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Happy 20th Birthday FreeBSD!

Pete Wright — 2013-06-19T17:00:40

subject line pretty much says it all.  there is a twitter thread(?) 
going on with people posting freebsd related pictures with the #20years 
hashtag.  some good one's up so far - have to say this is my fav. so far :)

https://twitter.com/brixmeister/status/347357795445776384/photo/1


-pete

FreeBSD ARM pkgs

George Rosamond — 2013-06-19T15:19:25

As there is still no official FreeBSD pkgng repository, and a lot of us
are hacking on BeagleBones and Raspberry Pis, Steve K and I took it upon
ourselves to create a very *unofficial* and *untested* selection of
packages:

mirrors.nycbug.org/pub/FreeBSD_ARM/pkg

If you want to use this, put the following line:

PACKAGESITE: http://mirrors.nycbug.org/pub/FreeBSD_ARM/pkg/

in your /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf

Hopefully, we can keep building packages and keep them reasonably
updated.  At least for some of us, it will save a lot of time.

If there's anything in particular you need, please feel free to ping the
list, as we or someone else might have the package built.

Also, no guarantee on security, checksums, integrity, etc., so use at
your own risk.

g

Nas4Free and LCD display - or specifically FreeBSD &CWlinux LCDProc

Nick Danger — 2013-06-17T23:25:55

I got a display for my Nas4Free server. Its a CWLinux 1602 usb LCD 
display. It is supported by LCDProc. I can plug it into my Linux box and 
use the little test script to pump output to it and set the backlight 
and other settings. When I plug it into my Nas4Free box, it does show 
up, but I don't know how to address it.

Jun 17 19:15:43 triumph kernel: ugen2.2: <Prolific Technology Inc.> at 
usbus2
Jun 17 19:15:43 triumph kernel: uplcom0: <Prolific Technology Inc. 
USB-Serial Controller, class 0/0, rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2> on usbus2

Since there is no /dev/ttyUSB2, I have no idea how I address this 
device. I am assuming the Nas4Free issue is I just have to set the 
configuration correct, but when the second line of the config is 
"device=/dev/ttyUSB0", Im stumped at line 2 ;-)

Any ideas?

Thanks
Nick

Hot Story: German Gov. intelligence agencies decryptPGP, SSH

Isaac (.ike) Levy — 2013-06-16T23:55:15

Hi All,

To throw a little chicken little into what is otherwise a beautiful weekend,

A google translation says:
"The federal government declared that its secret services were basically able to decrypt PGP and Secure Shell, at least partially."

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http://www.golem.de/news/bundesregierung-deutsche-geheimdienste-koennen-pgp-entschluesseln-1205-92031.html

--
Apparently, GnuPG list and others merely have links to this article, I haven't found anything more except links to this vague original article.

Thoughts?  Is tomorrow morning's commute to work going to look like that new Brad Pitt movie, *or*, are we looking at a dopey expose of well-known widespread worst-practices in cryptographic misunderstandings?

Best,
.ike

pfsense and tor

Pete Wright — 2013-06-10T17:28:23

has anyone had the chance to run tor on a pfsense system?  i'm not 
seeing it in the pfsense packages directory located here:

http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/

while i have spare bandwidth < at >home for tor, not sure my router has the 
horsepower.  figured i'd test it out there first anyway then if that 
fails get tor up and running on another always-on appliance (like my 
mac-mini which drives my tv).

-p

Last night

Patrick McEvoy — 2013-06-06T20:49:53

I got there late last night, was anyone able to record audio for last
nights talk?
P

Slides, History and Thanks

Matthew Story — 2013-06-06T15:19:02

I've attached the slides from last night in PDF format, they are also
available on Google Drive here:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jkWLOSZGvRK8UsJ8MLARl-O19JbrSAHv1bg7T0f91ik/edit?usp=sharing

The demos are available here:

github.com/matthewstory/portsdemo

There were some questions around the history of Xapain, a complete(ish)
history is available:

http://xapian.org/history

The project has it's roots in the Muscat project, dating back to 1984.

There seemed to be some interest in making a real port of this tool.  I may
try to spend some time cleaning it up and wrapping it in a port if there is
interest.  Ultimately a C++ implementation would probably be best.

Demos for Tonight's Talk

Matthew Story — 2013-06-05T21:21:15

For anyone who wants to play around with xapian during the talk, and follow
along on their own machine using xapian, the Demos are available via github:

https://github.com/matthewstory/portsdemo

You'll need to install:

databases/xapian-core
databases/xapian-bindings

And ensure you're installing at least the python bindings (requires python
2.7+).

PFSense wifi card for hostap mode

Mark Saad — 2013-05-28T15:18:57

All
 I am currently using pfsense 2.03 for my home router. It has been good for
a long time however recently my atheros wifi card has started acting up. It
will reset and drop all the wireless clients for no apparent reason.  I am
looking to replace it with a newer card that of a mini-pci variety, but I
wanted to see what talk's recommendations were before I go out and get
something new.  So what do you all recommend ?

vBSDcon Website Is Up!

Rick Miller — 2013-05-20T13:22:44

Hi all,

In April 2013, Verisign announced the inaugural biennial vBSDcon event
in Dulles, VA to occur October 25 – 27, 2013. In the weeks since the
initial announcement, the vBSDcon website has been activated with
details on the dates and location of the event. The website is
available athttp://www.vbsdcon.com/.

Some details have yet to be published, but will be available on the
official vBSDcon website in the coming weeks. Please check back
periodically for new updates!

--
Take care
Rick Miller

MiniPCI WiFi cards free to a good home

Brian Callahan — 2013-05-17T21:39:26

Hi talk --

As the subject line says, I have a bunch of minipci (not minipci-e; what 
I have are the bigger, older) wifi cards that I don't need anymore, so 
I'm offering them to nycbug people for free. These cards are good for 
soekris and mikrotik boards, and older laptops. Please check to make 
sure you can use them.

Other OpenBSD devs (and free/net/dfly devs) get first priority (if 
you're a f/n/d dev, let me know so you can get the dev bump); other than 
that, first come first served.

All cards are used but presumed working (I no longer have the hardware 
to test, but there's no reason these cards should not work).

Here's a list of what I have, plus their corresponding OpenBSD driver:
* ALPHA Networks WMP-N06SA.03, Atheros AR5008+AR5416 (athn)
* Broadcom BCM94318MPG Rev 4 (bwi - may not work on OpenBSD/other BSDs)
* Intel WM3B2200BG (iwi)
* Unknown AR5212A (ath)
* Unknown RTL8185L (no OpenBSD [no BSD?] driver - write your own!)
* Unknown WL-850R/E, RT2561T (ral - should work but never tested)

I'd pr

instructions for building f# on freebsd

Marc Spitzer — 2013-05-16T17:41:58

basic instructions for getting f# up and running on freebsd:

http://fsharp.org/use/freebsd/

thought it might be useful to some,

marc

Cdorked.A Backdoor

Pete Wright — 2013-05-09T23:45:06

Hey - anyone else been able to find more reliable information on this 
backdoor?  This is pretty much the only semi-useful information I've 
been able to dig up on it today:

http://www.welivesecurity.com/2013/05/07/linuxcdorked-malware-lighttpd-and-nginx-web-servers-also-affected/

While I'm specifically interested to see is if this is an application 
level vuln, something to do with the linux kernel's only ,thus making my 
*BSD servers mostly safe, or what...

Thanks!
-pete

Crypto Anarchy

Mark Saad — 2013-04-30T22:01:08

All
  I was rereading Tim May&#x27;s Crypto Anarchy manifesto  1. While still relevant today there are a few things that date his work and I wonder if anyone could comment on them.  He mentions Ku-Band transmitters , I assume he is talking about satalite  microwave based communication but what system , is there or was there some form of this available to common users or just governments ?  Also tamper-proof boxes , is he referring to hardware or the concept of say tar&#x27;ng up a file encrypting it and signing it ? 

 In any case I wonder what today&#x27;s readers take away from this text . 

 

1. http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/crypto-anarchy.html

Beagle Bone Black / BBB

Mark Saad — 2013-04-30T14:59:13

All
  Has anyone looked at the BBB . Its cheeper then the original and appears
to have more ram and a faster cpu .


http://www.makershed.com/BeagleBoard_BeagleBone_Black_p/mkcce3.htm

doc lounge during BSDCan

Dru Lavigne — 2013-04-19T14:03:59

For those of you attending BSDCan this year, there will be a doc lounge each evening (May 15-18) from 19:00-21:00. For the FreeBSD folks, there will be committers on hand to help get people started, review doc patches, and commit them for you. If you've ever wanted to help improve the docs or have a particular man page or Handbook chapter in mind that needs improving, this is a great opportunity to get it done.

This room is not limited to FreeBSD docs. If anyone else is interested in improving docs for any of the BSD projects (or derivatives), feel free to make use of this space. If you have a doc commit access for any BSD project, consider making use of and promoting this space as a way to get people interested in docs involved with your project.

Cheers,

Dru

vBSDCon Announcement

Rick Miller — 2013-04-17T13:33:28

Hi All,

Verisign has announced vBSDCon to occur Oct 25 - 27, 2013 at the Dulles
Hyatt in Dulles, VA.  More information can be found at the URL below:

http://blog.hostileadmin.com/2013/04/17/vbsdcon-oct-25-27-2013/

Wikipedia updates

George Rosamond — 2013-04-16T17:58:13

Anyone have the privileges/login to Wikipedia?  So much updates to
make/inaccuracies to correct when it comes to the BSDs.

Look the ARM hardware... RPi, for instance.

The "Comparison_of_proxifiers"...

It would be nice if we had a dump box for this stuff.. .that someone
could pickup and then rectify on Wikipedia.

The reality is, people do use it as fact.  Sort of like that AllState
commercial with "Everything on the internet is true"...

g

Intel EM/IGB Version question

Mark Saad — 2013-04-16T16:34:57

Talk
 I am looking into upgrading the em and igb driver used in FreeBSD
9.1-RELEASE . I want to investigate an issue at work, and I want to
see how igb 2.3.8 works vs the stock one. This lead me to discover a
good question.  Is there any way to tell the version of a driver, from
userland in FreeBSD ?  In particular how can I tell which version of
the em and igb driver I am using ? I can see from the detailed release
notes that 9.1-RELEASE has Igb version 2.3.4 and em version 7.3.2 but
other then that is there a way ?


http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/relnotes-detailed.html
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/relnotes-detailed.html

tlsdate

George Rosamond — 2013-04-15T03:22:42

github.com/ioerror/tlsdate

I see Jan S tweeted about it... anyone play with on this list?

g

Fall BSD Con

Rick Miller — 2013-04-11T18:47:54

Hi All,

There is a BSD conference scheduled for Oct 25 - 27 in Northern VA (to be
announced next week).  We've got confirmed speakers including Baptiste
Daroussin, David Chisnall, and Luigi Rizzo, and more, but we have an open
speaker spot if someone on this list is interested.  If you have interest
in presenting, please email me directly.