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2.5 Admins 303: Denial of Secrets

June 11, 2026 · 30 min

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People were locked out of their password managers to stop a brute force attack, Coreutils come to Windows, a FreeBSD PR effort backfires, and the best simple consumer WiFi gear.

 

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Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes

Why ZFS Is the Ideal Filesystem for Multi-User/Department Media Production

Webinar: June 30th @ 11am EDT: FreeBSD After Hours AMA

 

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Password manager Dashlane suspends customer accounts amid brute-force attacks

Microsoft Announces Coreutils For Windows: Derived From Rust Coreutils

Coreutils for Windows

FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop

 

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We were asked about the best simple consumer WiFi gear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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