Red Hat donates cash to food banks

2008-12-08 Thread Alan Dayley
Red Hat has decided to skip the company holiday party and donate the cash to food banks: http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/news/red_hat_skips_the_party_feeds_america_instead_102587.asp That's good corporate behavior! Alan --- PLUG-discuss mailing

Re: calendar volunteers needed

2008-12-08 Thread Alan Dayley
I appologise to the group for my part in the lack of web site attention. I have become very busy in other areas of my life. Where I used to keep the web site mostly up to date, I have left a vacuum. The task is really not hard, just regular watching for announcements and requests in the email li

initramfs anyone?

2008-12-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello there... I'm trying to create a universal kernel for my machines and apparently initramfs is the way to go. I'm dizzy reading about it and I can't still find the beginning of the string. Does anybody have a "initramfs cookbook"? Something that a dumb guy like me can read and say: AH

Re: OT:TrueCrypt

2008-12-08 Thread Jim March
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:09 PM, James Finstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Jim very insightful and Interesting I never thought in those terms. I > would find it suspicious to have a bad link and a large group of SUV's at > your house within minutes of each other at which point I imagine rig

Re: OT:TrueCrypt

2008-12-08 Thread James Finstrom
Thanks Jim very insightful and Interesting I never thought in those terms. I would find it suspicious to have a bad link and a large group of SUV's at your house within minutes of each other at which point I imagine rights mean very little. I guess the debate then becomes do you want to become cas

Re: OT:TrueCrypt

2008-12-08 Thread Jim March
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Matt Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Alex Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> I used TrueCrypt to do full-disk encryption on an 80GB external USB >> hard drive on a ThinkPad T40 (1.4 GHz Pentium M) running Xubuntu >> 8.04. Any time I had the disk attached, it pegg

Re: OT:TrueCrypt

2008-12-08 Thread Matt Graham
From: Alex Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I used TrueCrypt to do full-disk encryption on an 80GB external USB > hard drive on a ThinkPad T40 (1.4 GHz Pentium M) running Xubuntu > 8.04. Any time I had the disk attached, it pegged my CPU and was > nearly unusable. I gave up at that point, though

Re: OT:TrueCrypt

2008-12-08 Thread Matt Graham
From: "James Finstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Any opinions on truecrypt and other similar programs? Anyone use > this type of software due to need not as a toy? Truecrypt is relatively easy to use, and you can access truecrypt encrypted files or partitions from 'Doze as well as Linux. When I carr

Re: OT:TrueCrypt

2008-12-08 Thread Alex Dean
On Dec 8, 2008, at 1:34 PM, James Finstrom wrote: okay I have nothing super secret and no valid reason to use it but I want to play with it so I will probably have the most secure benign documents in the world. Any opinions on truecrypt and other similar programs. Anyone use this type of

RE: calendar volunteers needed

2008-12-08 Thread der.hans
Am 08. Dez, 2008 schwätzte Lisa Kachold so: I am not sure which calender module or customization from looking here. Certainly upgraded modules or Drupal version can be implemented for automation. Automation is a good option :). Yes, we can update Drupal and/or add different modules. Most imp

Re: OT:TrueCrypt

2008-12-08 Thread Eric Cope
I have used truecrypt slightly. Its very easy to use. Thats my only data point. Eric On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:34 PM, James Finstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > okay I have nothing super secret and no valid reason to use it but I want > to play with it so I will probably have the most secure ben

Re: calendar volunteers needed

2008-12-08 Thread der.hans
Am 08. Dez, 2008 schwätzte koder so: I would be willing to work on this project. Thank you. Since I am not able to attend meetings right now, finding more volunteers would be challenging. Using the mailing list can work :). In any case, it's not a requirement, just an option. The more vol

OT:TrueCrypt

2008-12-08 Thread James Finstrom
okay I have nothing super secret and no valid reason to use it but I want to play with it so I will probably have the most secure benign documents in the world. Any opinions on truecrypt and other similar programs. Anyone use this type of software due to need not as a toy? James Finstrom Rhino

January HackFest: Kristy Westphal, CISSP, CSO AZ Dept of Economic Security, Forensics Presentation

2008-12-08 Thread Lisa Kachold
Don't learn to Hack; HACK to LEARN! Please accept this proud invitation to attend the Phoenix Linux User's Group January HackFest. HackFests are practical security labs held the second Saturday of each month from Noon to 3PM in various formats including guest presentations. In January, PLUG w

Re: calendar volunteers needed

2008-12-08 Thread koder
I would be willing to work on this project. Since I am not able to attend meetings right now, finding more volunteers would be challenging. Harold moin moin, the webdev team needs a couple of people to help maintain the PLUG calendar. Essentially it requires paying attention to the webdev ma

RE: calendar volunteers needed

2008-12-08 Thread Lisa Kachold
The PLUG website is hosted on Drupal (see that sweet blue balloonhead on the favicon on the page? That's drupal). You can also display source and see these: Here's the "beEF" on email notification from Calender module in Drupal: http://drupalmodules.com/category/Event?page=1 I am not sure

Re: OT: Rack for sale

2008-12-08 Thread mike havens
darn... I was hoping for double d's! hardy-har On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Joey Prestia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We have a rolling rack 25U SmartRack Premium Enclosure (includes doors > and side panels) > > http://www.tripplite.com/EN/products/model.cfm?txtModelID=3210 > > That we need $5

Re: calendar volunteers needed

2008-12-08 Thread der.hans
Am 08. Dez, 2008 schwätzte Stephen so: well in pursuing this, what is the calendar tool that is used? We're using the calendar from drupal. ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # "This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fail

Re: calendar volunteers needed

2008-12-08 Thread Stephen
well in pursuing this, what is the calendar tool that is used? I cant remember if it was mentioned in the original post, and i managed to delete it. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Lisa Kachold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In HackFest and InstallFests I have "manned" for PLUG, I have often heard

RE: calendar volunteers needed

2008-12-08 Thread Lisa Kachold
In HackFest and InstallFests I have "manned" for PLUG, I have often heard the critisizm that people don't get timely reminders. I agree that the calender should notify the lists automatically. www.Obnosis.com | http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:obnosis | http://www.urbandictionary.com/d

Re: OT : disk enclosure recommendation

2008-12-08 Thread Alex Dean
Thanks for everyones' input. As usual, this is a great place to get technical advice. A few quick replies... Wouldn't JBOD end up setting everything up as a >1300Gb single unit? Hm. I'm afraid I may have misunderstood the term. I thought 'just a bunch of disks' meant I'd be able to use

OT: Rack for sale

2008-12-08 Thread Joey Prestia
We have a rolling rack 25U SmartRack Premium Enclosure (includes doors and side panels) http://www.tripplite.com/EN/products/model.cfm?txtModelID=3210 That we need $550.00 its like brand new if anyone is interested please contact me off list. -- Joey Prestia L.G. Mirror Coordinator http://linu