398: Back in the Freedom Dimension
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We share our favorite networking trick of all time, and then chat with the blokes behind a new WireGuard-powered service.

Plus our reaction to RMS's return to the FSF, some big project updates, picks, and more!

Special Guests: Dalton Durst and Danielle Foré.

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• Microsoft Said to Discuss Discord Bid for Over $10 Billion) — “Microsoft possibly acquiring Discord makes a lot of sense as it continues to reshape its gaming business more toward software and services”.
• [Video] Richard Stallman is Back)
• edw · elementary Developer Weekend) — This conference is our way of reaching out to app developers, sharing the knowledge we’ve all collected over the years, and providing a space to ask questions and provide feedback.
• Ubuntu Touch OTA-16 Release) — Today we are happy to announce the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-16, our sixteenth stable update to the system!
• Linux Action News 181)
• Forthcoming OpenSSL release) — OpenSSL 1.1.1k is a security-fix release. The highest severity issue fixed in this release is HIGH.
• Initial Support For The Rust Language Lands In Linux-Next) — While no fully-baked Rust kernel driver is ready yet, the initial merge to Linux-Next does include an example kernel module written in Rust.
• Linus Torvalds on where Rust will fit into Linux) — Torvalds thinks "Rust's primary first target seems to be drivers, simply because that's where you find just a lot of different possible targets, and you have these individual parts of the kernel that are fairly small and independent. That may not be a very interesting target to some people, but it's the obvious one."
• Supporting Linux kernel development in Rust [LWN.net])
• Diversity, Flexibility, and Linux: Prioritizing Generous Transfer | Linode)
• JB Telegram)
• All Jupiter Broadcasting Shows)
• Hoppy) — Hoppy provides a unique public IPv4 and IPv6 address to each of your devices, allowing connectivity without limitations. If you are behind a restrictive ISP, constantly on the move, or self-hosting services, Hoppy is for you. All major platforms are supported.
• ngrok) — Secure introspectable tunnels to localhost.
• Gist: Assign public ipv6 to wireguard clients)
• WireGuard Routing and Port Forwarding)
• Gist: Forward all traffic to server over WireGuard VPN)
• Expose server behind NAT with WireGuard and a VPS)
• How To Forward Ports through a Linux Gateway with Iptables)
• FORWARD and NAT Rules)
• Pick: dsnet) — Simple command to manage a centralised wireguard VPN. Think wg-quick but quicker: key generation + address allocation.
• How to set up a wireguard VPN in minutes with dsnet)
• Feedback: Raspberry Pi POCKIT)
• Project POCKIT) — PocKit is a computer made for the real, physical world. On top of its powerful, versatile Core, you can attach BLOCKS - any number of any kind - to suit your application.
• Video: A small, plug-and-play Linux computer — Project POCKIT)
• GNOME 40’s Best New Features)
• FreeBSD kernel-mode WireGuard moves forward out-of-tree)