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Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting topic(s)

by AlReinhart

You might find the following entertaining if not interesting as some background information for a privacy/identity management meeting. http://www.identity20.com/media/OSCON2005/ Keith Wright wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >>From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> >> >>We appear to have a choice of meeting topics for April: >> >>1) PGP Key signing party > > > In addition to a mere key signing, it would > be nice if someone who knows could talk about > how PGP or GPG works, how to use them and > how they relate to rfc-2440, and whether > they interoperate. > > Also, maybe somebody with a digital camera > could take pictures of WLUG leaders and > followers, and put them on the web site, > together with public key identifiers. > Despite being told several times over the > past few years, I don't remember most > people's names, but I might be able to > if I had a chance to practice at home > with my web browser. > > It is only somewhat useful to have a > record in your keyring that says you were > once convinced that the name goes with the > key, if you have totally forgotten what > person goes with the name. > > -- Keith > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Keith Wright 8822AF38 http://pgp.mit.edu > > iD8DBQFGCdp44xVZAIgirzgRAhCWAJ4+SEw8sYTVefgL/s1gU3CgibrcUwCdFm5y > yRPNmXt27bQgJUC/OD/gpec= > =uN1o > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > -- ---------------------------------- Al Reinhart Phone: (508) 869-6417 DisCom Systems eMail: Reinhart(a)DisCom.com www.DisCom.com

March 29, 2007

Re: [Wlug] DSL testing

by Brian J. Conway

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:57:42 -0400 (EDT) Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > But I know I have heard some of you talking about > statistics gathering programs for network performance. > Does anyone know of a program that might help to > see how well a DSL line is working, or other > diagnostic tools for this? It's possible some of that information is available on the internal interface via SNMP, but I haven't frequently seen that on consumer-grade devices. I haven't used DSL in a long while, but I know that that vast majority of cable modems have a status web page on the internal interface at http://192.168.100.1 that gives you upstream and downstream power levels, downstream SNR, frequencies used, and occasionally provisioned rates. (On most well-configured firewalls, that also means remembering to allow 192.168.100.1:80 in on the external interface, heh.) If you hunt around for your DSL modem model in your search engine of choice, there may be something similar. Either way, I imagine a truck roll will still be your best course of action. Brian J. Conway

March 29, 2007

Re: [Wlug] DSL testing

by Karl Hiramoto

Keith Wright wrote: > You won't be able to see real time Layer 2 stats of >> your circuit, as this information is accessed from >> the DSLAM in the Central Office. >> > > But I know I have heard some of you talking about > statistics gathering programs for network performance. > Does anyone know of a program that might help to > see how well a DSL line is working, or other > diagnostic tools for this? > This depends on your DSL modem. Some will display the Signal/Noise ratio on a web page interface, or SNMP port. You may be able to buy a different DSL interface that has these features.

March 29, 2007

Re: [Wlug] DSL testing

by Richard Klein

Keith Wright wrote: > > But I know I have heard some of you talking about > statistics gathering programs for network performance. > Does anyone know of a program that might help to > see how well a DSL line is working, or other > diagnostic tools for this? I don't know the answers, but you might find some useful tools at http://dslreports.com/ . And if you don't get any useful answers here, you might have better luck in their forums. -- Rich

March 29, 2007

DSL testing

by Keith Wright

After several years of near flawless working, I am starting to have trouble with my DSL connection. A few times per year the modem would lock-up. It was rare enough that I did not worry much, I figured it was due to lightening or cosmic rays. In any case, it was rare enough that I could think of no way to debug it, and there seemed to be no real reason to, the power went out more often than the DSL. Lately it has been happening several times a day, I just got done with a burst of about ten consecutive lock-ups. I will be browsing the web, or something and it will just quit working. Ping of the ISP's nearest computer (by IP addr) does not work. I go to the modem, pull out the power plug, wait a few seconds, plug it in, wait for it to boot up, and it works again until the next time. I complained to the ISP (Speakeasy) and the nice guy there said: > I had a look at your circuit and see a sync at 1536 > kbps Downstream / 384 kbps Upstream with decibel > margins of 2.0 dB Downstream / 17.0 dB Upstream. The > downstream decibel margins are very low and as a > result, your line is incrementing heavy errors. I asked if I could see these numbers myself, so that I could try some re-wiring to see if it made the problem better (or worse). He said: > You won't be able to see real time Layer 2 stats of > your circuit, as this information is accessed from > the DSLAM in the Central Office. But I know I have heard some of you talking about statistics gathering programs for network performance. Does anyone know of a program that might help to see how well a DSL line is working, or other diagnostic tools for this? -- Keith

March 29, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting topic(s)

by Terry S

I have a new digital camera I haven't even used yet. I'd be more than happy to bring my camera. I'm curious to understand, will these be publicly viewable pictures, or *only* viewable to those who have your key? (P.S. I've never made a key before, so this is a good topic for me.) On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 11:03:05PM -0400, Keith Wright wrote: > > Also, maybe somebody with a digital camera > > could take pictures of WLUG leaders and > > followers, and put them on the web site, > > together with public key identifiers. > > Despite being told several times over the > > past few years, I don't remember most > > people's names, but I might be able to > > if I had a chance to practice at home > > with my web browser. > > > > It is only somewhat useful to have a > > record in your keyring that says you were > > once convinced that the name goes with the > > key, if you have totally forgotten what > > person goes with the name.

March 29, 2007

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March 28, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting topic(s)

by Eric Martin

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm using Kgpg and I can't see the pic either. Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:32:39AM -0400, Keith Wright wrote: >>> I have a photo on my two current keys if you want to >>> check it out: E580B363 and 45D60F57. :) >> I would love to "check you out", but all I see are >> a couple of eight digit hex numbers. Where's the picture? >> >> ( Stupid questions are an intentional ploy to make somebody >> volunteer to explain it all. ) > > I would volunteer, but I don't live near Worcester anymore. :| > >> PS: OK, OK. I admit it. It's not just a ploy, I really >> am too stupid to find the picture. > > :) > > Generally speaking, it's: > > gpg --edit-key <keyid> > showphoto > > On my Mac, it pops up Preview with the jpg. You could also do: > > gpg --list-key --list-options show-photos <keyid | userid | ...> > > In theory it should work on Linux in X as well, though you may need to set > "--photo-viewer". "man gpg" is helpful, look for "photo". :) > > There may be GUI tools out there to deal with the keys as well. I'm a fan of > the CLI. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGCk0faI8VEtSi4H8RAlFuAKCSwuzHvEx5U8wzapevHz9DtP7I4wCfc0gR f0R4hZUUr3brLoe88XsSRz8= =LBxX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

March 28, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting topic(s)

by Theo Van Dinter

On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:32:39AM -0400, Keith Wright wrote: > > I have a photo on my two current keys if you want to > > check it out: E580B363 and 45D60F57. :) > > I would love to "check you out", but all I see are > a couple of eight digit hex numbers. Where's the picture? > > ( Stupid questions are an intentional ploy to make somebody > volunteer to explain it all. ) I would volunteer, but I don't live near Worcester anymore. :| > PS: OK, OK. I admit it. It's not just a ploy, I really > am too stupid to find the picture. :) Generally speaking, it's: gpg --edit-key <keyid> showphoto On my Mac, it pops up Preview with the jpg. You could also do: gpg --list-key --list-options show-photos <keyid | userid | ...> In theory it should work on Linux in X as well, though you may need to set "--photo-viewer". "man gpg" is helpful, look for "photo". :) There may be GUI tools out there to deal with the keys as well. I'm a fan of the CLI. -- Randomly Selected Tagline: "... the menu is written in more elementary Spanish than a Dora the Explorer episode ..." - Karl Chalabala about a lunch menu at work

March 28, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting topic(s)

by Keith Wright

(Sorry about the stuttering send last time.) > From: Theo Van Dinter <felicity(a)kluge.net> > > FWIW, one can add a JPG photo in with a key, thereby > making this somewhat easier. :) I thought you could, that's what gave me the idea. > gpg --edit-key .... > addphoto That much is in the man pages, but... > I have a photo on my two current keys if you want to > check it out: E580B363 and 45D60F57. :) I would love to "check you out", but all I see are a couple of eight digit hex numbers. Where's the picture? ( Stupid questions are an intentional ploy to make somebody volunteer to explain it all. ) -- Keith PS: OK, OK. I admit it. It's not just a ploy, I really am too stupid to find the picture.

March 28, 2007