Re: [ilugd] Broadband Connection

2007-07-02 Thread PJ
Scanning MTNL's ip space, I noticed with a faint sense of horror that a script kiddie could DOS MTNL's service pretty thoroughly in the space of about half an hour, since most of MTNL's modems allow wan access and have a default username/password combination. Other details are then available,

Re: [ilugd] Broadband Connection

2007-07-02 Thread Raj Mathur
On Monday 02 July 2007 11:34, PJ wrote: Scanning MTNL's ip space, I noticed with a faint sense of horror that a script kiddie could DOS MTNL's service pretty thoroughly in the space of about half an hour, since most of MTNL's modems allow wan access and have a default username/password

Re: [ilugd] Broadband Connection

2007-07-02 Thread Vikas Rawal
Ah, but the question is, can you connect to my MTNL account from a different MTNL number? I haven't tried it, but if they have a bit of a clue they should only allow logging into, e.g. the 23456789 PPP from 23456789 and not from 98765432. Has anyone tried this? I know that BSNL in

[ilugd] [commercial] American company seeking Asterisk consultants

2007-07-02 Thread Justin Moore
Hello, We're looking for Asterisk consultants to assist us with some new deployments. Anyone that is interested is welcome to reply to this email with their qualificaitons and pay requirements. Additionally, we are willing to train the right candidate on Asterisk, but he must have a strong CentOS

Re: [ilugd] Broadband Connection

2007-07-02 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 02-Jul-07, at 7:51 PM, Raj Mathur wrote: space of about half an hour, since most of MTNL's modems allow wan access and have a default username/password combination. Other details are then available, which will apparently allow a cracker to abuse the victim's account. Ah, but the

Re: [ilugd] 5,000 ubuntu desktops at delhi university

2007-07-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 10:27:51 +0530, Anand Shankar [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I believe FOSS gained significant acceptance worldwide due to patronage and a strategic corporate policy of such majors as IBM, Google, Yahoo, HP, Intel etc. For things to happen in India, we need more than one such

Re: [ilugd] [commercial] American company seeking Asterisk consultants

2007-07-02 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 10:43 -0400, Justin Moore wrote: [...] Since you found it necessary to mention it, is there something special about your being an American company? Should we all fall down in awe? Regards, Gora ___ ilugd mailinglist --

Re: [ilugd] [commercial] American company seeking Asterisk consultants

2007-07-02 Thread das
On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 23:46 +0530, Gora Mohanty wrote: Since you found it necessary to mention it, is there something special about your being an American company? Should we all fall down in awe? Maybe because they are proclaiming beforehand that if your IQ is more than 80, that is,

Re: [ilugd] [commercial] American company seeking Asterisk consultants

2007-07-02 Thread Justin Moore
?? I've had a lot of great success recruiting from this list before, so I won't let your comments affect my feelings toward the talent on this list. It DOES matter for your tax purposes that you are working for an American company as a contractor rather than being taken on as an employee of an

Re: [ilugd] [commercial] American company seeking Asterisk consultants

2007-07-02 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 02-Jul-07, at 11:46 PM, Gora Mohanty wrote: Since you found it necessary to mention it, is there something special about your being an American company? Should we all fall down in awe? given that most free software comes from america, that most standards are set by america and that