Re: Evolution sucks??

2007-02-12 Thread Chris Linstid
f my usage) and run Outlook on a Windows box for the rare calendar usage. I suppose that's difficult if all you have is the Linux system. - Chris On 2/12/07, Tyson Sawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey! I'm trying to figure out of Evolution sucks or its just a user error. I

Fwd: Motherboard Recommendations, and a hello...

2007-02-02 Thread Chris Linstid
rices are pretty decent and they have a pretty good selection of motherboards. - Chris On 2/2/07, Gary Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bruce and others - --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I may still have some bootable PDP-11 media kicking > around, if you'd like to add som

Re: Reliable wireless APs?

2007-01-10 Thread Chris Linstid
I've tried both DD-WRT and HyperWRT (also the thibor version) and one thing you absolutely have to do is clear the NVRAM after you flash the ROM. Otherwise, you end up with strange default settings like "Undefined 1" showing up plus other random oddities. - Chris

Re: SPARC Live CD?

2006-12-20 Thread Chris Linstid
ll in /usr/local (or you can tell pkgadd where to install the packages) then you just need to bump /usr/local/ bin to the front of your path and you'll be using the GNU tools. Hope that helps. :) - Chris On Dec 20, 2006, at 10:01 AM, Neil Joseph Schelly wrote: On Wednesday 20 Dece

SANS training in NH

2006-10-07 Thread Chris Brenton
inux, this might be a good opportunity. One disclaimer is that I will be teaching the class. Bill Stearns (of ssh-keyinstall, fanout, modwall, etc. etc. fame) who is also a local will be there helping out as well. Hope to see you there! Chris ___ gnhl

Re: Forcing Linux to recognize NICS in BIOS order

2006-08-15 Thread Chris Linstid
Hmm... on second thought, if the driver module for the on-board network and the PCI NIC are the same, I'm not sure how you would control the order for that. - Chris On Aug 15, 2006, at 9:11 AM, Chris Linstid wrote: Isn't the order they come up in determined by the orde

Re: Forcing Linux to recognize NICS in BIOS order

2006-08-15 Thread Chris Linstid
re of course going to come up in a different order. I think the way to fix this is to alias module names to network interface names in the module configuration files. Something like this: http://www.newt.com/debian/thinkpad-t40p/#ethernet - Chris On Aug 15, 2006, at 9:01 AM, Paul Lu

Re: Which CPU are we waiting for to get VM hypervisors in hw?

2006-07-30 Thread Chris Linstid
Some introductory material on VT... http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/developer/asmo-na/eng/dc/enterprise/ technologies/221962.htm - Chris On Jul 30, 2006, at 8:38 PM, Chris Linstid wrote: The regular Core Duo does have the first phase of VT (Virtualization Technology), but it's no

Re: Which CPU are we waiting for to get VM hypervisors in hw?

2006-07-30 Thread Chris Linstid
stable than Parallels and I'm looking forward to seeing an OS X version of it. - Chris On Jul 30, 2006, at 8:19 PM, Ted Roche wrote: It's time to start shopping for a new development laptop. I'm a big fan of big iron: the laptop is my primary workstation and I'd

Re: Malware "best practices"

2006-07-26 Thread Chris Brenton
the same. A majority (not all) of the folks running Linux have a clue about what goes on under the hood, while the majority (not all) of Windows users do not. So its not just deployment numbers, its overall skill set as well. HTH, Chris ___ gnhlug-di

Re: heuristics problem (was: Re: Malware "best practices")

2006-07-26 Thread Chris Brenton
Ed Skoudis & Mike Poor of IntelGuardians did a pretty cool talk on breaking out of VM's. Seems its not as hard as people might think. Doesn't look like they've posted the work on their site as of yet, but they do have some interesting AV info: http://infosecuritymag.techtarg

Re: Malware "best practices"

2006-07-26 Thread Chris Brenton
o attack from above. On the plus side, I have yet to see a Linux box compromised this way. It is consistently Windows systems. HTH, Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: iptables question for the experts

2006-07-18 Thread Chris Brenton
On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 15:26 -0400, Chris Brenton wrote: > > iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d --dport 25 -j ACCEPT Dooh! Change that to be: iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d --dport 21 -j ACCEPT ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhl

Re: iptables question for the experts

2006-07-18 Thread Chris Brenton
, correct? If so try this: insmod ip_conntrack_ftp.ko insmod ip_nat_ftp.ko iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d --dport 25 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISH,RELATED -j ACCEPT note you don't need to install ip_nat_ftp unless you have boxes sitting behind this on

Re: 3KID, is this a new operating system?

2006-07-12 Thread Chris Linstid
Ok, I give up, what's the answer for 14? :) - Chris On Jul 12, 2006, at 4:10 PM, Mark E. Mallett wrote: On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 03:16:55PM -0400, Brian Chabot wrote: Gregory Smith wrote: OK, I got it, y'all are close, but it's a different phrase, not very we

Re: From a NY Times Bestseller

2006-07-11 Thread Chris Linstid
On Jul 11, 2006, at 6:33 PM, Ben Scott wrote: On 7/11/06, Chris Linstid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Apple's computers haven't really been proprietary for quite a while now. ... it's a combination of the controlled set of hardware and software ... That's the very

Re: From a NY Times Bestseller

2006-07-11 Thread Chris Linstid
ufacturers, but otherwise they have used more or less standard hardware. As Chris C. says below, it's a combination of the controlled set of hardware and software that gives Apple its edge in quality and I don't believe that will change with intel chips powering them. However

Re: Hardware vendors (was: Just when you think you've seen it all...)

2006-06-28 Thread Chris Brenton
never touch one for a server. For the few hundred $$$ you save up front you end up spending well more than that in repairs and down time. Then again an enterprising independent consultant could go far maximizing their billing time by installing Dell servers for their clients. ;-p HTH, Chris

Re: SATA cards? RAID/Non RAID

2006-06-26 Thread Chris Linstid
be able to access those functions. Why they are allowed by the DoD to sell the same chips in both spaces is beyond me. - Chris On Jun 26, 2006, at 6:55 PM, Michael ODonnell wrote: Although there may be exceptions it does unfortunately appear that BroadCom's attitude (toward

Microsoft dumps Cisco to support Linux

2006-06-23 Thread Chris Brenton
OK, title might be a little over the top, but it depends on how you want to interpret this story: http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;754084996;fp;2;fpid;1 ;-) Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http

Re: Linux on old laptop - still trying...

2006-06-06 Thread Chris Linstid
With Ubuntu, you used to be able to do a "server" install, which I believe was a more minimal install than the regular Ubuntu install.  However, I've only just started playing with the new Ubuntu LiveCD/installation hybrid, so I'm not sure how you would go about it.  Perhaps it is still be an optio

Re: InternetFreedomCoalition.org » Take Action!

2006-05-17 Thread Chris Brenton
On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 21:19 -0400, Jonathan Linowes wrote: > http://www.votervoice.net/Core.aspx?AID=575&APP=GAC&IssueID=7519 "This Congress would become the very first to regulate the Internet" Humm. Has someone not been paying attention? C ___ gnhl

Re: CLARIFICATION: Re: remove linux, and then install Windows XP

2006-04-26 Thread Chris Linstid
Oops. :) - Chris On Apr 26, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Zhao Peng wrote: BTW, Chris, I've NOT yet got Windows installed. Chris Linstid wrote: I could be wrong, but I think he already got Windows reinstalled, but he still has grub installed in the MBR and grub is looking for his

Re: remove linux, and then install Windows XP

2006-04-26 Thread Chris Linstid
I could be wrong, but I think he already got Windows reinstalled, but he still has grub installed in the MBR and grub is looking for his / boot partition (which he already blew away)... thus the grub error. - Chris On Apr 26, 2006, at 10:34 AM, Neil Schelly wrote: It seems you&#x

Re: remove linux, and then install Windows XP

2006-04-26 Thread Chris Linstid
I think you're right... and I also think that just past the MBR is the partition table, so if you do 2048, you'll blow away the partition table too. - Chris On Apr 26, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: On Wednesday 26 April 2006 9:10 am, Tom Buskey wrote: 3) I th

Re: DVI monitor won't wake up?

2006-04-07 Thread Chris Linstid
Oops, guess I missed that somewhere. :) - ChrisOn 4/7/06, Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Chris - I appreciate the input, but I'm actually already running the proprietary drivers.  You're right in that they do tend to work a lotbetter than the open source "nv" driver, so long as one do

re embedded

2005-12-23 Thread Chris Smith
These boards work well fanless if lyou want cf slot onboard and cheap , standard ram video onboard standard power supply connector etc a true mini system http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/spearhead/mini-itx/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhl

Re: Now I've seen everything (OT-humor)...

2005-12-21 Thread Chris Brenton
On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 17:45 -0500, Thomas Charron wrote: > On 12/21/05, Chris Brenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is just too funny for words. I had to do some digging > into it > before I would actually believe it: > > http://www.pcwo

Now I've seen everything (OT-humor)...

2005-12-21 Thread Chris Brenton
s not a 50ft. marshmallow guy outside my house. Cheers! Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Chris Brenton
ly option in the > future. Who is championing KDE at the moment? Apparently Linus... ;-) http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-December/msg00021.html HTH, Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail

Re: Server Security (was SSH attack)

2005-12-21 Thread Chris Brenton
also has tons of other SSH goodies and info up there. HTH, Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: USB Flash Disk is write protected and can't turn it off!

2005-09-19 Thread Chris Brenton
robe to unload and reload the appropriate drivers will fix it as well, but its been a while since I've tried it. HTH, Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

IBM laptops

2005-08-09 Thread Chris Brenton
Hey all, Does anyone know a retailer in the Manchester area that resells IBM laptops? I have a friend thats interested in picking one up but wants to be able to check it out first. Thanks in advance for all replies, Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing

Re: Asterisk for POTS users

2005-08-04 Thread Chris
Travis Roy wrote: I have Broadband VoiP service through a company called USA Datanet out of Syracuse, NY and the only reason for that is because they use our software and I have full access to all of the servers, thus if a problem arises I can hop right in and check it out. To them I'm just

Re: Celebrities explain various tech matters

2005-07-22 Thread Chris Brenton
On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 09:46, Michael ODonnell wrote: > Simultaneously humorous and useful: > > http://routergod.com/ Fabio explaining IMGP, I think I just wet myself laughing! Thanks for the link, C ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mai

Re: Linux Laptop

2005-07-11 Thread Chris Brenton
t; Linux Course... When do you need it and where are you located? I have a Dell 4100 running RH 7.3 that I need to nuke anyway. If you can wait a week (I head out of town tomorrow and will not be back till Sunday) you are welcome to use it. Chris ___

Re: Greylisting

2005-06-30 Thread Chris Brenton
r. In fact, there appears to be at least one tool out there that will cache the MX record and continue targeting it for an extremely long period of time. For example I moved my domain to a new set of IP's about 2 months ago. The old MX IP is now a honeypot and I still see a good dozen+ spa

Re: Sendmail address resolution problem

2005-06-24 Thread Chris Brenton
to clear the cache of the old entry. That should take care of the problem. HTH, Chris > > Note that the 209.150.61.19 is wrong. Why in the Wide World of Sports > could this possibly be happening? I am verstumped! And where the hell is >

Re: C or C++?

2005-05-29 Thread Chris
You should never use C++ in a real-time situation, simply becasue the constructors and destructors will be continually allocating memory, which is completely non-deterministic. A real-time system needs to be deterministic. Jim Kuzdrall wrote: Greetings All, A military client arbitraril

Re: Routers gone

2005-05-10 Thread Chris
Hi Travis... your email server is about 5hrs ahead. Travis Roy wrote: They are claimed ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- IBA #15631 ___

Re: Rookit infections: AARRGH!

2005-05-09 Thread Chris Brenton
e open? chkrootkit will report the rootkit associated with each file, what kit was reported? Can the logs be trusted or are they stored on the same system? Does .bash_history show anything useful, or has it been cleaned? HTH, Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss m

raid and drives 4 sale

2005-05-03 Thread chris smith
raid card and  $10 each for the ibm scsi drives   payment will have to be check and shipping from dover nh will be what it costs or ;you can pick up     chris   No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.2 - Release Date: 5/2/2005

[Fwd: Re: x2x]

2005-04-23 Thread Chris
Paul Lussier wrote: Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: That means if you type a password on the local machine, destined for an input box on the remote machine's display, it travels over the network unencrypted. That's bad. So, I want to run x2x over an encrypted tunnel. It can be done w

Re: Tracking Internet Computers

2005-03-05 Thread Chris Brenton
keeps it from being initiated in SYN packets. In other words, has anyone disabled this option, communicated with a system that requested timestamp, and the actually checked the traces to verify that your system actually ignored the timestamp request? If no one has I'll give it a shot over t

Re: Desire for a new kind of list?

2005-03-01 Thread Chris
Sounds pretty cool to me, I have a small metal lathe, but not the mill, and I just love futzing around with stuff... Brian wrote: > > Many of the people that came to claim the "free crap" from my house over the > last couple of weeks also expressed interest in my Home Automation setup, as > well

Re: Confoozled by IP Tables?

2005-01-10 Thread Chris
Fred wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 11:57 -0500, Randy Edwards wrote: > > > I've found that GUI. Finally! > > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/firestarter/ > > > >Yes, firestarter is pretty slick for a simple firewall. I use it on my > > laptop, where I never know if I'm connecting via

Re: Looking for a good portable linux system

2004-12-19 Thread Chris Brenton
works well for me is to pack it all up in a Pelican case and just ship it to yourself at the remote hotel via UPS. Cases can be found here: http://www.pelican-case.com/ I cut the foam to form fit the systems and so far its worked like a charm. HTH, Chris

Re: FSF looking for Sys Admin

2004-12-17 Thread Chris Brenton
en you are and the choices you make. IT can be extremely lucrative if that is what you are looking for. If other life choices take priority (want more free time, shorter ride to the office, etc.), then that's totally cool, but recognize that you've made these c

Re: NAT w/o firewall?

2004-12-07 Thread Chris Brenton
s set but the permitted external IP is used as the bounce point. This is based on 2.4. Have not had time/bandwidth to test 2.6. HTH, Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: About main() in bootloader

2004-12-03 Thread Chris
Why can't you pass arguments to main, they are just stack variables, and why can't you check the return value from main, ? What CPU are you using? if x86, then an int will be returned in (e)ax. so just check the return value ny writing some assembler to check the value in ax... Chr

Re: OT -- 90-day limits in the financial world for downloadingyour data.

2004-11-24 Thread Chris
Try a credit union. Fred wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 10:57, Bill McGonigle wrote: > ... > > See, your local bank with 10,000 customers might be OK with keeping a > > meg of data online for you and sifting through it for what you want to > > see. That's ten gigs of reliable online stora

Re: If you can't beat 'em...

2004-11-19 Thread Chris Brenton
ing to a recent report from a research group" O, a _research group_. Well that sounds authoritative. I wonder how much MS paid for that study. ;-) Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Hardware FYI (Memorex DVD+/-RW)

2004-11-11 Thread Chris
Where did you get the firmare hack info, I would like to get mine set that way Travis Roy wrote: > > Sorry, typo there, it should be NEC2500A > > the 2500A and 2510A are the same drive, just different firmware > > > > > I got an external Memorex True8Xn drive a few months back and I found

Gmail

2004-11-08 Thread Chris
I have 4 gmail accounts to give away, does anyone require one? Thanks -- IBA #15631 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

FYI Database/Java SW Tech Lead Position - Nashua, NH

2004-10-08 Thread Chris
If interested in this position , please send me your resume. Regards, Bruce James Web Developer SkillSoft 110 Spit Brook Road Nashua, NH 03062 Office: 603.821.3313 Cell: 603.325.2003 Job Title: Database/SW Tech Lead Location: 110 Spitbrook Rd Nashua, NH Job Description: SkillSoft is seekin

Re: CVS Notify

2004-10-04 Thread Chris Brenton
". Reasons will become clear over the next month or so. Happy hunting, Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: VPN's....

2004-10-02 Thread Chris Brenton
LS. It can be configured host to host, host to network, or network to network. Server runs on Linux or BSD, but the client has other options as well (Solaris and Windows come to mind). It runs over TCP/443 and performs a SSL handshake, which means it works quite well when a proxy is in the way. HTH,

Re: Evolution and Exchange - a Global Catalog Server question

2004-09-25 Thread Chris Brenton
h won't allow ports below 1024 to be redirected. Try this: echo "your_logon_name ALL=(root) PASSWD: ALL, NOPASSWD: /usr//bin/ssh" >> /etc/sudoers then launch SSH via: sudo ssh -L 389:host:389 Little easier than mucking with iptables and less parts to break. HTH, Chris _

Re: FREE: Epson S020189 black ink cartridges

2004-09-19 Thread Chris
I am looking for a S020187 and a S020191 Michael ODonnell wrote: > > I have three S020189 and also one S020191, which > is supposedly the corresponding tri-color cartridge. > > According to one site: > > > The following printers use the Epson S020189: > > > > Stylus Color 1160 > > Stylus Color

[Fwd: Please stop sending me emails]

2004-09-04 Thread Chris
ation visit http://www.paganini.net/ask --- Original Message Follows --- From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: GNHLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FS: APC SmartUPS3000 Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 18:39:48 -0400 Jeff Kinz wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 06:16:32PM -0400, Michael O

Re: FS: APC SmartUPS3000

2004-09-04 Thread Chris
Jeff Kinz wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 06:16:32PM -0400, Michael ODonnell wrote: > > > > > > >Before I offer this more widely I'll give the GNHLUG first > > >crack at it. I'm offering a new-in-box APC SmartUPS3000 > > >for sale. Note that it has a 30-amp plug so don't expect > > >to conn

Re: HDTV Cards

2004-08-05 Thread Chris
Jeff Smith wrote: > > I'm interested in both an HDTV card, as well as one that > works off of USB to go with my laptop, since I'll be > travelling so much now. > What about this one?? http://www.usbhdtv.com/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PR

Re: Fwd: philosophical question about gmail

2004-08-04 Thread Chris Brenton
's post. Are they really applying the ads to outbound mail as well? If so, I'm not sure how happy folks will be with the service since many folks run Spamassassin (which happily runs on Linux, thus this is not completely OT :p) or similar products which wil

Re: Fwd: philosophical question about gmail

2004-08-04 Thread Chris Brenton
deal. I mean someone in Asia could be creating a user profile on you as we type based on the archive info. At least with gmail one or more list members are getting something out of it. ;-) Regards, Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Samba Question

2004-07-24 Thread Chris
d but I can not get it to show up on my windows network. > I am using the standard smb.conf file with a change in work group to my > WorkGroup. my smb print servers (netgear) show up no problem. > any light anyone can shed to help get this running will be much appreciated. > thanks &g

Re: Recommendations for VPN end point appliances?

2004-06-13 Thread Chris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, at 9:40pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> ... shared secrets went out in the 1980s ... > > > > Maybe, but SNMP V3 still uses it.. > > That's hardly an endorsement. SNMP's approach to security issues has > generally been to ignore them.

Re: Recommendations for VPN end point appliances?

2004-06-13 Thread Chris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, at 10:51pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ... does anyone have any recommendations for VPN end point appliances. > > My experience with LinkSys VPN boxes is that they are flakey and have an > abysmal feature set. They tend to need to be reboo

Re: spam filters

2004-05-16 Thread Chris Brenton
when missing. Who knows what else I lost). At least if you do it yourself you know its done right. :) BTW, I "third" Spamassassin. *awesome* tool. Almost better than sex. ;-) Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Upgrading Multiple Servers?

2004-05-10 Thread Chris Brenton
ral. His site is a "must bookmark" for anyone managing Linux systems. Again, the URL is: http://www.stearns.org/ I'm pretty sure Bill also haunts this list so I'm sure he's turning beat red by me singing his praises. :) Bill, ;-) Chris _

Re: Upgrading Multiple Servers?

2004-05-09 Thread Chris Brenton
. Try rsync-mirror, also located on Bill's site. HTH, Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: sniffers

2004-04-26 Thread Chris Brenton
n capture with one and review with the other two. I would tell your friend to play with all three and see which one they like best. I find each has their strengths and weaknesses depending on the situation. Also, I would add ngrep to the list as sometimes you want to key in on the payload content. H

Re: Photo Album

2004-03-11 Thread Chris Devers
ges, etc). I don't want to have to upload everything through a web form if I can just as easily copy the files over and tell the server where to look for new content (or better still, let it be auto-discovered). Most photo site software I'm aware of doesn't really work that way

Re: [gnhlug-announce] Gaim, Firefox and Twiki - CentraLUG meeting on Monday

2004-03-08 Thread Chris
David J Berube wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Monday March 8th, we're having a meeting demonstrating two OSS apps: > Firefox, an awesome open source web browser, and GAIM, an open source > IM client that supports MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, and others simultaneously. > > BONUS: We're also going to have

Local perimeter security training

2004-03-04 Thread Chris Brenton
ce but have questions about the training, please feel free to contact me off-list about that as well. And yes, Linux laptops are *highly* encouraged for the hands-on labs. :) Thanks in advance! Chris ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/

Re: looking for Word 2000 "Review Toolbar" equivalent in OpenOffice

2004-03-02 Thread Chris Brenton
On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 08:07, Michael ODonnell wrote: > > Ah. If you announce that you're Recording changes you're then > able to enter Review comentary in a little dialog box. Clunky. > That commentary is viewable later in the same clunky dialog... Clunky or a feature, I guess its how you look

Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)

2004-02-26 Thread Chris Brenton
On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 23:59, Derek Martin wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 11:00:17AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > That is true, but there is also a problem with the Linux comunity in that > > they think everything should be free. > > There are certainly some people in the community who fe

Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)

2004-02-26 Thread Chris Brenton
On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 00:09, Derek Martin wrote: > > But as members of the community, we can not forget that many people > who use computers can not effective do what they need to do in Linux, > and in some cases can't do it at all. Exactly. To draw an analogy, I drive a Subaru coupe. I love the v

OT post to Bruce Mcculley

2004-02-26 Thread Chris Brenton
Sorry in advance to the OT post. Bruce, I've tried to respond directly to both of your e-mails today. Both times I received a 554. I have the feeling you may have some black listing in place that is including my address space. :( C ___ gnhlug-discuss

Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)

2004-02-25 Thread Chris Brenton
On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 19:44, Jeff Kinz wrote: > > Nothing I love more than someone who decides they know what I'm thinking > and gets its completely wrong, Its not what you're thinking but what your writing. You seem focused on ignoring posts from people like myself who are trying to tell you thi

Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)

2004-02-25 Thread Chris Brenton
On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 14:17, Jeff Kinz wrote: > > > And as I stated before, Quicken runs quite nicely on Linux if you use > > CrossOver Office. Its only $40 and allows you to run a ton of MS apps (I > > just loaded MS Visio this week and its running great). > > Also gotta work w/Intuits tax softwa

Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)

2004-02-25 Thread Chris Brenton
On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 13:41, Jeff Kinz wrote: > > > Linux equivalent: GnuCash. It is quite nice, actually. > > Yes it is, but its not Quicken. My mom, and several other people won't > consider changing, so its got to be Quicken on Linux. And as I stated before, Quicken runs quite nicely on Lin

Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)

2004-02-23 Thread Chris Brenton
On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 09:15, Kevin D. Clark wrote: > > What about people with low-speed or non-existant network access -- > these people *can't* download huge software distributions. Are these > people {de facto} "idiots"? Or the people who _could_ download it but _choose_ to buy it in order to d

Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)

2004-02-22 Thread Chris Brenton
On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 19:46, Travis Roy wrote: > > When Matt comes home with his new copy of Grand Theft Auto Yup, games are a problem. Once you get into high graphics or specialty applications, support is dismal. I have an engine ECU analysis program that I just can't get to run under Linux no ma

Re: piercing corporate FW outbound

2004-02-07 Thread Chris Brenton
On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 12:16, Derek Martin wrote: > > An (I think) important point: this is true of ALL security, not just > perimeter security. Absolutely true! I mentioned perimeter specifically because that was the topic at hand. :) > > (either knowing or unknowing) and which one's you don't.

Re: piercing corporate FW outbound

2004-02-07 Thread Chris Brenton
On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 15:31, Derek Martin wrote: > On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 01:09:52PM -0500, Chris Brenton wrote: > > For the record, outbound SSH _can_ be a security risk. > > So is HTTP, and it's a much more serious one than SSH, Hummm. I don't remember saying that

Re: piercing corporate FW outbound

2004-02-07 Thread Chris Brenton
On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 15:24, Derek Martin wrote: > > There exist firewalls which can look at packet payloads to determine > if they conform to the protocol for which they are supposedly being > transmitted. Your chums in the IT department are evidently using one. Its probably _not_ the solution t

Re: piercing corporate FW outbound

2004-02-07 Thread Chris Brenton
and if I want to keep my job I have to start working 2nd shift. I've been at companies that have decided to relocate to a new facility 45 miles away from the original location. My choices were the same as what's open to you now; recognize that from a corporate perspective busine

Re: piercing corporate FW outbound

2004-02-06 Thread Chris Brenton
On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 12:35, Michael ODonnell wrote: > > Two days after I started, though, > the geniuses in the IT gang started blocking port 22 > Anyway, until recently I've still been able to get > through by having my home server answer on port > 80, as well, but now the IT geniuses have sta

Re: [ON Topic] How 'bout them Linux? Ain't they somethin?!

2004-02-04 Thread Chris
Is this you mentioned in this article (2nd page) http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1504780,00.asp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> If so, do you have any activities that you would especially like to do? > B Scott said: > >I've offered (on this list) to give presentations on a couple >differ

Re: SPAM and procmail

2004-01-14 Thread Chris
Cole Tuininga wrote: > On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 12:37, Chris wrote: > > Lately I have noticed that the spammers are using random word generators in > > both the subject and sometimes in the From: > > > > Here are a couple of examples > > > > Subject perfidi

Re: SPAM and procmail

2004-01-14 Thread Chris
Brian Chabot wrote: > Brian wrote: > > For anyone interested... It seems that a lot of spam is starting to slip > > through Spam Assassin again. > > I've had some pretty good luck using a combination of server and client > spam filters. > > On the server side I've been using Spam Bouncer www.spa

Fedora

2003-12-01 Thread Chris
I have just recently installed Fedora (upgraded from 7.3) and have run into two problems, One with my printers, and the other seems to be an issue with the X terminal. I am trying to set up an HP Laserjet 3p(which was working fine with 7.3) , and when I go through the printer configuration gui, I

Re: DNS serial numbers (was: Verizon email problems)

2003-11-13 Thread Chris Brenton
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 21:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If you can say, what software is it that has this problem? Actually, I can't (NDA). Let's just say be careful if you have a commercial alternative to Bind. ;-) C ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: Verizon email problems

2003-11-13 Thread Chris Brenton
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 21:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > FYI, while WHOIS can be a useful tool for working out reverse DNS lookup > problems, it's often more productive to follow the DNS delegation chain, > because that tells you who has the actual ability to change the results. > If WHOIS and

Re: Verizon email problems

2003-11-12 Thread Chris Brenton
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 13:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Also, another tip: Instead of using a serial number of the form MMDD, > use MMDDNN, where "NN" gets incremented for each change that day. Be careful with using NN instead of N. I've run into name server packages that only permit

Re: Verizon email problems

2003-11-12 Thread Chris Brenton
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 10:12, Joshua S. Freeman wrote: > I'll go back and change the serial number and restart named but I swear > that I made those changes are restarted named yesterday! A slick little trick, use a reverse date format like so: 200311121 So its: 4 digit year 2 digit month 2 digit

Re: Verizon email problems

2003-11-12 Thread Chris Brenton
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 22:41, Joshua S. Freeman wrote: > > Thanks for pointing to this Chris, Glad to! > I'm concerned all over again now because I failed this one: > > Reverse DNS entries for MX records > > The problem MX records are: > 4.38.232.199.in-addr.arpa [N

Re: Verizon email problems

2003-11-11 Thread Chris Brenton
BTW, if anyone needs a real simple way to verify their DNS info, check out: http://www.dnsreport.com/ This will tell you if anything is broken. IMHO the scale seems a bit off to me. There are a few warnings that I would consider a "fail" per the RFCs, but the descriptions are great. HTH, C ___

Re: Verizon email problems

2003-11-11 Thread Chris Brenton
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 20:00, Bruce Dawson wrote: > > Correct. Just to clarify and reiterate: not all SMTP receivers require > their partner to have a reverse lookup. This is becoming pretty common however. For example the last time I posted to Bugtraq I received a bit over 67,000 different mail sy

The Grinch Who Stole Linux

2003-11-09 Thread Chris Brenton
This is pretty funny: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031106164630915 and just in time for the holidays! :) C ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

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