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How One Hack Nearly Took Down The Internet

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https://piefed.social/u/Ek-Hou-Van-Braai posted on Feb 25, 2026 22:15

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43577930

A Veratasium video on the XZ utils hack with a into on the history of linux

https://piefed.social/c/linux/p/1817267/how-one-hack-nearly-took-down-the-internet

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https://sopuli.xyz/u/73ms posted on Feb 25, 2026 22:11
In reply to: https://discuss.systems/users/ricci/statuses/116133140240891943

@ricci@discuss.systems Thanks for the link to the explanation, that thread in general and the survey! Both were quite insightful.

https://sopuli.xyz/comment/22105144

EU OS: Which Linux Distribution fits Europe best?

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https://piefed.social/u/Limerance posted on Feb 25, 2026 11:38
https://piefed.social/c/linux/p/1815083/eu-os-which-linux-distribution-fits-europe-best

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https://lemmy.ca/u/ILikeBoobies posted on Feb 25, 2026 17:31
In reply to: https://lemmy.zip/comment/24874894

Germany seems like an Arch user.

https://lemmy.ca/comment/21898027
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https://midwest.social/u/lengau posted on Feb 25, 2026 21:41
In reply to: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/23968939

You mean like by hiring a significant chunk of Debian maintainers, including the most active apt developer, by having their employees maintain a significant chunk of Debian packages, and by explicitly upstreaming their patches to Debian?

https://midwest.social/comment/22892895

BBC teases potential new streaming partner for Doctor Who as show's future affirmed as "treasured brand"

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https://piefed.social/u/Skavau posted on Feb 25, 2026 14:13
https://piefed.social/c/television/p/1815535/bbc-teases-potential-new-streaming-partner-for-doctor-who-as-show-s-future-affirmed-as

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https://lemmy.world/u/criss_cross posted on Feb 25, 2026 21:22
In reply to: https://lemmy.world/comment/22345194

Yeah Gatwa breathed a lot of life into the show for me after Whitaker’s run.

The overarching plot was eh but the individual episodes were a lot of fun. Which is more than I can say about the previous run.

https://lemmy.world/comment/22346907
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https://lemmy.world/u/MimicJar posted on Feb 25, 2026 21:32
In reply to: https://lemmy.world/comment/22346907

Yeah, by the end of Capaldi’s run I was losing interest and I was excited for both a new doctor and show runner, but I couldn’t stick with Whitaker and dropped off halfway into the first series.

I did go back last year and give it a shot. Being able to binge it was better because the weaker episodes just scroll past until you get to something better. I think in the end it was fine, but difficult to recommend.

For Gatwa I was excited to tune in every week. I really wish he had gotten a third series.

https://lemmy.world/comment/22347097

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https://piefed.zip/u/UnfinishedProjects posted on Feb 25, 2026 21:26
In reply to: https://activitypub.space/post/1356

Yeah, but it was empty for me. Might require login or something. Or maybe there are just no related communities?

Eh, either way - not a big deal lol

https://piefed.zip/comment/3969046

RetroFed - A new retro inspired piefed instance

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https://retrofed.com/u/DosDude posted on Feb 20, 2026 09:17

After hosting RetroLemmy.com for close to 3 years, we are proud to announce we now have also opened up a PieFed instance called Retrofed.

This is not meant to replace RetroLemmy, but instead give retro-minded people a choice.

Also, Retrofed is available and fully functional on http as well as https. Meaning old hardware should be able to connect and interact with retrofed if people so wish.

Your home away from modern life.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

https://retrofed.com/c/fediverse/p/57956/retrofed-a-new-retro-inspired-piefed-instance

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https://retrofed.com/u/DosDude posted on Feb 20, 2026 21:46
In reply to: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/24537042

You’ve got the idea. Retro, or retro inspired. Our piefed doesn’t have any retro communities as of writing this, but our lemmy has retro magazines, antique radios, adventure games, pixel art, ms-Dos and more. Not everything is retro, but the things that aren’t are retro inspired.

The instance itself is fully compatible and federated with the entire threadiverse, so only the local feed will be 100% retro/retro-inspired. Also we’re working on retro feeds for easy access to topics of interest.

https://retrofed.com/comment/32751
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https://slrpnk.net/u/ProdigalFrog posted on Feb 25, 2026 21:09
In reply to: https://retrofed.com/c/fediverse/p/57956/retrofed-a-new-retro-inspired-piefed-instance

Just saw this. Awesome to see! Would’ve opted for this when creating the pixel art comm, as then reports would federate to my instance too (a very nice perk of Piefed), and I wouldn’t need to log into the local account to check every so often.

Great option for any potential new relevant comms too :)

https://slrpnk.net/comment/20936236

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https://piefed.social/u/somegregariousdude posted on Feb 25, 2026 21:08
In reply to: https://mastodon.social/users/zblesk/statuses/116133088975433911

I didn’t expose Portainer to the public internet… That’s staying strictly on my tailnet. I’m not going to risk an important piece of infrastructure like that to the public Internet.

https://piefed.social/comment/10293064

Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot lands with Danielle Deadwyler leading

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https://ani.social/u/zabadoh posted on Feb 24, 2026 03:13

Danielle Deadwyler

https://ani.social/post/28006079

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https://lemmy.zip/u/IWW4 posted on Feb 24, 2026 11:17
In reply to: https://ani.social/post/28006079

Generally I like his movies. Can’t say I am all that interested in an X-Files Reboot. Then again I really wasn’t all that interested in a Rocky Reboot either.

https://lemmy.zip/comment/24847603
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https://piefed.social/u/Noyesster posted on Feb 25, 2026 20:59
In reply to: https://ani.social/post/28006079

This worries me. Reboot something else and leave X-Files alone

https://piefed.social/comment/10293048

Network Security Audit

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https://lemmy.world/u/irmadlad posted on Feb 24, 2026 18:44

From time to time I like to review my network to see where I can tighten up. Review logs, check out the landscape, and make sure there are no gaps. Today, I have some downtime, so I figured it’d be a good for it. Since I am not a certified IT professional, this is what I have cobbled together reading, and seeing what others have done. I’d like to bounce this off you guys who are more experienced than I and get your impressions. If you have any recommendations, I’m always down to be schooled.

So if you’d like to participate in my audit, I have a home network as follows:

  • Modem receiving IP from ISP. Modem to router. Router to stand alone pfsense firewall. Router has a 54 character complex password for WiFi. There are no guest provisions for WiFi.
  • Pfsense firewall with pfblockerng & suricata running on both lan and wan, both with a full array of rules/feeds updated daily. pfsense has tailscale as an overlay vpn. Server traffic and PC traffic have their own VLAN provided by pfsense. My approach is to deny all until something complains and address that on a case by case basis. Additionally ntopng is utilized for traffic analysis. IPv6 is disabled.
  • Server running Tailscale as an overlay VPN, UFW deny all posture, and fail2ban with an aggressive posture. Server has been hardened against Lynis spec where applicable. Not all recommendations apply to my server. Server is utilizing host deny/host allow and SSH keys.
  • Server is utilizing containers for services.
  • Server is using Cloudflare tunnel/zero trust.
  • Server and pfsense communicate via Tailscale encrypted tunnel. PC/Phone/mobile device can communicate with pfsense via Tailscale.
  • Server services are accessed via https.
  • PC connected to pfsense firewall with same rules as server. PC is using a VPN with Cloudflare 1.1.1.11.0.0.1 for DNS queries. Firefox is using 1.1.1.11.0.0.1. Settings for Firefox are the strictest for Enhanced Tracking Protection, and DOH. HTTPS-Only mode enabled. PC is also running a soft firewall.
  • All other devices such as phones, laptops, and tablets run a VPN with Cloudflare 1.1.1.11.0.0.1 for DNS queries.
  • IoT devices are isolated. Phones are isolated. Smart TVs are isolated.

How secure would you say this network is and give any recommendations to further harden the network besides keeping up with current updates, monitoring and auditing logs.

Thanks

https://lemmy.world/post/43533409

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https://lemmy.world/u/Archer posted on Feb 25, 2026 17:22
In reply to: https://lemmy.world/comment/22339322

You’re ahead of an alarming number of my colleagues by just trying until you can get it working then documenting things

https://lemmy.world/comment/22342852
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https://lemmy.world/u/irmadlad posted on Feb 25, 2026 20:34
In reply to: https://lemmy.world/comment/22342852

I have to document. At 71, with a TBI, my brain is not what it used to be. Sometimes I don’t even remember what I had for breakfast. LOL

https://lemmy.world/comment/22346284

We can follow the news directly from the source using flipboard over the fediverse

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https://mbin.potato-guy.space/u/potatoguy posted on Feb 25, 2026 17:15

Idk, it might be old news to everyone.

I just discovered that we can follow the magazines the profiles publish, like !brasil-dw_brasil@flipboard.com that turns into a community, or follow them directly like @dw_brasil@flipboard.com, turning all of their posts into a microblog feed (on mbin, mastodon, etc).

Might be interesting to people, if they want to see some different type of posts, news, articles or cultural analysis.

I see this as a win-win, they get their “someone entered your website through flipboard and the fediverse” (the links come with only this tracking) and we get different “content”.

https://mbin.potato-guy.space/m/fediverse@lemmy.world/t/29447

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https://anarchist.nexus/u/Snowdrop9144 posted on Feb 25, 2026 19:44
In reply to: https://mbin.potato-guy.space/m/fediverse@lemmy.world/t/29447/-/comment/171540

Thanks for sharing the method! Will take a look!

https://anarchist.nexus/comment/2804286
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https://lemmy.ca/u/pglpm posted on Feb 25, 2026 20:32
In reply to: https://mbin.potato-guy.space/m/fediverse@lemmy.world/t/29447

Great info, cheers! 🚀

https://lemmy.ca/comment/21901029
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