Chris Fisher
Co-Host of TechSNAP
Host on Jupiter Broadcasting, with the best shows on Linux, Security, Privacy, Community, Development, News and Politics. Everyday's a holiday!
Chris Fisher has hosted 42 Episodes.
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Episode 373: FreeBSD Already Does That
July 5th, 2018 | 1 hr 35 mins
it culture, server rack death, solar, stock exchange outage, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, ups failure
Allan Jude and Wes sit-down for a special live edition of the TechSNAP program.
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Episode 372: Logs and Metrics and Traces, Oh My!
June 14th, 2018 | 36 mins 1 sec
building observability tools, cassandra, eager, hive, lazy fpu, linux 4.6, mantis, netflix observability, sysadmin podcast, techsnap
Netflix has learned the hard way how to utilize all the logs, we cover their lessons in their journey to build a fully observable system.
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Episode 371: They Never Learn
June 7th, 2018 | 44 mins 23 secs
azure ad, datacenter, drupal, drupalgeddon2, drupalgeddonm, linux filesystem forensics, orkney, routersploit, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, ticketfly, underwater data center, vpnfilter, wordpress, zip slip vulnerability
Microsoft puts a data center under the ocean, and they might be onto something. The Zip Slip vulnerability sneaks into your software, and VPNFilter turns out to be more complicated than first known.
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Episode 370: Hidden in Plain Sight
June 1st, 2018 | 51 mins 29 secs
containerd, docker, gdpr, ghostery, git security vulnerability, google bug bounty, kubernetes, router malware, routing-protocol, signalling system 7, snoopsnitch, ss7, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, vpnfilter
We explain how the much hyped VPNFilter malware actually works, and its rather surprising sophistication.
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Episode 369: Another Pass at Bypass
May 23rd, 2018 | 44 mins 43 secs
ddos, dhcp flaw, electron exploit, meltdown, red hat, signal, spectre, speculative store bypass, sysadmin podcast, upnp, variant 4
We’ll explain how Speculative Store Bypass works, and the new mitigation techniques that are inbound.
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Episode 368: EFail Explained
May 15th, 2018 | 36 mins 47 secs
cfb gadgets, cisco webex, efail, encrypted emails, exfiltration channels, gnupg, hp-35, kubernetes, on-premises, openpgp, s/mime, sysadmin podcast
The EFail hype-train has hit hypersonic speed, we’ll tap the breaks and explain who disclosed it, what it is, what it’s not, our recommendations, and early reactions.
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Episode 367: FreeNAS Uber Build
May 8th, 2018 | 37 mins 4 secs
ecc, freenas, gpu, iot, logitech harmony hub, rowhammer, supermicro, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, unixsurplus, zfs memory requirements
Our FreeNAS build is complete and Allan’s back to cover the final details. Plus the new GPU attack against Android phones, and a perfect example of poor IoT security.
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Episode 366: Catching up with Allan
May 2nd, 2018 | 48 mins 32 secs
allan jude, benchmarking, chipsec, freebsd, honeypot, linuxfest northwest, micah lee, network bottlenecks, qnx, remote exploit, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, uefitool, volkswagen vulnerabilities, zfs compression
We catch up with Allan Jude and he shares stories of hunting network bottlenecks, memories of old firewalls, and some classic ZFS updates.
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Episode 365: The Unfixable Exploit
April 24th, 2018 | 38 mins 54 secs
atlanta ransomware, balena, chrome 66, docker, fresco logic fl2000, moby, nintendo switch, rtl-sdr, shofel2, spoofing cell networks, symantec ssls, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, tegra x1, vmware vulnerabilities, zabbix
Hardware flaws that can’t be solved, human errors at the physical layer, and spoofing cellular networks with a $5 dongle.
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Episode 364: The Case for Monitoring
April 18th, 2018 | 37 mins 43 secs
alternatives, collectd, icinga, metric collection, nagios, nagios downsides, nagios plugins, nagios remote plugin executor, nagios usage examples, netdata, nrpe, proactive maintenance, prometheus, sensu, server monitoring introduction, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, what to monitor
We cover all the bases this week in our TechSNAP introduction to server monitoring.
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Episode 363: Tips from the Top
April 12th, 2018 | 35 mins 13 secs
branchscope attack, how to get a sysadmin job, it career tips, post-mortem, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, things to learn, travis ci outage, zero-width characters
Getting started or getting ahead in IT is a moving target, so we’ve crowd sourced some of the best tips and advice to help.
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Episode 362: Rebuilding it Better
April 5th, 2018 | 35 mins 11 secs
cloudformation, infrastructure as code, myfitnesspal, panera bread leak, secuirty news, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, terraform hcl, terraform introduction, total meltdown, under armour hack
It’s a TechSNAP introduction to Terraform, a tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently.
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Episode 361: It's All in the Log
March 29th, 2018 | 32 mins 49 secs
android malware, apfs encryption, atlanta ransomware, etcd, giovanni collazo, macos high sierra, plaintext password, shodan, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, zero-day exploit
Embarrassing flaws get exposed when the logs get reviewed, Atlanta city government gets shut down by Ransomware, and the cleverest little Android malware you’ll ever meet.
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Episode 360: AMD Flaws Explained
March 22nd, 2018 | 29 mins 9 secs
amd platform security processor, amd psp, epyc, ethereum dns rebinding attack, expedia, fallout, firefox master password, orbitz, rdp vulnerability, ryzenfall, sysadmin podcast, techsnap
We cut through the noise and explain in clear terms what’s really been discovered. The botched disclosure of flaws in AMD products has overshadowed the technical details of the vulnerabilities, and we aim to fix that..
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Episode 359: Netflix’s Dark Capacity
March 15th, 2018 | 31 mins 49 secs
acme, amplification attack, aws, cisco hardcoded password, cve 2018-1057, ddos, fail2ban replacement, let’s encrypt, netflix, project nimble, s3scanner, samba 4, slingshot, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, wildcard ssl
Netflix has a few tricks we can learn from, and the story of clever malware that was operating undetected since 2012.
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Episode 358: A Future Without Servers
March 1st, 2018 | 36 mins 28 secs
apple, aws, cloud storage, cve tracking, devops, encryption, icloud, iron.io, lambda, open-lambda, openwhisk, private browsing, pwned passwords, serverless architecture, sysadmin podcast, techsnap, troy hunt, veil
The term serverless gets thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? What are the benefits and the drawbacks? It’s a TechSNAP introduction to Serverless Architecture.