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Username: cmeerw
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> @Not_Oles said:
> Hey @cmeerw!
>
> Friendly greetings!
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> If you do not mind, I can't resist asking why so many tmux windows!? You must be h…

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> @AuroraZero said:
> Yeah most modern kernels have this on by default.
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> sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1
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> Prevent half open connection…

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Is there anything that can be done to prevent your server from being used in a SYN-ACK reflection attack?

It's just a few packets per seconds, and if you wouldn't look for it, you woul…

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > > @cmeerw said:
> > > Just been trying to build [Haiku](https://www.haiku-os.org/) on NetBSD, and it's mostly wor…

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > Just been trying to build [Haiku](https://www.haiku-os.org/) on NetBSD, and it's mostly working now (after making a few changes to t…

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39C3: [Escaping Containment: A Security Analysis of FreeBSD Jails](https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/en/event/detail/escaping-containment-a-security-analysis-of-freebsd-jails)

&g…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> It looks like there are about 247 Gigabytes of space in `/home` available 24/7/365 :) for more LESbians!

There is actually a lot more space available, …

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > > @cmeerw said:
> > > That appears to be something that got broken in the NetBSD 11 branch. I have done some anal…

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > That appears to be something that got broken in the NetBSD 11 branch. I have done some analysis and filed [PR #59674](https://gnats.…

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> @cmeerw said:
> Just been trying to build [Haiku](https://www.haiku-os.org/) on NetBSD, and it's mostly working now (after making a few changes to the build)

Managed to …

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> @cmeerw said:
> That appears to be something that got broken in the NetBSD 11 branch. I have done some analysis and filed [PR #59674](https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.p…

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Just been trying to build [Haiku](https://www.haiku-os.org/) on NetBSD, and it's mostly working now (after making a few changes to the build)

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> @rdxx said:
> Today, as I was performing my usual server maintenance, I ran ls and found two script files I didn't recognize. My first reaction was a server intrusion, but after checki…

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Interesting read: [Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared](https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-net…

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I usually just use a normal black on white xfce4-terminal on the laptop with a few tabs (and a few windows) open. On the servers I use tmux sessions with this config (as I got way too used to screen …

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> @Not_Oles said:
> @cmeerw May I please ask for an update on
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> * your new laptop, do you like it?

Yes, it's amazing for the price. I think the o…

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Just a note that the fix for the [missing memory barriers in the NetBSD virtio driver](https://gnats.netbsd.org/59618) has now been pulled into the stable NetBSD branches.

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Shouldn't a discount be applied before tax (to also reduce your tax liability)?

What would be an example for a fixed amount tax?

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> [@Not_Oles said](/discussion/comment/219644/#Comment_219644): I did nothing except log out immediately, but it seems people still could log in to their VPSes even though the .qcow2 files are gon…

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> @cmeerw said:
> Just thought I'd give LVM a try on NetBSD. Note that approximately half of the disk space is used by Debian (most of it on logical volumes - and there is a bit of free …

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Just thought I'd give LVM a try on NetBSD. Note that approximately half of the disk space is used by Debian (most of it on logical volumes - and there is a bit of free space on the volume).

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> @Not_Oles said:
> > [@cmeerw said](/discussion/comment/218556/#Comment_218556): shiny new low-end laptop
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> Sorry, can't resist asking which one, please?
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> @Not_Oles said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > I have installed qemu (with nvmm) to run a test NetBSD VM to see if I can reproduce the virtio issue I am seeing on the linveo VPS…

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @Not_Oles said:
> > @cmeerw I feel really lucky, no trouble at all here. FWIW, do I remember right that we are on different node processor architectur…

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I have installed qemu (with nvmm) to run a test NetBSD VM to see if I can reproduce the virtio issue I am seeing on the linveo VPS.

I looks like it could be a memory ordering issue in …

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @Not_Oles said:
> > * retiring OpenBSD on this server, for the moment, to free up more space
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> that's something I am planning …

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> @Not_Oles said:
> @cmeerw I feel really lucky, no trouble at all here. FWIW, do I remember right that we are on different node processor architectures? Mine is AMD Ryzen 9 9950X on kvm…

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@Not_Oles did your NetBSD VPS ever lock up (waiting for I/O that never completes)?

I am seeing my NetBSD VPS occasionally lock up, and so far it looks like some issue with the virtio b…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> * retiring OpenBSD on this server, for the moment, to free up more space

that's something I am planning to do soon.

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> @somik said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > > @somik said:
> > > > @cmeerw said:
> > > > > @somik said:
> > > > &g…

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> @somik said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > > @somik said:
> > > Why not start it using the systemd instead?
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> > There is no s…

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> @somik said:
> Why not start it using the systemd instead?

There is no systemd on NetBSD.

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> [@Not_Oles said](/discussion/comment/217495/#Comment_217495): your nice lighthttpd and map install -- I need to take a look

Just did some work on this so it properly restarts on a…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> @cmeew I looked around a little.
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> I did `ls` in `/home` and in `/usr/pkg/etc` plus `/usr/pkg/etc/lighthttpd`.
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> Is it …

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> @Not_Oles said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > > @Not_Oles said:
> > > Do you plan to serve the map on http(s)?
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> > Here is th…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> Do you plan to serve the map on http(s)?

Here is the map of [Europe](https://hlcs.cmeerw.net/europe/) (installed lighttpd as the web server with my Fa…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> Do you plan to serve the map on http(s)?

Yes, just need to set up the web server part for that on NetBSD.

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Tried that tilemaker job, and it ran fine, `time -l` showed:

```
7149.09 real 45172.03 user 776.01 sys
29768992 maximum resident set size
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One thing I'd like to try is how NetBSD fares with tilemaker, but with most of the disk space already occupied by Debian and OpenBSD I'll need to get some more space for NetBSD. One option is to just…

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @Not_Oles said:
> > Whenever you have time, no rush! <3
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> I am going to briefly switch back to Debian to prepare for NetBSD.…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> Whenever you have time, no rush! <3

I am going to briefly switch back to Debian to prepare for NetBSD.

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