RE: Improving server security

2005-09-19 Thread Ohad.Levy
One Other thing that I've implemented is a PAM module that checks for allowed users - i.e. if user xxx is not in the list, it will never really check its password when trying to logon... Ohad To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL

Old laptop is firewall, spindown the disk?

2005-09-19 Thread David Harel
Hi, I have this old laptop I turned into a firewall. It is only doing IP forwarding (NAT, MASQUERADING or whatever it takes) using iptables. I have 256MB ram on it. My idea is to have the disk spin down unless it is needed. Any idea? -- Thanks. David Harel,

Re: Old laptop is firewall, spindown the disk?

2005-09-19 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 03:25:59PM +0300, David Harel wrote: Hi, I have this old laptop I turned into a firewall. It is only doing IP forwarding (NAT, MASQUERADING or whatever it takes) using iptables. I have 256MB ram on it. My idea is to have the disk spin down unless it is needed. Any

Re: Old laptop is firewall, spindown the disk?

2005-09-19 Thread Matan Ziv-Av
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, David Harel wrote: Hi, I have this old laptop I turned into a firewall. It is only doing IP forwarding (NAT, MASQUERADING or whatever it takes) using iptables. I have 256MB ram on it. My idea is to have the disk spin down unless it is needed. Any idea? On my home

Re: Improving server security

2005-09-19 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 12:39:57PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One Other thing that I've implemented is a PAM module that checks for allowed users - i.e. if user xxx is not in the list, it will never really check its password when trying to logon... Why a special module? Wouldn't

Re: Old laptop is firewall, spindown the disk?

2005-09-19 Thread Peter
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 03:25:59PM +0300, David Harel wrote: Hi, I have this old laptop I turned into a firewall. It is only doing IP forwarding (NAT, MASQUERADING or whatever it takes) using iptables. I have 256MB ram on it. My idea is to have

Fedora contribution mechanism

2005-09-19 Thread Dan Kenigsberg
Hi List, I thought it would be nice to have Hspell added to Fedora Core/Extra. In order to contribute the software, I have to become a contributor. And for that, I need to find a Fedora sponsor who would sponsor me. Is there a Fedora sponsor in the audience? Is there someone whose nephew knows

Checkpoint and Snort

2005-09-19 Thread Danny Lieberman
Interspect, the Checkpoint Internal Firewall has been repositioned as an IPS, after 2 years of non-sales. The IDS engine is Snort. My logic says that if you can get Snort for free and pay Sourcefire for a signature subscription, why pay $40,000 for Interspect at all? Betcha Interspect's

gdb, image and symbols

2005-09-19 Thread Omer Shapira
Hello linuxers, For the first time in my life (I suppose I've been lucky), I've seen the following problem: OS FC2 I open a core file using gdb on 2 machines, say host and target. I use same core file and executeable image (copied with scp, checksum is same) On the target machine, the gdb

Re: Old laptop is firewall, spindown the disk?

2005-09-19 Thread David Harel
Do you know if noflushd will eventually spin the disk up again if cache becomes full? Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 03:25:59PM +0300, David Harel wrote: Hi, I have this old laptop I turned into a firewall. It is only doing IP forwarding (NAT, MASQUERADING or whatever

RE: Improving server security

2005-09-19 Thread Ohad.Levy
Yeah - you are right :) I guess I didn't think too much before writing that line... auth required /lib/security/pam_listfile.so onerr=fail item=user sense=allow file=/etc/sshd_users Cheers, Ohad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Reminder: Python-IL Meeting Tomorrow

2005-09-19 Thread Amit Aronovitch
This is a reminder that tomorrow (Tuesday 20/9/05) the Python-IL meeting will take place. The Place: Aduva, Betzal'el 33, Ramat Gan (a walk away from the Tel Aviv Arlozerov Train Station.) The Schedule: * 18:00 - 19:00 - Python for Beginners, by Noam Raphael * 19:00 - 20:00 - Gathering, food,

Five Reasons _not_ to Use Linux

2005-09-19 Thread Shlomi Fish
Spotted on linmagazine: http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8124627492.html Five reasons not to use Linux. Regards, Shlomi Fish - Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage:http://www.shlomifish.org/ 95% of

Re: Old laptop is firewall, spindown the disk?

2005-09-19 Thread Ez-Aton
Use Laptop-mode. You can set it all there. Ez. David Harel wrote: Do you know if noflushd will eventually spin the disk up again if cache becomes full? Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 03:25:59PM +0300, David Harel wrote: Hi, I