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RE: Choosing an NBN RSP
by Anthony 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

> > So far I've narrowed the list to Aussie Broadband and Superloop, which > look reasonably on par. Any recommendations, or other suggestions? > I've been with Netspace/Westnet/iiNet since the 90s and they've been ok.. On NBN100/40 FTTN business account, according to Samknows/ACCC speed monitoring, I'm getting average of 96.4/36.8 with peaks in low demand times of 102/38. Now that iiNet's been absorbed by TPG, I might consider Aussie first if choosing from scratch.. > I'll also need to do an equipment upgrade in the near future. Thinking of > replacing our stopgap all-in-one device with Ubiquiti kit, e.g. an > EdgeRouter, POE AP, switch. Anyone have experience with this? Is it > overkill for a small home network? > I've been thinking about Ubiquiti myself - what gave me pause was that the UniFi USG with DPI enabled seems to be limited to 85Mbps throughput. Not sure I want to shave that off, but also not sure I want to turn off DPI. Am curious to hear how other folks have set themselves up. Have heard little bits about EdgeRouter etc.. Right now I'm using an Asus RT-AC5300 with some third party firmware mods.

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SSL on LUV server
by Russell Coker 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

I've been doing some work on the LUV server and noticed that it was supporting old SSL protocols. I disabled TLS 1.1 as ssllabs will no longer give a rating higher than B to a site that uses it, with that change we get an A+! I think this is no big deal as this only prevents access from Android below version 5.0 (NB Chrome on Android 4.x works fine, it's the Android internal browser that no-one would ever want to use on our site that fails), and some particularly ancient versions of Safari and IE. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html? d=www.luv.asn.au&s=46.4.124.163&latest The above URL gives the test results. I disabled all the weaker ciphers that aren't being used. The cipher TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA is weak but is required to support IE11 on Windows versions before 10 and Safari versions before 9. Is it worth keeping? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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trouble with debian mirrors
by bnis＠fastmail.fm 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Hello all, In my /etc/apt/sources.list I have been using the following mirror: deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main non-free contrib The last few days it's returning error messages such as the following: E: Failed to fetch http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tree/tree_1.8.0-1+b1_amd64.deb Unable to connect to ftp.au.debian.org:http: E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? Running the suggested apt-get update also fails, and with -f does too of course. If I look for a package from the packages.debian.org site, when trying to download from ftp.au.debian.org/, it won't connect. However, if I try and get the package from ftp.nz.debian.org/debian, the package downloads succesfully. If, in my sources.list I change from the Australian mirror ftp.au.debian.org/debian, to ftp.nz.debian.org/debian, I get an error message: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package inxi That is when changing: deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main non-free contrib to deb http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main non-free contrib fails. I'm writing to ask if the problem I'm having is common and there's a problem like congestion with the au mirror, and also how to change mirrors in the sources.list so that I can install and update. ben

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Old OpenLDAP server and ProFTPD - "bad password" problem
by Peter Ross 06 Nov '20

06 Nov '20

Hi all, My colleagues and I are scratching our heads to figure out what goes wrong when we are setting up a new ProFTPd server and connecting to an older LDAP server (CentOS 5 - we want all refurbished at the end). The new ProFTPd is on Ubuntu 20.04 and uses mod_ldap. We can connect to the LDAP server, getting uid etc., but then it says: 2020-10-22 12:27:22,998 mod_ldap/2.9.4[1510]: bad password for user ftptest It works if we use the "old fashioned way" as our old server had: using nsswitch.conf. Interestingly, the LDAP server gives back, using ldapsearch userPassword:: e0NSWVBUfUFDOTl5RjBhWVNZNmM= When using a system user, I have this: # getent shadow|grep -i ftptest ftptest:ACJJox72N4DZQ:14740::99999:7::: I wonder what the password hash above is, they all start with "e0NSWVBUf" , and whether we are missing anything in the ProFTPd configuration so it 'understands' it. As said, the OpenLDAP server runs on CentOS5, so it is old, very old.. (openldap-2.3.43-3.el5), don't ask me why it's still there ;-) Do you have any ideas what I can do to get ProFTPd working with it? Thank you Peter

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Matrix
by Russell Coker 31 Oct '20

31 Oct '20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element_(software) https://wiki.debian.org/Matrix I've setup a test installation of Matrix for LUV. At the moment I'm not committing to making it an ongoing LUV service, but it seems likely that we will do that. Email me off-list if you would like a Matrix account on luv.asn.au. The "Element (Riot)" client for Android works well as does quaternion in Debian (which incidentally doesn't support A/V). You can chat to me as @etbe:luv.asn.au or use the room luv:luv.asn.au. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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btrfs-convert
by Russell Coker 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

It's just been pointed out off-list that the btrfs-convert program I mentioned after the BTRFS training session has been removed and there's only the man page left. Apparently they are going to write a new conversion program. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Short talk at 2pm: intro to BTRFS and ZFS?
by Alexar Pendashteh 17 Oct '20

17 Oct '20

We are at the LUV October Workshop. *At 2pm, Russell will be giving a short introduction to BTRFS and ZFS.* You can use the following link to join: https://meet.glasswings.com.au/b/rus-2ts-jf5-lel The workshop will go on until 4pm. You can drop in and out at any time. + Alexar -- [image: image.jpg] *Alexar Pendashteh* technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh

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LUV October main meeting / Tonight at 7pm
by Alexar Pendashteh 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

Hey all! We are meeting tonight at 7pm for the October Main Meeting. Here is the link to the Virtual Meeting Room: https://meet.glasswings.com.au/b/ale-kvz-n2m-m3g The format is group discussion and the topic is the new release of Ubuntu. *Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla*! Everyone is welcome to join the conversation as it develops. We will also have a look at *the news*. Feel free to reply to this thread with news items that should be included or simply bring it up in the event! There will also be an opportunity for *community announcements*. If you have one, be prepared! You can find the details about the event on the LUV meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/Linux-Users-of-Victoria/events/273362348/ I hope I see you all tonight! + Alexar -- [image: image.jpg] *Alexar Pendashteh* technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh

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HP Z420 not booting Linux from USB
by Russell Coker 03 Oct '20

03 Oct '20

I've got a HP Z420 workstation which won't boot Linux (GRUB) from USB. I've tried multiple USB ports (both USB 3.x and USB 2) and it gives the non-system- disk error. The USB stick in question has been used on 4 different Dell servers in the past few weeks (with 2 different Dell servers in the last few days) and works well. I booted the HP Z420 with a FreeDOS install USB stick and that works as expected, so it is booting from USB. Any ideas as to why a system might want to boot FreeDOS but not GRUB? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Internet Governance workshops tomorrow (Friday)
by Alexar Pendashteh 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Hello there LUV community, Tomorrow is the 2nd day of the *Net Thing* conference. The successor of *auIGF *(Australian Internet Governance Forum). https://netthing.org.au/ The first day was dedicated to panel discussions. You can find the recording of the whole day here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnNz6qkqF88 Day 2, Friday, October 2, consists of workshops. Here is the schedule: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *A Beginner’s Guide to Internet Governance* 9:30am - 10:45am Demystifying Internet Governance for newcomers, with a focus on what’s going on in Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region. https://apnic.zoom.us/j/91642896824?pwd=TGJ1ckw0c1QxMzJGVTk1S2N0cFFrZz09 -------------------------------------------------------- *DNS Abuse* 11:00am - 12:10am What DNS Abuse means; options available to address or mitigate; and explore options for raising awareness. https://apnic.zoom.us/j/91642896824?pwd=TGJ1ckw0c1QxMzJGVTk1S2N0cFFrZz09 -------------------------------------------------------- *Australia at Home discussion* 1:00pm - 2:00pm Regular tech talk with Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Centre for Responsible Technology director Peter Lewis and special guest Josh Taylor from Guardian Australia. https://essentialmedia.zoom.us/j/94450189737?pwd=cWxNRDBWaU85ZUpzbXIxOUZpbj… -------------------------------------------------------- *auDA Workshop* 2:30pm - 4:00pm Exploring some of the core functions and requirements under auDA’s terms of endorsement and how these might relate to strategic priorities and approaches for the organisation. https://apnic.zoom.us/j/91642896824?pwd=TGJ1ckw0c1QxMzJGVTk1S2N0cFFrZz09 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You can find the full program for Day 2 here: https://netthing.org.au/2020-program/ + Alexar -- [image: image.jpg] *Alexar Pendashteh* technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh

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