X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/1743787e516265148c266e8cc0137dab66307ac0..2d047348b0dfe1d3bab7955e9bf9b52223e84373:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 7d9e4997b9..3b4e21fa9b 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -7,400 +7,640 @@ - Isenkram with PackageKit support - new version 0.23 available in Debian unstable - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Isenkram_with_PackageKit_support___new_version_0_23_available_in_Debian_unstable.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Isenkram_with_PackageKit_support___new_version_0_23_available_in_Debian_unstable.html - Wed, 25 May 2016 10:20:00 +0200 - <p><a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/isenkram">The isenkram -system</a> is a user-focused solution in Debian for handling hardware -related packages. The idea is to have a database of mappings between -hardware and packages, and pop up a dialog suggesting for the user to -install the packages to use a given hardware dongle. Some use cases -are when you insert a Yubikey, it proposes to install the software -needed to control it; when you insert a braille reader list it -proposes to install the packages needed to send text to the reader; -and when you insert a ColorHug screen calibrator it suggests to -install the driver for it. The system work well, and even have a few -command line tools to install firmware packages and packages for the -hardware already in the machine (as opposed to hotpluggable hardware).</p> - -<p>The system was initially written using aptdaemon, because I found -good documentation and example code on how to use it. But aptdaemon -is going away and is generally being replaced by -<a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/">PackageKit</a>, -so Isenkram needed a rewrite. And today, thanks to the great patch -from my college Sunil Mohan Adapa in the FreedomBox project, the -rewrite finally took place. I've just uploaded a new version of -Isenkram into Debian Unstable with the patch included, and the default -for the background daemon is now to use PackageKit. To check it out, -install the <tt>isenkram</tt> package and insert some hardware dongle -and see if it is recognised.</p> - -<p>If you want to know what kind of packages isenkram would propose for -the machine it is running on, you can check out the isenkram-lookup -program. This is what it look like on a Thinkpad X230:</p> - -<p><blockquote><pre> -% isenkram-lookup -bluez -cheese -fprintd -fprintd-demo -gkrellm-thinkbat -hdapsd -libpam-fprintd -pidgin-blinklight -thinkfan -tleds -tp-smapi-dkms -tp-smapi-source -tpb -%p -</pre></blockquote></p> - -<p>The hardware mappings come from several places. The preferred way -is for packages to announce their hardware support using -<a href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/">the -cross distribution appstream system</a>. -See -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/isenkram/">previous -blog posts about isenkram</a> to learn how to do that.</p> + Simpler recipe on how to make a simple $7 IMSI Catcher using Debian + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Simpler_recipe_on_how_to_make_a_simple__7_IMSI_Catcher_using_Debian.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Simpler_recipe_on_how_to_make_a_simple__7_IMSI_Catcher_using_Debian.html + Wed, 9 Aug 2017 23:59:00 +0200 + <p>On friday, I came across an interesting article in the Norwegian +web based ICT news magazine digi.no on +<a href="https://www.digi.no/artikler/sikkerhetsforsker-lagde-enkel-imsi-catcher-for-60-kroner-na-kan-mobiler-kartlegges-av-alle/398588">how +to collect the IMSI numbers of nearby cell phones</a> using the cheap +DVB-T software defined radios. The article refered to instructions +and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjwgNd_as30">a recipe by +Keld Norman on Youtube on how to make a simple $7 IMSI Catcher</a>, and I decided to test them out.</p> + +<p>The instructions said to use Ubuntu, install pip using apt (to +bypass apt), use pip to install pybombs (to bypass both apt and pip), +and the ask pybombs to fetch and build everything you need from +scratch. I wanted to see if I could do the same on the most recent +Debian packages, but this did not work because pybombs tried to build +stuff that no longer build with the most recent openssl library or +some other version skew problem. While trying to get this recipe +working, I learned that the apt->pip->pybombs route was a long detour, +and the only piece of software dependency missing in Debian was the +gr-gsm package. I also found out that the lead upstream developer of +gr-gsm (the name stand for GNU Radio GSM) project already had a set of +Debian packages provided in an Ubuntu PPA repository. All I needed to +do was to dget the Debian source package and built it.</p> + +<p>The IMSI collector is a python script listening for packages on the +loopback network device and printing to the terminal some specific GSM +packages with IMSI numbers in them. The code is fairly short and easy +to understand. The reason this work is because gr-gsm include a tool +to read GSM data from a software defined radio like a DVB-T USB stick +and other software defined radios, decode them and inject them into a +network device on your Linux machine (using the loopback device by +default). This proved to work just fine, and I've been testing the +collector for a few days now.</p> + +<p>The updated and simpler recipe is thus to</p> + +<ol> + +<li>start with a Debian machine running Stretch or newer,</li> + +<li>build and install the gr-gsm package available from +<a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/ptrkrysik/gr-gsm/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gr-gsm/">http://ppa.launchpad.net/ptrkrysik/gr-gsm/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gr-gsm/</a>,</li> + +<li>clone the git repostory from <a href="https://github.com/Oros42/IMSI-catcher">https://github.com/Oros42/IMSI-catcher</a>,</li> + +<li>run grgsm_livemon and adjust the frequency until the terminal +where it was started is filled with a stream of text (meaning you +found a GSM station).</li> + +<li>go into the IMSI-catcher directory and run 'sudo python simple_IMSI-catcher.py' to extract the IMSI numbers.</li> + +</ol> + +<p>To make it even easier in the future to get this sniffer up and +running, I decided to package +<a href="https://github.com/ptrkrysik/gr-gsm/">the gr-gsm project</a> +for Debian (<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/871055">WNPP +#871055</a>), and the package was uploaded into the NEW queue today. +Luckily the gnuradio maintainer has promised to help me, as I do not +know much about gnuradio stuff yet.</p> + +<p>I doubt this "IMSI cacher" is anywhere near as powerfull as +commercial tools like +<a href="https://www.thespyphone.com/portable-imsi-imei-catcher/">The +Spy Phone Portable IMSI / IMEI Catcher</a> or the +<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker">Harris +Stingray</a>, but I hope the existance of cheap alternatives can make +more people realise how their whereabouts when carrying a cell phone +is easily tracked. Seeing the data flow on the screen, realizing that +I live close to a police station and knowing that the police is also +wearing cell phones, I wonder how hard it would be for criminals to +track the position of the police officers to discover when there are +police near by, or for foreign military forces to track the location +of the Norwegian military forces, or for anyone to track the location +of government officials...</p> + +<p>It is worth noting that the data reported by the IMSI-catcher +script mentioned above is only a fraction of the data broadcasted on +the GSM network. It will only collect one frequency at the time, +while a typical phone will be using several frequencies, and not all +phones will be using the frequencies tracked by the grgsm_livemod +program. Also, there is a lot of radio chatter being ignored by the +simple_IMSI-catcher script, which would be collected by extending the +parser code. I wonder if gr-gsm can be set up to listen to more than +one frequency?</p> - Discharge rate estimate in new battery statistics collector for Debian - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Discharge_rate_estimate_in_new_battery_statistics_collector_for_Debian.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Discharge_rate_estimate_in_new_battery_statistics_collector_for_Debian.html - Mon, 23 May 2016 09:35:00 +0200 - <p>Yesterday I updated the -<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/battery-stats">battery-stats -package in Debian</a> with a few patches sent to me by skilled and -enterprising users. There were some nice user and visible changes. -First of all, both desktop menu entries now work. A design flaw in -one of the script made the history graph fail to show up (its PNG was -dumped in ~/.xsession-errors) if no controlling TTY was available. -The script worked when called from the command line, but not when -called from the desktop menu. I changed this to look for a DISPLAY -variable or a TTY before deciding where to draw the graph, and now the -graph window pop up as expected.</p> - -<p>The next new feature is a discharge rate estimator in one of the -graphs (the one showing the last few hours). New is also the user of -colours showing charging in blue and discharge in red. The percentages -of this graph is relative to last full charge, not battery design -capacity.</p> - -<p align="center"><img src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2016-05-23-battery-stats-rate.png"/></p> - -<p>The other graph show the entire history of the collected battery -statistics, comparing it to the design capacity of the battery to -visualise how the battery life time get shorter over time. The red -line in this graph is what the previous graph considers 100 percent: - -<p align="center"><img src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2016-05-23-battery-stats-history.png"/></p> - -<p>In this graph you can see that I only charge the battery to 80 -percent of last full capacity, and how the capacity of the battery is -shrinking. :(</p> - -<p>The last new feature is in the collector, which now will handle -more hardware models. On some hardware, Linux power supply -information is stored in /sys/class/power_supply/ACAD/, while the -collector previously only looked in /sys/class/power_supply/AC/. Now -both are checked to figure if there is power connected to the -machine.</p> - -<p>If you are interested in how your laptop battery is doing, please -check out the -<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/battery-stats">battery-stats</a> -in Debian unstable, or rebuild it on Jessie to get it working on -Debian stable. :) The upstream source is available from <a -href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/battery-stats">github</a>. -Patches are very welcome.</p> - -<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my -activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address -<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> + Norwegian Bokmål edition of Debian Administrator's Handbook is now available + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Norwegian_Bokm_l_edition_of_Debian_Administrator_s_Handbook_is_now_available.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Norwegian_Bokm_l_edition_of_Debian_Administrator_s_Handbook_is_now_available.html + Tue, 25 Jul 2017 21:10:00 +0200 + <p align="center"><img align="center" src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2017-07-25-debian-handbook-nb-testprint.png"/></p> + +<p>I finally received a copy of the Norwegian Bokmål edition of +"<a href="https://debian-handbook.info/">The Debian Administrator's +Handbook</a>". This test copy arrived in the mail a few days ago, and +I am very happy to hold the result in my hand. We spent around one and a half year translating it. This paperbook edition +<a href="https://debian-handbook.info/get/#norwegian">is available +from lulu.com</a>. If you buy it quickly, you save 25% on the list +price. The book is also available for download in electronic form as +PDF, EPUB and Mobipocket, as can be +<a href="https://debian-handbook.info/browse/nb-NO/stable/">read online +as a web page</a>.</p> + +<p>This is the second book I publish (the first was the book +"<a href="http://free-culture.cc/">Free Culture</a>" by Lawrence Lessig +in +<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22440520.html">English</a>, +<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/culture-libre/paperback/product-22645082.html">French</a> +and +<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22441576.html">Norwegian +Bokmål</a>), and I am very excited to finally wrap up this +project. I hope +"<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/rapha%C3%ABl-hertzog-and-roland-mas/h%C3%A5ndbok-for-debian-administratoren/paperback/product-23262290.html">Håndbok +for Debian-administratoren</a>" will be well received.</p> - French edition of Lawrence Lessigs book Cultura Libre on Amazon and Barnes & Noble - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/French_edition_of_Lawrence_Lessigs_book_Cultura_Libre_on_Amazon_and_Barnes___Noble.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/French_edition_of_Lawrence_Lessigs_book_Cultura_Libre_on_Amazon_and_Barnes___Noble.html - Sat, 21 May 2016 10:50:00 +0200 - <p>A few weeks ago the French paperback edition of Lawrence Lessigs -2004 book Cultura Libre was published. Today I noticed that the book -is now available from book stores. You can now buy it from -<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Libre-French-Lawrence-Lessig/dp/8269018260">Amazon</a> -($19.99), -<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/culture-libre-lawrence-lessig/1123776705">Barnes -& Noble</a> ($?) and as always from -<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/culture-libre/paperback/product-22645082.html">Lulu.com</a> -($19.99). The revenue is donated to the Creative Commons project. If -you buy from Lulu.com, they currently get $10.59, while if you buy -from one of the book stores most of the revenue go to the book store -and the Creative Commons project get much (not sure how much -less).</p> - -<p>I was a bit surprised to discover that there is a kindle edition -sold by Amazon Digital Services LLC on Amazon. Not quite sure how -that edition was created, but if you want to download a electronic -edition (PDF, EPUB, Mobi) generated from the same files used to create -the paperback edition, they are -<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">available -from github</a>.</p> + «Rapporten ser ikke på informasjonssikkerhet knyttet til personlig integritet» + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/_Rapporten_ser_ikke_p__informasjonssikkerhet_knyttet_til_personlig_integritet_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/_Rapporten_ser_ikke_p__informasjonssikkerhet_knyttet_til_personlig_integritet_.html + Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:50:00 +0200 + <p>Jeg kom over teksten +«<a href="https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/06/21/killing-car-privacy-by-federal-mandate/">Killing +car privacy by federal mandate</a>» av Leonid Reyzin på Freedom to +Tinker i dag, og det gleder meg å se en god gjennomgang om hvorfor det +er et urimelig inngrep i privatsfæren å la alle biler kringkaste sin +posisjon og bevegelse via radio. Det omtalte forslaget basert på +Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) kalles Basic Safety Message +(BSM) i USA og Cooperative Awareness Message (CAM) i Europa, og det +norske Vegvesenet er en av de som ser ut til å kunne tenke seg å +pålegge alle biler å fjerne nok en bit av innbyggernes privatsfære. +Anbefaler alle å lese det som står der. + +<p>Mens jeg tittet litt på DSRC på biler i Norge kom jeg over et sitat +jeg synes er illustrativt for hvordan det offentlige Norge håndterer +problemstillinger rundt innbyggernes privatsfære i SINTEF-rapporten +«<a href="https://www.sintef.no/publikasjoner/publikasjon/Download/?pubid=SINTEF+A23933">Informasjonssikkerhet +i AutoPASS-brikker</a>» av Trond Foss:</p> + +<p><blockquote> +«Rapporten ser ikke på informasjonssikkerhet knyttet til personlig + integritet.» +</blockquote></p> + +<p>Så enkelt kan det tydeligvis gjøres når en vurderer +informasjonssikkerheten. Det holder vel at folkene på toppen kan si +at «Personvernet er ivaretatt», som jo er den populære intetsigende +frasen som gjør at mange tror enkeltindividers integritet tas vare på. +Sitatet fikk meg til å undres på hvor ofte samme tilnærming, å bare se +bort fra behovet for personlig itegritet, blir valgt når en velger å +legge til rette for nok et inngrep i privatsfæren til personer i +Norge. Det er jo sjelden det får reaksjoner. Historien om +reaksjonene på Helse Sør-Østs tjenesteutsetting er jo sørgelig nok et +unntak og toppen av isfjellet, desverre. Tror jeg fortsatt takker nei +til både AutoPASS og holder meg så langt unna det norske helsevesenet +som jeg kan, inntil de har demonstrert og dokumentert at de verdsetter +individets privatsfære og personlige integritet høyere enn kortsiktig +gevist og samfunnsnytte.</p> - I want the courts to be involved before the police can hijack a news site DNS domain (#domstolkontroll) - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_want_the_courts_to_be_involved_before_the_police_can_hijack_a_news_site_DNS_domain___domstolkontroll_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_want_the_courts_to_be_involved_before_the_police_can_hijack_a_news_site_DNS_domain___domstolkontroll_.html - Thu, 19 May 2016 14:00:00 +0200 - <p>I just donated to the -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/dns-beslag-donasjon.shtml">NUUG defence -"fond"</a> to fund the effort in Norway to get the seizure of the news -site popcorn-time.no tested in court. I hope everyone that agree with -me will do the same.</p> - -<p>Would you be worried if you knew the police in your country could -hijack DNS domains of news sites covering free software system without -talking to a judge first? I am. What if the free software system -combined search engine lookups, bittorrent downloads and video playout -and was called Popcorn Time? Would that affect your view? It still -make me worried.</p> - -<p>In March 2016, the Norwegian police seized (as in forced NORID to -change the IP address pointed to by it to one controlled by the -police) the DNS domain popcorn-time.no, without any supervision from -the courts. I did not know about the web site back then, and assumed -the courts had been involved, and was very surprised when I discovered -that the police had hijacked the DNS domain without asking a judge for -permission first. I was even more surprised when I had a look at -<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://popcorn-time.no">the web -site content on the Internet Archive</A>, and only found news coverage -about Popcorn Time, not any material published without the right -holders permissions.</p> - -<p>The seizure was widely covered in the Norwegian press (see for -example <a href="http://www.hegnar.no/Nyheter/Naeringsliv/2016/03/Popcorn-time.no-beslaglagt-av-OEkokrim">Hegnar Online</a> and -<a href="http://itavisen.no/2016/03/08/okokrim-har-beslaglagt-popcorn-time-no/">ITavisen<a/> -and -<a href="http://www.nrk.no/kultur/okokrim-gar-til-aksjon-mot-popcorn-time-1.12842452">NRK</a>), -at first due to the press release sent out by Økokrim, but then based -on -<a href="http://blogg.torvund.net/2016/03/09/okokrims-beslag-i-domenet-popcorn-time-no/">protests -from the law professor Olav Torvund</a> and -<a href="http://www.klassekampen.no/article/20160311/ARTICLE/160319995">lawyer -Jon Wessel-Aas</a>. It even got some -<a href="https://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-authorities-sued-over-popcorn-time-domain-seizure-160418/">coverage -on TorrentFreak</a>.</p> - -<p>I -<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_contests_Norwegian_police_DNS_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no.html"> -wrote about the case a month ago</a>, when the -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/">Norwegian Unix User Group</a> (NUUG), -where I am an active member, decided to ask the courts to test this seizure. -The request was denied, but NUUG and its co-requestor EFN have not -given up, and now they are rallying for support to get the seizure -legally challenged. They accept both bank and Bitcoin transfer for -those that want to support the request.</p> - -<p>If you as me believe news sites about free software should not be -censored, even if the free software have both legal and illegal -applications, and that DNS hijacking should be tested by the courts, I -suggest you <a href="http://www.nuug.no/dns-beslag-donasjon.shtml">show -your support by donating to NUUG</a>.</a> + Updated sales number for my Free Culture paper editions + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Updated_sales_number_for_my_Free_Culture_paper_editions.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Updated_sales_number_for_my_Free_Culture_paper_editions.html + Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:40:00 +0200 + <p>It is pleasing to see that the work we put down in publishing new +editions of the classic <a href="http://www.free-culture.cc/">Free +Culture book</a> by the founder of the Creative Commons movement, +Lawrence Lessig, is still being appreciated. I had a look at the +latest sales numbers for the paper edition today. Not too impressive, +but happy to see some buyers still exist. All the revenue from the +books is sent to the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/">Creative +Commons Corporation</a>, and they receive the largest cut if you buy +directly from Lulu. Most books are sold via Amazon, with Ingram +second and only a small fraction directly from Lulu. The ebook +edition is available for free from +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Github</a>.</p> + +<table border="0"> +<tr><th rowspan="2" valign="bottom">Title / language</th><th colspan="3">Quantity</th></tr> +<tr><th>2016 jan-jun</th><th>2016 jul-dec</th><th>2017 jan-may</th></tr> + +<tr> + <td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/culture-libre/paperback/product-22645082.html">Culture Libre / French</a></td> + <td align="right">3</td> + <td align="right">6</td> + <td align="right">15</td> +</tr> + +<tr> + <td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22441576.html">Fri kultur / Norwegian</a></td> + <td align="right">7</td> + <td align="right">1</td> + <td align="right">0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> + <td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22440520.html">Free Culture / English</a></td> + <td align="right">14</td> + <td align="right">27</td> + <td align="right">16</td> +</tr> + +<tr> + <td>Total</td> + <td align="right">24</td> + <td align="right">34</td> + <td align="right">31</td> +</tr> + +</table> + +<p>A bit sad to see the low sales number on the Norwegian edition, and +a bit surprising the English edition still selling so well.</p> + +<p>If you would like to translate and publish the book in your native +language, I would be happy to help make it happen. Please get in +touch.</p> - Debian now with ZFS on Linux included - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_now_with_ZFS_on_Linux_included.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_now_with_ZFS_on_Linux_included.html - Thu, 12 May 2016 07:30:00 +0200 - <p>Today, after many years of hard work from many people, -<a href="http://zfsonlinux.org/">ZFS for Linux</a> finally entered -Debian. The package status can be seen on -<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/zfs-linux">the package tracker -for zfs-linux</a>. and -<a href="https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-zfsonlinux-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org">the -team status page</a>. If you want to help out, please join us. -<a href="http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-zfsonlinux/zfs.git">The -source code</a> is available via git on Alioth. It would also be -great if you could help out with -<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dkms">the dkms package</a>, as -it is an important piece of the puzzle to get ZFS working.</p> + Release 0.1.1 of free software archive system Nikita announced + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Release_0_1_1_of_free_software_archive_system_Nikita_announced.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Release_0_1_1_of_free_software_archive_system_Nikita_announced.html + Sat, 10 Jun 2017 00:40:00 +0200 + <p>I am very happy to report that the +<a href="https://github.com/hiOA-ABI/nikita-noark5-core">Nikita Noark 5 +core project</a> tagged its second release today. The free software +solution is an implementation of the Norwegian archive standard Noark +5 used by government offices in Norway. These were the changes in +version 0.1.1 since version 0.1.0 (from NEWS.md): + +<ul> + + <li>Continued work on the angularjs GUI, including document upload.</li> + <li>Implemented correspondencepartPerson, correspondencepartUnit and + correspondencepartInternal</li> + <li>Applied for coverity coverage and started submitting code on + regualr basis.</li> + <li>Started fixing bugs reported by coverity</li> + <li>Corrected and completed HATEOAS links to make sure entire API is + available via URLs in _links.</li> + <li>Corrected all relation URLs to use trailing slash.</li> + <li>Add initial support for storing data in ElasticSearch.</li> + <li>Now able to receive and store uploaded files in the archive.</li> + <li>Changed JSON output for object lists to have relations in _links.</li> + <li>Improve JSON output for empty object lists.</li> + <li>Now uses correct MIME type application/vnd.noark5-v4+json.</li> + <li>Added support for docker container images.</li> + <li>Added simple API browser implemented in JavaScript/Angular.</li> + <li>Started on archive client implemented in JavaScript/Angular.</li> + <li>Started on prototype to show the public mail journal.</li> + <li>Improved performance by disabling Sprint FileWatcher.</li> + <li>Added support for 'arkivskaper', 'saksmappe' and 'journalpost'.</li> + <li>Added support for some metadata codelists.</li> + <li>Added support for Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS).</li> + <li>Changed login method from Basic Auth to JSON Web Token (RFC 7519) + style.</li> + <li>Added support for GET-ing ny-* URLs.</li> + <li>Added support for modifying entities using PUT and eTag.</li> + <li>Added support for returning XML output on request.</li> + <li>Removed support for English field and class names, limiting ourself + to the official names.</li> + <li>...</li> + +</ul> + +<p>If this sound interesting to you, please contact us on IRC (#nikita +on irc.freenode.net) or email +(<a href="https://lists.nuug.no/mailman/listinfo/nikita-noark">nikita-noark +mailing list).</p> - What is the best multimedia player in Debian? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/What_is_the_best_multimedia_player_in_Debian_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/What_is_the_best_multimedia_player_in_Debian_.html - Sun, 8 May 2016 09:40:00 +0200 - <p><strong>Where I set out to figure out which multimedia player in -Debian claim support for most file formats.</strong></p> - -<p>A few years ago, I had a look at the media support for Browser -plugins in Debian, to get an idea which plugins to include in Debian -Edu. I created a script to extract the set of supported MIME types -for each plugin, and used this to find out which multimedia browser -plugin supported most file formats / media types. -<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/BrowserMultimedia">The -result</a> can still be seen on the Debian wiki, even though it have -not been updated for a while. But browser plugins are less relevant -these days, so I thought it was time to look at standalone -players.</p> - -<p>A few days ago I was tired of VLC not being listed as a viable -player when I wanted to play videos from the Norwegian National -Broadcasting Company, and decided to investigate why. The cause is a -<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/822245">missing MIME type in the VLC -desktop file</a>. In the process I wrote a script to compare the set -of MIME types announced in the desktop file and the browser plugin, -only to discover that there is quite a large difference between the -two for VLC. This discovery made me dig up the script I used to -compare browser plugins, and adjust it to compare desktop files -instead, to try to figure out which multimedia player in Debian -support most file formats.</p> - -<p>The result can be seen on the Debian Wiki, as -<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/PlayerSupport">a -table listing all MIME types supported by one of the packages included -in the table</a>, with the package supporting most MIME types being -listed first in the table.</p> - -</p>The best multimedia player in Debian? It is totem, followed by -parole, kplayer, mpv, vlc, smplayer mplayer-gui gnome-mpv and -kmplayer. Time for the other players to update their announced MIME -support?</p> + Idea for storing trusted timestamps in a Noark 5 archive + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Idea_for_storing_trusted_timestamps_in_a_Noark_5_archive.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Idea_for_storing_trusted_timestamps_in_a_Noark_5_archive.html + Wed, 7 Jun 2017 21:40:00 +0200 + <p><em>This is a copy of +<a href="https://lists.nuug.no/pipermail/nikita-noark/2017-June/000297.html">an +email I posted to the nikita-noark mailing list</a>. Please follow up +there if you would like to discuss this topic. The background is that +we are making a free software archive system based on the Norwegian +<a href="https://www.arkivverket.no/forvaltning-og-utvikling/regelverk-og-standarder/noark-standarden">Noark +5 standard</a> for government archives.</em></p> + +<p>I've been wondering a bit lately how trusted timestamps could be +stored in Noark 5. +<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_timestamping">Trusted +timestamps</a> can be used to verify that some information +(document/file/checksum/metadata) have not been changed since a +specific time in the past. This is useful to verify the integrity of +the documents in the archive.</p> + +<p>Then it occured to me, perhaps the trusted timestamps could be +stored as dokument variants (ie dokumentobjekt referered to from +dokumentbeskrivelse) with the filename set to the hash it is +stamping?</p> + +<p>Given a "dokumentbeskrivelse" with an associated "dokumentobjekt", +a new dokumentobjekt is associated with "dokumentbeskrivelse" with the +same attributes as the stamped dokumentobjekt except these +attributes:</p> + +<ul> + +<li>format -> "RFC3161" +<li>mimeType -> "application/timestamp-reply" +<li>formatDetaljer -> "&lt;source URL for timestamp service&gt;" +<li>filenavn -> "&lt;sjekksum&gt;.tsr" + +</ul> + +<p>This assume a service following +<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3161">IETF RFC 3161</a> is +used, which specifiy the given MIME type for replies and the .tsr file +ending for the content of such trusted timestamp. As far as I can +tell from the Noark 5 specifications, it is OK to have several +variants/renderings of a dokument attached to a given +dokumentbeskrivelse objekt. It might be stretching it a bit to make +some of these variants represent crypto-signatures useful for +verifying the document integrity instead of representing the dokument +itself.</p> + +<p>Using the source of the service in formatDetaljer allow several +timestamping services to be used. This is useful to spread the risk +of key compromise over several organisations. It would only be a +problem to trust the timestamps if all of the organisations are +compromised.</p> + +<p>The following oneliner on Linux can be used to generate the tsr +file. $input is the path to the file to checksum, and $sha256 is the +SHA-256 checksum of the file (ie the "<sjekksum>.tsr" value mentioned +above).</p> + +<p><blockquote><pre> +openssl ts -query -data "$inputfile" -cert -sha256 -no_nonce \ + | curl -s -H "Content-Type: application/timestamp-query" \ + --data-binary "@-" http://zeitstempel.dfn.de > $sha256.tsr +</pre></blockquote></p> + +<p>To verify the timestamp, you first need to download the public key +of the trusted timestamp service, for example using this command:</p> + +<p><blockquote><pre> +wget -O ca-cert.txt \ + https://pki.pca.dfn.de/global-services-ca/pub/cacert/chain.txt +</pre></blockquote></p> + +<p>Note, the public key should be stored alongside the timestamps in +the archive to make sure it is also available 100 years from now. It +is probably a good idea to standardise how and were to store such +public keys, to make it easier to find for those trying to verify +documents 100 or 1000 years from now. :)</p> + +<p>The verification itself is a simple openssl command:</p> + +<p><blockquote><pre> +openssl ts -verify -data $inputfile -in $sha256.tsr \ + -CAfile ca-cert.txt -text +</pre></blockquote></p> + +<p>Is there any reason this approach would not work? Is it somehow against +the Noark 5 specification?</p> - The Pyra - handheld computer with Debian preinstalled - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Pyra___handheld_computer_with_Debian_preinstalled.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_Pyra___handheld_computer_with_Debian_preinstalled.html - Wed, 4 May 2016 10:00:00 +0200 - A friend of mine made me aware of -<a href="https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/">The Pyra</a>, a -handheld computer which will be delivered with Debian preinstalled. I -would love to get one of those for my birthday. :)</p> - -<p>The machine is a complete ARM-based PC with micro HDMI, SATA, USB -plugs and many others connectors, and include a full keyboard and a 5" -LCD touch screen. The 6000mAh battery is claimed to provide a whole -day of battery life time, but I have not seen any independent tests -confirming this. The vendor is still collecting preorders, and the -last I heard last night was that 22 more orders were needed before -production started.</p> - -<p>As far as I know, this is the first handheld preinstalled with -Debian. Please let me know if you know of any others. Is it the -first computer being sold with Debian preinstalled?</p> + Når nynorskoversettelsen svikter til eksamen... + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/N_r_nynorskoversettelsen_svikter_til_eksamen___.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/N_r_nynorskoversettelsen_svikter_til_eksamen___.html + Sat, 3 Jun 2017 08:20:00 +0200 + <p><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/norge/Krever-at-elever-ma-fa-annullert-eksamen-etter-rot-med-oppgavetekster-622459b.html">Aftenposten +melder i dag</a> om feil i eksamensoppgavene for eksamen i politikk og +menneskerettigheter, der teksten i bokmåls og nynorskutgaven ikke var +like. Oppgaveteksten er gjengitt i artikkelen, og jeg ble nysgjerring +på om den fri oversetterløsningen +<a href="https://www.apertium.org/">Apertium</a> ville gjort en bedre +jobb enn Utdanningsdirektoratet. Det kan se slik ut.</p> + +<p>Her er bokmålsoppgaven fra eksamenen:</p> + +<blockquote> +<p>Drøft utfordringene knyttet til nasjonalstatenes og andre aktørers +rolle og muligheter til å håndtere internasjonale utfordringer, som +for eksempel flykningekrisen.</p> + +<p>Vedlegge er eksempler på tekster som kan gi relevante perspektiver +på temaet:</p> +<ol> +<li>Flykningeregnskapet 2016, UNHCR og IDMC +<li>«Grenseløst Europa for fall» A-Magasinet, 26. november 2015 +</ol> + +</blockquote> + +<p>Dette oversetter Apertium slik:</p> + +<blockquote> +<p>Drøft utfordringane knytte til nasjonalstatane sine og rolla til +andre aktørar og høve til å handtera internasjonale utfordringar, som +til dømes *flykningekrisen.</p> + +<p>Vedleggja er døme på tekster som kan gje relevante perspektiv på +temaet:</p> + +<ol> +<li>*Flykningeregnskapet 2016, *UNHCR og *IDMC</li> +<li>«*Grenseløst Europa for fall» A-Magasinet, 26. november 2015</li> +</ol> + +</blockquote> + +<p>Ord som ikke ble forstått er markert med stjerne (*), og trenger +ekstra språksjekk. Men ingen ord er forsvunnet, slik det var i +oppgaven elevene fikk presentert på eksamen. Jeg mistenker dog at +"andre aktørers rolle og muligheter til ..." burde vært oversatt til +"rolla til andre aktørar og deira høve til ..." eller noe slikt, men +det er kanskje flisespikking. Det understreker vel bare at det alltid +trengs korrekturlesning etter automatisk oversettelse.</p> - NUUG contests Norwegian police DNS seizure of popcorn-time.no - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_contests_Norwegian_police_DNS_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_contests_Norwegian_police_DNS_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no.html - Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:00:00 +0200 - <p>It is days like today I am really happy to be a member of -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/">the Norwegian Unix User group</a>, a -member association for those of us believing in free software, open -standards and unix-like operating systems. NUUG announced today it -will -<a href="http://www.nuug.no/news/Pressemelding__NUUG_og_EFN_begj_rer_rettslig_pr_ving_for_DNS_domenebeslag_av_popcorn_time_no.shtml">try -to bring the seizure of the DNS domain popcorn-time.no as -unlawful</a>, to stand up for the principle that writing about a -controversial topic is not infringing copyrights, and censuring web -pages by hijacking DNS domain should be decided by the courts, not the -police. The DNS domain was seized by the Norwegian National Authority -for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime -a month ago. I hope this bring more paying members to NUUG to give -the association the financial muscle needed to bring this case as far -as it must go to stop this kind of DNS hijacking.</p> + Epost inn som arkivformat i Riksarkivarens forskrift? + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Epost_inn_som_arkivformat_i_Riksarkivarens_forskrift_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Epost_inn_som_arkivformat_i_Riksarkivarens_forskrift_.html + Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:30:00 +0200 + <p>I disse dager, med frist 1. mai, har Riksarkivaren ute en høring på +sin forskrift. Som en kan se er det ikke mye tid igjen før fristen +som går ut på søndag. Denne forskriften er det som lister opp hvilke +formater det er greit å arkivere i +<a href="http://www.arkivverket.no/arkivverket/Offentleg-forvalting/Noark/Noark-5">Noark +5-løsninger</a> i Norge.</p> + +<p>Jeg fant høringsdokumentene hos +<a href="https://www.arkivrad.no/aktuelt/riksarkivarens-forskrift-pa-horing">Norsk +Arkivråd</a> etter å ha blitt tipset på epostlisten til +<a href="https://github.com/hiOA-ABI/nikita-noark5-core">fri +programvareprosjektet Nikita Noark5-Core</a>, som lager et Noark 5 +Tjenestegresesnitt. Jeg er involvert i Nikita-prosjektet og takket +være min interesse for tjenestegrensesnittsprosjektet har jeg lest en +god del Noark 5-relaterte dokumenter, og til min overraskelse oppdaget +at standard epost ikke er på listen over godkjente formater som kan +arkiveres. Høringen med frist søndag er en glimrende mulighet til å +forsøke å gjøre noe med det. Jeg holder på med +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/noark5-tester/blob/master/docs/hoering-arkivforskrift.tex">egen +høringsuttalelse</a>, og lurer på om andre er interessert i å støtte +forslaget om å tillate arkivering av epost som epost i arkivet.</p> + +<p>Er du igang med å skrive egen høringsuttalelse allerede? I så fall +kan du jo vurdere å ta med en formulering om epost-lagring. Jeg tror +ikke det trengs så mye. Her et kort forslag til tekst:</p> + +<p><blockquote> + + <p>Viser til høring sendt ut 2017-02-17 (Riksarkivarens referanse + 2016/9840 HELHJO), og tillater oss å sende inn noen innspill om + revisjon av Forskrift om utfyllende tekniske og arkivfaglige + bestemmelser om behandling av offentlige arkiver (Riksarkivarens + forskrift).</p> + + <p>Svært mye av vår kommuikasjon foregår i dag på e-post.  Vi + foreslår derfor at Internett-e-post, slik det er beskrevet i IETF + RFC 5322, + <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322">https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322</a>. bør + inn som godkjent dokumentformat.  Vi foreslår at forskriftens + oversikt over godkjente dokumentformater ved innlevering i § 5-16 + endres til å ta med Internett-e-post.</p> + +</blockquote></p> + +<p>Som del av arbeidet med tjenestegrensesnitt har vi testet hvordan +epost kan lagres i en Noark 5-struktur, og holder på å skrive et +forslag om hvordan dette kan gjøres som vil bli sendt over til +arkivverket så snart det er ferdig. De som er interesserte kan +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/noark5-tester/blob/master/docs/epostlagring.md">følge +fremdriften på web</a>.</p> + +<p>Oppdatering 2017-04-28: I dag ble høringuttalelsen jeg skrev + <a href="https://www.nuug.no/news/NUUGs_h_ringuttalelse_til_Riksarkivarens_forskrift.shtml">sendt + inn av foreningen NUUG</a>.</p> - Ny utgave (v2.2) av den frie norske stavekontrollen gitt ut - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ny_utgave__v2_2__av_den_frie_norske_stavekontrollen_gitt_ut.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ny_utgave__v2_2__av_den_frie_norske_stavekontrollen_gitt_ut.html - Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:20:00 +0200 - <p>I dag tok jeg mot til meg og pakket sammen en ny versjon av den -frie norske stavekontrollen, ca. tre og et halvt år etter forrige -gang. Resultatet kan lastes ned fra -<a href="http://no.speling.org/">no.speling.org-prosjeksiden</a>, både -som kildekodepakke og som "pack"-fil som kanskje fortsatt kan brukes -av OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice. Byggesystemet trenger oppussing, men i -denne omgang hadde jeg bare tid til å fikse byggefeil forårsaket av -endringer i GNU grep. De øvrige endringene var gjort tidligere i -påvente av en ny utgave.</p> - -<p><strong>Her er det som er nytt (fra NEWS-fila i -kildekodepakken):</strong></p> - -<p>Release 2.2 (2016-04-15)</p> - -<ul> - - <li>Rewrite how scripts/speling2words handle tripple consonants, to - avoid importing duplicate words from no.speling.org, and getting - rid of the existing duplicates in norsk.words.</li> - <li>Remove duplicate entries with tripple consonants from norsk.words.</li> - <li>Update frequency for entries in norsk.words based on - <URL:http://helmer.aksis.uib.no/nta/ordlistf.zip> (ran 'make - freq-update').</li> - <li>Correct nn ispell build, avoid crash in munchlist causing lots of - words to fall out of the database.</li> - <li>Use grep -a to convince grep it is working on text files, to work - with newer grep versions.</li> - - <li>Remove some words disputed in the no.speling.org review process: - <ul> - <li>apparent (nb)</li> - <li>likke (nb)</li> - <li>ugjest, ugjesten, ugjestens (nb)</li> - </ul></li> - -</ul> + Offentlig elektronisk postjournal blokkerer tilgang for utvalgte webklienter + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Offentlig_elektronisk_postjournal_blokkerer_tilgang_for_utvalgte_webklienter.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Offentlig_elektronisk_postjournal_blokkerer_tilgang_for_utvalgte_webklienter.html + Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +0200 + <p>Jeg oppdaget i dag at <a href="https://www.oep.no/">nettstedet som +publiserer offentlige postjournaler fra statlige etater</a>, OEP, har +begynt å blokkerer enkelte typer webklienter fra å få tilgang. Vet +ikke hvor mange det gjelder, men det gjelder i hvert fall libwww-perl +og curl. For å teste selv, kjør følgende:</p> + +<blockquote><pre> +% curl -v -s https://www.oep.no/pub/report.xhtml?reportId=3 2>&1 |grep '< HTTP' +< HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found +% curl -v -s --header 'User-Agent:Opera/12.0' https://www.oep.no/pub/report.xhtml?reportId=3 2>&1 |grep '< HTTP' +< HTTP/1.1 200 OK +% +</pre></blockquote> + +<p>Her kan en se at tjenesten gir «404 Not Found» for curl i +standardoppsettet, mens den gir «200 OK» hvis curl hevder å være Opera +versjon 12.0. Offentlig elektronisk postjournal startet blokkeringen +2017-03-02.</p> + +<p>Blokkeringen vil gjøre det litt vanskeligere å maskinelt hente +informasjon fra oep.no. Kan blokkeringen være gjort for å hindre +automatisert innsamling av informasjon fra OEP, slik Pressens +Offentlighetsutvalg gjorde for å dokumentere hvordan departementene +hindrer innsyn i +<a href="http://presse.no/dette-mener-np/undergraver-offentlighetsloven/">rapporten +«Slik hindrer departementer innsyn» som ble publiserte i januar +2017</a>. Det virker usannsynlig, da det jo er trivielt å bytte +User-Agent til noe nytt.</p> + +<p>Finnes det juridisk grunnlag for det offentlige å diskriminere +webklienter slik det gjøres her? Der tilgang gis eller ikke alt etter +hva klienten sier at den heter? Da OEP eies av DIFI og driftes av +Basefarm, finnes det kanskje noen dokumenter sendt mellom disse to +aktørene man kan be om innsyn i for å forstå hva som har skjedd. Men +<a href="https://www.oep.no/search/result.html?period=dateRange&fromDate=01.01.2016&toDate=01.04.2017&dateType=documentDate&caseDescription=&descType=both&caseNumber=&documentNumber=&sender=basefarm&senderType=both&documentType=all&legalAuthority=&archiveCode=&list2=196&searchType=advanced&Search=Search+in+records">postjournalen +til DIFI viser kun to dokumenter</a> det siste året mellom DIFI og +Basefarm. +<a href="https://www.mimesbronn.no/request/blokkering_av_tilgang_til_oep_fo">Mimes brønn neste</a>, +tenker jeg.</p> - I.F. Stone - an inspiration for us all - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_F__Stone___an_inspiration_for_us_all.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_F__Stone___an_inspiration_for_us_all.html - Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:20:00 +0200 - <p>I first got to know I.F. Stone when I came across an article by Jon -Schwarz on The Intercept -<a href="https://theintercept.com/2015/05/07/new-documentary-legacy-f-stone/">about -his extraordinary contribution to investigative journalism in -USA</a>. The article is about a new documentary in two parts -(<a href="https://vimeo.com/123974841">part one is 12 minutes</a> and -<a href="https://vimeo.com/123974842">part two is 30 minutes</a>), and -I found both truly fascinating. It is amazing what he was able to -find by digging up public sources and government papers. He -documented lots of government abuse and cover ups, and I find -<a href="http://www.ifstone.org/weekly.php">his weekly news letters</a> -inspiring to read even today.</p> + Free software archive system Nikita now able to store documents + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Free_software_archive_system_Nikita_now_able_to_store_documents.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Free_software_archive_system_Nikita_now_able_to_store_documents.html + Sun, 19 Mar 2017 08:00:00 +0100 + <p>The <a href="https://github.com/hiOA-ABI/nikita-noark5-core">Nikita +Noark 5 core project</a> is implementing the Norwegian standard for +keeping an electronic archive of government documents. +<a href="http://www.arkivverket.no/arkivverket/Offentlig-forvaltning/Noark/Noark-5/English-version">The +Noark 5 standard</a> document the requirement for data systems used by +the archives in the Norwegian government, and the Noark 5 web interface +specification document a REST web service for storing, searching and +retrieving documents and metadata in such archive. I've been involved +in the project since a few weeks before Christmas, when the Norwegian +Unix User Group +<a href="https://www.nuug.no/news/NOARK5_kjerne_som_fri_programvare_f_r_epostliste_hos_NUUG.shtml">announced +it supported the project</a>. I believe this is an important project, +and hope it can make it possible for the government archives in the +future to use free software to keep the archives we citizens depend +on. But as I do not hold such archive myself, personally my first use +case is to store and analyse public mail journal metadata published +from the government. I find it useful to have a clear use case in +mind when developing, to make sure the system scratches one of my +itches.</p> + +<p>If you would like to help make sure there is a free software +alternatives for the archives, please join our IRC channel +(<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/%23nikita"">#nikita on +irc.freenode.net</a>) and +<a href="https://lists.nuug.no/mailman/listinfo/nikita-noark">the +project mailing list</a>.</p> + +<p>When I got involved, the web service could store metadata about +documents. But a few weeks ago, a new milestone was reached when it +became possible to store full text documents too. Yesterday, I +completed an implementation of a command line tool +<tt>archive-pdf</tt> to upload a PDF file to the archive using this +API. The tool is very simple at the moment, and find existing +<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonds">fonds</a>, series and +files while asking the user to select which one to use if more than +one exist. Once a file is identified, the PDF is associated with the +file and uploaded, using the title extracted from the PDF itself. The +process is fairly similar to visiting the archive, opening a cabinet, +locating a file and storing a piece of paper in the archive. Here is +a test run directly after populating the database with test data using +our API tester:</p> -<p><blockquote> -All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. -<br>- I. F. Stone -</blockquote></p> +<p><blockquote><pre> +~/src//noark5-tester$ ./archive-pdf mangelmelding/mangler.pdf +using arkiv: Title of the test fonds created 2017-03-18T23:49:32.103446 +using arkivdel: Title of the test series created 2017-03-18T23:49:32.103446 + + 0 - Title of the test case file created 2017-03-18T23:49:32.103446 + 1 - Title of the test file created 2017-03-18T23:49:32.103446 +Select which mappe you want (or search term): 0 +Uploading mangelmelding/mangler.pdf + PDF title: Mangler i spesifikasjonsdokumentet for NOARK 5 Tjenestegrensesnitt + File 2017/1: Title of the test case file created 2017-03-18T23:49:32.103446 +~/src//noark5-tester$ +</pre></blockquote></p> -<p>His starting point was that reporters should not assume governments -and corporations are telling the truth, but verify all their claims as -much as possible. I wonder how many Norwegian reporters can be said -to follow the principles of I. F. Stone. They are definitely in short -supply. If you, like me half a year ago, have never heard of him, -check him out.</p> +<p>You can see here how the fonds (arkiv) and serie (arkivdel) only had +one option, while the user need to choose which file (mappe) to use +among the two created by the API tester. The <tt>archive-pdf</tt> +tool can be found in the git repository for the API tester.</p> + +<p>In the project, I have been mostly working on +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/noark5-tester">the API +tester</a> so far, while getting to know the code base. The API +tester currently use +<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HATEOAS">the HATEOAS links</a> +to traverse the entire exposed service API and verify that the exposed +operations and objects match the specification, as well as trying to +create objects holding metadata and uploading a simple XML file to +store. The tester has proved very useful for finding flaws in our +implementation, as well as flaws in the reference site and the +specification.</p> + +<p>The test document I uploaded is a summary of all the specification +defects we have collected so far while implementing the web service. +There are several unclear and conflicting parts of the specification, +and we have +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/noark5-tester/tree/master/mangelmelding">started +writing down</a> the questions we get from implementing it. We use a +format inspired by how <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/austin/">The +Austin Group</a> collect defect reports for the POSIX standard with +<a href="http://www.opengroup.org/austin/mantis.html">their +instructions for the MANTIS defect tracker system</a>, in lack of an official way to structure defect reports for Noark 5 (our first submitted defect report was a <a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/noark5-tester/blob/master/mangelmelding/sendt/2017-03-15-mangel-prosess.md">request for a procedure for submitting defect reports</a> :). + +<p>The Nikita project is implemented using Java and Spring, and is +fairly easy to get up and running using Docker containers for those +that want to test the current code base. The API tester is +implemented in Python.</p>