Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-30 Thread Arjun Asthana
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 30 September 2003 00:34, you wrote: Hi, I tried out the two questions posed on ping and whois. I got some suspiciously funny results which I would like to share with you people. Could anyone please enlighten me further $

Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-30 Thread Ambar Roy
I finally got to know the reason for the mysterious occurrences regarding whois and ping. LL please give your valuable suggestions on this. There seems to be a rogue worm in the wild, aptly named [EMAIL PROTECTED] worm. Seems to infect TCP port 43 (thus affecting whois) and manipulate

Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-30 Thread Shuvam Misra
Please keep these jokes outside this list. If you feel that u need to post jokes, then at least mark it as such in the subject line, so that our time is not wasted reading totally useless stuff. Personally, a bit of humour once in a while is welcome. I've been here a few months now, and I

Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-30 Thread Bhaskar Dutta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I wasn't expecting to get flamed like this on the list! Wouldn't you appreciate a bit of humour once in a while? Come on guys this list is supposed to be a community of sorts, and occasional jokes and humour wouldn't kill the

Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-29 Thread Bhaskar Dutta
Hi, I tried out the two questions posed on ping and whois. I got some suspiciously funny results which I would like to share with you people. Could anyone please enlighten me further $ whois inria.fr Result: [translated from french by a helpful friend] Dude, You seem to be from

Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-29 Thread Bhaskar Dutta
Hi, I finally got to know the reason for the mysterious occurrences regarding whois and ping. LL please give your valuable suggestions on this. There seems to be a rogue worm in the wild, aptly named [EMAIL PROTECTED] worm. Seems to infect TCP port 43 (thus affecting whois) and manipulate

Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-29 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ghane == Sanjeev Gupta Sanjeev writes: Ghane On Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:51 AM [GMT+0800=SGT], Ghane Bhaskar Dutta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Man, THAT was offending! I was shocked. Now I am scared to ping the computer again

[ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-29 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Raj Mathur wrote: Seriously, Apt for RPM rocks. Get it from freshrpms.net. And I have most of the latest packages from there for RH 8.0 if anyone wants them on CD -- standard rules apply. BTW, Have you seen this? http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/mega-merge.php - Sandip -- Sandip