Re: Passwordless Authentication (was Re: How to reduce sid security)

2003-08-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 11:04:32AM +0200, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > On Friday 01 August 2003 04:10, Peter Cordes wrote: > > You should use ssh-keygen to create a keypair on each machine, and > > copy the public key from the machine you generated it on to the other > > machine. This allows quick pas

Re: Passwordless Authentication (was Re: How to reduce sid security)

2003-08-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 11:04:32AM +0200, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > On Friday 01 August 2003 04:10, Peter Cordes wrote: > > You should use ssh-keygen to create a keypair on each machine, and > > copy the public key from the machine you generated it on to the other > > machine. This allows quick pas

Apache user pages (was: Re: Permissions on /root/)

2003-03-10 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 08:16:38PM +0100, Thomas Sj?gren wrote: > On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > > > > It should be locked down and not touched by adduser ("Would You Like To > > > Make All Homedirs World-Readable?"). > > root is not the regular user. Users need o+x on their h

Apache user pages (was: Re: Permissions on /root/)

2003-03-10 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 08:16:38PM +0100, Thomas Sj?gren wrote: > On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > > > > It should be locked down and not touched by adduser ("Would You Like To > > > Make All Homedirs World-Readable?"). > > root is not the regular user. Users need o+x on their h

Re: [OT] please do not ...

2002-11-16 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 11:55:49AM +0100, poczta wrote: > people, do not respond to 'unsubscribe' messages, 'cause from > on mail it grows to many messages, so think twice before > you mail on it. thanks or at the very least, If you are bound and determined to address this person's erorr, reply t

Re: [OT] please do not ...

2002-11-16 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 11:55:49AM +0100, poczta wrote: > people, do not respond to 'unsubscribe' messages, 'cause from > on mail it grows to many messages, so think twice before > you mail on it. thanks or at the very least, If you are bound and determined to address this person's erorr, reply t

Re: Some more port closing questions

2002-07-30 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 01:22:50PM -0400, Phillip Hofmeister wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 at 11:09:49AM -0600, Crawford Rainwater wrote: > > Thanks to all on the Portsentry issue I had > > a week ago. > > > > Along those same lines, I have two ports I cannot > > figure out (even looking through th

Re: PermitRootLogin enabled by default

2002-06-26 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 02:11:00PM +0200, InfoEmergencias - Luis Gómez wrote: > Hi all > > Messing up with sshd_config for all the privsep stuff, I've noticed that > PermitRootLogin was set to yes in my three woody boxes. I usually > consider this a problem (although it has been my fault - i shoul

Re: SSH RSA Authentication

2002-06-22 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 07:50:07PM +0200, Dietmar Goldbeck wrote: > It is very difficult to help you without error messages, since there > shouldn't be a problem. openssh 3.0.2 and 3.2.3 play perfectly well > with each other. There weren't any error messages, otherwise I would have provided them.

SSH RSA Authentication

2002-06-22 Thread Rob VanFleet
I am trying to use RSA authentication between different machines, but I'm running into trouble between machines running different versions of ssh. Machine A is running unstable with OpenSSH 3.0.2p1, and it is trying to connect to machine B running stable, with a compiled from source ssh, version 3

Re: NFS, password transparency, and security

2002-04-11 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 12:21:13AM +0100, Gareth Bowker wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 04:02:34PM -0500, Rob VanFleet wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 07:23:28AM -0700, Luca Filipozzi wrote: > > > > > > You run those service locally on each machine only. You don&

Re: NFS, password transparency, and security

2002-04-11 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 12:21:13AM +0100, Gareth Bowker wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 04:02:34PM -0500, Rob VanFleet wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 07:23:28AM -0700, Luca Filipozzi wrote: > > > > > > You run those service locally on each machine only. You don&

Re: NFS, password transparency, and security

2002-04-09 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 07:23:28AM -0700, Luca Filipozzi wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 06:51:38AM -0500, Rob VanFleet wrote: > > After doing some reading about it, the only thing that turns me off to > > SFS is that you still have to run the usual NFS services for it to work. &

Re: NFS, password transparency, and security

2002-04-09 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 07:23:28AM -0700, Luca Filipozzi wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 06:51:38AM -0500, Rob VanFleet wrote: > > After doing some reading about it, the only thing that turns me off to > > SFS is that you still have to run the usual NFS services for it to work. &

Re: NFS, password transparency, and security

2002-04-09 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 12:37:27PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Alan Shutko wrote: > > An AFS-based setup is used at many places to great effect, especially > > on untrusted nets, but I don't know how bad setup is. I suspect it's > > evil. > > There is also SFS which works very nic

Re: NFS, password transparency, and security

2002-04-09 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 12:37:27PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Alan Shutko wrote: > > An AFS-based setup is used at many places to great effect, especially > > on untrusted nets, but I don't know how bad setup is. I suspect it's > > evil. > > There is also SFS which works very ni

Re: NFS, password transparency, and security

2002-04-07 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 07:39:43PM -0700, Luca Filipozzi wrote: > Two choices for authentication (passwd + shadow): > (1) Kerberos > Never used it. Can't advise you. I've looked at Kerberos, but at least a cursory glance at leaves the impressions that it is ridiculously complicated to set up a

NFS, password transparency, and security

2002-04-07 Thread Rob VanFleet
I have a situation where my superiors are leaning heavily on me to make life more convenient for them by having total availability of data from a group of machines. They basically want to log into any one machine within this group with the same password, and be able to access any disks they choose

Re: NFS, password transparency, and security

2002-04-07 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 07:39:43PM -0700, Luca Filipozzi wrote: > Two choices for authentication (passwd + shadow): > (1) Kerberos > Never used it. Can't advise you. I've looked at Kerberos, but at least a cursory glance at leaves the impressions that it is ridiculously complicated to set up

NFS, password transparency, and security

2002-04-07 Thread Rob VanFleet
I have a situation where my superiors are leaning heavily on me to make life more convenient for them by having total availability of data from a group of machines. They basically want to log into any one machine within this group with the same password, and be able to access any disks they choos

Re: scp and sftp

2002-04-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 10:35:35AM -0500, Jon McCain wrote: > But changing permissions on the .bash_profile so they don't own it (and > not in their group) should take care of that problem. They can read it > all they want, just not change it. A cleaner solution would be to make it immutable. (a

Re: scp and sftp

2002-04-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 10:35:35AM -0500, Jon McCain wrote: > But changing permissions on the .bash_profile so they don't own it (and > not in their group) should take care of that problem. They can read it > all they want, just not change it. A cleaner solution would be to make it immutable. (

Re: /bin/passwd as shell

2002-01-24 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 07:23:35AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > > also sprach Rob VanFleet > > On this list (I beleive) I saw someone mention the use of /bin/passwd > > as a shell for mail-only users so they can easily change their password > > without having

Re: /bin/passwd as shell

2002-01-24 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 07:23:35AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > > also sprach Rob VanFleet > > On this list (I beleive) I saw someone mention the use of /bin/passwd > > as a shell for mail-only users so they can easily change their password > > without having

/bin/passwd as shell

2002-01-23 Thread Rob VanFleet
On this list (I beleive) I saw someone mention the use of /bin/passwd as a shell for mail-only users so they can easily change their password without having to ask someone. Is this a secure option, or am I missing some glaring problems? If so, what are some other possible solutions? Thanks, Rob

/bin/passwd as shell

2002-01-23 Thread Rob VanFleet
On this list (I beleive) I saw someone mention the use of /bin/passwd as a shell for mail-only users so they can easily change their password without having to ask someone. Is this a secure option, or am I missing some glaring problems? If so, what are some other possible solutions? Thanks, Rob

Re: BugTraq Kernel 2.2.19

2001-10-19 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 12:24:45PM -0500, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: > > i think Linus has already approved the patch. im not sure yet when will > > it arrive though.. > > Yes, the email linked to by that /. posting : > > > http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/archive.pl?id=1&mid=221337&start=2

Re: BugTraq Kernel 2.2.19

2001-10-19 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 12:24:45PM -0500, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: > > i think Linus has already approved the patch. im not sure yet when will > > it arrive though.. > > Yes, the email linked to by that /. posting : > > >http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/archive.pl?id=1&mid=221337&start=2

LogCheck Issues

2001-09-14 Thread Rob VanFleet
I seem to be having a small problem with something in the logcheck.ignore file. The default setup for the logcheck package under debian already contains this entry in logcheck.ignore to avoid reporting this common cron job: /USR/SBIN/CRON\[.*\]: (mail) CMD ( if \[ -x /usr/sbin/exim \]; then /usr

LogCheck Issues

2001-09-14 Thread Rob VanFleet
I seem to be having a small problem with something in the logcheck.ignore file. The default setup for the logcheck package under debian already contains this entry in logcheck.ignore to avoid reporting this common cron job: /USR/SBIN/CRON\[.*\]: (mail) CMD ( if \[ -x /usr/sbin/exim \]; then /us

Re: Mutt and inline gpg

2001-08-09 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 05:26:50PM +0200, Christian Kurz wrote: > option "pgp_create_traditional". That option might help you very much, > but instead I would suggest that the other MUA's get fixed. Um, wouldn't that be every other MUA asid from mutt and maybe one or two others? -Rob

Re: Mutt and inline gpg

2001-08-09 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 05:26:50PM +0200, Christian Kurz wrote: > option "pgp_create_traditional". That option might help you very much, > but instead I would suggest that the other MUA's get fixed. Um, wouldn't that be every other MUA asid from mutt and maybe one or two others? -Rob -- To U

Re: Mutt and inline gpg

2001-08-09 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 03:19:42PM +0200, Martin Domig wrote: > Is there a way to make mutt send inline PGP messages instead of the > MIME attachment form? Well, this is a little kludgy, but it works. Put this in your .muttrc: # Inline encryption macro compose \CE "Fgpg -ea\ny" # C

Re: Mutt and inline gpg

2001-08-09 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 03:19:42PM +0200, Martin Domig wrote: > Is there a way to make mutt send inline PGP messages instead of the > MIME attachment form? Well, this is a little kludgy, but it works. Put this in your .muttrc: # Inline encryption macro compose \CE "Fgpg -ea\ny" #

Re: apt-get install apache (was "red worm amusement")

2001-07-23 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 07:28:31PM -0500, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: > > > If you're upgrading for > > > security and bug fixes, you use upgrade. > > In michael's defense, take this entry from the apt-get mapage: > >dist-upgrade > dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the

Re: apt-get install apache (was "red worm amusement")

2001-07-22 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 07:28:31PM -0500, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: > > > If you're upgrading for > > > security and bug fixes, you use upgrade. > > In michael's defense, take this entry from the apt-get mapage: > >dist-upgrade > dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the

Re: --no-run option (was: Re: red worm amusement)

2001-07-22 Thread Rob VanFleet
Exactly. It is more of a special case to *not* want a server to start at boot rather than the other way around. To those who think that apt-get install apache is too easy, then why is apt-get remove apache too hard? -Rob On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 04:00:43PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > On Sun

Re: apt-get install apache (was "red worm amusement")

2001-07-22 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 07:59:47AM -0500, chandler wrote: > Similarly, after a recent apt-get dist-upgrade (intended to grab security > updates only, Then why did you dist-upgrade? I think it's pretty self-explanatory that if you're upgrading from one distribution to another (like from stable t

Re: --no-run option (was: Re: red worm amusement)

2001-07-22 Thread Rob VanFleet
Exactly. It is more of a special case to *not* want a server to start at boot rather than the other way around. To those who think that apt-get install apache is too easy, then why is apt-get remove apache too hard? -Rob On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 04:00:43PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > On Su

Re: apt-get install apache (was "red worm amusement")

2001-07-22 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 07:59:47AM -0500, chandler wrote: > Similarly, after a recent apt-get dist-upgrade (intended to grab security > updates only, Then why did you dist-upgrade? I think it's pretty self-explanatory that if you're upgrading from one distribution to another (like from stable

Re: red worm amusement

2001-07-22 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 07:52:02PM -0700, Jacob Meuser wrote: > And whose going to teach them? Certainly not an OS that makes it as > easy as 'apt-get install apache' ! Well, your solution of making it more obfuscated and difficult will cause even more of a problem. M

Re: red worm amusement

2001-07-21 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 07:52:02PM -0700, Jacob Meuser wrote: > And whose going to teach them? Certainly not an OS that makes it as > easy as 'apt-get install apache' ! Well, your solution of making it more obfuscated and difficult will cause even more of a problem.