Mastodawn

Another day, another branded vulnerability. FreeBSD this time. But the website is a real work of art: https://bumsrake.de

(h/t to @rqm)

#FreeBSD #Security #Vulnerability

BUMSRAKETE™ — The Most Beautiful, Most Tremendous FreeBSD Vulnerability In The History Of Computing. BELIEVE ME.

BUMSRAKETE is a HUGE, TREMENDOUS, MANY-PEOPLE-ARE-SAYING FreeBSD kTLS-RX page-cache write primitive. The BEST primitive. Some say the best ever.

Michael Boelen 6d ago

SwiftOnSecurity May 17

Michael Boelen May 26

Peter N. M. Hansteen May 25

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers is still open!

https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people!

We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see the CFP text.

Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

EuroBSDCon 2026

Michael Boelen May 24

Any of my followers interested in running a mail server with #OpenBSD 🐡 and want to help testing?

Working on the setup and documenting it along the way. So curious to learn if someone wants to tag along or test it.

#selfhosting #digitalautonomy #mailserver #email

Michael Boelen May 16

Hacker News 50 May 15

Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site

Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/91542655/bitwarden-scrubs-always-free-and-inclusion-values-from-its-website-as-longtime-execs-step-down
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147637

Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its website as longtime execs step down

What is going on with the beloved open-source password manager?

Fast Company

Michael Boelen May 13

Wladimir Mufty May 13

“I moved my code from #GitHub to a self-hosted #Forgejo. Not because of the outages, but because of who owns what runs on top of them. The Dutch government just made the same call.”

By ✍️: @jorijn

#git #autonomy #code #inControl

https://jorijn.com/en/blog/leaving-github-for-forgejo/

Why I'm leaving GitHub for Forgejo | Jorijn Schrijvershof

I left GitHub for self-hosted Forgejo on a hardened NUC. The reason is digital sovereignty, not reliability outages. Here's the thinking and the architecture.

Michael Boelen May 9

Show thread

Hacker Public Radio May 9

@mboelen @nluug

More importantly share with us the "OMG I just hacked/got working/found out/contacted/made/broke/etc foo and no one in my house get it !" moments.

Michael Boelen May 8

Yesterday at the @nluug I learned about podcasts provided by @hpr that covers topics for "hackers".

So check out to see if there is anything useful in there for you.

#infosec #opensource #linux

Michael Boelen May 8

Are you into Linux scripting? This might be a nice package to keep learning.

Definitely some useful things in it if you better want to understand the Lynis code (e.g. AWK): https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/shells-and-scripting-for-seasoned-admins-oreilly-books-encore

#LinuxBooks #Linux #HumbleBundle

GitHub - CISOfy/lynis: Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.

Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional. - CISOf...

GitHub

Michael Boelen May 7

As of today, I am a board member again at the @nluug. Also @Cambion joined the board, so working with her again as well 🥳

Excited to work on several different aspects with the association to help it grow, like sponsoring. My work for the website will continue as well.

#NLUUG

Personal website	https://michaelboelen.com/
Linux security blog	https://linux-audit.com/
Linux Lorem	https://linuxlorem.com/