On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, James A. Treacy wrote:
> I should have used https://www.debian.org/ in the original mail.
> Sorry. Everyone who can (legally) use ssl should use that URL.
Yes, this is definately the best way to enter the data right now.
Encrypted LDAP is comming in many months though.
> Additionally, I have asked for a page to be linked from
> db.debian.org to describe what those who have lost their
> password should do.
The procedure is this:
echo "Please change my Debian password" | gpg --clear-sign | mail [EMAIL
PROTECTED]
[Or the equivilent if you use pgp, what are the options for a clear
signed ascii armored message anyhow?]
You will be emailed back a new password encrypted with your PGP key. This
password will automatically propogate to all machines except pandora,
master and va.
At some point in the future it will propogate, so don't loose it.
Here are my notes on location information and some sources to find the
data:
LAT/LONG POSITION
There are three possible formats for giving position
information and several online sites that can give an
accurate position fix based on mailing address.
Decimal Degrees
The format is +-DDD.DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. This is the
format programs like xearth use and the format that
many positioning web sites use. However typically
the precision is limited to 4 or 5 decimals.
Degrees Minutes (DGM)
The format is +-DDDMM.MMMMMMMMMMMMM. It is not an
arithmetic type, but a packed representation of two
seperate units, degrees and minutes. This output is
common from some types of hand held GPS units and
from NMEA format GPS messages.
Degrees Minutes Seconds (DGMS)
The format is +-DDDMMSS.SSSSSSSSSSS. Like DGM, it
is not an arithmetic type but a packed representa-
tion of three seperate units, degrees minutes and
seconds. This output is typically derived from web
sites that give 3 values for each position. For
instance 34:50:12.24523 North might be the position
given, in DGMS it would be +0345012.24523.
For Latitude + is North, for Longitude + is East. It is
important to specify enough leading zeros to dis-ambiguate
the format that is being used if your position is less
than 2 degrees from a zero point.
So locations to find positioning information are:
o Good starting point - http://www.ckdhr.com/dns-
loc/finding.html
o AirNav - GPS locations for airports around the
world http://www.airnav.com/
o GeoCode - US index by ZIP Code
http://www.geocode.com/eagle.html-ssi
o Map Blast! Canadian, US and some European maps -
http://www.mapblast.com/
o Australian Database http://www.environ-
ment.gov.au/database/MAN200R.html
o Canadian Database http://GeoNames.NRCan.gc.ca/
o GNU Timezone database, organized partially by coun-
try /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
Remember that we are after reasonable coordinates for
drawing an xearth graph and looking for people to sign
keys, not for coordinates accurate enough to land an ICBM
on your doorstop!
