June 2016 - Talk - lists.gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Recommended Linux Password Lengths
by Myles Braithwaite 04 Jun '16

04 Jun '16

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 11:53 PM, ac <ac(a)main.me> wrote: > [ i unsubscribed after discovering it is a moderated list, Steward - I > am already a big fully grown man and not a little child :) ] Just to clarify we only moderate the first message that is sent so non-related messages don't get sent to the mailing list. One of the moderators forgot to check the "clear moderate" checkbox. Because of some very unique mail server configs that our members have (i.e. running a mailserver on a dynamic ip address, not having a ptr record, etc.), we can't run most traditional mail server protection.

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Re: [GTALUG] Recommended Linux Password Lengths
by Stewart C. Russell 04 Jun '16

04 Jun '16

[you might want to post from an account that subscribes to the list, André] On 2016-06-03 12:22 AM, ac wrote: > > … i require more info to process what you > are saying - many, many people make accounts for you at Amazon/Ebay/$GamingSite > with your gmail addy and then you go and create passwords? No, due to this, which Google claim is a feature: https://gmail.googleblog.com/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-more-from-your.ht… Essentially, anyone e-mailing the regex s\.?c\.?r\.?u\.?s\.?s\+.* (with some limitations on the last bit) at gmail.com gets to me. I have one repeat offender setting up ebay accounts that even a family intervention failed to stop. Another was a chancer who really wanted the scruss@ address, so they signed up for an expensive all-access gaming site pass with it, then expected me to give them the account. In both cases, I randomized the password to something I couldn't know (piping the password into xclip so I can't see it helps) and moved on. cheers, Stewart

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Recommended Linux Password Lengths
by Ivan Avery Frey 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

What is the recommended Linux password length today?

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Web Site Locks up FF on Ubuntu
by Stephen 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

FF 46.0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-president-cli… I have to do a soft reboot. This site is handled perfectly by Chromium and cause no problems for FF on Win 10. Can others check and report? Suggestions? Thank you -- Stephen

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pulling the plug on home phone
by Dave Cramer 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

So rogers has a pretty good deal 90 a month for internet, phone, TV for 2 years. I pay more than that for my home phone alone. Any horror stories using rogers for internet. I have my own voip phone so I'm not so worried about LD Dave Cramer

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[GTALUG-Announce] Tuesday, 14 June at 7:30pm - Nerd Money with Warren McPherson (was Tuesday, 7 June at 7:30pm - Nerd Money with Warren McPherson)
by Myles Braithwaite 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

The previous email had an error. The correct date is Tuesday, **14** June 2016 at 7:30pm. On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Myles Braithwaite <me(a)mylesbraithwaite.com> wrote: > <http://gtalug.org/meeting/2016-06/> > > # Nerd Money with Warren McPherson > > The outrage, the greed, the cryptography, the possibilities! > > **Crypto Literacy** - a quick kindergarten class of the foundational > ideas that enable the current crop of "Applied Cryptography" > applications. > > **Innovation of Bitcoin** - After a hundred failed attempts to create > digital money the innovations of Hashcash and Bitcoin Mining turn out > to be the enablers for a new internet epoch. > > **Blockchains and Society** - Polarizing emotional debates where > people arguing contradictory positions all imagine themselves to be > defending the little guy. > > The dichotomy between open Bitcoin community and advocates of private, > permissioned blockchains. > > ## Location > > George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre > 245 Church Street, Room 203 > Ryerson University > > <http://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> > > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> > > ## Schedule > > * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. > <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. > * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. > * 9:00 pm - After each meeting a group of GTALUGers move to the The > Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more > socializing. > > # Code of Conduct > > We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, > improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between > individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. > > We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from > those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that > diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will > challenge prejudice that could jeopardize the participation of any > person in the community. > > The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private > whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect > it to be honored by everyone who represents the community officially > or informally, claims affiliation, or participates directly. It > applies to activities online or offline. > > We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. > > Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: > <http://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. > > If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code > of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>. -- Myles Braithwaite | http://mylesb.ca/e --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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[GTALUG-Announce] Tuesday, 7 June at 7:30pm - Nerd Money with Warren McPherson
by Myles Braithwaite 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

<http://gtalug.org/meeting/2016-06/> # Nerd Money with Warren McPherson The outrage, the greed, the cryptography, the possibilities! **Crypto Literacy** - a quick kindergarten class of the foundational ideas that enable the current crop of "Applied Cryptography" applications. **Innovation of Bitcoin** - After a hundred failed attempts to create digital money the innovations of Hashcash and Bitcoin Mining turn out to be the enablers for a new internet epoch. **Blockchains and Society** - Polarizing emotional debates where people arguing contradictory positions all imagine themselves to be defending the little guy. The dichotomy between open Bitcoin community and advocates of private, permissioned blockchains. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <http://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting a group of GTALUGers move to the The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socializing. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardize the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honored by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation, or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <http://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>. --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Network down after reboot
by William Witteman 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

I recently rebooted my Debian desktop, and there is no working network now. Networking has "just worked" for so long that I am at a loss as to what to do. I haven't changed /etc/network/interfaces in forever, but ifconfig -a shows that eth0 is not being configured, and if down eth0 confirms it. I tried fiddling with the Network Tools thing in Gnome, but it hasn't changed anything. Did I miss a change to how this is done and need to learn a new approach? Thanks!

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