@pitrh.bsky.social
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
The latest Valuable News by @vermaden.bsky.social vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/v... notes that The Book of PF, 4th edition nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... has been released #bookofpf #openbsd #freebsd #networking #pf @nostarchpress.bsky.social
09.02.2026 15:01 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Registration for BSDCan 2026 is open at www.bsdcan.org/2026/registr... + tutorial schedule published.
#bsdcan #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #development #networking #devops #sysadmin #conferences
Also see nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... (or bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what... +
medium.com/@peter.hanst...)
"The Rest Is Trash"
We are now halfway through the nineteenth year of greytrapping, still tracking and collecting from the wealth of imbecility out there
nxdomain.no/~peter/the_r... bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-... #spamd #greytrapping #greylisting #openbsd #freebsd #spam #antispam #cybercrime
Registration for BSDCan 2026 is now open www.bsdcan.org/2026/registr... and tutorials schedule is published.
#bsdcan #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #libresoftware #freesoftware #conference #development #networking #sysadmin #devops
Reprising for the midweek crowd:
The Rest Is Trash nxdomain.no/~peter/the_r... (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...) following up on #greytrapping, updating the 18 years piece nxdomain.no/~peter/eight... #openbsd #spamd #greytrappng #greylisting #antispam #cybercrime #networking #spam
The Rest Is Trash nxdomain.no/~peter/the_r... (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...) following up on #greytrapping, updating the 18 years piece nxdomain.no/~peter/eight... #openbsd #spamd #greytrappng #greylisting #antispam #cybercrime #networking # spam
01.02.2026 11:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Game of Trees 0.121 released www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #gameoftrees #got #git #development #sourcecontrol #versioncontrol #freesoftware #libresoftware
01.02.2026 11:10 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Do you want to go to EuroBSDCon 2026.eurobsdcon.org but need support to do so?
Or do you know someone in that situation? Apply for the Paul Schenkeveld Travel Grant before February 1st, 2026!
eurobsdconfoundation.org/travel-grant...
#eurobsdcon #netbsd #openbsd #freebsd #conference #travelgrant
I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the latest BSDnow www.bsdnow.tv/648 features my "Eighteen years of greytrapping ..." nxdomain.no/~peter/eight... as well as the BSDCan www.bsdcan.org/2026/ organizer interview #bsdcan #bsdnow #freebsd #openbsd #greytrapping
29.01.2026 19:24 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
And now for the inevitable, shameless plug: The Book of PF, 4th ed nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... has some preview of upcoming features as well as #openbsd 7.8 and #freebsd 14 #pf configs. Also see the #asiabsdcon tutorial and nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... @nostarchpress.bsky.social
28.01.2026 21:34 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Despite some persistent rumors, installing OpenBSD is both quick and easy on most not too exotic hardware. But once the thing is installed, what is daily life with the most secure free operating system like? See nxdomain.no/~peter/openb... #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #dailydriver #sysadmin
28.01.2026 20:05 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0This year's first "Network Management with the OpenBSD PF Toolset" session will be at AsiaBSDCon 2026 2026.asiabsdcon.org/index.html.en, 2026.asiabsdcon.org/entry/talk/Z...
Also see nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... #asiabsdcon #freebsd #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #networking #conference @nostarch
Do you want to go to EuroBSDCon 2026.eurobsdcon.org but need support to do so?
Or do you know someone in that situation? Apply for the Paul Schenkeveld Travel Grant before February 1st, 2026!
eurobsdconfoundation.org/travel-grant...
#eurobsdcon #netbsd #openbsd #freebsd #conference #travelgrant
I suppose I forgot to tell you that if you order The Book of PF, 4th ed nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... now, you'll get the *final version* ebook (print soon) #bookofpf #openbsd #freebsd #networking #firewalls #pf #networktrickery #freesoftware #libresoftware @nostarch
Also nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t...
An exchange with Outlook-suffering colleagues reminded me of my 2011 rant which is sadly still relevant, "The Problem Isn't Email, It's Microsoft Exchange" nxdomain.no/~peter/the_p... #email #outlook #exchange #uxfail #standardswhatstandards
20.01.2026 12:05 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One bug bounty hunter too many made me do it - home.nuug.no/~peter/we-do..., more to come in home.nuug.no/~peter/we-do..., won't bother with older reports (which are garbage anyway)
#bugbounty #bogusbugreports #securityposers
Do you want to go to EuroBSDCon 2026.eurobsdcon.org but need support to do so?
Or do you know someone in that situation? Apply for Paul Schenkeveld Travel Grant before February 1st, 2026!
eurobsdconfoundation.org/travel-grant...
#eurobsdcon #netbsd #openbsd #freebsd #conference #travelgrant
The latest "Lazy reading" by Dragonfly Digest www.dragonflydigest.com has "Eighteen years of Greytrapping" nxdomain.no/~peter/eight... featured. (Later this year it wil be nineteen years :) and updates will come) #spamd #spam #openbsd #antispam #greytrapping #greylisting #cybercrime
18.01.2026 14:21 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0(Open) Widevine support added to the chromium port www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #chromium #widevine #openvidevine #video #streaming #current #development
18.01.2026 11:44 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Only one day left to submit for BSDCan 2026!
Deadline January 17, 2026, see www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers....
About the BSD conferences: nxdomain.no/~peter/what_...
#bsdcan #OpenBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD #conference #development #networking #security @bsdcan.bsky.social
pf: make af-to less magical undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #ipv6 #ipv4 #afto #addressfamilytranslation #nat64 #networking #current #developement
16.01.2026 08:54 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #virtualization #applesilicon #arm64 #applehypervisor #current #development
15.01.2026 20:38 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0MAXCPUS on OpenBSD/amd64-current is now 255 undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #amd64 #current #maxcpus #development #highperformance #multicore #libresoftware #freesofware
15.01.2026 14:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Want to come to #ottawa and tell #BSD geeks what you enjoy doing?
Submit to BSDCan 2026!
Deadline January 17, see www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers....
Tutorials: June 17-18
Conference: June 19-20,
Also see nxdomain.no/~peter/what_...
#freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #development #sysadmin
rpki-client 9.7 released undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #rpkiclient #rpki #routing #security #networking #bgp
14.01.2026 10:44 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0LACP mode removed from trunk(4) www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #networking #trunk #lacp #development #current
13.01.2026 07:10 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Preliminary AsiaBSDCon 2026 program 2026.asiabsdcon.org/entry/schedu... open soon!
There will be a"Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset" tutorial (w/ #openbsd and #freebsd labs)
Also see nxdomain.no/~peter/what_...
#asiabsdcon #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware
The recording from NYC*BUG Saturday January 10th, 2026 session "The Book of PF 4th ed + EU CRA: It's time to Engineer up" is now available:
Youtube: youtu.be/HOCsvcCm1Ec
Peertube: toobnix.org/w/bQPtKXKqJM...
#bookofpf #OpenBSD #freebsd #packetfilter #CRA #SBOMS #dependency #supplychain #security
BSDCan 2026 is in #ottawa June 17 - 20, 2026.
The submissions deadline is January 17, 2027. See the Call for Papers page www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers....
For background, see nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... @bsdcan@bsd.network #bsdcan #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #freesoftware #libresoftware #conferences
A Major Mail Provider Demonstrate They Likely Do Not Understand Mail At All nxdomain.no/~peter/they_... (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-ma...)
#greytrapping #spam, #antispam #greylisting #blocklist, #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #SMTP, #contentfiltering #SPF #DMARC #security #networking
