Valuable News – 2026/04/20

vermaden · 2026-04-20T16:12:34+0100

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tingo · 2026-04-20T19:00:34+0100

I found the article about connecting a normal phone to a FreeBSD server (via an ATA adapter and Asterisk) very interesting. I love projects like this!

cracauer@ · 2026-04-21T00:59:22+0100

OpenSSL 4.0.0 Released

Uh-oh....

MG · 2026-04-21T01:22:10+0100

You have good content but please use black text if it's on white..

LibreQuest · 2026-04-21T01:34:07+0100

Thanks for giving audio video it's own section. I always look forward to your collection of news.

JohnK · 2026-04-21T01:46:41+0100

Thanks.

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Candalf is Simple Tool to Orchestrate Linux/FreeBSD/macOS/UNIX Systems Configuration.
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*click-clicky*

Logging in with root password over SSH should be allowed and enabled.

oops! That's not a very good idea.
Also after a quick peek, it looks like a dependency of rsync(1) should be added for that project.

cracauer@ · 2026-04-21T01:51:35+0100

Who uses ssh passwords for orchestration?

JohnK · 2026-04-21T02:00:00+0100

I don't know (I use keys for my systems). But, I don't know what 'ssh passwords' are though, to be honest.