Re: Fw: What's wrong with this code?

2003-11-13 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 13 November 2003 01:28, Boaz Rymland wrote: Further more, don't get me wrong. I did not conclude my verdict on OSS security from this simple demonstration of a weak point. Not at all. Without going into details I think the opposite - I prefer openess over obscurity, taking in mind

Re: Fw: What's wrong with this code?

2003-11-13 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
Interesting message I got. Isn't that a demonstration of the *real* (no FUD) open source model security break points? Actually, you just pointed out one of Open Source scurity model greatest strenghts, no weaknesses. How come? Well, think about what happend here: someone managed to gain

Re: Fw: What's wrong with this code?

2003-11-13 Thread Boaz Rymland
Well, you certainly got a point there. One could claim that such source compromises are possible with closed source SW too and in such a case, indeed logical to assume, it is more difficulty finding, verifying and correcting the code AND, closing the security hole through which the intruder

Re: Fw: What's wrong with this code?

2003-11-13 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
On Thursday 13 November 2003 12:11, Boaz Rymland wrote: In short - there is a weak point in the openness model. it is greatly acknowledged and treated hence achieving a better security model. Don't be impressed by the publicity it gets - you just dont hear of such cases in closed source

Re: open office and formula

2003-11-13 Thread Yuval Aviel
IIRC, the red '?' signify the fact that the formula you entered is not in the correct format. e.g. writing langle a rangl is incorrect because of the missing 'e' at the end of 'rangle' yuval. Kfir Lavi wrote: Hi, I have downloaded Openoffice 1.1.0, and i'm writing in hebrew very good. When i

protecting one's IP

2003-11-13 Thread Ilan Finci
Hi, The company I work with is creating executable code we give to potential clients to test. The code comes as either an executable or a shared library (with a given API the client use to connect it to his application). Is there a way to protect such executable/library, so it will be hard to

Re: protecting one's IP

2003-11-13 Thread Oleg Kobets
Just a though. Asking open source related people how to make code more closed is like asking a pagan to interpret a bible :-))) Anyway, everything can be hacked, reverse engineered or decrypted. The question is how much money are you willing to spend on protecting your information versus the

Re: protecting one's IP

2003-11-13 Thread Jonathan Ben Avraham
Hi Ilan, I think that you are asking the wrong list. The denizens of this list spend most of their time working to ensure the oposite of what you want. - yba On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Ilan Finci wrote: Hi, The company I work with is creating executable code we give to potential clients to

Re: open office and formula

2003-11-13 Thread Kfir Lavi
Yuval Aviel wrote: IIRC, the red '?' signify the fact that the formula you entered is not in the correct format. e.g. writing langle a rangl is incorrect because of the missing 'e' at the end of 'rangle' yuval. Kfir Lavi wrote: Hi, I have downloaded Openoffice 1.1.0, and i'm writing in

Re: protecting one's IP

2003-11-13 Thread Matan Ziv-Av
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Ilan Finci wrote: The company I work with is creating executable code we give to potential clients to test. The code comes as either an executable or a shared library (with a given API the client use to connect it to his application). Is there a way to protect such

Re: Mandrake update mirrors in Israel?

2003-11-13 Thread Shlomo Solomon
On Thursday 13 November 2003 01:17, Shachar Shemesh wrote: 12 hours from request to an active mailing list+archive. Not too bad, I think. The full details are available on http://mirror.hamakor.org.il. The Better than **not bad** :-), but there's one small problem. If I read the details on

Re: open office and formula

2003-11-13 Thread Yuval Aviel
Kfir Lavi wrote: Yuval Aviel wrote: IIRC, the red '?' signify the fact that the formula you entered is not in the correct format. e.g. writing langle a rangl is incorrect because of the missing 'e' at the end of 'rangle' yuval. Kfir Lavi wrote: Hi, I have downloaded Openoffice 1.1.0, and

fedora

2003-11-13 Thread Aaron
Hi, I am new to the list and was wondering if anyone has experience with getting hebrew up and running on fedora, and any tips if possible. Thanks Aaron = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in

kmail configuration question

2003-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
Hi, I have to things I haven't found how to configure in kmail and I was wondering if its possible: 1. Is it possible to disable the preview pane. 2. How do I open the mail in a new window from the keyboard. In evolution just pressing enter does it but I couldn't find any way in kmail. Since I

KDE translation team is looking for translators

2003-11-13 Thread Diego Iastrubni
Hi all! The subject says it all. If you want more details, fell free to visit: http://www.whatsup.org.il/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=2264mode=flatorder=0thold=0 There is also a post in the Penguin, and some other local forums. I hope this will bring new life to this

Re: Mandrake update mirrors in Israel?

2003-11-13 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Shlomo Solomon wrote: On Thursday 13 November 2003 01:17, Shachar Shemesh wrote: 12 hours from request to an active mailing list+archive. Not too bad, I think. The full details are available on http://mirror.hamakor.org.il. The Better than **not bad** :-), but there's one small problem.

Re: open office and formula

2003-11-13 Thread Yuval Aviel
nop, I did nothing special. Kfir Lavi wrote: Yuval Aviel wrote: Kfir Lavi wrote: Yuval Aviel wrote: IIRC, the red '?' signify the fact that the formula you entered is not in the correct format. e.g. writing langle a rangl is incorrect because of the missing 'e' at the end of 'rangle'

Suggestion (was: Re: Instaparty - Thanks)

2003-11-13 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Adir, Could you compile a checklist based upon your experience in the instaparty: List what you and the other organizers did, list what you overlooked, and list what you wish you'd have done earler. The checklist can later be put in one of the Israeli Linux Web sites for the benefit of all

MS-SBS FUD

2003-11-13 Thread Gil Freund
I came across the following FUD article in the MS site: http://www.veritest.com/clients/reports/microsoft/mssmbiz.pdf What I found most striking is that MS chose not to include the people and resource scheduling as a part of their requirements. Exchange is the MS Killer Application, yet they

A good Linux advocacy read

2003-11-13 Thread Gil Freund
While I did not read the following in full, it does look like a good description of migration path from Windows to Linux: http://www.kbst.bund.de/Anlage303807/pdf_datei.pdf This is a valuable reference for Linux advocacy, as it highlight linux and OFSS primarily on technical merits. --

Re: fedora

2003-11-13 Thread Yoni Rabkin Katzenell
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:52:05PM +0200, Aaron wrote: Hi, I am new to the list and was wondering if anyone has experience with getting hebrew up and running on fedora, and any tips if possible. Thanks Aaron = To

Re: GNOME print stuff

2003-11-13 Thread dov
Hi Behdad, All I know is that last time ago (which is ages ago) they were starting to think about pango support. I have no idea if they have progressed with it. I can also tell you that in Fedora Core there is only the gnome-print package installed which is based on glib-1 without pango. So I

Looking for Quantum HD for desparate data recovery

2003-11-13 Thread dov
Yes, it was bound to happen. My web-server computer at the Weizmann Institute short-circuited and once the smoke cleared out, there was the 10G harddisk with the only copy of lots of data that I am dying to restore... I tried to connect the HD to another computer but it doesn't even spin up. As

Re: protecting one's IP

2003-11-13 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
On Thursday 13 November 2003 16:03, Ilan Finci wrote: Hi, The company I work with is creating executable code we give to potential clients to test. The code comes as either an executable or a shared library (with a given API the client use to connect it to his application). Is there a way

[JOBOFFER] A PHP/MySQL person needed

2003-11-13 Thread shlomi
Hi , i was asked to forward this message to this list. - Reut computer and communication is expending (www.reut.co.il). Our company is looking for an experienced PHP programmer with strong knowladge about using MySQL

Re: Linux and SMP

2003-11-13 Thread Dan Fruehauf
On Monday 10 November 2003 22:26, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 09:58:29PM +0200, Dan Fruehauf wrote: Evening, Recently i discovered that my machine (a dual p3 450MHz with 256mb of ram) is very slow. top says that somewhat like 30% of cpu cycles are being used by

Re: Looking for Quantum HD for desparate data recovery

2003-11-13 Thread Shachar Shemesh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, it was bound to happen. My web-server computer at the Weizmann Institute short-circuited and once the smoke cleared out, there was the 10G harddisk with the only copy of lots of data that I am dying to restore... I tried to connect the HD to another computer but it