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1. Upcoming FreeBSD 13.1 Release

   Upcoming FreeBSD 13.1 Release The FreeBSD release 13.1 is scheduled for the 2022-04-26. The most important changes in this release in a quick glance. Default CPU architecture i386 will use CPUTYPE as 686 now. In the previous release 486 was default. Of course, it means that new CPU features will be used and 686 class CPUs will be required for the default build. Older architectures will be still supported, because they are still used for embedded devices.

2. Playstation 4 Pro Power Consumption

   I have checked how much power the Playstation 4 Pro consumes in various situations. I think the overall results are adequate for modern devices. I found that there are small differences depending on how you setup the console. Based on these results you can decide yourself how much power consumption you tolerate while the console is idle. While the console is in use, you cannot really control the power consumption, but there are some surprising insights that you can take away.

3. IPv6 for DSL dialup on FreeBSD

   Setting up IPv6 seems to be a big mystery sometimes. There are various ways ISPs realize it. This article describes how to do I did it for my setup. It might give you some hints what to look at. You should know a bit how IPv6 generally works and it probably makes sense, if you know networking concepts. I’ve successfully set up IPv6 for my home network. It’s really hard to find instructions to configure it as a DSL router setup, I noticed.

4. NFSv4 and Kerberos on FreeBSD

   This is a HowTo that describes a NFS setup based on Kerberos (Heimdal) that enhances the security while sharing NFS filesystems. While running an unprotected NFS server on a network can be a risk, when a NFS server is accessible and users have physical control over their workstation, combining NFS with Kerberos can protect the NFS-shared data against access from unauthorized users. This HowTo assumes that you run two or three hosts.

5. OpenBSD on GPT with full disk encryption and EFI boot

   This short howto shows the initial steps of an OpenBSD installation that is EFI-based using GPT and results in a fully encrypted disk. I have tested this installation method on OpenBSD 5.9. Prerequisites You will need an installation medium, for example the CD ISO image and burn it. Installation Boot the CD. Then choose [S]hell. This article assumes that your hard drive is available under sd0. This will be mostly correct for SATA drives in systems without any exotic controllers.

6. Installing Phabricator in a FreeBSD Jail

   I have written about Phabricator already and how useful it is for software development. In this post, I want to help with the installation of this project management tool. These setup instructions apply to a typical setup that is done in FreeBSD jails. And I would not recommend to install it on a bare host, because it takes control of a full MariaDB installation that you might also want for other purposes, but you can’t.