398: Back in the Freedom Dimension

What this episode covers

We share our favorite networking trick of all time, and then chat with the blokes behind a new WireGuard-powered service. Plus our reaction to RMS's return to the FSF, some big project updates, picks, and more!Special Guests: Dalton Durst and Danielle Foré.Sponsored By:Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. A Cloud Guru: Hundreds of courses, thousands of hands-on labs.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Microsoft Said to Discuss Discord Bid for Over $10 Billion — “Microsoft possibly acquiring Discord makes a lot of sense as it continues to reshape its gaming business more toward software and services”.[Video] Richard Stallman is Backedw · elementary Developer Weekend — This conference is our way of reaching out to app developers, sharing the knowledge we’ve all collected over the years, and providing a space to ask questions and provide feedback.Ubuntu Touch OTA-16 Release — Today we are happy to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-16, our sixteenth stable update to the system!Linux Action News 181Forthcoming OpenSSL release — OpenSSL 1.1.1k is a security-fix release. The highest severity issue fixed in this release is HIGH.Initial Support For The Rust Language Lands In Linux-Next — While no fully-baked Rust kernel driver is ready yet, the initial merge to Linux-Next does include an example kernel module written in Rust.Linus Torvalds on where Rust will fit into Linux — Torvalds thinks "Rust's primary first target seems to be drivers, simply because that's where you find just a lot of different possible targets, and you have these individual parts of the kernel that are fairly small and independent. That may not be a very interesting target to some people, but it's the obvious one."Supporting Linux kernel development in Rust [LWN.net]Diversity, Flexibility, and Linux: Prioritizing Generous Transfer | LinodeJB TelegramAll Jupiter Broadcasting ShowsHoppy — Hoppy provides a unique public IPv4 and IPv6 address to each of your devices, allowing connectivity without limitations. If you are behind a restrictive ISP, constantly on the move, or self-hosting services, Hoppy is for you. All major platforms are supported.ngrok — Secure introspectable tunnels to localhost.Gist: Assign public ipv6 to wireguard clientsWireGuard Routing and Port ForwardingGist: Forward all traffic to server over WireGuard VPNExpose server behind NAT with WireGuard and a VPSHow To Forward Ports through a Linux Gateway with IptablesFORWARD and NAT RulesPick: dsnet — Simple command to manage a centralised wireguard VPN. Think wg-quick but quicker: key generation + address allocation.How to set up a wireguard VPN in minutes with dsnetFeedback: Raspberry Pi POCKITProject POCKIT — PocKit is a computer made for the real, physical world. On top of its powerful, versatile Core, you can attach BLOCKS - any number of any kind - to suit your application.Video: A small, plug-and-play Linux computer — Project POCKITGNOME 40’s Best New FeaturesFreeBSD kernel-mode WireGuard moves forward out-of-tree