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emtiu / freebsd-outerbase

freebsd-outerbase

install script for a remote-unlockable FreeBSD system with geli-encrypted root-on-zfs

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What it is

install script for a remote-unlockable FreeBSD system with geli-encrypted root-on-zfs

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

I've got a dedicated machine for $30/month. It's ancient, a xeon L5640 with 16 GB ram, and 1 TB spinning disk, but it's dedicated and it works great. Well actually, the first…

toast0 used a recommendation phrase. One indexed comment matches. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by day2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2024-04-24 15:03:30 UTC to 2024-05-06 19:10:30 UTC.

012024-04-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-04-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsApr 242024-04-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-04-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-04-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-04-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-04-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-04-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-04-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-04-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-04-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-04-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-04-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 302024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-05-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-05-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-05-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-05-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-05-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-05-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-05-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-05-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-05-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-05-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-05-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 6

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Apr 242024-04-24 00:00:00 UTC2024-04-25 00:00:00 UTC110
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May 52024-05-05 00:00:00 UTC2024-05-06 00:00:00 UTC000
May 62024-05-06 00:00:00 UTC2024-05-07 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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toast0·May 6, 2024Recommendation phrase
I've got a dedicated machine for $30/month. It's ancient, a xeon L5640 with 16 GB ram, and 1 TB spinning disk, but it's dedicated and it works great. Well actually, the first one stopped working well, and I got a replacement with double those specs for the same price; and the second one is working great. I also run with full disk encryption, because I don't trust their opsec on wiping drives, so that's a bit of a hassle to reboots, I have to get a console with IPMI and put in the disk password, although I saw something [1] last night that inspires me to consider the possibility of automation. I recommend shopping at https://lowendbox.com/ and https://lowendtalk.com/categories/offers [1] https://github.com/emtiu/freebsd-outerbase
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