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nullnothere
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> @beanman109 said:
> Was running a traceroute today and noticed my ISP renamed a hop as a shoutout to their CTO of 21 years who just retired.
> ` 4 13 ms 9 ms 8 ms…
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Not_Oles
vish
beanman109
One more caveat - promo VPSs can't be transferred immediately after purchase (I think this is to prevent scalpers). They have to be at least 1 month old before they can be transferred out. Please che…
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vikram
nick_
skorous
bdl
> @localhost said:
> > @nullnothere said:
> > There are mostly good enough mitigations at the kernel level to leave SMT enabled.
>
> Is it possible …
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localhost
There are mostly good enough mitigations at the kernel level to leave SMT enabled. There **will** be a performance drop if SMT is disabled (the actual drop will vary but it is fair to expect 15-40% d…
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Falzo
localhost
Thanks for the great location addition and the resulting excellent global coverage.
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Francisco
> [@ehab said](/discussion/comment/184680/#Comment_184680): madam Yeti
It was madman Yeti before but now it is modman Yeti.
YMMV (Yeti mad/modman may verify).
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Not_Oles
bikegremlin
ehab
> [@cybertech said](/discussion/comment/184568/#Comment_184568): sounds like im not alone
On LES, you're never alone - there are plenty of others like you with similar (and likely b…
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crunchbits
FAT32
Scam host. Beware.
They promise 720 MBPS but will give you only 720 Mbps.
On the other hand, I'm yet to see anyone beat their 5TB storage offer (another scam, now they …
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localhost
host_c
> [@NathanCore4 said](/discussion/comment/180125/#Comment_180125): 8TB Seagate 7.2K 12GBPS SAS 3.5" HDD - HUH721008AL4200 - $60 each
Shouldn't that be HGST instead of Seagate?
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NathanCore4
The 2350s are pretty low end but network wise they're good. The 2750s are pretty decent. If you want a relatively no-contention network pipe, go for whatever config works for you.
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KenTech
> [@Ympker said](/discussion/comment/179827/#Comment_179827): Maybe consult a lawyer.
Before going down that route, let me see what happens with support. It looks like this is not a…
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Ympker
Paris and Amsterdam are Online.net (resold via OneProvider). Network is usually pretty good but everything else is meh (depending on the hardware config). Be wary of their support and if you have a h…
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beanman109
> [@codelock said](/discussion/comment/175373/#Comment_175373): other alternatives
Cron job? Something like a `dig +noall +answer mydomain.foo MX | sort -g` should give you a predic…
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codelock
> [@anagha said](/discussion/comment/175365/#Comment_175365): ... not judging ... their motivation ... every small thing that makes user experience...
There were/are plenty of summe…
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sh97
ExtraVM - @MikeA - is solid and you'll be happy with them (assuming the specs are OK).
Likewise you can also reach out to Webhorizon - @Abdullah - and see if you can get something that suits y…
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Abdullah
> @wankel said:
> > > [@Neoon said](/discussion/comment/174808/#Comment_174808): @codelock said:
> > > > Nodeseek is a drug, oh boy
>
> …
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ehab
wankel
Received this notice on Zilore DNS service shutting down:
> The notice of termination of the Zilore DNS service effective from the 14th of July 2024
>
> Please …
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Falzo
https://github.com/amlweems/xzbot is good (also referenced via "Further Reading" section in Timeline URL above).
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Not_Oles
Update from Lasse Colin (the original/main maintainer of xz utils) https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/
Arch Update: https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/
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IAmNix
Not_Oles
> @host_c said:
>
> **when was "The Hunt for Red October" first released in cinema**
>
> ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/The_Hunt_for_R…
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host_c
Some more useful links and summaries:
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202403-1: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/
[email protected]
/thread/R3HBBSVYIRTXB4O64N2W…
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IAmNix
Lantern1368
At this point, the detection is still not 100% guaranteed - I think there's likely more behind the scenes stuff that is going to be discovered/reverse-engineered and better understood.
…
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IAmNix
The original post:
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
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IAmNix
wankel
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00057.html
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IAmNix
Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise (openwall.com)
via Hacker News
See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39865810
Debian stable …
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mfs
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someTom
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Lantern1368
cornercase
skorous
IAmNix
Requires some immediate attention for those who are running bleeding edge and/or rolling release distros:
Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise (openwall.com…
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Not_Oles
wankel
> [@host_c said](/discussion/comment/173980/#Comment_173980): I will be pretty blunt ... makes no difference that you use ZFS, XFS, REFS or other
Absolutely. With ZFS, you'll know w…
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host_c
> [@Neoon said](/discussion/comment/173957/#Comment_173957): moved a lot of stuff to ZFS which runs on KVM.
I've been running ZFS on KVM (and dedi's) for quite some time now and hav…
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host_c