Re: best practices for a fresh install on a laptop

2017-07-31 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 31/07/17 07:39, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've recently had discussions with new users at various events who were > installing Debian for the first time, usually on laptops. > > It is easy enough to run the installer and get Debian up and running. &g

best practices for a fresh install on a laptop

2017-07-30 Thread Daniel Pocock
Hi all, I've recently had discussions with new users at various events who were installing Debian for the first time, usually on laptops. It is easy enough to run the installer and get Debian up and running. However, if the user is security conscious, or will be travelling to events and passing

Re: Program to electronically sign PDF's?

2017-04-28 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 28/04/17 18:40, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 08:30:14PM -0400, Fjfj109 wrote: >> How do you do this with Evince? >> >> Original Message >> Subject: Re: Program to electronically sign PDF's? >> Local Time: April 27, 2017 7:20 PM >> UTC Time: April 27, 2017 11:20

Re: spam to aliases and system accounts

2017-04-20 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 20/04/17 13:27, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 10:43:33AM +0100, Brian wrote: >> You would have to sound out and convince the exim4 maintainers. I can >> well imagine their enthusiasm for a change might be muted. > > I've reported this before, IIRC, and was ignored. There's

spam to aliases and system accounts

2017-04-19 Thread Daniel Pocock
When people install Debian (or any distro), they usually get a bunch of entries in /etc/aliases and various system accounts (/etc/passwd entries with UID < 1000) created by the packages they install. I've noticed an increase in spammers targeting some of the more common ones. Can the number of

Re: best practices for fighting spam with Debian?

2016-12-15 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 15/12/16 21:47, Sven Hartge wrote: > Brian wrote: >> On Thu 15 Dec 2016 at 10:41:58 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: > >> [..Snip...] > >>> This seems all very complicated (it is), but because of the environment >>> I work in (University) it is very important for us (and our users) to >>> have mor

best practices for fighting spam with Debian?

2016-12-15 Thread Daniel Pocock
Over time, I've noticed that the quantity of spam getting through my Debian mail server has been increasing. What steps are people taking to minimize the spam problem, especially if you are using Debian as both mail server and desktop? The wiki contains details about SpamAssassin[1] and example

Re: router solutions based on Debian?

2016-11-30 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 30/11/16 13:28, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 03:00:24PM -0800, J Mo wrote: >> >> When it comes to router-web-UI distros, the only thing I could recommend was >> was PFSense. Everything else was disappointing. > > I don't recommend that anyone, ever, use a web UI to try to > con

suggested / recommended NAS boxes to run Debian?

2016-11-29 Thread Daniel Pocock
There are many home and small office NAS boxes with built-in drive arrays and gigabit (or faster) ethernet. Quite a few are fanless too. The wiki already has some details about the QNAP[1] and Seagate[2] devices that can run Debian. If you were buying a new one this week (Christmas present per

Re: router solutions based on Debian?

2016-11-24 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 24/11/16 14:46, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > More focussed at being a NAS than a router, but I built my own > based on a J1900 Celeron (passively cooled, low power) SoC. I wrote > up details[1]. Lars Wirzenius did something similar (focussed on > being a router rather than NAS) and wrote that up

Re: router solutions based on Debian?

2016-11-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 23/11/16 15:54, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Can anybody share any comments or links about this topic? > > - quiet (fanless), low-power and low cost hardware suitable for Gigabit > routing and maybe use as a NAS too. It would also be useful to have > fibre support in th

router solutions based on Debian?

2016-11-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
My ISP is upgrading my connection to gigabit on Friday and I suspect my current router may struggle with it. My existing router runs OpenWRT but I've found the firewall and IPsec setup is a little bit constrained in that environment and it is tempting to move to a router running a full OS. I've

Re: comparing password managers in Debian, synchronizing on multiple devices

2016-10-24 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 24/10/16 13:05, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > There have been various discussions in here and in some derivative > projects like Ubuntu about choosing and using password managers, > especially the way to sync their password lists across multiple devices. > > Given th

comparing password managers in Debian, synchronizing on multiple devices

2016-10-24 Thread Daniel Pocock
There have been various discussions in here and in some derivative projects like Ubuntu about choosing and using password managers, especially the way to sync their password lists across multiple devices. Given the way we do things in Debian it is important not to depend on a service like Dropbo