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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
</p>
<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>
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<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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