Community Coffee Break

bp9
- Re-iterates that he is doing a component level repair on the garage door opener
- Does not know if IC1 (part number Y26785B) is any good.
- If IC1 is bad, then will most likely will replace it with an arduino.
- Discussion with Solbu: If I use just public/private keys of user and server, is that enough to prove identity?
- Client has its own private key, and server public key
- Server has server private key, and client public key
- If client encrypts with server public key, server can decrypt payload.
- When server encrypts response with client public key, client can decrypt response.
- Is that enough to prove to the server that I am who I say I am?
- Solbu says bp9 should sign, and bp9 agrees, but cannot sign reliably every time.
- bp9 plans to make client respond to challenge from server, based off random numbers to prove identity (did not mention in meeting).
- bp9's parcels take 3 days to ship across the country, then three weeks to ship from the central post office in his city to the local post office!

Sasha
- Has the weekend off, so dropped in say hello.
- Dave gave her a stand mixer for Christmas so she is learning to bake!
- She has made pizza successfully :-)
- Wants to make doghnut holes and plans to fry them :-)
- Her work mates are not interested in her healthy options so she has to make junk food :-)
- Also got a Sodastream for Christmas and really likes boiling down blueberries, honey, and lemon peel to make a syrup for the Sodastream.
- Likes to make Ginger Ale, and bp9 would love to have that recipe!
- Dave and Sasha got the house all ready for Winter but Winter has not fallen upon Newfoundland.
- It's still green grass outside.

Doug
- The saga of the Keyboard for the Raspberry Pi continues!
- He has tried two or three keyboards and is charging his latest version now.
- bp9 suggests a RasPi 400 (with built-in keyboard) but that probably won't work: Doug wants the RasPi under the TV and the keyboard separate.
- Bluetooth should work as it has range 10 meters (30 ft).
- The "smoke" behind Doug is a vaporiser.
- Since he has a cat, he only uses water.
- Don't use essential oils in this as they can harm your cat!
- We discuss Raspberry Pi keyboards, and Sasha suggests readong Amazon Comments. Solbu says you cannot generally trust comments as they are likely fake, or bad comments removed.
- bp9 uses a "Think Outside the Box" bluetooth keyboard but does not know if it will work with Raspi. But it does not have the integrated mousepad that his other keyboards have.
- Doug has a "remote organizer" just out of shot for his keyboard and mouse.

Solbu
- While discussing encrypt/decrypt, suggests bp9 get advice from someone who actually works on these libraries.
- Maybe bp9 is not using the library correctly.

Peter
- We get to check out his curtains. Lights are on but nobody is home :-)
- Asks if bp9 tried his password program. bp9 has not because it is a windows only program and only runs linux here.
- Updates us on his antenna switchbox, the seller canceled his order - again.
- Looks like he will have to home-brew his antenna switchbox.
- Despite that, his ham radio station is working OK, he can talk to Oman and Ceylon.