From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Fri Feb  3 21:41:15 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 13:41:15 -0800
Subject: [Leica] Yearbook submission deadline is 1 week away
Message-ID: <0942049dc8143342920ec767c77ae81e@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>

Submissions for the 2022 LUG yearbook are due soon (10 Feb). There are 
some submissions, but not enough.

Information about the yearbook is here: http://leica-users.org/yearbook/
Instructions for submitting pictures are here: 
http://leica-users.org/yearbook/submitting.html

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Wed Feb  8 01:17:14 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 17:17:14 -0800
Subject: [Leica] 2022 LUG Yearbook: tick tick tick
Message-ID: <47aa0855b78e2bb72be064d4b9e56987@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>

http://leica-users.org/yearbook/
http://leica-users.org/yearbook/submitting.html


From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Wed Feb  8 18:43:39 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 10:43:39 -0800
Subject: [Leica] where to send files for yearbook?
In-Reply-To: <06C6E65F-CD18-4110-92A1-43D716F1BC20@teleport.com>
References: <CAFfkXxuuL42innMx7vQdeS4PPKHB-bP-B+_QCzHt5KPWJUWpaA@mail.gmail.com>
 <06C6E65F-CD18-4110-92A1-43D716F1BC20@teleport.com>
Message-ID: <b2772b35511d0f0525d1ed3df7e1c936@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>

> Submissions are due by email to yearbook at leica-users.org by 10 February 
> 2023.

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Mon Feb 13 23:49:57 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:49:57 -0800
Subject: [Leica] Master index to LUG finally updated for 2023
Message-ID: <d815ba9f78ddd709fb0e8021b8fad6a7@reid.org>

Every year on January 1 the LUG master index at http://leica-users.org/ 
needs to be adjusted manually. This year a combination of me being less 
capable than I once was, the problem being more complex than it once 
was, and various illnesses (myself and family) grabbing  my time, I only 
today managed to get it working again.

We haven't yet reached 1 million emails in the archives. Today it is 
895,929.

And I still don't know how to use TikTok or Instagram. Probably never 
will.

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Tue Feb 14 16:28:27 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 08:28:27 -0800
Subject: [Leica] warning of possible LUG outage
Message-ID: <be599f7188c29489b1dc18004c3bb641@reid.org>

The server computers that host the LUG (and many other things, including 
my email) are under heavy attack from China right now. There is a 
possibility that it will all collapse, which will mean that I will be 
cut off and the LUG will stop working.

These computers are in a data center in Fremont, California, which is 
500 miles from where I live now. I really hope that I don't have to go 
there to diagnose and fix this. Also, I am not at all an expert in this 
technology (VMware ESXi) and I am not 100% confident in my ability to 
fix it at all.

Not a good day.

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Tue Feb 14 16:52:33 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 08:52:33 -0800
Subject: [Leica] warning of possible LUG outage
In-Reply-To: <LO0P265MB269827138539FBA73194D6D4F9A29@LO0P265MB2698.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
References: <be599f7188c29489b1dc18004c3bb641@reid.org>
 <LO0P265MB269827138539FBA73194D6D4F9A29@LO0P265MB2698.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
Message-ID: <cb17048fd0f08db1c8eb4b6f08a809e3@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>

the ESXi host itself is under attack. Both of them, actually (I have 2).

On 2023-02-14 08:44, John McMaster wrote:
> Do you mean ESXi is under attack, or the virtual machines running on
> it (more likely)?
> 
> john
> 
> From: LUG <lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org> on behalf
> of Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>
> Date: Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 16:28
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] warning of possible LUG outage
> The server computers that host the LUG (and many other things, 
> including
> my email) are under heavy attack from China right now. There is a
> possibility that it will all collapse, which will mean that I will be
> cut off and the LUG will stop working.
> 
> These computers are in a data center in Fremont, California, which is
> 500 miles from where I live now. I really hope that I don't have to go
> there to diagnose and fix this. Also, I am not at all an expert in this
> technology (VMware ESXi) and I am not 100% confident in my ability to
> fix it at all.
> 
> Not a good day.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information

From reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us  Wed Feb 15 14:46:32 2023
From: reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 06:46:32 -0800
Subject: [Leica] warning of possible LUG outage
In-Reply-To: <be599f7188c29489b1dc18004c3bb641@reid.org>
References: <be599f7188c29489b1dc18004c3bb641@reid.org>
Message-ID: <698b8e548c03ff92a287fb424ab0e259@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>

I have successfully built and deployed online defenses against the form 
of attack that was threatening the LUG servers. I spent most of 
yesterday working on it, about half of my time spent on learning how to 
use advanced features of the firewall system that is available on those 
devices.

The LUG server itself did not succumb to the attack, but two other 
servers in my world did. All is now well.

If you are versed in the technology of DDoS and would like to know more, 
just ask.