Re: [Discuss] Boston Linux Meeting - Galileo, Linux, and the Internet of Things

2014-01-31 Thread Tom Metro
>> Topic: Galileo, Linux, and the Internet of Things >> Moderator: Brian DeLacey >> >> Brian showcases Intel's Galileo - an open design development board >> with Intel's new Quark SoC X1000 (thermal design point 1.9W - 2.2W). The >> Galileo runs with Linux, Ubuntu,and the Arduino IDE. The demon

[Discuss] Cisco's IOx architecture

2014-01-31 Thread Tom Metro
Is running applications on your router really such a good idea? http://gigaom.com/2014/01/31/in-a-distributed-world-cache-is-king-why-routers-are-becoming-the-new-server/ [...] Cisco's IOx architecture will be a Linux-based operating system that will be embedded in forthcoming industrial route

Re: [Discuss] Wiki Security Risk

2014-01-31 Thread John Abreau
Have you heard of TWiki? Foswiki is a fork of TWiki. As I understand it, the forking was in response to a dispute among TWiki developers over licensing issues. On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Bill Horne wrote: > On 1/31/2014 5:20 PM, David Kramer wrote: > >> >> On 01/31/2014 01:56 PM, Jeffrey

Re: [Discuss] Wiki Security Risk

2014-01-31 Thread Bill Horne
On 1/31/2014 5:20 PM, David Kramer wrote: On 01/31/2014 01:56 PM, Jeffrey Young wrote: I want to implement a Media Wiki at work, but my boss is worried about security risks. To me it seems simple, if it's not exposed to the world, what's the problem? Am I missing something? Thanks, Jeff

Re: [Discuss] Wiki Security Risk

2014-01-31 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 05:20:00PM -0500, David Kramer wrote: > if "it's not exposed to the world" is known to be a true statement, then > what is he concerned about? > > I will say that MediaWiki *is* very hard to lock down if that statement > is not known to be true. Most wikis fall into one o

Re: [Discuss] Wiki Security Risk

2014-01-31 Thread David Kramer
if "it's not exposed to the world" is known to be a true statement, then what is he concerned about? I will say that MediaWiki *is* very hard to lock down if that statement is not known to be true. Most wikis fall into one of two camps: "Information wants to be free and that's what wikis are for

Re: [Discuss] WDC HDD data recovery redcommendations?

2014-01-31 Thread Tom Metro
Nuno Sucena Almeida wrote: > Stuart Conner wrote: >> If you're handy, You could try to recover by transplanting the platters >> into a similar HDD chassis and reading an image with a tool like dd. >> This is what the pros do usually. > > You probably want to do that in a clean room and copy

Re: [Discuss] Wiki Security Risk

2014-01-31 Thread Richard Pieri
Jeffrey Young wrote: I want to implement a Media Wiki at work, but my boss is worried about security risks. To me it seems simple, if it's not exposed to the world, what's the problem? Am I missing something? A threat model. What, specifically, are your boss' concerns? -- Rich P. ___

[Discuss] Wiki Security Risk

2014-01-31 Thread Jeffrey Young
I want to implement a Media Wiki at work, but my boss is worried about security risks. To me it seems simple, if it's not exposed to the world, what's the problem? Am I missing something? Thanks, Jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lis

Re: [Discuss] WDC HDD data recovery redcommendations?

2014-01-31 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 01/31/2014 09:27 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: >> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- >> bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Jim Gasek >> >> Any HDD repair shops, data recovery shops that can extract >> data on what seems to be a not-so-damaged but n

Re: [Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 32, Issue 36

2014-01-31 Thread Nuno Sucena Almeida
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/31/2014 12:26 PM, Stuart Conner wrote: > If you're handy, You could try to recover by transplanting the platters > into a similar HDD chassis and reading an image with a tool like dd. > This is what the pros do usually. You probably want

Re: [Discuss] first time build of GIT server

2014-01-31 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 01/30/2014 10:44 AM, John Malloy wrote: > Sorry for asking a newbie question > > How do I check/out in a package for the first time? > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) > wrote: >>> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- >>> bounces+blu

Re: [Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 32, Issue 36

2014-01-31 Thread Stuart Conner
Re: WDC HDD data recovery redcommendations The click of death is often the read heads getting bent/smashed and therefore can't read the surface of the disks. If you're handy, You could try to recover by transplanting the platters into a similar HDD chassis and reading an image with a tool like dd

Re: [Discuss] WDC HDD data recovery redcommendations?

2014-01-31 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (blu)
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Jim Gasek > > Any HDD repair shops, data recovery shops that can extract > data on what seems to be a not-so-damaged but non-functional > HDD? Not worth more than a grand for sure