Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:22:39AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > dear list, > > look, i am really not here to start a flame war and heck no, i don't > want one. please excuse if my behaviour has been leading you onto this > belief (or maybe not). i am simply failing to grasp the arguments laid >

iptables not logging or dhcp-client lying?

2002-04-02 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Dear .debs, I am playing with packet filtering on a DHCP client and trying to get it done the right way. Policy for all built-in chains is DROP and all packets are logged before they go plonk. I pulled the network cable while playing around. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 kernel 2.4.18-tux, iptables 1.2.

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Emmanuel Lacour
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:49:53AM -0700, Will Aoki wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:23:21AM -0800, Anne Carasik wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > > > A question about some network services > > > == > > > > > > Hallo Debian fo

SPSL implementation ..

2002-04-02 Thread Jean-Francois Dive
hi all, does someone heard about any implementation of the SPSL (Simple Policy Specification Language ?) What i am looking for is a kind of parser / generator (more the generator side) type of program which wouls allow me to produce SPSL files easily. As a background, SPSL is a language that h

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:22:39AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > dear list, > > look, i am really not here to start a flame war and heck no, i don't > want one. please excuse if my behaviour has been leading you onto this > belief (or maybe not). i am simply failing to grasp the arguments laid

iptables not logging or dhcp-client lying?

2002-04-02 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Dear .debs, I am playing with packet filtering on a DHCP client and trying to get it done the right way. Policy for all built-in chains is DROP and all packets are logged before they go plonk. I pulled the network cable while playing around. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 kernel 2.4.18-tux, iptables 1.2

RE: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread Howland, Curtis
I would bet that the vast majority of "flame wars" begin because someone mistakes "terse" or "concise" for hostility. The reverse, being the endless spewing of meaningless words, all the while saying nothing at all or even the opposite of what it sounds like, is the art of politicians and diplo

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread Chris Massam
well, you make sense to me. 2c from an end-user. martin f krafft wrote: dear list, look, i am really not here to start a flame war and heck no, i don't want one. please excuse if my behaviour has been leading you onto this belief (or maybe not). i am simply failing to grasp the arguments laid

SPSL implementation ..

2002-04-02 Thread Jean-Francois Dive
hi all, does someone heard about any implementation of the SPSL (Simple Policy Specification Language ?) What i am looking for is a kind of parser / generator (more the generator side) type of program which wouls allow me to produce SPSL files easily. As a background, SPSL is a language that

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread martin f krafft
dear list, look, i am really not here to start a flame war and heck no, i don't want one. please excuse if my behaviour has been leading you onto this belief (or maybe not). i am simply failing to grasp the arguments laid out by wichert. that is, i don't disagree with him per se, but i have the fe

RE: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread Howland, Curtis
I would bet that the vast majority of "flame wars" begin because someone mistakes "terse" or "concise" for hostility. The reverse, being the endless spewing of meaningless words, all the while saying nothing at all or even the opposite of what it sounds like, is the art of politicians and dipl

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread Chris Massam
well, you make sense to me. 2c from an end-user. martin f krafft wrote: > dear list, > > look, i am really not here to start a flame war and heck no, i don't > want one. please excuse if my behaviour has been leading you onto this > belief (or maybe not). i am simply failing to grasp the argum

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread martin f krafft
dear list, look, i am really not here to start a flame war and heck no, i don't want one. please excuse if my behaviour has been leading you onto this belief (or maybe not). i am simply failing to grasp the arguments laid out by wichert. that is, i don't disagree with him per se, but i have the f

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Mike Renfro
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > All this services are stareted from inet.d / xinet.d so I can easily > disable them via "update-inetd", so my only question is: And *that's* the problem; update-inetd. I've run into this myself, too, and the solution is to not use update-inet

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Will Aoki
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:23:21AM -0800, Anne Carasik wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > > A question about some network services > > == > > > > Hallo Debian folks, > > > > By default, on my debian boxes, I disable this network > >

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Eric LeBlanc
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Anne Carasik wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > > A question about some network services > > == > > > > Hallo Debian folks, > > > > By default, on my debian boxes, I disable this network > > services which are

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:23:21AM -0800, Anne Carasik wrote: > > Well, daytime spits out the time of day, time is for NTP, > and I'm not sure what discard is used for. No, NTP does not use the time port. It uses port 123 (ntp in /etc/services). Discard is the network equivalent of /dev/null T

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread jereme
[snips:] Anne Carasik wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > > A question about some network services > > == ... > > Well, daytime spits out the time of day, time is for NTP, > and I'm not sure what discard is used for. It is the net

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Anne Carasik
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > A question about some network services > == > > Hallo Debian folks, > > By default, on my debian boxes, I disable this network > services which are enabled automaticly during a fresh > Debian stable aka "po

A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread eim
A question about some network services == Hallo Debian folks, By default, on my debian boxes, I disable this network services which are enabled automaticly during a fresh Debian stable aka "potato" installtion: * daytime * time * discar

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously martin f krafft wrote: > wrong. fix things with bandaid to give you more time to find the real > problem. i am not saying that this is the final fix. put it this way, > you aren't going to wait for intruders to make use of the opportunity > while you search the drunkbold who broke your w

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.02.1250 +0200]: > I does, and in fact it's a very good approach: make sure you study > what the real problem is instead of trying to fix things with bandaid. wrong. fix things with bandaid to give you more time to find the real problem. i a

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Mike Renfro
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > All this services are stareted from inet.d / xinet.d so I can easily > disable them via "update-inetd", so my only question is: And *that's* the problem; update-inetd. I've run into this myself, too, and the solution is to not use update-ine

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Will Aoki
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:23:21AM -0800, Anne Carasik wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > > A question about some network services > > == > > > > Hallo Debian folks, > > > > By default, on my debian boxes, I disable this network >

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Eric LeBlanc
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Anne Carasik wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > > A question about some network services > > == > > > > Hallo Debian folks, > > > > By default, on my debian boxes, I disable this network > > services which ar

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:23:21AM -0800, Anne Carasik wrote: > > Well, daytime spits out the time of day, time is for NTP, > and I'm not sure what discard is used for. No, NTP does not use the time port. It uses port 123 (ntp in /etc/services). Discard is the network equivalent of /dev/null

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread jereme
[snips:] Anne Carasik wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > > A question about some network services > > == ... > > Well, daytime spits out the time of day, time is for NTP, > and I'm not sure what discard is used for. It is the ne

Re: A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread Anne Carasik
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:45:21PM +0200, eim wrote: > A question about some network services > == > > Hallo Debian folks, > > By default, on my debian boxes, I disable this network > services which are enabled automaticly during a fresh > Debian stable aka "p

A question about some network services

2002-04-02 Thread eim
A question about some network services == Hallo Debian folks, By default, on my debian boxes, I disable this network services which are enabled automaticly during a fresh Debian stable aka "potato" installtion: * daytime * time * disca

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously martin f krafft wrote: > wrong. fix things with bandaid to give you more time to find the real > problem. i am not saying that this is the final fix. put it this way, > you aren't going to wait for intruders to make use of the opportunity > while you search the drunkbold who broke your

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.02.1250 +0200]: > I does, and in fact it's a very good approach: make sure you study > what the real problem is instead of trying to fix things with bandaid. wrong. fix things with bandaid to give you more time to find the real problem. i

Re: Can the troian Trin00 infect a Debian Machine?

2002-04-02 Thread Alan James
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:25:18 +0100, Jose Manuel dos Santos Calhariz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Where I can more information about Trin00? Well google of course: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Trin00&btnG=Google+Search First hit: http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich/misc/trinoo.analysis Tr

re: scp and ftp

2002-04-02 Thread Zer0
Hello ! > concern. Users can ssh into my machine but their profiles are fixed to > run a menu of things I allow them to do. Thus they can't get to the $ > prompt and thus can't cd to other directories to see what's there. And maybe i do not get the point but : i think you should try 'pd

Can the troian Trin00 infect a Debian Machine?

2002-04-02 Thread Jose Manuel dos Santos Calhariz
I have run nessus against a Debian Machine and it detected the Trin00 troian. If the nessus says that is a Windows troian how can it infect a Debian Machine? Where I can more information about Trin00? Jose Calhariz -- Todo mundo é ignorante, só que em assuntos diferentes... -- To UN

Re: Debian mail server.

2002-04-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd recommend installing AMaViS along with some virus scanner. I'm using Kaspersky because it had a good recognition rate in a test and because those Russians care more about Linux than most other AV vendors. Also, AMaViS and the Kaspersky scanner can both run as daemons, saving repeated startup

Re: Can the troian Trin00 infect a Debian Machine?

2002-04-02 Thread Alan James
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 13:25:18 +0100, Jose Manuel dos Santos Calhariz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Where I can more information about Trin00? Well google of course: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Trin00&btnG=Google+Search First hit: http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich/misc/trinoo.analysis T

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously martin f krafft wrote: > that's a purist approach which doesn't work with security. I does, and in fact it's a very good approach: make sure you study what the real problem is instead of trying to fix things with bandaid. With all the energy wasted on this someone could have found the

re: scp and ftp

2002-04-02 Thread Zer0
Hello ! > concern. Users can ssh into my machine but their profiles are fixed to > run a menu of things I allow them to do. Thus they can't get to the $ > prompt and thus can't cd to other directories to see what's there. And maybe i do not get the point but : i think you should try 'p

Can the troian Trin00 infect a Debian Machine?

2002-04-02 Thread Jose Manuel dos Santos Calhariz
I have run nessus against a Debian Machine and it detected the Trin00 troian. If the nessus says that is a Windows troian how can it infect a Debian Machine? Where I can more information about Trin00? Jose Calhariz -- Todo mundo é ignorante, só que em assuntos diferentes... -- To U

Re: Debian mail server.

2002-04-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >I'd recommend installing AMaViS along with some virus scanner. I'm using >Kaspersky because it had a good recognition rate in a test and because >those Russians care more about Linux than most other AV vendors. >Also, AMaViS and the Kaspersky scanner can both run as daemons, saving >repeated

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.03.31.2009 +0200]: > Because it might impact other packages as well. sure, but the upload won't. > I'ld rather make sure we don't have a bug in multiple packages then > a reasonably harmless semi-bug in a single package. that's a purist appr

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously martin f krafft wrote: > that's a purist approach which doesn't work with security. I does, and in fact it's a very good approach: make sure you study what the real problem is instead of trying to fix things with bandaid. With all the energy wasted on this someone could have found the

Re: on potato's proftpd

2002-04-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.03.31.2009 +0200]: > Because it might impact other packages as well. sure, but the upload won't. > I'ld rather make sure we don't have a bug in multiple packages then > a reasonably harmless semi-bug in a single package. that's a purist app

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