Dot Org is still a safe haven for the folks depending on dot org

Today I woke up to great news. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICAAN, has rejected the .org sale proposal [https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/30/21241946/icann-dot-org-isoc-ethos-capital-sale-rejected] . What is ICAAN? ICAAN [https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/ICANN-Internet-Corporation-for-Assigned-Names-and-Numbers] is a non-profit and American multi-stakeholder organisation. It is…

Taking backup for znc instance in Python

IRC [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat] plays an invaluable role in the life of so many people, separated by so many miles. It has been the primary source of communication for the Free and Open Source community for decades, now. In my last post [http://anweshadas.in/…

Setting up a znc service

Here is an installation guide of znc [https://znc.in] on Fedora [https://getfedora.org/] 31 : Install the znc package sudo dnf install znc The current version of znc in Fedora 31 is znc-1.7.5-1.fc31.x86_64. Configure znc The next was to configure znc. sudo -u znc…

Internet Shutdown Panel at NullCon, 2020

Internet shutdown has become a pretty regular event in today’s world. India has seen the most number of shutdowns. Internet shutdowns are the “intentional disruption” of wired connection or mobile internet and /or both. Primarily carried on by the Government authorities with the aim of controlling the communication and…

Analysis of Aarogya Setu

The COVID 19 pandemic has changed the world we knew. Individuals, Government, everybody is trying to fight it out, cope with it. But to deal with the immediate problem, we often overlook the issues which are brought by the solutions. The Government of India has developed an app called Aarogya…

The scary digital world

The horror Some years ago, my husband and I were looking for houses to rent. We both were in different cities and were having a telephone conversation. We had three or four phone calls to discuss this. After that, I opened my laptop and turned on my then browser, Google.…

February PyLadies Pune workshop

It was the time for “learning Python with harware” in February, 2020 with PyLadies in Pune. Coding in Python becomes fun when one can see the changes it makes in the hardware. Selecting a place for work is always a difficult task as any organizer. College Of Engineering Pune (COEP)…

“Code is law” .. Technology is the regulator for today.

The technology leads, and the law follows, or is it vice a versa? Both sides are trying to prove their superiority above the other. Thus the situation has lead to much distance between the two. Both these species use Language (legal and programming) to attain their vision. However, both of…