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securely wiping hard drives
by David Mehler 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Hello, I've got several old hard drives that I'm now wanting to get rid of. I need to securely wipe them. They connect to my computer via USB enclosure. I know about boot and nuke, but to the best of my knowledge and i'd love to be wrong, that doesn't work with access technology. Recommendations appreciated. I'm using windows 10 with NVDA 2017.4 and jaws 18. Thanks. Dave.

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deploying Jaws with Opsi
by Armin Moradi 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Hello, i want to test opsi as a blind person and wish to deploy Jaws 2018 with a windows 10 frame. I will need help using script-based software techniques. Could you help me? Thanks for reading my request with regards Armin Moradi

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Accessible Disk-Checking Software
by Steve Matzura 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

I don't care what operating system it's on, I simply need an accessible disk-checker, something to which I can give a disk and have it checked for errors--bad sectors, you name it. If it can securely erase a disk, too, that's a plus, but for that, ERASER is OK by me. Thanks in advance.

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securely wiping hard drives
by David Mehler 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Hello, I've got several old hard drives that I'm now wanting to get rid of. I need to securely wipe them. They connect to my computer via USB enclosure. I know about boot and nuke, but to the best of my knowledge and i'd love to be wrong, that doesn't work with access technology. Recommendations appreciated. I'm using windows 10 with NVDA 2017.4 and jaws 18. Thanks. Dave.

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windows teraterm ssh client connecting to openssh server
by David Mehler 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

Hello, Is anyone using teraterm on windows ssh to connect via public key authentication to an openssh server? If so, what did you have to do to get the key authentication working? The openssh doesn't appear to like the teraterm public key. Thanks. Dave.

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Updating BIOS for Meltdown/Spectre on HP computers
by Eigeldinger Simon 21 Mar '18

21 Mar '18

Hi Darren, Thanks for the info. I guess we will wait then. Because the workload might be a little bit high to update all those boxes because we are having not much spare time anyway. *smile* Greetings, Simon Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems T: +43 5576 7101-1143 | E: simon.eigeldinger(a)hohenems.at | www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] Im Auftrag von Darren Brewer via Blind-sysadmins Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. März 2018 22:26 An: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: Darren Brewer <darren.m.brewer(a)blueyonder.co.uk> Betreff: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Updating BIOS for Meltdown/Spectre on HP computers Hi From what I have heard on the TWIT network and security now it sounds like the threat has been overhyped. Microsoft released patches to mitigate the meltdown threat and will soon release microcode updates to fix spectre, so there will be no need to manually go into the BIOS which is of course very difficult and time consuming to perform on a large network. Intel are apparently making the microcode available to Microsoft and this will be able to update the processors because of a couple of DLL files within windows which make this possible. Curretnly there are no threats out in the wild and even if there was its not very likely that individuals would be at threat. I think waiting for Microsoft to make these patches available is the best option, although it sounds like they might not come through windows update so you would have to visit the catalogue and download them manually then distribute them through your network. Darren. On 20/03/2018 11:09, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > Hi, > > I updated a couple of Dell machines I own but I did it manually. > > I was going to post a tweet because I wondered if anyone had any experience with these CPU patches and whether they noticed a performance drop especially using a screen reader. I have seen a couple of benchmarks with specific apps after the CPU patches have been applied, but of course its very subjective. > > Andrew. > ________________________________________ > From: Blind-sysadmins > [blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org] on behalf of > Eigeldinger Simon [simon.eigeldinger(a)hohenems.at] > Sent: 20 March 2018 10:01 > To: 'Blind sysadmins list' > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Updating BIOS for Meltdown/Spectre on HP > computers > > Hi all, > > We have a bunch (around 100) of HP machines over here which we need to upgrade because of the meltdown/spectre problems. > How are you going to deal with meltdown/spectre and bios updates? > Has someone already updated their client computers? > > Greetings, > Simon > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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windows teraterm ssh client connecting to openssh server
by David Mehler 20 Mar '18

20 Mar '18

Hello, Is anyone using teraterm on windows ssh to connect via public key authentication to an openssh server? If so, what did you have to do to get the key authentication working? The openssh doesn't appear to like the teraterm public key. Thanks. Dave.

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Updating BIOS for Meltdown/Spectre on HP computers
by Eigeldinger Simon 20 Mar '18

20 Mar '18

Hi all, We have a bunch (around 100) of HP machines over here which we need to upgrade because of the meltdown/spectre problems. How are you going to deal with meltdown/spectre and bios updates? Has someone already updated their client computers? Greetings, Simon

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Citrix agile working
by Kieran Little 19 Mar '18

19 Mar '18

Hi all, Here we're moving towards an even more agile working environment than we already had, giving most users chromebooks and working with windows applications through a citrix VDI environment. I've thought about trying the chromebook for a while now but am not sure how I could actually work in the citrix environment. I'm assuming NVDA would work because I think citrix has audio support, my only problem would be audio latency, and possibly an issue over JAWS licencing. I'm the only person who uses it so I got a JAWS professional licence, but we have a great number of VDI session hosts, so I'm not sure if it would get confused. Has anybody had any experience of working this way? Thanks, Kieran. -- Kieran Little IT Apprentice Information Services Northumberland County Council County Hall Morpeth NE61 2EF Service desk: 01670 627004 Direct: 01670623699 Email: kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk Website: www.northumberland.gov.uk -- <http://family.northumberland.gov.uk> *Save Time Do It Online!* We have made a few key improvements to our site to make our services easy to access. Now you can do everything from paying your council tax, to reporting a faulty street light online. Go to: www.northumberland.gov.uk and click 'pay, apply or report' to access the relevant forms. This email is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with internal policy and relevant legislation. *Please, consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail ask yourself: "Do I need a hard copy?"*

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Citrix agile working
by Kieran Little 19 Mar '18

19 Mar '18

Hi all, Here we're moving towards an even more agile working environment than we already had, giving most users chromebooks and working with windows applications through a citrix VDI environment. I've thought about trying the chromebook for a while now but am not sure how I could actually work in the citrix environment. I'm assuming NVDA would work because I think citrix has audio support, my only problem would be audio latency, and possibly an issue over JAWS licencing. I'm the only person who uses it so I got a JAWS professional licence, but we have a great number of VDI session hosts, so I'm not sure if it would get confused. Has anybody had any experience of working this way? Thanks, Kieran. -- Kieran Little IT Apprentice Information Services Northumberland County Council County Hall Morpeth NE61 2EF Service desk: 01670 627004 Direct: 01670623699 Email: kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk Website: www.northumberland.gov.uk -- <http://family.northumberland.gov.uk> *Save Time Do It Online!* We have made a few key improvements to our site to make our services easy to access. Now you can do everything from paying your council tax, to reporting a faulty street light online. Go to: www.northumberland.gov.uk and click 'pay, apply or report' to access the relevant forms. This email is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with internal policy and relevant legislation. *Please, consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail ask yourself: "Do I need a hard copy?"*

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