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Call to undefined function filter_var() on FreeBSD https://www.rubenerd.au/call-to-undefined-function-filter-var/

Last week I bought a Rode Interview PRO wireless microphone. It is a beautiful piece of hardware — properly wireless, with onboard storage so I can record street interviews without worrying about signal drops. I have been waiting for sunny weather to take it out for its first real test. On paper, Linux support should be a non-issue. Plug it in, it shows up as USB mass storage, copy your WAV files off, done. And that part works perfectly. I pulled my first recordings off, edited them, everything was fine. https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/krode/

Today on undeadly log: Migrating mail servers from exim to OpenSMTPD (smtpd) is fun and useful Like (we suspect) quite a few of our readers, undeadly.org co-editor Peter Hansteen runs a mail service and settled on exim as the reasonable alternative to the classic sendmail way back when. However, that software has had its share of security issues over the years, and during the preparations for the OpenBSD 7.9 release, the ports maintainers decided that… https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260516064650

See: https://minwm.btxx.org/ ping: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@bt/116573608067727480

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce the fourth (and this time hopefully final) release candidate of the upcoming 11.0 release, please help testing! See the release announcement for details. https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_0_rc4_available https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-11/NetBSD-11.0.html ping: https://framapiaf.org/@jaypatelani@bsd.network/116570729312543808

Where it’s been well and truly forked, seemingly without Microsoft’s code locker noticing. Notorious malware crew TeamPCP appears to have open-sourced its Shai-Hulud worm. https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/13/malware-crew-teampcp-open-sources-its-shai-hulud-worm-on-github/5239319

New developers require a single, framework-independent resource to establish a baseline in secure coding practices. https://openssf.org/blog/2026/05/12/secure-coding-guide-for-python-pyscg-first-release/ https://best.openssf.org/Secure-Coding-Guide-for-Python/

Nissan selects Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System as the foundation for its next-generation Central Vehicle Computer. This collaboration will involve Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System to provide a standardized, scalable Linux foundation for Nissan Scalable Open Software Platform (SW PF), accelerating Nissan's transition toward flexible, software-defined mobility architectures. https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/nissan-and-red-hat-co-engineer-future-software-defined-vehicles https://www.redhat.com/en/solutions/automotive

Thanks. Less formally: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1t7mzw1/comment/okqt36w/?context=1 …

That’s an interesting idea, though I’m not sure if it’s relevant. The question I’m asking myself is: why is it problematic to use the expire option, which is designed for this very purpose? because sysadmins forget to configure it, which causes the relevant tables to grow?! I think this is more relevant: The "feature request" wish I have is to be able to backup/restore tables preserving the counters and timestamp for each entry. Currently I do a "pfctl -T show" and save to file on server shutdown. Then I do a "pfctl -T add" from filename to reload table on boot. Obviously this resets all the timestamps to the current boot time. I know, don't reboot. seen on: - https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260513064948 This seems me a good idea: save with good informations when rebooting is needed, as instance a "new" rebuilded kernel

An open invitation to Linux users across the board, offering a closer look at the penguin and its iceberg, a walk across the ecosystems that make it possible, an exploration beyond one’s biome. https://club.unix.rocks/commentary/under-linux/ ping: https://framapiaf.org/@fcambus@mastodon.sdf.org/116557961134185563

Every single software product is dealing with the question about what to do with “AI”-generated code, but the question is particularly difficult to answer for open source operating systems like Linux distributions and the various BSDs, which often consist of a wide variety of software packages from hundreds to thousands of different developers. On top of that, they also have to ask the “AI” question for every layer of their offering, from the base install, to the official repositories, to community-run ones… https://www.osnews.com/story/144935/openbsd-and-slopcode-raindrop-to-a-torrent/ ping: https://framapiaf.org/@osnews@mstdn.social/116558432820118949

“The server feels slow.” It is the most common ticket text in the world, and the least useful. Before you can fix anything you need to know whether the box is CPU bound, memory pressured, waiting on disk, saturating a NIC, or simply running a runaway process in one jail that is starving everyone else. On jail hosts, the second half of the problem is attribution: not just what is overloaded, but which jail is responsible… https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-resource-monitoring-accounting-and-troubleshooting/ ping: https://framapiaf.org/@Larvitz@burningboard.net/116560508989633469

Florian Obser (florian@) recently gave a BSD-NL talk entitled "Let's find out how to get predictable IPv6 addresses assigned to OpenBSD VMs". Florian takes us on a guided tour of how inet6 autoconf actually works, with enlightening and entertaining peeks into selected piece of OpenBSD source. At the end, we are asked to "now, draw the rest of the owl". https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260512115225 slides: https://www.openbsd.org/events.html#bsdnl2026 video: https://exquisite.tube/w/38gDYhMNTNZimk3GcFnHNa

We’re releasing a brand new, open-source mouse design: the Bean, which is a pointing stick mouse (also called a nub mouse). (…) As with all of our other kits, the Bean is 3D-printed and fully open-source. Mechanical files, electrical files, and firmware have all been released, along with documentation on how to make and modify your own. It’s all on Github! https://ploopy.co/bean/ https://blog.ploopy.co/the-bean-is-here-435 https://github.com/ploopyco/bean-pointing-stick/

Linked from the commentary, the gov.uk domain: Our evaluation of OpenAI's GPT-5.5 cyber capabilities | AISI Work

@grahamperrin said: I guess, you're quoting vermaden. "Y, sir, Y!" I changed on my first post!

See: https://exquisite.tube/w/dkV6kWiT9sp2y6xVwkH1iF

No problem with the vote @grahamperrin said: For what it's worth, I think: don't delete it from BSD Cafe Billboard. It's good to raise awareness of the reputation. I hadn't thought of it that way. Interesting!

A guide on deploying a lightweight, C-based ActivityPub instance using snac2 on an OpenBSD stack. https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-05-05-snac2openbsd/