version
  

  This week we talk about

  • Macromedia plugin
  • FreeBSD-Linux differences part 2
  • John Baldwin Introduction
  • Podcast anouncement - call for co-hosts!

• Releaseparty, the Varnish HTTP accelerator
  Source: Norwegian Unix Users Group
  Added: 03 October 2006
  Tags: nuug, presentation, varnish, poul-henning kamp
  MP3 version (47.8 Mb), Video version (230 Mb)
  

  VG sponsored the creation of a web-accellerator called "Varnish" because Squid was too slow for them. Varnish is being developed by Poul-Henning Kamp and the Norwegian Linux consultancy Linpro. This is the releaseparty for version 1.0.

  The first half of the talk will introduce Varnish and present some of the novel features it brings to the business of web-serving.

  The second half of the talk, using Varnish as the example, will show ways to get the most performance out of modern hardware and operating systems.

  (The English text starts at about 5 minutes in the stream)

• OpenBSD 4.3 Release Song - "Home to Hypocrisy"
  Source: OpenBSD
  Added: 03 May 2008
  Tags: openbsd, artwork
  Ogg version (6.5 Mb, 4 minutes 48 seconds), MP3 version (8.2 Mb, 4 minutes 48 seconds)
  

  We are just plain tired of being lectured to by a man who is a lot like Naomi Campbell.

  In 1998 when a United Airlines plane was waiting in the queue at Washington Dulles International Airport for take-off to New Orleans (where a Usenix conference was taking place), one man stood up from his seat, demanded that they stop waiting in the queue and be permitted to deplane. Even after orders from the crew and a pilot from the cockpit he refused to sit down. The plane exited the queue and returned to the airport gangway. Security personnel ran onto the plane and removed this man, Richard Stallman, from the plane. After Richard was removed from the plane, everyone else stayed onboard and continued their journey to New Orleans. A few OpenBSD developers were on that same plane, seated very closeby, so we have an accurate story of the events.

  This is the man who presumes that he should preach to us about morality, freedom, and what is best for us. He believes it is his God-given role to tell us what is best for us, when he has shown that he takes actions which are not best for everyone. He prefers actions which he thinks are best for him -- and him alone -- and then lies to the public. Richard Stallman is no Spock.

  We release our software in ways that are maximally free. We remove all restrictions on use and distribution, but leave a requirement to be known as the authors. We follow a pattern of free source code distribution that started in the mid-1980's in Berkeley, from before Richard Stallman had any powerful influence which he could use so falsely.

  We have a development sub-tree called "ports". Our "ports" tree builds software that is 'found on the net' into packages that OpenBSD users can use more easily. A scaffold of Makefiles and scripts automatically fetch these pieces of software, apply patches as required by OpenBSD, and then build them into nice neat little tarballs. This is provided as a convenience for users. The ports tree is maintained by OpenBSD entirely separately from our main source tree. Some of the software which is fetched and compiled is not as free as we would like, but what can we do. All the other operating system projects make exactly the same decision, and provide these same conveniences to their users.

  Richard felt that this "ports tree" of ours made OpenBSD non-free. He came to our mailing lists and lectured to us specifically, yet he said nothing to the many other vendors who do the same; many of them donate to the FSF and perhaps that has something to do with it. Meanwhile, Richard has personally made sure that all the official GNU software -- including Emacs -- compiles and runs on Windows.

  That man is a false leader. He is a hypocrite. There may be some people who listen to him. But we don't listen to people who do not follow their own stupid rules.

• OpenBSD 4.2 Release Song - "100001 1010101"
  Source: OpenBSD
  Added: 02 November 2007
  Tags: openbsd, artwork
  Ogg version (6.4 Mb, 4 minutes 4- seconds), MP3 version (4.0 Mb, 4 minutes 40 seconds)
  

  Those of us who work on OpenBSD are often asked why we do what we do. This song's lyrics express the core motivations and goals which have remained unchanged over the years - secure, free, reliable software, that can be shared with anyone. Many other projects purport to share these same goals, and love to wrap themselves in a banner of "Open Source" and "Free Software". Given how many projects there are one would think it might be easy to stick to those goals, but it doesn't seem to work out that way. A variety of desires drag many projects away from the ideals very quickly.

  Much of any operating system's usability depends on device support, and there are some very tempting alternative ways to support devices available to those who will surrender their moral code. A project could compromise by entering into NDA agreements with vendors, or including binary objects in the operating system for which no source code exists, or tying their users down with contract terms hidden inside copyright notices. All of these choices surrender some subset of the ideals, and we simply will not do this. Sure, we care about getting devices working, but not at the expense of our original goals.

  Of course since "free to share with anyone" is part of our goals, we've been at the forefront of many licensing and NDA issues, resulting in a good number of successes. This success had led to much recognition for the advancement of Free Software causes, but has also led to other issues.

  We fully admit that some BSD licensed software has been taken and used by many commercial entities, but contributions come back more often than people seem to know, and when they do, they're always still properly attributed to the original authors, and given back in the same spirit that they were given in the first place.

  That's the best we can expect from companies. After all, we make our stuff so free so that everyone can benefit -- it remains a core goal; we really have not strayed at all in 10 years. But we can expect more from projects who talk about sharing -- such as the various Linux projects.

  Now rather than seeing us as friends who can cooperatively improve all codebases, we are seen as foes who oppose the GPL. The participants of "the race" are being manipulated by the FSF and their legal arm, the SFLC, for the FSF's aims, rather than the goal of getting good source into Linux (and all other code bases). We don't want this to come off as some conspiracy theory, but we simply urge those developers caution -- they should ensure that the path they are being shown by those who have positioned themselves as leaders is still true. Run for yourself, not for their agenda.

  The Race is there to be run, for ourselves, not for others. We do what we do to run our own race, and finish it the best we can. We don't rush off at every distraction, or worry how this will affect our image. We are here to have fun doing right.

• OpenBSD 4.1 Release Song - Puffy Baba and the 40 Vendors
  Source: OpenBSD
  Added: 02 May 2007
  Tags: openbsd, artwork
  Ogg version (8.3 Mb, 4 minutes 19 seconds), MP3 version (4.1 Mb, 4 minutes 19 seconds)
  

  As developers of a free operating system, one of our prime responsibilities is device support. No matter how nice an operating system is, it remains useless and unusable without solid support for a wide percentage of the hardware that is available on the market. It is therefore rather unsurprising that more than half of our efforts focus on various aspects relating to device support.

  Most parts of the operating system (from low kernel, through to libraries, all the way up to X, and then even to applications) use fairly obvious interface layers, where the "communication protocols" or "argument passing" mechanisms (ie. APIs) can be understood by any developer who takes the time to read the free code. Device drivers pose an additional and significant challenge though: b