[gentoo-user] cyrus-sasl necessary with localhost webmail?

I recently switched from Thunderbird to Roundcube (highly recommended), switched to the non-SSL courier daemon, and plugged the firewall hole since courier resides on the same system as my web server. Do I still need cyrus-sasl or will a webmail client authenticate directly with courier? I have a

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place)

>> You guys were so right. What an excellent http server/proxy. I used >> this very simple howto: >> >> http://kbeezie.com/apache-with-nginx/ >> >> I can probably dump a lot of apache config. I still need SSL on both >> servers even though only nginx faces the user? >> >> For imap proxy, nginx r

Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/hosts include file?

On 03/11/2013 12:00 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 05:07:25PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote > >> NAT behind a home router is bad, too. For IPv4, it's only necessary >> because there aren't enough IPv4 addresses to let everyone have a unique >> one. > > The best real reason for movi

Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/hosts include file?

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 05:07:25PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote > NAT behind a home router is bad, too. For IPv4, it's only necessary > because there aren't enough IPv4 addresses to let everyone have a unique > one. The best real reason for moving to IPV6 is address space (or lack thereof, in the c

Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/hosts include file?

On 03/10/2013 09:56 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 03/10/2013 06:00 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >>> >>> It's been ages since I looked at that link and longer addresses >>> would certainly be needed anyway but certainly with DNSSEC again >>> concocted by costly unthoughtful and unengaging groups who

Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/hosts include file?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/10/2013 06:00 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> >> It's been ages since I looked at that link and longer addresses >> would certainly be needed anyway but certainly with DNSSEC again >> concocted by costly unthoughtful and unengaging groups who chose

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: LO 4.0 playing media with gstreamer-1.0.5 ?

walt wrote: > On 03/09/2013 01:41 PM, v_2e wrote: >> Hello! >> >> On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:46:04 -0800 >> walt wrote: >>> BTW I just upgraded lo to 4.0.1.2 and no one has sent me any >>> power-point files recently so I really don't know yet if they would >>> play properly or not. >>> >> Could yo

[gentoo-user] Re: LO 4.0 playing media with gstreamer-1.0.5 ?

On 03/09/2013 01:41 PM, v_2e wrote: > Hello! > > On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:46:04 -0800 > walt wrote: >> >> BTW I just upgraded lo to 4.0.1.2 and no one has sent me any >> power-point files recently so I really don't know yet if they would >> play properly or not. >> > Could you please check if m

[gentoo-user] Re: kernel 3.8 and external drivers

On 10/03/13 21:04, Daniel Wagener wrote: On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:49:02 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: Mmmh. What sources do you use? In vanilla-sources-3.8.2, there is a r8169 driver: ./drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c config R8169 tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support

Re: [gentoo-user] A question concerning graphics...

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Michael Hampicke wrote: > Am 10.03.2013 21:48, schrieb Alecks Gates: >> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Michael Hampicke >> wrote: >> [...] >>> I use the ati-drivers package, and I'd say there are pretty solid now. I >>> first started using ati-drivers with my H

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.8 and external drivers

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:53:42 +0100 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am 10.03.2013 19:28, schrieb Daniel Wagener: > > Hello, > > > > I ran into some trouble about an hour ago… > > > > My workstation has an onboard Realtek Ethernet which only works > > with the r8168 driver. Unfortunately, this driver

Re: [gentoo-user] A question concerning graphics...

Am 10.03.2013 21:48, schrieb Alecks Gates: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Michael Hampicke > wrote: > [...] >> I use the ati-drivers package, and I'd say there are pretty solid now. I >> first started using ati-drivers with my HD2600 card card - as the kernel >> drivers did not support the po

Re: [gentoo-user] IO latency issues

Am 10.03.2013 13:48, schrieb Florian Philipp: > Am 10.03.2013 00:53, schrieb cosmoslx lin:> >> 2013/3/10 Volker Armin Hemmann > > >> >> Am 09.03.2013 19:15, schrieb Florian Philipp: >> > Hi list! >> > >> > Whenever I do sequential IO for a long str

Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/hosts include file?

On 03/10/2013 05:43 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 10/03/2013 23:07, Michael Mol wrote: >>> All those examples you give are much like a bunch of home machines sitting behind a NAT gateway onto the internet. That's actually OK and I reckon that is the intended use of NAT. >> I want to poin

Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/hosts include file?

On 03/09/2013 07:53 AM, Kevin Chadwick wrote: >> "There is no reason to believe that IPv6 will result in an >> increased use of IPsec." >> >> Bull. The biggest barrier to IPsec use has been NAT! If an >> intermediate router has to rewrite the packet to change the >> apparent source and/or desti

Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/hosts include file?

On 10/03/2013 23:07, Michael Mol wrote: >> All those examples you give are much like a bunch of home machines >> > sitting behind a NAT gateway onto the internet. That's actually OK >> > and I reckon that is the intended use of NAT. > I want to point out that that's only true if the home network h

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place)

>> Thanks for the link. Which ssl_ciphers do you use? Which one does >> openssl show you're using? I have: >> >> ssl_ciphers ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!MEDIUM:!LOW:!EXP:!kEDH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH; > > To see what openssl is configured to use try: > > openssl ciphers Thank you but I'm most interested in

Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/hosts include file?

On 03/09/2013 07:53 AM, Kevin Chadwick wrote: >>> >>> Lookup ipvshit >>> >>> I'll give you a hint. >>> >>> The guy who wrote most of the pf firewall that MAC OSX now uses as well >>> as QNX, the latest version originating from OpenBSD and being far better >>> than iptables has bought up lots of ipv

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place)

>> Thanks for the link. Which ssl_ciphers do you use? Which one does >> openssl show you're using? I have: >> >> ssl_ciphers ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!MEDIUM:!LOW:!EXP:!kEDH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH; >> >> and 'openssl s_client -host HOSTNAME -port 443' shows: >> >> Cipher: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 >>

Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/hosts include file?

On 03/09/2013 11:59 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 03/09/2013 08:42 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 07:41:13PM -0500, Michael Mol wrote >> >>> The trouble with NAT is that it destroys peer-to-peer protocols. The >>> first was FTP in Active mode. >> >> In its day, it was OK. N

Re: [Bulk] Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/hosts include file?

On 03/10/2013 12:19 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 10/03/2013 03:42, Walter Dnes wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 07:41:13PM -0500, Michael Mol wrote >> >>> The trouble with NAT is that it destroys peer-to-peer protocols. >>> The first was FTP in Active mode. >> >> In its day, it was OK. Nowaday

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.8 and external drivers

Am 10.03.2013 19:28, schrieb Daniel Wagener: > Hello, > > I ran into some trouble about an hour ago… > > My workstation has an onboard Realtek Ethernet which only works with the > r8168 driver. > Unfortunately, this driver is not in the kernel, but available to be compiled > as a kernel module. (

Re: [gentoo-user] A question concerning graphics...

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: [...] > I use the ati-drivers package, and I'd say there are pretty solid now. I > first started using ati-drivers with my HD2600 card card - as the kernel > drivers did not support the power saving mechanisms of the card. No > power saving

[gentoo-user] updating /etc/udev/hwdb.bin

A recent update world leads to a notice that /etc/udev/hwdb.bin needs to be updated When I tried cfg-update I received a waring asking who/what updated a binary file and suggested caution. Is there any danger in updating the file? Since it is binary would I be better off using a simple etc-updat

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.8 and external drivers

On 10/03/2013 20:28, Daniel Wagener wrote: > Hello, > > I ran into some trouble about an hour ago… > > My workstation has an onboard Realtek Ethernet which only works with the > r8168 driver. > Unfortunately, this driver is not in the kernel, but available to be compiled > as a kernel module. (

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.8 and external drivers

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:49:02 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Daniel Wagener > wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:36:55 -0600 > > Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Daniel Wagener > >> wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > I ra

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.8 and external drivers

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Daniel Wagener wrote: > On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:36:55 -0600 > Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Daniel Wagener wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I ran into some trouble about an hour ago… >> > >> > My workstation has an onboard Realtek

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.8 and external drivers

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:36:55 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Daniel Wagener wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I ran into some trouble about an hour ago… > > > > My workstation has an onboard Realtek Ethernet which only works with the > > r8168 driver. > > Unfortunat

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 3.8 and external drivers

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Daniel Wagener wrote: > Hello, > > I ran into some trouble about an hour ago… > > My workstation has an onboard Realtek Ethernet which only works with the > r8168 driver. > Unfortunately, this driver is not in the kernel, but available to be compiled > as a kern

[gentoo-user] kernel 3.8 and external drivers

Hello, I ran into some trouble about an hour ago… My workstation has an onboard Realtek Ethernet which only works with the r8168 driver. Unfortunately, this driver is not in the kernel, but available to be compiled as a kernel module. (I guess because of som patents) That worked for quite some

Re: [gentoo-user] A question concerning graphics...

On Sunday 10 Mar 2013 12:48:07 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am 10.03.2013 09:54, schrieb Chris Walters: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I have a couple of questions concerning what graphic drivers you use. > > Does anyone use the proprietary ATI drivers, or have used them? Would > > you recommend th

Re: [gentoo-user] IO latency issues

Am 10.03.2013 00:53, schrieb cosmoslx lin:> > 2013/3/10 Volker Armin Hemmann > > > Am 09.03.2013 19:15, schrieb Florian Philipp: > > Hi list! > > > > Whenever I do sequential IO for a long stretch of time (e.g. > md5summing > > 40 GB), I'

Re: [gentoo-user] A question concerning graphics...

Am 10.03.2013 09:54, schrieb Chris Walters: > Hello Everyone, > > I have a couple of questions concerning what graphic drivers you use. > Does anyone use the proprietary ATI drivers, or have used them? Would > you recommend them? I just recently started using the ati-drivers > package, but I don

Re: [gentoo-user] A question concerning graphics...

Am 10.03.2013 09:54, schrieb Chris Walters: > Hello Everyone, > > I have a couple of questions concerning what graphic drivers you use. > Does anyone use the proprietary ATI drivers, or have used them? Would > you recommend them? I just recently started using the ati-drivers > package, but I do

[gentoo-user] A question concerning graphics...

Hello Everyone, I have a couple of questions concerning what graphic drivers you use. Does anyone use the proprietary ATI drivers, or have used them? Would you recommend them? I just recently started using the ati-drivers package, but I don't really notice a difference - yes it does say the

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place)

On Sunday 10 Mar 2013 04:10:24 Grant wrote: > Thanks for the link. Which ssl_ciphers do you use? Which one does > openssl show you're using? I have: > > ssl_ciphers ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!MEDIUM:!LOW:!EXP:!kEDH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH; To see what openssl is configured to use try: openssl ciphers