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WLUG Meeting Oct 8th, 2026: Topic: Tracking ShinyHunters! Speaker: Ian Campbell

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting THIS Thursday! Date / Time: October 8th, 2026 @ 7PM Location: Techncopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Speaker: Ian Campbell Topic: Tracking ShinyHunters! Ian Campbell is a new member of WLUG and is a Threat Researcher that has spent months tracking ShinyHunters activity across web infrastructure as well as other data. In this vendor-agnostic talk he'll highlight the methods used and lessons learned when integrating human and signals intelligence with DNS and domain data. As always, after the meeting we'll all head out to dinner and continue the conversation. Later, Tim.

Oct. 5, 2026

Re: Reminder: Meeting Tonight!! Topic: Andy's Ham Radio, Location: Techncopia at 7PM!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > WLUG Founder Andy Stewart will be giving a talk about "Andy's Ham Radio Linux", > a popular collection of Free and Open Source Software related to ham radio. > You need not know much (if anything) about ham radio to benefit from this talk. > Andy will present a high level overview of things that are done with ham > radios, and how Linux software helps with the enjoyment of the hobby. The slides from the talk are now up on the web site, please let me know if you can't find them. And if you have suggestions for how to organize things, please let me know. I'm slowly working on getting the older presentations organized as well. If you have done a recent presentation and don't see it on the site, please drop me an email with your slides or other presentation materials (if any!) and I'll work to get things updated. My goal is to try and be more proactive on these in the future going forward! John

Sept. 15, 2026

Reminder: Meeting Tonight!! Topic: Andy's Ham Radio, Location: Techncopia at 7PM!

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, Here's the details for our meeting tonight!! Date / Time: 2026-09-10 @7PM Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland Ave, Worcester MA. Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Andy's Ham Radio Linux Speaker: Andy Stewart WLUG Founder Andy Stewart will be giving a talk about "Andy's Ham Radio Linux", a popular collection of Free and Open Source Software related to ham radio. You need not know much (if anything) about ham radio to benefit from this talk. Andy will present a high level overview of things that are done with ham radios, and how Linux software helps with the enjoyment of the hobby. Andy Stewart holds an Amateur Extra class ham radio license (KB1OIQ), and has been active in that hobby for 20 years. He has been a Linux enthusiast since the late 1990s. After retiring from a long and successful career as a digital logic verification engineer in 2024, Andy has spent a lot more time promoting Linux and ham radio. As usual after the meeting we'll head off for dinner to keep the conversation going! A couple people have asked about parking.. You can park in the parking lot next to Technocopia that has the loading docks. Thanks, Tim.

Sept. 10, 2026

Re: New WLUG web site

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Lam via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: So I've updated the about page to spell out Tim's email. We should probably make it 'president(a)wlug.org' instead down the line. And it looks like Tim has removed the out of date "Meetup group" stuff since we're not using or paying for it any more. John > Minor fix but of big importance: the "please contact Tim Keller" on the About > page has no link or better a text-based obfuscated e-mail address associated > with it. On the home page, the "WLUG now has a Meetup group: URL" doesn't link > anywhere either. > Cheers, > Michael > On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 2:02 PM Joe Sherman via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > Looks ok to me > On Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 1:53 PM John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > Guys, > I'm working on migrating the old WLUG website from the old non-https > server to a new Ubuntu 24.04 LTS based system with proper HTTPs > support, and using the 'grav' flatfile CMS for simpler management. > Can people take a look at 'https://wlug.stoffel.org' and give me some > feedback on how they like the look? Or do we really care? > Cheers, > John > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/BHA6G… > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/5XMDT… > -- > Michael Lam, Ph.D. > astromlam(a)gmail.com > Research Scientist > Carl Sagan Center for Research > SETI Institute > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/23IT6…

Sept. 9, 2026

Re: New WLUG web site

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Lam via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Minor fix but of big importance: the "please contact Tim Keller" on the About > page has no link or better a text-based obfuscated e-mail address associated > with it. On the home page, the "WLUG now has a Meetup group: URL" doesn't link > anywhere either. I'll fix this up! > Cheers, > Michael > On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 2:02 PM Joe Sherman via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > Looks ok to me > On Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 1:53 PM John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > Guys, > I'm working on migrating the old WLUG website from the old non-https > server to a new Ubuntu 24.04 LTS based system with proper HTTPs > support, and using the 'grav' flatfile CMS for simpler management. > Can people take a look at 'https://wlug.stoffel.org' and give me some > feedback on how they like the look? Or do we really care? > Cheers, > John > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/BHA6G… > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/5XMDT… > -- > Michael Lam, Ph.D. > astromlam(a)gmail.com > Research Scientist > Carl Sagan Center for Research > SETI Institute > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/23IT6…

Sept. 9, 2026

Next Meeting!! Sept. 10th, 2026: Topic: Andy's Ham Radio Linux! Speaker: Andy Stewart

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, Here's the details for our next meeting: Date / Time: 2026-09-10 @7PM Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland Ave, Worcester MA. Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Andy's Ham Radio Linux Speaker: Andy Stewart WLUG Founder Andy Stewart will be giving a talk about "Andy's Ham Radio Linux", a popular collection of Free and Open Source Software related to ham radio. You need not know much (if anything) about ham radio to benefit from this talk. Andy will present a high level overview of things that are done with ham radios, and how Linux software helps with the enjoyment of the hobby. Andy Stewart holds an Amateur Extra class ham radio license (KB1OIQ), and has been active in that hobby for 20 years. He has been a Linux enthusiast since the late 1990s. After retiring from a long and successful career as a digital logic verification engineer in 2024, Andy has spent a lot more time promoting Linux and ham radio. As usual after the meeting we'll head off for dinner to keep the conversation going! A couple people have asked about parking.. You can park in the parking lot next to Technocopia that has the loading docks. Thanks, Tim.

Sept. 3, 2026

Reminder! WLUG Meeting This Thursday (August 13th), Topic: Kali Linux

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting this week! Date & Time: August 13th, 2026 @ 7PM Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA. Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Kali Linux You need to hack yourself! Seriously. You only need to look at the news to see that every attack surface that can be touched and exploited is actively being targeted. Sure you could go find a dozen different tools and get them all installed and configured.. Or.. you could use Kali Linux: https://www.kali.org/ This is a one-stop-shop for pen testing. I'm going to show off some of the tools and features. As usual, after the meeting we'll head off to dinner and keep the conversation going. Thanks, Tim.

Aug. 11, 2026

Meeting this Thursday! July 9th, 2026 @7PM, Topic: Rust!

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting this week! Date / Time: Thursday July 9th @7PM Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA. Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Rust Programming Language! Long time WLUGer Evan White will be giving a talk on the Rust programming language. Rust recently became a first class citizen in the linux kernel. Designed from the ground up to be type and memory safe it's the new cool kid on the block. Evan will be showing off what he's been doing with rust to wildly extend the functionality of the kobo e-reader. This talk will be oriented towards people who've never used rust before so he'll be getting into the brass tacks and showing us all why we should all abandon our crappy unsafe languages and go all in on rust! As usual after the meeting we'll head out for dinner and keep up the conversation. I hope to see you all there! Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

July 7, 2026

Reminder! WLUG Meeting June 11th @ 7PM Location: Techncopia

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting this Thursday, June 11th @7PM. Topic: TBD (Hit me up here or on Signal) Location: Technocopia Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA We'll definitely be talking about the continuing spate of Linux kernel vulnerabilities. Supply chain attacks on npm / pypi / etc. As usual, we'll head out 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".

June 9, 2026

Re: Keith's mail issue

by Keith Wright

Thank you much for your incredibly prompt and detailed reply. Dick Goodman via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > This is all analogous to what I use successfully for my wife. I can successfully send a message to one or two gmail (or yahoo, hotmail...) addresses, the problem comes with the mailing list, which has about 50 @gmail.com. That sets them off. > To your points: > 1) I forward her incoming stuff (successfully) to Gmail with Procmail I don't know Procmail. Will look into it (ironically by google). > 2) I appreciate that everything worked for 20 years. When I get too nostalgic I think about my long lost draft card. -- Keith

May 31, 2026