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<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>UCC are running a series of weekly tech talks in our clubroom on
Thursdays (5:30 pm onwards). The first one this week is
specifically an introduction to UCC the club and its systems, but
the rest are general interest tech talks on a few different
subjects.</p>
<p>Each talk will run for around an hour and will be a mix of
presenting and interactive parts, followed by questions and social
time.<br>
</p>
<p>The topics so far are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Software-Defined Radio</li>
<li>Learning to administer a Linux server</li>
<li>The Domain Name System</li>
<li>DNS tunnelling</li>
<li>Decompiling programs back to C<br>
</li>
</ul>
<p>I've forwarded on the list of talks that we sent to our members,
if you want to know more about the talks. We also have Facebook
events on our page and group for each week.</p>
<p>If any of those topics sound like they would interest some of
your members, it would be appreciated if you passed the details
on. Our Facebook events are all public so they can be easily
referred to or shared if that's what you want.</p>
<p>Thanks guys :)<br>
</p>
<p>My best,</p>
<p>James (UCC Vice Pres.)<br>
</p>
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<p>Hi UCCans,</p>
<p>This semester, UCC will be hosting weekly talks and workshops
on all sorts of tech topics! These will be held regularly in the
UCC clubroom on Thursday evenings, starting this week with an
introduction to the club.<br>
</p>
<p><b>Fantastic Servers and Where to Find Them (How 2 UCC)<br>
<i>5:30 pm, 22nd August</i><br>
</b><span><i>Presented by yours truly, James Arcus [MPT]</i></span><br>
</p>
<blockquote>
<p><span>For those of you who signed up to UCC in semester 1 and
haven't been back again, this talk is for you! For those of
you who have been around the clubroom a fair bit, there's
still plenty for you to find out.</span></p>
<p><span></span><span>I'll be going over the services that UCC
offers, from the popular vending machines, to virtual
machine hosting and our own GitLab instance, as well as
going into some of the background detail of what holds it
all together.</span><span><br>
</span></p>
<p><span>All are welcome!<br>
</span></p>
</blockquote>
<p><span><b>Taking Pictures From Space - Things to Do With a Cheap
SDR<br>
</b></span><b><i>5:30 pm, 29th August</i></b><br>
<span><span><i>Presented by James Arcus [MPT]</i></span></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p><span>Interesting radio signals are all around us, many of
them completely open to whoever has the right equipment. And
while that used to mean expensive scanners, a lot can now be
achieved with a $25 "TV" dongle and a cheap laptop.<br>
<br>
I will be introducing the concept of Software-Defined Radio,
how that differs from the one in your car, and some of the
many things you can do with one. Then, we'll show off
capturing a signal, and go hunting for other interesting
signals to decode. If we're lucky, we might even be able to
download a picture straight from a weather satellite.<br>
</span></p>
</blockquote>
<p><span><b>Learn to Love Linux - Part 1<br>
<i>5:30 pm, 5th September</i><br>
</b></span><span><span><i>Presented by Felix von Perger [FVP]</i></span></span><br>
<span></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p><span><span>Start with your very own Linux Virtual Machine
(VM) hosted at UCC! We'll show you how to install the
latest Debian Linux, and cover the basic commands. You'll
also have the opportunity to set up a web server and start
making a website!<br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>No prior experience necessary, everyone is
welcome to join :)</span></span></p>
</blockquote>
<p><span><span><b>Learn to Love Linux - Part 2</b></span></span><br>
<span><span><b><span><b><i>5:30 pm, 12th September</i></b></span></b></span></span><span><span><span><i><br>
Presented by Felix von Perger [FVP]</i></span></span></span><br>
<span><span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span>Following on from Part 1, learn about DNS -
the system which is behind almost everything you know
about on the Internet! DNS is the system that translates
names like "google.com.au" to IP addresses like 8.8.8.8.
You'll get a domain name of your very own, in the form
<username>.workshop.ucc.asn.au, and learn how to
host multiple different websites on a single web server!<br>
</span></span></span></p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>Free Internet!!1! and where to find it!<br>
<i>5:30 pm, 19th September</i><br>
</strong><i>Presented by Felix von Perger [FVP]</i><br>
<strong></strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>This time I'll talk about DNS tunnelling, which can be used
to hide your internet packets inside totally innocuous DNS
queries (which can sneak past <i>oh so many</i> firewalls),
and give an introduction to my fork of <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://github.com/yarrick/iodine"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/yarrick/iodine</a>.<br>
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<p>If you've been to the previous talk about setting up your own
DNS, this will be a lot easier to follow, but even if you're
new I'll try to explain.</p>
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<p><b>Decompiling to C<br>
<i>5:30 pm, 26th September</i><br>
</b><span><i>Presented by Elliot Nunn [LE@]</i></span><br>
</p>
<blockquote>
<p><span>Explore the depths of assembly language - and how to
turn compiled programs back into readable C code. More info
coming soon!</span></p>
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<p><span><span>Find all of these and more on the <a
href="https://www.facebook.com/uccuwa/events/"
moz-do-not-send="true">UCC Facebook Page</a>!<br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>On behalf of myself, the other presenters, and the
club, we look forward to seeing you there. And if you have
an idea for an interesting tech talk, we'd love to hear it!<br>
</span></span></p>
<p>Best regards,<span><span><br>
</span></span></p>
<p>James Arcus [MPT]<br>
<i>UCC Vice President</i><br>
<span><span></span></span></p>
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