DC214

2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003

May 13, 2009
- Bye bye Tipp Inn
Well, the Tipperary Inn is closing it's doors yet again. That means we are lookin for a place to meet again. *sigh*
Well, I am lazy and want to keep it closer to downtown or uptown. I know there are quite a few poeple who live up north, so I am nt ruing it out. Whatever we pick I am going to try and make it easier to get to than the Tipp was. I'll let you know. Stay tuned. Join the mailing list, and check back here.

April 08, 2009
- April Meeting
woops.... yes we had one, but I forgot to update the site.

March 13, 2009
- March Meeting
Well, I think the meeting went well. We had the usual gnews and a presentation from myself (MadHat) on a new tool. The new meeting location (the Tipperary Inn) seems to be going over well. We had a couple of new members, and a few old timers show up, as well as everyone else. Overall we had about 12 people. The only issue thus far is that they won't split the tab.

Talk of the Pub Crawl coming up went well. Remember that is coming up on March 26. We are working to finalize the TShirts. I should have something on the site soon about it.

Speaking of the site, it has been updated, so check that shit out. The gnews and presentation slides are up.

The next meetign is April 8, 2009 and we will have a presentation from "Jean-Claud AskMe" on asterisk.

March 6, 2009
- Next Meeting, Pub Crawl & Facebook
Well, the next meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday the 11th. We will be meeting at the Tipperary Inn again, upstairs. They keep saying they will add us to their calendar, but it has not happened yet.

I announced to the mailing list today that we will be starting monthly Pub Crawls. Our first one will be in Uptown, starting at the Idle Rich. They will be heald the last Thursday of each month. Come and join in the drinking and what should prove to be interesting discussions.

Lastly, I created a DC214 Facebook group. This is really to have an easy way to see when the next meeting is and who is speaking. We will have a speaker this month, so stay tuned.

February 11, 2009
- Tonight's Meeting
I had to stay home with the kiddo tonight, but WT took my place at the meeting. If we can't get a sitter we'll end up splitting duty.

The report thus far is that the Tipperary Inn is a good location. I think we will go ahead and meet there next month as well. I will get WT to confirm tonight that those who made it agree, and if so will make the reservation for next month.

We are now looking for presenters for the next few months. WT and I are working on an idea we had, but it won't be ready right away. If you have an idea about any aspect of information security or design manipulation (making something work other than the way it was designed to work. code issues, design flaws, bad configurations, etc...) or anything really interesting let Isac (piis8(at)yahoo(dot)com) and/or myself know.

Feb 4, 2009
- DC214 is in a holding patern.
We are looking for a new location to meet and working on how we want to take the group. MadHat and PiIs8 (Isac) are looking for speakers and suggestions on how to revive this beast. Let us know. In the mean time, join the mailing list or silc channel. Neither is all that busy.

January 14, 2009
- Meeting Canceled

2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003

Kaiko

Kaiko - The Script - Updated May 28, 2009
Kaiko - The Config - Updated Aug 31, 2005

Kaiko means "Silcworm" in Japanese, and as the person who suggested it pointed out, "worm means something to you hacker types, right?" I gave Kaiko the last name of Hatsukaa, which means "hacker". So Kaiko's full name is Silcworm[sic] Hacker.

Kaiko is a girl, presently. She has the ability to auto op people joining a channel she is on. While there are a lot of bots out there for IRC, there are few to none for Silc, and so Kaiko was born. Kaiko is a script that has to be run inside a CLI silc client. It is a full silc session, with it's own configs, public/private key pairs, etc...

Check here for more details on Kaiko, how to install her, how to run her and how to modify her. For now, you have access to the code and config files.

ToDo:
Add private message responces

Remove some hardcoded locations

Current /msg kaiko help ouput

*kaiko* Private Message Commands:
 - join #channel [passwd]
   To invite kaiko to #channel
   She will join and add the person who invited her to her 
     auto op list to that channel.
   You can invite her to a channel, op her and leave, and 
     when you come back, she will auto-op you, keeping the 
     channel open
 
 - leave #channel
   To make kaiko leave a channel
   Can only be done by the person that did the invite 
     (by fingerprint)
 
 -op #channel user
   To make kaiko op user on #channel, if they have the 
     rights or you have op rights for that channel in the 
     config anonymous ops?

 - quote 
   To display current stock quote of  from Yahoo Finance
 
 - define 
  To display the MW definition of 
 
 - jargon 
  To display the jargin file entry for 
 
 - broadcast message here
   To display a message to all channels kaiko is currently on.
   * kaiko heard message here
   NOTE:  Don't abuse or it will be removed
 
 
 In #channel Command
 - kaiko version
   To display the current version of Kaiko, as defined in 
     the config file
 
 - kaiko info 
   To display the last known info about a user
   * kaiko last saw  on   from 
 
 - kaiko broadcast message here
   To display a message to all channels kaiko is currently on.
   * kaiko heard message here
 
 - kaiko define
  To display the MW definition of WORD to the channel

 - kaiko jargon
  To display the jargon file entry for WORD to the channel
 
 - who/what is ...?
   as kaiko listens to the channel, she picks up bits of info
   She will tell if she has heard anything  about the subject
 
 - kaiko sleep 
  To make kaiko not respond to anything in public channels 
    for  minutes
  Issueing a sleep command while kaiko is asleep will tell
    you how long until kaiko wakes up

Samadhi

Samadhi - Samadhi tries to fill the hole in the current applications of SILC protocol. Currently, in IRC and other chatting networks, you can find those little artificial friends, which provide you with some services. If you want to look up a unix manual page, record some news to be displayed on the webpage of a channel or just want to keep your channel safe from intruders, these little programs can come handy.