Just found this on the spirent website, it seems interesting esp as this has been brought up before. http://www.spirent.com/~/media/White%20Papers/Broadband/PAB/BYOD_The_Hidden_Threat_WhitePaper.pdf Hope this helps start a discussion and helps formulate policies where BYOD can work Seems quite an important issue, keeping the integrity and secruity of a network up to date and safe while at the same time ensuring users can bring their own deviecs and connect and keep working in or out of the office / workplace etc Paul
Exeter Linux user group – workshops
The Exeter Linux user group will be presenting various workshops over the coming months
Feb : Intro to C programming
March – Compiling the Linux kernel
April : TBC
May : RAD With ubuntu Quickly
These workshops will be both at the meeting but for those of you unable to make it you can join in via Google Hangout.
Exeter Raspberry PI jam – Feb 2015
The next Exeter Raspberry Pi jam will take place on Saturday 7th Feb 2015, 10 – 12 at Exeter Library.
http://www.devon.gov.uk/exeter_central_library
For more information, please contact Simon Belshaw at the library, If there is another PI work shop please also get in touch as you need to book for this.
In other related news, Digital Eagles in Barclays Exeter are holding coding / sessions (this is different to coder dojos) in the form of digital playground
So if you have or know any children who may want to give this a go, get in touch.
Mini-Debconf in Lyon, France. April 11-12, 2015
Hi, The Debian France association[1] is proud to announce the next Mini-DebConf[2][3]! This year's event will take place on April 11-12 in Lyon and it's kindly hosted by the "Maison Pour Tous-Salle des Rancy"[4]. All Debian enthusiasts from far and wide are welcome to gather and talk about the latest Debian changes, meet new people from the Debian community and of course, meet again old friends. This Mini-DebConf will also be at a perfect time to celebrate the release of Jessie If you're planning to attend, please add yourself in the wiki [3]. If you're interested in presenting a talk, holding a BoF, workshop, etc., please drop us an email at minidebconf@france.debian.net Ana On the behalf of the organization team [1] http://france.debian.net/ [2] http://france.debian.net/events/minidebconf2015/ [3] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/fr/2015/Minidebconf [4] http://epn.salledesrancy.com/evenements/mini-debconf-debian/ ------ Bonjour � tous, L'association Debian France [1] a le plaisir de vous annoncer la prochaine Mini-Debconf [2][3] ! Cette ann�e, l'�v�nement aura lieu les 11 et 12 avril � Lyon et est h�berg� sera h�berg� par la Maison Pour Tous-Salle des Rancy [4]. Au cours de celui-ci, les d�veloppeurs, les contributeurs occasionnels ou plus g�n�ralement les utilisateurs provenant de toutes parts se retrouveront afin d'�changer sur les derniers changements survenus dans Debian, de la communaut� en soi ou pour rencontrer des anciens ou nouveaux amis. Cette mini-debconf sera �galement le parfait moment pour c�l�brer la sortie de Jessie Si vous souhaitez y assister, merci de vous ajouter dans le wiki [3]. Si vous souhaitez faire une pr�sentation, organiser un BoF, un atelier, etc., merci d'envoyer un email � minidebconf@france.debian.net. Ana Au nom de l'�quipe d'organisation. [1] http://france.debian.net/ [2] http://france.debian.net/evenements/minidebconf2015/ [3] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/fr/2015/Minidebconf [4] http://epn.salledesrancy.com/evenements/mini-debconf-debian/
Raspberry Pi jam – Feb 2015
Tickets for the next Raspberry Pi jam in Paignton can be obtained from
http://www.dcglug.org.uk/torbay-pi-jam/ and following the link for tickets.
Hope to see lots of people at the event.
David Cameron’s plan to ban end-to-end encryption
In response to the threat of terrorism David Cameron is proposing to ban end to end encryption, ref http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17822 for reactions to this. This also stirred up quite a debate on the DCGLUG mailing list.
Holsworthy Meeting 17-1-15
Next Saturday, 17th, is the third of the month so it is time for our Linux meeting at the White Hart, 2 pm as usual.
TES to use Creative commons
The Times Educational Supplement is to use creative commons licensing for resources
more information here
A step in the right direction and shows how much power people have by campaigning for this to happen. .
Feb 15 PI Jam poster
Please could DCGLUG members share this so that the event gets really good promotion.
January 2015 Pi jam
Another pi jam today which went well, We had the 3 young people come along who are more serious hard core hackers so get on really well with each other
At present to get a laptop or PI to connect to the network we need to connect to the Libary wifi and enter a UID password then agree to the terms in a browser window
We tried to see if there was a different way to do this with a wifi router acting as a bridge so 4 laptops could connect to the router and that would provide a bridge between the wifi and the 4 wired Ethernet ports.
This didn’t seem to work 100 percent even though I did see the wifi router on my net book with 100 percent signal strength, compared to about 74 percent for the library wifi, So this project will carry on next month probably.
In another project they young people had a multi player mine craft game set up using the Pis.
Using the Model B for anything reminds you that if you plug and unplug things it can reset due to power issues,.
Jonathan who is an IT apprentice also came along to support and help and said he would ask about if there are any solutions to the wifi / network connectivity so that we can connect easier.
We had Raymond and his wife drop in for a chat and I showed them the DVD I am working on to explain about Creative commons / free software and the 4 freedoms.
Myself and Jonathan also helped Melvyn with his new phone and to check to see if it would charge when plugged in to his net book.
One of the visitors from last month came back and asked about suitable monitors etc so I advised him on a few options. including using a TV which i suggested is a good option if you want to use the media centre software. Some TV’s also have the VESA connectors at the back to which pi’s can be attached.
Photos are available on Mediagoblin
https://goblinrefuge.com/mediagoblin/u/zleap/collection/january-2015-pi-jam/
The next jam is on 14th February