2.5 Admins 301: F(OSS) Consulting

About this episode

The episode discusses various security vulnerabilities and the movement towards open source solutions in tech consulting.

It looks like Bitlocker had a back door in it, how a listener accidentally broke Gitea for users of the snap version, Google accidentally published an unpatched exploit for Chromium-based browsers, why people are starting to ditch Bitwarden, and moving a tech stack away from large corporations.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes How Klara and TrueNAS fixed ZFS’s longest standing limitation Webinar: June 25th @ 11am EDT: Understanding AnyRAID with Jon from HexOS   News/discussion YellowKey Bitlocker Bypass Vulnerability Microsoft shares mitigation for YellowKey Windows zero-day How I Broke Gitea for Everyone Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden   Free consulting We were asked about moving a tech stack away from large corporations.                 See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

People in this episode

Host: The Late Night Linux Family

Topics covered

• FOSS consulting
• security vulnerabilities
• tech stack migration
• open source software
• Bitwarden
• Gitea
• Chromium exploit

Keywords

• Bitlocker
• Gitea
• Google
• Chromium
• Bitwarden
• TrueNAS
• HexOS
• security
• FOSS
• consulting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitlocker, Gitea, Google, Chromium, Bitwarden, TrueNAS, HexOS, Microsoft

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