Re: [lopsa-discuss] Multi-Factor Authentication - Who's the Best

2016-12-01 Thread Ed
Yubikey & privacyIDEA are a good combination - FIDO U2F can be independently used at a variety of sites and Yubikey can be used for signing code and as a smartphone lock with NFC. Yubikey has it's own key management software too. On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Kyle Stewart <_kylestew...@outlook

Re: [lopsa-discuss] RSS "drip" feed from a list of URLs

2015-08-06 Thread Ed
create your own RSS feed of each page (control each with cron?) and feed them into PlanetPlanet? http://www.planetplanet.org/ On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Craig Constantine wrote: > Anyone know of a way to turn a "large" list of URLs into an RSS feed? > > No, I'd prefer not to bulk load the U

Re: [lopsa-discuss] LOSA education

2015-08-06 Thread Ed
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Craig Cook wrote: >>> I think you're running a couple years behind. I thought the answer to >>> everything now was node.js >> >>we can spec the infrastructure latter ;) > > He he. I like the way you think! > > I was thinking more like: > > Count the number of tim

Re: [lopsa-discuss] LOSA education

2015-08-05 Thread Ed
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Ryan DeShone wrote: > I think you're running a couple years behind. I thought the answer to > everything now was node.js we can spec the infrastructure latter ;) > > On Wed, 2015-08-05 at 09:17 -0700, Ed wrote: >> like most everything

Re: [lopsa-discuss] LOSA education

2015-08-05 Thread Ed
like most everything else - ELK or Splunk or Grafana/Graphite ?! On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Craig Cook wrote: > Following on from my "extraordinary clarity" email... > > > I think most of us could agree that LOPSA is an educational organization. > I have seen discussions about a goal to "in

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Email list quote

2015-08-01 Thread Ed
dividual and their own correspondence for which email remains the best fit. I don't think people have an innate understanding or instinct for the development or management of intangible assets - digital assets. BTW If you get 95% spam, you have made many mistakes and your correspondence

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Cloning a Mac drive

2014-11-22 Thread Ed
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Scott Classen wrote: > what about dd? > > dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=512 conv=noerror,sync > > avoid dd with SSD drives as the wear leveling will only see the one big block, which defeats the function of wear leveling. You want to use something like scp so the

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Universal 2 Factor auth?

2014-11-05 Thread Ed
FIDO U2F uses a token that is an inexpensive stateless, no-power, in-channel, call&response, user managed device for second factor authentication in addition to your password. That's how I understand it: [1] Stateless means that when you establish U2F credentials at different sites, they know noth

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Domain registrars for corporate use

2014-10-06 Thread Ed
re #1 GoDaddy has an Admin function that allows you to invite other GD clients (your staff*) to admin specific folders (domains) without exposing your (the firm's) creds. Everyone works on the businesses domains under their own ID - as per your invites. Works great for 3rd party website developers

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Alternative to Google Voice

2014-02-07 Thread Ed
ter add a keepalive signal to the channel. >From Google's perspective, I have heard that GV is a deprecated service - at least the XMPP part - and I think the suggested migration is to G+ and Hangouts. or I could be wrong. If you go VoIP, I recommend Diamondcard.us. Ed On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:

[lopsa-discuss] Please participate in the FLOSS Survey 2013!

2013-11-25 Thread Ed
Survey for all developers - through the end of the month. -- Forwarded message -- From: Christopher Allan Webber Date: Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:16 AM Subject: [GMG-Devel] Please participate in the FLOSS Survey 2013! To: MediaGoblin Heya all! You may be familiar with the well kn

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Hosted IP PBX for small business recommendations?

2013-11-11 Thread Ed
The DIY is Asterisk and get folks IP phones or try Jitsi.org* - you will want to have VoIP traffic on it's own vlan. Save extra $$ with a VoIP service like Diamondcard.us *there are many good VoIP clients to choose from. On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Jon Young wrote: > At $work, we use fonali

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Just wondering what folks think of Schneier latest

2013-09-06 Thread Ed
In the beginning, the Internet was not for commercial use and even before that personal use was a transgression. Today, obviously there are fewer rules. On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Guus Snijders wrote: > Op 6 sep. 2013 17:30 schreef "Guus Snijders" het > volgende: > > > > > Op 6 sep. 2013

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Groklaw shutting down...

2013-08-21 Thread Ed
1) A shame for all Americans. 2) Prudent - she could get classed an attractive nuisance and become liable. 3) The Lawyers all know the NSA has the emails they want to use, and they will get access. On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Anthony M. wrote: > On 08/20/2013 10:23 AM, Ski Kacoroski wrote: >

Re: [lopsa-discuss] local telco intercepting and editing amazon affiliate links

2013-08-20 Thread Ed
File a DMCA complaint, have the proxy taken down and involve Amazon - post to Slashdot and write a letter to you congress critters. oh and the local paper too. Complain to the agency that regulates monopolies in your state - even if they don't regulate ISPs yet. Swear a wiretap complaint against t

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Can anyone recommend a very trustworthy PC person in Philadelphia?

2013-08-18 Thread Ed
I guess you can still get WP - my bad - so yep, don't change Mom's modis operandi next book +1 or not. better hurry before they too move to the cloud. I've set up VoIP phones & headsets that are designed to accommodate hearing aids, it depends on the aide and the phone. But, I could never tell if

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Can anyone recommend a very trustworthy PC person in Philadelphia?

2013-08-17 Thread Ed
ent's help - try The Haverford School out on the mainline. oh, and get skype - great for chatting.. Good Luck - Ed *because free software has a tradition of importing anything and everything and proprietary software doesn't. On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Betsy Schwartz wrote:

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Can anyone recommend a very trustworthy PC person in Philadelphia?

2013-08-16 Thread Ed
ystems think in big simple chunks. You might want to give her a linux based system that is less likely to need maintenance, and will allow you to do remote admin easily. Let your mom stay in her comfort zone, shipping is easy. - Ed On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Betsy Schwartz wrote: >

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Splunk/logstash ideas?

2013-08-13 Thread Ed
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:38 AM, Ed wrote: > look into http://www.graylog2.org/ > it's a part of the solution - add elastic etc > its late - also look at https://github.com/graphite-project > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Meenoo Shivdasani wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 11,

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Splunk/logstash ideas?

2013-08-13 Thread Ed
look into http://www.graylog2.org/ it's a part of the solution - add elastic etc On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Meenoo Shivdasani wrote: > On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Corey Quinn wrote: > >> >> Disclaimer: I love Splunk. I just wish I could *afford* it! > > > I have been trying (unsuccess

Re: [lopsa-discuss] 2 factor authentication

2013-01-13 Thread Ed
+1 Yubikey + FreeIPA + LDAP on Fedora18 a fully managed one time password fob that works through USB or NFC at about $60 a head - that is free software. USB only for half that. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-

[lopsa-discuss] Fwd: how to a handle a black hat SEO site leeching off my site?

2012-04-21 Thread Ed
my bad - unless the list op wants to fix that.. -- Forwarded message -- From: Ed Date: Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] how to a handle a black hat SEO site leeching off my site? To: "Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng." use a data URI and embed th

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How long do you think until System Administration becomes regulated?

2011-11-16 Thread Ed
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:24 AM, Matt Simmons wrote: > Hi Ed, > How do you really feel? ;-) like an idiot - apologies to all for wasting the lists time. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/li

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How long do you think until System Administration becomes regulated?

2011-11-16 Thread Ed
The naivete of this post is astounding. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Mark Dennehy wrote: > I suspect what members of LOPSA want and don't want will be irrelevant, > because regulation is usually pushed on professionals by the public they > serve (and who are failed and burned by the chancers)

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How long do you think until System Administration becomes regulated?

2011-11-14 Thread Ed
sorry - that should be: you are a lucky man. On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Ed wrote: > LOPSA is about as far as I am willing to let it go. > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. > wrote: >> Yeah...this kind of question might stir up more sides if

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How long do you think until System Administration becomes regulated?

2011-11-14 Thread Ed
LOPSA is about as far as I am willing to let it go. On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. wrote: > Yeah...this kind of question might stir up more sides if it were posed to a > list that wasn't LOPSA  Since, isn't one of the reasons we belong to LOPSA > is that we want thi

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Password demands and recently-ex employees

2011-11-13 Thread Ed
On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Yves Dorfsman wrote: > > I am shocked by this discussion. > > This, is the only relevant point really: > > On 2011-11-11 13:46, Tracy Reed wrote: >> >> IMHO the data is gone. The company should have had policies in place to >> get it >> backed up. What if the HD ha

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How long do you think until System Administration becomes regulated?

2011-11-12 Thread Ed
I have two reactions - 1) if you need certs for your gig you get them (PCi or domains etcetc) 2) if you try to mob up the sys admin profession, you can be "made not a problem" - read that as you wish as I'm sure it varies state to state & region to region. I live in a right to work state, a very po

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Internet proxy/filter/bandwidth management?

2011-11-03 Thread Ed
if you don't have time for pf/OpenBSD try pfsence http://www.pfsense.org/ On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Atom Powers wrote: > Management is not-quite happy with our current Internet filter and has > asked me to look for a better product. Specifically, I'm looking for a > product that does more

Re: [lopsa-discuss] 30% Apple

2011-02-17 Thread Ed
"and to agree not to sell their books anywhere else for a lower price" is illegal restaint of trade and will get you busted by the feds (when they are doing their jobs) On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Josh Smift wrote: > My point is that (I suspect) people aren't unhappy about this because it >

Re: [lopsa-discuss] 30% Apple

2011-02-17 Thread Ed
x27;s 13th amendment. *like the convict M$ Ed - and would someone fix the list so that responces go back to the list. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Derek J. Balling wrote: > > On Feb 17, 2011, at 7:43 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > Imagine if Microsoft charged a 30% tax on all

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Awakening the activist wing of LOPSA?

2011-01-03 Thread Ed
OPSA only collection of name+shame systems** would be a good step forward in understanding the ethics of systems. As Justice Stewart said in Jacobellis v. Ohio - "I know it when I see it." which, as we all know, is the basis for building a collection. Lets do that first and begin to state w