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Interview with FreeBSD Developer Alexander Motin. We talk about mpd, the netgraph based Multi-link PPP Daemon. For more information, see http://mpd.sourceforge.net/. File Info: 16Min, 8MB Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk147/bsdtalk147.ogg

What are your favorite BSD web sites? A story about shopping for BSD. Another interview with Sysadmin James Cornell. We talk about BSD, OpenSolaris, and Linux on the desktop. File Info: 20Min, 9MB. Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk146/bsdtalk146.ogg

Intro: Some musings on the consistency and simplicity of BSD. A brief interview with Adam Wright from No Starch Press, recorded by Micheal Dexter on behalf of BSDTalk. They talk about recent and future BSD books. File Info: 8Min, 4MB. Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk145/bsdtalk145.ogg

Interview with Dan Langille. We talk about his new job with Afilias, and BSDCan 2008. File info: 22Min, 10MB. Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk144/bsdtalk144.ogg

Interview with Deborah Norling. We talk about her use of BSD on old hardware, accessibility on the BSDs, and Simh (http://simh.trailing-edge.com). File info: 23Min, 10MB. Ogg link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk143/bsdtalk143.ogg Note: The first set of audio files that I posted were accidentally exported from an intermediate working set that didn't have the audio levels adjusted. I have posted the proper files. My apologies to Deborah, and to the listening audience.

Interview with FreeBSD Lead Release Engineer Ken Smith. File Info: 16Min, 7MB. Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk142/bsdtalk142.ogg

Interview with PC-BSD founder Kris Moore about the new features in PBI 4. File Info: 10Min, 5MB. Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk141/bsdtalk141.ogg

Interview with Kristaps Dzonsons. We talk about the Mult project, which is "an on-going research project to create a high-performance instance multiplicity system." You can find more information at http://mult.bsd.lv/. He also gives a quick update on Sysjail. File Info: 30Min, 14MB. https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk140/bsdtalk140.ogg

Interview with Dru Lavigne. We talk about her new book "The Best of FreeBSD Basics" and also get an update on some other projects including BSD Certification. See the following links for more information: https://register.bsdcertification.org/register/get-a-bsdcg-id http://reedmedia.net/books/freebsd-basics http://www.osbr.ca File Info: 14Min, 7MB. Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk139/bsdtalk139.ogg

News: DesktopBSD 1.6 and FreeBSD 6.3 released. Setting up a central syslog server. If you are concerned about the security of your logs, use a dedicated machine and lock it down. Keep clocks in sync. You may need to change log rotation schedule in /etc/newsyslog.conf. You can rotate based in size and/or time. This can be as much a policy decision as a hardware decision. On central log host, change syslogd flags to listen to network. Each BSD does this differently, so check the man pages. Also, check out the -n flag for busy environments. Make sure host firewall allows syslog traffic through. Be careful to limit syslog traffic to just the trusted network or hosts. FreeBSD man page refers to syslogd as a "remote disk filling service". For heavy logging environments, it is important to have a dedicated network. A down syslogd server can create a lot of "ARP who-has" broadcasts. Most network devices such as printers and commercial firewalls support sending to a central syslog server. Take a look at "Snare" for Windows hosts. To send messages from a Unix host, specify the host name prepended with @ instead of a file for logging in /etc/syslog.conf. For example, change /var/log/xferlog to @loghost.mydomain.biz. You can also copy and edit the line to have it log to both a local file and a remote host. File Info: 7Min, 3MB Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk138/bsdtalk138.ogg

Happy New Year. I had fun bringing some old Cobalt RaQ2 devices back to life with NetBSD 4.0. Interview with Marten Vijn about www.OpenCommunityCamp.org. File Info: 13Min, 6MB Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk137/bsdtalk137.ogg

Can you believe that it has been two years? A lot has happened in the land of BSD since December 2005. Thank you for listening and for your support. An interview with Peter N. M. Hansteen, recorded by Michael Dexter on behalf of BSDTalk. If you would like to learn more about the PF firewall, check out "The Book of PF" which is available at http://nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=pf File Info: 16Min, 7MB. Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk136/bsdtalk136.ogg

I'm sorry that I disappeared for a while. I have a new job, and it has taken me a while to come up for air. I hope to get back on track soon. Michael Dexter sent me an interview he recorded on behalf of BSDTalk with Joerg Sonnenberger at EuroBSDCon 2007. Thank you Michael. File Info: 17Min, 8MB. Ogg Link: hhttps://archive.org/download/bsdtalk135/bsdtalk135.ogg

A quick update on AsiaBSDCon 2008 with Hiroki Sato and George Neville-Neil. More information at http://www.asiabsdcon.org/. File Info: 10 Min, 5MB. Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk134/bsdtalk134.ogg

A short update on OpenCon 2007 with Marc Balmer. More information at http://www.opencon.org/. File Info: 7Min, 3MB Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk133/bsdtalk133.ogg