Re: [CentOS-docs] Contributing on CentOS Wiki

2008-12-25 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Vitor Afonso Strabello wrote: Hello, I'm Vitor Afonso Strabello and I need to be added as a member into the Wiki to edit/create some tips and entries on the Wiki. Just a short Hi - I don't really have the network connectivity I'd like to have at the moment, so I'll get back to you after the

Re: [CentOS] Please share some RHCE/RHCT learning material

2008-12-25 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Xiaobo Zhu xia...@zhu.net wrote: will anyone please share me some material on RHCE/RHCT, I am fighting for the Quality Engineer in RedHat, and that may help a lot in the coming written exam. As a previous reply mentioned, there are two (2) factors in the Red

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell cen...@celestial.com wrote: snip Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from anywhere on the internet. Say they are going to be traveling and they know they will have to login

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread John R Pierce
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell cen...@celestial.com wrote: snip Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from anywhere on the internet. Say they are going to be traveling and they

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 25 December 2008 11:12:19 Lanny Marcus wrote: On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell cen...@celestial.com wrote: snip Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from anywhere on the internet. Say they

[CentOS] Fasttrack Repo on CentOS 4

2008-12-25 Thread Vandaman
A quick question on the fasttrack repo which is now up to date with upstream. Why is the fasttrack repo not in the main CentOS-Base.repo file but contrib which has never had anything is included in the main CentOS-Base.repo file? The goal of CentOS is to be binary-compatible with upstream so

Re: [CentOS] PHP 5.2.x rpm for Centos 5? (any news)

2008-12-25 Thread John Thomas
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: Or you could just get it from the testing repo, and then BOTHER REPORTING WHETHER OR NOT IT WORKS so that it can FINALLY get out of testing. [Humor mode on, please forgive if not funny] WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO REPORT IT WORKING? [Humor mode off] Thank you for

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell cen...@celestial.com wrote: snip Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from anywhere on the internet. Say they are going to be traveling and they

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
John R Pierce wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell cen...@celestial.com wrote: snip Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from anywhere on the internet. Say they are

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 25 December 2008 11:12:19 Lanny Marcus wrote: On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell cen...@celestial.com wrote: snip Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from

Re: [CentOS] Another security question

2008-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Anne Wilson cannewil...@googlemail.com wrote: I would like to be able to check my bank account while we are on holiday. I know the bank's site is encrypted from the start - the login page is https and Verisign-trust encrypted - but

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:27:05 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: Once upon a time, MIT had a little red button on their public SUN systems. You pushed the button and got a assured clean boot from their protected server (and I know the people protecting those servers, they were never

Re: [CentOS] PHP 5.2.x rpm for Centos 5? (any news)

2008-12-25 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 05:33 -0800, John Thomas wrote: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: Or you could just get it from the testing repo, and then BOTHER REPORTING WHETHER OR NOT IT WORKS so that it can FINALLY get out of testing. [Humor mode on, please forgive if not funny] WHERE ARE WE

[CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Mariusz
I've got 2 internet connections but unfortunately not the same - 6mbit and 1 mbit. My default is 6mbit and I want to create backup connection (1mbit). How can do it? Has anybody done it? My perfect scenario is that my network uses 1mbit if (only) 6mbit fails and it switches automatically. --

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Barry Brimer
I've got 2 internet connections but unfortunately not the same - 6mbit and 1 mbit. My default is 6mbit and I want to create backup connection (1mbit). How can do it? Has anybody done it? My perfect scenario is that my network uses 1mbit if (only) 6mbit fails and it switches automatically.

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Mariusz
thanks for reply, i want only outgoing so i'll check below link - Original Message - From: Barry Brimer li...@brimer.org To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup I've got 2

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Vandaman
Mariusz wrote: thanks for reply, i want only outgoing so i'll check below link You are still flouting the rules of posting on the mailing list even after I sent you a polite offlist message not to top-post. Read the following link on how to post on the CentOS list.

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Mark A. Lewis
You are still flouting the rules of posting on the mailing list even after I sent you a polite offlist message not to top-post. Read the following link on how to post on the CentOS list. http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16 Regards, Vandaman. Apparently, someone

Re: [CentOS] Another security question

2008-12-25 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: as much encryption as is possible Just strikes me all wrong. Use the RIGHT amount of intelligence. I agree with you, 100%. Not well written. The goal, obviously, is to be as safe as possible. If

Re: [CentOS] Please share some RHCE/RHCT learning material

2008-12-25 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Barry Brimer li...@brimer.org wrote: snip As a previous reply mentioned, there are two (2) factors in the Red Hat certification process. The first is the written examination. The second part is a hands on test, to administer a box. Many people who do very well

Re: [CentOS] Another security question

2008-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: as much encryption as is possible Just strikes me all wrong. Use the RIGHT amount of intelligence. I agree with you, 100%. Not well written. The goal, obviously,