- description : In this 2 and half hour workshop women participants could learn just about anything from computer hardware to using free software on a windows platform to installing a gnu/linux system to streaming audio and video using gnu/linux. It all depends on who shows up and what you want. So, if you are interested in any of this and feel like learning something about computers in a women-only environment come join the fun. You'll have a blast.
- when : Saturday October 16, 2004 13:00 to 15:30
- where : Camden Centre , Judd St/Biddborough St and the Tube Station is Kings X.
- who : contact Donna (donna at genderchangers.org).
/etc - eclectic tech carnival - July 11 to July 18 2004
- description : A seven day and night carnival of exchanging computer
related skills. We are calling all women who never dared to open their best friends
PC; who started repairing their bicycle but were stopped by a gentleman's helping
hand; who never got into contact with a computer; who do coding or work in a
technical profession and don't like their role as "the exceptional" woman, to
participate in the third /Eclectic Tech Carnival (abbrev. /etc) that will be
held in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro this summer.
- when : July 11th to July 18th, 2004.
- where : Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro.
- who : in conjunction with Zene Na Delu (Women and Work), ChicasLinux in Madrid, GCA-Athens and other genderchangers around the globe.
- more info : info
AT etc.genderchangers.org or http://etc.genderchangers.org.
Read an
article by Helen Varley Jamieson, female artist from New Zealand, who
organised a workshop and gave a performance during /etc 2004.
OAT summer skillzbuilding workshops - Hardware and Linux Basics for OAT Grrlz
Thursday June 24th, 7 - 9 PM
- description : Gender Changer Academy of Toronto is presenting this workshop. Our time together can be as structured or as informal as participants want it to be. The group decides either on an organic conversation
and genuine sharing of skills and/or an agenda and lesson plan
based on a hardware manual and linux how-tos. Emphasis is placed
on valueing our spectrum of talents and exchanging with each other
in a safe learning environment.
We provide computers to take apart and workstations to practice on.
Bring a screwdriver and blank CDs if you have them. Snacks &
beverages are also welcome. If it's hot dress light, the room is
not airconditioned. Everyone gets stickers and handouts to take home.
Facilitated by members of the Gender Changer Academy, a grassroots
international collective of women who skill share hardware repair
and GNU Linux installation and open source software applications,
for political activism & concious raising around issues of patriarchy,
racism, accessibility, corporate rule, labour injustice and
environmental impact in information communication technology sector.
For more info visit: www.genderchangers.org
- when : Thursday June 24th, 7 - 9 PM
- where : 263 Adelaide Street West, suite 300, (at John) Toronto.
- RSVP : required by Tuesday, June 22nd to oat
AT tao.ca. Limited spaces, priority given to OAT members.
This workshop is trans and gender queer positive.
We regret the space is not wheelchair accessible.
Childcare may be possible with enough prior notice.
If you have special needs please let us know well in advance
so that we can accomodate them.
- cost : free, of course
- *** next workshop in this series ***
July 1st: Intro to OAT 'services' and working groups
GCA crash course in hardware tijdens ascii's 5e verjaardag - 17 mei 2004, 18:30 uur
- description: Internetwerkplaats ascii, de geboorteplek van de Gender Changers Academy bestaat binnenkort 5
jaar. Om dat te vieren zullen er een week lang allerlei workshops plaatsvinden. Een van die workshops is een crash course
in hardware, die gegeven wordt door de GCA. Als je mee wilt doen ben je welkom. Dit is een echte beginnersworkshop, speciaal voor
mensen (mannen en vrouwen) die geen idee hebben wat er in de computer zit, wat nu eigenlijk
RAM is en/of zich afvragen waar die computer advertenties nu eigenlijk over gaan. Neem een schroevendraaier mee.
- when : maandag 17 mei 18:30 uur
- where : Internetwerkplaats ascii kinkerstraat 92 in Amsterdam west - ascii on
line
- who : email Amsterdam GCA docenten
GCA crash course in hardware at ascii's 5 year birthday bash - May 17 2004, 6:30 PM
- description: The place of birth of the Gender Changers Academy, internet workspace
ascii, celebrates its 5th anniversary soon. To celebrate this there will be
a whole week of workshops. One of those workshops is a crash course in
hardware taught by the GCA. All welcome to participate. This will be very
much a beginners workshop, for people (male and female) that have no clue
as to what's inside the computer, what is RAM and/or who wonder what are
those computer adds about anyway? Bring a screwdriver.
- when : Monday, May 17, 18:30
- where : ascii internet workspace - kinkerstraat 92 in Amsterdam west - ascii on
line
- who : email Amsterdam GCA Teachers
GCA Embroidery Corner at ascii's birthday bash - Thursday May 20th
- description : We'll provide needles, thread, embroidery frames, pieces
of cloth and patterns. The patterns will be of computer
technical objects and subjects. There will be Darjeeling
tea with a cloud of creamy milk (Earl Grey for you darlings
who prefer that) and real home made cookies. All welcome!
Commencing in the afternoon around 15:30 hours.
- when :Thursday May 20, 15:30
- where : ascii internet workspace - kinkerstraat 92 in Amsterdam west - ascii on
line
- who : contact Amsterdam GCA Teachers for more information
or just bring some nice delicious cookies, too.
Calling All Grrl Activist Geeks (and Those Who Aspire to Be)!
- description : genderChangers is an international collective of radical women (trans+) who are empowering themselves to learn more about computers for social justice. In this workshop we'll cover the basics on how YOU can takeapart and fix up an old computer and run it on GNU/Linux (a free alternative to Micro$oft). And if that's not enough, we'll demonstrate free and/or open source software that's ideal for your activist projects.
If none of this tech talk makes sense, you know nothing of computers, but always wanted to know more --please come! This will be a safe environment for beginners to ask questions and break things and learn from each other. Each participant will get 'a grrls guide to hardware' and stickers + other surprises. This is a woman only (trans positive) workskhop for youth (defined as age 25 and younger).
- when : 2:30 - 5:30 PM, Sunday May 2, 2004.
- where : Bahen Centre, University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- who : Michelle and Julie, both from GCA-Toronto.
- organization : genderChangers, a part of OAT (Organization for Autonomous Telecommunications) formerly known as tao.ca
- cost : free! as it's part of the Hungry 4 Change Youth Activst Conference.
GCA tech patch at Freecooperation: networks, art & collaboration
- description :
"Theoretically, it is about being together, code a patchwork in a male dominated tech world, change the surrounding, and make it female somehow. It is about female networking in tech and crafts in terms of patterns, human networks and social hubs. We use tools like keyboards, needles, screwdrivers, cloth, pins and other haptic materials. We explain why modern tech development is a territory for women too. It is natural. It is about broadening tech issues, moving boarders aside and creating social sculptures. We move boarders, transform them, and make them ourselves. Practically, we eat chocolate cookies and stitch together."
(Modified version of an online chat by three genderchangers on April 19 2004).
- when :10:20 am - 11:30am, Saturday April 24th. See the (preliminary) program.
- where : Location NSC 205 at Department of Media Study, University at Buffalo.
- who : Michelle and Julie, both from GCA-Toronto.
- contact : Send an email to Dorothée Gestrich
- more info : Freecooperation: networks, art & collaboration.
/etc 2004 winter planning meeting
- when : February 20 to 22
- where : Madrid, Spain cieLito LinDo HackLab
- who : contact us at etc-devel
AT etc.genderchangers.org, the /etc development mailing list.
- more info : here and there will also be an open information meeting about the GCA and the /etc to be held at 6:00 PM Saturday February 21st at Barquillo 44. Come join us.
Feminist Approaches to Tactical Media Practices: Panel Discussion and Workshop at Next 5 Minutes in Amsterdam
Panel Discussion
- when : Friday September 12 12:00 - 14:00
- where : Melkweg , Max, Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam
- who : Beatriz da Costa, Sara Platon, Faith Wilding
GCA Amsterdam gives Crash Course at Ladyfest
- what : CRASH HARDWARE WORKSHOP
For the Amsterdam Ladyfest the women of the Gender Changer Academy have compressed their 4 night workshop into one
afternoon. During this afternoon participants will take apart a PC and put it back together. You may not be a hardware wizard after this afternoon of screwing apart bits and pieces, but you will certainly be able to tell the difference between your hard disk, RAM, CPU and other stuff that makes up a PC. What's more, you will learn how computer pieces function together in the system as a whole.
- when : 10:00 to 14:00 Saturday August 30, 2003
- where : ASCII Internet Workspace: Kinkerstraat 92 Amsterdam, tramlines: 17 (from central station), 3, 7 or 12.
- how much : 4 euros per participant
- who : contact maya AT genderchangers.org.
If you would like to hear about our activities in general, please join our general GCA mailing list.
Toronto Gender Changers hold Womyn and Technology Weekend
- when : August 22 to 24, 2003
- where : Kimbercote Farm near Kimberly and Heathcote, Ontario, Canada click here for details
- who : contact genderchangers@tao.ca or 416.591.2085 or michelle
AT kimbercote.org
Gender Changer Academy Computer Hardware Course
- when : Friday, July 11, 2003, 13:00 - 16:00
- where : Imagine IC, Imagine Identity and Culture, Bijlmerplein 1006-1008.
- who : contact donna AT genderchangers.org
Eclectic Tech Carnival or /etc
Second Annual Eclectic Tech Carnival
- when : June 30 to July 6, 2003.
- where : near Athens, Greece click here for details
- who : contact reg AT etc.genderchangers.org or info AT etc.genderchangers.org
- documentation : article (in italian) in Neural
Online Magazine.
Vertoning video fem.doc
TAK (Trefpunt Anti Kapitalisten)
- when : dinsdag 13 mei, om 20:30
- where : Op Drift, 1ste Drift Spilsluizen 2, Groningen.
- who : contact luut01 AT dds.nl
GCA Computer Hardware Course
- description : Two teachers teach a small group of eight
students. Four classes are given on a series of evenings from 19:30
to 22:00. The price of a course is 25 Euro including illegally
copied literature, superb coffee or tea and a screwdriver.
- quality guarentee :The women working for the GCA do not claim
or pretend to be experts. They are not. They are everyday
women who have the
creativity, the will and who
take time and energy to work at the goals of the GCA. Being an autodidact is the
best way to learn. The Internet is in service of this vision.
- when : April 10, 17, 24 and May 1, 2003 from 19:30 to 22:00
- where : in the ASCII Kinkerstraat 92, Amsterdam
- who : contact Maya at maya AT genderchangers.org to register.
LinuxChix Security
Lessons
This course about firewalls, ftp, connection tracking and more - is conducted "live" on the
linuxchix courses mailing list.
Zebedee
is a simple program to establish an encrypted, compressed tunnel for TCP/IP or
UDP data transfer between two systems. Big ADVANTAGE of Zebedee compared to stunnel
is, that it allows to transfer UDP data in a simple way!
stunnel
Stunnel is a program that allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP connections inside SSL -
have a look and have fun building encrypted tunnels ... dig ... dig ... digital
Types of Network
Tunnels
if you are planning to dig in different ways.
Scanning
Networks - a newbie guide to port scanning
Scanning helps one to know what services are running on a machine. This will show the open ports on which services are listening for connections.
Linux Networking-concepts HOWTO (original in english
or the german translation
basic knowledge about networks and the internet
Netfilter Extensions HOWTO
how to install and use current iptables extensions for netfilter.
Linux netfilter Hacking HOWTO (original in english)
and a german translation
the netfilter architecture for Linux, how to hack it, and some of the major systems which sit on top of it
such as packet filtering, connection tracking network address translation (NAT)
Linux Advanced
Routing and Treffic Control HOWTO
a very hands-on approach to iproute2, traffic shaping and a bit of netfilter.
Dsniff 'n
the Mirror
This is a practical step by step guide showing how to use Dsniff, MRTG, IP Flow Meter, Tcpdump, NTOP,
Ngrep, and others. It also provides a discussion of how and why we should monitor network traffic.
OpenSSH
OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH protocol suite of network connectivity tools that increasing numbers of people on the Internet are coming to rely on. Many users of telnet, rlogin, ftp, and other such programs might not realize that their password is transmitted across the Internet unencrypted, but it is. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other network-level attacks. Additionally, OpenSSH provides a myriad of secure tunneling capabilities, as well as a variety of authentication methods.
and OpenSSH is relying on the work of OpenSSL:
OpenSSL
The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library.
