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Decrypting and Re-encrypting Network Traffic
by Giles Orr 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

Decrypting and re-encrypting network traffic is becoming more and more popular. I think it's an appalling violation of both trust and privacy, but corporations seem to feel justified to "protect their network" (it's not necessary to explain the logic to me, I get it ... I'm just more about individual rights). Or maybe they're just doing it to mine your data, depending on the context. There seem to be two circumstances (this is just about web traffic): - a private computer on a shared network, ex. you take your personal computer to a coffeeshop - a company computer on a company network, ex. you sit down at your work computer I think I understand the latter: with a company computer on a company network, all that's necessary is to push a trusted certificate and all future communications will be done with that newly trusted cert and, well, you're hosed. Everything you send is examined and re-encrypted with the receiving site's certificate at the company firewall. Can this be detected? Can this be prevented? It seems that some shared networks (ie. the coffeeshop in the above examples) manage to do this to people: is this only possible if they convince you to install something, and presumably that install package includes a certificate? Or is there another way? -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr(a)gmail.com

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Unix at 50: How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure | Ars Technica
by James Knott 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

A bit of history... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/08/unix-at-50-it-starts-with-a-mainfra…

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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting tomorrow at 7:30pm
by hi＠gtalug.org 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2019-09/> # Fear and Loathing and Mailing Lists with Evan Leibovitch In today's environment of spambots, blacklists, European privacy laws and Canadian anti-spam regulations, sending out bulk email these days is not for the timid. This presentation will describe one organization's search for the best way to do this. In the process it will identify some of the tools available - both open source and cloud based - and offer advice and warnings to others looking to use this method of communications. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://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 Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # 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 jeopardise 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 honoured 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: <https://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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Regex Crossword
by Giles Orr 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

https://regexcrossword.com/ As the co-worker who sent this to me said, "There goes my evening!" I'm finding it a fun way to force myself to think through the minutiae of regex that I've often glossed over ... and because of that glossing over, I haven't improved as much as I might have wished. -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr(a)gmail.com

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Raspberry Pi 4
by Stewart Russell 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

More RAM, proper USB 3 and fast Ethernet, better processor, and dual HDMI output (incl 4K @ 60Hz): https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/

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Reproducible Builds for Toolchains and Other Projects
by Nicholas Krause 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Greetings, I won't be at the meeting this month due to upcoming travel but some people were asking about toolchain or other projects having reproducible builds or starting to. This is the wiki: https://reproducible-builds.org/ Maybe it interests some people, Nick

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Samsung router?
by William Park 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

I had routers from D-Link, TP-Link, Asus, Linksys. They all died. Current one is Asus RT-N66U and 5GHz band is flaking out. So, while browsing at Canada Computers, I found "Samsung Connect Home 2x2" and "4x4". https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1046_1573&item_id… https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1046_1573&item_id… Anyone heard good thing about them, as pure wireless router? The online reviews mostly talk about "smart" features which I have no idea what they're talking about. -- William Park <opengeometry(a)yahoo.ca>

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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30pm
by hi＠gtalug.org 28 Aug '19

28 Aug '19

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2019-09/> # Fear and Loathing and Mailing Lists with Evan Leibovitch In today's environment of spambots, blacklists, European privacy laws and Canadian anti-spam regulations, sending out bulk email these days is not for the timid. This presentation will describe one organization's search for the best way to do this. In the process it will identify some of the tools available - both open source and cloud based - and offer advice and warnings to others looking to use this method of communications. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://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 Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # 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 jeopardise 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 honoured 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: <https://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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Register for Our Networks 2019 > RE: Infrastructures, September 20-22 in Toronto!
by dc 28 Aug '19

28 Aug '19

Hi all, I'm one of the co-organizers of Our Networks, a conference about the past, present, and future of building our own network infrastructures. Now in its third year, the theme for 2019 is RE: Infrastructures, and explores the collective care and maintenance of alternative networking practices—new protocols, peer-to-peer connections, offline-first computing, and community-based governance. The program and registration have recently launched (full blurb below) and we're all pretty excited about the line up! It'll be a mix of hands-on workshops, talks, and discussions around the decentralized and peer-to-peer web as well as community governance and networks. We also have some social activities planned, screenings, a zine library, and more! The event has a sliding scale registration ($25-110 CAD) and ticket scholarships available, to register and find out more: https://ournetworks.ca/#registration Hope to see some of you all there, Dawn -------- Forwarded Message -------- To: ournetworks(a)lists.mayfirst.org Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 13:22:16 -0400 From: Our Networks <ournetworks(a)lists.mayfirst.org> Subject: [ournetworks] Our Networks 2019 program and registration launched! 🍃🎛🛠📡 ⚐ CONFERENCE PROGRAM We are excited to announce the preliminary program for Our Networks is online! Sessions include: ▶︎ Experiments with resistant and solar-powered infrastructures ▶︎ Workshops on creating a website on Dat and hosting over IPFS ▶︎ Discussions on tech worker organizing and the future of work Check out the full schedule now: https://ournetworks.ca/program/ dat://ournetworks.ca/program/ The event will take place at the Toronto Media Arts Centre, 32 Lisgar Street in Queen West. Venue info: https://www.tomediaarts.org/location Map: https://osm.org/go/ZX6BI2mzS?m=&node=6181451977 The venue is accessible with a range of options for getting to the venue and accommodations. We've created a page to detail information for those visiting Toronto: https://ournetworks.ca/visiting/ ⚐ REGISTRATION OPEN Registration is now live for Our Networks 2019: https://ournetworks.ca/#registration We have three admission levels on a sliding scale from $25-$110: Organization Supporter, Supporter, and Reduced Cost. While the cost for us to host this event is $78 per person, we want to ensure all can attend. We are looking for volunteers (in return for complimentary admission) and are able to offer a limited number of scholarships, please contact us at orga(a)ournetworks.ca See you in September! 🍃 🍂 _______________________________________________ ournetworks mailing list Post: ournetworks(a)lists.mayfirst.org List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/ournetworks To Unsubscribe Send email to: ournetworks-unsubscribe(a)lists.mayfirst.org Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/ournetworks/dc%40dcwalker.ca You are subscribed as: dc(a)dcwalker.ca

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For Chris: Commodore BASIC as a scripting language
by Stewart Russell 28 Aug '19

28 Aug '19

This is not a place of honour:. https://github.com/mist64/cbmbasic Go do some damage!

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