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FreeBSD find CPU (processor) temperature command
How To Add, Delete, and Grant Sudo Privileges to Users on a FreeBSD Server
Significant vulnerabilities that crippled IT world this decade (2010-2020)

FreeBSD find CPU (processor) temperature command

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 02:39 AM PST

{Updated} I am a new FreeBSD Unix user. How do I get the temperature of an Intel or AMD processor (CPU) in FreeBSD using command line option? Is there a command line option for determining CPU temperature on FreeBSD Unix operating system version 9.x/10.x/11.x/12.x/13.x?

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How To Add, Delete, and Grant Sudo Privileges to Users on a FreeBSD Server

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 12:43 AM PST

{Updated} I am setting up a new FreeBSD server. I do not want to use a default root user who has full system access. How can I setup and grant sudo privileges to users on a FreeBSD VPS or server? How do I create a sudo user on FreeBSD 11.x/12.x/13.x?

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Significant vulnerabilities that crippled IT world this decade (2010-2020)

Posted: 31 Dec 2020 05:59 AM PST

Significant vulnerabilities that crippled IT world this decade 2010-2020
The last ten years in the computer and IT security world are crippled with so many vulnerabilities. We saw massive cloud computing adoption and end-users using mobile devices with high speed 4G LTE networks. A threat actor may have exploited such weakness in modern computers and networks. Let us look into top vulnerabilities and the attack surface in this decade (2010-2020) that affected Linux/Unix, macOS, IT, cloud-computing, and computers in general.

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