Re: Mirror Site Security

2002-11-20 Thread vdongen
Cistron has a mirror of non-us and security on ftp.debian.nl

Gr,

Ivo
-Original Message-
From: Jan H. van Gils [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:41:19 +0100
Subject: Mirror Site Security

   Hi,
 
 Well lets hope that the fire doesn't make and casualties.
 
 But the question remains, where is the mirror for security.debain.org
 ?
 All the debian related data is mirrored somewhere but the security
 site
 can't be found anywhere else ! 
 
 Is there a reason for this ?
 
 Jan 
 
 
 With regards Jan H. van Gils
 Internet web-page http://www.VGNet.NL/
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Re: Mirror Site Security

2002-11-20 Thread vdongen
Cistron has a mirror of non-us and security on ftp.debian.nl

Gr,

Ivo
-Original Message-
From: Jan H. van Gils [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:41:19 +0100
Subject: Mirror Site Security

   Hi,
 
 Well lets hope that the fire doesn't make and casualties.
 
 But the question remains, where is the mirror for security.debain.org
 ?
 All the debian related data is mirrored somewhere but the security
 site
 can't be found anywhere else ! 
 
 Is there a reason for this ?
 
 Jan 
 
 
 With regards Jan H. van Gils
 Internet web-page http://www.VGNet.NL/
 Internet e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [OT] secure, minimal Debian installation for linux-based thin clients?

2002-10-19 Thread vdongen
 Towards the end of the Debian installation process, when you're asked
 whether you want to run tasksel or dselect, you can choose dselect
 and
 exit it before installing any packages.  If you do that, you're left
 with a really minimal install.  You might be able to base your work
 on
 this.
since this is the way I usually work and I've tried to build a debian 
based thin client myself.I can say that woody base contains a lot 
of packages which you really don't want/need on a thin client.

Gr,

Ivo van Dongen




Re: ssh banner

2002-10-18 Thread vdongen
 Woody
 
 host:/home/przemoltelnet 192.168.x.y ssh
 Trying 192.168.x.y...
 Connected to 192.168.x.y.
 Escape character is '^]'.
 SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-1
 
 How can I disable the message ?
This banner is needed information for a ssh client connecting to your 
server, therefor you better not disable it.

Greetings,

Ivo van Dongen



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Re: ssh banner

2002-10-18 Thread vdongen
  SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-1
 
 Edit sshd_config
 
 find the line with something like 
 
 Banner /etc/issue.net
 
 and set
 
 # Banner /etc/issue.net
 
 killall -9 sshd
 
 done
 
 
 Regards
afaik /etc/issue.net is intended for telnet and not for ssh.
furthermore:

$ netcat 0 22
SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-4
$ cat /etc/issue.net
Debian GNU/%s testing/unstable %h

sshd does not use /etc/issue.net by default:

$ grep Banner /etc/ssh/sshd_config
#Banner /etc/issue.net


Greetings,

Ivo van Dongen



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Re: ssh banner

2002-10-18 Thread vdongen
 Woody
 
 host:/home/przemoltelnet 192.168.x.y ssh
 Trying 192.168.x.y...
 Connected to 192.168.x.y.
 Escape character is '^]'.
 SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-1
 
 How can I disable the message ?
This banner is needed information for a ssh client connecting to your 
server, therefor you better not disable it.

Greetings,

Ivo van Dongen




Re: ssh banner

2002-10-18 Thread vdongen
  SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-1
 
 Edit sshd_config
 
 find the line with something like 
 
 Banner /etc/issue.net
 
 and set
 
 # Banner /etc/issue.net
 
 killall -9 sshd
 
 done
 
 
 Regards
afaik /etc/issue.net is intended for telnet and not for ssh.
furthermore:

$ netcat 0 22
SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-4
$ cat /etc/issue.net
Debian GNU/%s testing/unstable %h

sshd does not use /etc/issue.net by default:

$ grep Banner /etc/ssh/sshd_config
#Banner /etc/issue.net


Greetings,

Ivo van Dongen




Re: Open Ports

2002-10-17 Thread vdongen

  I got two open Ports on my Debian-Server and I do not know what
 they are
  standing for:
  
  Open Port: 56851
  Open Port: 57216
 try lsof -i | grep 56851
 it could help u see what application is listening on that port
also netstat -anp as root will tell you what process is 
using/claiming that port.

Greetings,

Ivo van Dongen



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Re: Open Ports

2002-10-17 Thread vdongen
  I got two open Ports on my Debian-Server and I do not know what
 they are
  standing for:
  
  Open Port: 56851
  Open Port: 57216
 try lsof -i | grep 56851
 it could help u see what application is listening on that port
also netstat -anp as root will tell you what process is 
using/claiming that port.

Greetings,

Ivo van Dongen




Re: debian-security-announce-$lang@lists?

2002-08-28 Thread vdongen
 I think as a German I'm allowed to say this:
 
 No English, no security. There will always be bits and pieces
 available
 in English only. Making DSAs available in foreign languages will help
 amateurs without sufficient English skills to keep their systems up
 to date.
It might even help professionals, because although I have no problem 
with understanding english (and even german if required) reading a 
email in the Dutch language is less strenuous.

 
 For professionals, required reading is debian-security (or whatever
 foo-security list applies to their system), BUGTRAQ, maybe
 full-disclosure if you can stand it ;-), and some other mailing
 lists. 
Agreed, although it's a lot of emails a day if you are on all 3 
mailinglists.

Ivo van Dongen


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Re: non-us.debian.org is down

2002-06-26 Thread vdongen
Both are on SurfNet in The netherlands, I suppose they went down for a 
short while or the connection between your ISP and Surf went down.

Greetings,

Ivo van Dongen
-Original Message-
From: Ng Fong Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:51:06 +0800
Subject: non-us.debian.org is down

 I am installing Debian but having problem to connect to
 non-us.debian.org,
 Pls help.  Thanks.
 
 Fong Chu
 
 - Original Message -
 From: Jonas Weismüller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: debian-security@lists.debian.org
 Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 12:02 PM
 Subject: Re: security.debian.org is down
 
 
   I can ping it, and I just did an apt-get update which connected
 fine.
   Maybe it just came back up.
 
  Yes, it came back! Everything fine now ! ;-)
 
  Cheers Jonas
 
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Re: sources.list for potato

2002-06-21 Thread vdongen
-Original Message-
From: Wichert Akkerman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:05:10 +0200
Subject: Re: sources.list for potato

 Previously Pavel Minev Penev wrote:
  And there is no
  
  deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-security unstable/updates 
main
 contrib non-free
  
  , is it?
 
 No, and there never will be.
There is a very simple and understandable reason, the unstable archive 
is updated/fixed on the fly. So patches and security bugs are fixed 
while doing other upgrades. There is absolutely no need for a security 
line in sources.list

Greetings,

Ivo van Dongen
ISW Systeembeheer



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Re: netstat output

2002-06-10 Thread vdongen
Do netstat -anp as root instead, it gives process pid and name
-Original Message-
From: Ryan J Goss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:04:03 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: netstat output

 When I do a netstat -an, how do I properly decipher the output?  To
 me it
 looks like a lot of ports are listening, is there a way to determine
 what
 daemon is running on those ports?
 
 --Ryan Goss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Systems Staff
 
 Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal--if you don't use
 your thumbs.
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Re: Things to watch on my server

2002-06-07 Thread vdongen
 Hello ppl,
 
 What are some important things to watch on your debian box ? I'm
 checking
 logfiles periodically, and run chkrootkit once in a while.
 Are there any parameters in debian that can be turned on for some
 more
 detailed logging ?
 Also, if you're using some handy 3rd party tools, please let me know.
You could run logcheck, which instead of reading the logs mails you 
entries that are unusual or attempted break ins

Greets,

Ivo van Dongen



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Re: Security Updates Sources

2002-05-31 Thread vdongen

 Hello
 Just a little question :
 is there a security updates sources for the woody release ?
There will be once it becomes the stable release.

Greetz,

Ivo van Dongen



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Re: Security Updates Sources

2002-05-31 Thread vdongen
 Hello
 Just a little question :
 is there a security updates sources for the woody release ?
There will be once it becomes the stable release.

Greetz,

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Re: SSH Version mapper scan

2002-05-13 Thread vdongen

-Original Message-
From: Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 16:31:55 +
Subject: SSH Version mapper scan

 I just saw this in my logs.  Should I be concerned and why is it 
 happening?   TIA
 
 Unusual System Events
 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
 May 12 15:59:04 lilypad sshd[3442]: scanned from SOME IP ADDRESS
 HERE 
 with
 SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.  Don't panic.
 May 12 15:59:04 lilypad sshd[3441]: Did not receive identification
 string
 from SOME IP ADDRESS HERE
I get this messages on a daily basis, mostly asian based isp's which 
scan my entire range (62.45.*) for compromisable hosts. Of course my 
host have been patches for a long time now.
I think you should listen to the Don't panic and just sit back and 
let them scan.
I have mailed abuse@ addresses with proof that they are scanning the 
entire netblock (I have about 18 machine on different subnets of that 
block) but most isp's don't care about portscans.

Greetz,

Ivo van Dongen 



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Re: SSH Version mapper scan

2002-05-13 Thread vdongen
-Original Message-
From: Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 16:31:55 +
Subject: SSH Version mapper scan

 I just saw this in my logs.  Should I be concerned and why is it 
 happening?   TIA
 
 Unusual System Events
 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
 May 12 15:59:04 lilypad sshd[3442]: scanned from SOME IP ADDRESS
 HERE 
 with
 SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.  Don't panic.
 May 12 15:59:04 lilypad sshd[3441]: Did not receive identification
 string
 from SOME IP ADDRESS HERE
I get this messages on a daily basis, mostly asian based isp's which 
scan my entire range (62.45.*) for compromisable hosts. Of course my 
host have been patches for a long time now.
I think you should listen to the Don't panic and just sit back and 
let them scan.
I have mailed abuse@ addresses with proof that they are scanning the 
entire netblock (I have about 18 machine on different subnets of that 
block) but most isp's don't care about portscans.

Greetz,

Ivo van Dongen 



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Re: IPtables and Connection Tracking

2002-04-27 Thread vdongen

 Does the connection tracking hold the connections even if the
 firewall
 was flushed?
 
 If it is so, is it a bug or a feature?
did you by chance forget to flush all tables and just flushed by doing 
iptables -F ???

Gr,

Ivo



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Re: IPtables and Connection Tracking

2002-04-27 Thread vdongen
 Does the connection tracking hold the connections even if the
 firewall
 was flushed?
 
 If it is so, is it a bug or a feature?
did you by chance forget to flush all tables and just flushed by doing 
iptables -F ???

Gr,

Ivo



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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 can't for instance 
cd to a directory above your homedir.
A program I usually recommend is winscp. I don't have the URL present 
here, but I think google has

Greetz,
Ivo van Dongen



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Re: scp and sftp

2002-03-31 Thread vdongen

 I've been playing around with the scp and sftp components of putty
 and
 noticed what I consider a security hole.  Winscp does the same thing.
 The user can change to directories above their home.  Is there a way
 to
 chroot them like you can in an ftp config file?
scp is merely a way to use a ssh shell login to up and download a file, 
it has the same restrictions a ssh session would have.
when you login using ssh you can do cd .. too...so I don't see 
the security problem.
  I don't see anything
 in
 the sshd config files.  If you can't, how can I disable the scp
 functionality?  I'm not talking about scp from the linux box.  The
 users
 don't have shell access so that's not a problem.  I'm referring to
 remote people using a scp client to access my linux machine.  You can
 disable sftp ability by removing the sftp-server program but the scp
 server part seems to be part of sshd.
your users can't connect with the same l/p using ssh? that would be 
really weird.
 
 I did not see anything about this issue on the openssh web site. 
 Anybody got any suggestions?
That doesn't surprise me since this is not a bug or strange feature.

Greetz,

Ivo van Dongen



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Re: scp and sftp

2002-03-31 Thread vdongen
 I've been playing around with the scp and sftp components of putty
 and
 noticed what I consider a security hole.  Winscp does the same thing.
 The user can change to directories above their home.  Is there a way
 to
 chroot them like you can in an ftp config file?
scp is merely a way to use a ssh shell login to up and download a file, 
it has the same restrictions a ssh session would have.
when you login using ssh you can do cd .. too...so I don't see 
the security problem.
  I don't see anything
 in
 the sshd config files.  If you can't, how can I disable the scp
 functionality?  I'm not talking about scp from the linux box.  The
 users
 don't have shell access so that's not a problem.  I'm referring to
 remote people using a scp client to access my linux machine.  You can
 disable sftp ability by removing the sftp-server program but the scp
 server part seems to be part of sshd.
your users can't connect with the same l/p using ssh? that would be 
really weird.
 
 I did not see anything about this issue on the openssh web site. 
 Anybody got any suggestions?
That doesn't surprise me since this is not a bug or strange feature.

Greetz,

Ivo van Dongen



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Re: 2.2.18 exploit, and updating the kernel

2002-03-17 Thread vdongen

 That's the proper 'debian' way to do it.  But if you've already been
 rooted you'll probably want to start from a fresh install.  Download
 the install floppy images from
 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/i
 mages-1.44/
 
jikes, how oldfashion.

If I'm not out of line on this, I would suggest getting netinstall.
potato: http://markybobdeb.sourceforge.net/elf/files/netinst-2.2r4.iso
woody: 
http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/releases/20020215/woody_netinst-20020215-i386.iso

most machines nowadays have cdrom players.

Greetz,

Ivo




Re: Encrypted Ethernet ?

2002-02-22 Thread vdongen
VPN, like for instance tinc

Greetz,

Ivo

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-Original Message-
From: Jaroslaw Tabor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:22:14 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Encrypted Ethernet ?

 Hello!
 
   Does someone know, if there is a solution to use Debian (or, in
 general Linux ) as encryptor for Ethernet ?
 I'd like to use two computers connected by unsafe ethernet as secure
 tunnel between two LANs. It means, that such device have to 
 be transparent for all IP traffic (or may be for all Ethernet
 traffic?).
 
 regards
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Re: Emulate real ip's to access intranet hosts from outside

2002-02-11 Thread vdongen

-Original Message-
From: Ramon Acedo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:39:20 +0100
Subject: Emulate real ip's to access intranet hosts from outside
---snip-
 I just want that when someone try to access to host1.mydomain.net
 from the
 internet my firewall (and dns server)
 forward the request to host1.local which has the private ip
 192.168.1.20.
With what service? ssh? or webservice? or what?
 
 I've looking for that in the DNS Howto's but haven't found a
 solution. I've
 been thinking of a mix between
 nat iptables and special dns resolving, may be with 2 name server's
 one for
 the intranet and the other one for
 the internet.
you could easy make the hostname that will resolve to 192.168.1.20 for 
instance, but that is not routable on the internet.

We need more info for us to help you with your problem.

Greetz,

Ivo



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Re: Emulate real ip's to access intranet hosts from outside

2002-02-11 Thread vdongen
-Original Message-
From: Ramon Acedo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:39:20 +0100
Subject: Emulate real ip's to access intranet hosts from outside
---snip-
 I just want that when someone try to access to host1.mydomain.net
 from the
 internet my firewall (and dns server)
 forward the request to host1.local which has the private ip
 192.168.1.20.
With what service? ssh? or webservice? or what?
 
 I've looking for that in the DNS Howto's but haven't found a
 solution. I've
 been thinking of a mix between
 nat iptables and special dns resolving, may be with 2 name server's
 one for
 the intranet and the other one for
 the internet.
you could easy make the hostname that will resolve to 192.168.1.20 for 
instance, but that is not routable on the internet.

We need more info for us to help you with your problem.

Greetz,

Ivo




Re: Mailserver HDD organization

2002-01-17 Thread vdongen

I don't think the choice of MTA is relevant to the HDD organisation.
I use both Postfix and Qmail and they both work fine.

The only thing you have to realize is when you use Qmail with maildir, 
you really need a large /home partition.

Greetz,

Ivo

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Package: clue
Priority: optional



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From: Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 12:22:07 +0100
Subject: Re: Mailserver HDD organization

 On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 11:04:45PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
 
  please use qmail, its really the securest MTA you can get.
 
 
 please use postfix, since it's as secure as qmail and has a better
 license
 
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Re: Mutt tmp files

2001-11-15 Thread vdongen

  When writing a new mail which I intend to encrypt via gpg, mutt
  creates a tmp file (normaly unter /tmp/.mutt*) which it uses to
  'comunicate' with Vim.
 
 Or emacs, or whatever editor you prefer, yes.
 
  This file lasts as long the vim-session is
  running. Vim then saves the changes to the file and gives execution
  back to Mutt.
  
  What I don't like is: First the tmp file is readable by root.
 
accualy, root can also read you gpg key.
so a simple copy of you mail and a gpg decoding using your key would be 
much easyer
snip
 The bottom line, though, is that if you don't trust root, don't use
 his
 machine, or allow your packets to be routed through his machine (good
 luck on that one if you're on the same hub). Root can do whatever he
 likes and you can't stop him.
root is the user that is supposed to be able to do that. If you can't 
trust root, at least be able to break his/her bones when they invade 
your privacy

greetz,

Ivo



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Re: Mutt tmp files

2001-11-15 Thread vdongen
  When writing a new mail which I intend to encrypt via gpg, mutt
  creates a tmp file (normaly unter /tmp/.mutt*) which it uses to
  'comunicate' with Vim.
 
 Or emacs, or whatever editor you prefer, yes.
 
  This file lasts as long the vim-session is
  running. Vim then saves the changes to the file and gives execution
  back to Mutt.
  
  What I don't like is: First the tmp file is readable by root.
 
accualy, root can also read you gpg key.
so a simple copy of you mail and a gpg decoding using your key would be 
much easyer
snip
 The bottom line, though, is that if you don't trust root, don't use
 his
 machine, or allow your packets to be routed through his machine (good
 luck on that one if you're on the same hub). Root can do whatever he
 likes and you can't stop him.
root is the user that is supposed to be able to do that. If you can't 
trust root, at least be able to break his/her bones when they invade 
your privacy

greetz,

Ivo




Re: SPAM was RE: INSURE GOOD RECEPTION! VITAL EMERGENCY STRATEGY!!!

2001-11-10 Thread vdongen

Yes, we can send a bill
-Original Message-
From: Ed Street [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:09:54 -0500
Subject: SPAM was RE: INSURE GOOD RECEPTION! VITAL EMERGENCY STRATEGY!!!

 Hey,
 
 Is there *anything* we can do about all this Spam that's getting on
 this
 list?
 
 Ed
 
 



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Re: SPAM was RE: INSURE GOOD RECEPTION! VITAL EMERGENCY STRATEGY!!!

2001-11-10 Thread vdongen
Yes, we can send a bill
-Original Message-
From: Ed Street [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:09:54 -0500
Subject: SPAM was RE: INSURE GOOD RECEPTION! VITAL EMERGENCY STRATEGY!!!

 Hey,
 
 Is there *anything* we can do about all this Spam that's getting on
 this
 list?
 
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Re: FTP and security

2001-11-09 Thread vdongen

In this case I use (and suggest to use) pscp which is a win32 
implementation of scp (secure copy). It uses a ssh connection to upload 
or download. Unfortunatly it uses no gui and has to run from cmd or 
command.

pscp can be found on the putty page...

Greetz,

Ivo

Windows 2000 is more secure than Linux... Since the machine is offline 
half of the time because of crashes, it cannot be accessed globally, 
therefore producing higher security.



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From: Adam Spickler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:57:22 -0500
Subject: Re: FTP and security

 Is there a decent Windows FTP application that supports sftp? 
 Unfortunately, I have to use Windows at work.  :/
 
 Thanks,
 Adam
 
 
 On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 10:55:17PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
  Previously Lars Bjarby wrote:
   While were on the subject, is there an OpenSSH port of SFTP?
  
  openssh has a sftp subsystem, yes.
  
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Re: FTP and security

2001-11-09 Thread vdongen
In this case I use (and suggest to use) pscp which is a win32 
implementation of scp (secure copy). It uses a ssh connection to upload 
or download. Unfortunatly it uses no gui and has to run from cmd or 
command.

pscp can be found on the putty page...

Greetz,

Ivo

Windows 2000 is more secure than Linux... Since the machine is offline 
half of the time because of crashes, it cannot be accessed globally, 
therefore producing higher security.



-Original Message-
From: Adam Spickler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:57:22 -0500
Subject: Re: FTP and security

 Is there a decent Windows FTP application that supports sftp? 
 Unfortunately, I have to use Windows at work.  :/
 
 Thanks,
 Adam
 
 
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  Previously Lars Bjarby wrote:
   While were on the subject, is there an OpenSSH port of SFTP?
  
  openssh has a sftp subsystem, yes.
  
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Re: Port Scan for UDP

2001-10-22 Thread vdongen

# netstat -anp|less
that works for me all the time


Without the darkness, how would you recognize the light?



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From: Ben Staffin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 23:27:09 -0500
Subject: Re: Port Scan for UDP

 On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 09:22:57PM -0700, tony mancill blathered
 thusly:
  A good way to find out what process is listening on a port is to
 load the
  lsof package and use lsof -i (as root so that you'll see
 everything).
 
 I find that fuser is more convenient at times - fuser -v -n udp
 port
 returns the process(es) listening on the named UDP port.
 
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Re: Port Scan for UDP

2001-10-22 Thread vdongen
# netstat -anp|less
that works for me all the time


Without the darkness, how would you recognize the light?



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From: Ben Staffin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 23:27:09 -0500
Subject: Re: Port Scan for UDP

 On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 09:22:57PM -0700, tony mancill blathered
 thusly:
  A good way to find out what process is listening on a port is to
 load the
  lsof package and use lsof -i (as root so that you'll see
 everything).
 
 I find that fuser is more convenient at times - fuser -v -n udp
 port
 returns the process(es) listening on the named UDP port.
 
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Re: Hi :

2001-10-19 Thread vdongen

I do have snort installed and it gives me nicely daily status logs 
containing absolutly nothing :(
There might be more programs mailing root(or alias for root) with 
nothingCRON maybe...

Gr,

Ivo

Without the darkness, how would you recognize the light?



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From: Tom Breza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 21:24:41 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Hi :

  
  Previously Tom Breza wrote:
   Hi I got this today in my mail box, this is generated by somthing
 but I
   don't know what is it? Why I got message from root? and why is
 empty?
  
  Do you have snort installed?
  
 Hi  Wichert
 
 No I don't have a snort in the system
 Any other sugestions?
 
 Tom
  
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Re: Hi :

2001-10-19 Thread vdongen
I do have snort installed and it gives me nicely daily status logs 
containing absolutly nothing :(
There might be more programs mailing root(or alias for root) with 
nothingCRON maybe...

Gr,

Ivo

Without the darkness, how would you recognize the light?



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From: Tom Breza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 21:24:41 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Hi :

  
  Previously Tom Breza wrote:
   Hi I got this today in my mail box, this is generated by somthing
 but I
   don't know what is it? Why I got message from root? and why is
 empty?
  
  Do you have snort installed?
  
 Hi  Wichert
 
 No I don't have a snort in the system
 Any other sugestions?
 
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BOFH

2001-09-03 Thread vdongen

Because of loads of resonses to me willing to send the script I've put 
it on the web for now, it's at:
http://www.insecure.nl/~vdong/

Greetz,

Ivo

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BOFH

2001-09-03 Thread vdongen
Because of loads of resonses to me willing to send the script I've put 
it on the web for now, it's at:
http://www.insecure.nl/~vdong/

Greetz,

Ivo

Without the darkness, how would you recognize the light?





Re: IS THERE ANY INTELLIGENT LIFE AT YOUR END AT ALL??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

2001-09-02 Thread vdongen

  I think I found the problem with this user:
  
  
  dudes@portal:~$ bofh
  /dev/clue was linked to /dev/null
  
 Which package is that?
 I don't have that command on my sytem :-(
 
 Or is it just a script that pulls it out of bofh fortunes?
accually, it's a perl script with a database build from grepping and 
awking a fortunes file

I'm trying to learn perl and this was my first client/server program...

If you like I could send it to you...



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Re: IS THERE ANY INTELLIGENT LIFE AT YOUR END AT ALL??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

2001-09-02 Thread vdongen
  I think I found the problem with this user:
  
  
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bofh
  /dev/clue was linked to /dev/null
  
 Which package is that?
 I don't have that command on my sytem :-(
 
 Or is it just a script that pulls it out of bofh fortunes?
accually, it's a perl script with a database build from grepping and 
awking a fortunes file

I'm trying to learn perl and this was my first client/server program...

If you like I could send it to you...




answer from abuse@ptd.net

2001-09-01 Thread vdongen



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Re: A thought on Layne

2001-09-01 Thread vdongen

poor salesperson.
that guy/girl is only trying to earn a living...
I usually reroute them to $secretary


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-Original Message-
From: Stig Brautaset [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 17:22:15 +0100
Subject: Re: A thought on Layne

 * Anthony DeRobertis [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus:
  Can we subscribe him, WITHOUT posting priveleges, to every list
 debian 
  hosts? And then linux-kernel as well? After that, spam-l and a
 news-to-mail 
  of nanae?
 
 Nah, much more fun reading his posts I think :P 
 
 I have learnt a whole lot of new words and phrases that I intend to
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 next time I get some phone salesman/woman on the line :D
 
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Re: HARASS ME MORE.........

2001-09-01 Thread vdongen

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
Date: 01 Sep 2001 11:38:41 -0700
Subject: Re: HARASS ME MORE.

 Noah L. Meyerhans [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 
  Please don't do that.  That's an incredibly rude practice.  The
 people
  never asked for your opinion on operating systems or Microsoft. 
 What
  about those who use a Windows mailer at their job and have no
 choice to
  do otherwise.  (and please don't suggest changing jobs, that's not
  necessarily realistic)  
 
 Sorry, changing jobs is realistic.  People are *responsible* for what
 they do, and the defense of but it's only my job does not aquit.
 Instead, it says not only do I do bad things, but I am also
 bribable.
 
 Thomas
I disagree, part of my job (1% thank god) is supporting users, they 
use MS based systems so also MS based mailprograms
I was learned when I first started out that a good admin should 
understand all systems available (or commonly used) so once in a while 
I mail something with a MS mailer.
I don't think you can judge ppl based on the policy of the corporation. 
my #1 task is maintaining *nix based machines, so I would really be 
offended if someone would mail me those sites



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2001-09-01 Thread vdongen
I think I found the problem with this user:


[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bofh
/dev/clue was linked to /dev/null

-Original Message-
From: Daniel T. Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 00:58:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: IS THERE ANY INTELLIGENT LIFE AT YOUR END AT 
ALL?

???

 Um, can't this a**hole just use a filter or something? Oh wait,
 sorry,
 there isn't any intelligent life at your end either. Oops.
 
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