Re: [Discuss] Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys

2013-11-08 Thread Tom Metro
chances that all or most of your key will be corrupted by the time they get some freon on your RAM. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA Enterprise solutions through open source. Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com

Re: [Discuss] Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys

2013-11-09 Thread Tom Metro
Richard Pieri wrote: Tom Metro wrote: They're encrypted too, with keys only held in memory. Then your disaster recovery options are nil. An encrypted backup that cannot be decrypted is mostly useless Sorry, I thought it was obvious that the keys had to come from somewhere. (Somewhere

[Discuss] Boston Perl Mongers Tech Meeting Tuesday

2013-11-11 Thread Tom Metro
A talk tomorrow on p5-MOP, a module that provides syntax sweeteners to create objects in Perl using a syntax that's more consistent with other OO languages. It borrows heavily from the Perl 6 language design, and enables that modern syntax on Perl 5. -Tom Original Message From:

Re: [Discuss] Boston Perl Mongers Tech Meeting Tuesday

2013-11-13 Thread Tom Metro
Tom Metro wrote: A talk tomorrow on p5-MOP, a module that provides syntax sweeteners to create objects in Perl using a syntax that's more consistent with other OO languages. It borrows heavily from the Perl 6 language design, and enables that modern syntax on Perl 5. -Tom

Re: [Discuss] Hybrid drives and Linux?

2013-11-13 Thread Tom Metro
-- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA Enterprise solutions through open source. Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[Discuss] Free Software Foundation's 2013 Giving Guide

2013-11-29 Thread Tom Metro
for the rest of it through exorbitant monthly fees for the next two years. Happy holidays!) -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA Enterprise solutions through open source. Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ ___ Discuss mailing

[Discuss] bundling FreeDOS

2013-12-07 Thread Tom Metro
to the realization that floppies were obsolete.) -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA Enterprise solutions through open source. Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org

Re: [Discuss] rsnapshot vs. rdiff-backup

2013-12-07 Thread Tom Metro
a tool meant to run on the source system. Not something that runs on a central server and pulls data from client machines. (It has no option to use ssh for the backup source. Only the target. Sourcing from SMB/NFS would be possible, but rather inefficient.) -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton

Re: [Discuss] cgi-bin

2013-12-13 Thread Tom Metro
apache2 See: http://askubuntu.com/questions/6358/how-do-you-restart-apache thanks for all your help. You're welcome. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss

Re: [Discuss] Small website, non-technical users: Joomla, Drupal, or WordPress?

2014-01-07 Thread Tom Metro
already exist. As a plan B, you can highlight formatted text in your Mediawiki site and paste it into the Wikispaces' rich text editor, preserving the formating. (You'll still need to fix up the internal links.) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting

Re: [Discuss] What's the best site-crawler utility?

2014-01-07 Thread Tom Metro
be crawled without customizing the crawler. And as Rich points out, if your objective is not just to end up with what appears to be a mirrored site, but actual clean HTML suitable for hand-editing, then you've still got lots of work ahead of you. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA

Re: [Discuss] WDC HDD data recovery redcommendations?

2014-01-31 Thread Tom Metro
, this trick worked. Not so much with modern drives. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo

[Discuss] Cisco's IOx architecture

2014-01-31 Thread Tom Metro
and familiarity with Linux in the enterprise market trumps that. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman

Re: [Discuss] Boston Linux Meeting - Galileo, Linux, and the Internet of Things

2014-01-31 Thread Tom Metro
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bostonlinuxandunix/videos -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org

Re: [Discuss] Cisco's IOx architecture

2014-02-01 Thread Tom Metro
Daniel Feenberg wrote: Tom Metro wrote: Is running applications on your router really such a good idea? I don't imagine they expect users to run SQL or Word. Actually the article I quoted mentions hosting a database on the router several times, though I chalked that up to speculation

Re: [Discuss] Cisco's IOx architecture

2014-02-01 Thread Tom Metro
Richard Pieri wrote: Tom Metro wrote: Actually the article I quoted mentions hosting a database on the router several times, though I chalked that up to speculation by the author. If this is true then I figure Cisco is targeting the financial sector with this. The only reason to put

Re: [Discuss] linux on usb stick

2014-02-02 Thread Tom Metro
recently I've tried UNetbootin: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ which I think I posted about a few months back. Same idea as livecd-iso-to-disk. If I recall, it worked for what I used it for. (Which I think was to create a bootable FreeDOS drive.) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA

Re: [Discuss] CIFS Usage

2014-02-16 Thread Tom Metro
it, you might want to consider NFS or sshfs instead. You can't beat the security model for sshfs, if that matters to you, and it performs well enough to stream HD video over a LAN. But of course NFS is the more general purpose solution, with high performance and wide client support. -Tom -- Tom

[Discuss] Azazel: new Linux rootkit

2014-02-16 Thread Tom Metro
admin not focused on malware won't run across it until its too late. How do you feel about open source malware? -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [Discuss] what do I do with all this junk?

2014-02-17 Thread Tom Metro
PCs. :-) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] network issue

2014-03-13 Thread Tom Metro
reason, here's the official guide for manually configuring a static IP on a wired connection through the GUI: https://help.ubuntu.com/13.10/ubuntu-help/net-manual.html -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] blu site looks nice

2014-03-24 Thread Tom Metro
adding a better tool for browsing the list archives, and embedding YouTube videos on the archived calendar pages for each talk. I think the navigation bar is getting a bit overloaded. It might be time to consider drop-down menus. Aside from that, I like the changes. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop

Re: [Discuss] Linux file systems

2014-03-26 Thread Tom Metro
with the default file systems recommended by your distribution, unless you have special requirements. If you are building a NAS, video storage, or a high-performance production machine, then it's worth your time to look at the trade-offs you get from alternatives. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop

Re: [Discuss] Redundant array of inexpensive servers: clustering?

2014-03-31 Thread Tom Metro
that haven't been shared back with the community. But I'm mostly speculating based on what I've read. This is outside my areas of expertise. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] Redundant array of inexpensive servers: clustering?

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Metro
Google, and working for customers of the cloud providers, just fewer of them. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org

Re: [Discuss] easy clustering of applications

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Metro
Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: Tom Metro wrote: It does seem like every application has its own unique approach to clustering. There is no generalized solution. This is one of the reasons why I'm much more strongly inclined toward HA at the hypervisor. ...if you do HA at the hypervisor

Re: [Discuss] getting a USB modem working with Linux

2014-04-01 Thread Tom Metro
of using them with Hylafax to send faxes, but the probing script provided by linmodems.org failed to definitively identify the modem hardware. It's best guess on one laptop was that the modem hardware was piggybacked on the Intel high definition sound hardware built-in to the chipset.) -Tom -- Tom

Re: [Discuss] End of the line for Obi100/110

2014-04-17 Thread Tom Metro
some time to pull together, configure, and debug, and it won't be doable for under $50. The bare BeagleBone alone will cost you that. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] Google Voice, VoIP providers

2014-04-17 Thread Tom Metro
line, VirtualPBX, also provides this. Which means UI can go for moths without needing to login to their UI. (I don't necessarily recommend VirtualPBX. Their support is horrible. But I haven't found a better option for the price/feature combination.) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA

Re: [Discuss] Fwd: Ubuntu One file services

2014-04-17 Thread Tom Metro
Ubuntu One primarily for the stream of revenue they hoped the premium subscriptions would generate. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

Re: [Discuss] AeroFS

2014-04-19 Thread Tom Metro
that other storage providers can support. Or generally, offer minimal service lock-in. Low switching costs. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [Discuss] Dropbox

2014-04-19 Thread Tom Metro
Richard Pieri wrote: Tom Metro wrote: If the encryption is done properly, and can be verified, it doesn't matter where your bits are stored. Well, yes, actually, it does. Dropbox for example does the encryption properly but they can and do hand over the keys to law enforcement upon request

Re: [Discuss] AeroFS

2014-04-19 Thread Tom Metro
Richard Pieri wrote: Tom Metro wrote: Uses closed-source, proprietary software. Nullifies the first point. Here's their Github repo: https://github.com/aerofs Excellent. They certainly didn't make that easy to find on their site. (Though admittedly I didn't spent much time looking.) If you

Re: [Discuss] the problem with centralized certificate authorities

2014-04-21 Thread Tom Metro
-Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] BTSync

2014-04-21 Thread Tom Metro
Richard Pieri wrote: Tom Metro wrote: Also, on the proprietary side, there is a fairly new sync tool from BitTorrent, http://www.bittorrent.com/sync . Worth looking into but, as you point out, proprietary. I signed up for the beta before it was public, but as I learned more about it, I

Re: [Discuss] AeroFS

2014-04-21 Thread Tom Metro
Richard Pieri wrote: Tom Metro wrote: Uses closed-source, proprietary software. Nullifies the first point. Here's their Github repo: https://github.com/aerofs It's certainly not their entire code base but it's more than most of their competitors provide. I just browsed this and here's

Re: [Discuss] Good and Bad Crypto

2014-04-21 Thread Tom Metro
. They could trigger on machine hardware (GUID), time, date, or data retrieved from the network.) Source code analysis has the potential to find these, if the code is analyzed. Back-box testing will find them only if you are very lucky. Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: Tom Metro writes: A cloud

Re: [Discuss] Good and Bad Crypto

2014-04-22 Thread Tom Metro
Richard Pieri wrote: Google's methodology has not to my knowledge been publicized. Correct. Tom Metro wrote: Source code analysis has the potential to find these, if the code is analyzed. Back-box testing will find them only if you are very lucky. This is laughably false. If it were even

Re: [Discuss] Heartbleed and UDP

2014-04-24 Thread Tom Metro
of code that is UDP-specific, so my expectation is that the hearbeat code should have been implemented in that layer, and been out of reach to TCP connections.) 1. https://github.com/falstaff84/heartbleed_test_openvpn -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl

Re: [Discuss] Upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04...can't connect to wifi with rtl8723ae driver

2014-04-26 Thread Tom Metro
for the driver, see if there is a newer version, and compile it for your current kernel. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http

Re: [Discuss] Facebook backups?

2014-04-28 Thread Tom Metro
::Mechanize might help. https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Mechanize -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman

Re: [Discuss] linux install on windows 8.1 laptop

2014-05-02 Thread Tom Metro
resulting from UEFI.) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[Discuss] business class ISP recommendations

2014-05-07 Thread Tom Metro
the provider offer custom PTR records with their static IPs? do they offer IPv6? do they support BGP? -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org

[Discuss] smallest board that can handle 32 GB RAM

2014-05-07 Thread Tom Metro
smaller, but I haven't checked to see if anyone still makes FlexATX boards.) Has anyone seen a Mini-ITX board that handles 4 DIMMS? -Tom 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_form_factor 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Unit_of_Computing -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA

Re: [Discuss] business class ISP recommendations

2014-05-09 Thread Tom Metro
Tom Metro wrote: I'd like to hear from those on the list who specially have had experience with the business class service from these companies. Thanks to all who replied on this thread. Not many responses, but I wasn't expecting to see very many. The business offerings from these cable

Re: [Discuss] cracked boston site?

2014-05-14 Thread Tom Metro
of more people can insert this JS somewhere and have their page linked to. I wouldn't call that hacked. More like spammed. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss

Re: [Discuss] Google Voice - the fud about XMPP

2014-05-16 Thread Tom Metro
fits with the expected changes in the roadmap for Hangouts. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Discuss] DMARC issue, Yahoo and beyond

2014-05-17 Thread Tom Metro
failing message past the MTA checking the DMARC validity. Once received by your client and exploded out of the digest, it's just an ordinary message. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] TrueCrypt EOL, what's next?

2014-05-29 Thread Tom Metro
.) First choice: S/MIME. Second choice: GPG. The limiting factor with encrypted email is always going to be your recipient, their technical skills, and what email software they are required to use. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http

Re: [Discuss] GPS feature in cellphones?

2014-06-07 Thread Tom Metro
information. Some retailers now do this to tracker passersby. Want to know if that corner is a good spot for your next Starbucks? Monitor it for a few weeks, and do a demographic extrapolation from the number of iPhones, Androids, and whatever else you capture. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop

Re: [Discuss] peer to peer software

2014-06-08 Thread Tom Metro
is just a database that is spread across the peers. Once you have the hash for a torrent - by obtaining a .torrent file or via the magnet link - you can the find peers with that content via the DHT. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA

Re: [Discuss] peer to peer software

2014-06-08 Thread Tom Metro
chooses different, equivalent components, or your architecture avoids the need entirely. Thus start by studying the architecture of existing implementation that have been proven to work well. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http

[Discuss] color laser printer

2014-06-10 Thread Tom Metro
into a color printer unique, and thus produced in lower volume and more expensive? -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http

Re: [Discuss] color laser printer

2014-06-14 Thread Tom Metro
want my printer serving as a WiFi intrusion point. Intrusion point? -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org

Re: [Discuss] peer to peer software

2014-06-15 Thread Tom Metro
what percentage of - say the Fortune 1000 - block all outbound connections except for a few select ports. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [Discuss] Opinions/Advice on router boxes w/ port forwarding

2014-06-16 Thread Tom Metro
a derivative of a mainstream OS. Last I looked Routerboards ran a proprietary OS. Also, the EdgeRouter is strictly an 802.3 Ethernet device. No wireless radios. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

[Discuss] firewall testing

2014-06-17 Thread Tom Metro
in the cloud wont do). So you'll need a tap or a hub.) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo

[Discuss] seminar Thursday June 26: Jim Gettys on (In)Security in Home Embedded Devices

2014-06-24 Thread Tom Metro
Jim Gettys has given talks locally for BBLISA (on bufferbloat) and IoT Fest (same topic as below), and usually has good content. -Tom Original Message Subject: [GBC-ACM] upcoming seminar Thursday June 26: Jim Gettys on (In)Security in Home Embedded Devices Date: Mon, 23 Jun

Re: [Discuss] share keyboard/video/mouse with 2 desktops

2014-07-09 Thread Tom Metro
from January on 4K monitors: http://www.blu.org/mhonarc/discuss/2014/01/msg00073.php -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http

Re: [Discuss] GPS feature in cellphones?

2014-07-10 Thread Tom Metro
Oliver Holmes wrote: ...I understand now that GPS is built in and is active whether you activate it or not. So there is the potential to track you within three meters. Is this so? http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/07/9-out-of-10-wireless-911-calls-in-dc-dont-provide-accurate-location-info/

Re: [Discuss] color laser printer: HP X-series office ink jet printers

2014-07-16 Thread Tom Metro
firmware makes you change the tanks after they've reached a certain age.) So not a good fit for my use. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

[Discuss] home router hacking competition

2014-07-18 Thread Tom Metro
http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/sohoplessly-broken-hacking-contest-aims-to-test-home-router-security/ ...security advocates are sponsoring SOHOpelessly BROKEN, a no-holds-barred router hacking competition at next month's Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas. The contest will

Re: [Discuss] business class ISP recommendations

2014-07-22 Thread Tom Metro
Tom Metro wrote: ...I'm looking to get business class Internet service for a home office. At my location I have an embarrassment of riches and yet none of these are companies I want to do business with: Verizon Business FIOS Comcast Business cable Internet RCN Business cable Internet All

Re: [Discuss] tools for dealing with cable company customer service

2014-07-23 Thread Tom Metro
cost less to hire someone to spend several hours talking to the cable company on your behalf. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org

Re: [Discuss] Https - the solution to net neutrality

2014-07-24 Thread Tom Metro
those lines, which under state telco regulations, they'd be obligated to accommodate. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http

Re: [Discuss] php dev's code with warnings and notices

2014-07-27 Thread Tom Metro
, and that can take time to change. If you're the only one submitting clean code, and your coworkers aren't on board with the value in doing likewise, you may find it to be a futile effort. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http

Re: [Discuss] Seeking information on binaries called entities and fixup

2014-07-28 Thread Tom Metro
Bill Horne wrote: No, they work on the old server, but fail on the new. I assume it's a permissions issue, but I can't figure out what might cause it. % strace entities -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] access points

2014-07-28 Thread Tom Metro
the cost was comparable to a router because the production volume was lower and the hardware essentially identical. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [Discuss] signal propagation in old houses

2014-07-28 Thread Tom Metro
strategies, such as running wires to access points mounted near where your equipment will be used most of the time, or power line adapters. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] Friends don't let friends run stock firmware

2014-07-28 Thread Tom Metro
. These you can be a bit more lackadaisical about updating. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Discuss] I'm getting mail for nobody

2014-07-29 Thread Tom Metro
to accept mail for users in /etc/passwd and /etc/aliases only from the localhost, and for everything else consult a virtual map. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss

Re: [Discuss] Seeking information on binaries called entities and fixup

2014-07-29 Thread Tom Metro
(), and it only returns an error code (it doesn't generate the error message to STDERR), you're left with a generic error and no object being identified. I assume the above was on the new server. What happens when you strace it on the old server? -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable

Re: [Discuss] Looking for WiFi router with certain characteristics

2014-07-31 Thread Tom Metro
, but inbound connections fail, as if they are hitting a firewall. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Discuss] Seeking information on binaries called entities and fixup

2014-08-01 Thread Tom Metro
written in? 'fixup' remains a mystery, but you probably know enough about 'entities' to replace it with some in-line code. Greg gave you a PHP example. It could be done as a one-liner in Perl, with the assistance of a module. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand

Re: [Discuss] Verizon blacklisted me

2014-08-09 Thread Tom Metro
a mainstream mail client, like Thunderbird. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] Mailcheck not showing new mail

2014-08-09 Thread Tom Metro
.) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] Mailcheck not showing new mail

2014-08-10 Thread Tom Metro
as expected without altering /etc/mailcheckrc or adding an rc file. But you're saying you didn't get the expected behavior until you added /var/mail/moder8 to .mailcheckrc? -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] Mailcheck not showing new mail

2014-08-11 Thread Tom Metro
common spool file/Maildir locations to cover most of the bases.) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman

Re: [Discuss] DNS providers

2014-09-06 Thread Tom Metro
://www.solvedns.com/nameserver/ns4.dynamicnetworkservices.net They also have end-user reviews of DNS providers: http://www.solvedns.com/dns-reviews/ But only a handful of providers have reviews. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] DNS providers

2014-09-06 Thread Tom Metro
a test of that server and it fails. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] How do I add entropy?

2014-09-06 Thread Tom Metro
immediately. ...how does Linux gather entropy... The other replies seemed to speculate as to what the kernel is using as the source. It shouldn't be that hard to track that down, and would be worth adding to this thread as a point of information. So I encourage you to do that research. -Tom -- Tom

Re: [Discuss] OT: cartoon about cryptography

2014-09-08 Thread Tom Metro
/wiki/Social_engineering_%28security%29 -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] SysVinit vs. systemd

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Metro
than that. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[Discuss] Dan Geer's Blackhat talk, iGuardian enterprise-grade home router

2014-09-12 Thread Tom Metro
updates: http://www.itusnetworks.com/home Probably a good approach for non-technical people looking for a turn-key solution. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] iGuardian enterprise-grade home router

2014-09-12 Thread Tom Metro
installation. I can see the appeal in that, if you don't want to have to choose between running a stale router or playing sys admin to keep it updated. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] iGuardian enterprise-grade home router

2014-09-13 Thread Tom Metro
that is similarly hardware protected from modification.) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo

[Discuss] basic fiber optic phone service vs. Fios phone service

2014-09-14 Thread Tom Metro
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Re: [Discuss] automatic daemon restarts

2014-09-15 Thread Tom Metro
on their production systems just to test that automated recovery works correctly. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman

Re: [Discuss] Personal finance software on Linux

2014-09-21 Thread Tom Metro
the standard used by the states (such as for e-filing), and releasing tax rules as machine readable descriptions. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

Re: [Discuss] Home security automation

2014-09-21 Thread Tom Metro
key offerings are going to be your best bet. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] xfs repair

2014-09-23 Thread Tom Metro
see the volume group it was pointing to doesn't even still exist, and I've since added several more XFS file systems. So it's in need of updating. It also doesn't address what you were asking about, which is examining the file system metadata, though it may do that as a side effect. -Tom -- Tom

Re: [Discuss] Home security automation

2014-09-23 Thread Tom Metro
it is practical to have the monitoring service drive the process and ping the panel on the order of minutes. But because the Internet link is unreliable, you need some automated escalation procedure (like calling the alarm panel's modem) before you bother involving people. -Tom -- Tom Metro

Re: [Discuss] Home security automation

2014-09-23 Thread Tom Metro
, and stream the video. Plus, a hardware watchdog that automatically resets the camera if its software crashes.) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [Discuss] iGuardian enterprise-grade home router

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Metro
Tom Metro wrote: The same episode also covers the iGuardian Kickstarter project that aims to produce a $150 enterprise-grade home router that includes deep packet inspection and regular updates: http://www.itusnetworks.com/home The host of This Week in Enterprise Tech seems to be pushing

Re: [Discuss] iGuardian enterprise-grade home router

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Metro
by Cisco)? Using a freely accessible upstream source and packaging it up for the convenience of their customers? Or are they building rules in-house? -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] iGuardian enterprise-grade home router

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Metro
packets, which is not surprising. Yet some malware uses SSL. So basically that means this tool is designed to catch lazy malware developers. :-) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

Re: [Discuss] iGuardian enterprise-grade home router

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Metro
create drivers. The Raspberry Pi isn't open hardware, for example, though on the spectrum between open and closed, its closer to the open side. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com

[Discuss] Shellshock

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Metro
verification of a client cert. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] Shellshock

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Metro
Also... Repository of Shellshock Proof of Concept Code https://github.com/mubix/shellshocker-pocs -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

[Discuss] CipherShed: TrueCrypt fork

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Metro
Speaking of full disk encryption, TrueCrypt has been forked... -Tom CipherShed: A replacement for TrueCrypt http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17392 While the Open Crypt Audit Project, headed by cryptographer Matthew Green and Kenneth White, Principal Scientist at Social

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