Linux-Misc Digest #769, Volume #18 Tue, 26 Jan 99 16:13:21 EST
Contents:
Re: WOW LotusNotes on Linux (Marco Anglesio)
Re: where are my files ("J�rgen Exner")
Re: Got Hack ! (Marco Anglesio)
Re: Antivirus ("Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus")
Re: PPP is driving me crazy !!!! Plese help me ("news net")
Re: gnome/enlightenment/KDE (Dustin Puryear)
Resuming downloads under Unix (Dustin Puryear)
why no as86 ??? ("Oo.et.oO")
Re: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code (Tim Smith)
Running HP-UX applications under Linux? (Henry Zheng (C))
Getting the local IP addess after ifup ppp0 (GeekGirl)
Re: Please HELP!!! PPPD is driving me mad!!!! ("G Peters")
fdisk, raw device question (Boris Statnikov)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Marco Anglesio)
Re: Looking for Win95/Linux network setup HOWTO (Dave Lamb)
/root bloated, taking up all space on root partition - why? (Tim)
Re: where are my files ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kernel too big (Solved) ("Wael Sedky")
newb q - recompiling kernel for ppp (7ate9 Designs)
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From: Marco Anglesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WOW LotusNotes on Linux
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:56:37 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 08:56:37 PDT
David R. Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> IIRC Lotus Notes uses 64-bit encryption. Since 56-bit encryption was
> just cracked in 22 hours 30 minutes or so, 64-bit would be good for
> about 240 days. But that's at the rate of keys/sec that Deep Crack +
> distributed.net got. The MIB could probably break Lotus Notes in no
It's 40-bit encryption for the exportable version, with the first 24 bits
of the key kept in escrow; 64-bit for the North American version, and I
think 56 for the French version.
As for the proverbial MIB, they're limited by the same constraints on a
brute-force attack as Deep Crack and distributed.net are. Likewise, 22
hours and some minutes may not (probably is not, since it's a flat
distribution) the mean time to cracking a given key. Instead, look at how
long it would take to exhaust the keyspace. The mean time is half that.
> I wouldn't trust Lotus Notes unless you just want to keep secrets from
> your kid sister.
64-bit encryption is as good as most modern schemes get. Secure http uses
a 64-bit key, for example. Now, one might want better, but it's more than
adequate for today. As for tomorrow, I'm sure that Lotus will be receptive
to increasing their North American key size if there's any demand for it.
marco
--
Marco Anglesio The press isn't cynical enough. They're the only Americans
[EMAIL PROTECTED] capable of this kind of embarrassing, greenhorn
http://www.the-wire.com/~mpa civic wonder anymore. (James Poniewozik)
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where are my files
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:53:31 -0800
Dev Null wrote in message ...
>i just when over the quota with the number of files i can have on the
>server. however in my home dir i don't have a half of thouse files they
>must be somewhere else on the system. how can i find all directories that
>have my files in them, and if possible how many files in each dir. there
>are only 5 days left till the limit kicks in...
"find" is your friend.
Just search for all files which are owned by you, beginning in /.
This will take a while, but it will tell you exactly which files you own.
For details please see the find man page.
jue
--
J�rgen Exner; microsoft.com, UID: jurgenex
Sorry for this anti-spam inconvenience
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From: Marco Anglesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Got Hack !
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 18:05:17 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:05:17 PDT
Louis Alexendra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My Redhat Linux Box get hacked few days ago. Now I am installing again
> the clean system and I don't wish to get hacked again. Could anyone out
> there teach me how to avoid get hacked? Any tools to use? Thanks very
> much.
Stop all daemons that you don't use. Install shadow passwords. Use the
most recent versions of daemons that you *do* use. Pay attention to errata
(on the Red Hat site) and to CERT advisories. Get the people who use your
linux box to use proper passwords (6-8 characters, no words, at least one
numeric and one special character, and don't even think about combinations
which substitute 0 for o or 1 for i or l).
Most hacking comes from the inside. Keep an eye on your logs.
marco
--
Marco Anglesio The press isn't cynical enough. They're the only Americans
[EMAIL PROTECTED] capable of this kind of embarrassing, greenhorn
http://www.the-wire.com/~mpa civic wonder anymore. (James Poniewozik)
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From: "Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Antivirus
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 01:29:35 +1100
G'day Brian and all...
> I have a question about viruses. We all know that Linux (UNIX in general)
> in a network environment is susceptible to crackers. Is there some
> way a crackers could automate his cracking strategy, in such a way
> that it would spawn the same process on the cracked machine? I
> don't have the UNIX experience to understand if this is a reasonable
> thing to imagine or not. From what I know, I don't see why one could
> not do this.
When a cracker manages to get into a unix box they have been known to setup
up a trojan to assist in gaining re-entry into that machine. A trojan is a
program that looks innocuous however may have unwanted side-effects when
run.
Crackers may replace certain system binaries with trojans so that they may
create their own entry points to the machine.
Trojans are generally reguarded as different to viruses (although related).
Good system security and security applications such as tripwire can be used
to combat this form of attack.
> Now, If this were to be possible, in what way would this be
> different from a virus?
A virus is generally regarded as a piece of code that is put onto the boot
sector of the disk. The virus is activated when the machine starts up and
then proceeds to do its nasty work (whatever it was programmed to do) as well
as duplicate itself onto any disks used on the machine. (The name is derived
from this form of operation.)
Normally the boot sector of a disk doesn't do much but to point to the next
bit of code to be loaded in a computers boot sequence. A virus will use this
space to load itself, and then allow the computer to continue its normal boot
process.
As Linux and other unix's/unix-like OS's don't quite follow the same boot
procedure as most PCs runing dos or MS Windows, they do not suffer from virus
problems.
All the best...
Michael.
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From: "news net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PPP is driving me crazy !!!! Plese help me
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:34:55 -0500
Try deleting the default entry in the route table;
route del 0.0.0.0
pppd cannot override the default entry. I have discovered that
Sybase ASE adds this default entry.
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From: Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gnome/enlightenment/KDE
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:35:44 -0600
Kaustav Bhattacharya wrote:
> installed on the same linux installation and switch between them like I
> would do when I used to switch between FVWM and afterstep? Or would
> this cause all sorts of problems with libraries clashing, WM's messing
> up etc.... opinions, please :-)
There is nothing difficult in having both KDE and GNOME. Personally, I
prefer WindowMaker's style. Check it out.
Regards, Dustin
---
Dustin Puryear * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ICQ 6644253
Help Crack Government Encryption: http://www.distributed.net
Useless Invention: Cast iron wire.
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From: Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Resuming downloads under Unix
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:54:17 -0600
Is anyone aware of a download manager for Unix? Something similar to
Windows GetRight or Go!zilla. I found kget but it requires that you are
using KDE.
Regards, Dustin
---
Dustin Puryear * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ICQ 6644253
Help Crack Government Encryption: http://www.distributed.net
Useless Invention: Cast iron wire.
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From: "Oo.et.oO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: why no as86 ???
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:30:07 +0000
hello again everyone-
I am having plenty of problems with RedHat 5.1. It seems to have left
many key items off of my recent installation (new machine)
I am now trying to recompile the kernel 2.0.34 for now so I can use my
sound card. I have done this many times before in other installations.
I get to the assembly parts of make zImage and I realize I have no as86!
what is going on? I have as and gcc but as doesn't work for the
assembler part and none of my cd's have as86 rpms on them. am I doing
something dumb????
thanks for any insight...
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.34/arch/i386/boot'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.0.34/include -E -D__ELF__
-traditional -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA bootsect.S -o bootsect.s
as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s
make[1]: as86: Command not found
thank you-
eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Smith)
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code
Date: 26 Jan 1999 06:29:41 -0800
Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jim Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>Yea but we've worked through that on other UNIXen by expanding time_t to a
>>64-bit int. Problem solved for a couple gazillion years.
>
>And now if only we could persude programmers to use time_t rather than
>int for their time variables!
Also, making time_t 64 bits doesn't help programs that were compiled when
it was 32 bits.
--Tim Smith
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From: hzheng@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Henry Zheng (C))
Subject: Running HP-UX applications under Linux?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 99 14:37:47 GMT
I am running RedHat 5.2 at home and HP-UX 10.20 at work.
I would like to run some of the applications for HP-UX 10.20.
Does anyone know whether this is possible under Linux?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GeekGirl)
Subject: Getting the local IP addess after ifup ppp0
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:10:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi everyone-
One more small question. I would like to upload my local IP addess to
a web site whenever the connection is re-established. Then I can
telnet in from work, or set up an unreliable web server, etc. ;)
So I have no problem using sed to replace a string with the IP in an
html file. I don't imagine having a problem using expect and ftp to
upload the page. What I need to know is:
(1) Where can I get the new ip address (env variable)?)
(2) where do I put a call to my script so that when the connnection
times out, and whatever ifup ppp0 does to re-establish it happens,
that my script will get called again to update things
Any and all tips appreciated ;)
GG
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From: "G Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Please HELP!!! PPPD is driving me mad!!!!
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:04:02 GMT
confusing heh? there must be a simple solution to the PPP problem.
Todd Schrubb wrote in message <01be4966$c432ada0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Make that two!
>
>I seem to be having the same problem... minicom will dial my modem, but
>connects at an unbelievably slow rate. The connection times out before I
>can even get to the login prompts. Additionally I can't get pppd or chap
>to dial out using the ppp-on script.
>
>I've re-installed RedHat 5.1 several times thinking I missed a
>network/install option, but nothing has worked. Hell I even re-installed
>Win95 just to make sure my modem works (hence I'm here now).
>
>As far as I know Windows is using the same parameters that I was trying
>with my modem (although I havn't figured out what initailization string it
>uses). The modem isn't pnp, and sits on com3 (/dev/cua2 & /dev/ttyS2 both
>"see" the modem).
>
>hardware:
>CeleronA @ 463MHz
>128 Meg PC-100 mem
>6 Gig HD
>Matrox Millennuim G200 (need new SVGA server- hence connection!)
>Tut 28.8 Modem (using "Standard 28.8 modem" Windows driver)
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>Thanks,
>
>Todd Schrubb
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: Boris Statnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fdisk, raw device question
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:10:24 GMT
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I've been trying to set up two HD partitions to be used as raw devices.
In order to get there I tried the following:
mknod -m 660 /dev/hda2 c 3 2
mknod -m 660 /dev/hda3 c 3 3
and allocating /dev/hda2 and /dev/hda3 to their respective target sizes using fdisk.
Fdisk is dumb and doesn't have a partition type of raw device, but maybe it is
because it wants to install filesystem too?
When I set partition type to Linux native the device doesn't work.
I'm missing a lot of understanding here. Please help.
Boris
--
Too many cooks spoil the brouhaha.
"Bored Of The Rings", The Harvard Lampoon
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I've been trying to set up two HD partitions to be used as raw devices.
In order to get there I tried the following:
<br>mknod -m 660 /dev/hda2 c 3 2
<br>mknod -m 660 /dev/hda3 c 3 3
<br>
<pre>and allocating /dev/hda2 and /dev/hda3 to their respective target sizes using
fdisk.</pre>
<pre>Fdisk is dumb and doesn't have a partition type of raw device, but maybe it
is</pre>
<pre>because it wants to install filesystem too?</pre>
<pre>When I set partition type to Linux native the device doesn't work.</pre>
<pre>I'm missing a lot of understanding here. Please help.</pre>
<pre></pre>
<pre>Boris</pre>
<pre>--
Too many cooks spoil the brouhaha.
"Bored Of The Rings", The Harvard
Lampoon</pre>
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From: Marco Anglesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:29:46 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:29:46 PDT
In alt.os.linux Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Irv Mullins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> <snip>Hey, don't forget that it has been scientifically proven that exactly half
>> of all Americans are at or below average intelligence. You don't want
>> half of America angry at you, do you?
> no they aren't. half are below (or above) median. the average need
> not be the median.
Modern conceptions (past the 1960's) of IQ (which may or may not be equal
to intelligence) follow a deviation model, rather than Binet's age model
(where a 5 year old who performed at the level of the average 10 year old
would thus have an IQ of 200). The average is thus the median by
definition.
marco
--
Marco Anglesio The press isn't cynical enough. They're the only Americans
[EMAIL PROTECTED] capable of this kind of embarrassing, greenhorn
http://www.the-wire.com/~mpa civic wonder anymore. (James Poniewozik)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Lamb)
Subject: Re: Looking for Win95/Linux network setup HOWTO
Date: 26 Jan 1999 19:53:18 GMT
Hi,
Try www.halcyon.com/cerelli/networking.htm
Good Luck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Hi,
: I'm trying to set up a Linux/Win95 'network' using a crossover cable and 2
: NICs. Can someone point me to a HOWTO to configure the card in Linux?
: I've searched around a lot and can't find any documents. Any help would be
: appreciated.
: Thanks,
: --dave
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /root bloated, taking up all space on root partition - why?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:20:15 +0000
Hi,
I have RedHat 5.2 running on a PC with 96MB and a 266 Celeron (o/c'd
to 333), currently using the 2.2.0pre8 kernel. My problem is that,
whilst logged in as root (I know!), something caused my /root directory
to bloat, taking up *all* available space on my root partition. I
checked the disk space used with du, and the total as reported (around
about 150MB) did not correspond to the total of the listed file sizes
(roughly 20MB).
I managed to fix the problem, simply by copying all the important files
to /usr/root, then deleting and replacing /root. (At one point, when I
tried copying everything across to /usr, it starated copying the whole
150MB). My question is, why should this have happened, and how can it be
prevented? It happened once before, I *think* using RH5.2, but the
kernel would've been 2.0.35 or .36, the Celeron running at 266, and only
32 meg of RAM installed; that time, I just reinstalled...
Tim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: where are my files
Date: 26 Jan 1999 05:47:28 -0800
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dev says...
>>
>>i just when over the quota with the number of files i can have on the
>>server. however in my home dir i don't have a half of thouse files they
>>must be somewhere else on the system. how can i find all directories that
>>have my files in them, and if possible how many files in each dir. there
>>are only 5 days left till the limit kicks in...
>
try this
$find / -user user_name -print
This will list files owned by user_name
Nasser
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From: "Wael Sedky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]*>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Kernel too big (Solved)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:41:34 -0800
Hi guys, (Please read till the end)
Thanks for your suggestions which helped a lot. Here is how I fixed it.
After booting linux I deleted my kernel from /
(sounds a bit silly), but I did that and I followed all the previous steps
with the addition of "make zlilo".
A new kernel was created for me in the place where it should be (/)
Now the sounds is working and I'm temporarily a happy man.
I still have to figure out how to configure "CHAP" or why ezppp doesn't work
right for the job.
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From: 7ate9 Designs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newb q - recompiling kernel for ppp
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 14:26:13 -0500
I recently installed RedHat 5.2 and could have sworn I configured it
for PPP but when I try to run pppd it complains that my kernel isn't
configured with PPP support. I have read all the documentation I can
find on recompiling the kernel and, being a relative newbie, I still
have a few questions that I would really appreciate someone answering
before I go fucking around with my kernel.
1. Since I have made slight alterations to my system (installing games,
window managers and what-not) will a new kernel complain to me about
bad paths and dependencies or whatever? Or is the kernel just there to
talk to the hardware and the filesystem independent?
2. Since I can't get on the net with my Linux box yet, I can't download
a new kernel...can I compile a new one from the source of the original?
3. If so, do I have to do this in a new directory or does one do this
over the existing files?
I am very happy with my current installation and would rather avoid
re-installing the whole thing just to configure my kernel for PPP
support..everything else works great. If anyone has found themselves
in this situation before please let me know how you went about
correcting it.
- Germ
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