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(Preamble:
    = Meetup - Infra =
    https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meetups/Infra
    https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meetups/Infra/2024-..-.. )
2025-..-.. m  [[Meetups/Infra]]
{{meetups/infra}} <!-- header -->
{{meetups/infra}} <!-- header -->
(TODO summary)
(TODO summary)


== Introduction ==
==Introduction==


Mark (new participants) - new to noisebridge, SWE person, interested in AI -- working on prototypes and moved to the yay area. Has a desktop server and willing to share two GPUs worth of compute
Mark (new participants) - new to noisebridge, SWE person, interested in AI -- working on prototypes and moved to the yay area. Has a desktop server and willing to share two GPUs worth of compute
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Elan - Interested in reproducible builds.
Elan - Interested in reproducible builds.


== GUIX DEMO ==
== GUIX DEMO==
https://guix.gnu.org/
https://guix.gnu.org/


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#
==Discussion==
NixOS and GUIX System
NixOS and GUIX System




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Turtles on turtles on turtles:
Turtles on turtles on turtles:
https://old.reddit.com/r/GUIX/comments/1bga82r/bazel_running_in_nix_running_in_guix/
https://old.reddit.com/r/GUIX/comments/1bga82r/bazel_running_in_nix_running_in_guix/
== Introductions ==
* [name] - [background]. [goals for meetup, or interests to explore]
* Loren -- Wants to set up a server for meetup chat
* Daniel -- not supposed to be here
* Zacchae -- other than phone number, I only use services I succeed in self-hosting
* [a person]
* Chris -- good front-end developer -- current interests:
* Sai (sp) -- backend eng, stumbling into the meetup
* Thereesa -- (2nd time)
* Nick -- interested in self-hosting (challenge: ask 2 questions)
* Dianna -- here - interested in infrastructure
* Greg -- interested in FOSS broadly, not working onanything today
* Mike - unemployed software engineer. Working on setting up services on my home k8s cluster.
* Doug -- terrible front- and back-end engineer -- here to chrome cast
(free ross)
== Lesson or Demo ==
* Read aloud: clarify for meetup. We are taking notes in a riseup pad (or I am--help appreciated, and links). We have meeting notes posted to the wiki. noisebridge.net, search Infra, or Meetups/Infra. (the Infrastructure page has a disambiguation link.)
* Shell, web services, self-hosting, networking!
* platform questions -- full-stack development & use of platforms: Notion. Telegram.
** telegram -- concerns
*** *lying* about their cryptography --
possibility of commercialization -
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api
https://developers.notion.com/
* binary inspection
https://binsider.dev/ - rust + rataTUI
https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk
https://binvis.io/
https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl
rabin2 -I binary
## List information about binary
```shell
$ rabin2 -I binary
arch    arm
baddr    0x100000000
binsz    33512
bintype  mach0
bits    64
canary  false
injprot  false
class    MACH064
compiler clang
[...]
```
**dyld Cheatsheet**
====================
### Introduction
* `dyld` stands for "dynamic linker" or "dynamic link editor"
* Responsible for loading and linking dynamic libraries into running processes
### Key Functions
* Loads dynamic libraries into memory
* Resolves symbol references between executables and libraries
* Performs relocations to adjust memory addresses
* Handles library dependencies
### Benefits
* **Memory efficiency**: Shares dynamic libraries among multiple processes
* **Improved performance**: Loads libraries dynamically to reduce startup times
* **Simplified software development**: Enables independent updates of libraries and executables
### Useful Commands
* `otool -L <executable>`: Inspect dynamic libraries used by an executable
    + Example: `otool -L /bin/ls`
* `dylib`: Work with dynamic libraries directly
    + Example: `dylib /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib`
### Examples
Inspecting Dynamic Libraries
```bash
$ otool -L /bin/ls
/bin/ls:
    /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1234.0.0)
    /usr/lib/libc.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1234.0.0)
```
Working with Dynamic Libraries
```bash
$ dylib /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
```
otool -L /bin/ls
/bin/ls:
    /usr/lib/libutil.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
    /usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib (compatibility version 5.4.0, current version 5.4.0)
    /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1351.0.0)
btop (htop, top, iotop), xxd (od),
mtr, traceroute, hping3
# `hping3` - Advanced ping utility which supports protocols such TCP, UDP, and raw IP.
https://www.kali.org/tools/hping3/
## Ping an IP address over UDP on port 80
```sh
hping3 --udp --destport 80 --syn ip_or_hostname
```
## Scan TCP port 80, scanning from the specific local source port 5090:
```sh
hping3 --verbose --syn --destport 80 --baseport 5090 ip_or_hostname
```
IP addresses are assigned to:
* AS / ASNs (AS Number) https://en-wp.org/wiki/Autonomous_system_(Internet)
Much as domain names are leased to individuals to allow lookup of IP addreseses for servers, where poeple host the services they want to provide.
* loading executables
ldd  -- macos dyld / dyld_info
https://jmmv.dev/2023/07/ldd-untrusted-binaries.html
torsocks (macOS vs linux -- use different dynamic linkers)
strace -- statx / openat
# List of tools to demonstrate practical uses of tools (Quick Reference Guides)
cht.sh -- hping  https://cht.sh
TLDR:
https://tldr.sh/tlrc/ -
* dynamic linking
* security cryptography whatever
https://securitycryptographywhatever.com/episodes/
== takeaways ==
* Doug -- more cht.sh
* Mike -- (silently) 5th amendment rights assertion.  ebpf
* Greg -- cht.sh cool,  would: live code nix
* Dianna -- tldr --
* Nick -- ASNs -- all the tools -- curious about self-hosting, curious about security
* Theresa -- binary analsis -- , cht.sh, TeleGram
* Jams -- lots of interesting thing
* Chris -- how IP addresses work
* -- binvis stuff
* Zacchae -- let's do a project uuuhhh. ideas for what you want.  informational (want to: do more actual building.)
system crafters --
== Questions, Discussion, or Coworking ==
* [Issue]
= For next time =
== Questions ==
== Readings & Exercises ==
* Readings
**
* Exercises
**
== Join online ==
* Try it yourself!
** Join libera.chat #nb-meetup-infra
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meetups/Infra
(Preamble:
    = Meetup - Infra =
    https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meetups/Infra
    https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meetups/Infra/2024-..-.. )
2025-..-.. m  [[Meetups/Infra]]
{{meetups/infra}} <!-- header -->
(TODO summary)
== Welcome ==
== Introductions ==
* [name] - [background]. [goals for meetup, or interests to explore]
* Loren -- background in
* Doug -- background: into self-hosting, into free, (as in beer? speech? yes).
* Jams --- he/him -- background in software, current interest in generally intelligent system
*  -- here from spacebridge, learning cybersecurity. Was graphic designer at AirBNB, new to SF
* Teresa -- here via meetup, work at Apple. Internship at Apple, Vision Pro user testing, full stack bootcamp. Interested in vibe coding, SaaS. Lots of resources online.
* Zacchae -- limited participation, self-host email, matrix server, only centralized service I use is telephone (there I have rights). Want to host relays. Want more federated systems, easy to set up.
* James -- france, just arrived 3h ago. Building an app, in Rust, comparing lib-tos? tauri solutions. Github are have many open PRs. 3mo no activity.
* [Suhail hael?] -- building a startup, problem: insurance company, fighting denials. 25 healthcare client, 36k phone calls so far
* WE-Z -- hacker locale, teach swift, lockpicking, like making building & hacking. Interested tonight in infra, building ...
* Chris -- designer, full-stack dev -- working on AI poetry bot & SF events database
* Eric -- work at [], 3 years. Here to check-out the meetup.
* Noah -- first time here, SW intern @ LLNL, really into self hosting llms, now my own VPN.
== Lesson or Demo ==
* Read aloud: clarify for meetup. We are taking notes in a riseup pad (or I am--help appreciated, and links). We have meeting notes posted to the wiki. noisebridge.net, search Infra, or Meetups/Infra. (the Infrastructure page has a disambiguation link.)
* Shell, web services, self-hosting, networking!
email servers
Hosting Zulip server
https://zulip.com/
Organized chat for distributed teams
Interfaces well with email > you can email into it.
Allows sending email + fully supported plugins.
* email
inbound mail:  MX (A) for your site.
outbound mail:
TXT spf: (sender policy frameworks") -- a: cname:  ? -
DKIM (Domain-Key Identified Mail) --
DMARC (reporting)
* https://llm.datasette.io/en/stable/
* https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=local+first&sort=byPopularity&type=all
=== local-first software -- infra meetup (...) ===
localfirst links from jams:
- https://www.localfirstconf.com/
- https://replicache.dev/
obsidian? -- sync over network
https://gun.js.org -- local-first, decentralized, running in a browser (no binary needed)
? SimpleStore
== Questions, Discussion, or Coworking ==
* [Issue]
= For next time =
== Questions ==
== Readings & Exercises ==
* Readings
**
* Exercises
**
== Join online ==
* Try it yourself!
** Join libera.chat #nb-meetup-infra
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meetups/Infra

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(TODO summary)

Introduction

Mark (new participants) - new to noisebridge, SWE person, interested in AI -- working on prototypes and moved to the yay area. Has a desktop server and willing to share two GPUs worth of compute Zacchae ayyyyyy - willing to demo a GUIX config, will host a demo later

-- Hardened Compute TCP

Daniel -- he's here Rainbow -- headless install Audio Intercept on the side Elan - Interested in reproducible builds.

GUIX DEMO

https://guix.gnu.org/

nix has intro drug:

   A declarative 
   Gueil nix

Unprivilenged package management guix-challenege


guix describe --format-channels # channels are the most fundamental definition "guix source tree"

Attractive uses of GUIX: Install it on an underlying OS and then use it as a package manager

Knowledge Gain: - General knowledge of Declarative - Web of Trust application to verify - Bazel https://bazel.build/ - How changes are made to the GUIX package - Appreciating the diff between NIX and GUIX (possible conversion)

Self Reference


Discussion

NixOS and GUIX System


Use case: Customers can modify their system installation

Turtles on turtles on turtles: https://old.reddit.com/r/GUIX/comments/1bga82r/bazel_running_in_nix_running_in_guix/