April 2018 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Next Meeting May 10th 2018 Topic: TBD

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, Our next meeting is May 10th, 2018. Topic: To Be Decided If there's something someone would like to talk about, let me know and we'll set it up. Here are a couple of ideas: 1. Digital Ocean Cloud Droplet stuff (possibly around hosting wlug mail) 2. Configuring MFA authentication on SSH. Beyond that we'll likely talk about when we'd like the BBQ and other stuff we'd like to talk about. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 30, 2018

Embedded Linux contract opening

by John Spencer

Connected Systems has a client with a long-term contract opening (12+ months) in the Littleton, MA area for a Sr or Prin Embedded Software Engineer with strong C/C++ and embedded Linux experience. Responsible for design and development of embedded software for next gen systems using C and C++ Design and develop Linux software including kernel and driver management. Requirements: Must be US Citizen with ability to obtain a Secret Clearance. Current clearance is a plus, but not required. 8+ years of embedded software design and development in a commercial or defense environment Strong experience designing and developing in an embedded Linux environment using C and C++ Experience with driver and kernel configuration BSEE or related technical degree Please send your resume and any questions to my email below. Regards, John Spencer Connected Systems Partners Office: (978) 455-5550 x208 Cell: (978) 621-9743 jspencer(a)connectedsp.com<mailto:jspencer@connectedsp.com> www.connectedsp.com<http://www.connectedsp.com/> GET CONNECTED! All information in this email, unless indicated otherwise in the body of the email, is considered confidential and intended for the view and use of the recipient(s) only.

April 27, 2018

Re: [Wlug] Digital Ocean

by Chuck Anderson

This looks cool: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-run-your-own-mail-s… I would prefer if there was a turnkey solution for Mailman 3, Postorius, and Hyperkitty. I had played around with those a bit several years ago when they were new. Hyperkitty allows participation in the mailing lists via a web forum interface. On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 04:46:45PM -0400, John Stoffel wrote: > > I've got my mail hosted on a Digital Ocean droplet and I'm very > happy. For approx $72 a year I get a full Linux system with 1gb of > RAM and 20gb of SSD storage. Plenty for a mail/web hosting setup for > a small family site. > > Tim> One of the podcasts I listen to "Linux Unplugged" has a promo for "Digital > Tim> Ocean" that gets you a $10 credit to go screw around with stuff > > Tim> I just spun up a CentOS box and I've been poking around. It looks like it's > Tim> QEMU/KVM on the insides... > > Tim> Later, > Tim> Tim.

April 20, 2018

Re: [Wlug] Digital Ocean

by John Stoffel

I've got my mail hosted on a Digital Ocean droplet and I'm very happy. For approx $72 a year I get a full Linux system with 1gb of RAM and 20gb of SSD storage. Plenty for a mail/web hosting setup for a small family site. Tim> One of the podcasts I listen to "Linux Unplugged" has a promo for "Digital Tim> Ocean" that gets you a $10 credit to go screw around with stuff Tim> I just spun up a CentOS box and I've been poking around. It looks like it's Tim> QEMU/KVM on the insides... Tim> Later, Tim> Tim. Tim> -- Tim> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their Tim> constituents as "consumers". Tim> _______________________________________________ Tim> Wlug mailing list Tim> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Tim> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 20, 2018

Digital Ocean

by Tim Keller

Hey Guys, One of the podcasts I listen to "Linux Unplugged" has a promo for "Digital Ocean" that gets you a $10 credit to go screw around with stuff I just spun up a CentOS box and I've been poking around. It looks like it's QEMU/KVM on the insides... Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 20, 2018

Great meeting last night!

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, Last night's meeting was fantastic! It's always great to get a full house! For those of you who were unable to make it, there were a number of fantastic mini talks. Login gave a great 15 minute rundown regarding the "audit2allow" tool to generate selinux rules. Login then proceeded to show how SElinux is running in lots of places... and then SSH'd into his phone to show that it was also run SElinux. kudos on the sshing over bluetooth from your laptop... that was cool. Greg then gave a great demo on a very lightweight security oriented linux called "Heads" (as opposed to the more well known "Tails" distribution. What was more amazing was that he was running it on a pretty old laptop and it was zippy... Though their support for mirroring displays could be a bit clearer! It was really impressive what you can do with a two core pentium laptop and a usb stick! Lastly, Chuck showed off Qubes. While the install didn't finish until we'd come back from dinner! Chuck was able to talk about the idea of separating applications into different Xen domains. It was really cool. Though we talked about this at and after dinner... I'm fearful that Xen is going the way of the dodo... I wonder if in the future the Qubes people will support other hypervisors. Thank to Login, Greg and Chuck for presenting and thanks to everybody for turning it into a lively and interesting round table discussion. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 13, 2018

Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting Tomorrow! Topic: Security Oriented Linux

by Tim Keller

That would be awesome! On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 10:03 AM, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > I can try to get Qubes working again on my laptop. I kinda doubt it would > work as a VM since it is based on Xen VMs itself. > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 02:10:28AM +0000, Tim Keller wrote: > > Hey Gang, > > > > Our next meeting will be April 12th, 2018. > > > > Time: 7pm > > Location: WPI Mid Century Room rm 331 > > > > The topic of this meeting will be Security Oriented Linux(s). In short > > these are versions of linux that attempt to harden your machine through > > encryption, process isolation, etc. and obscure your access to the > internet > > using proxies and tor. > > > > This will include Tails, Kali, Whonix, Qubes, etc. > > If you are using one of the above, drop me a quick line. > > > > Otherwise, I'll be running a few of these as VMs on my machine. > > > > Snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off > for > > dinner and keep the conversation going. > > > > Thanks, > > Tim. > > > > -- > > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > > constituents as "consumers". > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > -- > - Chuck (0 Days until IPv4 depletion: http://ipv4depletion.com/) > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 12, 2018

Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting Tomorrow! Topic: Security Oriented Linux

by Chuck Anderson

I can try to get Qubes working again on my laptop. I kinda doubt it would work as a VM since it is based on Xen VMs itself. On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 02:10:28AM +0000, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Gang, > > Our next meeting will be April 12th, 2018. > > Time: 7pm > Location: WPI Mid Century Room rm 331 > > The topic of this meeting will be Security Oriented Linux(s). In short > these are versions of linux that attempt to harden your machine through > encryption, process isolation, etc. and obscure your access to the internet > using proxies and tor. > > This will include Tails, Kali, Whonix, Qubes, etc. > If you are using one of the above, drop me a quick line. > > Otherwise, I'll be running a few of these as VMs on my machine. > > Snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off for > dinner and keep the conversation going. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- - Chuck (0 Days until IPv4 depletion: http://ipv4depletion.com/)

April 12, 2018

WLUG Meeting Tomorrow! Topic: Security Oriented Linux

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, Our next meeting will be April 12th, 2018. Time: 7pm Location: WPI Mid Century Room rm 331 The topic of this meeting will be Security Oriented Linux(s). In short these are versions of linux that attempt to harden your machine through encryption, process isolation, etc. and obscure your access to the internet using proxies and tor. This will include Tails, Kali, Whonix, Qubes, etc. If you are using one of the above, drop me a quick line. Otherwise, I'll be running a few of these as VMs on my machine. Snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off for dinner and keep the conversation going. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 12, 2018

Re: [Wlug] Human Machine Interface

by Richard Klein

Yes, Keith, you're interesting! On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 12:07 AM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> writes: > > > If anyone has experience writing HMI software, > > I hear my employer needs someone. > > This your lucky day! I wrote some of that years ago; > here it is: > > ;;; Copyright Keith Wright (2018) > ;;; This is Free Software. Licence GPL v2 or later. > > (define (HMI) (display "prompt>") (read)) > > > I think we're looking for an EE, too. > > I have a roll of CAT-5 and a crimper tool. > > > Let me know if you're interested. > > Let me know if I'm interesting. > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

April 6, 2018