Re: [GTALUG] Ongoing war story (currently issues of user trust)

On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:44:01 -0500 Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > I have a client who buys systems from https://www.servergiant.net/ > I have also bought systems from them. > The prices will not be as cheap as a minipc from amazon but you can > get a decent HP or Dell tower system. > > > On

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 23:38:58 -0500 Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > I had no obviously easy to know where your posting from. > I guess the thing is that your posting to a Greater Toronto Area LUG > from away. > There is no reason why you should not do that, its just the > assumption that your

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 07:30:29 -0800 Ron / BCLUG via talk wrote: > Alvin Starr via talk wrote on 2024-01-12 20:11: > > It is defiantly not useful for getting correct technical answers to > > problems. > agreed. It is accurate when you provide it with code. or actual copy & paste of something

Re: [GTALUG] WAS : lazy jail server admin forced to act - NOW: how does email and anti email forgery work on the Internet

On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 02:40:39 -0800 Ron / BCLUG via talk wrote: > ac via talk wrote on 2024-01-08 02:22: > > > the ~ means if it is not from your servers it is also okay. > > > > the - means ONLY from your severs. > > The link I posted earlier (linuxbab

Re: [GTALUG] meeting Tuesday?

I think many of us are simply snowed under? It is that time of (new) year. Speaking for myself, I have over ten servers that needs replacing yesterday (The Centos7.9 date is approaching so very fast - are others among us experiencing the same stress? ) BTW - heads up - the AlmaLinux auto

Re: [GTALUG] Exim vs Postfix [was: Local-only mail server]

On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:13:55 -0500 Anthony de Boer via talk wrote: > On 2023-12-24 11:49, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > I used to use Sendmail but switched to Postfix some time this > > century. Why do you choose Exim instead? Is it just that Exim is > > the default on debian? > > A

Re: [GTALUG] AI Alliance

On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 04:45:40 -0500 mwilson--- via talk wrote: > > On 2023-12-18 09:41, ac via talk wrote: > >> On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:33:24 -0800 > >> Ron / BCLUG via talk wrote: > >> > >>> So, interesting times where only 54 weeks ago, OpenAI

Re: [GTALUG] AI Alliance

On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:33:24 -0800 Ron / BCLUG via talk wrote: > > So, interesting times where only 54 weeks ago, OpenAI devs shocked > the world with the release of ChatGPT 3.x, and now devs in the field > are being shocked by open sourced (Apache licensed) AIs. the time between the world

Re: [GTALUG] AI Alliance

so, what I get from your post Scott, that you are saying that "sales" is for sure one of the first jobs to go? I am still not very clear on what is currently defined as AI. As we progress through the next few years I guess it will become more clear. when all ai is self aware, has EQ, SQ etc

Re: [GTALUG] AI Alliance

On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 18:51:25 -0500 Warren McPherson via talk wrote: > Should we try to join the AI Alliance? > this is a beautiful question for so many (and such a vast number of completely unrelated and) totally different reasons. as a Linux users group, it will also directly affect us and imo

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Unicorns

On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:12:13 -0500 Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > The whole CentOS/Rocky/Alma/Oracle/SUSE/RHEL dustup has brought some > instability to the realm (and for those of us old enough, bears > remarkable resemblance of the old SysV/OSF1 wars). Ditto some of the > jerk moves

Re: [GTALUG] *OT* Linux Unicorns

On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:21:35 -0500 Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > Possibly you could capture a unicorn. > from tvtropes.org: > > One of the most archetypal and well-known traits of theUnicorn > > is its > > affinity for virgin women. In

Re: [GTALUG] Browsers (and Thorium to be specific)

On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:24:20 -0500 Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > So ... nobody uses Thorium? > i am having a google free black friday... so, Thorium is a web browser? which natively does not support .js? or supports it? cool name, Thorium. sounds like something like kryptonite for Thor

[GTALUG] Linux Unicorns

I have been wondering about tech unicorns and Linux. WARNING : do not read beyond this point if you are not at least somewhat bored. - reading drivel is a choice, and this does at least have a warning label :) Does anyone on the list actually know (as in personal experience) whether/which (or

Re: [GTALUG] Favorite desktop manager?

On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:22:32 -0300 Mauro Souza via talk wrote: > I like Cinnamon and Xfce. I am currently using Xfce everywhere > because it's light, fast, and runs well on Linux under Hyper-V (that > I am forced to use, enterprise computer). > ooh +1 for me Xfce is light, fast and effective

Re: [GTALUG] Mailchannels Vancouver,BC

On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:15:33 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > | From: ac via talk > | It seems that Mailchannels no longer manages abuse, spam, scams and > | criminal activity and seems to have become a service provider to > | criminal syndicates and oth

[GTALUG] Mailchannels Vancouver,BC

Hi Everyone, It seems that Mailchannels no longer manages abuse, spam, scams and criminal activity and seems to have become a service provider to criminal syndicates and other low life, nefarious and scum baggerry (does scum baggerry have two G's and two R's? or is scum baggery even a word?)

[GTALUG] OFF TOPIC: Re: an odd question about well on going service factors.

We are all family. The only media income model that is slightly fair, is advertising based revenue where the actual watcher is exposed to the actual product/service offer, which is funding the media and distribution thereof. imo charging per eyeball watching and basing costs on whatever

Re: [GTALUG] At the GTALUG AGM: How we handle Internet services

On Thu, 1 Dec 2022 23:20:09 -0500 "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: > On 01/12/2022 02.30, ac via talk wrote: > > > > When "directors" or "boards" or "leaders" make decisions on policy > > it affects operations. Always. and many ti

Re: [GTALUG] At the GTALUG AGM: How we handle Internet services

provider handles server admin, patching, etc). > > Cheers, > Erica > > > > --- Original Message --- > On Thursday, December 1st, 2022 at 2:30 AM, ac via talk > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:30:46 -0500 > >

Re: [GTALUG] At the GTALUG AGM: How we handle Internet services

On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:30:46 -0500 Evan Leibovitch wrote: > > We've had some very smart people running mailman and it still doesn't > work to anyone's satisfaction. Or maybe it's our SMTP server, I don't > know which one it is. > So, this is the place to start. When "directors" or "boards" or

Re: [GTALUG] At the GTALUG AGM: How we handle Internet services

On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 03:39:51 -0500 Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 7:37 PM Stewart C. Russell via talk > wrote: > > On 27/11/2022 21.01, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > Along with other AGM business, we will be discussing how GTALUG goes > > forward with our online

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu review on Distrowatch

On Mon, 2 May 2022 02:13:13 -0400 William Park via talk wrote: > https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20220502#ubuntu > [Last paragraph] > I think the launch of Ubuntu 22.04 is a clear sign Canonical is much > more interested in publishing releases on a set schedule than > producing

Re: [GTALUG] From Slackware to which distro?

On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:37:21 -0400 William Park via talk wrote: > Hi All, > Hi :) > I've been running Slackware since forever. It's time to grow up and > see the world. Which distro would you recommend that I move to? > Yes, I know it's personal, and reasons will be varied and educational. >

Re: [GTALUG] Google Gsuite Legacy domain replacement

On Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:25:48 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Hm - - - I guess the >$10 BILLION/month in revenues from the value > of the data they suck just isn't enough any more. > I'd say its time to replace the regular gmail addresses as well. > > Note to self: get a cracking on the

Re: [GTALUG] ThinkPad P15 -- crap?

On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 01:06:23 -0400 William Park via talk wrote: > Hi guys, > I'm using ThinkPad P15 Gen 1 at work.  The keyboard, touchpad, and > trackpoint are not what I expected.  They feel cheap.  My old T450 is > better. > Is it just me?  Or, has anyone notice this also? > not just you, I

Re: [GTALUG] Video of our June 2021 meeting -- Intro to NFTs

On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 14:33:44 -0400 Alex Volkov via talk wrote: > Hello Everyone, > Here's the video from our yesterday's meeting (June 2021), Nintro to > NFTs with Chinmay Patel > https://youtu.be/tDVwHfYFI30 Alex. > Thank you, much appreciated! --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] War Story: Fedora 33 update silently broke Dovecot (IMAP / POP3 server)

On Sun, 9 May 2021 13:09:39 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > | From: Giles Orr via talk > | And it's considered a bad idea to use a > | widely known DH parameter (like the one that ships with the > software, | or that sits on a Mozilla server). > I'm not sure that's correct.

Re: [GTALUG] "DNS Wars"

On Sun, 9 May 2021 12:15:09 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > | From: ac via talk > | And, there are additional dimensions to some of the issues raised in > | the above post. > I'm sure. It is both condensed and long-ish (at least for my > web-tuned at

Re: [GTALUG] "DNS Wars"

On Sat, 8 May 2021 13:44:26 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > This blog post is more than a year old, but well worth the read. > It may require too much background, but it shows how crucial DNS is > to the internet and how it is evolving in scary ways. It opened my > eyes. >

Re: [GTALUG] Linus Torvalds Responds to Linux Banning University of Minnesota

On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 11:42:42 -0400 El Fontanero via talk wrote: > On 2021-04-26 11:21 a.m., ac via talk wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:03:50 -0400 > > El Fontanero via talk wrote: > > > >>> How about something like a go-fund-me kind of service

Re: [GTALUG] Linus Torvalds Responds to Linux Banning University of Minnesota

On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:03:50 -0400 El Fontanero via talk wrote: > > How about something like a go-fund-me kind of service that > > distributes the money to the successful contract killer? > > I am sure something can be done over a blockchain. > > If we could add in spammers I would be most

Re: [GTALUG] Linus Torvalds Responds to Linux Banning University of Minnesota

On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 16:41:39 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > | From: Alvin Starr via talk > | If the zdnet report is to be believed then There was at least one > attempt to | insert code after being found out and asked to stop. >

Re: [GTALUG] Linus Torvalds Responds to Linux Banning University of Minnesota

On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 13:40:46 -0400 Aruna Hewapathirane wrote: > On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 6:01 AM ac via talk wrote: > > I hope and wish that ALL Opens Source Programmers BAN University of > > Minnesota for LIFE. > Umm.. that is extreme ? Two people did this ? These two peopl

Re: [GTALUG] Linus Torvalds Responds to Linux Banning University of Minnesota

It is EVIL to represent yourself as something you are not. I am sure there are many who would like to see the operating system which drives the Internet, FAIL on a desperate and massive scale. It is EVIL to knowingly sabotage open source in this manner. I hope and wish that ALL Opens Source

Re: [GTALUG] SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead | ZDNet

On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 11:59:07 -0400 Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > On 2021-04-04 11:45 a.m., James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2021-04-04 11:41 a.m., ac via talk wrote: > >> seems real, Docket No. 21 cv 31, US District Court of the Virgin > >> Islands but could also

Re: [GTALUG] SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead | ZDNet

On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 11:21:22 -0400 James Knott via talk wrote: > On 2021-04-04 11:08 a.m., Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > > On 2021-04-04 10:10 a.m., James Knott via talk wrote: > >> The zombie has arisen again! > > The date on the article (April 1) makes me discount it. > How about a

Re: [GTALUG] WSL, threat or boon? [was Re:Surveillance Capitalism [was another thread]]

On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 09:05:28 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > If you needs are very very simple I doubt that there would be a > problem and if you don't care about intellectual freedom run WSL- - - > - I think that as your needs get more complex the more you need to > have computational

Re: [GTALUG] Surveillance Capitalism [was another thread]

On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 04:44:40 -0400 Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > I changed the original subject because I was just trying to limit the > list liabilities, in case of a libel suit. Not that Stallman would > ever read Evans' post labeling him incel. But this was my reason for > changing the

Re: [GTALUG] Surveillance Capitalism [was another thread]

On Fri, 2 Apr 2021 22:45:31 -0400 Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > On Fri, Apr 2, 2021, 10:13 PM Alvin Starr via talk, > wrote: > > > On 4/2/21 2:29 PM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > > > Red Hat has just dropped its Free Software Foundation funding and > > support. > > > > Now that Red

Re: [GTALUG] a web site running on a cell phone modem!

On Fri, 2 Apr 2021 11:57:50 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > https://nns.ee/blog/2021/04/01/modem-blog.html wow, that is so very very cool. not only the fond memories of AT+ and friends, but this is embodies what hacking is all about. thank you so much for sharing! --- Post to

Re: [GTALUG] The FOSS world's most famous incel is back...

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 06:17:37 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > IMHO the complete brouha is political correctness run amok! > I would request that we return to the matter at hand - - - - computers > and computing and its tools and leave the > political correctness to the bureaucratic elite for

Re: [GTALUG] war story: read you kernel log (dmesg) once in a while

Hi, Thank you for your war story, for me it was very useful as it relates to SSD :) On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:24:11 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > [One reason for this message is to test if the mailing list is > working. I haven't seen a new message in a 10 days.] > > dmseg

Re: [GTALUG] Fwd: HISTORIC opportunity for cheaper Internet in Toronto

f-Reliance > > https://community-wealth.org/sites/clone.community-wealth.org/files/downloads/report-daggett.pdf > > On 2021-01-29 6:31 a.m., ac via talk wrote: > > > > Some web links, PLEASE? > > > > thanks > > > > On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:29:37 -0500

Re: [GTALUG] Fwd: HISTORIC opportunity for cheaper Internet in Toronto

Some web links, PLEASE? thanks On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:29:37 -0500 James Knott via talk wrote: > On 2021-01-28 8:52 p.m., David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > > Hydro was "purchasable" > > > > > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list >

Re: [GTALUG] "dd" in Windows?

Is Microsoft Windows now completely "free" as in GPL/Opensource? Can anyone download it, install it and then pay no money and get free support on Linux lists? Or are there free Microsoft Support Users Lists? I feel so left out of this entire conversation as I know almost nothing about

Re: [GTALUG] SSL Certs for both web and email servers

On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 03:34:06 -0500 John Sellens via talk wrote: > On Tue, 2020/12/01 08:16:49AM +0200, ac via talk > wrote: | > I have three domains and a small but invariant number of > subdomains | > that I want to encrypt - should I try to pull them all > under one SSL |

Re: [GTALUG] SSL Certs for both web and email servers

On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:45:14 -0500 William Witteman via talk wrote: > Hi! > Hello > Can I use the same SSL (from letsencrypt) cert for both web and email > traffic? > Yes > I have three domains and a small but invariant number of subdomains > that I want to encrypt - should I try to pull them

Re: [GTALUG] Reverse DNS different that DNS server (reverse is a local address)

On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:20:57 -0500 (EST) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > I have no time for a careful answer. But it is important that you > understand these points: > I can also spend a few minutes to add to the points below, if that helps anyone... > - DNS is a distributed tree,

Re: [GTALUG] Reverse DNS different that DNS server (reverse is a local address)

On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 20:13:19 +0100 (CET) Joseph Rocklin via talk wrote: > Hi all, > Hello > I just tried a reverse dns lookup on whoismydns.com for my wife's > computer on a family-member's network. > Okay, no. You cannot do what you said :) You can do a "forward" lookup on a name and a

Re: [GTALUG] amusing spam

On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 16:20:32 -0500 Howard Gibson via talk wrote: > On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 14:14:23 -0500 (EST) > "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > > I just got an invoice for $249 + shipping. > > That seems just about right as a price and description of Windows >I am being emailed job

Re: [GTALUG] OT: Right to Repair Article in NYT

On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:52:04 -0400 Seneca Cunningham via talk wrote: > > On Oct 28, 2020, at 07:42, ac via talk wrote: > > so, okay, this is hectically off topic, but as a non bovine expert > > with a vague interest in all things excremental... I gots to know: > > what

Re: [GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT

On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:25:34 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:19 PM Don Tai via talk > wrote: > > I repair and I hope that you do, too. Repair, resurrect and Reuse. > > Tech throws out so much after software can't keep up. Linux is one > > of the tools I use to keep

Re: [GTALUG] for multi-hop ssh/scp: option "ProxyJump"

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 23:05:04 -0400 John Sellens via talk wrote: > On Sat, 2020/08/29 09:20:35PM -0400, William Park via talk > wrote: | We had to do it manually, one jump at a > time, making note (on | paper) where we were each jump. :-) > There's a reason why my shell prompt includes the

Re: [GTALUG] Blockchain, the solution to nothing

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:09:42 -0400 Scott Allen wrote: > Anyway, you can reply if you wish, but this will be my last. > whahahaha, okay. you can also reply if you wish, but I may reply again and if anybody else replies, I am going to suspect that we may be on some sort of mailing list :) ---

Re: [GTALUG] Blockchain, the solution to nothing

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:06:23 -0400 Scott Allen wrote: > On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 at 07:25, ac via talk wrote: > > Not trimming the original post simply states that imnsho the > > quality is high enough that you can read it again. > Your post's header included a reference to th

Re: [GTALUG] Blockchain, the solution to nothing

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:37:45 -0400 Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > Say it aint so... > Are you telling me that your don't believe that the blockchain is the > solution for everything from climate change to erectile dysfunction. > But seriously. > There are some real uses for blockchain

Re: [GTALUG] Blockchain, the solution to nothing

it the first time - or if you missed it completely do read it, it is very cool and very valuable. (I am re-adding it to the bottom of this reply) On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:54:40 -0400 Scott Allen wrote: > On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 at 05:56, ac via talk wrote: > > +1 > That's got to be one o

Re: [GTALUG] Blockchain, the solution to nothing

+1 On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:59:12 -0300 Mauro Souza via talk wrote: > It's really funny. It's more the result of "lets use blockchain!" on > everything that creates those issues. > > And blockchain is hyper-overhyped... It can help in a few specific > problems, but not on every single problem

Re: [GTALUG] web hosting question

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 06:17:08 -0500 o1bigtenor wrote: > As part of my 'I don't really know enough' understanding was the > asking here of what hopefully wasn't a trivial question. > > Thanking all the respondents muchly! your question is a very valuable question and answers depends greatly on

Re: [GTALUG] web hosting question

On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:09:34 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 11:43 AM Alvin Starr via talk > wrote: > > On 7/29/20 12:19 PM, Don Tai via talk wrote: > > > A friend on here uses Planethoster, a Canuck company based in > > > Montreal but also have servers in France. He

Re: [GTALUG] Free Linux VMs

On Sun, 10 May 2020 13:09:47 -0400 Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > Think of it like the thief who tries to steal your old > rear-projection television and gives himself a hernia. > Then suing you for his medical expenses and loss of revenue. > roflmao, you are so FUNNY! --- Post to this

Re: [GTALUG] Linux servers attacked!

On Sat, 9 May 2020 23:10:12 -0400 Alvin Starr via talk wrote: absolutely agree with everything you said. > Its clearly trading on the current trend in China bashing. > I have no doubt that China is sponsoring state hacking but then so is > just about every other country in the world so in

Re: [GTALUG] Free Linux VMs

On Sat, 9 May 2020 18:52:15 -0400 "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: > On 2020-05-09 3:11 p.m., Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: > > On 2020-05-09 14:27, Ansar Mohammed via talk wrote: > >> These are not time restricted. > > > > Until they are: > > Yeah, I still remember the Cloud At Cost

Re: [GTALUG] On the subject of backups.

Hi Alvin, On a 2TB dataset, with +-600k files, I have piped tree to less with limited joy, it took a few hours and at least I could search for what I was looking for... - 15TB and 100M is another animal though and as disk i/o will be your bottleneck, anything will take long, no? now, for my own

Re: [GTALUG] Problem new virtual host

On Sat, 2 May 2020 10:36:27 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > Sorry, Stephen asked for help. Something was confused or it all would > have worked for him. okay, I am not replying to you off list, or even as cc, my reply is to the mailing list and i am talking with everyone,

Re: [GTALUG] Problem new virtual host

On Fri, 1 May 2020 11:33:53 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > I'm a bit confused. But I'm probably not the only one. > Note: I've never set up a virtual host so I could be way off-base. > this entire thread is confusing. it was about something unclear to start with and now it

Re: [GTALUG] Problem new virtual host

hi, please tell me if roissystudiotest.ca is the 'real' domain name? It is not registered...[1] and, 'ping' is for an IP number, nothing to do with a domain name... when you use 'ping' and you ping domain.name then, your system does a dns lookup, to first find IP number for domain.name - and

Re: [GTALUG] CIRA officially launches free DNS firewall for consumers | IT World Canada News

On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:07:39 -0400 Sadiq Saif via talk wrote: > > DOH/DOT provides transport level encryption of the contents of the > DNS packets themselves from the host to it's resolver. This provides > protection against packet snooping on the wire, for example on an > unsecured WiFi

Re: [GTALUG] CIRA officially launches free DNS firewall for consumers | IT World Canada News

On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:02:39 -0400 Alvin Starr wrote: > >> Sometimes nannies are good things. > > yes, nannies are 'sometimes' good things, but for some people BAD > > nannies are sometimes even better :) > Are you thinking of the Nanny from Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls? > roflmao > > > >>

Re: [GTALUG] CIRA officially launches free DNS firewall for consumers | IT World Canada News

On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:13:11 -0400 Alvin Starr wrote: > > How about DNS over TOR? > as usual, LOVE the way you think :) How about just plain old DNSSEC? (instead of a nanny) - yay, IT Works! - and is so mature already...(without all the risks of having/using a nanny) and using connectivity

Re: [GTALUG] CIRA officially launches free DNS firewall for consumers | IT World Canada News

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:31:50 -0400 Gordon Chillcott via talk wrote: > On Mon., Apr. 27, 2020, 09:08 James Knott via talk, > wrote: > > I came across this today: > > https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/cira-officially-launches-free-dns-firewall-for-consumers/429887 > >

Re: [GTALUG] téléconferencing options, was GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:01:09 -0400 Znoteer via talk wrote: > The local Debian group tried out BigBlueButton a couple of days ago. > It's similar to jitsi and is also opensource. We were hitting an > instance in Italy so there was some lag on the audio, though the > video seemed to be pretty

Re: [GTALUG] Microsoft Brings Defender Antivirus for Linux, Coming Soon for Android and iOS

On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:24:03 -0500 Don Tai wrote: > Do you really need AV on linux? Last time i tried to hack any linux > system with hacker software such as Metasploit I found Linux > extremely robust, with very few vulnerabilities and exploits, all of > which I could not get to work. > I don't

Re: [GTALUG] Microsoft Brings Defender Antivirus for Linux, Coming Soon for Android and iOS

On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:50:07 -0500 Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 03:16:37PM -0500, James Knott via talk wrote: > > Well, they've certainly changed since Bill & Steve left.  After > > all, they're now including Linux with Windows 10. > > Not included. You have to

Re: [GTALUG] another unique store gone: Above All Electronic Surplus

On Sun, 15 Dec 2019 06:36:15 -0500 James Knott via talk wrote: > On 2019-12-14 11:27 PM, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > > (some still marked Turbo XT) > Those will come in handy. ;-) > *sigh* I fondly remember having to use an actual little black jumper (on the mb) to set Turbo... If

Re: [GTALUG] *** Re: Economist article on open source

On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 16:26:25 -0400 James Knott via talk wrote: > On 2019-10-03 02:56 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > iOS would have creamed Android if it were FLOSS (because iOS came > > first). > > Having used both iPhones and Android, I have to say Android is much > better.  I find

Re: [GTALUG] Was: Linux kernel 5.3 - Now: SPF and Anti Forgery

On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 21:23:24 -0400 "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: > On 2019-09-20 8:55 a.m., ac via talk wrote: > > > > Your sent email, came in marked as SPAM, and I wondered why... > > Don't forget: we had to implement Reply-To munging, otherwise mail

[GTALUG] Was: Linux kernel 5.3 - Now: SPF and Anti Forgery

On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:00:10 -0400 David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > On 2019-09-19 11:11 p.m., William Park via talk wrote: > > I just tried kernel 5.3.0, and it's noticeably faster in opening > > windows. Not sure about overall throughput, though. > I'd be interested in how quick it is in

Re: [GTALUG] War Story: Asus UX305ca SSD failures

Hi Alvin, On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 09:35:47 -0400 Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > On 8/1/19 7:14 PM, William Park via talk wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 11:15:43AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via > > talk wrote: > >> We bought two Asus ux305ca notebooks about three years ago. The > >> Microsoft

Re: [GTALUG] Recommendations for useful laptop suitable for Ubuntu

On Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:26:58 -0400 Val Kulkov via talk wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 23:18, Alex Beamish via talk > wrote: > > Greetings, > > My Windows 10 laptop died pretty close to its fifth birthday, so I'm > > planning on replacing it with a Linux laptop. I've used it for > > conference

Re: [GTALUG] A find alternative: fselect

On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:20:17 -0400 Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > On 6/13/19 10:40 AM, David Mason via talk wrote: > > My preface: 40 years of C programming is enough! I don’t plan to > > write any more C; where I need that low-level efficiency, I’ll use > > Rust. Ditto no C++; if I want objects,

Re: [GTALUG] [OT] mySQL help

On Wed, 29 May 2019 01:01:23 -0400 Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > On 2019-05-28 7:50 p.m., Stephen via talk wrote: > > It has been years. I am creating a new site with database but I > > can't get the user to have privileges. > > Can anyone spot what is wrong? > > You may find it useful to

Re: [GTALUG] [OT] mySQL help

On Tue, 28 May 2019 19:50:51 -0400 Stephen via talk wrote: > mysql> > === > I create grants > mysql> grant all on rois3324_stephen.* to > "rois3324_stephen"@"localhost" with grant option; > Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) >

Re: [GTALUG] Google suspends some business with Huawei

On Mon, 20 May 2019 13:00:08 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > > The Chinese government has shown willingness to repeatedly and > flagrantly hack the US (and Canada). The fact that the US hacks the > other way is irrelevant to this discussion. We're not talking > morality

Re: [GTALUG] Spamhaus block

Uhm, no. For example: If you would ask 8.8.4.4 the in-addr.arpa for "your" rented OVH ip resource, then 8.8.4.4 would go and ask OVH for the answer. And no, Spamhaus does not "red flag" any ipv4/6 resource for lack of a reverse name. So no mystery for me here... OVH is known for being less

Re: [GTALUG] Spamhaus block

If you want to relay email and operate a working email server, you need to start with ipv4 reputation. If you host in the middle of a criminal hotspot and at a socalled "bullet proof" host (a host that does not care about abuse complaints and has a bad reputation) Do not expect to be able to

Re: [GTALUG] Sendmail Changes

On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:06:02 -0500 Chris Tyler via talk wrote: > I have a very old sendmail configuration on a VM on a dying server. I > need to move it to a stable hw platform, so I took the sendmail setup > and migrated it to a new system with a current Sendmail installation. > The previous

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:44:45 -0500 o1bigtenor wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:54 AM ac via talk wrote: > > sheepbytes.ca is cool, the local code looks neat and tidy. I am not > > sure about the security thereof. And just imho S/R would not be > > optimal to remake t

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:38:00 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 6:32 AM Stewart C. Russell via talk > wrote: > > If you're storing a large amount of information and doing > > statistical work on it, you should at least consider learning R. > > It's very strong for Monte

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:59:29 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:10 PM Jamon Camisso via talk > wrote: > > On 11/10/18 12:59, o1bigtenor wrote: > > > And what does one do when the web is down? > > A framework like react is built with this in mind - serviceworkers >

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:53:18 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Greetings > Hello :) > I have been using a web application for one of my business functions. > Besides the limitation of it being a web application (the web is NOT > as consistent nor as quick as is considered 'normal' for those

Re: [GTALUG] Google Alternatives

On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:09:03 -0400 "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: > I'll be sad to see Google+ go, if only for the huge knowledge base > built up there for my open source Reach 3D printer. The folks there > know 3d printers and not data retention best-practice. At the time, > Google+

Re: [GTALUG] Google Alternatives

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 18:38:48 -0400 Christopher Browne via talk wrote: > https://degooglisons-internet.org/en/alternatives/ > I don't know that it's all wonderful stuff, but it's always a good > thing to have alternatives to choose from. > Many of these offer some choices that would involve similar

Re: [GTALUG] Online Course for Lex/Yacc?

On Sun, 16 Sep 2018 01:40:23 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > | From: William Park via talk > | Every now and then, I come across situation where an ideal solution > | would have been a custom parser/interpreter, either to parse data > format | or to write my own sets of

Re: [GTALUG] fail2ban problem

On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:49:58 -0500 o1bigtenor wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 4:13 AM, ac via talk wrote: > > yeah, this is the reason why I do not usually respond to this type > > of post... security is a wide and varying topic. and opinions are > > held by all

Re: [GTALUG] fail2ban problem

any that care, since I use shorewall as my firewall, I also had > to modify the fail2ban banaction to use shorewall instead of > iptables, and modify shorewall to dynamic blacklist ALL connections. > > After all this is done, my ppp connection sees the bogus requests but > silently ignor

Re: [GTALUG] fail2ban problem

Hi, normally, i would not respond to a post like yours :) when people ask your dns server a question, they are not logging into your system. - so fail2ban is not the correct tool the correct answer is any of the below: you need to write a program or a script for example on a small single

Re: [GTALUG] Checking for DNSSEC

On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:02:45 -0400 Gordon Chillcott via talk wrote: > I got asked, off-line, by a couple of people if ICANN had any tools > for testing for DNSSEC. There are so I went in, dug them out and > tried them. > The question, by the way, was prompted by the news that the DNSSEC Key >

Re: [GTALUG] blackmail

On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 09:14:38 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > | From: ac via talk > | essentially : Spam is dead. (So, you do not have to receive these > | 'blackmail' emails) > > Thanks for the hints on spam. > > This particular email

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