[ale] [OT] DC 404 group was Fwd: Re: semi [OT] cool info, sn podcast, FIXING SSD'S, linksys router flaws, more

Mon Feb 11 14:31:16 EST 2013

Ron,

When we have equipment and network available we try to host a Google hangout of the meeting. Many of the DC404 members are speakers at security conferences so it is not uncommon to see a beta run of a conference presentation that is destined for Black Hat, Defcon, Shmoocon, etc. One caveat is that the Google hangout video of the presentation screen isn't all that legible so it isn't as good as being there.

.to is the it is just the top level domain of the island country of Tonga.

The .to domain is a top level domain (TLD) for the country of Tonga and is no different than any other TLD such as .com, .org, or .net .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.to

Is it possible that someone is hosting a proxy in the .to domain space? Yes, just like they do in other TLDs like .com, .net and .org.

A Google search for site:.to turns up 61,800,000 results although I'm sure there are multiple hits for some of the systems in the .to domain.

Does it mean that every .to is a proxy/anonymizer? No more than saying that every .com, .net, or .org domain address is a proxy/anonymizer?

The previous meeting section of the web page is a bit behind. However you can get the schedule from here but it is virtually always the third Saturday of the month. The best thing to do is subscribe to the mail list because if there is a meeting change we announce it there.

http://dc404.org/calendar/

https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=8h2ufpva5s2jurbfn2f53b60j4@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York

http://preview.tinyurl.com/avbec94

The next meeting is Saturday 2/16/2013. Some of the members will be at Shmoocon but we are still having a meeting.

I have been attending DC404 meetings every month since November of 2008. There have been a few times when the DC404 meeting was not held because almost every member was attending Outerz0ne but I think that has only happened twice and the list was notified beforehand. I also think we canceled the meeting one December after polling the mail list members because it landed to close to Christmas and no one was going anyway.

The next Outerz0ne should be around April
http://www.outerz0ne.org/

You might also be interested in this.

Atlanta Information Security Resources
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~krwatson/atlanta_infosec_resources.html

keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
IT Support Professional Lead           College of Computing
keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Ron
> Frazier (ALE)
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 10:17
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] DC 404 group was Fwd: Re: semi [OT] cool info, sn
> podcast, FIXING SSD'S, linksys router flaws, more
> 
> Hi Keith,
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  It's good to know you're still meeting.  JD (I
> think) had referred me to your group since I have an interest in security
> topics.  I don't know how often I can get there physically due to fuel
> costs since I'm about 60 miles away.  Maybe I can make it periodically.
> 
> Just FYI, I looked at the dc404.org website originally after JD mentioned
> it.  I was a bit confused by two things:
> 
> * The current meeting is listed as Jan 2012 (rather than 2013) and
> * The last meeting shown was July 2012.
> 
> But, now I know the group is still alive.
> 
> In terms of the mailing list, the lists.kaos.to domain is being blocked by
> my net filter as a proxy / anonymizer.  I could override that, but I
> wasn't sure what the implications would be.  Do you know if that domain
> hosts other groups, or just yours?  Also, do you know if it actually is a
> proxy / anonymizer?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> "Watson, Keith" <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
> 
> >The founder of DC404 used his site for the initial web site and email
> >list.
> >
> >Our new web site is http://dc404.org/
> >
> >However the email list is still run on (I'm the moderator).
> >
> >http://lists.kaos.to/listinfo.cgi/dc404-chat-kaos.to
> >
> >
> >I suspect that a .to domain was used to start with to provide a modicum
> >of privacy from government eyes but that is just conjecture on my part.
> >If you come to the meeting this Saturday, 2/16/2013, you can ask the
> >founder Dr. Kaos (assuming he isn't at Shmoocon giving a presentation).
> >
> >keith
> 
> 
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