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June 2014

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Re: iptables rules cannot be loaded at boot time when domain names are used in iptables rules
by Russell Coker 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

On Mon, 2 Jun 2014, James Harper <james(a)ejbdigital.com.au> wrote: > Be aware though that starting your firewall after your network comes up is > probably not a wise thing to be doing. Yes, after the network is up but before the daemons you want to protect would be ideal. Also if your system isn't configured to go to single user mode if the firewall script fails (AFAIK no-one does this) then a problem with the firewall script (such as an unexpected DNS problem in this instance) would break it. With the increasing use of https and cloud servers some types of firewalling are becoming less useful. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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EFA's Creating the Web We Want
by Jacinta Richardson 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

This might be of interest to some folk. Electronic Frontiers Australia, in partnership with ThoughtWorks Australia presents: Creating the Web We Want * Time & Date: 11:30am, 17th June 2014 * Venue: Melbourne Convention Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place, Southbank (click for map) <https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Melbourne+Convention+%26+Exhibition+Ce…>. * Cost: FREE * Registration: Not Required Speakers * Keith Dodds <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/keith-dodds/0/410/a82> - Director, Client Relations, ThoughtWorks Asia Pacific (Moderator) * Senator Scott Ludlum <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ludlam> * Jon Lawrence <https://www.efa.org.au/about/board/jon-lawrence/> - Executive Officer, Electronic Frontiers Australia * Tom Sulston <http://au.linkedin.com/pub/tom-sulston/0/411/178> - Principal Technical Consultant, ThoughtWorks Revelations from whistleblower Edward Snowden have clearly demonstrated that governments around the world have been engaging in dragnet-style mass surveillance for years. We know that intelligence agencies, including the US National Security Agency (NSA), the UK's GCHQ and Australia's Signals Directorate have been intercepting and storing the records of hundreds of millions of our phone calls, text messages, emails, web searches, website visits, instant messages, and social media activity. We know that these agencies have been sharing our information with other governments, large corporations, and non-security organisations. Governments have justified this mass surveillance on the grounds of "national security" against "terrorism". Yet there is no evidence that this disproportionate intrusion into our private lives has stopped or foiled even one terrorist act, despite the vast financial and social cost. What these government activities have done is to build an extremely effective surveillance infrastructure which police states of the past, present, and future could only envy. It is our duty to redress this illegal and immoral societal imbalance. What legal, social, and regulatory policy reforms are necessary to safeguard our right to privacy? What can we do both now and in the future to protect our private communications from dragnet government surveillance? What level of digital spying is acceptable in an Internet where our privacy is valued? This free and public forum is part of the Agile Australia conference. It will be a thought-provoking examination of privacy issues vital to the future of digital freedom. It will include a review of available technologies to resist dragnet surveillance, and global initiatives to strengthen individuals' right to privacy, as enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights. It will be a call to join and shape local and worldwide activities to oppose mass government surveillance. More information: https://www.efa.org.au/events/web-we-want-2014/

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