Peter N. M. Hansteen

Occasional rants about IT with an OpenBSD slant at http://bsdly.blogspot.com

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I'm usually located in Bergen, Norway (AKA The Other West Coast)

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2026-08-07 12:28:45 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
The night 142 of my servers went up in the clouds. Physically. https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/KAEQA8/
Talk by Stefano Marinelli
2026-09-12 11:15:00
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2026-08-07 08:16:25 CEST

OpenBGPD 9.2 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260807061435 #openbsd #openbgpd #bgp #routing #networking #development #infrastructure #devops #libresoftware #freesoftware

2026-08-05 10:40:24 CEST

Dead Software Walking: The ongoing evolution of relayd(8) and httpd(8) https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260805083816 #openbsd #relayd #httpd #development #webserver #loadbalancing #security #cryptography #modernsoftware #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-08-04 07:44:16 CEST

Call for testing: OpenBSD vmm(4)/vmd(8) fd-ification https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260804054218 #openbsd #vmm #vmd #virtualization #virtualmachines #testing #newcode #development #security #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-08-02 12:11:52 CEST

Those who read my stuff at https://bsdly.blogspot.com (ie the tracked site) will hopefully be pleased with the new look which I think offers better readability.
New stuff and most of the useful older things will still be available without trackers at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blogposts/, of course.

2026-07-30 09:56:20 CEST

In the overnight spam haul at $DAYJOB I found a message from Kevin Liu<[email protected]> trying to hawk various .cn domain versions of the name the company rebranded away from some months back.
Basically the same message as in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2016/03/domain-name-scams-are-alive-and-well.html) #dns #cn #cndomains #cndomainscam #cnnetregistry #scam #domainnamescam #spam

2026-07-27 08:03:39 CEST

I wonder if this actually worked somewhere, somewhen, for somebot
Jul 27 07:40:21 skapet sshd-session[71062]: Failed password for invalid user root/bin from 217.156.66.34 port 47552 ssh2
#passwordgropers #passwordguessers #sshgropers #ssh #cybercrime #morons #idiots #bots

2026-07-26 16:06:20 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
From Report to Patch, the OpenBSD Errata Process https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/ZGDXQR/
Talk by Alexander Bluhm
2026-09-13 10:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:06:13 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Input devices on OpenBSD for console, X11 and Wayland https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/YMR3ZF/
Talk by Matthieu Herrb
2026-09-12 13:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:06:06 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Using modern *BSD to get a 4.2BSD system from 1983 running https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/YGCH9Y/
Talk by Walter Belgers
2026-09-13 15:15:00
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2026-07-26 16:05:59 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Linux emulation on NetBSD: How broken is it? https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/WXCFYU/
Talk by Stephen Borrill
2026-09-12 13:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:05:51 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Porting STUNMESH-go to FreeBSD and macOS: Building Peer-to-Peer WireGuard Networks https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/WHGJBN/
Talk by Yu-Chiang (Date) Huang
2026-09-12 15:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:05:42 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Keeping up with language-based packaging systems in Ports (especially Python) https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/VDQ3JL/
Talk by Charlie Li
2026-09-13 16:15:00
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2026-07-26 16:05:31 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Supporting hibernate (S4) on FreeBSD https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/TXRZP7/
Talk by Olivier Certner
2026-09-13 11:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:05:23 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Reducing the headache of VPNs with routing domains https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/TUT8LU/
Talk by Martin Vahlensieck
2026-09-12 14:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:05:13 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
BSD as a Foundational Platform for Nationwide Semiconductor Education in Japan https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/TDELZJ/
Talk by Hiroki Sato
2026-09-12 16:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:05:01 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
A Noob Goes OpenBSD https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/T3MDAC/
Talk by Kent Inge Fagerland Simonsen
2026-09-12 15:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:04:54 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
FreeBSD on ARM64: A User's Perspective https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/SKHWVL/
Talk by Michael Dexter
2026-09-12 16:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:04:47 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Managing FreeBSD jails with Sylve and Ansible https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/S3ULVJ/
Tutorial Half Day by Patrick M. Hausen
2026-09-11 10:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:04:39 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
An Introduction to the Filesystems and Networking in the FreeBSD Open-Source Operating System https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/RNEMNV/
Tutorial Full Day by Kirk McKusick
2026-09-10 10:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:04:33 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Network Management with the PF Packet Filter Toolset on OpenBSD and FreeBSD https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/RKCHRW/
Tutorial Full Day by Peter N. M. Hansteen, Massimiliano Stucchi and Tom Smyth
2026-09-11 10:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:03:40 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
The night before CRAmas - why EU regulations are a gift to open source https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/RER8UZ/
Tutorial Full Day by Alice Sowerby, Peter N. M. Hansteen and Pierre Pronchery
2026-09-10 10:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:03:32 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Hotplugging adventures in the bhyve hypervisor https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/QVRGB9/
Talk by Bojan Novković
2026-09-13 11:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:03:25 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
rcd(8): modern service manager the FreeBSD way https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/QTAQKG/
Talk by bapt
2026-09-12 16:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:03:18 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Incident Response done the FreeBSD way https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/PBHXXC/
Talk by Maciej Jan Broniarz
2026-09-12 14:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:03:11 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
GEFS: The File Shredder of the Future. https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/NVMSCJ/
Talk by Ori Bernstein
2026-09-13 11:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:02:56 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Unix Manpages, Then and Now https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/MDEE9H/
Talk by Kristaps Dzonsons
2026-09-12 17:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:02:48 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Base system packages in Production: A Practical Overview https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/MBEDBM/
Talk by Lukas Engelhardt
2026-09-12 15:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:02:41 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
OpenNTPD - 20 years and a few milliseconds later https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/MAHMBQ/
Talk by Henning Brauer
2026-09-13 16:15:00
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2026-07-26 16:02:24 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
nuageinit(7): make FreeBSD cloud native https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/LZUXZ8/
Talk by bapt
2026-09-12 17:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:02:17 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
How Fast Can We Patch? https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/LSR7EX/
Talk by Dave Cottlehuber (dch)
2026-09-13 14:15:00
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2026-07-26 16:02:08 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
FreeBSD Ports Any% Speedrun 180min https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/KHHBZE/
Tutorial Half Day by Mateusz Piotrowski
2026-09-11 14:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:02:00 CEST

2026-07-26 16:01:52 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Looney Tunes: FreeBSD, rsync, and ZFS https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/JURFDY/
Talk by Mateusz Piotrowski
2026-09-13 17:15:00
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2026-07-26 16:01:44 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
The current state of "Green AI" https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/JP73CG/
Talk by Anne Currie
2026-09-13 09:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:01:31 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Introduction to the Game of Trees version control system https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/JJLZXQ/
Tutorial Half Day by Stefan Sperling and Omar Polo
2026-09-10 10:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:01:24 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Running BSD workloads in Linux environments as OCI containers https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/JHXWDC/
Talk by Charalampos Mainas
2026-09-12 17:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:01:06 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
The Realities of Enterprise FreeBSD https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/HRXAHF/
Talk by Allan Jude
2026-09-12 11:15:00
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2026-07-26 16:00:58 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Advances in OpenBSD's pkg_add https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/HFYB3N/
Talk by Marc Espie
2026-09-13 14:15:00
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2026-07-26 16:00:50 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Getting Extended Error Messages from the FreeBSD Kernel https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/HA8JTA/
Talk by Kirk McKusick
2026-09-13 16:15:00
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2026-07-26 16:00:43 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
I/O and theorems and barriers, oh my https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/FQJSPU/
Talk by Taylor R Campbell
2026-09-12 14:00:00
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2026-07-26 16:00:31 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Low friction temporary VMs on FreeBSD https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/FMAKRV/
Talk by Martin Vahlensieck
2026-09-13 17:15:00
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2026-07-26 16:00:22 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
An Introduction to the Kernel Services and I/O System of the FreeBSD Open-Source Operating System https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/EYQSJR/
Tutorial Full Day by Kirk McKusick
2026-09-11 10:30:00
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2026-07-26 16:00:09 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
ELKE - Encrypted & Lovely Kage Environment, using FreeBSD https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/EXHKSR/
Talk by Vinícius Z.
2026-09-13 15:15:00
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2026-07-26 16:00:00 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
make buildworld && make install-future: Why FreeBSD's Adoption Story Runs Through Continuous Integration https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/EA98CK/
Talk by Moin Rahman
2026-09-13 10:30:00
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2026-07-26 15:59:51 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Highly Available DNS via BGP
Talk by Beni Keller
2026-09-12 10:30:00
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2026-07-26 15:59:37 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
PFWall: building firewall images to run at scale https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/DZ9GE3/
Talk by Pierre Emeriaud
2026-09-13 17:15:00
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2026-07-26 15:59:28 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Run Time Reoptimization for Modern Heterogenous Systems https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/CPAE7W/
Talk by George Neville-Neil
2026-09-12 13:00:00
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2026-07-26 15:59:03 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
FreeBSD in Bioinformatics: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/CEZMMY/
Talk by Varinka Ohanyan
2026-09-13 15:15:00
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2026-07-26 15:57:58 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Bringing memory safety to BSD with CHERI https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/AU3F7S/
Talk by Brooks Davis
2026-09-13 14:15:00
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2026-07-26 15:57:41 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
What has (can) the EU Cyber Resilience Act done (do) for you? https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/9NVQAD/
Talk by Peter N. M. Hansteen
2026-09-12 10:30:00
To register: https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About EuroBSDcon 2026: https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-07-26 15:57:29 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Hands On experience Chaos Education: Challenge your FreeBSD sysadmin skills by solving real world scenarios https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/7KWLK9/
Tutorial Half Day by Andreas Kirchner 2026-09-11 10:30:00
To register: https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About EuroBSDcon 2026: https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-07-26 15:57:08 CEST

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Running stock FreeBSD on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/39G3BV/
Talk by Balaje Sankar 2026-09-12 11:15:00
To register: https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About EuroBSDcon 2026: https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-07-25 12:38:59 CEST

httpd(8) gains support for custom HTTP headers https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260725103657 #openbsd #httpd #customheaders #securityheaders #webserver #security #libresoftware #freesoftware

2026-07-22 20:20:09 CEST

How 'Artificial Intelligence' Is Slowly Drowning In Its Own Droppings https://nxdomain.no/~peter/llm_degradation_by_circular_feedback.html #AI #artificiainanity #artificialintelligence #wordproximityprobability #chatgpt #openai #generativeai #fakereferences #aihallucinations #aislop #negativevaluefeedbackloop #feedbackloop #LLM #llmdroppings #LLMdroppingsfeedback (also tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/07/how-artificial-intelligence-is-slowly.html)

2026-07-21 14:50:07 CEST

OpenBSD relayd(8) adds ECDSA support with CA engine code from smtpd(8) https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260721124747 #openbsd #relayd #ecdsa #cryptography #security #https #loadbalancing #webserver #networking #develppment #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-07-21 12:25:30 CEST

Game of Trees 0.127 released https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260721102106 #openbsd #gameoftrees #got #git #versioncontrol #development #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-07-20 15:29:12 CEST

Travel booked and registration done for EuroBSDCon 2026!
See you all in Brussels in September!
https://2026.eurobsdcon.org, register via https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About the BSD conferences: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html @eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon ##netbsd #freebsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #Bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-07-19 11:40:55 CEST

WPA3 support coming to OpenBSD https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260719093851 #openbsd #networking #wifi #wpa3 #wpa #wireless #development #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-07-16 13:53:59 CEST

OpenBSD moves to 8.0-beta in -current and snapshots https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260716115231 #openbsd #development #current #80beta #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-07-16 13:02:14 CEST

OpenBSD/loongson hardware platform retired https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260716110034 #openbsd #loongson #hardwaresupport #compilerflameout #freesoftware #libresoftware #development

2026-07-15 11:44:21 CEST

The EuroBSDcon 2026 program is published: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/schedule/
See https://2026.eurobsdcon.org for more info
To register https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #netbsd #freebsd #openbsd #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

2026-07-14 11:48:03 CEST

g2k26 Hackathon Report: Job Snijders (job@) on rpki-client(8) progress https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260714094547 #openbsd #rpkiclient #pki #bgp #routing #security #hackathon #development #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-07-08 07:57:45 CEST

OpenBSD's pledge(2) and unveil(2) are developer-friendly, study finds https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260708055608 #openbsd #security #pledge #unveil #development #programming

2026-07-06 21:03:11 CEST

OpenSSH 10.4/10.4p1 released! https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260706190144 #openbsd #openssh #ssh #security #cryptography #secureshell

2026-07-06 18:15:02 CEST

I think some botherder fed their clanker the username/password thing the wrong way around again:
Jul 6 11:36:46 portal sshd-session[50983]: Failed password for invalid user 123Qzasx from 45.43.60.220 port 42096 ssh2
#cybercrime #ssh #sshgroping #passwordgropers #passwordguessers #morons #cybersecurity

2026-06-30 15:24:37 CEST

I only now notice that my "What has (can) the EU Cyber Resilience Act done (do) for you?" article, in its tracked incarnation https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/06/what-has-can-eu-cyber-resilience-act.html made it onto @nprofile…emcn's Valuable news: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/valuable-news-2026-06-29/ #cra #cybersecurity #cyberresilience #development #security #freesoftware #libresoftware #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #bsdcan #eurobsdcon

2026-06-29 21:55:28 CEST

Accepts and otherwise for EuroBSDcon 2026 sent.
If you submitted, check your mail.
I hope to see you in Brussels in September!
https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #conference #bsd #openbsd #freebsd #netbsdd #networking #security #informationtechnology #it #brussels #bruxelles

2026-06-29 18:59:22 CEST

relayd(8) and httpd(8) TLS settings update. https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260629165750 #openbsd #relayd #httpd #tls #ssl #tlsv13 #tlsv12 #security #cryptography #crypto

2026-06-23 13:48:31 CEST

OpenBSD/amd64 kernel virtual address space is now 512GB https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260623114653 #openbsd #amd64 #addresspace #virtualaddresspace #memory #development #openbsd-current #hackathon

2026-06-16 11:56:25 CEST

Final week for submitting to #eurobsdcon 2026!
https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/
Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people!
We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see the CFP text.
Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html
@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

2026-06-12 10:03:50 CEST

syslogd(8) privileged and non-privileged parts now separate binaries https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260612080210 #openbsd #syslogd #privsep #privelegeseparation #separation #security #logging #development

2026-06-08 13:04:04 CEST

Do you want to come to Brussels, mingle with BSD people, perhaps do a talk, a tutorial or a BOF session?
The Call for papers https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/ is open until June 20th, for the conference in Brussels September 9-13, 2026.
We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see within.
Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html
@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

2026-06-06 10:51:30 CEST

There are idiots, and
Jun 6 07:06:12 skapet sshd-session[93492]: Failed password for invalid user root/bin from 20.172.240.136 port 53204 ssh2

2026-06-04 09:30:52 CEST

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2026-06-04 09:26:01 CEST

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2026-06-01 07:26:23 CEST

BSDCan https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/ Talk Friday 2026-06-19: 14:30 - 15:20 DMS 1130
What has (can) the EU Cyber Resilience Act done (do) for you?
Peter Hansteen
https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-What-has-can.html
To register https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html @bsdcan #cra #cyberresilience #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

2026-06-01 07:23:54 CEST

At BSDCan 2026: Full day Network Management with the Packet Filter Toolset on OpenBSD and FreeBSD https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-Network-Management-with.html
To register: https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html
See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/pf_tutorial_upcoming_questions_welcome.html (https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/05/for-upcoming-pf-tutorials-we-welcome.html)
and https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html (https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what-is-bsd-come-to-conference-to-find.html)
plus https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4e
#pf #packetfilter #bookofpf #networking @nprofile…hxel @bsdcan

2026-06-01 07:23:03 CEST

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers: Submit by June 20th!
https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/
Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people!
We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see within.
Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html
@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

2026-05-30 15:26:00 CEST

Achievement unlocked: Went to IKEA, bought the single item I intended, made it back on the same 60 minute bus ticket.

2026-05-27 07:57:49 CEST

LibreSSL 4.3.2 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260527055600 #openbsd #libressl #ssl #tls #security #development #programming #web #cryptography #crypto #realcrypto #ibresoftware #freesoftware

2026-05-25 14:10:32 CEST

A reader contacted me about the overwhelming whiteness of my blog posts at nxdomain.no, such as https://nxdomain.no/~peter/time_for_opensmtpd.html, suggesting that I make a dark mode available using a meta tag.
I liked it enough that I implemented the change suggested. What do you think?

2026-05-23 10:37:09 CEST

Yes, this happened:
May 23 09:54:39 skapet sshd-session[44948]: Failed password for invalid user root/1234567 from 109.248.231.249 port 52134 ssh2
Must have worked *somewhere* at least *once*, right?
#cybercrime #ssh #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #morons #scriptkiddies

2026-05-21 13:39:40 CEST

Ah, we've been Lobstered! https://lobste.rs/s/qmvgke/opensmtpd_is_mail_server_for_future #opensmtpd #openbsd #saneemail #email #freesofware #libresoftware

2026-05-18 17:01:03 CEST

2026-05-16 08:48:40 CEST

Migrating mail servers from exim to OpenSMTPD (smtpd) is fun and useful https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260516064650 #openbsd #opensmtpd #smtpd #exim #email #smtp #mail #spam #antispam #greylisting #greytrapping #mailmigration

2026-05-15 08:43:29 CEST

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For those who prefer the Blogspot version (aka "slightly nicer formatting"), its here: https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/05/opensmtpd-is-mail-server-for-future.html

2026-05-15 08:32:05 CEST

OpenSMTPD Is The Mail Server For The Future https://nxdomain.no/~peter/time_for_opensmtpd.html Migrating to OpenSMTPD from exim on OpenBSD was joyfully painless and smooth. #openbsd #opensmtpd #email #smtpd #rspamd #spam #antispam #greylisting #greytrapping #mailserver

2026-05-13 08:51:55 CEST

Automatic expiry at timeout for pf(4) overload tables https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260513064948 #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #overload #overloadtables #statetracking #timeout #expiry #autoexpiry #autotimeout #networking #networktrickery

2026-05-12 14:32:46 CEST

Let's find out how to get predictable IPv6 addresses assigned to OpenBSD VMs https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260512115225 #openbsd #networking #ipv6 #predictable #dynamic #autoconf #development #freesoftware #libresoftware

2026-05-05 12:46:35 CEST

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@nprofile…y789 "lux" means "light", so makes sense, kind of?

2026-05-03 13:10:33 CEST

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers is still open!
https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/
Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people!
We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see the CFP text.
Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html
@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

2026-04-29 11:05:20 CEST

Now OpenBSD is gearing up for its 60th release, version 7.9 https://www.openbsd.org/79-html, it may be a good time to read up on day to day activities in "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html
#openbsd #60threlease #openbsd79 #newrelease #dailytasks #sysadmin #development

2026-04-28 08:44:18 CEST

BLUG, Bergen 2026-05-28: Social anarchic, mad, and misbehaving agents collaboratively solving tasks v/Bjarte Johansen
https://blug.linux.no/events/2026-05-agents/
Bergen (BSD and) Linux User Group er tilbake!
#bergen #linux #agents #development #programming

2026-04-28 07:03:31 CEST

Twenty-five years ago today, on 28 April 2001, we tested our TCP/IP over avian carriers (RFC1149) implementation.
See "The implementation of the Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol, RFC1149, 25 years later",
https://nxdomain.no/~peter/rfc1149_implementation_25_years_later.html
#networking #tcpip #carrierpigeon #rfc1149 #25years

2026-04-27 22:48:33 CEST

Friends, I wrote a book. It's now out in its fourth edition.
More in "The Book of PF, 4th Edition: It's Here, It's Real" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/its_real_its_here.html
For background, "Yes, The Book of PF, 4th Edition Is Coming Soon" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html
Get the book: https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4e
@nprofile…hxel #bookofpf #pf #networking #openbsd #freebsd #networktrickery #cybersecurity

2026-04-27 22:42:19 CEST

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers is open through June 2oth!
https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/
Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people!
We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see within.
Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html
@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

2026-04-27 07:54:30 CEST

Only four days left!
Register for BSDCan 2026 https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/ *before May 1st* to get the Saturday reception for free!
Schedule https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-all.html
To register https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html @bsdcan #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd

2026-04-26 23:07:22 CEST

BSDCan https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/ Talk Saturday 2026-06-20: 15:45 - 16:35 DMS 1130
pkgbase in Production: A Practical Overview
Lukas Engelhardt
https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-pkgbase-in-Production.html
To register https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html @bsdcan #freebsd #pkgbase

2026-04-26 23:07:14 CEST

BSDCan https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/ Talk Saturday 2026-06-20: 15:45 - 16:35 DMS 1120
A Two-Step FreeBSD Installer: Current Status and Future Plans
Alfonso Sabato Siciliano
https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-A-Two-Step-FreeBSD.html
To register https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html @bsdcan #freebsd #installer