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schestowitzfhttps://twitter.com/iridesce57/status/1280345417134325760\Jul 08 23:12
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@iridesce57: @tuxmachines @schestowitz Saw the Kdenlive article ...Jul 08 23:12
schestowitz> Could do after work on Thu maybe say 6pm at rice and 3?Jul 08 23:12
schestowitzLet's try that. I'll try to call tomorrow to arrange time/place. Lots of catching up to do :-)Jul 08 23:12
schestowitz> Incidentally (and I'm happy leaving it the way it is) "side-channel attacks" are really the wrong metaphor. I thought they were the right one, that's why I used what I did. But then I read a bit more.Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz>Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz> I'm not the only one to confuse the terminology. A side-channel "attack" sounds like working around a primary security feature by a different route-- which it is, but not in the way it might sound like.Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz>Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz> I probably should have said "social engineering" if I wanted to be more accurate. The "attacks" I was describing were closer to those.Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz>Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz> If I were to be more technical about it in the future, I wouldn't say "side-channel attacks" for this in future articles. Because I'm talking about work that happens against something via a different route-- but the term really refers to GETTING INFORMATION from some other source than the primary-- like from electrical variations, sound bouncing off lightbulbs, or radio being generated as a side effect. Side channel attacks get secureJul 08 23:16
schestowitzdata from side effects of secure transmission and storage.Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz>Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz> But the way I was using was more to refer to going around say, a steel door mounted in the middle of a picket fence. "They'll never get through this door!" "Yep, and they'll never need to."Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz>Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz> So the GPL wasn't "side-channel" attacked. But they have socially engineered the hell around it, that's for sure.Jul 08 23:16
schestowitz>Jul 08 23:16
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schestowitz> Was just looking at the FSF FY2020 patron sponsors list-- Red Hat isn't there.Jul 08 23:17
schestowitz>Jul 08 23:17
schestowitz> They are there for fy2019 and fy2018, but not fy2017 or fy2020.Jul 08 23:17
schestowitz>Jul 08 23:17
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schestowitz> Do any of you know anything about this? One of you is good with financial stuff, maybe you can grab something. My guess is that fy2020 isnt over yet, and they might join later in the year. My other guess is they decided it was better not to fund the FSF this year, but that's only a guess.Jul 08 23:17
schestowitzIBM?Jul 08 23:17
schestowitzEither IBM as patron or an IBM decision?Jul 08 23:17
schestowitzno red hat?Jul 08 23:17
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