FreeBSD Multimedia Resources List

New York City *BSD User Group - Configuration Management with Cfengine - MP3 version

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST

Configuration Management with Cfengine - MP3 version
From: New York City *BSD User Group
Tags: nycbug, presentation, configuration management, cfengine, mp3

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.

bsdtalk - Michael W. Lucas - MP3 version

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

Michael W. Lucas - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdcan2008, michael lucas, mp3
Interview with Michael W. Lucas at BSDCan 2008. We talk about some of his books and strategies for writing technical publications.

bsdtalk - Michael W. Lucas - Ogg version

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

Michael W. Lucas - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdcan2008, michael lucas, ogg
Interview with Michael W. Lucas at BSDCan 2008. We talk about some of his books and strategies for writing technical publications.

bsdtalk - A Few FreeBSD Core Team Members - MP3 version

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

A Few FreeBSD Core Team Members - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdcan2008, freebsd core, warner losh, george neville-neil murray stokely, hiroki sato, robert watson, brooks davis, philip paeps, mp3
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.

bsdtalk - A Few FreeBSD Core Team Members - Ogg version

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST

A Few FreeBSD Core Team Members - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdcan2008, freebsd core, warner losh, george neville-neil murray stokely, hiroki sato, robert watson, brooks davis, philip paeps, ogg
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.

bsdtalk - Sean Cody from Frantic Films VFX - MP3 version

Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Sean Cody from Frantic Films VFX - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdcan2008, frantic films, sean cody, mp3
Interview with Sean Cody at BSDCan2008. We talk about his use of BSD at a visual effects studio.

bsdtalk - Sean Cody from Frantic Films VFX - Ogg version

Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Sean Cody from Frantic Films VFX - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, bsdcan2008, frantic films, sean cody, ogg
Interview with Sean Cody at BSDCan2008. We talk about his use of BSD at a visual effects studio.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Scott Ullrich, Chris Buechler - pfSense Tutorial - PDF file

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Scott Ullrich, Chris Buechler - pfSense Tutorial - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, tutorial, freebsd, pfsense, scott ullrich, chris buechler, pdf

pfSense Tutorial

From Zero to Hero with pfSense

pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution. pfSense is a popular project with more than 1 million downloads since its inception, and proven in countless installations ranging from small home networks protecting a PC and an Xbox to large corporations, universities and other organizations protecting thousands of network devices.

This tutorial is being presented by the founders of the pfSense project, Chris Buechler and Scott Ullrich.

The session will start with an introduction to the project, hardware sizing and selection, installation, firewalling concepts and basic configuration, and continue to cover all the most popular features of the system. Common usage scenarios, deployment considerations, step by step configuration guidance, and best practices will be covered for each feature. Most configurations will be demonstrated in a live lab environment.

Attendees are assumed to have basic knowledge of TCP/IP and firewalling concepts, however no in-depth knowledge in these areas or prior knowledge of pfSense or FreeBSD is necessary.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Daniel Braniss - PDF file

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Daniel Braniss - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, presentation, iscsi, daniel braniss, pdf

iSCSI

not an Apple appliance.

iSCSI is not an Apple appliance.

The i in iSCSI stands for internet, some say for insecure, personally I like to think interesting. I'll try to share the road followed from RFC-3720 to the actual working driver, the challenges, the frustrations.

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Matt Olander - PC-BSD: FreeBSD on the Desktop

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Matt Olander - PC-BSD: FreeBSD on the Desktop
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, pc-bsd, matt olander, avi
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Dominik Hamera, Jakub Klausa - Nowoczesne rozwiazania bezprzewodowe w systemie FreeBSD

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Dominik Hamera, Jakub Klausa - Nowoczesne rozwiazania bezprzewodowe w systemie FreeBSD
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, freebsd, wireless, polish, dominik hamera, jakub klausa, avi
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Rafal Jaworowski - FreeBSD do zabudowy, czyli nie tylko pecety

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Rafal Jaworowski - FreeBSD do zabudowy, czyli nie tylko pecety
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, freebsd, polish, rafal jaworowski, pdf
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Rafal Jaworowski - FreeBSD do zabudowy, czyli nie tylko pecety

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Rafal Jaworowski - FreeBSD do zabudowy, czyli nie tylko pecety
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, freebsd, polish, rafal jaworowski, avi
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Kris Kennaway - New features and improvements in FreeBSD 7

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Kris Kennaway - New features and improvements in FreeBSD 7
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, freebsd, kris kennaway, pdf
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Kris Kennaway - New features and improvements in FreeBSD 7

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Kris Kennaway - New features and improvements in FreeBSD 7
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, freebsd, kris kennaway, avi
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Brooks Davis - Reflections on Building a High-Performance Computing Cluster Using FreeBSD

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Brooks Davis - Reflections on Building a High-Performance Computing Cluster Using FreeBSD
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, freebsd, high performance, brooks davis, pdf
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Brooks Davis - Reflections on Building a High-Performance Computing Cluster Using FreeBSD

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Brooks Davis - Reflections on Building a High-Performance Computing Cluster Using FreeBSD
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, freebsd, high performance, brooks davis, avi
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Philip Paeps - Detangling and debugging: friends in unexpected places

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Philip Paeps - Detangling and debugging: friends in unexpected places
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, freebsd, debugging, philip paeps, pdf
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Philip Paeps - Detangling and debugging: friends in unexpected places

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Philip Paeps - Detangling and debugging: friends in unexpected places
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, freebsd, debugging, philip paeps, avi
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Slawomir Zak - DTrace - Monitoring i strojenie systemu w XXI wieku

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Slawomir Zak - DTrace - Monitoring i strojenie systemu w XXI wieku
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, tuning, monitoring, dtrace, slawomir zak, pdf
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Slawomir Zak - DTrace - Monitoring i strojenie systemu w XXI wieku

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Slawomir Zak - DTrace - Monitoring i strojenie systemu w XXI wieku
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, tuning, monitoring, dtrace, polish, slawomir zak, avi
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Pawel Solyga - Meet BSD projects from Google Summer of Code 2007

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Pawel Solyga - Meet BSD projects from Google Summer of Code 2007
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, google, gsoc, freebsd, netbsd, pawel solyga, pdf
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Pawel Solyga - Meet BSD projects from Google Summer of Code 2007

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Pawel Solyga - Meet BSD projects from Google Summer of Code 2007
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, google, gsoc, freebsd, netbsd, pawel solyga, quicktime
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Pawel Solyga - Meet BSD projects from Google Summer of Code 2007

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Pawel Solyga - Meet BSD projects from Google Summer of Code 2007
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, google, gsoc, freebsd, netbsd, polish, pawel solyga, avi
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Adam Bartman, Rafal Grzebyk - Nowoczesna infrastruktura telefoniczna w oparciu o systemy z rodziny BSD

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Adam Bartman, Rafal Grzebyk - Nowoczesna infrastruktura telefoniczna w oparciu o systemy z rodziny BSD
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, telephony, voip, freebsd, polish, adam bartman, rafal grzebyk, pdf
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Adam Bartman, Rafal Grzebyk - Nowoczesna infrastruktura telefoniczna w oparciu o systemy z rodziny BSD

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Adam Bartman, Rafal Grzebyk - Nowoczesna infrastruktura telefoniczna w oparciu o systemy z rodziny BSD
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, telephony, voip, freebsd, polish, adam bartman, rafal grzebyk, avi
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Christian Brüffer - Protecting your Privacy with FreeBSD and Tor

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Christian Brüffer - Protecting your Privacy with FreeBSD and Tor
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, tor, freebsd, christian bruffer, pdf
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

MeetBSD - MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Christian Brüffer - Protecting your Privacy with FreeBSD and Tor

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

MeetBSD 2007 - Presentations and recordings - Christian Brüffer - Protecting your Privacy with FreeBSD and Tor
From: MeetBSD
Tags: meetbsd, meetbsd2007, tor, freebsd, christian bruffer, avi
MeetBSD 2007 at the Conference Centre-PWSBiA Congress in Warsaw

BSDCon Spain - Jordi Espasa Clofent - Sistema de cortafuegos redundantes con OpenBSD y Packet Filter en modo bridge

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Jordi Espasa Clofent - Sistema de cortafuegos redundantes con OpenBSD y Packet Filter en modo bridge
From: BSDCon Spain
Tags: bsdcon-barcelona, spanish, presentation, openbsd, firewall, pf, jordi espasa clofent, ppt

Se trataran los siguientes apartados: Porqué OpenBSD y porqué PF. Eligiendo un buen hardware para el cortafuegos. Redundancia en modo bridge: RSTP. Implementación en si.

BSDCon Spain - Jesús Rodriguez - SIP y VozIP con FreeBSD

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Jesús Rodriguez - SIP y VozIP con FreeBSD
From: BSDCon Spain
Tags: bsdcon-barcelona, spanish, presentation, asterisk, openser, freebsd, sip, voip, jesus rodriguez, pdf

Repaso a las diferentes aplicaciones y servicios relacionados con SIP y VozIP que pueden usarse en FreeBSD. Entre estas apliaciones destacan OpenSER y Asterisk, ya que usados de forma conjunta pueden ofrecer una larga lista de servicios de forma rápida, segura y escalable.

BSDCon Spain - Manuel Trujillo - FreeBSD para usuarios de GNU/Linux

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Manuel Trujillo - FreeBSD para usuarios de GNU/Linux
From: BSDCon Spain
Tags: bsdcon-barcelona, spanish, presentation, freebsd, linux, manuel trujillo, pdf

Charla sobre las diferencias que puede encontrar un usuario de un sistema operativo GNU/Linux cuando accede a un sistema operativo FreeBSD, y sugerencias superar la posible desorientación.

BSDCon Spain - Julio M. Merino Vidal - ATF: Sistema de pruebas automatizado para NetBSD

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Julio M. Merino Vidal - ATF: Sistema de pruebas automatizado para NetBSD
From: BSDCon Spain
Tags: bsdcon-barcelona, spanish, presentation, atf, netbsd, julio m merino vidal, ppt

La presentación empezará describiendo la necesidad de poder probar automáticamente la validez del código del sistema operativo NetBSD para así saber que se comporta correctamente en cualquiera de las plataformas soportadas. Luego se explicará cómo se estructura ATF, cómo se integra con NetBSD y se daran ejemplos prácticos de su uso tanto como programador o usuario.

ATF es un proyecto autocontenido que funciona en multitud de plataformas (y no sólo BSD). Aún así, está centrado en NetBSD y las pruebas automatizadas para este sistema son específicas de él, no del proyecto ATF en sí.

Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting - Robert Watson - How a large scale opensource project works

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Robert Watson - How a large scale opensource project works
From: Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting
Tags: fosdem, fosdem2008, presentation, freebsd project, robert watson, ogg, video

The FreeBSD Project is one of the oldest and most successful open source operating system projects, seeing wide deployment across the IT industry. From the root name servers, to top tier ISPs, to core router operating systems, to firewalls, to embedded appliances, you can't use a networked computer for ten minutes without using FreeBSD dozens of times.

Part of FreeBSD's reputation for quality and reliability comes from the nature of its development organization -- driven by a hundreds of highly skilled volunteers, from high school students to university professors. And unlike most open source projects, the FreeBSD Project has developers who have been working on the same source base for over twenty years.

But how does this organization work? Who pays the bandwidth bills, runs the web servers, writes the documentation, writes the code, and calls the shots? And how can developers in a dozen time zones reach agreement on the time of day, let alone a kernel architecture?

This presentation will attempt to provide, in 45 minutes, a brief if entertaining snapshot into what makes FreeBSD run.

BSDCon Spain - Jordi Prats - Uso de OpenBSD en dispositivos empotrados

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Jordi Prats - Uso de OpenBSD en dispositivos empotrados
From: BSDCon Spain
Tags: bsdcon-barcelona, spanish, presentation, openbsd, embedded, jordi prats, pdf

Los sistemas empotrados gracias a un menor consumo energético y unas dimensiones reducidas, a costa de ciertas limitaciones del hardware, permiten su uso en multitud de entornos. En esta presentación veremos como usarlos con OpenBSD y sus posibles aplicaciones.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Kern Sibbald - Bacula - PDF file

Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Kern Sibbald - Bacula - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, bacula, kern sibbald, pdf

Bacula

The Open Source Enterprise Backup Solution

The Bacula project started in January 2000 with several goals, one of which was the ability to backup any client from a Palm to a mainframe computer. Bacula is available under a GPL license.

Bacula uses several distinct components, each communicating via TCP/IP, to achieve a very scalable and robust solution to backups.

Kern is one of the original project founders and still one of the most productive Bacula developers.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - John Pertalion - An Open Source Enterprise VPN Solution with OpenVPN and OpenBSD - PDF file

Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

John Pertalion - An Open Source Enterprise VPN Solution with OpenVPN and OpenBSD - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, openbsd, openvpn, john pertalion, pdf

An Open Source Enterprise VPN Solution with OpenVPN and OpenBSD

Solving the problem

At Appalachian State University, we utilize an open source VPN to allow faculty, staff and vendors secure access to Appalachian State University's internal network from any location that has an Internet connection. To implement our virtual private network project, we needed a secure VPN that is flexible enough to work with our existing network registration and LDAP authentication systems, has simple client installation, is redundant, allows multiple VPN server instances for special site-to-site tunnels and unique configurations, and can run on multiple platforms. Using OpenVPN running on OpenBSD, we met those requirements and added a distributed administration system that allows select users to allow VPN access to specific computers for external users and vendors without requiring intervention from our network or security personnel. Our presentation will start with a quick overview of OpenVPN and OpenBSD and then detail the specifics of our VPN implementation.

Dissatisfied with IPSec for road warrior VPN usage we went looking for a better solution. We had hopped that we could find a solution that would run on multiple platforms, was flexible and worked well. We found OpenVPN and have been pleased. Initially we ran it on RHEL. We migrated to OpenBSD for pf functionality and general security concerns. ...and because we like OpenBSD.

Our presentation will focus on the specifics of our VPN implementation. We will quickly cover the basics of OpenVPN and the most used features of OpenBSD. Moving along we will cover multiple authentication methods, redundancy, running multiple instances, integration with our netreg system, how pf has extended functionality, embedding in appliances, and client configuration. The system has proven helpful with providing vendor access where needed and we'll cover this aspect as well. Time permitting we will cover current enhancement efforts and future plans.

OpenVPN has been called the "Swiss army knife" of VPN solutions. We hope our presentation leaves participants with that feeling.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Poul-Henning Kamp - Measured (almost) does Air Traffic Control - PDF file

Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Poul-Henning Kamp - Measured (almost) does Air Traffic Control - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, air traffic control, scada, poul-henning kamp, pdf

Measured (almost) does Air Traffic Control

Monitoring weird hardware reliably

The new Danish Air Traffic Control system, CASIMO, prompted the development on a modular and general software platform for data collection, control and monitoring of "weird hardware" of all sorts.

The talk will present the "measured" daemon, and detail some of the uses it has been put to, as an, admittedly peripheral, component of the ATC system.

Many "SCADA" systems suffer from lack of usable interfaces for external access to the data. Measured takes the opposite point of view and makes real-time situation available, and accepts control instructions as ASCII text stream over TCP connections. Several examples of how this can be used will be demonstrated.

Measured will run on any FreeBSD system, but has not been ported to other UNIX variants yet, and it is perfect for that "intelligent house" project of yours.

I believe I gave a WIP presentation of this about two years ago.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Ivan Voras - "finstall" - the new FreeBSD installer - PDF file

Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Ivan Voras - "finstall" - the new FreeBSD installer - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, freebsd, installer, ivan voras, pdf

"finstall" - the new FreeBSD installer

A graphical installer for FreeBSD

The "finstall" project, sponsored by Google as a Summer of Code 2007 project, is an attempt to create a user-friendly graphical installer for FreeBSD, with enough strong technical features to appeal to the more professional users. A long term goal for it is to be a replacement for sysinstall, and as such should support almost all of the features present in sysinstall, as well as add support for new FreeBSD features such as GEOM, ZFS, etc. This talk will describe the architecture of "finstall" and focus on its lesser known features such as remote installation.

"finstall" is funded by Google SoC as a possible long-term replacement for sysinstall, as a "LiveCD" with the whole FreeBSD base system on the CD, with X11 and XFCE4 GUI. In the talk I intend to describe what I did so far, and what are the future plans for it. This includes the installer GUI, the backend (which has the potential to become a generic FreeBSD configuration backend) and the assorted tools developed for finstall ("LiveCD" creation scripts). More information on finstall can be found here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/finstall.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Rafal Jaworowski - FreeBSD Embedded Report - PDF file

Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Rafal Jaworowski - FreeBSD Embedded Report - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, devsummit, devsummit2008, freebsd, embedded, rafal jaworowski, pdf
FreeBSD Embedded Report

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Warner Losh - FreeBSD/mips - PDF file

Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Warner Losh - FreeBSD/mips - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, freebsd, mips, embedded, warner losh, pdf

FreeBSD/mips

Embedding FreeBSD

FreeBSD now runs on the MIPS platform. FreeBSD/mips supports MIPS-32 and MIPS-64 targets, including SMP for multicore support.

FreeBSD/mips is targeted at the embedded MIPS marketplace. FreeBSD has run on the MIPS platform for many years. Juniper ported FreeBSD to the Mips platform in the late 1990's. However, concern about intellectual property issues kept Juniper from contributing the port back to FreeBSD until recently. The contributed port was a 64-bit mips port.

In the mean time, many efforts were made to bring FreeBSD to the mips platform. The first substantial effort to bring FreeBSD to the Mips platform was done by Juli Mallet. This effort made it to single user, but never further than that. This effort was abandoned due to a change in Juli's life. The port languished.

Two years ago at BSDcan, as my involvement with FreeBSD/arm was growing, I tried to rally the troops into doing a FreeBSD/mips port. My efforts resulted in what has been commonly called the "mips2" effort. The name comes from the choice of //depot/projects/mips2 to host the work in perforce. A number of people worked on the earliest versions of the port, but it too languished and seemed destined to suffer the same fate as earlier efforts. Then, two individuals stood up and started working on the port. Wojciech A. Koszek and Oleksandr Tymoshenko pulled in code from the prior efforts. Through their efforts of stabilizing this code, the port to the single user stage and ported it to three different platforms. Others ported it to a few more. Snapshots of this work were released from time to time.

Cavium Networks picked up one of these snapshots and ported it to their multicore mips64 network processor. Cavium has kindly donated much of their work to the comminuty.

In December, I started at Cisco systems. My first job was to merge all the divergent variants of FreeBSD/mips and get it into shape to push into the tree. With luck, this should be in the tree before I give my talk.

In parallel to this, other advances in the embedded support for FreeBSD have been happening as well. I'll talk about new device drivers, new subsystems, and new build tools that help to support the embedded developer.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Robert Watson - TCP SMP Scalability - PDF file

Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Robert Watson - TCP SMP Scalability - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, devsummit, devsummit2008, freebsd, smp, robert watson, pdf
TCP SMP Scalability

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Kris Moore - Building self-contained PBIs from Ports (Automagically) - PDF file

Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Kris Moore - Building self-contained PBIs from Ports (Automagically) - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, pc-bsd, ports, pbi, kris moore, pdf

Building self-contained PBIs from Ports (Automagically)

Creating a self-contained application from the ports tree

PC-BSD provides a user-friendly desktop experience, for experts and casual users alike. PC-BSD is 100% FreeBSD under the hood, while providing desktop essentials, such as a graphical installation system, point-n-click package-management using the PBI system, and easy to use system management tools; All integrated into an easy to use K Desktop Environment (KDE).

The PBI (Push Button Installer) format is the cornerstone of the PC-BSD desktop, which allows users to install applications in a self-contained format, free from dependency problems, and compile issues that stop most casual users from desktop adoption. The PBI format also provides power and flexibility in user interaction, and scripting support, which allows applications to be fine-tuned to the best possible user experience.

This talk would go over in some detail our new PBI building system, which converts a FreeBSD port, such as FireFox, into a standalone self-contained PBI installer for PC-BSD desktops.

The presentation will be divided into two main sections:
The Push Button Installer (PBI) Format

The basics of the PBI format
The PBI format construction
Add & Remove scripting support within PBI

Building PBIs from Ports "Auto-magically"

The PBI build server & standalone software
Module creation & configuration
Converting messy ports into PBIs

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Erwin Lansing - What's happening in the world of ports and portmgr - PDF file

Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Erwin Lansing - What's happening in the world of ports and portmgr - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, devsummit, devsummit2008, freebsd, portmgr, erwin lansing, pdf
What's happening in the world of ports and portmgr

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - John Birrell - DTrace for FreeBSD - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

John Birrell - DTrace for FreeBSD - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, dtrace, freebsd, john birrell, pdf

DTrace for FreeBSD

What on earth is that system doing?!

DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing facility originally developed for Solaris that can be used by administrators and developers on live production systems to examine the behavior of both user programs and of the operating system itself. DTrace enables users to explore their system to understand how it works, track down performance problems across many layers of software, or locate the cause of aberrant behavior. DTrace lets users create their own custom programs to dynamically instrument the system and provide immediate, concise answers to arbitrary questions you can formulate using the DTrace D programming language.

This talk discusses the port of the DTrace facility to FreeBSD and demonstrates examples on a live FreeBSD system.

Introduction to the D language - probes, predicates and actions.
dtrace(8) and libdtrace - the userland side of the DTrace story.
The DTrace kernel module, it's ioctl interface to userland and the provider infrastructure in the kernel.
DTrace kernel hooks and the problem of code licensed under Sun's CDDL.
What does a DTrace probe actually do?
DTrace safety and how it is implemented.
Build system changes to add CTF (Compact C Type Format) data to objects, shared libraries and executables.
The DTrace test suite.
A brief list of things to do to port the DTrace facility to other BSD-derived operating systems.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Chris Lattner - BSD licensed C++ compiler - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Chris Lattner - BSD licensed C++ compiler - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, bsdl, llvm, chris lattner, pdf

BSD licensed C++ compiler

LLVM is a suite of carefully designed open source libraries that implement compiler components (like language front-ends, code generators, aggressive optimizers, Just-In-Time compiler support, debug support, link-time optimization, etc.). The goal of the LLVM project is to build these components in a way that allows them to be combined together to create familiar tools (like a C compiler), interesting new tools (like an OpenGL JIT compiler), and many other things we haven't thought of yet. Because LLVM is under continuous development, clients of these components naturally benefit from improvements in the libraries.

This talk gives an overview of LLVM's design and approach to compiler construction, and gives several example applications. It describes applications of LLVM technology to llvm-gcc (a C/C++/Objective C compiler based on the GNU GCC front-end), the OpenGL stack in Mac OS/X Leopard, and Clang. Among other things, the Clang+LLVM Compiler provides a fully BSD-Licensed C and Objective-C compiler (with C++ in development) which compiles code several times faster than GCC, produces code that is faster than GCC in many cases, produces better warnings and error messages, and supports many other applications (e.g. static analysis and refactoring).

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Adrian Chad - What Not To Do When Writing Network Applications - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Adrian Chad - What Not To Do When Writing Network Applications - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, network applications, adrian chad, pdf

What Not To Do When Writing Network Applications

The lessons learnt working with not-so-high-performance network applications

This talk will look at issues which face the modern network application developer, from the point of view of poorly-designed examples. This will cover internal code structure and dataflow, interaction with the TCP stack, IO scheduling in high and low latency environments and high-availability considerations. In essence, this presentation should be seen as a checklist of what not to do when writing network applications.

Plenty of examples of well designed network applications exist in the open and closed source world today. Unfortunately there are just as many examples of fast network applications as there are "fast but workload specific"; sometimes failing miserably in handling the general case. This may be due to explicit design (eg Varnish) but many are simply due to the designer not fully appreciating the wide variance in "networks" - and their network application degrades ungracefully when under duress. My aim in this presentation is to touch on a wide number of issues which face network application programmers - most of which seem not "application related" to the newcomer - such as including pipelining into network communication, managing a balance between accepting new requests and servicing existing requests, or providing back-pressure to a L4 loadbalancer in case of traffic bursts. Various schemes for working with these issues will be presented, and hopefully participants will walk away with more of an understanding about how the network, application and operating systems interact.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Pawel Jakub Dawidek - A closer look at the ZFS file system - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Pawel Jakub Dawidek - A closer look at the ZFS file system - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, zfs, freebsd, pawel jakub dawidek, pdf

A closer look at the ZFS file system

simple administration, transactional semantics, end-to-end data integrity

SUN's ZFS file system became part of FreeBSD on 6th April 2007. ZFS is a new kind of file system that provides simple administration, transactional semantics, end-to-end data integrity, and immense scalability. ZFS is not an incremental improvement to existing technology; it is a fundamentally new approach to data management. We've blown away 20 years of obsolete assumptions, eliminated complexity at the source, and created a storage system that's actually a pleasure to use.

ZFS presents a pooled storage model that completely eliminates the concept of volumes and the associated problems of partitions, provisioning, wasted bandwidth and stranded storage. Thousands of file systems can draw from a common storage pool, each one consuming only as much space as it actually needs. The combined I/O bandwidth of all devices in the pool is available to all filesystems at all times.

All operations are copy-on-write transactions, so the on-disk state is always valid. There is no need to fsck(1M) a ZFS file system, ever. Every block is checksummed to prevent silent data corruption, and the data is self-healing in replicated (mirrored or RAID) configurations. If one copy is damaged, ZFS detects it and uses another copy to repair it.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Rafal Jaworowski - Porting FreeBSD/ARM to Marvell Orion System-On-Chip - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Rafal Jaworowski - Porting FreeBSD/ARM to Marvell Orion System-On-Chip - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, freebsd, arm, marvell orion, rafal jaworowski, pdf

Porting FreeBSD/ARM to Marvell Orion System-On-Chip

This talk covers the development work on porting the FreeBSD/ARM to Marvell Orion family of highly integrated chips.

ARM architecture is widely adopted in the embedded devices, and since the architecture can be licensed, many implementation variations exist: Orion is a derivative compliant with the ARMv5TE definition, it provides a rich set of on-chip peripherals.

Present state of the FreeBSD support for ARM is explained, areas for improvement highlighted and its overall shape and condition presented.

The main discussion covers scope of the Orion port (what integrated peripherals required new development, what was adapted from existing code base); design decisions are explained for the most critical items, and implementation details revealed.

Summary notes are given on general porting methodology, debugging techniques and difficulties encountered during such undertaking.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Rafal Jaworowski - Interfacing embedded FreeBSD with U-Boot - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Rafal Jaworowski - Interfacing embedded FreeBSD with U-Boot - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, embedded, freebsd, u-boot, rafal jaworowski, pdf

Interfacing embedded FreeBSD with U-Boot

Working with the de facto standard for an initial level boot loader

In the embedded world U-Boot is a de facto standard for an initial level boot loader (firmware). It runs on a great number of platforms and architectures, and is open source.

This talk covers the development work on integrating FreeBSD with U-Boot-based systems. Starting with an overview of differences between booting an all-purpose desktop computer vs. embedded system, FreeBSD booting concepts are explained along with requirements for the underlying firmware.

Historical attempts to interface FreeBSD with this firmware are mentioned and explanation given on why they failed or proved incomplete. Finally, the recently developed approach to integrate FreeBSD and U-Boot is presented, with implementation details and particular attention on how it's been made architecture and platform independent, and how loader(8) has been bound to it.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Leslie Hawthorn - Google SoC - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Leslie Hawthorn - Google SoC - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, google, summer of code, leslie hawthorn, pdf

Google SoC

Summer of Code

In this talk, I will briefly discuss some general ways Google's Open Source Team contributes to the wider community. The rest of the talk will explore some highlights of the Google Summer of Code program, our initiative to get university students involved in Open Source development.

I will cover the program's inception, lessons learned over time and tips for success in the program for both mentors and students. In particular, the talk will detail some experiences of the *BSD mentoring organizations involved in the program as a case study in successfully managing the program from the Open Source project's perspective. Any Google Summer of Code participants in the audience are welcome and encouraged to chime in with their own insights.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Dan Langille - BSDCan 2008 - Opening session - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Dan Langille - BSDCan 2008 - Opening session - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, dan langille, pdf

Opening session

Welcome to BSDCan 2008
Traditional greetings

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Brooks Davis - Using FreeBSD to Promote Open Source Development Methods - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Brooks Davis - Using FreeBSD to Promote Open Source Development Methods - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, abstract, software development, brooks davis, pdf

Using FreeBSD to Promote Open Source Development Methods

In this talk we present Aerosource, an initiative to bring Open Source Software development methods to internal software developers at The Aerospace Corporation.

Within Aerosource, FreeBSD is used in several key roles. First, we run most of our tools on top of FreeBSD. Second, the ports collection (both official ports and custom internal ones) eases our administrative burden. Third, the FreeBSD project serves as an example and role model for the results that can be achieved by an Open Source Software projects. We discuss the development infrastructure we have built for Aerosource based largely on BSD licensed software including FreeBSD, PostgreSQL, Apache, and Trac. We will also discuss our custom management tools including our system for managing our custom internal ports. Finally, we will cover our development successes and how we use projects like FreeBSD as exemplars of OSS development.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Brooks Davis - Using FreeBSD to Promote Open Source Development Methods - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Using FreeBSD to Promote Open Source Development Methods

In this talk we present Aerosource, an initiative to bring Open Source Software development methods to internal software developers at The Aerospace Corporation.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Robert Watson - BSDCan 2008 - Closing - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Robert Watson - BSDCan 2008 - Closing - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, robert watson, pdf

Closing

Beer, prizes, secrets, Works In Progress

The traditional closing...
with some new and interesting twists. Sleep in if you must, but don't miss this session.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Matthieu Herrb - X.org - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Matthieu Herrb - X.org - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, x.org, matthieu herrb, pdf

X.org

upcoming plans

The X.Org project provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done in conjunction with the freedesktop.org community. The X.Org Foundation is the educational non-profit corporation whose Board serves this effort, and whose Members lead this work.

The X window system has been changing a lot in the recent years, and still changing. This talk will present this evolution, summarizing what has already been done and showing the current roadmap for future evolutions, with some focus on how *BSD kernels can be affected by the developments done with Linux as the primary target.

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - Randall Stewart - SCTP what it is and how to use it - PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Randall Stewart - SCTP what it is and how to use it - PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, abstract, freebsd, sctp, randall stewart, pdf

SCTP - SCTP what it is and how to use it

This talk will introduce the attendee into the interesting world of SCTP.

We will first discuss the new and different features that SCTP (a new transport in FreeBSD 7.0) provide to the user. Then we will shift gears and discuss the extended socket API that is available to SCTP users and will cover such items as:

The two socket programming models
Extended system calls that support the SCTP feature set.
What model may fit you best

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - John Baldwin - Introduction to Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel - slides, PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

John Baldwin - Introduction to Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel - slides, PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, paper, debugging, freebsd, john baldwin, pdf

Introduction to Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel

Just like every other piece of software, the FreeBSD kernel has bugs. Debugging a kernel is a bit different from debugging a userland program as there is nothing underneath the kernel to provide debugging facilities such as ptrace() or procfs. This paper will give a brief overview of some of the tools available for investigating bugs in the FreeBSD kernel. It will cover the in-kernel debugger DDB and the external debugger kgdb which is used to perform post-mortem analysis on kernel crash dumps.

Introduction to Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel

Basic crash messages, what a crash looks like
- typical panic() invocation
- page fault example
"live" debugging with DDB
- stack traces
- ps
- deadlock examples
- show lockchain
- show sleepchain
- Adding new DDB commands
KGDB
- inspecting processes and threads
- working with kernel modules
- using scripts to extend
examining crashdumps using utilities
- ps, netstat, etc.
debugging strategies
- kernel crashes
- system hangs

BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - John Baldwin - Introduction to Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel - paper, PDF file

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

John Baldwin - Introduction to Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel - paper, PDF file
From: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2008, slides, paper, debugging, freebsd, john baldwin, pdf

Introduction to Debugging the FreeBSD Kernel

Basic crash messages, what a crash looks like
- typical panic() invocation
- page fault example
"live" debugging with DDB
- stack traces
- ps
- deadlock examples
- show lockchain
- show sleepchain
- Adding new DDB commands
KGDB
- inspecting processes and threads
- working with kernel modules
- using scripts to extend
examining crashdumps using utilities
- ps, netstat, etc.
debugging strategies
- kernel crashes
- system hangs

bsdtalk - Alex Feldman from Sangoma - MP3 version

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Alex Feldman from Sangoma - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, sangoma, alex feldman, mp3
Interview at BSDCan2008 with Alex Feldman from Sangoma.

bsdtalk - Alex Feldman from Sangoma - Ogg version

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Alex Feldman from Sangoma - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, sangoma, alex feldman, ogg
Interview at BSDCan2008 with Alex Feldman from Sangoma.

bsdtalk - Justin Gibbs from the FreeBSD Foundation - MP3 version

Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Justin Gibbs from the FreeBSD Foundation - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd foundation, justin gibbs, mp3
Interview with Justin Gibbs from the FreeBSD Foundation.

bsdtalk - Justin Gibbs from the FreeBSD Foundation - Ogg version

Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Justin Gibbs from the FreeBSD Foundation - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd foundation, justin gibbs, ogg
Interview with Justin Gibbs from the FreeBSD Foundation.

Diomidis Spinellis - A Tale of Four Kernels - Diomidis Spinellis. A tale of four kernels. In Wilhem Schfer, Matthew B. Dwyer, and Volker Gruhn, editors, ICSE '08: Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering, pages 381-390, New York, May 2008. Association for Computing Machinery.

Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

A Tale of Four Kernels - Diomidis Spinellis. A tale of four kernels. In Wilhem Schfer, Matthew B. Dwyer, and Volker Gruhn, editors, ICSE '08: Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering, pages 381-390, New York, May 2008. Association for Computing Machinery.
From: Diomidis Spinellis
Tags: freebsd, linux, solaris, windows, article, kernel, diomidis spinellis, html
The FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems have kernels that provide comparable facilities. Interestingly, their code bases share almost no common parts, while their development processes vary dramatically. We analyze the source code of the four systems by collecting metrics in the areas of file organization, code structure, code style, the use of the C preprocessor, and data organization. The aggregate results indicate that across various areas and many different metrics, four systems developed using wildly different processes score comparably. This allows us to posit that the structure and internal quality attributes of a working, non-trivial software artifact will represent first and foremost the engineering requirements of its construction, with the influence of process being marginal, if any.

Diomidis Spinellis - A Tale of Four Kernels - Diomidis Spinellis. A tale of four kernels. In Wilhem Schfer, Matthew B. Dwyer, and Volker Gruhn, editors, ICSE '08: Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering, pages 381-390, New York, May 2008. Association for Computing Machinery.

Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

A Tale of Four Kernels - Diomidis Spinellis. A tale of four kernels. In Wilhem Schfer, Matthew B. Dwyer, and Volker Gruhn, editors, ICSE '08: Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering, pages 381-390, New York, May 2008. Association for Computing Machinery.
From: Diomidis Spinellis
Tags: freebsd, linux, solaris, windows, article, kernel, diomidis spinellis, pdf
The FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems have kernels that provide comparable facilities. Interestingly, their code bases share almost no common parts, while their development processes vary dramatically. We analyze the source code of the four systems by collecting metrics in the areas of file organization, code structure, code style, the use of the C preprocessor, and data organization. The aggregate results indicate that across various areas and many different metrics, four systems developed using wildly different processes score comparably. This allows us to posit that the structure and internal quality attributes of a working, non-trivial software artifact will represent first and foremost the engineering requirements of its construction, with the influence of process being marginal, if any.

New York City *BSD User Group - Managing OpenBSD Environments - MP3 version

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Managing OpenBSD Environments - MP3 version
From: New York City *BSD User Group
Tags: nycbug, presentation, openbsd, system management, mp3

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.

bsdtalk - Jeremy White, Founder of CodeWeavers - MP3 version

Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Jeremy White, Founder of CodeWeavers - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, codeweavers, crossover, jeremy white, mp3
Interview with Jeremy White, Founder of CodeWeavers. We talk about the recent availability of an experimental build of Crossover Games for BSD.

bsdtalk - Jeremy White, Founder of CodeWeavers - Ogg version

Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

Jeremy White, Founder of CodeWeavers - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, codeweavers, crossover, jeremy white, ogg
Interview with Jeremy White, Founder of CodeWeavers. We talk about the recent availability of an experimental build of Crossover Games for BSD.

OpenBSD - OpenBSD 4.3 Release Song - "Home to Hypocrisy" - MP3 version

Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

OpenBSD 4.3 Release Song - "Home to Hypocrisy" - MP3 version
From: OpenBSD
Tags: openbsd, artwork, mp3

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 - OpenBSD 4.3 Release Song - "Home to Hypocrisy" - Ogg version

Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 EST

OpenBSD 4.3 Release Song - "Home to Hypocrisy" - Ogg version
From: OpenBSD
Tags: openbsd, artwork, ogg

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

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.

bsdtalk - FreeBSD Developer Alexander Motin - MP3 version

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

FreeBSD Developer Alexander Motin - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, mpd, alexander motin, mp3
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/.

bsdtalk - FreeBSD Developer Alexander Motin - Ogg version

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

FreeBSD Developer Alexander Motin - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, mpd, alexander motin, ogg
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/.

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Cover page

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Cover page
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, cover
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Whole of the proceedings

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Whole of the proceedings
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - PC-BSD: FreeBSD on the Desktop, Matt Olander (iXsystems)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - PC-BSD: FreeBSD on the Desktop, Matt Olander (iXsystems)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, pc-bsd, freebsd, desktop, matt olander
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Tracking FreeBSD in a Commercial Setting, M. Warner Losh (Cisco Systems, Inc.)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Tracking FreeBSD in a Commercial Setting, M. Warner Losh (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, freebsd, warner losh
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Gaols: Implementing Jails Under the kauth Framework, Christoph Badura (The NetBSD Foundation)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Gaols: Implementing Jails Under the kauth Framework, Christoph Badura (The NetBSD Foundation)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, netbsd, jails, kauth, christoph badura
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - BSD implementations of XCAST6, Yuji IMAI, Takahiro KUROSAWA, Koichi SUZUKI, Eiichi MURAMOTO, Katsuomi HAMAJIMA, Hajimu UMEMOTO, and Nobuo KAWAGUTI (XCAST fan club, Japan)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - BSD implementations of XCAST6, Yuji IMAI, Takahiro KUROSAWA, Koichi SUZUKI, Eiichi MURAMOTO, Katsuomi HAMAJIMA, Hajimu UMEMOTO, and Nobuo KAWAGUTI (XCAST fan club, Japan)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, bsd, xcast6, yuji imai, takahiro kurosawa, koichi suzuki, eiichi muramoto, katsuomi hamajima, hajimu umemoto, nobuo kawaguti
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Using FreeBSD to Promote Open Source Development Methods, Brooks Davis, Michael AuYeung, Mark Thomas (The Aerospace Corporation)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Using FreeBSD to Promote Open Source Development Methods, Brooks Davis, Michael AuYeung, Mark Thomas (The Aerospace Corporation)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, freebsd, promotion, brooks david, michael auyeung, mark thomas
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Send and Receive of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With puffs, Antti Kantee (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Send and Receive of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With puffs, Antti Kantee (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, puffs, antti kantee
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD Kernel, Kristaps Dzonsons (Centre for Parallel Computing, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD Kernel, Kristaps Dzonsons (Centre for Parallel Computing, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, netbsd, resources, kristaps dzonsons
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - GEOM --- in Infrastructure We Trust, Pawel Jakub Dawidek (The FreeBSD Project)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - GEOM --- in Infrastructure We Trust, Pawel Jakub Dawidek (The FreeBSD Project)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, freebsd, geom, pawel jakub dawidek
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - A Portable iSCSI Initiator, Alistair Crooks (The NetBSD Foundation)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - A Portable iSCSI Initiator, Alistair Crooks (The NetBSD Foundation)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, netbsd, iscsi, alistair crooks
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - OpenBSD Network Stack Internals, Claudio Jeker (The OpenBSD Project)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - OpenBSD Network Stack Internals, Claudio Jeker (The OpenBSD Project)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, openbsd, network stack, claudio jeker
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Reducing Lock Contention in a Multi-Core System, Randall Stewart (Cisco Systems, Inc.)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Reducing Lock Contention in a Multi-Core System, Randall Stewart (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, freebsd, lock contention, smp, randall stewart
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

AsiaBSDCon - AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Sleeping Beauty --- NetBSD on Modern Laptops, Jorg Sonnenberger, Jared D. McNeill (The NetBSD Foundation)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

AsiaBSDCon 2008 Paper List - Sleeping Beauty --- NetBSD on Modern Laptops, Jorg Sonnenberger, Jared D. McNeill (The NetBSD Foundation)
From: AsiaBSDCon
Tags: asiabsdcon, asiabsdcon2008, pdf, paper, netbsd, laptops, jorg sonnenberger, jared d mcneill
Papers of the AsiaBSDCon 2007

bsdtalk - James Cornell - MP3 version

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

James Cornell - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, desktop, james cornell, mp3
Another interview with Sysadmin James Cornell. We talk about BSD, OpenSolaris, and Linux on the desktop.

bsdtalk - James Cornell - Ogg version

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

James Cornell - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, desktop, james cornell, ogg
Another interview with Sysadmin James Cornell. We talk about BSD, OpenSolaris, and Linux on the desktop.

bsdtalk - Adam Wright from No Starch Press - MP3 version

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

Adam Wright from No Starch Press - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, books, no starch press, adam wright, mp3

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.

bsdtalk - Adam Wright from No Starch Press - Ogg version

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST

Adam Wright from No Starch Press - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, books, no starch press, adam wright, ogg

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.

OpenFest - Discussion - What's cooking for FreeBSD 7.0? - AVI

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Discussion - What's cooking for FreeBSD 7.0? - AVI
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2007, discussion, freebsd, freebsd7, avi
Discussion - What's cooking for FreeBSD 7.0? (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - Willow Vachkov - FreeBSD and the new network and transport protocols (IPv6 and SCTP) - AVI

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Willow Vachkov - FreeBSD and the new network and transport protocols (IPv6 and SCTP) - AVI
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2007, presentation, freebsd, ipv6, sctp, willow vanchkov, avi
Willow Vachkov - FreeBSD and the new network and transport protocols (IPv6 and SCTP) (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - Nikolai Denev - FreeBSD goes Zettabyte - AVI

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Nikolai Denev - FreeBSD goes Zettabyte - AVI
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2007, presentation, freebsd, zettabyte, nikolai denev, avi
Nikolai Denev - FreeBSD goes Zettabyte (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - Shcheryana Shopova - SNMP monitoring - AVI

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Shcheryana Shopova - SNMP monitoring - AVI
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2007, presentation, freebsd, snmp, monitoring, shcheryana shopova, avi
Shcheryana Shopova - SNMP monitoring (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - Dimitri Vasileva - Visualizing Security Threats with Social Networking Software - AVI

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Dimitri Vasileva - Visualizing Security Threats with Social Networking Software - AVI
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2007, presentation, freebsd, security, social networking, dimitri vasileva, avi
Dimitri Vasileva - Visualizing Security Threats with Social Networking Software (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - Atanas Bchvarov - Packet Filtering in FreeBSD - AVI

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Atanas Bchvarov - Packet Filtering in FreeBSD - AVI
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2007, presentation, freebsd, atanas bchvarov, avi
Atanas Bchvarov - Packet Filtering in FreeBSD (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - OpenFest 2005 Videos - FreeBSD Jails - Deyan Dyankov

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

OpenFest 2005 Videos - FreeBSD Jails - Deyan Dyankov
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2005, presentation, freebsd, jail, avi, deyan dyankov
Various videos of OpenFest 2005 (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - OpenFest 2005 Videos - Embedding BSD - Ivo Vachkov

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

OpenFest 2005 Videos - Embedding BSD - Ivo Vachkov
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2005, presentation, embedded systems, avi, ivo vachkov
Various videos of OpenFest 2005 (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - OpenFest 2005 Videos - QoS etc with OpenBSD pf

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

OpenFest 2005 Videos - QoS etc with OpenBSD pf
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2005, presentation, openbsd, qos, pf, avi, mihail paunov
Various videos of OpenFest 2005 (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - OpenFest 2005 Videos - Route and firewall redundancy using CARP and pfsync - Atanas Bachvarov

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

OpenFest 2005 Videos - Route and firewall redundancy using CARP and pfsync - Atanas Bachvarov
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2005, presentation, carp, pfsync, avi, atanas bachvarov
Various videos of OpenFest 2005 (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - OpenFest 2005 Videos - Offical Bulgarian FreeBSD Mirror - Dimiter Vasilev

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

OpenFest 2005 Videos - Offical Bulgarian FreeBSD Mirror - Dimiter Vasilev
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2005, presentation, freebsd, mirror, avi, dimiter vasilev
Various videos of OpenFest 2005 (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - OpenFest 2005 Videos - DIY FreeBSD Port

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

OpenFest 2005 Videos - DIY FreeBSD Port
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2005, presentation, freebsd, ports, avi, peter pentchev
Various videos of OpenFest 2005 (Bulgarian)

OpenFest - Vasil Dimov - The FreeBSD ports collection - tips and tricks - AVI

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Vasil Dimov - The FreeBSD ports collection - tips and tricks - AVI
From: OpenFest
Tags: openfest, openfest2007, presentation, freebsd, ports collection, vasil dimov, avi
Vasil Dimov - The FreeBSD ports collection - tips and tricks (Bulgarian)

New York City *BSD User Group - Building a High-Performance Computing Cluster Using FreeBSD - MP3 version

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Building a High-Performance Computing Cluster Using FreeBSD - MP3 version
From: New York City *BSD User Group
Tags: nycbug, presentation, high performance computing, freebsd, brooks davis, mp3

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.

bsdtalk - Dan Langille - MP3 version

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Dan Langille - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, afilias, bsdcan2008, dan langille, mp3
Interview with Dan Langille. We talk about his new job with Afilias, and BSDCan 2008.

bsdtalk - Dan Langille - Ogg version

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Dan Langille - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, afilias, bsdcan2008, dan langille, ogg
Interview with Dan Langille. We talk about his new job with Afilias, and BSDCan 2008.

bsdtalk - BSD Hobbiest Deborah Norling - MP3 version

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

BSD Hobbiest Deborah Norling - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, accessibility, deborah norling, mp3
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).

bsdtalk - BSD Hobbiest Deborah Norling - Ogg version

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

BSD Hobbiest Deborah Norling - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, accessibility, deborah norling, 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).

New York City *BSD User Group - User Interfaces and How People Think - MP3 version

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

User Interfaces and How People Think - MP3 version
From: New York City *BSD User Group
Tags: nycbug, presentation, user interfaces, mp3

"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.

New York City *BSD User Group - User Interfaces and How People Think - Slides

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

User Interfaces and How People Think - Slides
From: New York City *BSD User Group
Tags: nycbug, presentation, user interfaces, pdf

bsdtalk - FreeBSD Lead Release Engineer Ken Smith - MP3 version

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

FreeBSD Lead Release Engineer Ken Smith - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, release engineer, ken smith, mp3
Interview with FreeBSD Lead Release Engineer Ken Smith.

bsdtalk - FreeBSD Lead Release Engineer Ken Smith - Ogg version

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

FreeBSD Lead Release Engineer Ken Smith - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, freebsd, release engineer, ken smith, ogg
Interview with FreeBSD Lead Release Engineer Ken Smith.

bsdtalk - PBI 4 with Kris Moore - MP3 version

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

PBI 4 with Kris Moore - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, pc-bsd, kris moore, mp3
Interview with PC-BSD founder Kris Moore about the new features in PBI 4.

bsdtalk - PBI 4 with Kris Moore - Ogg version

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

PBI 4 with Kris Moore - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, pc-bsd, kris moore, ogg
Interview with PC-BSD founder Kris Moore about the new features in PBI 4.

New York City *BSD User Group - Open Meeting on OpenSSH - MP3 version

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Open Meeting on OpenSSH - MP3 version
From: New York City *BSD User Group
Tags: nycbug, presentation, openssh, mp3

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.

bsdtalk - The Mult Project with Kristaps Dzonsons - MP3 version

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

The Mult Project with Kristaps Dzonsons - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, multi project, kristaps dzonsons, mp3
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.

bsdtalk - The Mult Project with Kristaps Dzonsons - Ogg version

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

The Mult Project with Kristaps Dzonsons - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, multi project, kristaps dzonsons, ogg
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.

bsdtalk - Dru Lavigne - MP3 version

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

Dru Lavigne - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, dru lavigne, the best of freebsd basics, mp3

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

bsdtalk - Dru Lavigne - Ogg version

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

Dru Lavigne - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, interview, dru lavigne, the best of freebsd basics, 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-id
http://reedmedia.net/books/freebsd-basics
http://www.osbr.ca

bsdtalk - Central Syslog - MP3 version

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

Central Syslog - MP3 version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, syslog, mp3

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.

bsdtalk - Central Syslog - Ogg version

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

Central Syslog - Ogg version
From: bsdtalk
Tags: bsdtalk, syslog, ogg

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.