Fox Valley LUG 2013-August

fv-lug-august-2013.txt

TrueCrypt (the topic for this meeting)
http://www.truecrypt.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCrypt
http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/plausible-deniability

Eric's slides on TrueCrypt (from presentation at the meeting):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bitqurkz17mv9nf/TrueCrypt.odp

ArchLinux comparison of Disk Encryption packages:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disk_Encryption#Comparison_table

Debian used dm-crypt+LUKS when I said yes to disk encryption during setup:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt_with_LUKS
http://madduck.net/docs/cryptdisk/
http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/
http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dm-crypt

LastPass - several members recommended this is the way to go for password security
https://lastpass.com/

Google 2-Factor Authentication - recommended by the LUG members at the meeting too
http://www.google.com/landing/2step/

Recommend backup plan for family (wife/next of kin):
USB thumbdrive with LastPass on it with instructions in readme.txt (use TrueCrypt too?)

Deadman switch for important personal data
http://www.infoworld.com/t/identity-management/final-arrangements-hitting-the-digital-dead-mans-switch-216456
http://www.deadmansswitch.net/

Google's inactivity "deadman" switch:
http://boingboing.net/2013/04/13/google-adds-a-dead-mans-sw.html

Automate history for /etc/ config files (inotify + git!):
http://joeyh.name/code/etckeeper/

LUG member highly recommended for O'Hare parking:
http://www.ohareblueskyparking.com/

Python interactive mode Tab Auto-Complete:
http://docs.python.org/2/library/rlcompleter.html
http://sontek.net/blog/detail/tips-and-tricks-for-the-python-interpreter

Python mode for vim:
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3770
http://wiki.python.org/moin/Vim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67OZNp9Z0CQ&feature=share

vim cheetsheet for programmers:
http://michael.peopleofhonoronly.com/vim/

Chicago Python User Group:
http://www.chipy.org/

IPython - An enhanced Interactive Python
http://ipython.org/

Other 'enhanced' Python interactive shells:
http://fishsoup.net/software/reinteract/
http://www.dreampie.org/

Travis CI - continuous integration for GitHub projects
http://about.travis-ci.org/blog/

Chicago LUG
http://chicagolug.org/
Meets next on Sat Aug-24 at Pumping Station: One (http://pumpingstationone.org)

NERP (Not-Exclusively-Raspberry-Pi) meetup at Pumping Station: One - Bi-weekly Mondays
(focus on embedded systems, microcontrollers and single board computers: raspberry pi, beaglebone, android, arduino, msp430, etc)
http://www.meetup.com/NERP-Not-Exclusively-Raspberry-Pi/

Adafruit WebIDE - browser-based Python IDE targeting Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone
http://learn.adafruit.com/webide/overview

Adafruit tutorials: Electronics projects with BeagleBone and Python
http://learn.adafruit.com/category/beaglebone/

Adafruit tutorials: Electronics projects with RaspberryPi and Python
http://learn.adafruit.com/category/learn-raspberry-pi