I've had to install BOINC many times and kept running into road blocks, so I decided to put together all my steps in one spot.

The following instructions were used against (Ubuntu 20.10 and Debian 10). Both systems were updated and upgraded prior to installing BOINC. 

1. Go to the Rosetta@home website and create an account. While you're there read up on the project.

Looks like I made "User of the Day" ... that's nice.  I'm just happy that I'm participating in COVID research.

Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 3, Issue 42.

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Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 3, Issue 41.

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Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 3, Issue 40.

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Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 3, Issue 39.

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I read this article in MIT Technology Review about a scientist becoming frustrated with governmental agencies not recognizing airborne transmission of COVID-19. His frustration grew so much that he decided to publish a Google Doc, side stepping typical science publishing.

So I have several computers running BOINC for the Rosetta project: web server, jetson nano and my gaming laptop. I started this in late March of this year. The Rosetta project just released a research update video here.

This is an interesting read. Microsoft is publishing a new annual report that covers cybersecurity trends from the past year.  Below is the first paragraph of the report.

Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 3, Issue 38.

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• Window Zerologon Vulnerability
• Dark Web Drug Bust
• LAPD Facial Recognition
• Texas Email System Crippled by Hackers
• Shopify Employee Stole Data
• Tribune Publishing Phishes Itself

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