[CentOS] opened OpenSSL port

2011-02-27 Thread erikmccaskey64
Main question: is it safe, to open a port for an openssl server? e.g.: server side - generate a self-signed cert. time openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:8192 -keyout mycert.pem -out mycert.pem openssl s_server -accept 52310 -cert mycert.pem Is it secure? - it could be DOSed'

Re: [CentOS] opened OpenSSL port

2011-02-27 Thread John R Pierce
On 02/27/11 1:50 AM, erikmccaskey64 wrote: Main question: is it safe, to open a port for an openssl server? e.g.: server side - generate a self-signed cert. time openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:8192 -keyout mycert.pem -out mycert.pem openssl s_server -accept 52310 -cert

Re: [CentOS] IP6 Anyone?

2011-02-27 Thread David Sommerseth
On 27/02/11 06:46, Always Learning wrote: Octets Thanks for pointing-out my misunderstanding. I'll remember 2 octets are really 2 characters (IBM's bytes) = 2 digits, 4 octal numbers or 4 hexadecimal numbers. This is a confusing summary. 3 bits = 1 octal number (values 0-7) 4 bits = 1

[CentOS] Octet (was: IP6 Anyone?)

2011-02-27 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Saturday, February 26, 2011 9:04 PM + Always Learning cen...@g7.u22.net wrote: Are you sure 'octets' is correct? https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Octet_%28computing%29 Those of us who've used older mainframes (such as the PDP-10) remember byte being a synonym for bit

[CentOS] Standard location for hotplug-time hdparm invocation

2011-02-27 Thread Kenneth Porter
I need to disable the spin-down on an external USB drive because it spins down spontaneously while in use. The drive forgets the spindown-disable state across power outage so I need to reissue the hdparm command with each boot or hotplug. Where should I put the hdparm command to do this?

Re: [CentOS] Octet (was: IP6 Anyone?)

2011-02-27 Thread Always Learning
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 04:12 -0800, Kenneth Porter wrote: Those of us who've used older mainframes (such as the PDP-10) remember byte being a synonym for bit field and a byte could be any number of bits, typically from 1 to 36 (on a 36-bit-wide machine). 7-bit and 9-bit bytes were quite

Re: [CentOS] IP6 Anyone?

2011-02-27 Thread Always Learning
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 00:38 -0600, Larry Vaden wrote: On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Always Learning cen...@g7.u22.net wrote: Today I received an allocation of IP6 addresses for some servers. I can 'play' with the last 2 of the 8 IP6 address segments. I guess Will Rogers was correct

Re: [CentOS] IP6 Anyone?

2011-02-27 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Always Learning cen...@g7.u22.net wrote: I was actually wrong. I can 'play' with not 2 but 4 groups of the IP6 allocation. Golly, what can I do with 64 x 64 x 64 x 64 address combinations?  Hire then out?  Have a different IP6 address for every hour of the

Re: [CentOS] IP6 Anyone?

2011-02-27 Thread Stephen Harris
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 01:44:17PM +, Always Learning wrote: I was actually wrong. I can 'play' with not 2 but 4 groups of the IP6 allocation. Golly, what can I do with 64 x 64 x 64 x 64 address That's an odd combination. 64 is 6 bits, which has nothing to do with an IPv6 group. Many

Re: [CentOS] Standard location for hotplug-time hdparm invocation

2011-02-27 Thread Keith Roberts
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011, Kenneth Porter wrote: To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: Kenneth Porter sh...@sewingwitch.com Subject: [CentOS] Standard location for hotplug-time hdparm invocation I need to disable the spin-down on an external USB drive because it spins down

Re: [CentOS] IP6 Anyone?

2011-02-27 Thread David Sommerseth
On 27/02/11 14:44, Always Learning wrote: I was actually wrong. I can 'play' with not 2 but 4 groups of the IP6 allocation. Golly, what can I do with 64 x 64 x 64 x 64 address combinations? Hire then out? Have a different IP6 address for every hour of the year? If you got allocated a /48

Re: [CentOS] IP6 Anyone?

2011-02-27 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/27/11 8:00 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Always Learningcen...@g7.u22.net wrote: I was actually wrong. I can 'play' with not 2 but 4 groups of the IP6 allocation. Golly, what can I do with 64 x 64 x 64 x 64 address combinations? Hire then out? Have a

Re: [CentOS] IP6 Anyone?

2011-02-27 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/27/11 9:38 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: Yes, IPv6 gives every site a lot of more possibilities. And in IPv6 each NIC can have multiple IPv6 addresses, without using aliasing which is needed for IPv4. If you want to allocate 30 IPv6 addresses to one adapter, you may do so very easily.

Re: [CentOS] Could CentOS 5.5 on newer hardware make it freeze or shutdown?

2011-02-27 Thread cwlists
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 22:48, cwlists cwli...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 00:14, compdoc comp...@hotrodpc.com wrote: I have built a new PC on which I've installed CentOS 5.5 64-bit (with updates) which after some hours of running suddenly either hard freeze or instant power off.

Re: [CentOS] Octet

2011-02-27 Thread John R Pierce
On 02/27/11 5:32 AM, Always Learning wrote: On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 04:12 -0800, Kenneth Porter wrote: Those of us who've used older mainframes (such as the PDP-10) remember byte being a synonym for bit field and a byte could be any number of bits, typically from 1 to 36 (on a 36-bit-wide

Re: [CentOS] IP6 Anyone?

2011-02-27 Thread John R Pierce
On 02/27/11 9:16 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: Is there any difference in efficiency in how well the NIC hardware filters the assigned addresses? NIC's work in MAC addresses, not IP. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] Recover botched drdb gfs2 setup .

2011-02-27 Thread Machin, Greg
Hi. The short story... Rush job, never done clustered file systems before, vlan didn't support multicast. Thus I ended up with drbd working ok between the two servers but cman / gfs2 not working, resulting in what was meant to be a drbd primary/primary cluster being a primary/secondary cluster

[CentOS] log time formats - where is this defined

2011-02-27 Thread Rob Kampen
One of my servers is using ISO datetime formats (2011-02-27T15:22:15.519857-05:00) in the logs the rest use the default redhat/CentOS format (Feb 27 15:10:21). After a couple of hours searching google I cannot find where this is defined. I know I changed it some months ago as an experiment but

Re: [CentOS] log time formats - where is this defined

2011-02-27 Thread Albert McCann
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Rob Kampen Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 3:34 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] log time formats - where is this defined One of my servers is using ISO datetime formats

Re: [CentOS] log time formats - where is this defined

2011-02-27 Thread Spiro Harvey
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:33:57 -0500 Rob Kampen rkam...@kampensonline.com wrote: One of my servers is using ISO datetime formats (2011-02-27T15:22:15.519857-05:00) in the logs the rest use the default redhat/CentOS format (Feb 27 15:10:21). After a couple of hours searching google I cannot

Re: [CentOS] IP6 Anyone?

2011-02-27 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/27/11 12:50 PM, John R Pierce wrote: On 02/27/11 9:16 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: Is there any difference in efficiency in how well the NIC hardware filters the assigned addresses? NIC's work in MAC addresses, not IP. Sort-of. Most NICs know enough about IPv4 multicast to at least help

Re: [CentOS] Octet

2011-02-27 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Sunday, February 27, 2011 10:48 AM -0800 John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: the PDP-10 was in fact considered a mainframe in the 1960s. They were more commonly called DECsystem-10, or KA10, KL10. the CPU was multiple cabinets, the KL10 supported up to 4 megawords of ram (where a

Re: [CentOS] Standard location for hotplug-time hdparm invocation

2011-02-27 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Sunday, February 27, 2011 3:37 PM + Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net wrote: Not sure about hotpluging, but for the reboot /etc/rc.d/rc.local might be a good place to try this: Googling turned up that suggestion a lot. But I realized that since this is a backup drive, it would be

Re: [CentOS] Standard location for hotplug-time hdparm invocation

2011-02-27 Thread Kenneth Porter
BTW, this came up because the drive is a Seagate GoFlex Desk which spins down and then won't come back up reliably. Googling around turned up this patch that looks like it shows up in a much later kernel, no earlier than 2.6.24: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.usb.devel/58653

Re: [CentOS] Octet

2011-02-27 Thread Always Learning
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 10:48 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: the PDP-10 was in fact considered a mainframe in the 1960s. They were more commonly called DECsystem-10, or KA10, KL10. the CPU was multiple cabinets, the KL10 supported up to 4 megawords of ram (where a word was 36 bits). They

Re: [CentOS] Recover botched drdb gfs2 setup .

2011-02-27 Thread Machin, Greg
Hi. No worries it was a firewall issue. Not quite as bad as I though J . Greg Machin Systems Administrator - Linux Infrastructure Group, Information Services From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Machin, Greg Sent: Monday, 28 February 2011 9:33

[CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread JD
Any word on approximate release date of Centos 6? Cheers, JD ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 07:13:32PM -0800, JD wrote: Any word on approximate release date of Centos 6? Cheers, JD Seriously? Seriously?! Ray ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread aurfalien
On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:13 PM, JD wrote: Any word on approximate release date of Centos 6? Wow, I'm stunned. - aurf ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread John R. Dennison
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 07:13:32PM -0800, JD wrote: Any word on approximate release date of Centos 6? Sometime in 2011 would be a fair bet. John -- Anybody can win unless there happens to be a second entry. -- George Ade (1866

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am 28.02.2011 um 04:15 schrieb Ray Van Dolson: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 07:13:32PM -0800, JD wrote: Any word on approximate release date of Centos 6? Cheers, JD Seriously? Seriously?! It's like Sesame Street, you know... There's a new audience coming every week ;-)

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread aurfalien
On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:13 PM, JD wrote: Any word on approximate release date of Centos 6? Seriously though. Nothing wrong with asking. Its been discussed several time to an order of magnitude. No word, not even a peep, at least that I can gather. We're all frustrated in anticipation so I

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread Garry Dale
JD wrote: Any word on approximate release date of Centos 6? Yes [1]. [1] http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2011-February/106135.html ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread John R. Dennison
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 07:29:16PM -0800, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: We're all frustrated in anticipation so I daily check the main page. We are? Funny, I don't feel frustrated. John -- The machine has got to be accepted,

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6 - OT

2011-02-27 Thread Always Learning
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 21:46 -0600, John R. Dennison wrote: The machine has got to be accepted, but it is probably better to accept it rather as one accepts a drug -- that is, grudgingly and suspiciously. Like a drug, the machine is useful, dangerous, and habit-forming. The oftener one

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6 - OT

2011-02-27 Thread aurfalien
On Feb 27, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Always Learning wrote: On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 21:46 -0600, John R. Dennison wrote: The machine has got to be accepted, but it is probably better to accept it rather as one accepts a drug -- that is, grudgingly and suspiciously. Like a drug, the machine is

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6 - OT

2011-02-27 Thread Always Learning
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 20:04 -0800, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: Ok that was weird. The book or my posting or both ? -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6 - OT

2011-02-27 Thread aurfalien
On Feb 27, 2011, at 8:07 PM, Always Learning wrote: On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 20:04 -0800, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: Ok that was weird. The book or my posting or both ? Really? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread JD
On 02/27/2011 07:29 PM, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:13 PM, JD wrote: Any word on approximate release date of Centos 6? Seriously though. Nothing wrong with asking. Its been discussed several time to an order of magnitude. No word, not even a peep, at least that I

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread Always Learning
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 19:51 -0800, JD wrote: OK, as a measuring yardstick: approximately how many months after RHEL5's release date was Centos 5 released? That might give people an approximate idea. Currently, I have no RHEL installed. I just joined this list to enquire about RHEL 6.

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 07:51:49PM -0800, JD wrote: On 02/27/2011 07:29 PM, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:13 PM, JD wrote: Any word on approximate release date of Centos 6? Seriously though. Nothing wrong with asking. Its been discussed several time to an

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread Scott Robbins
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 07:51:49PM -0800, JD wrote: On 02/27/2011 07:29 PM, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:13 PM, JD wrote: Any word on approximate release date of Centos 6? Nothing wrong with asking. Its been discussed several time to an order of magnitude. OK,

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6

2011-02-27 Thread Rainer Duffner
OK, as a measuring yardstick: approximately how many months after RHEL5's release date was Centos 5 released? That might give people an approximate idea. It's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. While extrapolating from past data is legitimate, it does not apply to

Re: [CentOS] Octet - off topic

2011-02-27 Thread Always Learning
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 22:38 -0600, Larry Vaden wrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Always Learning cen...@g7.u22.net wrote: At my second computer job in 1967 on a Honeywell H-120 (a baby machine with 3 tapes which took 1 hour to do a Cobol compilation ... I have always hoped to find

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6 - OT

2011-02-27 Thread compdoc
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 21:46 -0600, John R. Dennison wrote: The machine has got to be accepted, but it is probably better to accept it rather as one accepts a drug -- that is, grudgingly and suspiciously. Like a drug, the machine is useful, dangerous, and habit-forming. The oftener one