Puffyist, daemon charmer, penguin wrangler. Wrote The Book of PF, rants on security and sanity in IT (lack of)@ http://bsdly.blogspot.com. #OpenBSD #unix #cloud #security, Bergen, Norway.
See also https://nuug.no https://eurobsdcon.org, https://bsdcan.org
See also https://nuug.no https://eurobsdcon.org, https://bsdcan.org
Pinned
EU CRA: It's Later Than You Think, Time to Engineer Up!
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EU CRA: It's Later Than You Think, Time to Engineer Up! nxdomain.no/~peter/eu_cr... (or tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/09/eu-c...) for your weekend #sbom #development #software #engineering reading #cra #resilience
I'm reprising "The Impending Doom of Your Operating System Going to or Past 11, Versus the Lush Oasis of Open Source Systems" nxdomain.no/~peter/blog_... (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-...) for your holiday #windows11 #angst or simply #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware enjoyment.
The Impending Doom of Your Operating System Going to or Past 11, Versus the Lush Oasis of Open Source Systems
nxdomain.no
December 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm reprising "The Impending Doom of Your Operating System Going to or Past 11, Versus the Lush Oasis of Open Source Systems" nxdomain.no/~peter/blog_... (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-...) for your holiday #windows11 #angst or simply #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware enjoyment.
The story of Propolice, the OpenBSD stack protector www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #propolice #stackprotection #security #securecode #exploitmitigation #secureprogramming
The story of Propolice, the OpenBSD stack protector
www.undeadly.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The story of Propolice, the OpenBSD stack protector www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #propolice #stackprotection #security #securecode #exploitmitigation #secureprogramming
What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out! nxdomain.no/~peter/what_...
Also, the @bsdcan call for papers is on until January 17th 2026 www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.... #bsd #bsdcan #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #development #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware
Also, the @bsdcan call for papers is on until January 17th 2026 www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.... #bsd #bsdcan #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #development #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware
What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!
nxdomain.no
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out! nxdomain.no/~peter/what_...
Also, the @bsdcan call for papers is on until January 17th 2026 www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.... #bsd #bsdcan #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #development #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware
Also, the @bsdcan call for papers is on until January 17th 2026 www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.... #bsd #bsdcan #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #development #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware
The latest Valuable News by @vermaden vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/v... notes that The Book of PF, 4th edition is coming soon (also nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t..., bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...) @nostarch #freebsd #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #bookofpf #4thedition
Valuable News – 2025/12/08
The Valuable News weekly series is dedicated to provide summary about news, articles and other interesting stuff mostly but not always related to the UNIX/BSD/Linux systems. Whenever I stumble upon…
vermaden.wordpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The latest Valuable News by @vermaden vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/v... notes that The Book of PF, 4th edition is coming soon (also nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t..., bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...) @nostarch #freebsd #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #bookofpf #4thedition
Long rumored and eagerly anticipated by some, the fourth edition of The Book of PF is now available for preorder
More: nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...), nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... @nostarch #openbsd #freebsd #pf #networking #bookofpf #freesoftware #firewalls
More: nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...), nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... @nostarch #openbsd #freebsd #pf #networking #bookofpf #freesoftware #firewalls
Yes, The Book of PF, 4th Edition Is Coming Soon
nxdomain.no
December 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Long rumored and eagerly anticipated by some, the fourth edition of The Book of PF is now available for preorder
More: nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...), nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... @nostarch #openbsd #freebsd #pf #networking #bookofpf #freesoftware #firewalls
More: nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...), nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... @nostarch #openbsd #freebsd #pf #networking #bookofpf #freesoftware #firewalls
Funny 'cause it's true:
nxdomain.no/~peter/cloud... #cloudflare #downtime #code500 #internalservererror
nxdomain.no/~peter/cloud... #cloudflare #downtime #code500 #internalservererror
nxdomain.no
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Funny 'cause it's true:
nxdomain.no/~peter/cloud... #cloudflare #downtime #code500 #internalservererror
nxdomain.no/~peter/cloud... #cloudflare #downtime #code500 #internalservererror
heh. our #slack #huddle says it "Couldn't load thread".
nxdomain.no/~peter/slack...
possible not-early warning of another #amazon #aws #downtime ?
EDIT: possibly #cloudflare, rather
nxdomain.no/~peter/slack...
possible not-early warning of another #amazon #aws #downtime ?
EDIT: possibly #cloudflare, rather
nxdomain.no
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
heh. our #slack #huddle says it "Couldn't load thread".
nxdomain.no/~peter/slack...
possible not-early warning of another #amazon #aws #downtime ?
EDIT: possibly #cloudflare, rather
nxdomain.no/~peter/slack...
possible not-early warning of another #amazon #aws #downtime ?
EDIT: possibly #cloudflare, rather
The Call for Papers for #bsdcan is open, see www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.... and nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for some background (f you want to explain to less BSD-savvy friends) #bsdcan #bsd #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #sysadmin #devops #conference
Call for papers — BSDCan
BSDCan is a technical BSD conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
www.bsdcan.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Call for Papers for #bsdcan is open, see www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.... and nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for some background (f you want to explain to less BSD-savvy friends) #bsdcan #bsd #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #sysadmin #devops #conference
A Bus Ride and the (At Least) 3x UX FAILs
Norway is digital to a fault. A bus ticket purchase can lead to cascading UX failures ...
Read on: nxdomain.no/~peter/a_bus... (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bu...) #ux #uxfail #ai #artificialintellingence #digitalization #onlinepayments
Norway is digital to a fault. A bus ticket purchase can lead to cascading UX failures ...
Read on: nxdomain.no/~peter/a_bus... (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bu...) #ux #uxfail #ai #artificialintellingence #digitalization #onlinepayments
A Bus Ride and the (At Least) 3x UX FAILs
nxdomain.no
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A Bus Ride and the (At Least) 3x UX FAILs
Norway is digital to a fault. A bus ticket purchase can lead to cascading UX failures ...
Read on: nxdomain.no/~peter/a_bus... (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bu...) #ux #uxfail #ai #artificialintellingence #digitalization #onlinepayments
Norway is digital to a fault. A bus ticket purchase can lead to cascading UX failures ...
Read on: nxdomain.no/~peter/a_bus... (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bu...) #ux #uxfail #ai #artificialintellingence #digitalization #onlinepayments
Installing #openbsd is easy, but what does it take to keep your system in trim? See "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." nxdomain.no/~peter/openb... for some tips and pointers (also bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-... tracked) #maintenance #sysadmin #dailytasks #dailydriver
You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks.
nxdomain.no
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Installing #openbsd is easy, but what does it take to keep your system in trim? See "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." nxdomain.no/~peter/openb... for some tips and pointers (also bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-... tracked) #maintenance #sysadmin #dailytasks #dailydriver
The rpki-client project needs financial support www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #rpkiclient #routing #security #networking #bgp #rpki #pki #freesoftware #libresoftware
The rpki-client project needs financial support
www.undeadly.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The rpki-client project needs financial support www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #rpkiclient #routing #security #networking #bgp #rpki #pki #freesoftware #libresoftware
The Call for Papers period for both #AsiaBSDCon and #BSDCan are open, until end of November for AsiaBSDCon, until Jan 17 for BSDCan.
If you can, submit!
Or read "What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for more info #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflyBSD
If you can, submit!
Or read "What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for more info #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflyBSD
What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!
nxdomain.no
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Call for Papers period for both #AsiaBSDCon and #BSDCan are open, until end of November for AsiaBSDCon, until Jan 17 for BSDCan.
If you can, submit!
Or read "What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for more info #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflyBSD
If you can, submit!
Or read "What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for more info #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflyBSD
If you are looking for #PF resources for #openbsd or #freebsd, up to date slides for the #tutorial are at nxdomain.no/~peter/pf_fu....
Also @nostarchpress.bsky.social and yours truly are preparing The Book PF, 4th ed (see nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... or tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...)
Also @nostarchpress.bsky.social and yours truly are preparing The Book PF, 4th ed (see nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... or tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...)
nxdomain.no
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you are looking for #PF resources for #openbsd or #freebsd, up to date slides for the #tutorial are at nxdomain.no/~peter/pf_fu....
Also @nostarchpress.bsky.social and yours truly are preparing The Book PF, 4th ed (see nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... or tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...)
Also @nostarchpress.bsky.social and yours truly are preparing The Book PF, 4th ed (see nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... or tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...)
Transition to support for 52 partitions www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #storage #52partitions #disks #bigdisks #partitioning #development #freesoftware #current #libresoftware
Transition to support for 52 partitions
www.undeadly.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Transition to support for 52 partitions www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #storage #52partitions #disks #bigdisks #partitioning #development #freesoftware #current #libresoftware
Source and state limiters introduced in pf www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #pf #networking #statelimiters #sourcelimiters #statetracking #packetfilter #security #freesoftware #libressoftware
Source and state limiters introduced in pf
www.undeadly.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Source and state limiters introduced in pf www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #pf #networking #statelimiters #sourcelimiters #statetracking #packetfilter #security #freesoftware #libressoftware
Big news for small /usr partitions www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #sysupgrade #install #upgrading #usr #smalldisks #freesoftware #libresoftware
Big news for small /usr partitions
www.undeadly.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Big news for small /usr partitions www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #sysupgrade #install #upgrading #usr #smalldisks #freesoftware #libresoftware
"What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!"
It's where the Internet comes from! -- nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
#BSD #Unix #FreeBSD #OpenBSBD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Freesoftware #Libresoftware #BSDlicense #permissivelicensing
It's where the Internet comes from! -- nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
#BSD #Unix #FreeBSD #OpenBSBD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Freesoftware #Libresoftware #BSDlicense #permissivelicensing
What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!
nxdomain.no
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!"
It's where the Internet comes from! -- nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
#BSD #Unix #FreeBSD #OpenBSBD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Freesoftware #Libresoftware #BSDlicense #permissivelicensing
It's where the Internet comes from! -- nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
#BSD #Unix #FreeBSD #OpenBSBD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Freesoftware #Libresoftware #BSDlicense #permissivelicensing
Yes, the @bsdcan.bsky.social 2026 Call for papers is open! See www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers...., submissions deadline is 17 January 2026.
#bsdcan #cfp #callforpapers #conference #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware
#bsdcan #cfp #callforpapers #conference #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware
Call for papers — BSDCan
BSDCan is a technical BSD conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
www.bsdcan.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Yes, the @bsdcan.bsky.social 2026 Call for papers is open! See www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers...., submissions deadline is 17 January 2026.
#bsdcan #cfp #callforpapers #conference #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware
#bsdcan #cfp #callforpapers #conference #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware
The .cn domain name scammers are still at it, a new entry added to the archive at nxdomain.no/~peter/domai...
See "Domain Name Scams Are Alive And Well, Thank You" nxdomain.no/~peter/domai... for some background (from 2016, the problem was not new then) #dns #domainnamescam #cndomains #scams #spam
See "Domain Name Scams Are Alive And Well, Thank You" nxdomain.no/~peter/domai... for some background (from 2016, the problem was not new then) #dns #domainnamescam #cndomains #scams #spam
Index of /~peter/domainnamescam/
nxdomain.no
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The .cn domain name scammers are still at it, a new entry added to the archive at nxdomain.no/~peter/domai...
See "Domain Name Scams Are Alive And Well, Thank You" nxdomain.no/~peter/domai... for some background (from 2016, the problem was not new then) #dns #domainnamescam #cndomains #scams #spam
See "Domain Name Scams Are Alive And Well, Thank You" nxdomain.no/~peter/domai... for some background (from 2016, the problem was not new then) #dns #domainnamescam #cndomains #scams #spam
"What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!"
It's where the Internet comes from!
nxdomain.no/~peter/what_...
medium.com/@peter.hanst...
bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
#BSD #Unix #FreeBSD #OpenBSBD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Freesoftware #Libresoftware #BSDlicense #permissivelicensing
It's where the Internet comes from!
nxdomain.no/~peter/what_...
medium.com/@peter.hanst...
bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
#BSD #Unix #FreeBSD #OpenBSBD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Freesoftware #Libresoftware #BSDlicense #permissivelicensing
What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!
nxdomain.no
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!"
It's where the Internet comes from!
nxdomain.no/~peter/what_...
medium.com/@peter.hanst...
bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
#BSD #Unix #FreeBSD #OpenBSBD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Freesoftware #Libresoftware #BSDlicense #permissivelicensing
It's where the Internet comes from!
nxdomain.no/~peter/what_...
medium.com/@peter.hanst...
bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
#BSD #Unix #FreeBSD #OpenBSBD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Freesoftware #Libresoftware #BSDlicense #permissivelicensing
"Were you ever right about *anything*?"
"Only by accident"
(if your friendly neighborhood LLM chatbot had any concept of honesty)
"Only by accident"
(if your friendly neighborhood LLM chatbot had any concept of honesty)
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"Were you ever right about *anything*?"
"Only by accident"
(if your friendly neighborhood LLM chatbot had any concept of honesty)
"Only by accident"
(if your friendly neighborhood LLM chatbot had any concept of honesty)
Some of my peers here will be interested to hear that the Eurpean Commission have released a short, compact action document "Cloud Sovereignty Framework" commission.europa.eu/document/095... -- six pages, worth reading to the end #sovereigncloud #cloud #eucommission
Cloud Sovereignty Framework | European Commission
commission.europa.eu
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Some of my peers here will be interested to hear that the Eurpean Commission have released a short, compact action document "Cloud Sovereignty Framework" commission.europa.eu/document/095... -- six pages, worth reading to the end #sovereigncloud #cloud #eucommission
In -current, chromium (and derivatives) gain VA-API support www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #chromium #chrome #iridium #vaapi #video #current
In -current, chromium (and derivatives) gain VA-API support
www.undeadly.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
If you asked "what was that SBOM and CRA thing again", the article corresponding to that presentation is at nxdomain.no/~peter/eu_cr... (or with GOOG trackers bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/09/eu-c...), slides nxdomain.no/sbom.pdf #cra #cybersecurity #depenency #supplychain #development #cyberresilience
EU CRA: It's Later Than You Think, Time to Engineer Up!
nxdomain.no
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you asked "what was that SBOM and CRA thing again", the article corresponding to that presentation is at nxdomain.no/~peter/eu_cr... (or with GOOG trackers bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/09/eu-c...), slides nxdomain.no/sbom.pdf #cra #cybersecurity #depenency #supplychain #development #cyberresilience
OpenSMTPD 7.8.0p0 released www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #opensmtpd #email #mail #smtp #mailserver #mta #libresoftware #freesoftware
OpenSMTPD 7.8.0p0 released
www.undeadly.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
OpenSMTPD 7.8.0p0 released www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #opensmtpd #email #mail #smtp #mailserver #mta #libresoftware #freesoftware