Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

* C. P. Ghost (cpgh...@cordula.ws) wrote: > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Pongthep Kulkrisada > wrote: > > % uname -a > > FreeBSD bsdhost.localdomain 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Tue Dec  1 > > 19:12:37 ICT 2009     r...@bsdhost.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > >  i386 > > So

Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env

On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:10:56 -0600, Programmer In Training wrote: > On 03/05/10 08:46, Frank Shute wrote: > > > If you read the manpage for xdm(1) you will see that the script that > > is run on login is ~/.xsession > > > > Try putting "exec wmaker" in there. > > > > To run xdm from boot, you

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 300, Issue 10, Message: 6 On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:07:29 + Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 05/03/2010 15:51:52, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > The spamtrap is a shiny object for spam, and anything that goes there gets > > blocked for an hour from hitting the low po

RE: Calculating kernel/user/idle time

>They shouldn't need to be massaged. Just sample the values at two intervals, >and your percentages can be calculated by dividing >each delta by the sum of the deltas (since the sum equals the total CPU usage >over the interval, by definition). If you want to >calculate per-cpu usage, use the k

Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env

On 03/05/10 08:46, Frank Shute wrote: > If you read the manpage for xdm(1) you will see that the script that > is run on login is ~/.xsession > > Try putting "exec wmaker" in there. > > To run xdm from boot, you have to edit /etc/ttys and then: > > # kill -HUP 1 > > Look at this: > > http://w

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

That was just the quick summary. Google for "PPTP security" and you'll see a top link from Bruce Schneier who basically says no way to it. Sent from my iPhone, so blame Steve Jobs for any speeling misteaks. On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:20 PM, Tim Judd wrote: ..wikipedia? that's informative and use

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On 3/5/10, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Tim" == Tim Judd writes: > > Tim> I've been in that same boat. I eventually came to the decision to: > Tim> Install PPTP server software, accepting connections from any IP. > > Whoa. Here we are, talking about making it *more* secure, and > you go

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

* daniele (gl...@live.com) wrote: > Dont worry I wanted to try to help for what I can. I installed the > plugin this morning and I was curious. Thank you again for your kind. > It's strange though. The plugin is there. I dont know if there's a kind > of log somewhere to see if it "sees" it. I al

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

* Warren Block (wbl...@wonkity.com) wrote: > When you upgrade from 7.x to 8.x, it's necessary to rebuild *all* ports. Thanks for your suggestion, but it does not seem likely. All operating systems can always distinguish the system and packages. For instance, gcc is tightly coupled with the system

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On 3/5/2010 7:44 PM, Erik Norgaard wrote: > On 05/03/10 13:54, John wrote: >> My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes >> in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can actually >> "feel" it in my network performance. Other than changing ssh to >> a non-standa

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 23:02:36 -, "Graham Bentley" wrote: > > > It looks very bad for browsing web without flash viewer. > > I think it looks great - no ads !!! Hurray !!! I may politely add that exactly this is the reason I removed a working "Flash" support from my system. I rather like to se

Is there a way to know how much memory is currently allocated?

Does FreeBSD malloc library provide any API way to know how many bytes are currently allocated by the current process? Memory image size isn't adequate, since it's always much larger because of various reasons, like an extra-memory allocated for the needs of malloc library itself an also due to

Re: [ fbsd_questions ] tar(1) vs. msdos_fs: a death_spiral ?

spellberg_robert wrote: greetings, all --- i confess that this one has me flummoxed. the short question: does tar(1) spit_up when extracting onto an msdos_fs hard_drive ? [ i tried the mailing_list archives "tar AND msdos", for -questions, -chat, -bugs, -newbies, -performance ] [ other res

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On 05/03/10 13:54, John wrote: My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can actually "feel" it in my network performance. Other than changing ssh to a non-standard port - is there a way to deal with these? Every da

[SOLVED] Re: How to get "hints" of software installed by Ports ?

Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Jonathan" == Jonathan McKeown writes: >> > > Jonathan> pkg_info -D > > I like "pkg_info -DL 'port*'", because it also shows *where* things > got installed... sometimes, I can't find the conf files. :) > > Yeah , that helps. -- Best Regards, A

Re: amd64 won't install on Core Duo

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 06:30:48PM -0600, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > On 3/5/2010 6:28 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > > The amd64 arch installer for 8.0-RELEASE fails to start on a ThinkPad T60 > > with an Intel Centrino Core Duo. What am I doing wrong? > > > > error message: > > > > CPU doesn't support

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Graham Bentley wrote: > >> It looks very bad for browsing web without flash viewer. > > I think it looks great - no ads !!! Hurray !!! > Bingo! If the OP wants M$-like flash support, then . . . well . . . use M$ (and its friend$). It's not really fair to complain

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

Randal L. Schwartz wrote: "Tim" == Tim Judd writes: Tim> I've been in that same boat. I eventually came to the decision to: Tim> Install PPTP server software, accepting connections from any IP. Whoa. Here we are, talking about making it *more* secure, and you go the other direction

Re: amd64 won't install on Core Duo

On 3/5/2010 6:28 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > The amd64 arch installer for 8.0-RELEASE fails to start on a ThinkPad T60 > with an Intel Centrino Core Duo. What am I doing wrong? > > error message: > > CPU doesn't support long mode > You have a CPU that does not have 64-bit extensions. You nee

amd64 won't install on Core Duo

The amd64 arch installer for 8.0-RELEASE fails to start on a ThinkPad T60 with an Intel Centrino Core Duo. What am I doing wrong? error message: CPU doesn't support long mode -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgppIKPpWPaUa.pgp Description: PGP sign

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

> "Tim" == Tim Judd writes: Tim> I've been in that same boat. I eventually came to the decision to: Tim> Install PPTP server software, accepting connections from any IP. Whoa. Here we are, talking about making it *more* secure, and you go the other direction http://en.wikipedia.org

Re: Booting MFS from Secondary Partition

Martin McCormick wrote: Fbsd1 writes: There is hard coded logic that is stopping you from doing what you want. Looks like you are SOL. Me thinks you are absolutely correct. I was only hoping I was doing something wrong and a slight syntax change would make it work. Thank you and thanks

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

> It looks very bad for browsing web without flash viewer. I think it looks great - no ads !!! Hurray !!! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freeb

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On 05/03/2010 13:26, John wrote: Ah, I should have added that I travel a fair amount, and often have to get to my systems via hotel WiFi or Aircard, so it's impossible to predict my originating IP address in advance. If that were not the case, this would be an excellent suggestion. What about

Re: Calculating kernel/user/idle time

In the last episode (Mar 05), Peter Steele said: > What's the proper way to calculate kernel/user/idle time? I know the raw > values come from sysctl kern.cp_time, but these values need to be > "massaged" based on the number of CPUs and so on. Can someone explain > briefly what the algorithm is c

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:54:40 +0100 C. P. Ghost articulated: > Of course, it's all a matter of personal tastes, likes and dislikes. > I'd rather have a native flash plugin for FreeBSD/amd64 too (Firefox > and Opera), but this is unlikely in the near future, knowing the > miserable track record of A

Re: freebsd install from floppy

On 5 March 2010 13:51, Piotr Lukawski wrote: > On 4 March 2010 05:51, ill...@gmail.com wrote: >> On 3 March 2010 07:33, Piotr Lukawski wrote: >> > Dears, >> > I need to install Freebsd 8.0 using floppy and then ftp, but there are >> > no >> > floppy images . . . >> > Could you please produce ins

Calculating kernel/user/idle time

What's the proper way to calculate kernel/user/idle time? I know the raw values come from sysctl kern.cp_time, but these values need to be "massaged" based on the number of CPUs and so on. Can someone explain briefly what the algorithm is calculating the final percentages representing these tim

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/2010 16:12:11, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: "Matthew" == Matthew Seaman writes: Matthew> On 05/03/2010 15:51:52, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: The spamtrap is a shiny object for spam, and anything that goes there gets bloc

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

Replies interspersed On 3/5/10, John wrote: > On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 07:03:53AM -0600, Programmer In Training wrote: >> On 03/05/10 06:54, John wrote: >> > My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes >> > in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can actually

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: Or the problem is that I cvsup(ed) from 7.1 to 7.2 and then csup(ed) to 8.0. Some libraries are probably not updated??? But ``make install'' success, so libraries should not be problems. I don't know. When you upgrade from 7.x to 8.x, it's necessa

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

Thousands of ssh probes Friday, March 5, 2010 1:54 PM From: "John" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can actually "feel" it in my network performance. Other than changing ss

Re: freebsd install from floppy

Illoai, Thanks a lot! Your solution works - system is up and running now :-) However, in such a case I really cannot understand why nobody can change just one parameter and put the file in a proper place in ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE/floppies/

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: > * C. P. Ghost (cpgh...@cordula.ws) wrote: >> If you csup, you update only /usr/src (or /usr/ports). Have you actually >> updated the system and the ports as well? > % uname -a > FreeBSD bsdhost.localdomain 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

Hi, Am 05.03.2010 18:10, schrieb John: > I have just switched to pf from ipfw, so I am still learning the > nuances and style points. I switched now to security/sshguard-pf. It works perfectly and blocks also via pf. Blocking is working there with: table persist block in log quick proto tcp fro

Re: video cam with room view for FreeBSD

> > Message: 23 > Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:43 +0100 > From: "Bas v.d. Wiel" > Subject: Re: video cam with room view for FreeBSD > && Skype > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <4b912457.5040...@kompasmedia.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > >

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

* C. P. Ghost (cpgh...@cordula.ws) wrote: > If you csup, you update only /usr/src (or /usr/ports). Have you actually > updated the system and the ports as well? % uname -a FreeBSD bsdhost.localdomain 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Tue Dec 1 19:12:37 ICT 2009 r...@bsdhost.localdomain:/usr/o

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 05:04:03PM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/03/2010 16:54:50, Matthias Fechner wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Am 05.03.10 17:01, schrieb Matthew Seaman: > >> table persist > >> [...near the top of the rules section...] > >>

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/2010 16:54:50, Matthias Fechner wrote: > Hi, > > Am 05.03.10 17:01, schrieb Matthew Seaman: >> table persist >> [...near the top of the rules section...] >> block drop in log quick on $ext_if from >> >> [...later in the rules section...] >>

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 05:54:50PM +0100, Matthias Fechner wrote: > Hi, > > Am 05.03.10 17:01, schrieb Matthew Seaman: > >table persist > >[...near the top of the rules section...] > >block drop in log quick on $ext_if from > > > >[...later in the rules section...] > >pass in on $ext_if proto tcp

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

* daniele (gl...@live.com) wrote: > hmmm... :-/ > > is at least now the web browser opera working ? [edit]Yes, it is working but without flash. [/edit] Thanks for your prompt response. Pongthep ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://list

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

* daniele (gl...@live.com) wrote: > hmmm... :-/ > > is at least now the web browser opera working ? Yes it is working. Thanks for your prompt response. Pongthep ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fr

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

Hi, Am 05.03.10 17:01, schrieb Matthew Seaman: table persist [...near the top of the rules section...] block drop in log quick on $ext_if from [...later in the rules section...] pass in on $ext_if proto tcp \ from any to $ext_if port ssh \ flags S/SA keep state\

Re: pf overload for SMTP

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/2010 16:35:07, John wrote: > Is there any reason one couldn't do something similar for SMTP? Maybe > a little wider sample window, like 10/300? Or would you end up blocking > too any things that you don't mean to block? Anyone played with t

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: > Or the problem is that I cvsup(ed) from 7.1 to 7.2 and then csup(ed) to 8.0. If you csup, you update only /usr/src (or /usr/ports). Have you actually updated the system and the ports as well? > FBSD should make it simpler than this. I

pf overload for SMTP (was: Thousands of ssh probes)

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 04:01:32PM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/03/2010 15:44:39, John wrote: > > Maybe I'll have to learn how to do a VPN from FreeBSD > > > > One thought that occurs to me is that pf tables would provide a > > direc

Re: Port/package install preview

On 03/05/10 17:14, Anselm Strauss wrote: That gives me some static information on the ports requirements. But I would like a preview of what rests to be done. Some ports have a lot of dependencies, most of them are already installed. Can ports also incorporate the current state of installed packa

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

mikel king wrote: Way back about 10 years ago, I was playing around with IPFW a lot. I wrote a script to update IPFW from changes made to a MySql db. It was a just for fun project, that turned out to be rather useful I have some developers that I managed who like you were road warriors. They

Re: Port/package install preview

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/2010 16:14:12, Anselm Strauss wrote: > That gives me some static information on the ports requirements. But I would > like a preview of what rests to be done. Some ports have a lot of > dependencies, most of them are already installed. Can por

Re: Port/package install preview

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Anselm Strauss wrote: is it possible to do a real preview with portupgrade? I want to see all ports that would be installed/upgraded when installing a particular port. The --noexecute option doesn't really show me a lot. It shows what portupgrade would do, which is nothing

Re: OT: how to reset high scores on gnome games

"Aryeh M. Friedman" writes: > See subject See /usr/ports/games/gnome-games/pkg-install -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing lis

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/2010 16:12:11, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Matthew" == Matthew Seaman writes: > > Matthew> On 05/03/2010 15:51:52, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >>> The spamtrap is a shiny object for spam, and anything that goes there gets >>> blocked for

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

On 03/05/10 17:12, Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: * daniele (gl...@live.com) wrote: HI ! I tested the process of installing firefox/opera and flash plugin. Everything run on my system FreeBSD 8, even though I did not stress browser& plugin. Here's all the step that I took to make the flash plugin

Re: Port/package install preview

That gives me some static information on the ports requirements. But I would like a preview of what rests to be done. Some ports have a lot of dependencies, most of them are already installed. Can ports also incorporate the current state of installed packages? On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:01 PM, danie

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

> "Matthew" == Matthew Seaman writes: Matthew> On 05/03/2010 15:51:52, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> The spamtrap is a shiny object for spam, and anything that goes there gets >> blocked for an hour from hitting the low port. I presented this at a >> conference once. Matthew> Having an IPv6-

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

* daniele (gl...@live.com) wrote: > HI ! > > I tested the process of installing firefox/opera and flash plugin. > Everything run on my system FreeBSD 8, even though I did not stress > browser & plugin. > > Here's all the step that I took to make the flash plugin work for > firefox and opera (basica

Re: Can't install octave

On 2010-Mar-05, 16:47, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: > There has been one more commit on that port: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11-toolkits/fltk/files/patch-src_filename_list.cxx.diff?r1=1.4;r2=1.5;f=h > > That one looks suspicious because (__FreeBSD_version >= 73) make the

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/2010 15:51:52, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > The spamtrap is a shiny object for spam, and anything that goes there gets > blocked for an hour from hitting the low port. I presented this at a > conference once. Having an IPv6-only high-mx seems

Re: Port/package install preview

On 03/05/10 16:43, Anselm Strauss wrote: Hi, is it possible to do a real preview with portupgrade? I want to see all ports that would be installed/upgraded when installing a particular port. The --noexecute option doesn't really show me a lot. How would this be done with packages? pkg_add would

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/2010 15:44:39, John wrote: > Maybe I'll have to learn how to do a VPN from FreeBSD > > One thought that occurs to me is that pf tables would provide a > direct API without having to hit a database. > > I think I really like this. I may

Re: Booting MFS from Secondary Partition

Fbsd1 writes: > There is hard coded logic that is stopping you from doing what you want. > Looks like you are SOL. Me thinks you are absolutely correct. I was only hoping I was doing something wrong and a slight syntax change would make it work. Thank you and thanks to Maciej Milewski for

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On Mar 5, 2010, at 10:44 AM, John wrote: On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 10:19:09AM -0500, mikel king wrote: On Mar 5, 2010, at 8:26 AM, John wrote: Way back about 10 years ago, I was playing around with IPFW a lot. I wrote a script to update IPFW from changes made to a MySql db. It was a just for f

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

> "John" == John writes: John> Yes - that's exactly what I used to do, and exactly why I used to do John> it, but now I'm thinking of actually implement https. Rent more than one IP. :) I have a block of 8 for exactly that reason. It allows me to run sshd on 443 *and* https on a different

Re: Can't install octave

On 03/05/2010 16:24, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, Zbigniew Komarnicki wrote: I try to install octave (kde3, kde4 in erlier post) after fresh install FreeBSD 8.0 and freebsd-update to FreeBSD 8.0 p2 on i386 athlon-xp 1660 MHz, but with no success. I forgot to add that I cs

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 07:45:02AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > "Anton" == Anton writes: > > Anton>But, to allow acces for yourself - you could install wonderfull > Anton>utility = 'knock-knock'. > > Port knocking is false security. > > It's equivalent to adding precisely t

Re: How to get "hints" of software installed by Ports ?

> "Jonathan" == Jonathan McKeown writes: Jonathan> pkg_info -D I like "pkg_info -DL 'port*'", because it also shows *where* things got installed... sometimes, I can't find the conf files. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 http://www.stonehen

Re: Automated kernel crash reporting system

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, sean connolly wrote: > >> Automatic reporting would end up being a mess given that panics can be >> caused by hardware problems. Having an autoreport check if memtest was run >> before it reports, or having it only run wi

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

> "Anton" == Anton writes: Anton>But, to allow acces for yourself - you could install wonderfull Anton>utility = 'knock-knock'. Port knocking is false security. It's equivalent to adding precisely two bytes (per knock, which can't be too close or far apart or numerous) to the key l

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 10:19:09AM -0500, mikel king wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2010, at 8:26 AM, John wrote: > > >On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 07:03:53AM -0600, Programmer In Training > >wrote: > >>On 03/05/10 06:54, John wrote: > >>>My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes >

Port/package install preview

Hi, is it possible to do a real preview with portupgrade? I want to see all ports that would be installed/upgraded when installing a particular port. The --noexecute option doesn't really show me a lot. How would this be done with packages? pkg_add would have to download all packges first to be ab

Re: Perl 5.8 -> 5.10 On Current Production System

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/2010 15:22:05, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Matthew Seaman writes: > >> You got bitten by an ill-considered change introduced after the UPDATING >> instructions were written. To work around it, you need to set >> DISABLE_CONFLICTS when rebuildin

Re: video cam with room view for FreeBSD && Skype

Matthias Apitz wrote: Hello, To do normal Skype session (face2face) I'm using a USB video cam mounted on top of the lid of my laptop which is good supported by the pwc kernel module: Mar 5 09:39:57 current kernel: ugen4.2: at usbus4 Mar 5 09:39:57 current kernel: pwc0: on usbus4 Mar 5 09:3

Re: Can't install octave

On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, Zbigniew Komarnicki wrote: I try to install octave (kde3, kde4 in erlier post) after fresh install FreeBSD 8.0 and freebsd-update to FreeBSD 8.0 p2 on i386 athlon-xp 1660 MHz, but with no success. I forgot to add that I csup-ed the ports tree today. If I try to rebuild

Re: Perl 5.8 -> 5.10 On Current Production System

Matthew Seaman writes: > You got bitten by an ill-considered change introduced after the UPDATING > instructions were written. To work around it, you need to set > DISABLE_CONFLICTS when rebuilding the port, eg like this: > ># portupgrade -m DISABLE_CONFLICTS=yes -o lang/perl5.10 -f perl-5.8

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On Mar 5, 2010, at 8:26 AM, John wrote: On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 07:03:53AM -0600, Programmer In Training wrote: On 03/05/10 06:54, John wrote: My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can actually "feel" it in m

Re: [SOLVED] Re: How to get "hints" of software installed by Ports ?

On 03/05/10 15:28, Aaron Lewis wrote: Jonathan McKeown wrote: On Friday 05 March 2010 16:20:36 Aaron Lewis wrote: Hi, I installed some software from ports today , and it outputs some useful information when finished. e.g where its config file is Due to some mistakes , i lost these "important"

Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env

On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 05:57:45PM -0600, Programmer In Training wrote: > > On 03/04/10 17:43, Warren Block wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Polytropon wrote: > > >> As far as I know, earlier X installations came with the > >> tab window manager - twm. This doesn't seem to be the case > >> anymore.

[SOLVED] Re: How to get "hints" of software installed by Ports ?

Jonathan McKeown wrote: > On Friday 05 March 2010 16:20:36 Aaron Lewis wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I installed some software from ports today , and it outputs some >> useful information when finished. e.g where its config file is >> >> Due to some mistakes , i lost these "important" information , how >> do

Re: How to get "hints" of software installed by Ports ?

On Friday 05 March 2010 16:20:36 Aaron Lewis wrote: > Hi, > > I installed some software from ports today , and it outputs some > useful information when finished. > e.g where its config file is > > Due to some mistakes , i lost these "important" information , how do i > see it again ? Is ther

How to get "hints" of software installed by Ports ?

Hi, I installed some software from ports today , and it outputs some useful information when finished. e.g where its config file is Due to some mistakes , i lost these "important" information , how do i see it again ? Is there any tricks to show out it directly ? I don't want to install i

Re: Automated kernel crash reporting system

On Thursday 04 March 2010 8:50:56 am sean connolly wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Automatic reporting would end up being a mess given that panics can be caused by hardware problems. Having an autoreport check if memtest was run before it reports, or having it only run with -CURRENTmight be useful. That'

Re[2]: Thousands of ssh probes

Hello John, I would suggest you just block ssh acces for everyone. But, to allow acces for yourself - you could install wonderfull utility = 'knock-knock'. It listen on specified ports (they could be closed), and, on receiving p= redefined knock-knock (for example - 2 knocks i

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On 2010-03-05 13:54, John wrote: My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can actually "feel" it in my network performance. Other than changing ssh to a non-standard port - is there a way to deal with these? Ever

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 07:03:53AM -0600, Programmer In Training wrote: > On 03/05/10 06:54, John wrote: > > My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes > > in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can actually > > "feel" it in my network performance. Other tha

Thousands of ssh probes

John writes: > My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh > probes in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can > actually "feel" it in my network performance. Other than > changing ssh to a non-standard port - is there a way to deal with > these? Every day, t

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:54 PM, John wrote: > My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes > in them.  One day, over 6500.  This is enough that I can actually > "feel" it in my network performance.  Other than changing ssh to > a non-standard port - is there a way to deal w

Re: Thousands of ssh probes

On 03/05/10 06:54, John wrote: > My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes > in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can actually > "feel" it in my network performance. Other than changing ssh to > a non-standard port - is there a way to deal with these? Ev

Can't install octave

Hello, I try to install octave (kde3, kde4 in erlier post) after fresh install FreeBSD 8.0 and freebsd-update to FreeBSD 8.0 p2 on i386 athlon-xp 1660 MHz, but with no success. I forgot to add that I csup-ed the ports tree today. Here is the output: # make install clean ===> octave-3.2.4 d

Can't install kde4

Hello, I try to install kde4 (and kde3 in erlier post) after fresh install FreeBSD 8.0 and freebsd-update to FreeBSD 8.0 p2 on i386 athlon-xp 1660 MHz, but with no success. Here is the output: # cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4 # make install clean ===> Installing for kde4-4.3.5 ===> kde4-4.3.5 depend

8.0-RELEASE-p2 Isn't There?

I did manage to get freebsd-update to run, after a sort. Now my system identifies as FreeBSD heaven 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Tue Jan 5 16:02:27 UTC 2010 r...@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 When I go to the ftp server to do any sort of updates (li

Can't install kde3

Hello, I try to install kde3 after fresh install FreeBSD 8.0 and freebsd-update to FreeBSD 8.0 p2 on i386 athlon-xp 1660 MHz, but with no success. Here is the output: # cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3 # make install clean ===> Installing for kde-3.5.10_3 ===> kde-3.5.10_3 depends on executable: kjump

Thousands of ssh probes

My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can actually "feel" it in my network performance. Other than changing ssh to a non-standard port - is there a way to deal with these? Every day, they originate from several di

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

On 03/05/10 12:00, Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: * Polytropon (free...@edvax.de) wrote: Do you have compat7x installed? No I don't. If you already updated to OS 8.0, you should update your ports tree, too, and use the current ports. I always csup the SELECTED port tree but not all. Just insta

Re: freebsd install from floppy

On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 01:33:52PM +0100, Piotr Lukawski wrote: > Dears, > I need to install Freebsd 8.0 using floppy and then ftp, but there are no > floppy images in > +ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE/floppies/

Re: Automated kernel crash reporting system

On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, sean connolly wrote: Automatic reporting would end up being a mess given that panics can be caused by hardware problems. Having an autoreport check if memtest was run before it reports, or having it only run with -CURRENTmight be useful. Hi Sean, Dan, et al: I'm not sure

Re: Perl 5.8 -> 5.10 On Current Production System

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> However, when I run: >> >>   portupgrade -o lang/perl5.10 -f perl-5.8\.* >> >> I get this problem: >> >> --->  Upgrading 'perl-5.8.9_3' to 'perl-5.10.1' (lang/perl5.10) >> --->  Building '/usr/ports/lang/perl5.10' >> ===>  Cleaning for perl-

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

* Polytropon (free...@edvax.de) wrote: > Do you have compat7x installed? No I don't. > If you already updated to OS 8.0, > you should update your ports tree, too, and > use the current ports. I always csup the SELECTED port tree but not all. > Just installing isn't enough, there's some configurat

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: > The problem is that ``flash viewer'' is not installed. > Shockwave/Adobe/Macromedia flash viewers are not shipped with FBSD CD. I'm running OpenSolaris/x86 as guest in VirtualBox on FreeBSD/amd64 for that, since Adobe provides a Flash p

video cam with room view for FreeBSD && Skype

Hello, To do normal Skype session (face2face) I'm using a USB video cam mounted on top of the lid of my laptop which is good supported by the pwc kernel module: Mar 5 09:39:57 current kernel: ugen4.2: at usbus4 Mar 5 09:39:57 current kernel: pwc0: on usbus4 Mar 5 09:39:58 current kernel: pw