Alexander E. Patrakov wrote these words on 10/23/07 01:09 CST: [this post mostly to test a new username I am subscribe with]
> GPRS is very much like dialup, and I still use it as a backup Internet > connection when ADSL fails. However, I don't use wv* programs. Please > see http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/PPP or inspect the (very > similar) LiveCD setup. Maybe it is time to integrate this information > (and the updated pppoe service) into BLFS, if the "removal" proposal > doesn't pass? I'll look at doing that. Hard though, as I don't even own a computer that has a modem any more. I would however, trust the LiveCD setup. Thanks for the suggestion, Alexander. > Note, however, that the whole "Dealing with Passwords" section in the > Wiki has been created only to deal with Randy's objection to storing > password in cleartext even in a file with 0600 permissions. I haven't checked that section to see what is there, but if storing the passwords in clear text is not listed as an option, perhaps it should for folks that wish to do that. We would just simply have to post a 'caution' that clear text passwords could be vulnerable. > Well, I am always for removing unsupportable parts of the book. Unfortunately, it appears that much of BLFS could soon be unsupportable. Nobody other than me has made an update to the book in almost two months (a couple of days short of two months according to the changelog). I realize we are all busy (including me) right now, but hopefully we can get time to at least get a 6.3 version out. I'll also look in to recruiting some additional folks, as without Editor help, BLFS will soon die. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.26] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 13:22:00 up 19:23, 1 user, load average: 0.35, 0.17, 0.09 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
