Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
On 22 Jan 2003, at 1:26am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some, I haven't even told anyone about, so there's no way anyone can know that I can (or expect to) receive email at them. They have an MX record, which is all the spam robots need. The source ip also varies ... By how much? Are they

Apache and LDAP questions

2003-01-22 Thread pll
Hi all, I have recently set up a web server which auth's against my corporate LDAP server. Everything works great, the only caveat is that the LDAP server does not currently define groups. As a result, anyone within the company can authenticate to my web server. Not a huge problem, but I'd

Re: Apache and LDAP questions

2003-01-22 Thread pll
In a message dated: 22 Jan 2003 10:57:59 EST Kenneth E. Lussier said: Admittedly, I don't know much about LDAP, but what about this... Could you run your own LDAP server that replicates only selected entries from the Corp. LDAP server, and append attributes to the entries? Then you could do the

Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread Bob Bell
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 09:05:19AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can't really spoof the source IP address of a TCP connection. (Well, you can, but the TCP handshake will never complete, making it rather useless.) Sure you can, if you can guess the initial

Re: gnhlug-discuss digest, Vol 1 #296 - 15 msgs

2003-01-22 Thread Bruce Dawson
This is happening to the servers hosting GNHLUG. Same scenario - every 2 hours or so and all from john@... And he seems to come from open relays. I've had to firewall out some of the relays he's been using, but he's still chewing up megabytes/day in log files. I'll have to put another disk on

Re: Apache and LDAP questions

2003-01-22 Thread pll
In a message dated: 22 Jan 2003 11:21:11 EST Kenneth E. Lussier said: On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 10:52, Derek Martin wrote: I can't say for certain, but I'm strongly inclined to doubt it. I can't recall having seen any sort of authentication scheme of any sort that allows you to mix credentials

Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 9:15am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can't really spoof the source IP address of a TCP connection. (Well, you can, but the TCP handshake will never complete, making it rather useless.) Sure you can, if you can guess the initial sequence number for the TCP

Re: Apache and LDAP questions

2003-01-22 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 11:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's exactly what I'm looking for. Any pointers? Again, I'm not an expert on this, and I can neither confirm nor deny that any of my ideas will work (but the more I type them, the more people around me think that I am actually busy ;-)

Re: Apache and LDAP questions

2003-01-22 Thread pll
In a message dated: 22 Jan 2003 11:47:23 EST Kenneth E. Lussier said: In your .htaccess file, try something like: AuthLDAPAuthoritative On AuthLDAPURL ldap://server/basedn?attr?scope?filter require group foo AuthType Basic Yeah, the problem is I need a way of saying auth against LDAP, and if

Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread Kevin D. Clark
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can't really spoof the source IP address of a TCP connection. (Well, you can, but the TCP handshake will never complete, making it rather useless.) Well, I wouldn't call this useless, since you can accomplish certain (nefarious) tasks this way. --kevin --

Re: Apache and LDAP questions

2003-01-22 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 11:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AuthLDAPAuthoritative is set to On by default, the problem is that it only allows other modules to be used for authentication if it *fails*, so you can have a multiple auth mechanisms as backups to LDAP, but I can't seem to find

Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread Michael O'Donnell
If this happens much longer, I'm going to have to get out the baseball bat. Prediction: before January 2005 somebody will lose their life as a direct consequence of their involvement with SPAM. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Bob Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (somebody else probably has the URL more readily available than I). http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/newtcp/ Regards, --kevin -- Kevin D. Clark / Cetacean Networks / Portsmouth, N.H. (USA)

Re: Linux in Exeter Public Schools?

2003-01-22 Thread WmCCornell
Folks, I'm Bill Cornell. This past year I've been off-and-on involved with the Rye school system's technical directions through SAU50. (SAU50 covers Portsmouth, Greenland, Rye, and Newcastle.) My focus has been on the computer network the school is trying to put in place. Keeping in mind that

Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 10:12am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They have an MX record, which is all the spam robots need. Pardon my butting in, but what is an MX record? MX = Mail Exchanger. An MX record is a record in the DNS that designates the mail exchanger for a given domain name. Other

Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 10:12, Erik Price wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22 Jan 2003, at 1:26am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some, I haven't even told anyone about, so there's no way anyone can know that I can (or expect to) receive email at them. They have an MX record, which

Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 10:26am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However it is still possible to spoof the source, IF the attacker has control of some machine (i.e. a router) which lives in the path ... Well, this has turned into a semantic distinction. I generally consider spoofing to be a passive

Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However it is still possible to spoof the source, IF the attacker has control of some machine (i.e. a router) which lives in the path the target host would use to send packets to the host which actually has the IP being used for spoofing (man, I hope

Re: Apache and LDAP questions

2003-01-22 Thread Jason Stephenson
Even basic HTTP authentication can do this. You have a passwd file and a group file. You can in your access setup do a require group blah where blah is the name of the group. I've done it before with mod_auth_pam to restrict certain interface pages to people in the admin group. Check this

Re: OT: More Spam

2003-01-22 Thread Paul Iadonisi
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 09:05:19AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The source ip also varies ... By how much? Are they all within the same netblock? Nope. Quite a bit of variation. All the way from 12.x.x.x to 218.x.x.x. So far, 107 attempts from 59 unique address. ... I'm not

[gnhlug-announce] Quarterly Meeting Announcement - 29 Jan 2003, 19:30, Martha's Exchange

2003-01-22 Thread pll
Details of the meeting: Who:Vince McHugh, Systems Support Manager NECS\Canon What: High End Linux Printing, using CUPS, Scanning and Imaging documents to a Linux desktop. When: 19:30, 29 January 2003 (Note, this is NEXT week)

remote copying

2003-01-22 Thread Robert Casey
Good afternoon all, can someone tell me the best method to copy files from a auto mounting home directory, which comes from a Solaris box, to a linux box. I'm setting up a server on Dell Poweredge 4600 running Linux 7.3 which, when finished, will be where most if not all of our exports will

Re: remote copying

2003-01-22 Thread Robert Anderson
I would use rsync. -- Robert E. Anderson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programmer phone: (603) 862-3489 UNH Research Computing Centerfax: (603) 862-1761

Re: remote copying

2003-01-22 Thread pll
In a message dated: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 14:53:46 EST Robert Anderson said: I would use rsync. Not rEmacs? It has everything, including the kitchen sync ;) -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE It may look like I'm just sitting here doing

Re: remote copying

2003-01-22 Thread Robert Anderson
Well you could run rsync from an emacs shell. But then again I'm sure we'll be getting a PERL solution soon. The other swiss army knife of Unix. (Although emacs could make the PERL look pretty too). ;) -- Robert E. Anderson

Re: remote copying

2003-01-22 Thread Randy Edwards
Robert Casey wrote: I would like to do this copy and keep permissions if possible. rsync, tar, or cp -ax would seem logical. Does this have to be done at each boot or is it a one-time deal? -- Regards, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GNU/Linux: superior tools .| http://www.golgotha.net

Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 4:32pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P.S. Which opens up the discusson - what do you do if you want a permanent email address? Pay for it. You can register your own domain. That is a fairly safe way to do things. As long as you pay the bills, it is fairly unlikely

RE: remote copying

2003-01-22 Thread Peter Finlay
This was on a tech site but I have never used it: Robin Hurd 16 Dec 2002, Rating 3.83 (out of 5) This tip will allow you to copy directory trees without worrying about ownerships, permissions, etc. (Note: This command is good for Unixes without a recursive copy command) The FIND

Re: permanent email address

2003-01-22 Thread Tom Buskey
Hewitt Tech said: P.S. Which opens up the discusson - what do you do if you want a permanent email address? I'm signed up at bigfoot and will likely re-subsribe from that email/domain address. I got my address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at http://www.register.com. $35 for 2 years. I redirect it to

Re: permanent email address

2003-01-22 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
P.S. Which opens up the discusson - what do you do if you want a permanent email address? I'm signed up at bigfoot and will likely re-subsribe from that email/domain address. I absolutely concur with what others have said about getting your own domain name. I've been lucky: my well.com address

Re: How many folks who use ATTBI realize they'll probably need to change their email addresses *again*!

2003-01-22 Thread numberwhun
I had not heard about the prices going up. I know the raised them recently if you did not have cable tv as well, but if they keep raising the price, I may investigate Earthlink or dial up till something else comes available in my area. Unfortunately ATT have a monopoly in my area as there is

Re: How many folks who use ATTBI realize they'll probably need to change their email addresses *again*!

2003-01-22 Thread Hewitt Tech
I'm not positive they're going to raise rates. They say on their web page that they will be considering services and pricing whatever that means. -Alex - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Hewitt Tech [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003

Re: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread Hewitt Tech
Actually, I do both. I have registered a couple of domain names and one is hosted. I also decided that the bigfoot service for $9.95/quarter was reasonable and I've already asked our online friends to use my bigfoot address. I was just curious about who was using what and for how much. As much as

RE: How many folks who use ATTBI realize they'll probably need to change their email addresses *again*!

2003-01-22 Thread Travis Roy
I certainly was aware that Comcast had bought ATT broadband. For some reason I assumed that since ATT owned the ATTBI.COM domain name that customers wouldn't need to change their email addresses. But apparently that's not true. Has anyone heard anything different? Given that we had to

RE: How many folks who use ATTBI realize they'll probably need to change their email addresses *again*!

2003-01-22 Thread Travis Roy
There are also hints that they will be raising prices again. Considering that ATT just did this within the last couple of months, it's a bit amazing. Maybe they subscribe (no pun intended) to the What the market will bear school of marketing. Maybe they haven't heard that a lot of high

Fw: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread Hewitt Tech
I meant to send this to the list, sorry you'll see it twice Travis ;^) -Alex - Original Message - From: Hewitt Tech [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:04 PM Subject: Re: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant) I recall reading an

RE: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread Travis Roy
It continues to amaze me how short people's memories are. It was not long ago at all that an Internet feed of the speed you get from a cable ISP would cost you thousands of dollars per month. Not that I am in any way defending the ATT/Comcast monopoly; I just don't understand how

Re: Linux in Exeter Public Schools?

2003-01-22 Thread Casey D Callendrello
Dear all: Wow! Quite a response. Thanks guys. Currently, my plan is to find out the name of the Technology Coordinator at EHS and start from there. As things go on, I can forsee the need for a meeting, especially if the administration is receptive. If the TC is unreceptive, then I guess we

High Speed Internet costs (was: Email hosting)

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 7:26pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What *does* it cost to deliver high speed? Do you really want an answer to that? For the small DSL CLEC case, you have: Local loop charges. CO facilities rental. CO equipment. Data link between CO and ISP NOC (T1, multiple T1s, or

RE: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread Travis Roy
Ah yes, but why, after a pile of telecommunications companies went bankrupt laying thousands of miles of buried fibre-optics cables are we still talking about dial-up connections? What *does* it cost to deliver high speed? For that matter, I think copper/fibre is passé. It should be

Re: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 8:42pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As of my last bill, my broadband connection now costs almost double what it did a year ago ($60.99 vs. $35/mo). That's absurd. There's no incentive to keep them low. It's that simple. If it's so simple, why don't you go start a

RE: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 9:04pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... There's no correction here ... Then please explain to me why almost every single DSL company has gone out of business. -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not

RE: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread Travis Roy
I never said it was cheap ... [ then, later on in the same paragraph ] ... Cable Internet should be dirt cheap for them to provide ... Which is it? Cheap to get started from SCRATCH.. ATT already has a HUGE setup already in place reselling T's and having peers so they didn't even have

RE: High Speed Internet costs (was: Email hosting)

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 9:00pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The exsiting ISP, be it Vitts, MV, Joe Blow local ISP, they should already have ISP backbone equipment in place for their dialups. Just because a business is already in possession of something doesn't mean you can call it free. Even if

RE: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread Travis Roy
Providing two-way packet-switched unicast data services is a *completely different* scenario. It isn't. Or, it is... but the same head end does both, over the same coax. So it doesn't matter. Exactly! They needed to redo the cable plant to offer just one of the three services they

RE: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 9:36pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then please explain to me why almost every single DSL company has gone out of business. Because they're still need Verizon to set up the line for them.. Look, Verizon may be a bunch of incompetent morons (they are), but the fact that

RE: High Speed Internet costs (was: Email hosting)

2003-01-22 Thread Travis Roy
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, at 9:00pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The exsiting ISP, be it Vitts, MV, Joe Blow local ISP, they should already have ISP backbone equipment in place for their dialups. Just because a business is already in possession of something doesn't mean you can call it free.

RE: Email hosting (was: ATTBI/Comcast rant)

2003-01-22 Thread Travis Roy
Look, Verizon may be a bunch of incompetent morons (they are), but the fact that it takes them a month to provision a line doesn't mean everyone goes out of business. It's take years for DSL to reach general availability; an additional month isn't going to make a difference. That's

Re: High Speed Internet costs (was: Email hosting)

2003-01-22 Thread bscott
I know that, but I imagine they still need equipment. But the point you seem to be missing is that the equipment is THE VERY SAME equipment which runs the already profitable cable business. I'm not missing it at all; I'm assuming that isn't true. Look, to deliver television -- even