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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

RE: [Wlug] Stallman at WPI, 1/13 @ 11am

by James Gray

I think my message got lost the first time around. I contacted WPI and got a response that sounded like the event would be open to the public. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org on behalf of Jared Greenwald Sent: Mon 1/9/2006 11:51 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Stallman at WPI, 1/13 @ 11am Yea, I can imagine this would bring a packed house... -Jared On 1/9/06, Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > any wpi'rs here? > > Do we need tickets? Can the wlug get us "in"? Is > anyone welcome? > > thanks > mike > > --- Theo Van Dinter <felicity(a)kluge.net> wrote: > > > I happened to be poking around and found this off > > the main WPI page. I don't > > remember it coming by here yet, so ... > > > > > http://www.cs.wpi.edu/News/Colloquium/20056/stallman.html > > > > -- > > Randomly Generated Tagline: > > "Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and > > character. > > But if you must be without one, be without > > strategy." > > - General H. Norman Schwarzkopf > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 10, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Stallman at WPI, 1/13 @ 11am

by Michelle Vadeboncoeur

On Mon, Jan 9, 2006, Theo Van Dinter <felicity(a)kluge.net> said: > I happened to be poking around and found this off the main WPI page. I don= > 't > remember it coming by here yet, so ... > > http://www.cs.wpi.edu/News/Colloquium/20056/stallman.html It's also in the Social Web event calendar: http://www.socialweb.net/Events/36537 According to the WPI CS Dept's Colloquium main page, all full time graduate students are required to attend. The "more information" email address is csevents(a)cs.wpi.edu -- -mrv(a)kluge.net

Jan. 10, 2006

RE: [Wlug] Stallman at WPI, 1/13 @ 11am

by James Gray

I found a contact address for events @ wpi and recieved this response, good news. >From Michael C Voorhis <mvoorhis(a)cs.wpi.edu>: I'm not aware of any restrictions on the audience. The event description doesn't imply any restrictions (I just looked) and I would believe RMS to be opposed to any restrictions in any case. James Gray writes: > Hi, is the Stallman event open to the public or are only WPI > students/faculty allowed? I am part of the campus GNU/Linux users > group if that makes any difference. Thanks! On 1/9/06, Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > any wpi'rs here? > > Do we need tickets? Can the wlug get us "in"? Is > anyone welcome? > > thanks > mike >

Jan. 10, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Stallman at WPI, 1/13 @ 11am

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI all, I heard Richard Stallman speak at Holy Cross several years ago. I would highly recommend attending if at all possible. Richard is an excellent speaker, and his ideas are well thought. Whether or not you agree with him, I think it is still quite worthwhile to hear him. 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 iD8DBQFDw7lHHl0iXDssISsRArDiAJ9XS+9QaCAbbAiVcjxpJw6AluZdTgCfbqVO CfVUHNbufnsdEJetjQwS+EQ= =jj89 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 10, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Stallman at WPI, 1/13 @ 11am

by Jared Greenwald

Yea, I can imagine this would bring a packed house... -Jared On 1/9/06, Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > any wpi'rs here? > > Do we need tickets? Can the wlug get us "in"? Is > anyone welcome? > > thanks > mike > > --- Theo Van Dinter <felicity(a)kluge.net> wrote: > > > I happened to be poking around and found this off > > the main WPI page. I don't > > remember it coming by here yet, so ... > > > > > http://www.cs.wpi.edu/News/Colloquium/20056/stallman.html > > > > -- > > Randomly Generated Tagline: > > "Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and > > character. > > But if you must be without one, be without > > strategy." > > - General H. Norman Schwarzkopf > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 10, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Stallman at WPI, 1/13 @ 11am

by Mike Leo

any wpi'rs here? Do we need tickets? Can the wlug get us "in"? Is anyone welcome? thanks mike --- Theo Van Dinter <felicity(a)kluge.net> wrote: > I happened to be poking around and found this off > the main WPI page. I don't > remember it coming by here yet, so ... > > http://www.cs.wpi.edu/News/Colloquium/20056/stallman.html > > -- > Randomly Generated Tagline: > "Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and > character. > But if you must be without one, be without > strategy." > - General H. Norman Schwarzkopf > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 10, 2006

Stallman at WPI, 1/13 @ 11am

by Theo Van Dinter

I happened to be poking around and found this off the main WPI page. I don't remember it coming by here yet, so ... http://www.cs.wpi.edu/News/Colloquium/20056/stallman.html -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without strategy." - General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

Jan. 10, 2006