2.5 Admins 264: A Question of Trust

Matrix shows how painful enormous databases can be to restore, why the certificate authority system doesn’t seem to make sense in 2025, a hosting provider thinks they are better than Cloudflare at blocking malicious traffic, a viral app turns out to be written by an enthusiastic dev who doesn’t understand best practices, and using S3 object storage outside of the cloud. With guest host Gary from Linux After Dark and Hybrid Cloud Show.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News/discussion Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown Mis-issued certificates for 1.1.1.1 DNS service pose a threat to the Internet The number of mis-issued 1.1.1.1 certificates grows Mythic Beasts will block Cloudflare IPs on shared hosting if abusive traffic gets through Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater ICEBlock handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way   Free consulting We were asked about using S3 object storage outside of the cloud. MinIO           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.