Re: Grey Beards

2016-12-08 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
Congrats! Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Kevin Fries wrote: > > I am 53. In the middle of July, I was told my job was being sent to > Jacksonville Florida (I was 52 at the time). I was not asked to follow it. > > By Labor Day, I had 3 job offers, the smallest raise I was

SQL question

2017-03-05 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I run my family email server using postfix + dovecot + mysql + spamassassin + roundcube. When I first set up the server I follow the Digital Ocean tutorial *here . *I want m

Re: SQL question

2017-03-06 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I was following the tutorial the digital had. I am not a mysql expert so you could be right. On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Matt Graham wrote: > On 2017-03-05 21:27, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > >> UPDATE users SET >> password=ENCRYPT(%p,concat(_utf8'$1$'

Re: SQL question

2017-03-06 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
7;t quite right, because the salt has to end >>> with a $ according to the man page for crypt. I think you >>> want CONCAT('$6$', SUBSTRING(SHA(RAND()), -16),'$')) but >>> >> On 2017-03-06 10:07, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > >> I w

Stallman was Right

2017-03-07 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
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Re: SQL question

2017-03-07 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Will check thanks! On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > On 2017-03-06 20:38, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > >> Here is the string I am using 'UPDATE virtual_users SET >> password=ENCRYPT(%p,concat('$6$',substring(sha(rand()),-16))), WHERE &g

Re: SQL question

2017-03-07 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Using the escape gave another error so I tried `$6$` and the page does not crash. However, I am not getting a syntax error, see below <3h4t13f1> DB Error: [1054] Unknown column '$6$' in 'field list' On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < herminio

Mastodon

2017-04-18 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
So Mastodon has been all the rage recently. Has anyone given it a try? I am on the mastodon.rocks instance --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinu

Re: Mastodon

2017-04-18 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I would say it is a twitter clone. I do not know why it has picked up popularity recently. Ikey over at the Solus project thinks it is a reaction to the fear that Google+ might go away. On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Matthew Crews wrote: > How is Mastodon different from Diaspora, or for that

Re: Mastodon

2017-04-18 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
> > Unless the government is somehow involved, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc. > aren't suppressing free speech. They have the right to censor whatever we > say, since it is their network we are using. I agree in principle, but these platforms are working in conjunction with governments to suppre

DNS Crypt

2017-04-18 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I do not know if this has been mentioned before, but here is a great project to check out if you are interested in DNS security https://dnscrypt.org from the site, DNSCrypt is a protocol that authenticates communications between a DNS > client and a DNS resolver. It prevents DNS spoofing. It uses

Re: In case you missed the security meeting

2017-04-20 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
It was a great session! On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Matthew Crews wrote: > This is very good! Thank you for sharing. > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:14 AM Brian Cluff wrote: > >> Just posted the video from PLUG's security meeting that was held on the >> 11th of April where Aaron Jones prese

Debian Stretch release party

2017-04-28 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr
Anyone interested in throwing a Debian Stretch release party? 0x94ED40A1.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsu

Re: mobile security tips from FotP

2017-05-10 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Has anyone looked into LineageOS running with no Google services? I am pondering trying it with F-Droid On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:31 PM, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > some tips from the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Snowden is a director. > > https://freedom.press/training/preventative-mob

Re: PLUG-discuss Digest, Vol 144, Issue 5

2017-06-05 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
I would run Firefox with containers. You can get the plugin at https://testpilot.firefox.com Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 5, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Stephen Elliott wrote: > > Recommended browser Mint 18? > > Everybody has an opinion about the safety of browsers. Chrome is the most > popular but i

laptop for sale

2017-06-08 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I just replaced my wife's dell with a Lenovo T440 and am looking to sell the Dell. It ran Ubuntu 16.04 pretty well. It is a dual core intel with 4 GB of RAM and 1TB hybrid SSD/HDD drive. The trackpad sometimes acts funny but using wireless mouse it works great. I am asking $150.00. Anyone intereste

Re: laptop for sale

2017-06-08 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
E6400 here are the specs http://www.dell.com/us/dfb/p/latitude-e6400/pd On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > Which dell? Which dual core? > > On Jun 8, 2017 5:08 PM, "Herminio Hernandez, Jr." < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > &g

Re: Routers

2017-06-13 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
check this out https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=68330 On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Dennis McClellan wrote: > I am looking for a new router that has MU-MIMO capabilities. That is > supposed to be the latest and greatest. > > Any suggestions? > > I am using Mint 18 > > -- > "You can

Re: Hackers leaked 32 terabytes of secret Windows 10 code

2017-06-24 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I saw this yesterday. It is pretty interesting. On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > didn't MS claim they were more secure recently? sounds like they are about > as secure as a screen door on a submarine. > > -eric > > On Jun 24, 2017, at 6:00 PM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote:

Re: USB External Drive Automounts as Read Only

2017-07-22 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
You can also make a systemd .mount file and have systemd mount it on boot. I use that on my RPI3 for USB storage works great. On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 1:32 AM, James Mcphee wrote: > Quick and dirty would be to set an fstab entry with all the things you > want with it set to not mount on boot, so

Re: YouTube TV streaming in Phx today ...

2017-07-22 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
What mac are you using? An old PowerPC? If so try TenFourFox is a port a FireFox for PPC Macs. It is pretty much feature parity with FF ESR 45. On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > well, if you go the cox biz route, there are no caps. :) > call them and when they ask for a referra

Re: Warranty!!?!?!?!?!

2017-09-05 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
That is weird since Dell sells Linux laptops http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop_us On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:37 AM, irb wrote: > * Carruth, Rusty (aka rusty.carr...@smartm.com) used 15K on Tue, 05 Sep > 2017 at 17:21 + to say: > > > > (By the way – does anyone rem

Re: what sort of use cases/memory_needs/etc (was RE: Warranty!!?!?!?!?!)

2017-09-06 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Aaron, You can always run Gentoo...systemd free ;) On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Aaron Jones wrote: > Minimum 32gb ddr4 checking in. I remember when I used to put Linux on low > spec machines... > > You know, the guy at the computer store told me I would never fill my 10gb > hard drive. But t

Re: lutris game mgt platform

2017-09-26 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I have been using Lutris for months. It is amazing. On Sep 26, 2017 10:29 PM, "der.hans" wrote: moin moin, just ran into lutris, which offers to help install and manage games from a single interface. It handles distribution repositories, steam and a bunch of other stuff. * Manage your Linux g

Re: lutris game mgt platform

2017-09-27 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I would love to! It would have to be sometime next year. I am doing a lot of traveling these next few months On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 11:45 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 26. Sep, 2017 schwätzte Herminio Hernandez, Jr. so: > > moin moin Herminio, > > I have been using Lutris for months

Re: Internet down

2017-10-09 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Does your laptop have a hardware kill switch for the wifi?Sometimes I accidentally hit and kill my wifi On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 5:52 PM, Michael wrote: > I was Happily typing away when suddenly I Had no internet. I asked my > roommate to reset the modem but she said that her internet was up that

Re: Network gurus

2017-11-06 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
What do you mean connectivity? Do you have an IP address? Can you ping your default gateway? Post the output of these commands ip address ip neighbor ip route show On Nov 6, 2017 3:35 AM, "Michael" wrote: > well, there is connectivity just no internet > > On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 5:23 AM, Michael

Re: VPN recommendations

2017-11-06 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
You looking for a VPN service? On Nov 6, 2017 2:24 PM, "unixprgrm...@gmail.com" wrote: > I'm running ubuntu 16.04. Does anyone have any VPN recommendations? > > Best Regards, > Lynn P. Tilby > UNIX Consultant > Sierra Unix Consulting LLC > Cell: 480 747-4750 <(480)%20747-4750> > unixprgrm...@gm

Re: Looking for video editing software

2017-11-18 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Give kdenlive a try. On Nov 18, 2017 10:53 AM, "Mark Phillips" wrote: > I have some clips and jpgs I need to combine in to a movie. Simple > stuff...jpg as title at the start, fade into first clip, fade into > shortened version of second clip. Boost audio tracks as needed. I am > running an upto

Re: Looking for video editing software

2017-11-19 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
ee how it turns out. > > I run gnome, so I assume kdenlive is not supported? > > Mark > > On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 9:10 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Give kdenlive a try. >> >> On Nov 18, 2017 10:53 AM, &qu

Re: Debian Stable vs Ubuntu LTS vs Others for a NAS

2017-11-20 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
If you are looking for a NAS solution, then I would recommend FreeNAS highly. The web interface is easy to use, plus you get first class ZFS support. On Nov 20, 2017 2:10 PM, "Matthew Crews" wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm sure this comes up every so often. > > I'm in the process of repurposing an olde

Re: Amazon EC2 cloud desktop

2017-11-23 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
Install the xubuntu-desktop meta package then install X2GO server. Install the X2GO client on your machine and you should be good to go. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 23, 2017, at 1:33 AM, trent shipley wrote: > > I have a pre-built EC2 AMI with RStudio I use to study R. I can use it from >

Re: kodi tvaddons

2017-11-24 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
I work in the networking field and I can tell you that the idea that all traffic can be treated equally is nonsense. If you want services esp latency sensitive ones like voice and video to be delivered reliably then there will be traffic shaping. Bandwidth is a limited resource. p.s. do not wa

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-24 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I will start with some thoughts on why I find the NN debate troubling. First there is a technical misunderstanding. NN is built on the idea that ISPs should treat all traffic equally. This concept is simply unrealistic. Bandwidth is a limited resource there is only so much data that a Ethernet port

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-24 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
. > > And given the current fcc chairs attitude I am really skeptical. > >> On Nov 24, 2017 12:31 PM, "Herminio Hernandez, Jr." >> wrote: >> I will start with some thoughts on why I find the NN debate troubling. First >> there is a technical misunder

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
> On Nov 25, 2017, at 10:25 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > [snip tech explanation that could be addressed without making the > Internet oligopoly owned] > How does net neutrality keep the internet from being oligopoly owned? Does it say that ISPs are no longer have the protection of a natural monopoly

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
ually in being the internet cop ala >> comcast). >> >> Is this really what the net neutrality debate is about anymore? No, >> politicians don't care about internet speeds, it's really about media >> consolidation occurring that you will be pret

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
t;> directly with the mega providers, and put local content distribution nodes >>> directly into them on 100gb switches so they didn't have to slaughter your >>> traffic (and take the bad press eventually in being the internet cop ala >>> comcast). >>>

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
s. > >> On Nov 25, 2017 4:03 PM, "Herminio Hernandez Jr." >> wrote: >> Brian, >> >> This is why allowing ISPs to sell fast lanes and even tiered services would >> not be the end of the world. There a ton of people who do not use streaming >

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
We ought to be worried about the control that Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Apple has over our data. Those are the real gatekeepers. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2017, at 5:13 PM, Matthew Crews wrote: > > I'm just waiting for the day when ISPs decide to perform routine MITM attacks > on

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
r Government is. > > > > > > On 2017-11-24 12:31, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > > I will start with some thoughts on why I find the NN debate troubling. > First there is a technical misunderstanding. NN is built on the idea that > ISPs should treat all traffic equally.

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
re > legal and common now. Getting rid of net neutrality won't enable those. > Throttling your competitors services to the point of degrading their service > isn't an optimized service. > > Brian Cluff > > >> On 11/25/2017 07:24 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrot

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Here is a good presentation by Bryan Lunduke on NN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csK3KspB-6A On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 10:24 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > My point was those abuses were addressed without the need of NN in the > past. NN IMO was

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Here is another great video worth considering. It is very long but informative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z_nBhfpmk4 On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is a good presentation by Bryan Lunduke on N

Re: options to redirect through static IP?

2017-11-26 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
If they want to restrict external access then they are using some form of access-list. Firewalls can process static ip addresses much faster than DNS domain names. I would get VPS like digital ocean. You can get a cheap server for $5/mo and set up OpenVPN or an SSH proxy. On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 5

Re: options to redirect through static IP?

2017-11-26 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
You can also see if allow for dns entries in their firewall policy (some do). Then set up dynamic DNS. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2017, at 5:30 PM, David Schwartz > wrote: > > I know I can use other ports. That’s not the issue. > > I’m looking for an alternative to a static IP, becaus

Re: options to redirect through static IP?

2017-11-26 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
ver >> and enable shell access. >> >> Please let us know your thoughts on this. > > > > -David Schwartz > > > >> On Nov 26, 2017, at 5:27 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. >> wrote: >> >> If they want to restrict external access then the

Thoughts on exercise.io

2017-11-26 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
I have been using exercise.io to help learn languages like python or C. Has anyone else used it and share their thoughts on it? Sent from my iPhone --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to chan

Re: Thoughts on exercise.io

2017-11-26 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
Yup Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2017, at 6:19 PM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: > > > > Did you mean http://exercism.io ? > >> On 2017-11-26 17:51, Herminio Hernandez Jr. wrote: >> I have been using exercise.io to help learn languages like python or >

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-27 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
> On Nov 27, 2017, at 5:47 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Nov 2017 22:30:25 -0700 > "Herminio Hernandez, Jr." wrote: > >> Here is a good presentation by Bryan Lunduke on NN >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csK3KspB-6A > > I got to time marker 7:2

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-27 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
to anyone who understands networking. I would never trust anyone >> who called themselves a network engineer who said ‘yeah you can treat voice, >> video, and data traffic the same way’. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 27, 2017, at 5:47 PM, Steve Lit

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-27 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
First since I do not believe in central planning I do not know what competitors will once they have the freedom to offer services. This what is awesome about the Free Market, if there is market that was moved closed off now open they will find creative ways to provide services. Sent from my iP

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-28 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
to discuss more the technical side of the debate. The first part of original post thread were the technical reasons why I felt NN was bad policy. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 28, 2017, at 7:24 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 22:52:04 -0700 > "Herminio Herna

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-28 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
thers not. Most of this thread has focused on that. > > I would love to discuss more the technical side of the debate. The first > part of original post thread were the technical reasons why I felt NN was > bad policy. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 28, 2017, at 7:2

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-28 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
ven knows what ftp, telnet, rcp, > gopher, and uucp used to mean ;-) (and who performed tests to prove that, > between two Solaris boxes on a COAX ‘ethernet’ cable, FTP was faster than > anything else. But I digress! ;-) > > > > *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-boun

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-28 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
reality and Net Neutrality is not it IMO. On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Carruth, Rusty wrote: > I’m going to have to switch to inline answers. See below. > > > > > > *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org] *On > Behalf Of *Herminio Hernandez

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-28 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
to function. On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > I understand your frustration, but to be frank it is unrealistic to think > that the industry is going to redesign the physical infrastructure to > accommodate voice a

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-28 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Whereas I agree with a lot of what you said, I think in a group with divergent political opinions it would be better to focus on the technical flaws of Net Neutrality. On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > Below is the text from an article covering net neutrality. It seems that > w

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-29 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
art a new thread upon. > > Rusty > > From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf > Of Herminio Hernandez, Jr. > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 3:33 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-29 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
> (Now, if we had the infrastructure I was advocating for a while, there might > actually BE enough bandwidth on the backbone. Oh, well, that will probably > never happen) > > Anyway, if the ISPs didn’t grossly oversell their available bandwidth, this > whole debate would soun

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-29 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
nd to even think that there people who 'honestly' think that we can one policy to manage it all is beyond belief. That is what bothers people (I mean those at the top of this whole debate) do know better. On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gma

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-29 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
realtime data. > > Which brings up a rabbit trail which I’ll start a new thread upon. > > Rusty > > *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org] *On > Behalf Of *Herminio Hernandez, Jr. > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 28, 2017 3:33 PM > *To:* Main PLUG d

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-29 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
t; into a couple of issues and will have to do further reading on the Asus > router I am using. > > -eric > from the central office of the technomage Guild, Network troubleshooting > div. > > On Nov 29, 2017, at 2:00 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > > What exact

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-29 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
ewall and network > manager. > > -eric > from the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Gatekeeper's Dept > >> On Nov 29, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: >> >> I am not sure how well commercial devices implement QoS. As you saw it is >>

Re: OT: Any Mac Geniuses on the List who can advise on a Mac for Christmas?

2017-11-29 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
You can find great Mac deals here. This place is in Phoenix. http://theapplexchange.com/wp/home/current-inventory/ Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 29, 2017, at 8:54 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > > recent vintage mac mini with 4 or 8 GB ram, Core i7 or i9, 256 GB or larger > HDD/SDD and superdrive. the

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-29 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
It is the failure to see the correlation that is frustrating. How do you think throttling happens or why technically speaking? The previous system address abuses by the ISPs. Net Neutrality is technically flawed b/c it assumes a technically flawed premise (ie all traffic can be treated the same)

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-29 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
So if Net Neutrality is failing now why keep it? Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 29, 2017, at 10:34 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > > yeah. btw, comcast is actively throttling torrent traffic as we speak (it was > posted on twitter about an hour ago). they are still throttling netflix. yet, > they claim

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
That makes no sense there is tiny bit it either is or is not. They are treated as utilities now and it is still failing because like I have said it is a deeply flawed solution. The authors notion that startups will not be able to compete b/c they cannot afford fast lanes shows a lack of networ

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
ore traffic than the ISPs they were using could carry. It is a great lesson why we need traffic shaping and how Net Neutrality simply does not work in the real world. https://blog.streamingmedia.com/2014/06/netflix-isp-newdata.html On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 1:12 AM, Herminio Hernandez Jr.

Re: new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

2017-11-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
d have us believe. > > -eric > from the central offices of the Technomage Guild, utilities management. > > On Nov 30, 2017, at 1:12 AM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. wrote: > > > That makes no sense there is tiny bit it either is or is not. They are > treated as utilities now and

Re: OT: Any Mac Geniuses on the List who can advise on a Mac for Christmas?

2017-11-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
When it comes to video editing the more RAM the better. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 30, 2017, at 8:16 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Thanks for all the great input - especially the refurbished Mac stores! > > A more technical question - am I correct is assuming she needs 16 GB of RAM > and a

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Very few if anyone uses the Max of their pipe for a prolonged period. If you did it would not be an enjoyable experience. If you were downloading a huge file that consumed all your bandwidth and say wanted to watch youtube while you wait, well good luck with that. In networking there is bandwidth a

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
throughput. On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very few if anyone uses the Max of their pipe for a prolonged period. If > you did it would not be an enjoyable experience. If you were downloading a > huge file that co

Re: Dtmf over rj45

2017-12-01 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
Steve is right you can use RJ45 to transmit. The signal but Ethernet switch are expecting Ethernet frames. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2017, at 7:18 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > > Are you talking about embedding this sort of functional noise into a line > being used by ethernet? and y

Re: Dtmf over rj45

2017-12-01 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
seems like it wouldn’t be an > effective method of getting data out of a network. > > > > So potentially there is a kernel (heh) of truth in there. Who knows right > now I guess. > > > > Thanks, > > Aaron > > > On Dec 1, 2017, at 7:38 AM, Herminio Hernan

smartphone question

2017-12-20 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Does anyone know a reliable service for smartphone forensics? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: smartphone question

2017-12-20 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
do most departments off this service? On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Aaron Jones wrote: > The Police Department. > > > On Dec 20, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Does anyone know a reliable

Re: smartphone question

2017-12-20 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
inquiring for a friend. On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Aaron Jones wrote: > Only for crimes generally. What are you trying to do? > > On Dec 20, 2017, at 12:05 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > > do most departments off this ser

Re: How to get ffmpeg installed on my system?

2018-01-02 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
What distro do you use? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 2, 2018, at 7:53 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: > > When I tried to run this to convert a video: > > cat workshop2.VOB | ffmpeg -i - workit.mp4 > > This was the result: > > ffmpeg: command not found > > When searching my system for ffmpeg,

Re: How to get ffmpeg installed on my system?

2018-01-02 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
i'd probably > install dvdrip and use the perl tools that frontend libffmpeg. > >> On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. >> wrote: >> What distro do you use? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Jan 2, 2018, at 7:53

Re: HTML5 as JS

2018-01-05 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Damn Stallman was right again https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/po/javascript-trap.ja-en.html On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:52 PM, Andrew McRobb wrote: > JavaScript being the Raccoon? heh > > Andrew McRobb > Full-time Software Developer > Part-time Freelancer > mcrobb.info > > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 8

Re: HTML5 as JS

2018-01-05 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
, der.hans wrote: > Am 05. Jan, 2018 schwätzte Herminio Hernandez, Jr. so: > > moin moin, > > Yeah, JavaScript's annoying. I've been using NoScript to block it outright > for years. I only allow certain sites to have JavaScript. Some of those > sites only get JavaScript wh

Re: Hosted Netflow collector/analyzer

2018-01-15 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
ntop is a great tool of netflow collecting https://www.ntop.org/ On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Steve B wrote: > Are there any Mikrotik users on the list? I'm interested in gaining some > additional info about my network traffic and am looking for a Netflow > collector/analyzer SaaS. Polygrap

Re: laptop

2018-03-26 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
ThinkPads run Linux great. You can find some on Craigslist for decent prices. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2018, at 6:34 PM, Andrew McRobb wrote: > > Thinkpads I hear run Linux very well. > >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 6:14 PM kevin wrote: >> I have a run of the mill i5 based HP we purchas

Re: children of spectre

2018-05-03 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Just when you thought it could not get any worst... so when will we be moving to RISC?? On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 9:12 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > struth > > > On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 9:11 AM, der.hans wrote: > >> moin moin, >> >> 8 new intel flaws set for announcement. >> >> https://www.he

Re: children of spectre

2018-05-03 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
These on AMD chips as well? On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 11:38 AM, der.hans wrote: > Am 03. May, 2018 schwätzte Herminio Hernandez, Jr. so: > > moin moin, > > Just when you thought it could not get any worst... so when will we be >> moving to RISC?? >> > > We'r

Change Twitter password

2018-05-03 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
Someone there committed an ID10T error. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-passwords/twitter-says-glitch-exposed-substantial-number-of-users-passwords-idUSKBN1I42JG Sent from my iPhone --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxli

Re: Laptop for compiling.

2018-05-11 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Go to craigslist and search for laptops. you set the price range from 500-700. There are some really good choices that will work well under Linux On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:05 PM, trent shipley wrote: > I'm thinking about getting a new laptop. Mine is several years old, and > while it's quite se

Re: #eFail is #reFail

2018-05-14 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
So this why the EFF is recommending this https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/disabling-pgp-thunderbird-enigmail On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 1:24 PM, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > lots of news about "new" PGP and S/MIME handling security issues. > > Considering GnuPG addressed it 15 years ago, i

Re: #eFail is #reFail

2018-05-14 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
enable those features or respond to reported > security issues properly, however, so while GPG is (or can be) secure, its > use in email may not be, depending on the client. > Some mail gateways that apply encryption at the gateway are vulnerable, > although most can be configur

Re: #eFail is #reFail

2018-05-15 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Any thought on this response from the GnuPG https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060334.html On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 9:21 PM, Matthew Crews wrote: > Never been a fan of HTML emails anyway. Its too bad that most websites > that have email communications insist on emailing you wi

Re: OT: Looking for Network Engineer for Small Project

2018-07-26 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
I do networking for a living. What do you need? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 26, 2018, at 11:01 AM, George Toft wrote: > > I have a small VPN project where I need some advice. Any networking folks > want to make some beer money? > > (I'll be out of town the next 4 days, so if I don't respond

Dell Optiplex 3020 for sale

2018-07-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I have a Dell Optiplex 3020 for sale. It has intel core i3, 4GB of RAM. 7200 RPM Drive. I have an older Nvidia GPU in it as well. I am look to sell for $325. If anyone is interested please let me know. Thanks Herminio --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: Steam Jumps for New Wine Variant?

2018-08-23 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I am currently testing games some work and some do not. Steam has a whitelist that is growing On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 10:33 AM Stephen Partington wrote: > > https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/valves-steam-play-uses-vulkan-to-bring-more-windows-games-to-linux/ > > This is pretty fascinating i

Re: bonding

2018-09-09 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
For bonding it is never a good idea to bond different port speeds. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 9, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Aaron Jones wrote: > > You are still limited by the pipe and the sending/receiving box. It’s > probably not gonna work like you think. You will most likely slow your > connect

Re: HP ENVY Photo 7855

2018-10-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
I have the same issue on my HP ENVY 4500! Here is how I fixed it. 1. remove your printer 2. run this command in terminal as sudo 'hp-setup -i *ip address of printer'* * -*go through the set up wizard in the terminal and print you test page 3. open simple scan and you should then see your print

Re: HP ENVY Photo 7855

2018-10-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
Yes my HP is on the network and the scanning works fine. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 25, 2018, at 7:09 PM, Michael wrote: > > so this means I need to connect it via network? > >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 1:53 PM Herminio Hernandez, Jr. >> wrote: >> I have the

Re: A word of thanks to PLUG ...

2018-10-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
People helping people that is community Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 25, 2018, at 6:44 PM, der.hans wrote: > > Am 25. Oct, 2018 schwätzte Joe Lowder so: > > moin moin, > > Awesome. Glad to help! ( says someone who almost definitely din't help > with a printing problem :) ) > > Thanks for the

Re: HP ENVY Photo 7855

2018-10-26 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
What distro are you running? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2018, at 10:41 AM, Matt Graham wrote: > >> On 2018-10-25 19:28, Michael wrote: >> It didn't work. Whether I selected USB or NEY I got the same response: >> error: No device selected/specified or that supports this functionality. >>

Re: HP ENVY Photo 7855

2018-10-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
Glad you got it working. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 30, 2018, at 8:11 PM, Michael wrote: > > Thanks for all your help. I got it installed and it is detecting my scanner > and is scanning documents! I couldn't open the file at first and I was about > to post a plea for help until I thought

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