April 2025 - Roundtable

IN-PERSON Winnisec Meetup This Friday, April 25th @ Skullspace - Topic: Threat Modeling
by Mark Campbell 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Hello MUUG Community and Friends, This is your reminder for our upcoming IN-PERSON Winnisec meetup happening THIS Friday, April 25th, 2025! Join us at Skullspace (374 Donald St). Doors and networking start around 5:45 PM. This Month's Presentation: Threat Modeling - Scaling Your Program Dive into the world of threat modeling! This session will cover how you can evolve from creating individual threat models to building and scaling a comprehensive threat modeling program across your entire organization. It’s a crucial skill for anyone involved in securing systems and applications. Why Attend? * Gain practical insights into threat modeling. * Network with fellow cybersecurity professionals, students, and enthusiasts in the Winnipeg area. * Engage in discussions and share knowledge in a friendly atmosphere. Regular Schedule: Remember, Winnisec meets in person at Skullspace every 4th Friday of the month. It's a great opportunity to consistently connect and learn. We welcome everyone interested in information security, regardless of experience level. Find out more about Winnisec anytime at: https://winnisec.life<https://www.google.com/search?q=https://winnisec.life> We look forward to seeing you at Skullspace this Friday evening! Best regards, The Winnisec Organizers _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list -- roundtable(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to roundtable-leave(a)muug.ca

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.htaccess file: stopping robot with escape character in name
by Montana Quiring 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Hello Folks, I'm trying to stop a bot from crawling a site using the .htaccess file. The problem is that it's using the backslash character as its name. Grrr... It's called: Unknown robot identified by bot\* This generates an internal server error: RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ("Unknown robot identified by bot\*") [NC] I tried, this, but it didn't help: RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ("Unknown robot identified by bot\\*") [NC] Any thoughts? Regards, -Montana _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list -- roundtable(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to roundtable-leave(a)muug.ca

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TW: Font nerdery. (Which typeface's capital "I" makes the best I-beam?)
by Adam Thompson 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Since I know there's a bunch of font nerds in here: https://youtu.be/azDaPm13CT8 Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list -- roundtable(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to roundtable-leave(a)muug.ca

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Hide mouse cursor in Wayland, labwc compositor?
by Gilbert Detillieux 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Hi folks. I'm trying to find something equivalent to "unclutter" or "xbanish" that will allow me to hide the mouse cursor when I'm running Wayland's labwc compositor. This is for a kiosk-mode application, using a Raspberry Pi and Debian 12 (Bookworm). Thanks! Gilbert -- Gilbert Detillieux E-mail: Gilbert.Detillieux(a)umanitoba.ca Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: 204-474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 For best CS dept. service, contact <cs-support(a)lists.umanitoba.ca>. _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list -- roundtable(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to roundtable-leave(a)muug.ca

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Google Play Pass
by Trevor Cordes 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

My daughter likes to play some kid/toddler games on our Android tablet. I have banned ads from our home. Anyone who's tried to find games on Android will know that 99% of the free games (and even some for-pay games) have ad quantities that would put the worst of network TV to shame. And the ads are often very inappropriate. Plus, her attention span for these games is the size of a grain of sand, so we needed a faster way to find and cycle through games. So we used the excellent "App Finder" app (which I highly recommend) on the play store which did an ok job when you click the "no ads" button. This works ok, but we started getting down to just the for-pay games. And paying $1-$5 a game for the pay games doesn't sound too bad, except 90% of them she'll play once for 2 minutes and then never play again, making the purchase a waste. (There's no way to know whether a game will not interest her without paying & playing!) So we're giving the google Play Pass subscription service a try, mostly because we can try basically every for-pay play-pass game for free and throw the bad ones away with no remorse, AND it promises NO ADS. Like NO ADS EVER on badged play-pass games. Ya, so my son chose 3 promising play-pass games at random and all 3 of them instantly had ads galore. Basically nothing changed. So those instantly got uninstalled... I verified that I am indeed looking at "Play Pass Badged" games, that say "Play Pass" and have the icon, and are in the Play Pass-only section of the Play Store. I'm wondering if anyone else has play pass and can verify if all or some of their games did or did not have ads. Maybe there's something broken on the tablet, especially because it's in "supervised" (child) mode which seems to make things a disaster. (Google really hasn't tested all use / family scenarios.) Maybe I have to jump through some extra hoops somewhere? I can't believe that this is google's actual flagship mobile software product they are pushing. I'm not going to pay for it if I'm back to square one having to vet 9 games to find 1 that for realz doesn't contain ads. I'm buying it for the sole purpose of saving time. (P.S. It's $35 a year with an automatic 1 month free trial -- I have 30 days to cancel if I can't sort this out. P.P.S. You can apply the pass to every device in your "family group" so that's a bonus.) _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list -- roundtable(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to roundtable-leave(a)muug.ca

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closures
by Trevor Cordes 03 Apr '25

03 Apr '25

It dawned on me that in perl you can create a closure without even nesting functions (though you can also do it the "traditional" way). Perl allows you to have unnamed blocks that define their own variable scope, which can take the place of the outer function in giving you the local/protected variable you need. Of course this has the downside of only giving you one closure instance per definition/generator, instead of letting you call the generator multiple times to get multiple instances. But in many cases you just want one instance anyhow. P.S. The slides & code examples for the closure presentation will be up on the web site by tomorrow(ish). https://muug.ca/meetings/24-25.html#apr #!/bin/perl -w my $inc; { my $counter=0; $inc=sub { $counter++; print "$counter\n"; }; } $inc->(); $inc->(); $inc->(); print "$counter\n"; # Alberto shields up! _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list -- roundtable(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to roundtable-leave(a)muug.ca

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Re: Reminder: MUUG Meeting, Tonight, Apr 1, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Programming With Closures, RTFM: /bin Diving
by Sean 02 Apr '25

02 Apr '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Greetings y'all, (I hope this is the correct venue for asking a 'group question'.... If I'm doing this wrong I'm prepared to take my lumps at tonight's meeting!) I have a number of smaller projects here, some of which are 'in the middle of' using Pi's and/or Arduino's that I'm asking if there's anyone who's adept at this stuff (some connected to Linux server) who's willing to assist me at your leisure? The person to whom I'd started these projects with, has "removed themselves from society" and I'm not afraid to admit that I need help with the digital end of things. Let me know if you're willing to assist, and we can definitely work something out. I'm only asking for those who're interested and able; as I'm not asking for voluntary work. Sean On 2025-04-01 16:28, Gilbert Detillieux wrote: > A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person > and online... > > The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly > meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, April 1st, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the > FIRST Tuesday of the month... > > Programming With Closures > > Unknown by many programmers, closures and first-class functions > enable some pretty cool programming techniques that can make your > code more maintainable. In a short presentation, Trevor Cordes > will demonstrate what they are, how to use them, and explain why > they can be desirable. > > RTFM: The Return of /bin Diving! > > Our first couple instalments of /bin Diving were a big success, so > we'll do it again! Everyone in attendance will be encouraged to > help Brad Vokey bumble about on the command line to figure out how > to use a random /bin program. > > April Door Prize > > Along with our usual selection of e-books, Wyatt Zacharias has > acquired for MUUG two Pi Zero W 2's along with two Pi SD cards for > us to give away! One set was given away at the March meeting, and > the other will be in April. > > Where to find the Meeting: > Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 > > We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has > graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person > meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual > meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the > most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner > of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). > You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that > say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering > unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 > meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for > Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 > are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. > > For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the > meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay > tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which > will be made available about a half hour before the meeting > starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there > are issues with connecting.) > > The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* 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. > > For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out > their web server: > > https://muug.ca/ > > Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on > your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, > or linking to it on social media: > > https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf > _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list -- roundtable(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to roundtable-leave(a)muug.ca

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