[Gloucs] Re: Meetings and organisation

Thu Apr 20 14:03:42 BST 2006

I'm also happy to help out in any capacity, similarly if anyone is
interested I am happy to do a presentation on the state of employment with
Linux skills and how to construct effective CV's.

As a bit of an intro i'm a recruitment consultant (ouch, who threw that?!)
but i'm also a LPI qualified techy and have spent quite a few years in the
ISP arena in a variety of technical roles, I also know a few people in the
LUG through my previous career (hi Jill!!).  I'm not here to do the
typical recruitment sales blarb as that's not my style, I have a genuine
love of Linux and would simply like to offer my knowledge to the members
of the group if anyone needs advice or is looking for a career change.

On a separate note has anyone has anyone here tried Xgl yet?  Hmmmmm pretty.

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> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:39:35 +0100
> From: Gareth Bromley <gbromley at intstar.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gloucs] Meetings and organisation - volunteers needed
> To: Gloucestershire LUG <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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> Paul Broadhead wrote:
>> Glyn Davies <glynd at walmore.com> wrote:
>> . . .
>> Nice one Glyn.  OK, as no one else as stepped forward, I'll happily
>> take on the list moderators role.  The venue for the next meeting
>> sounds very promising, if all else fails, I can always organise the
>> Bishops Cleeve library when required.  For a possible future meeting,
>> I've been playing with pygame <URL:http://www.pygame.org/> and might be
>> up for a brief on that if anyone is interested...
> Sounds interesting
>
> I'm happy to do presentations/articles on numerous topics, just need a
> set of say focus meetings so we can all contribute.
>
> How about setting up some sort of schedule 3-6 meetings a yr, different
> topics areas per meeting? e.g.
> - Networking
> - Security
> - Applications
> - Entertainment
> - Other interests?
>
> Maybe even mix and match a few similars together?
>
> Regards
>
> Gareth
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:06:38 +0100
> From: Christian Trapp <Christian.Trapp at gmx.net>
> Subject: [Gloucs] Bad news for Linux
> To: Gloucestershire LUG <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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> Hi All,
>
> It was just a matter of time till somebody would create a virus for Linux
> :(
>
> Original message from http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog
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>
> Crossplatform virus - the latest proof of concept
>
>   Kostya     	  April 07, 2006 | 07:32  GMT
>
> comments (8)
> We?ve received a new sample: another cross platform virus. This sample
> is the latest attempt to create malicious code which will infect both
> Linux and Win32 systems. It?s therefore been given a double name:
> Virus.Linux.Bi.a/ Virus.Win32.Bi.a
>
> The virus is written in assembler and is relatively simple: it only
> infects files in the current directory. However, it is interesting in
> that it is capable of infecting the different file formats used by Linux
> and Windows - ELF and PE format files respectively.
>
> To infect ELF files, the virus uses INT 80 system calls and injects its
> body into the file immediately after the ELF file header and before the
> ?.text? section. This changes the entry point of the original file.
>
> Infected files are identified with a 2-byte signature, 7DFBh, at 0Bh.
>
> The virus uses the Kernel32.dll function to infect systems running
> Win32. It injects its code to the final section, and gains control by
> again changing the entry point. Infected PE files contain the same
> 2-byte signature as ELF files; the signature is placed in the PE
> TimeDateStamp header.
>
> Infected files contain the following text strings:
>
> [CAPZLOQ TEKNIQ 1.0] (c) 2006 JPanic:
>
> This is Sepultura signing off...
>
> This is The Soul Manager saying goodbye...
>
> Greetz to: Immortal Riot, #RuxCon!
>
> The infector itself contains the following strings:
>
> [CAPZLOQ TEKNIQ 1.0] VIRUS DROPPER (c) 2006 JPanic
>
> [CAPZLOQ TEKNIQ 1.0] VIRUS SUCCESFULLY EXECUTED!
>
> The virus doesn?t have any practical application - it?s classic Proof of
> Concept code, written to show that it is possible to create a cross
> platform virus.
> However, our experience shows that once proof of concept code is
> released, virus writers are usually quick to take the code, and adapt it
> for their own use.
>
> Detection for Virus.Linux.Bi.a/ Virus.Win32.Bi.a was added to the
> Kaspersky Anti-Virus databases shortly after the sample was received.
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