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

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi Keith, and others,

Thanks for the links and info.

Sorry for the confusion about the .to domain.  I wasn't familiar with that and my net filter is set to block proxy / anonymizer sites.  Why that particular function was triggered, I don't know.  I eventually put an override in for your specific list and subscribed to the mailing list.

I'll probably try to make it down there to the meeting on Saturday, but I don't know if I can make it every month due to fuel costs along with other meetings I try to go to.  Every time I drive to a meeting an hour away and back, that costs me $ 25 if gas is $ 4 / gallon.

Maybe I can catch the Google Hangout.  Do you have to be in Google + to use those?

I'm going to make it a point later to check out those other security links you mentioned.

Sincerely,

Ron


"Watson, Keith" <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:

>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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