Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - Security: Rogue Device Attacks

When: December 19, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Security: Rogue Device Attacks
Moderator: Federico Lucifredi
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315
Note: Parking at E-51 is now free. See note below

Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

A live demonstration of hacking with keystroke injection attacks

Abstract:

We will be taking advantage of the inherent trust that computers place
on what is believed to be a regular keyboard to unleash pre-programmed
kesytroke payloads at well over 1000 words a minute. We access the host
system and bypass traditional security countermeasures for payloads that
can include reverse shells, binary injetion, brute force password
attacks, and just about any attack that can be fully automated.

In this session we explore the fundamentals of attacks exploiting the
trust the operating system places on USB human-interaction devices to
demonstrate once again the old principle that if you can physically
access a computing device, there is no real security to be had. I will
review the hardware, its capabilities, how it can be used to breach OS
security, and how attackers can enable it to perform a variety of
nefarious tasks with its own suite of tools. I will then show how to
build and install additional software and customize the device with
binary or scripted payloads.

After exploring the building blocks of USB HID exploitation, we take the
discussion to the next level by altogether removing the need for a
device and exploring what attacks can be delivered directly by a plain
USB cable. We dissect an easily-sourced, low-cost hardware implant
embedded in a standard, innocent-looking USB cable providing an attacker
with further capabilities, including among them the ability to track its
own geolocation.

Clearly, complete control of a covert computer running with full system
access can be used in a variety of network security attack scenarios
that need to be accounted for in your threat model. We'll discuss
applicable security countermeasures.

Use your newfound knowledge for good, with great power comes great
responsibility!

Bio:

Federico Lucifredi is The Ceph Storage Product Management Director at
Red Hat, formerly the Ubuntu Server PM at Canonical, and the Linux
"Systems Management Czar" at SUSE.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
On-Campus Free Parking (These parking lots are free after 5pm)

Due to the never-ending construction, Sloan's Hermann Garage is only
accessable via Main Street. It is a small garage without a gate, and
directly under the Sloan library. Another option is the Amherst Street/E51
lot.

All other MIT lots require permits after hours.

The closest public parking
is Kendall Center Green Garage, next to the Marriott Hotel. The entrance is
90 Broadway Street. For other parking options, see
http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/parking/visitors/public_parking.html


All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Thursday, December 13, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - Security: Rogue Device Attacks

When: December 19, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Security: Rogue Device Attacks
Moderator: Federico Lucifredi
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315
Note: Parking at E-51 is now free. See note below

Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

A live demonstration of hacking with keystroke injection attacks

Abstract:

We will be taking advantage of the inherent trust that computers place
on what is believed to be a regular keyboard to unleash pre-programmed
kesytroke payloads at well over 1000 words a minute. We access the host
system and bypass traditional security countermeasures for payloads that
can include reverse shells, binary injetion, brute force password
attacks, and just about any attack that can be fully automated.

In this session we explore the fundamentals of attacks exploiting the
trust the operating system places on USB human-interaction devices to
demonstrate once again the old principle that if you can physically
access a computing device, there is no real security to be had. I will
review the hardware, its capabilities, how it can be used to breach OS
security, and how attackers can enable it to perform a variety of
nefarious tasks with its own suite of tools. I will then show how to
build and install additional software and customize the device with
binary or scripted payloads.

After exploring the building blocks of USB HID exploitation, we take the
discussion to the next level by altogether removing the need for a
device and exploring what attacks can be delivered directly by a plain
USB cable. We dissect an easily-sourced, low-cost hardware implant
embedded in a standard, innocent-looking USB cable providing an attacker
with further capabilities, including among them the ability to track its
own geolocation.

Clearly, complete control of a covert computer running with full system
access can be used in a variety of network security attack scenarios
that need to be accounted for in your threat model. We'll discuss
applicable security countermeasures.

Use your newfound knowledge for good, with great power comes great
responsibility!

Bio:

Federico Lucifredi is The Ceph Storage Product Management Director at
Red Hat, formerly the Ubuntu Server PM at Canonical, and the Linux
"Systems Management Czar" at SUSE.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
On-Campus Free Parking (These parking lots are free after 5pm)

Due to the never-ending construction, Sloan's Hermann Garage is only
accessable via Main Street. It is a small garage without a gate, and
directly under the Sloan library. Another option is the Amherst Street/E51
lot.

All other MIT lots require permits after hours.

The closest public parking
is Kendall Center Green Garage, next to the Marriott Hotel. The entrance is
90 Broadway Street. For other parking options, see
http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/parking/visitors/public_parking.html


All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - Software in a Decentralized and Distributed World, with Hardware at the Edge

When: November 21, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Software in a Decentralized and Distributed World, with Hardware
at the Edge
Moderator: Brian DeLacey
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315
Note: Parking at E-51 is now free. See note below

Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

A discussion and demo of Google's new Edge TPU

Abstract:

We cover new technologies including Google's Cloud IoT Edge & Edge TPU,
as well as the new decentralized software startup "Inrupt", and the open
source project known as "Solid".

Edge TP: Google's purpose-built ASIC designed for the Internet of Things
(IoT) https://cloud.google.com/edge-tpu/
IPFS is the Distributed Web https://ipfs.io/
Tim Berners-Lee's Solid project page https://solid.mit.edu/
Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt project page https://www.inrupt.com/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
On-Campus Free Parking (These parking lots are free after 5pm)

Due to the never-ending construction, Sloan's Hermann Garage is only
accessable via Main Street. It is a small garage without a gate, and
directly under the Sloan library. Another option is the Amherst Street/E51
lot.

All other MIT lots require permits after hours.

The closest public parking
is Kendall Center Green Garage, next to the Marriott Hotel. The entrance is
90 Broadway Street. For other parking options, see
http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/parking/visitors/public_parking.html


All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - Software in a Decentralized and Distributed World, with Hardware at the Edge

When: November 21, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Software in a Decentralized and Distributed World, with Hardware
at the Edge
Moderator: Brian DeLacey
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315
Note: Parking at E-51 is now free. See note below

Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

A discussion and demo of Google's new Edge TPU

Abstract:

We cover new technologies including Google's Cloud IoT Edge & Edge TPU,
as well as the new decentralized software startup "Inrupt", and the open
source project known as "Solid".

Edge TP: Google's purpose-built ASIC designed for the Internet of Things
(IoT) https://cloud.google.com/edge-tpu/
IPFS is the Distributed Web https://ipfs.io/
Tim Berners-Lee's Solid project page https://solid.mit.edu/
Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt project page https://www.inrupt.com/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
On-Campus Free Parking (These parking lots are free after 5pm)

Due to the never-ending construction, Sloan's Hermann Garage is only
accessable via Main Street. It is a small garage without a gate, and
directly under the Sloan library. Another option is the Amherst Street/E51
lot.

All other MIT lots require permits after hours.

The closest public parking
is Kendall Center Green Garage, next to the Marriott Hotel. The entrance is
90 Broadway Street. For other parking options, see
http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/parking/visitors/public_parking.html


All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Friday, October 19, 2018

Parking at MIT E51 is once again open to the public after 5:00 pm

The following news was sent to me recently.

*On-Campus Free Parking:*

Due to the never-ending construction, Sloan's Hermann Garage is only
accessable via Main Street. It is a small garage without a gate, and
directly under the Sloan library. Another option is the Amherst Street/E51
lot. *These parking lots are free after 5pm*. The closest public parking
is Kendall Center Green Garage, next to the Marriott Hotel. The entrance is
90 Broadway Street. For other parking options, see
http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/parking/visitors/public_parking.html

--
John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
Email jabr@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

BLU Meeting parking update

Parking in the E51 parking lot is now free after 5PM. Just found out today.


Sent from Galaxy S9+

Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
http://www.blu.org
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PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - QualityBox: a MediaWiki hosting service

When: October 17, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: QualityBox: a MediaWiki hosting service
Moderator: Greg Rundlett , founder of eQuality Technology
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315


Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

A guided tour of QualityBox, a MediaWiki hosting service

Abstract:

Greg Rundlett, founder of eQuality Technology, has created a hosted
software service called QualityBox which is provides the wiki engine
(MediaWiki) that drives Wikipedia. Like Wikipedia, QualityBox is
instantly usable by the end-user. And like Wikipedia, it includes a huge
number of configurations, extensions and customizations that make it
supremely useful. Greg will take us on a tour of QualityBox, and the
MediaWiki ecosystem to illustrate some of the features and capabilities
that are available right "out of the box".

Featuring:
MediaWiki 1.31 LTS
Visual Editor
ElasticSearch (v5.6.10)
Excellent Mobile support
Modern and traditional layouts
New dashboards
Top to Bottom security upgrades
Free SSL certificates
Subdomain-based wiki farms
And LOTS more.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Friday, October 12, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - QualityBox: a MediaWiki hosting service

When: October 17, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: QualityBox: a MediaWiki hosting service
Moderator: Greg Rundlett , founder of eQuality Technology
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315


Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

A guided tour of QualityBox, a MediaWiki hosting service

Abstract:

Greg Rundlett, founder of eQuality Technology, has created a hosted
software service called QualityBox which is provides the wiki engine
(MediaWiki) that drives Wikipedia. Like Wikipedia, QualityBox is
instantly usable by the end-user. And like Wikipedia, it includes a huge
number of configurations, extensions and customizations that make it
supremely useful. Greg will take us on a tour of QualityBox, and the
MediaWiki ecosystem to illustrate some of the features and capabilities
that are available right "out of the box".

Featuring:
MediaWiki 1.31 LTS
Visual Editor
ElasticSearch (v5.6.10)
Excellent Mobile support
Modern and traditional layouts
New dashboards
Top to Bottom security upgrades
Free SSL certificates
Subdomain-based wiki farms
And LOTS more.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LXVIII Reminder Saturday October 6, 2018

Boston Linux Installfest LXVIII
When: Saturday October 6, 2018, from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Where: Morse Institute Library
Innovation Studio second floor
14 E. Central Street
Natick, MA 01760
Plenty of free parking in the city parking lot on South Ave
behind the library

Map:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Morse+Institute+Library/@42.28436,-71.345798,17z
/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e387ad9d0241a9:0x42dacd80cae8a42d


https://morseinstitute.org/studio/

Please register at
http://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/m/morse/ek.cfm#5695197


The Innovation Studio is on the second floor of the library. The library
is a couple blocks' walk from the Natick Center MBTA commuter rail
station. From the station, head south down Washington Street, crossing
over South Avenue. You'll pass Dolphin Seafood on the right and
Agostinos on the left, then you'll pass Court Street on the right. The
library is the building to the left at the end of the road where
Washington meets East Central.

What you need to bring: Your computer, monitor, power strips and your
Linux distributions. We do have copies of some distributions.
In general we have expertise with most distros, but if you need special
expertise, please email the BLU discussion list in advance. Today, most
distros are using Live images that you can try out and then install.
This can be copied to DVDs or USB sticks.There are a number of USB
creators, such as UNetbootin (https://unetbootin.github.io/). Both
Fedora and Ubuntu have a USB creator built in.

COST: It's free! However, we DO have expenses, and contributions are
welcome. Please consider contributing $25 per machine.

Our volunteers will help you to install Linux on your own system. While
Linux runs on most systems, some systems do have configurations and
hardware that may not be supported. Please consult the following web
pages for hardware compatibility. While we prefer you to bring your own
distros, our volunteers will normally have

Linux Howto Pages: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
Linux Frequently Asked Questions: http://tldp.org/docs.html#faq
Additionally, there are forums and listservs for most distros.

Generally our volunteers have sets of the latest Fedora, SuSE and
Ubuntu distributions:
* Fedora - https://getfedora.org/ (Fedora 28 Live DVD/USB)
* Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com ( 18.04.1 LTS DVD/USB or 18.10 if it is
available)
* other distros can be downloaded at the Installfest

We generally have them on local drives and can burn CDs/DVDs and
USBs.Since there are many variants of these distros, we advise you to
bring an empty USB stick with sufficient memory to hold one of the
distros. Live images require about 1.5GB. I usually have some USBs
prepared or can easily burn a USB.

We usually have both a Wired and Wireless network available.


In addition, you can run Linux on your Windows PC through a virtual
machine manager, such as Virtualbox. You can install this in your
Windows machine and run Linux as a guest OS, or install it in your Linux
machine and run Windows as a guest. Oracle VirtualBox 5.2.18
(http://www.virtualbox.org.) is free and is available for Linux, Windows
10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Additionally,
there are also some VMWare clients that are also free for Windows.

Lunch is generously sponsored by Bluefin Technical Services, John Ross
and Ron Thibeau


Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further
information and directions.

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846





























































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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LXVIII Saturday October 6, 2018

Boston Linux Installfest LXVIII
When: Saturday October 6, 2018, from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Where: Morse Institute Library
Innovation Studio second floor
14 E. Central Street
Natick, MA 01760
Plenty of free parking in the city parking lot on South Ave
behind the library

Map:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Morse+Institute+Library/@42.28436,-71.345798,17z
/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e387ad9d0241a9:0x42dacd80cae8a42d


https://morseinstitute.org/studio/

The Innovation Studio is on the second floor of the library. The library
is a couple blocks' walk from the Natick Center MBTA commuter rail
station. From the station, head south down Washington Street, crossing
over South Avenue. You'll pass Dolphin Seafood on the right and
Agostinos on the left, then you'll pass Court Street on the right. The
library is the building to the left at the end of the road where
Washington meets East Central.

What you need to bring: Your computer, monitor, power strips and your
Linux distributions. We do have copies of some distributions.
In general we have expertise with most distros, but if you need special
expertise, please email the BLU discussion list in advance. Today, most
distros are using Live images that you can try out and then install.
This can be copied to DVDs or USB sticks.There are a number of USB
creators, such as UNetbootin (https://unetbootin.github.io/). Both
Fedora and Ubuntu have a USB creator built in.

COST: It's free! However, we DO have expenses, and contributions are
welcome. Please consider contributing $25 per machine.

Our volunteers will help you to install Linux on your own system. While
Linux runs on most systems, some systems do have configurations and
hardware that may not be supported. Please consult the following web
pages for hardware compatibility. While we prefer you to bring your own
distros, our volunteers will normally have

Linux Howto Pages: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
Linux Frequently Asked Questions: http://tldp.org/docs.html#faq
Additionally, there are forums and listservs for most distros.

Generally our volunteers have sets of the latest Fedora, SuSE and
Ubuntu distributions:
* Fedora - https://getfedora.org/ (Fedora 28 Live DVD/USB)
* Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com ( 18.04.1 LTS DVD/USB or 18.10 if it is
available)
* other distros can be downloaded at the Installfest

We generally have them on local drives and can burn CDs/DVDs and
USBs.Since there are many variants of these distros, we advise you to
bring an empty USB stick with sufficient memory to hold one of the
distros. Live images require about 1.5GB. I usually have some USBs
prepared or can easily burn a USB.

We usually have both a Wired and Wireless network available.


In addition, you can run Linux on your Windows PC through a virtual
machine manager, such as Virtualbox. You can install this in your
Windows machine and run Linux as a guest OS, or install it in your Linux
machine and run Windows as a guest. Oracle VirtualBox 5.2.18
(http://www.virtualbox.org.) is free and is available for Linux, Windows
10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Additionally,
there are also some VMWare clients that are also free for Windows.

Lunch is generously sponsored by Bluefin Technical Services, John Ross
and Ron Thibeau


Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further
information and directions.

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846



























































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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - Crypto News, plus our annual PGP/GnuPG Key-Signing Party

When: September 19, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Crypto News, plus our annual PGP/GnuPG Key-Signing Party
Moderator: Bill Ricker
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335


Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

Bill's annual crypto talk, PGP keysigning party. Register your key in
advance to participate!

Abstract:
Bill reviews recent crypto news from the past year, and some crypto history.

Cryptography News Highlights since the last year; e.g.,
top named vulnerabilities
preparing for post-Quantum cryptography
books on Eliz. S. Friedman released (wrto Hidden Figures)

The history portion may    include    horse farms, pumpkin patches, IBM
punch-card accounting, and catching atom spies; or the Hidden Figures
book connections; or something else entirely.

Following Bill's presentation, we hold our annual keysigning party.

------------------------ Additional information from Bill

* We will NO LONGER sign RSA or DSA 1024b keys (or shorter). Obsolete.
* We will NOT sign RSA 2048b keys without expiration dates
or with expiration dates beyond 2020.
* Use RSA 4096 or ed25519 for gpg2 --gen-key

Notes
* If concerned about well-capitalized massive factoring dictionaries,
subtract a small multiple of 8 bits to get a size that is not standard
and thus won't be dictionaried.
* Alas the one trustworthy ECC curve,  ed25519, is supported only in
GPG 2.1.7+ (gpg2), but if you have recent Ubuntu you you can use it now.
  See https://nickhu.co.uk/posts/2016-09-03-curvy-gpg/
<https://nickhu.co.uk/posts/2016-09-03-curvy-gpg/> for instructions  
GPG2 gives a warning that it's not yet standardized so i'm considering
it still somewhat expriemental ... i'm going to try a 10y expiring on this 


———————-

A key signing party is a get-together of people who use the PGP
encryption system with the purpose of allowing those people to sign each
others keys. Key signing parties serve to extend the web of trust to a
great degree. Key signing parties also serve as great opportunities to
discuss the political and social issues surrounding strong cryptography,
individual liberties, individual sovereignty, and even implementing
encryption technologies or perhaps future work on free encryption software.

The basic workflow of signing someone's key is as follows:

Verify that the person actually is who they claim to be;
Have them verify their key ID and fingerprint;
Sign their key;
Send the signed key back to them

At the meeting, we go through the first two steps. Each person who
preregistered their key will announce their presence and then read off
their key ID and fingerprint, so everyone can verify that their copy of
the list of keys is correct. Once we've run down the list, we line up,
and each of us examines everyone else's photo IDs to verify that they
are who they claim to be. After the meeting is over, each participant
can then retrieve the keys that they've personally verified, sign those
keys, and send the signed keys back to their respective owners.

In order to complete the keysigning in the allotted time, we follow a
formal procedure as seen in V. Alex Brennen's "GnuPG Keysigning Party
HOWTO":
https://cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html
It is strongly advised that if you have not been to a keysigning party
before, you read this document: http://blu.org/keysignings/. We're using
the List-based method for this keysigning party, and the keyserver at
subkeys.pgp.net.


It is essential that, before the meeting, you register on the signup
form listed in the attachments. You should bring at least one picture ID
with you. You must also bring your own printout of the report on that
page, so you can check off the names/keys of the people you have
personally verified.

The list will be printed on Wednesday afternoon, the day of the meeting;
be sure to register your key for the keysigning before that. The
official cutoff time is 3:00 pm.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Friday, September 14, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - Crypto News, plus our annual PGP/GnuPG Key-Signing Party

When: September 19, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Crypto News, plus our annual PGP/GnuPG Key-Signing Party
Moderator: Bill Ricker
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335


Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

Bill's annual crypto talk, PGP keysigning party. Register your key in
advance to participate!

Abstract:
Bill reviews recent crypto news from the past year, and some crypto history.

Cryptography News Highlights since the last year; e.g.,
top named vulnerabilities
preparing for post-Quantum cryptography
books on Eliz. S. Friedman released (wrto Hidden Figures)

The history portion may    include    horse farms, pumpkin patches, IBM
punch-card accounting, and catching atom spies; or the Hidden Figures
book connections; or something else entirely.

Following Bill's presentation, we hold our annual keysigning party.

———————-

A key signing party is a get-together of people who use the PGP
encryption system with the purpose of allowing those people to sign each
others keys. Key signing parties serve to extend the web of trust to a
great degree. Key signing parties also serve as great opportunities to
discuss the political and social issues surrounding strong cryptography,
individual liberties, individual sovereignty, and even implementing
encryption technologies or perhaps future work on free encryption software.

The basic workflow of signing someone's key is as follows:

Verify that the person actually is who they claim to be;
Have them verify their key ID and fingerprint;
Sign their key;
Send the signed key back to them

At the meeting, we go through the first two steps. Each person who
preregistered their key will announce their presence and then read off
their key ID and fingerprint, so everyone can verify that their copy of
the list of keys is correct. Once we've run down the list, we line up,
and each of us examines everyone else's photo IDs to verify that they
are who they claim to be. After the meeting is over, each participant
can then retrieve the keys that they've personally verified, sign those
keys, and send the signed keys back to their respective owners.

In order to complete the keysigning in the allotted time, we follow a
formal procedure as seen in V. Alex Brennen's "GnuPG Keysigning Party
HOWTO":
https://cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html
It is strongly advised that if you have not been to a keysigning party
before, you read this document: http://blu.org/keysignings/. We're using
the List-based method for this keysigning party, and the keyserver at
subkeys.pgp.net.


It is essential that, before the meeting, you register on the signup
form listed in the attachments. You should bring at least one picture ID
with you. You must also bring your own printout of the report on that
page, so you can check off the names/keys of the people you have
personally verified.

The list will be printed on Wednesday afternoon, the day of the meeting;
be sure to register your key for the keysigning before that. The
official cutoff time is 3:00 pm.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Friday, August 24, 2018

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV reminder Saturday, August 25, 2018 2:00 PM

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV Rescheduled to:
When: Saturday, August 25, 2018 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Please note that we cannot do earlier than 2PM.

Where: John and Shelley Chambers' home
33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA.
BYOF - Bring Your Own Food and drinks


Boston Linux & Unix is holding its twenty-fourth annual summer BBQ on
Saturday, August 11, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Guests are encouraged to bring along something for the grill and the
snack table. We're holding the barbecue at the same location as the past
few years, John and Shelley Chambers' home at 33 Cedarwood Avenue,
Waltham,MA.

Please refer to the BLU website for further details and directions.

http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2018-bbq24
Weather Long range forecast is for sunny in low 80s

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846




















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Sunday, August 19, 2018

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV Saturday, August 25, 2018 2:00 PM

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV Rescheduled to:
When: Saturday, August 25, 2018 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Please note that we cannot do earlier than 2PM.

Where: John and Shelley Chambers' home
33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA.
BYOF - Bring Your Own Food and drinks


Boston Linux & Unix is holding its twenty-fourth annual summer BBQ on
Saturday, August 11, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Guests are encouraged to bring along something for the grill and the
snack table. We're holding the barbecue at the same location as the past
few years, John and Shelley Chambers' home at 33 Cedarwood Avenue,
Waltham,MA.

Please refer to the BLU website for further details and directions.

http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2018-bbq24
Weather Long range forecast is for sunny in low 80s

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846


















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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Live stream of tonight's BLU meeting is active

Brian DeLacey's talk on IPFS is currently being livestreamed on youtube, aqt

https://www.youtube.com/user/bostonlinuxandunix/live

--
John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
Email: abreauj@gmail.com / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6
PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, August 15, 2018 - IPFS: The Interplanetary File System

When: August 15, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: IPFS: The Interplanetary File System
Moderators: Brian DeLacey
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335


Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

IPFS is the distributed web: A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make
the web faster, safer, and more open.


Abstract:

At this meeting we will dig into IPFS - the Interplanetary File System.
IPFS promises to take us way beyond the World Wide Web and internet as
we know it today.

IPFS builds on the early and existing technologies of the internet while
unshackling today's networked constraints in areas such as "internet of
things", by connecting endpoints with a true "internet of data". The
meeting will incorporate demos as well as discussions and close by
asking a simple question: Will IPFS become a fundamental cornerstone of
an internet-scale OS?

During the Q&A period prior to the meeting, 6:30-7:00 PM, Brian is
prepared to assist interested attendees with installing IPFS on their
laptops, which will make it possible for such attendees to "surf along"
during the meeting.

Attachments

InterPlanetary File System (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System
IPFS is the Distributed Web https://ipfs.io/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Monday, August 13, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, August 15, 2018 - IPFS: The Interplanetary File System

When: August 158, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: IPFS: The Interplanetary File System
Moderators: Brian DeLacey
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335


Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

IPFS is the distributed web: A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make
the web faster, safer, and more open.


Abstract:

At this meeting we will dig into IPFS - the Interplanetary File System.
IPFS promises to take us way beyond the World Wide Web and internet as
we know it today.

IPFS builds on the early and existing technologies of the internet while
unshackling today's networked constraints in areas such as "internet of
things", by connecting endpoints with a true "internet of data". The
meeting will incorporate demos as well as discussions and close by
asking a simple question: Will IPFS become a fundamental cornerstone of
an internet-scale OS?

During the Q&A period prior to the meeting, 6:30-7:00 PM, Brian is
prepared to assist interested attendees with installing IPFS on their
laptops, which will make it possible for such attendees to "surf along"
during the meeting.

Attachments

InterPlanetary File System (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System
IPFS is the Distributed Web https://ipfs.io/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Saturday, August 11, 2018

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV Rescheduled to Saturday, August 25, 2018 2:00 PM

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV Rescheduled to:
When: Saturday, August 25, 2018 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Please note that we cannot do earlier than 2PM.
Where: John and Shelley Chambers' home
33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA.
BYOF - Bring Your Own Food and drinks


Boston Linux & Unix is holding its twenty-fourth annual summer BBQ on
Saturday, August 11, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Guests are encouraged to bring along something for the grill and the
snack table. We're holding the barbecue at the same location as the past
few years, John and Shelley Chambers' home at 33 Cedarwood Avenue,
Waltham,MA.

Please refer to the BLU website for further details and directions.

http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2018-bbq24
Weather Long range forecast is for sunny in low 80s

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
















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Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV Saturday, August 11, 2018 1:00 PM Cancelled because of rain

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV Cancelled
When: Saturday, August 11, 2018 from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
The current hourly forecast is for rain all day, so we are cancelling
the BBQ. We have not yet been able to determine if we can have it in the
next couple of weeks. Please stay tuned.

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
















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Friday, August 10, 2018

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV reminder, tomorrow Saturday, August 11, 2018 1:00 PM

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV
When: Saturday, August 11, 2018 from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Where: John and Shelley Chambers' home
33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA.
BYOF - Bring Your Own Food and drinks


Boston Linux & Unix is holding its twenty-fourth annual summer BBQ on
Saturday, August 11, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Guests are encouraged to bring along something for the grill and the
snack table. We're holding the barbecue at the same location as the past
few years, John and Shelley Chambers' home at 33 Cedarwood Avenue,
Waltham,MA.

Please refer to the BLU website for further details and directions.

http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2018-bbq24
Weather forecast calls for cloudy with rain mid 70s

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846














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Sunday, August 5, 2018

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV Saturday, August 11, 2018 1:00 PM

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIV
When: Saturday, August 11, 2018 from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Where: John and Shelley Chambers' home
33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA.
BYOF - Bring Your Own Food and drinks


Boston Linux & Unix is holding its twenty-fourth annual summer BBQ on
Saturday, August 11, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Guests are encouraged to bring along something for the grill and the
snack table. We're holding the barbecue at the same location as the past
few years, John and Shelley Chambers' home at 33 Cedarwood Avenue,
Waltham,MA.

Please refer to the BLU website for further details and directions.

http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2018-bbq24
Long range weather forecast calls for mid-80s with possible Thunderstorms.

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846












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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorow Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - Short Takes: Fotoxx Update; Application Containerization

When: July 18, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Short Takes: Fotoxx Update; Application Containerization
Moderators: Dick Miller, Jerry Feldman
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335


Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

Dick shows us the latest features in Fotoxx, and Jerry discusses
containerizing applications and Wayland vs. Xorg


Abstract:

Dick Miler returns with a demo of the newest additions to Fotoxx, the
Linux editor and collection manager for enormous collections of photos.
Jerry Feldman discusses Xorg vs Wayland and containerizing applications
like Snap and Flatpak

Fotoxx: https://kornelix.net/fotoxx/fotoxx.html
Dick Miller: https://millermicro.com/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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Thursday, July 12, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - Short Takes: Fotoxx Update; Application Containerization

When: July 18, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Short Takes: Fotoxx Update; Application Containerization
Moderators: Disk Miller
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335


Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

Dick shows us the latest features in Fotoxx, and Jerry discusses
containerizing applications and Wayland vs. Xorg


Abstract:

Dick Miler returns with a demo of the newest additions to Fotoxx, the
Linux editor and collection manager for enormous collections of photos.
Jerry Feldman discusses Xorg vs Wayland and containerizing applications
like Snap and Flatpak

Fotoxx: https://kornelix.net/fotoxx/fotoxx.html
Dick Miller: https://millermicro.com/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


















































































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Friday, June 29, 2018

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LXVII reminder, tomorrow Saturday June 30, 2018

Boston Linux Installfest LXVII
When: Saturday June 30, 2018, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061
2 Amherst St, Cambridge
http://mitiq.mit.edu/mitiq/directions_%20parkinge51.htm
*** Please see the parking notice at the end of this email ***


What you need to bring: Your computer, monitor, power strips and your
Linux distributions. We do have copies of some distributions.
In general we have expertise with most distros, but if you need special
expertise, please email the BLU discussion list in advance. Today, most
distros are using Live images that you can try out and then install.
This can be copied to DVDs or USB sticks.There are a number of USB
creators, such as UNetbootin (https://unetbootin.github.io/). Both
Fedora and Ubuntu have a USB creator built in.

COST: It's free! However, we DO have expenses, and contributions are
welcome. Please consider contributing $25 per machine.

Our volunteers will help you to install Linux on your own system. While
Linux runs on most systems, some systems do have configurations and
hardware that may not be supported. Please consult the following web
pages for hardware compatibility. While we prefer you to bring your own
distros, our volunteers will normally have

Linux Howto Pages: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
Linux Frequently Asked Questions: http://tldp.org/docs.html#faq
Additionally, there are forums and listservs for most distros.

Generally our volunteers have sets of the latest Fedora, SuSE and
Ubuntu distributions:
* Fedora - https://getfedora.org/ (Fedora 28 Live DVD/USB)
* Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com ( 18.04LTS DVD/USB)
* other distros can be downloaded at the Installfest

We generally have them on local drives and can burn CDs/DVDs and
USBs.Since there are many variants of these distros, we advise you to
bring an empty USB stick with sufficient memory to hold one of the
distros. Live images require about 1.5GB. I usually have some USBs
prepared or can easily burn a USB.

We usually have both a Wired and Wireless network available.
The preferred wireless SSID at MIT is "MIT". In addition John does set
up a local wifi.


In addition, you can run Linux on your Windows PC through a virtual
machine manager, such as Virtualbox. You can install this in your
Windows machine and run Linux as a guest OS, or install it in your Linux
machine and run Windows as a guest. VirtualBox 5.1.18
(http://www.virtualbox.org.) is free and is available for Linux, Windows
10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Additionally,
there are also some VMWare clients that are also free for Windows.

Lunch is generously sponsored by Bluefin Technical Services, John Ross
and Ron Thibeau


Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further
information and directions. There is a parking lot in front of
the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to
your left up to the 3rd floor. Take left out of the elevator and another
left to get to Room 335.
*** Parking Notice ***
*** MIT changed to new parking regulations ***
Parking at MIT without a Permit
MIT parking permits are required for all vehicles on MIT property.
Vehicles without MIT parking permits parked in any MIT parking area will
be subject to ticketing or towing. ​

After Hours
Anyone with a valid MIT parking permit can park his/her vehicle in any
parking facility on campus after 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and all
day on weekends and MIT holidays. Please note that parking is only
allowed in spots that are not otherwise reserved.

​Change here is that permits for any lot now valid in all lots after
2:30; previously permits were not required per website after 5 and in
reality after 3, but now no. Parking is at risk. Cambridge meters and
the pay lots and garages are the only safe options. Note also that
Cambridge meters in the Kendall area. The Passport app is only usable in
Harvard Sq.

Parking meters cost $1.25/Hr, and only take quarters.

My recommendation is that you drop off your computers and equipment in
room 061, and then take your car to another location. Currently, what I
do is to print a sign for my front windshield that I am attending a
meeting in E-51 room 061, and include my phone #, but I am risking a
ticket or even a tow. There should be plenty of on-street parking on
Memorial Drive and adjacent streets.


--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

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Saturday, June 23, 2018

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LXVII Saturday June 30, 2018

Boston Linux Installfest LXVII
When: Saturday June 30, 2018, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061
2 Amherst St, Cambridge
http://mitiq.mit.edu/mitiq/directions_%20parkinge51.htm
*** Please see the parking notice at the end of this email ***


What you need to bring: Your computer, monitor, power strips and your
Linux distributions. We do have copies of some distributions.
In general we have expertise with most distros, but if you need special
expertise, please email the BLU discussion list in advance. Today, most
distros are using Live images that you can try out and then install.
This can be copied to DVDs or USB sticks.There are a number of USB
creators, such as UNetbootin (https://unetbootin.github.io/). Both
Fedora and Ubuntu have a USB creator built in.

COST: It's free! However, we DO have expenses, and contributions are
welcome. Please consider contributing $25 per machine.

Our volunteers will help you to install Linux on your own system. While
Linux runs on most systems, some systems do have configurations and
hardware that may not be supported. Please consult the following web
pages for hardware compatibility. While we prefer you to bring your own
distros, our volunteers will normally have

Linux Howto Pages: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
Linux Frequently Asked Questions: http://tldp.org/docs.html#faq
Additionally, there are forums and listservs for most distros.

Generally our volunteers have sets of the latest Fedora, SuSE and
Ubuntu distributions:
* Fedora - https://getfedora.org/ (Fedora 25 Live DVD/USB)
* Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com ( 16.04.2 LTS DVD/USB or 17.04)
* other distros can be downloaded at the Installfest

We generally have them on local drives and can burn CDs/DVDs and
USBs.Since there are many variants of these distros, we advise you to
bring an empty USB stick with sufficient memory to hold one of the
distros. Live images require about 1.5GB. I usually have some USBs
prepared or can easily burn a USB.

We usually have both a Wired and Wireless network available.
The preferred wireless SSID at MIT is "MIT". In addition John does set
up a local wifi.


In addition, you can run Linux on your Windows PC through a virtual
machine manager, such as Virtualbox. You can install this in your
Windows machine and run Linux as a guest OS, or install it in your Linux
machine and run Windows as a guest. VirtualBox 5.1.18
(http://www.virtualbox.org.) is free and is available for Linux, Windows
10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Additionally,
there are also some VMWare clients that are also free for Windows.

Lunch is generously sponsored by Bluefin Technical Services, John Ross
and Ron Thibeau


Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further
information and directions. There is a parking lot in front of
the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to
your left up to the 3rd floor. Take left out of the elevator and another
left to get to Room 335.
*** Parking Notice ***
*** MIT changed to new parking regulations ***
Parking at MIT without a Permit
MIT parking permits are required for all vehicles on MIT property.
Vehicles without MIT parking permits parked in any MIT parking area will
be subject to ticketing or towing. ​

After Hours
Anyone with a valid MIT parking permit can park his/her vehicle in any
parking facility on campus after 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and all
day on weekends and MIT holidays. Please note that parking is only
allowed in spots that are not otherwise reserved.

​Change here is that permits for any lot now valid in all lots after
2:30; previously permits were not required per website after 5 and in
reality after 3, but now no. Parking is at risk. Cambridge meters and
the pay lots and garages are the only safe options. Note also that
Cambridge meters in the Kendall area. The Passport app is only usable in
Harvard Sq.

Parking meters cost $1.25/Hr, and only take quarters.

My recommendation is that you drop off your computers and equipment in
room 061, and then take your car to another location. Currently, what I
do is to print a sign for my front windshield that I am attending a
meeting in E-51 room 061, and include my phone #, but I am risking a
ticket or even a tow. There should be plenty of on-street parking on
Memorial Drive and adjacent streets.


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Boston Linux and Unix user group
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Monday, June 18, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting reminder Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - X-Ray Astronomy and the Invisible Universe

When: June 20, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: X-Ray Astronomy and the Invisible Universe
Moderators: Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335
*** Note room change ***

Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Note: Next installfest June 30,2018 in Cambridge
Next BBQ planned for August 11, 2018 at John and Shlley Chambers
home in Waltham.

Summary:

A tour of discoveries made with the Chandra X-Ray Space Telescope

Abstract:

A fleet of remarkable space telescopes are sending back unprecedented
views of our universe. The famous Hubble telescope takes the sharpest
visible-light images, but only its cousins Chandra and Spitzer can see
the invisible X-ray and infrared light that help complete the cosmic
story. Chandra's X-ray camera can see erupting black holes, exploding
stars and colliding galaxies - some of the the most energetic events in
space.

Jonathan presents a tour of Chandra's discoveries and explains how it
and other X-ray telescopes probe cosmic dramas, while infrared images
unveil the cool, gentle process of star birth, and pictures taken with
ordinary visible light give an overview of the everyday life of the
galaxies. Combining all three views has been crucial to the astonishing
discoveries astronomers have made in the past decade.

Bio
Jonathan is an astrophysicist working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics as part of the Chandra X-Ray Center, which operates the
Chandra X-ray Observatory spacecraft.

Jonathan's Home Page: http://planet4589.org/jcm/jmcdowell.html
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/
Jonathan's Space Home Page: http://www.planet4589.org/space/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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Thursday, June 14, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - X-Ray Astronomy and the Invisible Universe

When: June 20, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: X-Ray Astronomy and the Invisible Universe
Moderators: Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335
*** Note room change ***

Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

A tour of discoveries made with the Chandra X-Ray Space Telescope

Abstract:

A fleet of remarkable space telescopes are sending back unprecedented
views of our universe. The famous Hubble telescope takes the sharpest
visible-light images, but only its cousins Chandra and Spitzer can see
the invisible X-ray and infrared light that help complete the cosmic
story. Chandra's X-ray camera can see erupting black holes, exploding
stars and colliding galaxies - some of the the most energetic events in
space.

Jonathan presents a tour of Chandra's discoveries and explains how it
and other X-ray telescopes probe cosmic dramas, while infrared images
unveil the cool, gentle process of star birth, and pictures taken with
ordinary visible light give an overview of the everyday life of the
galaxies. Combining all three views has been crucial to the astonishing
discoveries astronomers have made in the past decade.

Bio
Jonathan is an astrophysicist working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics as part of the Chandra X-Ray Center, which operates the
Chandra X-ray Observatory spacecraft.

Jonathan's Home Page: http://planet4589.org/jcm/jmcdowell.html
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/
Jonathan's Space Home Page: http://www.planet4589.org/space/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - Blockchain crypto currencies, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Perl

When: May 16, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Blockchain crypto currencies, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Perl
Moderators: Jerry Feldman and Bill Ricker
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 145

Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

Jerry talks about Ubuntu's latest LTS release
Bill talks about the renaissance of Perl and Blockchain/Cryptocoins/Bitcoin

Abstract:

The past year has been a tough year for the Ubuntu desktop with the
abandonment of Unity and and the adoption of Gnome 3. I wil discuss a
couple of their missteps and how they solved their issues.

Block Chain technologies, such as bitcoin and other crypto currencies
have been purpoted to be the digital currency of the future. Bill will
take a look at these technologies.

Bill is the leader of the Boston Perl Mongers
(https://www.meetup.com/Boston-pm/?_cookie-check=SvqZb6YWdSHWGRvr). He
will look at the renassance of Perl.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
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Friday, May 11, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Blockchain, and Perl

When: May 16, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Blockchain, and Perl
Moderators: Jerry Feldman and Bill Ricker
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 145

Please note that Wadsworth St is open from Memorial Drive to Amherst St,
but is closed between Amherst St to Main St. See the ling below for
additional details.
https://courbanize.com/projects/mit-kendall-square/updates

Summary:

Jerry talks about Ubuntu's latest LTS release
Bill talks about the renaissance of Perl and Blockchain/Cryptocoins/Bitcoin

Abstract:

The past year has been a tough year for the Ubuntu desktop with the
abandonment of Unity and and the adoption of Gnome 3. I wil discuss a
couple of their missteps and how they solved their issues.

Block Chain technologies, such as bitcoin and other crypto currencies
have been purpoted to be the digital currency of the future. Bill will
take a look at these technologies.

Bill is the leader of the Boston Perl Mongers
(https://www.meetup.com/Boston-pm/?_cookie-check=SvqZb6YWdSHWGRvr). He
will look at the renassance of Perl.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - Lightning Talks 2018

When: April 18, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Lightning Talks 2018
Moderators: Brian DeLacey, Kurty Keville and others
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 145

Summary:

A number of short (20 minute) talks from around the world

Abstract:

Privacy in the Clouds

Privacy Badger

Alexei <alexei@eff.org> Privacy Badger's dev/product lead

Alexei will call in to describe how Privacy Badger works, the challenges
faced, and where the project is heading. This 20 minute overview will
include some 5+ minutes of Questions

For this talk, we plan to use and demonstrate the open source video
conferencing tool Jitsi (https://meet.jit.si/ and https://jitsi.org/)
for remote call in / presentation / discussion

High Tech from Hong Kong

Nicolas Charbonnier (aka Charbax) is a prolific video-blogger with 47M
views at http://ARMdevices.net. He'll be joining BLU via video
conference for an on-the-ground report at the Mobile Electronics China
Sourcing Fair. (http://www.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/CSF/INDEX.HTM)

IoT and "Securing Privacy for the Cloud Generation"

Brian DeLacey will discuss and demonstrate cloud storage solutions using
Amazon AWS S3 and Minio, with an update from the Cloud Foundry Summit.
Brian will demonstrate an IoT application, with a coding discussion in
Golang, and a running on the new RPi 3 B+
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-model-bplus-sale-now-35/
We'll also recap the latest news on FaceBook's recent privacy challenges.

Kurt and company ….

1. Cole Freniere, Microway, GTC Wrap-up (overview of the GPU Tech conf
from 2 weeks ago)

2. Vijay Thakkar, BU, SCC Overview (presentation of the BU approach to
EEHPC scheduled for SC18)

3. Kurt Keville, MIT, IoTNet Update (updates to the status of IoTNet
expanding on earlier BLU presentations).


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Saturday, April 14, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - Lightning Talks 2018 (date correction)

When: April 18, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Lightning Talks 2018
Moderators: Brian DeLacey, Kurty Keville and others
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 145

Summary:

A number of short (20 minute) talks from around the world

Abstract:

Privacy in the Clouds

Privacy Badger

Alexei <alexei@eff.org> Privacy Badger's dev/product lead

Alexei will call in to describe how Privacy Badger works, the challenges
faced, and where the project is heading. This 20 minute overview will
include some 5+ minutes of Questions

For this talk, we plan to use and demonstrate the open source video
conferencing tool Jitsi (https://meet.jit.si/ and https://jitsi.org/)
for remote call in / presentation / discussion

High Tech from Hong Kong

Nicolas Charbonnier (aka Charbax) is a prolific video-blogger with 47M
views at http://ARMdevices.net. He'll be joining BLU via video
conference for an on-the-ground report at the Mobile Electronics China
Sourcing Fair. (http://www.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/CSF/INDEX.HTM)

IoT and "Securing Privacy for the Cloud Generation"

Brian DeLacey will discuss and demonstrate cloud storage solutions using
Amazon AWS S3 and Minio, with an update from the Cloud Foundry Summit.
Brian will demonstrate an IoT application, with a coding discussion in
Golang, and a running on the new RPi 3 B+
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-model-bplus-sale-now-35/
We'll also recap the latest news on FaceBook's recent privacy challenges.

Kurt and company ….

1. Cole Freniere, Microway, GTC Wrap-up (overview of the GPU Tech conf
from 2 weeks ago)

2. Vijay Thakkar, BU, SCC Overview (presentation of the BU approach to
EEHPC scheduled for SC18)

3. Kurt Keville, MIT, IoTNet Update (updates to the status of IoTNet
expanding on earlier BLU presentations).


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Friday, April 13, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, April 16, 2018 - Lightning Talks 2018

When: April 16, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Lightning Talks 2018
Moderators: Brian DeLacey, Kurty Keville and others
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 145

Summary:

A number of short (20 minute) talks from around the world

Abstract:

Privacy in the Clouds

Privacy Badger

Alexei <alexei@eff.org> Privacy Badger's dev/product lead

Alexei will call in to describe how Privacy Badger works, the challenges
faced, and where the project is heading. This 20 minute overview will
include some 5+ minutes of Questions

For this talk, we plan to use and demonstrate the open source video
conferencing tool Jitsi (https://meet.jit.si/ and https://jitsi.org/)
for remote call in / presentation / discussion

High Tech from Hong Kong

Nicolas Charbonnier (aka Charbax) is a prolific video-blogger with 47M
views at http://ARMdevices.net. He'll be joining BLU via video
conference for an on-the-ground report at the Mobile Electronics China
Sourcing Fair. (http://www.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/CSF/INDEX.HTM)

IoT and "Securing Privacy for the Cloud Generation"

Brian DeLacey will discuss and demonstrate cloud storage solutions using
Amazon AWS S3 and Minio, with an update from the Cloud Foundry Summit.
Brian will demonstrate an IoT application, with a coding discussion in
Golang, and a running on the new RPi 3 B+
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-model-bplus-sale-now-35/
We'll also recap the latest news on FaceBook's recent privacy challenges.

Kurt and company ….

1. Cole Freniere, Microway, GTC Wrap-up (overview of the GPU Tech conf
from 2 weeks ago)

2. Vijay Thakkar, BU, SCC Overview (presentation of the BU approach to
EEHPC scheduled for SC18)

3. Kurt Keville, MIT, IoTNet Update (updates to the status of IoTNet
expanding on earlier BLU presentations).


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90


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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Tomorrow's BLU meeting canceled due to severe snowstorm forecast

Due to the impending snowstorm on Wednesday, which will make driving
hazardous, the BLU meeting for this month is hereby canceled.

We'll try to reschedule the speaker for a later month.

Apologies for the short notice.

Be safe!

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - X-Ray Astronomy and the Invisible Universe

When: March 21, 2018 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: X-Ray Astronomy and the Invisible Universe
Moderators: Jonathan McDowell , Astrophysicist, Smithsonian
Astropyhsical Observatory
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 145

Summary:

A tour of discoveries made with the Chandra X-Ray Space Telescope

Abstract:

A fleet of remarkable space telescopes are sending back unprecedented
views of our universe. The famous Hubble telescope takes the sharpest
visible-light images, but only its cousins Chandra and Spitzer can see
the invisible X-ray and infrared light that help complete the cosmic
story. Chandra's X-ray camera can see erupting black holes, exploding
stars and colliding galaxies - some of the the most energetic events in
space.

Jonathan presents a tour of Chandra's discoveries and explains how it
and other X-ray telescopes probe cosmic dramas, while infrared images
unveil the cool, gentle process of star birth, and pictures taken with
ordinary visible light give an overview of the everyday life of the
galaxies. Combining all three views has been crucial to the astonishing
discoveries astronomers have made in the past decade.
Bio
Jonathan is an astrophysicist working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics as part of the Chandra X-Ray Center, which operates the
Chandra X-ray Observatory spacecraft.

Attachments
http://planet4589.org/jcm/jmcdowell.html
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/
http://www.planet4589.org/space/


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

Parking:
MIT lots require permits after hours.
All Cambridge parking meters use Passport by Phone:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/Parking/paybyphone
This is active on all Cambridge metered parking spaces. Meters are free
after 8PM

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90










































































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