January 2006 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

google video...

by Keller, Tim

Last night I had mentioned the Christmas light display. Open Browser Goto google video and search for "Christmas Lights" it'll be the first result returned. Tim.

Jan. 13, 2006

Re: [Wlug] RedHat ISOs

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:02:45AM -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:50:53AM +0700, Aramico wrote: > > > > Friends, any idea where can I download the isos for RHEL AS 4, ES 4 ? > > You probably can't, since those are RedHat's "for money only" releases. > Yes, they are still open source, You can download the source, but no > ISOs are available. > > Closest you can come would be FC4 (Fedora Core 4) or FC5 now in final > test. > > Another option is White Box Linux, a distro based on the RedHat source > code. Dunno if its really equivalent to the RedHat Enterprise products > you are asking about but that seems to be their goal, whereas the FC > series are not intended to be the same as the enterprise products. > The FC series goal is to be a leading edge, community development > platform for RedHat, ie - free labor pool for RedHat. :-) > > > -- > Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. <snip> Another vendor is centos.org. The take the RH source rpm's and build a free distro. Bill

Jan. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] RedHat ISOs

by Jeff Kinz

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:50:53AM +0700, Aramico wrote: > > Friends, any idea where can I download the isos for RHEL AS 4, ES 4 ? You probably can't, since those are RedHat's "for money only" releases. Yes, they are still open source, You can download the source, but no ISOs are available. Closest you can come would be FC4 (Fedora Core 4) or FC5 now in final test. Another option is White Box Linux, a distro based on the RedHat source code. Dunno if its really equivalent to the RedHat Enterprise products you are asking about but that seems to be their goal, whereas the FC series are not intended to be the same as the enterprise products. The FC series goal is to be a leading edge, community development platform for RedHat, ie - free labor pool for RedHat. :-) -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. speech recognition software may have been used to create this e-mail "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." - Brandeis To think contrary to one's era is heroism. But to speak against it is madness. -- Eugene Ionesco

Jan. 12, 2006

RedHat ISOs

by Aramico

Friends, any idea where can I download the isos for RHEL AS 4, ES 4 ? cheers, Aramico

Jan. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] encrypted files

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I have a question about using gpg to encrypt private files on my > system. > > Which encryption is the preferred for file storage? > > Symmetric? (gpg -c) This seems the most secure and flexible, but I'm > getting tired of typing the key so often. > > Public/private? This seems enticing, because encryption is done > without needing to type a password. However, the keyring is on the > same system as the encrypted file, and thus is vulnerable. Why not use an encrypted file system? One passphrase unlocks the entire file system. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDxbP8Hl0iXDssISsRAgo5AJoDvWtovKVEPxE8P1prRrag1EGH/gCcC3eM mk1g81CYnoNF5BdDqndWN60= =Q7Ok -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] encrypted files

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I have a question about using gpg to encrypt private files on my > system. > > Which encryption is the preferred for file storage? > > Symmetric? (gpg -c) This seems the most secure and flexible, but I'm > getting tired of typing the key so often. Your typing will get faster with repetition. Or, maybe you shouldn't have picked such a long key. Oh yeah, I forgot, longer keys are more secure, now aren't they? ;-) - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDxapXHl0iXDssISsRAizbAJ90yHj66nmE9XLJwpjubhKSOoGGGwCfYQzK 6gJJFb9kjg+Sm15b9z0hm5I= =z8Bh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] server outage

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank Sweetser wrote: > In case anyone noticed any problems with the mailing list, the server hosting > it ate yet another hard drive. It's been restored from backups, though (which > I may do as a meeting topic one month, if there's interest) and everything > should be back up now. > Thanks for taking care of this, Frank! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDxanIHl0iXDssISsRAnxeAJ0TIRYiC7RuHPquCiFoPu4CCny6ZgCeI/0M 3ZVP1707eXm+nWDdMSMuaqU= =h06k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 12, 2006

server outage

by Frank Sweetser

In case anyone noticed any problems with the mailing list, the server hosting it ate yet another hard drive. It's been restored from backups, though (which I may do as a meeting topic one month, if there's interest) and everything should be back up now. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

Jan. 12, 2006

encrypted files

by Bill Mills-Curran

I have a question about using gpg to encrypt private files on my system. Which encryption is the preferred for file storage? Symmetric? (gpg -c) This seems the most secure and flexible, but I'm getting tired of typing the key so often. Public/private? This seems enticing, because encryption is done without needing to type a password. However, the keyring is on the same system as the encrypted file, and thus is vulnerable. Thanks, Bill

Jan. 11, 2006

reminder: meeting thursday january 12 2006 7:00 pm

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, We'll be having a WLUG meeting this coming Thursday evening, at 7:00 PM, on January 12, 2006 in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. At this meeting, there is currently no single scheduled topic, so this means that ALL topics are freely available for discussion (thanks, Walt). Bring along your questions and maybe somebody in the room will have answers. Bring up any Linux related topic and we can discuss it as a group. Here are some topics we might discuss: Nokia 770 - http://www.nokia.com/770 Linux World Conference and Expo coming to Boston in April 2006 Richard Stallman will speak at WPI on January 13th Xen in the Linux kernel (see also Xenoppix) Next month (Feb 2006), I'll probably put together a presentation discussing my experience using a Routerboard 532 and making a firewall out of it using GPL software which I pieced together. Stay tuned. After the meeting, we'll go out for pizza and soda at our favorite pizza place (Tech Piza) on Highland Street. We always have lively and interesting discussions there. Come one, come all, and bring your friends, too! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDxF0+Hl0iXDssISsRAvLOAJ9fl9cSwJxVJ9sRZElNA8OZRm0mRgCdHFrM kCin6TULv47cw6RhqOq6zok= =0lzd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 11, 2006