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@linveo I have now built an [image for NetBSD 11.0 RC1](https://download.cmeerw.net/netbsd/netbsd-11.0_RC1.qcow2)

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And talking about NetBSD, we now have an [RC1](https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-11.0_RC1/) for NetBSD 11

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`ftp` on NetBSD finally gets sane defaults, showing huge improvements in file transfer speeds:

`322734471 bytes retrieved in 00:14 (21.49 MiB/s)`
vs.
`322734471 bytes ret…

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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?
> >
> > 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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