Re: Radeon card recommendations
I've been digging through some of the Arch and Gentoo documentation trying to get a handle on which of the older Radeon cards use the drivers built into the kernel. While they do a good job about telling me chipsets and GCN architecture, I'm still struggling to find a card. The Optiplex 9020 I own uses a PCIe x16 slot, first generation or possible second. I've been using the integrated Intel for now but would like to add a discrete GPU. If I'm reading the Arch and Gentoo docs correctly most of the cards seem to be more gaming oriented and require a connection to the PSU. Ideally I'm looking for a card that does not require a connection to the PSU is 2 or 4GB and can support a 4K monitor. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. -S- --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: PKI CP/CPS
In my experience, some 20 years of such, I've not ever really seen any customer do certs properly in a large enterprise that isn't just handling public certs, be it soho up to CIP utilies or .gov providers. Internal CA's are far more nefarious and prone to mismanagement. Mostly because there aren't any good products to manage them out there, M$ servers as a CA is about the most common denominator, but windows admins don't tend to get security or networking to make proper use of them. I do mostly networking, but trying to get any customer to use certs for encryption security is pulling teeth as they simply have no clue of managing them. Most still can't generate an internal CA and client certs to save their lives via AD as a platform. Integrated Microsoft CA is about the *best* out there, if you like windoze, and only use windoze. They finally made their CA server non-ActiveX only finally as of maybe server 2012 with some service packs, but it was always still janky to use outside microsoft environments. In a completely M$ environment, maybe, but nothing else handles it too well. Plus the win admins typically don't know what a SAN is or setting roles in AD/IIS to handle any of it properly. Throw linux, mac or anything !windoze and that's when things get out of control. Admittedly, I've not looked into enterprise CA options in the past several years, but a cohesive product is hard to find. Your mileage may vary, but just know this is not a simple or sadly practical thing. Most like to pretend their "internal" network is actually secure, and ignore it. Lack of automagical products (at whatever expense) make it difficult, or adequately knowledgeable staff continuously make it difficult. I'd love to hear some input on this, x.509 has been a thorn in my side for decades as simply infeasible. Mostly I just STFU and pretend I know not of what they speak in those discussions. -mb On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 10:39 AM kelly stephenson via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I have to put together Certificate Policies and Certification Practice > Statements for PKI. Embedded security is my wheelhouse so I'm reaching out > to the IT brain trust for advice. I'm looking at using the RFC 2527 format > and/or NISTIR 7924 as a guiding tool. Does anyone have any examples or > advice? I've read a few books on PKI CP/CPS but in no way an expert but I > do understand the concepts. I'm just trying to not screw this up. > Any and all information is appreciated. > > Thanks > Kelly > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
PKI CP/CPS
I have to put together Certificate Policies and Certification Practice Statements for PKI. Embedded security is my wheelhouse so I'm reaching out to the IT brain trust for advice. I'm looking at using the RFC 2527 format and/or NISTIR 7924 as a guiding tool. Does anyone have any examples or advice? I've read a few books on PKI CP/CPS but in no way an expert but I do understand the concepts. I'm just trying to not screw this up. Any and all information is appreciated. Thanks Kelly --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Goodbye Fry's
I tend to agree here they were the worst for a good while, and just continued to go down hill. I remember when the Tempe location was still Incredible Universe with fond memories of an ultimate geek heaven in the 90's, then it became frys. I've not been to one in a good 5 years, but over the 20-some years I did go to either store, they just got worse and worse. Mostly I would go there for odd electrical components mostly, and they'd never have what I needed, mostly due to lack of inventory upkeep. If I needed something random like a PSU for someone's pc that blew out, it was stupidly expensive vs. an overnight from newegg. Their sales drones were the worst too, with them following you around trying to get a small commission off what you were buying for "helping you". I usually have to shoo them off, and sometimes nastily with "I know far more than you ever will, go away'. If anything, I'd go there, figure out what I wanted, kick the tires some, and come home to buy online at a significant discount pretty much anywhere else. Their value to humanity has been dubious for a good while, to that I say good riddance. I'll be curious to see if and who ends up buying their buildings (if anyone), particularly the ones with cultural themes like the Aztec Temple design at thunderbird, or some of the other various themed buildings they did in other places like the bay area where they were all different themes from Aztec to Wild West. Probably just level them and turn them into condos... -mb On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 2:08 PM Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Finally. Good riddance. Their customer service was the worst. > > On Feb 24, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > Yeah, nice of them to tell us, the general public, that they were closing > their doors. I went up to the Frys electronics last week to shop for some > hardware. The shelves were almost bare, but prices were still at pre-covid > levels. About the only indication that things were happening was the store > had a much smaller customer area footprint and that some shelves were empty > and products out of stock. > > I only learned on twitter last night about 3 hours before midnight local > time that Frys would be closing their doors and terminating the website. > > Oh well, now I guess it’s down to Newegg, GreyBar and Amazon to pick up > the slack. If anyone happens to have other retailers that we, as the open > source community, should support, then posting here wouldn’t be a bad idea. > > -Eric > From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Consignment Dept. > > > On Feb 24, 2021, at 12:07 PM, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > Looks like Fry's Electronics finally bit the dust. :( > > https://news.yahoo.com/frys-electronics-closes-nationwide-055027690.html > > Peter > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Goodbye Fry's
As an aside, I always found the Thunderbird Rd location to be their best location. Well laid out for the most part, and the Aztec temple theme was pretty fun. I was never a fan of the Tempe location with its golf course theme. For some reason the Thunderbird location always felt more alive, and more fun to shop in. When I visited Fry's Electronics outside of Arizona once, it didn't even feel like the same business. Just felt shoddy. Maybe that was part of their downfall: a general lack of cohesion and uniformity across the business. -Matt --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
