Meetups/Infra/2024-04-15

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2024-04-15m Meetups/Infra

nix, networking, discourse. Xz backdoor, hosted services.

Introductions[edit | edit source]

  • [name] - [background]. [goals for meetup, or interests to explore]
  • Loren -
  • Paul - profesionally a python developer, aligned more than I would like on hosted things, have pi's and a server. Would like to be better at that, find out what others are doing.
  • Robert - unemployed, working on a project I care about, relating to nix, software engineer by trade
  • Henry - software engineer by trade, fortunately gainfully employed, here for a good time


Lesson or Demo[edit | edit source]

  • Read aloud: clarify for meetup. We are taking notes in a riseup pad (or I am--help appreciated, and links). We have meeting notes posted to the wiki. noisebridge.net, search Infra, or Meetups/Infra. (the Infrastructure page has a disambiguation link.)
  • Shell, web services, self-hosting, networking!

Commonly covered topics:

  • nix, networking - topics
  • haskell (doug)

Mark, form last week, had issues with AWS, started on self-hosting last week.

  • xz backdoor -- best articles or summaries

Paul: xz used as part of the summary someone emailed a mailing list, "so ssh was slow logging in, and has performance issues with sshd using, backdoor not in source code but in test building process for a few distributions"

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 - announcement on a mailing list

Services: you self-host (or pay for, or use frequently)[edit | edit source]

( https://12factor.net )


Have used: nix, https://yunohost.org/, https://balena.io

Declarative ways to run software.

  • Straw: Shell scripts,
  • Sticks: k8s, docker - imperative paradigm, but snapshotting
  • (Brick): nix, working from a stable base.

n Making a pi, read only.

  • QubesOS -
  • Tails - Total Amnesiac Inconigto Live System

pi5 -

  • Cloudflare Tunnel.

Forums, mailing lists, deep web (unindexed):



Questions, Discussion, or Coworking[edit | edit source]

  • [Issue]

For next time[edit | edit source]

Questions[edit | edit source]

Readings & Exercises[edit | edit source]

  • Readings
  • Exercises

Join online[edit | edit source]

  • Try it yourself!
    • Join libera.chat #nb-meetup-infra

https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meetups/Infra