Intel’s patched a remote execution exploit that’s been lurking in their chips for the past nine years, we’ve got the details & some handy tips to check if you’re affected. Then Dan does a deep dive into friend of the show Tarsnap: what it is, how to use it & why it’s so awesome. Plus we discuss when we use external services versus building ourselves & a few tips for lightweight backup solutions that might work for you.

Then your fantastic feedback, a riotous roundup & so much more!

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Show Notes:

Red alert! Intel patches remote execution hole that’s been hidden in biz, server chips since 2008

• Bug is in Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT), Standard Manageability (ISM) and Small Business Technology (SBT) firmware versions 6 to 11.6.

• Every Intel platform with either Intel Standard Manageability, Active Management Technology, or Small Business Technology, from Nehalem in 2008 to Kaby Lake in 2017 has a remotely exploitable security hole in the IME (Intel Management Engine)

• Are you affected? Read this!

Tarsnap

• Costs about $0.75 a day – storing about 87G total, and adding about 1.6GB / month

• I have not deleted any old backups since I started.

• Dan’s first big backup with Tarsnap

Feedback

• bareos – a bacula fork

• Backing up a Raspberry Pi TB disk photos

  • rdiff-backup
  • rsnapshot
  • duplicity
  • Borg

• mixing HDD batches in raid

Round Up:

• Why use Postgres (Updated for last 5 years) – Craig Kerstiens

• That grumpy BSD guy: Forcing the password gropers through a smaller hole with OpenBSD’s PF queues

• N.S.A. Halts Collection of Americans’ Emails About Foreign Targets – The New York Times