On Friday 13 August 2004 10:05, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Shlomi Fish wrote:
> >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.
>
> Why don't you make the list I talked about, first?
>
Heh, I misunderstood what you mean. OK, here goes:
1. CGI::Application and WWW::Form - at /iglu/cgi-bin/jobs. I also have there
my own code.
2. MediaWiki at:
/iglu/Hackers-IL/wikis/MediaWiki/mediawiki
3. PostNuke at:
/iglu/html/IGLU
I think that's about it.
> Also, very soon Debian Sarge is going to have security updates. When
> that happens, I have no objection to moving eskimo to sarge, and helping
> Debian with finalizing the distro.
>
Fair enough. Debian Sarge is the new Debian testing, right?
> Shachar
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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