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AlanBellhi all, we have an IRCC team meeting over in #ubuntu-meeting in one hour from now10:00
ikoniaI am doing my best to attend but maybe driving10:03
AlanBellprobably not a wise combination10:04
ikoniano, it would not be my best decision10:05
LjLftr <Guest81454> is not using Ubuntu but Backtrack, found out in PM15:11
oCean!~bittorrent16:14
ubottuSome torrent clients: Transmission (GTK and terminal-based), Deluge-Torrent, Freeloader, BitStormLite, BitTornado-GUI (GTK), KTorrent (KDE), QTorrent (Qt), Azureus/Vuse (Java), !Frostwire (Java), TorrentFlux (web-based), bittornado, rTorrent, cTorrent, bittorrent, aria2 (terminal-based) - FAQ: http://www.bittorrent.com/FAQ.html - See also !P2P16:14
oCean!-bittorrent16:14
ubottubittorrent is <alias> torrent - added by LjL on 2007-10-30 15:48:3416:14
oCean!no torrent is <reply> Some torrent clients: Transmission (GTK and terminal-based), Deluge-Torrent, Freeloader, BitStormLite, BitTornado-GUI (GTK), KTorrent (KDE), QTorrent (Qt), Azureus/Vuse (Java), !Frostwire (Java), TorrentFlux (web-based), bittornado, rTorrent, cTorrent, bittorrent, aria2 (terminal-based) - FAQ: http://www.bittorrent.com/help/faq16:16
ubottuI'll remember that oCean16:16
oCeanalmost16:16
oCean!torrent is <sed> /$/ - See also !P2P16:17
ubottuMissing end delimiter16:17
oCean!torrent is <sed> /$/ - See also !P2P/16:17
ubottuI'll remember that oCean16:17
oCean!torrent16:17
ubottuSome torrent clients: Transmission (GTK and terminal-based), Deluge-Torrent, Freeloader, BitStormLite, BitTornado-GUI (GTK), KTorrent (KDE), QTorrent (Qt), Azureus/Vuse (Java), !Frostwire (Java), TorrentFlux (web-based), bittornado, rTorrent, cTorrent, bittorrent, aria2 (terminal-based) - FAQ: http://www.bittorrent.com/help/faq - See also !P2P16:17
EvilResistanceopinions on the discussion of 'aircrack' in channels?16:43
EvilResistancei know that at least one or two operators in #ubuntu / #ubuntu-offtopic are not fond of that discussion16:44
LjLit's a package in the repos, i don't see why it wouldn't be discussed16:44
EvilResistanceLjL:  my take on it, if you're open to opinions, is this:16:44
EvilResistanceaircrack, and other wifi security cracking tools, should be considered offtopic because in most cases of its discussion, it is discussed under the ruse of security, when it is more than likely used to actually gain access to a protected wifi one shouldnt have access to.16:45
LjLwell i disagree with that stance, we shouldn't judge what "in most cases" something is discussed for.16:46
LjLif it's clear that someone *specifically* is using it to that purpose, then don't help them16:46
EvilResistancei do agree that *basic walkthroughs* would be decently on-topic16:46
EvilResistancei do not agree with answering of specific questions outside a basic walkthrough, if you know what i mena16:46
LjLerr16:47
LjLi was saying the opposite thing16:47
LjLwalkthroughs are not for #ubuntu-offtopic really16:47
EvilResistanceI come from the cyber security field, so the discussion of aircrack in general is something i dont agree with16:47
LjLand i think if someone wants to crack his or her (or others') network, they can have the decency to do their own research on how exactly to do that16:47
EvilResistancelast week, someone cracked the passcode to a low-importance state-owned wifi network with aircrack16:47
EvilResistancei only identified it because i was monitoring the network for errors, but you understand my concerns16:48
LjLso your stance is that security shouldn't be discussed?16:48
LjLand you think not discussing security helps keep it?16:48
AlanBellthe package should install and run, and we can tell people where the man page is and other documentation16:48
LjLAlanBell: in #ubuntu. in #ubuntu-offtopic, i don't see why we can't also talk about security.16:48
EvilResistancei'm not saying security can't be discussed16:48
EvilResistancemy only concern is with my historic monitoring of #Ubuntu channels and what the discussions of aircrack produce16:49
* EvilResistance has seen questions regarding it in #ubuntu and all other ubuntu channels dealt with negatively (in general)16:49
LjLwell i don't think we should go beyond instructions on installing it and reaching the manpage *in #ubuntu*16:49
LjLbut it's not #ubuntu we're talking about16:49
LjLin fact i was the one who asked to take the discussion out of #ubuntu16:50
EvilResistance<ubottu> Some topics are controversial and often end in negativity. Take care on subjects like war, race, religion, politics, gender, sexuality, drugs, potentially illegal activities and suicide. The topics are not banned; stating your position is ok, but trolling, baiting, hostility or repetition are not. If you are asked to stop, do so politely. Disputes to !appeals, please adhere to !freenode Policy and the !Cod16:50
EvilResistanceeOfConduct16:50
EvilResistanceindeed16:50
EvilResistancebut while i quote ubottu here...16:50
EvilResistancei point at "potentially illegal activities"16:50
EvilResistance(that's !o4o btw)16:50
LjLi point at "this topics are not banned"16:50
LjLthese*16:50
LjLalso it's an interesting issue you raise16:51
LjLwhat is a "potentially" illegal activity?16:51
LjLshould we not talk about knives because "potentially" they can be used to kill people, other than cutting vegetables?16:51
LjLi'd much rather that factoid said "illegal activities"16:52
AlanBellthen we get into a jurisdiction debate16:52
EvilResistancei think that potentially illegal activites should at the least cover topics such as hacking, cracking wifi security, etc.16:52
LjLwell16:52
LjLanyway16:52
topylii think it refers to different legislations around the world. it *can* be taken to mean aircrack tutorials16:52
EvilResistancenamely because those can be considered illegal activities16:52
LjLusing aircrack is not a "potentially illegal activity"16:52
EvilResistancehence why i bring this up here16:52
LjLcracking networks is a "potentially illegal activity"16:53
topyliaircrack is certainly legal, breaking someone's wifi keys may be16:53
topyliright16:53
AlanBellanyhow, already if you are uncomfortable with a discussion you can ask them to stop, and expect them to do so politely16:53
LjLbut anyway don't worry, dexter is already scaring the guy away16:53
topyliheh16:53
LjLAlanBell: eh i don't agree with that either, if you're trolling, baiting, being hostile or repeating, then you must stop when asked, but otherwise, should i really stop discussing anything just because someone arbitrarily decides i should?16:55
Tm_Tapproach aircrack discussion similarly to torrent discussion: you help people to use them for good (distributing Ubuntu for example in case of torrents) but make full stop if there's any indication to questionable activities16:56
Tm_Tor something16:56
LjLnow, slander and libel - those are things that should definitely be disallowed.16:59
mneptoki'm a US gun owner. i'll always side with, "do not punish the tool because some people choose to wield it wrongly."17:02
mneptokaircrack can have legitimate uses. i think discussion of the package and how to install and get basic usage should be allowed. no one is forced to participate, and the topic is never allowed to veer into actual illegal/morally questionable ground.17:03
topyliwell we have many packages that can be used illegally and/or "wrong"17:05
mneptokexactly.17:06
mneptokif the MPAA or RIAA read this channel's logs with the same regularity as some, they'd be /join-ing about now to discuss BitTorrent17:07
Tm_Tindeed17:07
topyliwhich would be nice. it's about time they learned to use it!17:08
LjLsomeone please examine this pastebin carefully  http://pastebin.com/Fzs9Dj3Z and tell me if they're thinking what i'm thinking18:01
AlanBellLjL: if it just isn't executable it should say permission denied rather than file not found18:30
LjLAlanBell: yeah, but also, bash says "No such file or directory" for me, not "File or directory doesn't exist", and certainly not "Filee or directory doesn't exist"18:32
LjLmaybe i see evil where there's none but...18:32
AlanBellchkrootkit would be my next command, yes18:33
topylimaybe the user just doesn't know how to copy/paste from a terminal, or maybe they translated from another language18:38
LjLhm18:38
LjL@mark #ubuntu-offtopic Masters Using much-less-than-acceptable epiteths for someone19:57
ubottuThe operation succeeded.19:57
LjL@mark #ubuntu-offtopic I've had enough of dexter, he constantly provokes people, and accuses people assuming they're always acting in bad faith. Next time he's like this, he's getting a ban.20:01
ubottuThe operation succeeded.20:01
FlannelYou just marked "I've"20:04
pangolinheh20:05
LjLoh :(20:32
daxLjL: "How much is it eir and how much is it ubottu?" => based on when we started doing ubottu poking, started doing eir poking, and when those stats go down, I wouldn't give much credit to ubottu's pokings.21:03
Tm_Tdax: ubottu does poking in private, I think that's the real difference21:04
dax"11:56:22 <AlanBell> improving eir and contributing back enhancements to freenode is an appealing concept, but fewer bots seems like a less complicated architecture" => I strongly agree with this, especially since I looked at the eir bug list and the majority of them are either irrelevant to upstream or things we'd consider not a bug :\21:04
daxTm_T: ubottu's poking was ignored is the difference I saw. Several very banful operators completely disregarded it.21:05
daxplus unremoved FloodBot bans were a problem21:05
daxand this: "<topyli> afaik eir also has handy autoremove timeouts, which ubottu doesn't" is essentially what brought the banlist size down anyway, not notifications, imho21:07
daxThat's the main feature we wanted when eir was added, and if ubottu did it instead (on an opt-in basis) that'd adequately cover it, imho21:08
Tm_Tdax: yu, I think why ubottu's nags were ignored is because they were private21:08
daxless annoying public nagging might also be nice, but I don't know what y'all consider less annoying (since notices don't annoy me)21:09
trinitasLjL: my grounded time is up!!23:56
trinitassitll banned :/23:57
trinitashello??23:58

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