ILUGC Monthly Meet - December 11, 2021 - 3.00 PM IST

Indian Linux Users Group, Chennai [ ILUGC ] has been spreading awareness on Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) in Chennai since January 1998.

We usually meet on the second Saturday of every month, and for the month of December, we shall meet through IRC on Saturday 11, 2021 at 1500 IST.

We will be organizing this month’s meet through ILUGC’s Official IRC channel (#ilugc in libera.chat).

IRC Server: irc.libera.chat
Channel: #ilugc
Web IRC: https://meet.ilugc.in

If speakers need audio and visuals, we will switch to jitsi platform for that particular talk using the below Jitsi link, otherwise we will use IRC. The IRC chat window will be screencasted through Jitsi,

https://meet.jit.si/ILUGCMeet11122021

Talk Details

Talk 0

Topic: Trojan Source attacks

Description: Trojan source is a new class of attack that was disclosed on Nov 1, 2021. The attack involves using Unicode bidirectional control characters to inject vulnerabilities into source code without being detected by manual code review. In this talk, I’ll discuss how the attack works and the defenses to prevent it.

Duration: 30-40 mins
Speaker Full Name: Abdun Nihaal
About Speaker: MS Student

Talk 1

Topic: Introduction to OTRS

Description: OTRS (open source ticket raising system) is a service management suite , its a community edition till version 6 in this talk , i will discuss installation of otrs community edition in ubuntu 20.04 and configure imap / smtp in otrs and send sample tickets and replies and give simple explanation of admin panel

Duration : 30 minutes
Speaker Full Name : Dhanasekar
About Speaker: Just another FOSS Enthusiast

Talk 2

Topic: Introduction to Linux Gaming

Description: Small introduction to the technologies which make Linux Gaming a reality (Wine/Proton, DXVK, VKD3D), Introduction to Lutris and Steam. Possibly running a ~22 year old game on a ~10 year old laptop.

Duration: 1 Hour
Speaker Full Name: Mohan R
About Speaker: Just another FOSS Enthusiast

After Talks

QA & General Discussions

All are welcome.