From russell at coker.com.au Wed Apr 8 17:54:28 2026 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:54:28 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Flounder meeting Apr 11th Fail2ban Message-ID: <2035628.PYKUYFuaPT@dojacat> https://flounder.linux.org.au/events/flounder-apr-2026-fail2ban/ The main talk is: Fail2ban ? A guide to setting up and running it. This talk will cover installing and configuring F2B but only on Debian but other distributions are much the same. All the common topics including Ban times and Find Times will be covered and the various jails that apply to a basic LAMP stack. Also some basic custom jails which will dive into a little regexp. Like a lot of things now it?s hosted on GitHub https://github.com/fail2ban/ fail2ban After the fail2ban lecture there will be general discussion of FOSS stuff. As usual lightning talks are welcome! Meeting will be at http://b.coker.com.au. No need to register just click on the link on the day. Meeting officially opens at 1PM Melbourne time (02:00UTC), 11th of Apr. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From jwoithe at just42.net Wed Apr 8 23:40:42 2026 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 23:10:42 +0930 Subject: [Linux-aus] Grant decision - Canberra Python User Group Message-ID: Hi Jonah Canberra Python User Group - Jonah Sullivan The Linux Australia Council discussed this grant application at its meeting on 8 April 2026. We are pleased to inform you that the grant application was approved - congratulations! This community grant is to cover catering at Canberra Python User Group meetings as described in the grant application. Please email the Linux Australia treasurer (treasurer at linux.org.au) to arrange payments. As per the grant guidelines, Linux Australia request that you provide a brief report about the activities funded by this grant for inclusion in our Annual Report. We ask that this be sent via email to council at linux.org.au by 15 November 2026 to allow sufficient time for its incorporation into the report. If you have further questions feel free to contact myself or any member of the Linux Australia Council. Regards Jonathan (on behalf of the Linux Australia Council)