June 2014 - Roundtable

IBM "clicky" keyboards
by Adam Thompson 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Enough people have wondered/asked/complained to me about this that I'm posting this now as a public service. IBM Model "M" keyboards are still available, *NEW*, today. They are expensive, but they are the original design that you can use as a melee weapon. The catch is that they don't say "IBM" or even "Lexmark" on them. They are available for purchase from the manufacturer, Unicomp, who can be found online at http://www.pckeyboard.com/. You can also find some vintage NIB units from time to time at http://www.clickykeyboards.com/. There are also a number of other manufacturers now making similar, but not quite as good, keyboards. - CVT Inc., the maker of the Avant Stellar (I own two of them), which is the direct descendant of the Northgate Omnikey, seems to have restructured and no trace of their keyboard manufacturing operation can be found online. However, Northgate keyboards are still available new-in-box from (this is a horrible site, beware) http://www.northgate-keyboard-repair.com/. - The Happy Hacking keyboard (now owned by Fujitsu, apparently) is equally comforting to some people despite having a totally different feel. They, and many others, can be had from http://www.elitekeyboards.com/ - Das Keyboard - Anything using Cherry MX Green, Blue, or White keyswitches. The "green" switches apparently are the closest anyone's come yet to emulating the IBM/Lexmark/Unicomp switches... and they can be had in MUCH cheaper keyboards, like the Rosewill RK-9000 (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201040 and http://techreport.com/review/23405/rosewill-rk-9000-series-mechanical-ke yboards-reviewed). - And there are an increasing number (yes, again, after the big die-off ca. 2009) of speciality manufacturers of "ergonomic" keyboards that are making clicky keyswitches available as an option. One of the better ones is a tiny shop in Ontario, but I can't find the name right now. References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicomp http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX -Adam Thompson athompso(a)athompso.net

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SpamAssassin false positives on DATE_IN_FUTURE_96_Q?
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

I mentioned this problem at the last round-table session, but didn't get a solution, so I thought I'd post it here, just in case anyone has any suggestions to offer. I'm still seeing a whole bunch of false positives in SpamAssassin, since an update was installed in mid-September on a CentOS 5.7 system, for a rule called DATE_IN_FUTURE_96_Q, which is only supposed to be triggered when the "Date:" header has a date that is 4 days to 4 month ahead of the date in the "Received" header that has the _smallest_ difference in date. Here are the headers from the latest e-mail I've received with this false-positive. (I've stripped out irrelevant headers, for the sake of clarity and simplicity.) From topfivestories(a)messagent.itworldcanada.com Mon Nov 14 07:50:13 2011 Received: from mail.messagent.itworldcanada.com (mail.messagent.itworldcanada.com [207.112.10.80]) by palladium.cs.umanitoba.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id pAEDoAxV028594 for <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca>; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:50:12 -0600 Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:50:13 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DATE_IN_FUTURE_96_Q, HTML_MESSAGE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on palladium.cs.umanitoba.ca Note that I'm calling spamd via the spamass-milter on a system running sendmail. Note also, that in the above example, the only "Received" header was the one generated by my own server. (I've had other false positives, however, with multiple "Received" headers, all of which were within seconds of the time in the "Date" header.) Any ideas? -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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big scanner
by Trevor Cordes 27 May '15

27 May '15

Does anyone have big (like tabloid or bigger) scanner they want to sell? Even an ancient SCSI or parallel one might be ok. I just want *big*. Do they even make scanners bigger than legal or tabloid?

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Job opening
by Brock Wolfe 29 Jun '14

29 Jun '14

IT job opening. http://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1000585431&siteLocale=en_CA&u… Brock

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Amateur Radio Field Day
by Dan Keizer 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

For those in the group that have an interest, the annual Field Day event is occurring this weekend. Notable recent developments include the establishment of a local high-speed hamradio network -- we're talking megabit speeds, not baud these days ;-) and a full complement of HF operations. Link with information is below: http://winnipegarc.org/field_day.html 1pm Sat to 1pm Sun. There will be multiple operating HF stations setup as well as an extra station for you to Get On The Air and talk with people from around the world. --------------------------------------- What is Field Day? Field Day is an opportunity for the public to come and see Amateur radio Operators in action as they set up their stations in public places like parks and schoolyards then communicate with each other around the globe with methods from Morse Code to Satellite or Moon Bounce. - See Ham Radios latest developments - Learn what it takes to get your own license (you dont need to know Morse Code anymore?) - Can you text faster than a Ham can send Morse Code Where and When is Field Day? The Winnipeg Amateur Radio Club (WARC parking lot of Canadian Mennonite (June 28-29th) Find us on the Internet http://winnipegarc.org/ Follow Us on Twitter - @VE4BBWARC Find us on Facebook "Winnipeg Amateur Radio Club - VE4BB"

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SSL
by Paul Sierks 16 Jun '14

16 Jun '14

Last meeting we spoke about SSL for a brief few minutes as a result of the self signed one we saw. Just thought I'd share with the group where that $25 / 5 year is. https://www.ssls.com/comodo-ssl-certificates/positivessl.html Regards,

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OpenSSL again: update now
by Trevor Cordes 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Obviously OpenSSL is getting the royal treatment of scrutiny now... these two bugs were fixed this week, and both are potentially very nasty. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0195 could allow remote arbitrary code execution in a default setup http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0224 was considered bad enough by the Fedora people to issue a separate warning statement (they almost never do that), though it depends on both sides using OpenSSL, which would be rare-ish in the browser world dominated by FF, Chrome, IE, etc, under normal use cases Don't forget to restart your httpd (and every other "d" that uses OpenSSL) after updating!

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MUUG Meeting, June 10, 7:30pm -- Firefox Screen Scraping
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 10. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Firefox Screen Scraping This month Trevor Cordes will be demonstrating how to screen scrape web pages and programatically control Firefox with Perl. We'll tackle the scraping of even complicated, anti-scrape websites that require JavaScript logins. Now no site is unscrapable! Adam Thompson will be covering the netcat nc(1) utility for the RTFM section this time. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ***************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: Room 1L12, Lockhart Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ***************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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Fwd: Re: Mike Pfaiffer
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

FYI... ----- Original Message ----- From: norm wall <mcwallus(a)shaw.ca> To: <roundtable-bounces(a)muug.mb.ca> References: <mailman.119.1401517600.1831.roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca> In-Reply-To: <mailman.119.1401517600.1831.roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca> Subject: Re: Your message to Roundtable awaits moderator approval Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 22:48:47 -0600 Thank you for addressing my inquiry about the passing of active roundtable member Michael Pfaiffer. I agree that it is most ironic as well as tradgic that Mike died from a disease that is most often associated with excessive alcohol intake. When we would go out for a bite to eat and I would order a cocktail, Mike would reply, "Sorry I don't touch the stuff". Next month will be the one year anniversary of his passing. From what I knew of Mike, he always put his family and friends first. My deepest condolences to his family, friends and roundtable members. Most Sincerely, Norm ----- Original Message ----- From: <roundtable-bounces(a)muug.mb.ca> To: <mcwallus(a)shaw.ca> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 12:26 AM Subject: Your message to Roundtable awaits moderator approval > Your mail to 'Roundtable' with the subject > > Re: Re: [RndTbl] Mike Pfaiffer > > Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. > > The reason it is being held: > > Post by non-member to a members-only list > > Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive > notification of the moderator's decision. If you would like to cancel > this posting, please visit the following URL: > > > http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/confirm/roundtable/323ce78be5cfa9da8ac1f659b4… > -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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Linux distro for Pentium III
by Robert Dyck 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

I have a customer who wants a laptop with Linux. My impression is he wants to learn Linux. I have refurbished laptops: IBM ThinkPad A21m, with Pentium III processor @ 750 MHz, 512MB RAM, and I can upgrade the hard drive to 40GB. Which distro of Linux would you recommend? I would ask Mike Pfaiffer, but he passed away earlier this year. Thanks, Rob Dyck

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