Eystein Roll Aarseth

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Helldesk minion/spamfilter monkey/DNS guy. Windows by day, OpenBSD by night. Thinkpad fanatic.
Introvert, sarcastic pessimist. Norwegian.

History geek. Avid reader, podcastoholic, dislikes watching movies/TV series.

Dog person without a dog at the moment - cats are nice but make me sneeze.

Used to be into photography, Nikon D700/D3S collecting dust now.

Overweight, bald, bearded, on the wrong side of 50, asthmatic, fighting depression and burnout.

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Eystein Roll AarsethOct 2
vriska, thief of light Oct 2
last day of aol service was tuesday. eternal september ended after 11,353 days....
Eystein Roll AarsethSep 8, 2025
Lørdag var en helt allright dag. #friluftsliv
Eystein Roll AarsethAug 24, 2025
Rydder i den delen av turutstyret som jeg ikke har brukt på mange år... fant en boks RSP merket 1987 og en Snurring best før 2009 gjemt i et gammelt kjelesett. Tror de har gjort jobben sin som reserveproviant uten at jeg skal teste dem. #norsktut #friluftsliv
Eystein Roll AarsethJul 9, 2025
Peter N. M. HansteenJul 8, 2025
Long rumored, eagerly anticipated by some, "The Book of PF, 4th edition" https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition is now available for PREORDER. The most up to date guide to the OpenBSD and FreeBSD networking toolset #openbsd #freebsd #networking #pf #packetfilter #firewall #preorder #security (again for the CEST-ish crowd)
The Book of PF, 4th Edition

Build a more secure network with PF.

Eystein Roll AarsethJan 23, 2025
Show threadJonty WareingJan 22, 2025
I hate being the wizened bald bearded guy who sits in the corner of meetings with one eyebrow permanently raised, but I have accepted this is my profession now
Eystein Roll AarsethJan 9, 2025
First workday since 2013-04-22 that I'm not logged in to the supportline phone system at work... finally someone else get to sort the chaff. I could get used to this.
Eystein Roll AarsethMar 5, 2024
Peter N. M. HansteenMar 5, 2024
Did you ever usenet? ... https://medium.com/tech-and-me/did-you-ever-usenet-437ccb6f9208 -- the article is from someone roughly my age, a reminder where we came from (and all social media, to my mind, have been half-assed attempts at re-inventing USENET) #usenet #history #news #nntp
Did You Ever Usenet? - Tech and Me - Medium

Gather around children, an old geezer is about to take a trip down memory lane. Don’t grumble; you might learn something interesting and it’s quite obvious that you have nothing better to do right…

Tech and Me
Eystein Roll AarsethJan 30, 2024

Well. As the son of a geologist and someone who could've had a bachelor in Geographic Information Systems if he hadn't flunked utterly in Statistics, I'm kinda forced to post today's XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2887/

(also: cc: @benteh and @atlefren )

#geology

Minnesota

xkcd
Eystein Roll AarsethDec 18, 2023
Peter N. M. HansteenDec 18, 2023
Friends, I just got word that The Book of PF, 3rd edition is now again available in printed as well as e-book versions https://nostarch.com/pf3 #bookofpf #pf #openbsd #freebsd #packetfilter
Book of PF, 3rd Edition

The Book of PF, 3rd Edition is the essential guide to building a secure network with PF, the OpenBSD packet filtering tool.