On Friday 13 August 2004 08:54, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Shlomi Fish wrote: > >Hi all! > > > >Sometimes I have to download and install programs for source on > > iglu.org.il. That was the case for MediaWiki. What I did was wget the > > file from vipe.technion.ac.il (which has a fast connection) and then scp > > it to eskimo. This is quite of a kludge. Is there any way to temporarily > > open an outgoing port, so I can download it from there, and then closing > > it? > > > >( YI, MediaWiki is not in Debian Stable. ) > > > >BTW, it seems that I have no idea where the firewall configuration is > > found? Can anyone elaborate on it? > > > >Regards, > > > > Shlomi Fish > > The firewall configuration is in /var/lib/iptables/active. It is in the > format stored by "iptables-save", except it has comments on the rules. > Doing /etc/init.d/iptables reload loads a new policy. However, if what > you are going to do is to temporary open a port, please just use > "iptables" to open the port, and /etc/init.d/iptabels reload to return > to the saved policy. > > THAT SAID, please rethink your policy. One of the reasons this > particular security measure was put in place was to stop people from > carelessly adding, downloading, running and otherwise modifying the > machine's configuration. By having an easy workaround, you are > effectively neutralizing this security measure. > > Can you please give the machine's admins a complete list of all the > packages installed from source, their versions, and the homepages for > each of them? As far as sane security policy goes, this list is a > prerequisite of installing ANYTHING outside of the updated apt-sources. > I don't feel it exists at the moment. >
Well, I need: 1. A CPAN mirror. (if iglu.org.il is OK, I can use ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/) 2. A sourceforge mirror. 3. A GNU mirror. Regards, Shlomi Fish > Shachar -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://shlomif.il.eu.org/ Knuth is not God! It took him two days to build the Roman Empire.
