Re: Webserver questions: using samba, avoiding cleartext passwords,co-existing with Windows

2002-04-19 Thread Marcel Hicking
There is a Explorer-like interface to PuTTY's scp command. Maybe an option. Don't have much experience with this, I personally use some mini-shell-scripts attached to the sendto-menue for uploading. http://www.i-tree.org/ixplorer.htm Cheers, Marcel --On Donnerstag, 18. April 2002 17:34 -0700

Re: Webserver questions: using samba, avoiding cleartext passwords,co-existing with Windows

2002-04-19 Thread Mark Ng
Look at winscp ( http://winscp.vse.cz if I recall correctly ). It's a scp client that can be easily used by end users. Best bet is to use winscp 2, as that has drag and drop with explorer. Mark Marcel Hicking wrote: There is a Explorer-like interface to PuTTY's scp command. Maybe an

Re: Webserver questions: using samba, avoiding cleartext passwords, co-existing with Windows

2002-04-19 Thread vdongen
There is a Explorer-like interface to PuTTY's scp command. Maybe an option. Don't have much experience with this, I personally use some mini-shell-scripts attached to the sendto-menue for uploading. http://www.i-tree.org/ixplorer.htm I tried that program before, but it has issues. It

what is means ?

2002-04-19 Thread Marcin Bednarz
Hi all. In output of 'w' command I saw something like that: --cut-- root 7073 0.0 0.0 1240 636 ?S11:09 0:05 in.telnetd: some.host.in.my.domain --cut-- Correct address I replaced with some.host.in.my.domain. Is root is logging to this mashine by telnet ??? Regards,

Re: what is means ?

2002-04-19 Thread Sidnei da Silva
On Sex 19 Abr 2002 09:05, Marcin Bednarz wrote: | Hi all. | | In output of 'w' command I saw something like that: | | --cut-- | root 7073 0.0 0.0 1240 636 ?S11:09 0:05 in.telnetd: | some.host.in.my.domain --cut-- | | Correct address I replaced with some.host.in.my.domain. |

RE: what is means ?

2002-04-19 Thread Jan Johansson
Telnet suckz badly. How do you know it was exploited via telnetd? I can think of a lot of services more readibly exploitable then telnet. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Marcin Bednarz
Hi al. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Sidnei da Silva wrote: Clearly yes. In my opinion you should disable telnet and use ssh. Once i left telnet open after installing a server, and the next day i found a rootkit inside it. Telnet suckz badly. How to protect against rootkis ? Is it some kind of

RE: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Jan Johansson
How to protect against rootkis ? Keep your system up to date, do not run unrelaibale software, do not give accounts to people you do not trust. Is it some kind of trojan wich working with root priviledges ? Basically, yes. It is typically a kit you drop on the system via a remote root

Re: what is means ?

2002-04-19 Thread Joe Moore
In output of 'w' command I saw something like that: --cut-- root 7073 0.0 0.0 1240 636 ?S11:09 0:05 in.telnetd: some.host.in.my.domain --cut-- Correct address I replaced with some.host.in.my.domain. Is root is logging to this mashine by telnet ??? Maybe, but

Re: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Patrick Maheral
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 02:47:08PM +0200, Jan Johansson wrote: Why some people says that eg. tripwire doesn't discover it ? Then they dont know what they are saying, i would say that Tripwire / AIDE / such will be 100% efficient in detecting kits _PROVIDING_ that your database is current,

RE: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Jan Johansson
I've heard of, but not confirmed the existence of, a root kit that is not detected by Tripwire and other intrusion detection software. It does this by keeping a backup of the original utility (eg. ls, ps, etc.) and then provides either it's own utility or the original depending on how it

RE: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Jan Johansson
Am I just being paranoid, or is this sort of compromise really possible? And also: If the IDS was there first it would trigger on the modified kernel/module/library (or whatever) since it has to differ between the last check _before_ the infection and the first check _after_ infection.

Re: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Giacomo Mulas
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Patrick Maheral wrote: I've heard of, but not confirmed the existence of, a root kit that is not detected by Tripwire and other intrusion detection software. It does this by keeping a backup of the original utility (eg. ls, ps, etc.) and then provides either it's own

mysql-server local DOS vulnerability

2002-04-19 Thread Thiemo Nagel
Hi, I found a local DOS vulnerability in the mysql-server package. Since I am not experienced in the field of computer security I have not contacted upstream nor any other security list about the issue and would be happy to get some feedback about the perceived severity of the problem and

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Re: Webserver questions: using samba, avoiding cleartext passwords, co-existing with Windows

2002-04-19 Thread Thiemo Nagel
Hi, I have a Debian webserver that currently runs SSH, HTTP, and SMTP services. The SMTP service only accepts mail from the local interface. I try to keep my box free of any excess services that might lead to vulnerabilities, or that transmit authentication information via cleartext. I

Re: Windows ftp clients for ftpd-ssl (OpenBSD)

2002-04-19 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya david you can use ssh for windows to do secure ftp to debian or bsd* found out pftp didnt support mput * ... o well highlight, drag-n-drop works http://www.Linux-Sec.net/SSH/ssh.windows.txt - use ssh clients from ssh.com or putty or your favorite i heard

Re: Webserver questions: using samba, avoiding cleartext passwords, co-existing with Windows

2002-04-19 Thread Marcel Hicking
There is a Explorer-like interface to PuTTY's scp command. Maybe an option. Don't have much experience with this, I personally use some mini-shell-scripts attached to the sendto-menue for uploading. http://www.i-tree.org/ixplorer.htm Cheers, Marcel --On Donnerstag, 18. April 2002 17:34 -0700

Re: Webserver questions: using samba, avoiding cleartext passwords, co-existing with Windows

2002-04-19 Thread Mark Ng
Look at winscp ( http://winscp.vse.cz if I recall correctly ). It's a scp client that can be easily used by end users. Best bet is to use winscp 2, as that has drag and drop with explorer. Mark Marcel Hicking wrote: There is a Explorer-like interface to PuTTY's scp command. Maybe an

what is means ?

2002-04-19 Thread Marcin Bednarz
Hi all. In output of 'w' command I saw something like that: --cut-- root 7073 0.0 0.0 1240 636 ?S11:09 0:05 in.telnetd: some.host.in.my.domain --cut-- Correct address I replaced with some.host.in.my.domain. Is root is logging to this mashine by telnet ??? Regards,

Re: what is means ?

2002-04-19 Thread Sidnei da Silva
On Sex 19 Abr 2002 09:05, Marcin Bednarz wrote: | Hi all. | | In output of 'w' command I saw something like that: | | --cut-- | root 7073 0.0 0.0 1240 636 ?S11:09 0:05 in.telnetd: | some.host.in.my.domain --cut-- | | Correct address I replaced with some.host.in.my.domain. |

RE: what is means ?

2002-04-19 Thread Jan Johansson
Telnet suckz badly. How do you know it was exploited via telnetd? I can think of a lot of services more readibly exploitable then telnet. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Marcin Bednarz
Hi al. On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Sidnei da Silva wrote: Clearly yes. In my opinion you should disable telnet and use ssh. Once i left telnet open after installing a server, and the next day i found a rootkit inside it. Telnet suckz badly. How to protect against rootkis ? Is it some kind of

RE: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Jan Johansson
How to protect against rootkis ? Keep your system up to date, do not run unrelaibale software, do not give accounts to people you do not trust. Is it some kind of trojan wich working with root priviledges ? Basically, yes. It is typically a kit you drop on the system via a remote root

Re: what is means ?

2002-04-19 Thread Joe Moore
In output of 'w' command I saw something like that: --cut-- root 7073 0.0 0.0 1240 636 ?S11:09 0:05 in.telnetd: some.host.in.my.domain --cut-- Correct address I replaced with some.host.in.my.domain. Is root is logging to this mashine by telnet ??? Maybe, but

Re: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Patrick Maheral
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 02:47:08PM +0200, Jan Johansson wrote: Why some people says that eg. tripwire doesn't discover it ? Then they dont know what they are saying, i would say that Tripwire / AIDE / such will be 100% efficient in detecting kits _PROVIDING_ that your database is current,

RE: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Jan Johansson
I've heard of, but not confirmed the existence of, a root kit that is not detected by Tripwire and other intrusion detection software. It does this by keeping a backup of the original utility (eg. ls, ps, etc.) and then provides either it's own utility or the original depending on how it

RE: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Jan Johansson
Am I just being paranoid, or is this sort of compromise really possible? And also: If the IDS was there first it would trigger on the modified kernel/module/library (or whatever) since it has to differ between the last check _before_ the infection and the first check _after_ infection. Now,

Re: what is means ? + rootkits..

2002-04-19 Thread Giacomo Mulas
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Patrick Maheral wrote: I've heard of, but not confirmed the existence of, a root kit that is not detected by Tripwire and other intrusion detection software. It does this by keeping a backup of the original utility (eg. ls, ps, etc.) and then provides either it's own

mysql-server local DOS vulnerability

2002-04-19 Thread Thiemo Nagel
Hi, I found a local DOS vulnerability in the mysql-server package. Since I am not experienced in the field of computer security I have not contacted upstream nor any other security list about the issue and would be happy to get some feedback about the perceived severity of the problem and

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2002-04-19 Thread Ferdinand Haselbacher jr .
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