Re: Should beginners work with WSL?
LMGTFY: https://lmgtfy.app/?q=wsl+linux - Aviram On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 7:22 PM Michael Shiloh wrote: > What is WSL? > > On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 11:40 PM Shachar Shemesh > wrote: > >> The context is a book I'm writing about introduction to Linux. I don't >> know exactly who will pick it up and what her reasons might be. >> On 05/02/2022 08:37, Yaacov Zamir wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Sorry for the off topic answer >> I was trying to think what I would recommend, and found that I would give >> different answers depending on the needs of the specific beginner. >> Do they want to try out the desktop environment, e.g. gnome KDE? >> Do they want to learn to be linux sys admins? >> Do they want to learn to program linux specific applications, drivers? >> Do they want to learn linux containers, virtulization? >> What type of beginner do you have in mind? >> >> בתאריך יום ו׳, 4 בפבר׳ 2022, 09:11 PM, מאת Shachar Shemesh < >> shac...@shemesh.biz>: >> >>> Title pretty much says it all. Should beginners on Linux be directed >>> toward trying out WSL? >>> >>> >>> I have my own opinion, but I'd like to hear others as well. >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Shachar >>> ___ >>> Linux-il mailing list >>> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >>> >> >> ___ >> Linux-il mailing >> listlinux...@cs.huji.ac.ilhttp://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> ___ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Short consulting gig (programming with BISON/Flex)
Hi Shlomi, I saw previous emails sent to you in private end up back on the mailing list. You seem to be very insisting on that point, it's even included in your signature. I reserve the right to be selective on what I share on public forums, and your insistence that emails to you be made public prevented me from sending you the feedback. If you want to contact me in private, you know my email address. - Aviram On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aviram, > > > On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 10:50 PM, Aviram Jenik <avi...@jenik.com> wrote: > >> Hi Shlomi, >> >> I'm not going to send status updates of an internal company project on a >> public mailing list. Perhaps you should reconsider your communication >> preferences. >> >> > well, the original post was sent to this mailing list, so if you found > someone, it is fair to post a followup attesting to it (without mentioning > their name), That put aside, you can reply to my reply where I proposed > myself for the job in private (sorry if my signature was misleading in that > case), But as it stood, I sent an email that requested some feedback and > was left waiting for many days. > > Sorry again if I was misleading. > > >> - Aviram >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Aviram! >>> >>> Any news about this gig? >>> >>> > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Short consulting gig (programming with BISON/Flex)
Hi Shlomi, I'm not going to send status updates of an internal company project on a public mailing list. Perhaps you should reconsider your communication preferences. - Aviram On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aviram! > > Any news about this gig? > > Regards, > > -- Shlomi > > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Aviram, >> >> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:42 PM, Aviram Jenik <avi...@jenik.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> We're looking for a consultant that can help us with a short gig to >>> figure out why >>> a piece of BISON/Flex code (used to render code into an interpreter) >>> compiles under Debian 7 but not under Debian 9. >>> >>> The error is pretty vague so I rather not paste it here as it doesn't >>> actually helps anyone who hasn't seen the full code. >>> >>> Any referrals would be appreciated; we're in Ra'anana industrial area. >>> >>> >> First of all see http://shlomif-tech.livejournal.com/63020.html for how >> to make your job ad more informative, >> >> That put aside, I can try helping you, but since I'm not an expert in >> bison and flex (though I know the basics of what they are used for - >> http://www.shlomifish.org/lecture/Sys-Call-Track/Lex-Yacc/ ), I agree to >> not charge any money if I fail in my mission, and only charge if I succeed >> (under a pre-agreed rate or payment). >> >> Note that I don't have a status of Osseq Morsheh, if that is important to >> you. >> >> Regards, >> >>-- Shlomi >> >> >>> - Aviram >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> Linux-il mailing list >>> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ >> >> You can never truly appreciate The Gilmore Girls until you've watched it >> in the original Klingon. >> >> Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply >> . >> > > > > -- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > > You can never truly appreciate The Gilmore Girls until you've watched it > in the original Klingon. > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Short consulting gig (programming with BISON/Flex)
Hi, We're looking for a consultant that can help us with a short gig to figure out why a piece of BISON/Flex code (used to render code into an interpreter) compiles under Debian 7 but not under Debian 9. The error is pretty vague so I rather not paste it here as it doesn't actually helps anyone who hasn't seen the full code. Any referrals would be appreciated; we're in Ra'anana industrial area. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Skimping on AWS EC2 bills
I'm not an AWS expert and would love to hear from those who are. But we do have a few (dozen) instances on AWS. We have them running 24/7. I get that you could start and stop on demand, but don't get how you would do that without changing the way you work in a drastic way (compared to a physical machine). To save costs, buy a 'reserved instance'. You are paying up front for 1-3 years (I recommend 3 years) and then paying a very very low cost per hour. If your load is low, buy the 'low load' machine to save even more costs (but then you pay hire fees if you cross the threshold). I don't know how this works well enough - we always buy the 'high load' instance and buy them for 3 years; the total average cost is equivalent to what we would have paid for the hosting and so the hardware is free. - Aviram On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Amos Shapira amos.shap...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Do people here keep EC2 instances running? Do you leave it running 24/7 or do you fire them up when you need them? I'd like to run my own EC2 instance running $10 Jira + $10 Confluence (+$10 some extra useful add-ons) (to clarify - these are one-off $10 for each product), but can't justify running a $30/month small EC2 (and perhaps more, Jira alone requires 1.5-2GB of RAM) just to be used at most a few hours a month if not less. But logging in to the console to fire it up (or through aws cli, or using an Android based app) every time I want to access it also would be inconvenient. So is there another way? Thanks, --Amos ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Question about how to make a living from open source
It's not clear (at least, not to me) what you're asking. You want something that has no risk, does not require too much hard work, but pays well. And then you want to further restrict the search space of this invisible universe to open source only. How is that middle ground? Decide which of these constraints you're willing to free, and perhaps people can help you with some experience. If there was an open source way to make money easily with no risk and little work I promise you we wouldn't be telling you about it since we would be too busy drinking cocktails in our in our own private island in the Caribbeans. On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:27 PM, tzahi ml tzahi...@gmail.com wrote: It appears not to sound that fun when you tell it like it is. I am just closing a startup, not too keen to start a new one right away. A startup has no business sense. However, I was hoping there is a middle ground, a business sense and a certain risk. The current idea I have is to freelance until I figure this out. Perhaps mix freelancing and a making a risky business. Is there some freelance/small company names with successful models in open source in Israel? It is hard to believe there is no middle ground, either freelance, be employed or start a startup. I have no trouble with slow progress but the aim is to scale eventually... On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 4:00 PM, David Suna da...@davidsconsultants.com wrote: On 09/18/2014 02:56 PM, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: On Thu, 18 Sep 2014, tzahi ml wrote: Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:15:40 +0300 From: tzahi ml tzahi...@gmail.com To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il Subject: Question about how to make a living from open source Hi All,I am in need of assistance. I am currently working as a freelancer coding stuff in a company. However, although I am making good living, this does not scale much (and promotion is out of the question :) ). Anyway, I am looking for ways to scale. A different way to say the same thing: You can choose to be an employee in which case your earning potential is limited to what the current market value of someone with your skill set is. Doesn't scale but does provide you with benefits, a guaranteed salary and a corporate culture for advancement. Or, you can choose to work for yourself. This have several variations: 1. Working as a contractor - Generally this allows you to charge a higher hourly rate. The down side is you have to provide your own benefits, accounting, etc. You also lose the stability of it being someone else's job to generate work for you. This also does not scale as you are limited to the number of hours a day you can work and the going market rate for the skill set you have. 2. Produce a product - Build a better mouse trap and sell it. This is not necessarily in line with the open source way of doing things. However, it is a common business plan. This has the potential to scale as you can develop the product once and sell it many times. You have the significant risk of startup and development costs and whether the product will be successful. 3. Provide a service - Along the lines of the idea you suggested of hosting complex solutions. This is similar to being a contractor but the focus is on marketing the service you provide rather you and your skill set. This only has the potential to scale by having other people (employees or contractors) provide the service in the name of your company. Your profit is the cost you can charge the client minus the cost of the worker actually doing the work. You also take on the responsibility of generating enough work to cover the costs of the worker(s) and yourself. With all of the joys that Yonatan described in his email. -- David Suna da...@davidsconsultants.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: [hopefully on topic] is SSH secure in default configuration?
I'm only taking a wild guess here. To be clear, I have no inside knowledge and my guess is probably as good as anyone else's. But if I had to bet this is where I would put my money. Either: 1. They have a 0-day against SSH (e.g. if you have ssh running they can login to your box) 2. They are aware of a weakness in the openssh implementation, unrelated to the encryption itself Pressed against the wall, I would go for option 1. But I wouldn't rule out option 2. I *would* bet against them being able to break the encryption itself. Why? Because obviously, it's much easier to break the implementation than the encryption. I find it hard to believe the NSA can easily break AES or 3DES, and I find it easy to believe they found a flaw or weakness in the implementation. It's that simple. The question is encryption ABC safe is nowadays a purely academic question and only academics care about them (no offense Oleg). A quick note on Elyahu's list: 1. I don't think allowing root login is a huge issue 2. Likewise with password authentication 3. We rarely see SSHv1 being allowed in modern systems - I don't believe that's been the default for a while now 4. Likewise, I think having SSHv2 only is the default for years (but I could be wrong, of course) On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Oleg Goldshmidt p...@goldshmidt.org wrote: Hi, I am not hopeful to secure much of anything against the likes of NSA or GCHQ. However, my curiousity woke up when the latest NYT/Guardian/ProPublica pieces about NSA/GCHQ/friends compromising much of Internet encryption were accompanied by graphics like http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/05/us/unlocking-private-communications.html Now, NYT is hardly a technical authority, but I assume they have technically competent sources and advisers. The above page lists Cisco, Microsoft (I wonder if they were the ones who outed Skype - chuckle), and EFF as sources. I shrug at HTTPS/SSl/TLS/VPN/Skype,IM - nothing surprises there. The only part that is somewhat surprising (and particularly relevant to Linux-IL) is SSH. Why is SSH (on Linux) included and is the inclusion justified? A glance at man 5 ssh_config (or man 5 sshd_config) reveals the Ciphers section and the default preference list for v2 ciphers, with AES-128 in the leading position. Can any security/cryptography guru here (Or? Aviram? Noam? anyone?) confirm or deny that AES-128 may be suspect? AES-256 still seems to be regarded as NSA-safe (but not RC4? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/06/nsa_cryptobreaking_bullrun_analysis/). Is it prudent to reconfigure ssh/sshd to prefer AES-256? Can anyone comment on performance impact of using AES-256 vs. AES-128 for the usual scenarios? I am not sure I quite understand the implications of AES-128 and AES-256 both being NSA-approved as Type-1/Suite-B algos. I'd hope that NSA assume that anything they can break others can break, too, so Type 1 product being defined as endorsed by the NSA for securing classified and sensitive U.S. Government information, when appropriately keyed hopefully means NSA cannot break it. However, there is also Type-1/Suite-A... Suite A being seemingly regarded as even more secure than Suite B (is it?) goes against the common cryptographic wisdom that says disclosed algos deserve more trust. Is it an indication that (at least) AES-128 may be somewhat vulnerable? Or is is only because AES was not historically NSA-sourced that it is in Suite B and not in Suite A? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_1_product http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_Suite_B_Cryptography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_Suite_A_Cryptography Back to NYT graphics: Another, more mundane possibility is that NSA's partial success against SSH (and/or OpenSSH implementation) means that SSHv1 and DES (and maybe the default triple-DES???) are vulnerable. That would not be a big surprise (at least the DES part). I am not changing the default SSHv2 Ciphers configuration unless someone I trust says AES-128 is suspect. And maybe not even then... But curiousity is killing this cat... -- Oleg Goldshmidt | p...@goldshmidt.org ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Steve G. word...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for all the advice. I particularly like the Zaggspark 6000. It is not too heavy and can handle a number of devices quickly and at once. I will check if they carry something like it at Office Depot (I am talking Tel Aviv), and if not check whether it makes sense sending it here from the US. I've been happy with the Energizer portable batteries: http://www.energizerpowerpacks.com/us/products/ I'm using their largest one (XP18000A) and it doubles the laptop battery life. It also comes with USB ports to charge those devices. Z. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Printing with Cannon MF4150
I fixed all the dependency problems I think (i.e. I installed the debian packages created by alien without any warnings). Regarding symlinks and instructions are you referring to: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-get-a-canon-all-in-one-printer-working-with-ubuntu.html Nope, that isn't it. I added the symlink mentioned there (both to /usr/lib and /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/) and rebooted, but still no joy. Can you remember any other symlinks you needed to make? Did you add the symlinks before or after installing the debs? Thanks, Eli - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Printing with Cannon MF4150
I tried both before and after, but like I mentioned the ubuntu tutorial I linked to only mentioned one symlink. Looking at my system, I only linked: /usr/lib64 - /usr/lib and I did that BEFORE installing the deb files. Also, contrary to what I told you before, I am looking at my packages and they are 2.40. Did you need to install cannon-bjnp or does the PDD file take care of that for you? I'm running cups 1.5.2-5, I read that earlier versions of cups might work better with this printer. Do you remember if you needed to downgrade cups? I did not need to downgrade cups and did not install the bjnp. I didn't use the PPD either, just picked the printer out of the list (it was detected automatically) Thanks, Eli - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Printing with Cannon MF4150
Eliyahu, I've had mixed success with this printer; while the drivers do eventually work, they sometimes require some fiddling. The instructions unfortunately differ from version to version. Is your system 32 bit or 64 bit? If 32, try version 230. It has .deb files and should work out of the box. If 64, a simple 'alien' does not work. There are dependencies that need to be installed, and you need to symlink the 64 bit directory - sorry, I don't have the instructions in front of me and could find it in a couple of minutes of googling. Also, reboot between attempts. Yes, that should not matter on decent package installations, but it does matter here. - Aviram On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:39 PM, eliyahu cohen eliyahu.coh...@yahoo.com wrote: Apologies if you get this twice, I have a Cannon MF4150 multi-function printer and a Debian Wheezy box I want to connect. I converted the RPM packages provided by Cannon (in the Linux_UFRII_PrinterDriver_V240_uk_EN.tar.gz tarball) to Debian packages. I used system-config-printers to install the printer. The system-config-printers utility identified the printer as MF4100 and claimed to find the correct PPD file as well (I also tried switching the PPD file to the other 4100 series drivers provided in the cndrvcups-ufr2-uk-2.40 package with no luck). The printer is connected via USB. When I setup the printer via the system-config-printers and press print a test page, the printer status (in system-config-printers window) goes from idle to printing to complete, however nothing is actually printed. I tried printing from my browser as well without success. The cups error log returns: D [18/Apr/2012:12:47:51 +0300] Returning IPP successful-ok for Print-Job (ipp://localhost/printers/Canon-MF4100-Series) from localhost which I believe should mean that the printing was successful, but nothing was printed. Has anyone else succesfully printed using Linux and the Cannon MF4150 printer? I pasted the entire debug log for my test printing attempts to http://pastebin.com/h5fwFpb5 in case someone sees something obviously missing there. Thanks, Eli ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
needed: Training on compiling Linux projects
Hi, We are looking for an instructor that can give a one-on-one training on how to convert a C++ project currently being developed under Visual Studio to a gcc project under Linux. We're looking to pay on an hourly basis, and assuming the whole training is a few hours to a working day max. We're specifically looking for 'best practices' on how to build the project and compilation environment, etc. This is not a huge project in terms of lines of code, but not a simple 'hello world' application either. Please reply off-list. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Completely OT: Where can I find Hebrew etymology?
Thanks, Orna. Actually, I did hear that brush was the origin for mivreshet, which is why I went looking for an authoritive source. How about pitria? If pitria is what you're looking for (you originally wrote 'petria' - doesn't really mean anything in Hebrew) then a simple google search: מקור השם פטריה Gives this as the 5th entry: http://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94 It's a biblical name. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Common problems with Ubuntu
On Thursday 03 June 2010 11:03:28 Elazar Leibovich wrote: I really don't understand what you're saying. What he's saying is that is windows secure is not really a relevant discussion for Linux-IL and has nothing to do with Common problems with Ubuntu which was a vague enough topic to begin with. if you could provide me with a couple link to, say, major security holes in Windows 7, which enables remote code execution (via service, or via visiting a url with IE or via opening an email with Outlook) I'll be convinced that things are still not that bright. You only asked for a couple, so here there are: http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5TP2X0A1PC.html (via IE) http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5KP3C0K17O.html (via service) More at: http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/ If you'll provide me with links to a security experts which say that little are changed since Windows XP, and MS systems are still considered insecure, A lot has changed since Windows XP. Beyond Security is a member of the SDL program at Microsoft and get to see first hand how serious they are about security, and they really are serious about it. But this is a very long discussion and this is not the approprated forum for it IMO. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: External monitor can only copy laptop's built-in
I've had some success configuring xorg.conf or using the system settings configuration for the dual display. But that sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, and hard to know why (not to mention a reboot changes things back again) and very hard to give a 'recipe'. It seems to be very version-dependent or buggy to the point where it works for some people on some video cards, and may not work for others. The best solution I could find is xrandr, as Omer mentioned. xrandr *always* worked for me, even in complex configurations. Things to note: change the resolution/refresh rate of each screen to their maximum (start with xrandr -q to see where you stand, and then xrandr --output LVDS --mode YYYxZZZ). It also has switches to put one screen on the right or left of the other, and it all happens immediately. Of course, as Omer mentioned, make sure the virtual display settings are big enough for (1680+1680)x1050. Also check out the 'addmode' switches that allow you to set a very specific configuration (refresh rate, etc) on each of the monitors to really make sure you are taking advantage of it. The downside of xrandr is that you have to manually do it., and you lose the wonderful auto-detect features of xorg. Then again you can map it to a hot-key and make it work with a single click of a button. - Aviram On Friday 21 May 2010 07:55:43 Dotan Cohen wrote: I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 / 1505E with 1680x1050 built-in LVDS and external VGA connected to a 1680x1050 LCD monitor. I can get the external monitor to mirror the regular display, but I cannot put them side-by-side with the KDE System Settings tool. The KDE System Settings tool sees the external VGA monitor as the first monitor and the built-in LVDS as the second. When I configure the LVDS to the right of the external VGA monitor, the LVDS goes blank. When I configure the LVDS to the left of the external VGA monitor, the external VGA goes blank. What must I do to get these monitors configured? I'm using Kubuntu 9.10, KDE 4.2.2. Thanks. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: External monitor can only copy laptop's built-in
On Friday 21 May 2010 11:13:10 Dotan Cohen wrote: On 21 May 2010 19:42, Aviram Jenik avi...@jenik.com wrote: Things to note: change the resolution/refresh rate of each screen to their maximum (start with xrandr -q to see where you stand, and then xrandr --output LVDS --mode YYYxZZZ). It also has switches to put one screen on the right or left of the other, and it all happens immediately. Of course, as Omer mentioned, make sure the virtual display settings are big enough for (1680+1680)x1050. This seems to be my problem: setting the virtual display size: ✈dcl:~$ xrandr --fb 3360x1050 xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1680x1680 (desired size 3360x1050) ✈dcl:~$ xrandr --fb 1680x2100 xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1680x1680 (desired size 1680x2100) I don't think you can do it at run-time. It should be an xorg settings, but you're right that the latest ubuntus seem to ignore it. I've got no idea what configuration had my virtual screen set, but I remember setting it explicitely (until I did, I had similar results to what you're describing). - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Common problems with Ubuntu
On Monday 10 May 2010 07:05:03 Elazar Leibovich wrote: I remeber a few times where users of this mailing list were arguing that ubuntu is a very problematic distribution. I'm evaluating a distribution for developer desktop. Ubuntu seems fitting mainly due to the hardware detection and the ease of configuration. Also, it has up to date versions of many desktop packages. I'll be happy to know which problems did you have with the Ubuntu distribution. Googling with Ubuntu problems etc, did not help me find any *informative*list of problems. I once had a white Ford Fiesta that was giving me engine trouble. Can someone send me an *informative* list of problems in Ford cars (preferably white) and how they solved it? That's pretty much what you wrote. Every Ubuntu release has a wiki page with known issues. Ubuntu has a bug tracking system that you can also use to see what problems currently exist and are open - *for your hardware*. If you want an informative list, that's the one. Everything else is personal experience from a tiny sample size that might be completely different from your own use case. To get some meaningful response, it would help if you specify your hardware (or should we guess?) what version of Ubuntu you were trying, what kind of problems you were having and most importantly, what is your alternative to Ubuntu. (Obviously, this is *not *ment to be a discussion (or even worse, a flame war) about which distribution is better, but a listing of common problems typical to Ubuntu, and how are they solved with other distributions) Ubuntu has been around for almost 6 years. I doubt there is something like problems typical to Ubuntu. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Suggestion for a webmail application with good Hebrew Support
On Tuesday 18 August 2009 13:51:02 Danny Lieberman wrote: 3. Have a single 24x7 point of service contact You have a contact at google? Do tell! We've been paying google for years, and yet haven't been able to get any human answer (or any answer for that matter that is not a link to the useless knowledgebase). This tends to be frustrating when they have bugs which they don't like to tell anyone about and then fix silently, and your only indication is other people sharing the same symptoms. But it seems you have struck oil in the form of a 24x7 point of service contact. Please share that wonderful information with rest of the list if you don't mind. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: [SOLVED] Dual screens / keyboard layout
On Friday 10 July 2009 05:09:08 Arie Skliarouk wrote: Hi, Do you mean multiseat? There is a nice howto about that: http://netpatia.blogspot.com/2009/06/multiseat-in-ubuntu-904.html It works good enough here with two USB keyboards and two USB mouses. No. was talking about how connecting a USB keyboard to a laptop (while gnome is running) deletes the keyboard layout, and for example loses the Hebrew-switching hotkeys. It's apparently a known bug in xorg: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/376592 -- Arie - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
[SOLVED] Dual screens / keyboard layout
On Wednesday 20 May 2009 15:33:48 Aviram Jenik wrote: Second question: When I connect a USB keyboard it does not have the correct layout. I need to go to the keyboard layout and hit 'apply' for it to enforce the layout on the USB keyboard as well. Since xorg.conf is now pase', does anyone know how to solve this issue? Answering my own question. This appears to be a known bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/376592 The workaround is to modify the console-setup variables that are read by /usr/lib/hal/debian-setup-keyboard (the script that runs when a USB keyboard is plugged in). Change: /etc/default/console-setup and modify the XKBLAYOUT line to read: XKBLAYOUT=us,il - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Dual screens / keyboard layout
On Thursday 21 May 2009 03:38:38 sara fink wrote: Which graphic card you use for the 2nd monitor. I ask because there are specific tools that deal with these resolutions for nvidia, ati etc. I have the tool - xrandr works perfectly. Also, ubuntu resizes the screen when the new monitor is plugged/unplugged, I just don't know what it runs. I couldn't find so far a script that runs when the 2nd screen is plugged. As far as I know, xorg.conf does this. My logic says that a fork should be created. you can check with the command pstree. http://www.linfo.org/pstree.html Other way to check if there is a script that runs is to use the following command when you are at / grep -ri expression * This will look recursively through all the file system and find if there is such a script. Good idea, I'll try and report back. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Dual screens / keyboard layout
To hijack the 'ubuntu sucks' thread (though it really does suck), here is a tip, and two questions: - For the guy that asked about dual screens not showing the best resolution, open your terminal and type: xrandr --auto if that doesn't get you the optimal resolution, do: xrandr -q see what your monitor is called (VGA, or TMDS-1 or something similar) and then do: xrandr --output TMDS-1 --auto This will set your resolution to the best xrandr thinks it can do, using the current 'virtual screen' settings. If you want to over rider what xrand thinks it's best do: xrandr --output [bla] --mode 1280x1024 (or similar) Now my question: X automatically detects when I plug in the 2nd monitor. I'd like to run xrandr when that happens to set it to the 'correct' resolution. Does anybody know what scripts runs on this hot-plug detection? Second question: When I connect a USB keyboard it does not have the correct layout. I need to go to the keyboard layout and hit 'apply' for it to enforce the layout on the USB keyboard as well. Since xorg.conf is now pase', does anyone know how to solve this issue? - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Dual screens / keyboard layout
On Wednesday 20 May 2009 16:06:08 sara fink wrote: for keyboard layout, please take a look at this link: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.x ml part 2 configuring input. It should be the same for other distributions as well. Beautiful! That give me the crucial clue to a previous Linux-IL post: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il/msg54791.html That gives a step-by-step on how to do Hebrew keyboard layouts thanks Sara! (and Meir for posting the instructions 2 months ago...) Now any clues on setting the right video resolution automagically? - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Dual screens / keyboard layout
On Wednesday 20 May 2009 17:16:20 sara fink wrote: Now any clues on setting the right video resolution automagically? do you still want to work with xorg.conf or without? Neither; I want to find the script that runs when the 2nd screen is plugged in. Once that happens I'll run xrandr myself. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Israeli ISP blocking outgoing SMTP
Noam didn't say blocking port 25 for everyone is a good thing or that he likes it - just that this is what ISPs in Europe and the US are doing that to fight spam. What Noam said is that ISPs have a responsibility to prevent spam being sent from their hosts. He also said that blacklists may not be the smartest thing in the world, but they are deployed and in use - once that's done it's the ISPs responsibility for its users to not be listed. It is unfortunate ISPs choose blocking port 25 as the easy way to do that, but like I said it's the current common practice. By the way - just to set the Linux-IL record straight - Imri has been extremely helpful to us in several abuse cases we contacted him with. It wasn't necessary for him to do that (that's what the abuse desk is for) but he did it anyway, and I applaud him for that. But that doesn't mean we don't have our different PoVs... Hag Sameach. - Aviram On Tuesday 07 April 2009 02:05:15 Imri Zvik wrote: It was advocated on this mailing list, not so long ago, by someone from your management team :) I opposed this method then, and I still think it is a bad idea, even though it is very effective. -Original Message- From: linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il [mailto:linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il] On Behalf Of Aviram Jenik Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:42 PM To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il; ro...@acm.org Subject: Re: Israeli ISP blocking outgoing SMTP On Monday 06 April 2009 10:55:40 ronys wrote: Hi, For the last few days, an ISP who shall remain nameless (but who's name in octal is equal to 11) has decided to block outgoing SMTP connections to servers abroad. They've done this unilaterally, without notifying customers, and, for the first couple of calls to support, without admitting anything beyond there's a problem, we're working on it. Blocking port 25 for broadband users is now considered common practice, and is actually advocated by many spam fighting organizations. I personally think it's stupid and goes against everything the Internet is about, but strangely enough I wasn't consulted when that decision was made. These are also the guys that think blacklists are a good idea. But as far as it goes to making ISPs change their ways, it will most likely be the other way around - Israeli ISPs are just catching up to the unfortunate global standard. On the bright side, doing that may get them removed from several blacklists (did I mention how stupid I thought blacklists were?) Rony - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Israeli ISP blocking outgoing SMTP
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 11:01:52 Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Aviram Jenik avi...@jenik.com writes: Noam didn't say blocking port 25 for everyone is a good thing or that he likes it - just that this is what ISPs in Europe and the US are doing that to fight spam. Not in my experience. That is, unless I grossly misunderstand the problem. In my mind, this means that the problem occurs when you configure a foreign server as your SMART_HOST while connected to the octal 11 Israeli ISP. [...] I have just returned from a trip to Europe. I sent emails, using my laptop, from two different Western European countries, from a hotel, from coffee shops, from occasional unidentified public Wi-Fi spot, etc You just got lucky. Some ISPs will only block you after a number of outgoing port 25 connections to different IPs. Others block outgoing 25 completely. Try and remove the SMART_HOST to have sendmail send emails directly (as the Internet was built to allow) and revisit those ISPs. You'll probably be blocked. Leave SMART_HOST in and try a few more ISPs in Western Europe and the US and you will probably get blocked. See for example: http://www.postcastserver.com/help/Port_25_Blocking.aspx In general, this does not make much sense. Imagine a typical Windows/Outlook user who has his outgoing mail server (SMART_HOST equivalent) configured to something (by his company's IT people, he himself does not know what an outgoing mail server is, etc.). Imagine this person on a trip somewhere - he does not change his configuration, but he doesn't normally have any problems sending email. If the octal 11 Israeli ISP does it it is *not* following any common practice. Oh, and I agree it is stupid, as is blacklisting. No argument there. It is incredibly stupid, but unfortunately unpreventable due to the sheer number of moron blacklisting services. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Israeli ISP blocking outgoing SMTP
On Monday 06 April 2009 10:55:40 ronys wrote: Hi, For the last few days, an ISP who shall remain nameless (but who's name in octal is equal to 11) has decided to block outgoing SMTP connections to servers abroad. They've done this unilaterally, without notifying customers, and, for the first couple of calls to support, without admitting anything beyond there's a problem, we're working on it. Blocking port 25 for broadband users is now considered common practice, and is actually advocated by many spam fighting organizations. I personally think it's stupid and goes against everything the Internet is about, but strangely enough I wasn't consulted when that decision was made. These are also the guys that think blacklists are a good idea. But as far as it goes to making ISPs change their ways, it will most likely be the other way around - Israeli ISPs are just catching up to the unfortunate global standard. On the bright side, doing that may get them removed from several blacklists (did I mention how stupid I thought blacklists were?) Rony - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: CanoScan 3200F anyone got it to work in Linux?
On Wednesday 18 March 2009 12:46:50 Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Moshe Brace using Yahoo mbrace...@yahoo.co.uk writes: Distro Mandriva 2009.0 Gnome Desktop CanoScan 3200F (USB connection) anyone got it to work? Go to http://www.sane-project.org (SANE is the scanning infrastructure) and search the device list. Looks like it is unsupported (there is some code in experimental CVS, according to http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=Canonmodel=Canoscan+320 0Fbus=anyv=p= - this is the search result). Looks like you are out of luck. I wouldn't give up so easily. I'm using the SANE CVS version for my all-in-one printer (Canon MF4150) since the 'stable' SANE drivers don't support the scanner. The CVS version compiled and installed nicely on my ubuntu and the drivers work flawlessly. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Linux for an association I work for.
On Saturday 28 February 2009 07:45:11 Yotam Rubin wrote: I now believe that Linux is not a viable choice for anyone who's not an advanced user. That's funny. So all 8 million Ubuntu users are linux experts? I guess if I visit the Ubuntu forums all I'll see is questions about remote RAID installation and not 'how to' on installing printers. Right? My reasons follow: 1. Mainstream desktop environments (KDE, GNOME) have gotten slower and buggier over the years. As I bought faster hardware, KDE and GNOME seemed slower and crashed more often. 2. Linux distributions don't work. Even Ubuntu and other mainstream distributions simply do not work. Package testing is poor, and various programs do not integrate with one another. I often find myself having to fix things manually, usually by digging deep into various scripts/configuration files. Additionally, at least with Ubuntu, upgrades tend to break horribly, requiring a clean reinstallation. 3. Usability as a whole is becoming less viable. Applications (at least with my recent Ubuntu distrubutions) tend to crash often, work more slowly and have less features. How does this make linux viable for experts? If it's slow and buggy, it's that way for everyone, right? Or is there a reason why experts especially like slow, buggy, unusable software? What you're saying is linux sucks. Then you go on to say Mac rules. Windows suffers from the same problems, only it's not as slow as Linux. Ok, now that is *really* funny. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?
On Sunday 08 February 2009 23:42:54 b...@rymland.com wrote: The only down side is that in small claims you have to file and appear yourself, without a lawyer. This is basically the reason I haven't done it yet. That's exactly the reason why I haven't done it myself as well. The necessity to appear in court which means taking a day off or something. Agreed. The only reason I wrote what I did is to let you know the legal opinion that I've heard: You can't 'outsource' it. For many people, though, 1,000 NIS is worth a day off from work (not to mention the satisfaction). Boaz. - Aviram ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?
Tal Kaplan, from pczlaw, was kind enough to give me a detailed explanation(*) about this matter. First, to answer both Dotan and Boaz, it should be a relatively simple process to get 1,000 NIS for every incoming hebrew spam. Think about it as a gift from a stranger. The process is documented on the isoc site (link was given in some other post in this thread). Remember you have to prove very little (that you got the spam) while they have to prove a lot (that you gave them permission to send you spam. They need to actually PROVE it). Second, involving a lawyer will not help - you need to sue in small claims court, since the 'hashaom' court will look at you strangely if you come claiming such a small sum. Neither hashalom nor small claims court set precedence so it doesn't really matter. The cost (legal and otherwise) in small claims is much lower. So for all these reasons small claims is the way to go unless you are going to file a TVIA IZUGIT which you probably don't want to do unless you have a lot of free time. The only down side is that in small claims you have to file and appear yourself, without a lawyer. This is basically the reason I haven't done it yet. I'm saving my gifts^H^H^H^H^Hhebrew spam in a special folder for when I will have a few free hours to put it in the isoc tempate and go to small claims to file it. Spam keeps piling up in it and it gives me the feeling of a piggy bank. Oh, how things have turned. (*) This is the explanation as I remember it. If there are inaccuracies it is probably my bad memory and not Tal's fault. - Aviram On Sunday 08 February 2009 11:16:41 Boaz Rymland wrote: Similarly, due to time constraints I'm not currently performing any active steps with the several spam emails that I have received lately, all from some coaching/spiritual spammer. If there's a lawyer or someone with enough spare time on his hands in the crowd who wishes to raise the glove please reply privately. Boaz. Dotan Cohen wrote: I have started getting Hebrew spam again, even now that the new anti-spam law is in place. Sure, I _could_ just filter it, but I would prefer to make life miserable for the spammers, even at my own expense. What legal tools do I have? ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Penetration testing tools?
On Thursday 16 October 2008 Ariel Biener wrote: On Thursday, 16 בOctober 2008 07:49, Aviram Jenik wrote: Thanks for the plug ;) Our service starts at $30 per month, so only do that if your time for finding the tool, installing it, running it, weeding out the false positives and compiling a report from the results costs more than $30. I would kindly request that commercial information (solicitation) like the above will not make its way onto this list. The ROI for using your services may be interesting to Amos, and you can provide him with the sales quote in private, please. Ariel, I wanted to request that you treat someone who has been on this list for close to 10 years now with a little more respect. But since that ship has sailed, I will instead let you know that I will plug my services any way and any time that I wish. Save your preaches for the clueless newbies (like the one who told Amos nessus checks for SQL injection or the other that told Amos micro deposit thefts were the problem he should be worried about. Yeah, right). Or if you've got nothing really intelligent to say, just shut up. thank you, Crawl back to wherever you came from. --Ariel - Aviram To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Penetration testing tools?
On Thursday 16 October 2008 Amos Shapira wrote: Hello, I need to find tools to run penetration testing on our external web interfaces (a web application and an HTTP-based data interface). [...] (and yes Aviram, I mentioned BeyondSecurity to my CTO, maybe we'll contact you :). Thanks for the plug ;) Our service starts at $30 per month, so only do that if your time for finding the tool, installing it, running it, weeding out the false positives and compiling a report from the results costs more than $30. But seriously now, if you are indeed considering an automated service rather than a manual tool, check it out at: http://www.beyondsecurity.com/vulnerability-scanner.html (yes, I am somewhat affiliated with Beyond Security if it's not clear already) As for the tools you've mentioned, none of them is considered to really be the silver bullet, so you will probably need to use more than one. Which ones are for you depends on your expertise level, they are mostly designed for expert pen testers. --Amos - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trying to connect to the net with N95 and Ubuntu 7.10
The following configuration works for me with the latest Ubuntu (actually,
it's been working on Debian and most previous versions of Ubuntu as well).
I have a Nokia E65 (shouldn't be a difference). I'm also using Orange, so the
configuration should be changed for Cellcom - I think the windows
instructions should make it clear where the differences are.
1. edit /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf:
rfcomm0 {
bind yes;
# nokia e65
device your device mac address. Find it using hcitool scan;
channel 2;
comment nokia ppp;
}
'channel 2' is good for nokia E65. Your nokia may be different (though I doubt
it)
2. Make these changes take effect immediately by:
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
3. create /etc/ppp/peers/orange:
debug
noauth
connect /usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/orange-connect
disconnect /usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/orange-disconnect
usepeerdns
/dev/rfcomm1 115200
defaultroute replacedefaultroute
#user orange
#password orange
#nodetach
lcp-echo-failure 0
lcp-echo-interval 0
nomagic
noccp
Note that orange doesn't need a user and password.
Also, you may want to uncomment 'nodetach' to have the script run in the
foreground and show you the errors while you're making it work.
Note that I have 'defaultroute replacedefaultroute' which means it will take
over as the default route (this is useful, because if you bother connecting
over bluetooth is because your regular gateway is not working or not working
well).
Finally, the last 4 lines are the 'magic sauce' that may be different between
providers and between devices. Regretfully the only real way to debug it if
it doen't work for you is trial and error. Hopefully it'll work for you out
of the box.
4. create:
/etc/chatscripts/orange-connect
TIMEOUT 5
ECHOON
ABORT '\nBUSY\r'
ABORT '\nERROR\r'
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r'
ABORT '\nNO CARRIER\r'
ABORT '\nNO DIALTONE\r'
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'
'' \rAT
TIMEOUT 12
OK ATE1
OK 'AT+cgdcont=1,IP,uinternet'
OK ATD*99***1#
TIMEOUT 30
CONNECT
The two lines (AT+cgdcont... and ATD*99...) may need to be changed for
Cellcom
5. create /etc/chatscripts/orange-disconnect
ABORT BUSY
ABORT ERROR
ABORT NO DIALTONE
SAY \nSending break to the modem\n
\K
\K
\K
+++ATH
+++ATH
+++ATH
SAY \nPDP context detached\n
This should probably be the same for all carriers
6. Test it with: pon orange
disconnect with: poff orange
Of course, this assumes bluetooth is working (should be a no brainer on
ubuntu) and preferably the devices are paired to avoid stupid questions from
the mobile device when connecting.
Works for me like a charm.
- Aviram
On Wednesday 23 July 2008 Nitzan Brumer wrote:
Hi to ya' all
I have a Nokia N95 in Cellcom and I've just upgraded my plan to the surf as
much as you want in 129 NIS a mounth.
Connecting to the net with my phone is very simple in windows using the
nokia PC Suite but becomes a terible headache.
I've tried the sugestions in this pages:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=492851
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=735018
There are few more, I cant find the links.
anyhow, writing pon cellcom (my script name) makes a connection over BT to
the phone but than the conection fails. I can't connect to the net.
It might be something in my definitions, Maybe I'm not punching them right.
Did anyone managed to connect a symbian nokia in cellcom? if so, I'd love
some help.
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Re: help! resetting nm-applet on Hardy Herron to make wireless work again
On Wednesday 14 May 2008 Amos Shapira wrote: Have a look in /etc/network/interfaces I was aware that NetworkManager looks at this file and from the googl'ing around I realized that it won't deal with interfaces mentioned there, but the entires that I found there were added by it so I didn't think of removing them. Once I removed all entries (except for the loopback interface) NetowrkManager resurrected from the dead and started working again! NetworkManager doesn't add entries to /etc/network/interfaces and never did AFAIK . Maybe the old entries were created by Gutsy's (7.10) and somehow broke Hardy's (8.04) together with my tweaking attempts. If I were you I would try to figure out what made the changes, since if they come back it will again cause NM to ignore the interfaces. And you already know what it's like trying to debug NM when it doesn't work... --Amos - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Replacing kernel 2.4 - 2.6
On Sunday 06 April 2008 12:15:26 Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: Aviram Jenik wrote: Even the latest 2.4 kernel doesn't seem to support our SATA hard drive. Did you consider back-porting the driver for your SATA driver? Not even for a brief nanosecond. It not as insane as it sounds. We do these things on a routine basis for various companies to support legacy software that needs to run on newer hardware. Even if it's half as insane as it sounds, it's still pretty insane :-) I'm just kidding - I can see why it *might* be cost effective to do that, but for us it's the last straw and it'll push us to upgrade the entire system. On Friday 04 April 2008 04:32:52 Amos Shapira wrote: So was there any alternate path you took to get over the problem? The path we're taking is to completely upgrade the machine to a modern Debian with a 2.6 kernel. It'll be long and painful (and prone to errors) but at least we know it's doable whereas from Shachar and Muli's responses it seems we're going into nowhere land with a solid chance of failure. Also, it will not be me who'll be doing the long and painful process, so it's much easier to decide to do the 'right thing' ;-) - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Replacing kernel 2.4 - 2.6
Thank you all for your answers. Although I was hoping for a different answer (where's the magic dust when you need it), you guys at least saved me a few days of what will most likely be futile work. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Replacing kernel 2.4 - 2.6
I have a machine that I want to replace the kernel on. It's an old Redhat 7.3 and it works; but it's too old to use an rpm. Upgrading to a newer version (or different distribution) is not an option. I intend to compile a new kernel (a 2.6.x) and put it on there. What should I be taking into account? Will all the applications work? Are there any libc dependencies or similar trickery? - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Replacing kernel 2.4 - 2.6
Even the latest 2.4 kernel doesn't seem to support our SATA hard drive. - Aviram On Wednesday 02 April 2008 22:08:49 Constantine Shulyupin wrote: There are newer 2.4 kernels. Why do you need to use 2.6? On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Aviram Jenik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a machine that I want to replace the kernel on. It's an old Redhat 7.3 and it works; but it's too old to use an rpm. Upgrading to a newer version (or different distribution) is not an option. I intend to compile a new kernel (a 2.6.x) and put it on there. What should I be taking into account? Will all the applications work? Are there any libc dependencies or similar trickery? - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: choice of groupware, choice of provisioning server?
On Monday 31 March 2008 13:46:36 Ira Abramov wrote: If it's just a need for shared calendar and central mail storage, I'd be using Google for domains. Should be free of charge for small companies. I suggested that too. they didn't want the security risks You can take out the quotes. gmail uses the google login, which means that if I get your login (by a cross site scripting attack; by a phishing trick; by a vulnerability in any of the google services) I got full access to your corporate email. Also, your security nazi^H^H^H^Hadministrator has no control over the login policies, password policies, or anything else that has to do with security, oh, but they are allowed to bang their heads to the wall if something goes wrong and they need google's help, because talking to the wall is the equivalent of google human support (unless they're lawyers in which case google will be happy to comply). There's also no backup and no archive. and the google branding on their Emails. This is no small matter. I can't see why a company will agree to having their emails having sent on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Plus, most of what GSM wrote (including the full disclosure about not liking google). They are willing to shell out thousands of dollars for an inferior solution (IMHO, especially if you count cost) If they consider email a critical part of their daily work, maybe shelling out some money makes sense. Although with FOSS products you usually get to try it before shelling out the money (e.g. Marc's note). I bet your alternative solution don't suggest the SMS-on-appointment feature, not for free at least :) That *is* a killer feature, I'll admit. - Aviram (who uses google calendar exclusively nowadays) = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't browse to some sites.
On Tuesday 15 January 2008 David Harel wrote: Noam Rathaus wrote: Hi, I would guess MTU issues, use (temporarily): ifconfig eth0 mtu 1400 Didn't help. Try: echo 409616384 131072 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem echo 409687380 174760 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem (I used to have the same problem and the above fixed it for me). - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Store selling Linux computer with support
Hi, I want to buy a computer for my grandfather. I'm looking for a store that can sell me a brand new computer with Linux installed (Ubuntu preferably) and provide either paid or free support for that computer (including configuring it to connect to the Internet, configuring a new printer when needed, and fixing problems if they arise). If anyone has recommendation of such a store, let me know. If you're a store owner please contact me off list. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Israir flight search
On Saturday 03 November 2007 Kfir Lavi wrote: Hi, I have tried to search for a flight at Israir site. Here is a link to the page: http://www.israir.co.il/cat_flights_europe.asp?type=6 Now, as you guessed, the search button don't work. The site suffers from an SQL injection: http://www.israir.co.il/cat_flights_europe.asp?type=6' As often happens with web sites that are so poorly designed they only (barely) work on IE. If you have some free time (and SQL knowledge), you might try and manipulate the SQL injection to pull stuff from the database manually. Thanks, Kfir - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Petition to ask MainConcept to release MainActor as Open Source software
On Tuesday 02 October 2007 Shachar Shemesh wrote: Nadav Har'El wrote: [1] On the first computer I ever used, the Commodore 64, a diskette held around 160 KB (if I remember correctly). At least on the Apple ][, it was 144KB per side. Then again, the commodore may have had double sided disks. I'm afraid the only Commodore I had was an Amiga. IIRC Commodore had 160k per side and was double-sided (but you had to make a hole with a cutter on the other side and flip the diskette to access data on the other side). But it was enough to have a full flight simulator that would let you fly from Chicago to Seattle. Shachar - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Web mail security
On Tuesday 19 June 2007 Ghiora Drori wrote: Hi, Thanks for the answers, however I think I was not exact enough with my questions. [repeats the same exact question again] One more thing: I have been programming and working with computers for over 20 years. I know the internals of systems, networks and file systems. Please no lectures for newbies. What I am looking at this as part of a criminal investigation. If there is anyone in the group with such low level knowledge of these processes I would like to hear from him. If you want respect, I think it would be wise to start by giving respect to those who answered you. Actually reading the responses would be a good start. Oded and I have answered your question exactly. Oded answered about cached pages and I answered about non-cached pages. Someone with 20 years experience of working with computer can easily connect the dots from here. BTW, If this is a serious matter (i.e. truly a part of a criminal investigation) I suggest you talk to/hire a forensic expert rather than post this question on a Linux list. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Web mail security
On Wednesday 13 June 2007 Ghiora Drori wrote: Hi, I heard a story about how a program called encase by http://www.guidancesoftware.com/ was supposedly used to recover web mail (yahoo) from a disk of a person after the person had deleted the cache etc.. I am talking about large amounts of email perfectly being restored. From a brief glance it looks like a forensic tool, which means it probably accesses hard drive content of files that have been erased. Every HTML file you see went through the hard drive at some point, and so all your web mail was stored on the hard drive over the course of the hard drive life. Whether the software is so good that it can recover the emails in perfect shape, I don't know - but the fact the files have a specific structure and predefined strings to look for makes the work of the forensic tool a lot easier. I find the idea that web mail is stored on the local disk over long periods weird. The web browsers does use a cache to speed up browsing but I assume that things like web mail pages get overwritten pretty fast. If not it would be possible to go into an Internet cafe or university and read all web mail read there in the past from the disk. This would be a huge security hole. Anyone got some solid information about what happens when you read webmail? Webmail uses HTTPS which is not stored in the cache. It does, however, gets stored temporarily and then deleted. Anyone viewing the hard drive with forensic software will see it. My guess is that the above program was running and storing the webmail when it was being read not month later. That's also possible. Like I said, I never heard or used this program and it could very well be snakeoil. Thanks Ghiora - Aviram To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Hosting
On Thursday 07 June 2007 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Didi, I've been using VPS before, and I got burned. twice. I second that emotion. We now use VPS for very non-critical applications only where it's not a big deal if suddenly the performance goes down to a crawl or the server is rebooted without notice. It does save the set up and hardware maintenance but it's like ordering in a local restaurant in Shenghai - you have no idea what you'll be getting today. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT
On Tuesday 01 May 2007 06:54:14 pm Gabor Szabo wrote: So logwatch thinks there is a possible break-in attempt: **Unmatched Entries** reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for customer201-216-248.113.iplannetworks.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT! : 2 time(s) Issue a PULSA DENURA against the IP in question. Nothing much other than that - this happens hundreds if not thousands times EVERY DAY against almost EVERY IP on the Internet and is most likely an automated attack or a zombie trying to expand its botnet. Even if you were to talk to iplannetworks.net about this (and the other hundreds of attacks against your machine every day) there is not much they can do since the user might not even know its computer is doing this attack. What do you do with this information? Post it to Linux-IL? :-P Gabor - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Investment house
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 17:45, Dan Bar Dov wrote: I'm sick and tired of the my bank (discount) support for firefox. I'm looking for an Israeli investment house with a decent internet portal that works well with firefox/linux. Do you insist on it being an Israeli investment house? There are a few excellent foreign investment houses that will give you much better rates and unlike the Israeli fellows, they'll be glad to take your money regardless of your browser. If you have good experience with one, please let me know, Thanks, Dan - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ OT] Re: Telux: Shachar Shemesh on The Smallest RSA Key on 01-April-2007
On Saturday 31 March 2007 10:58, Shlomi Fish wrote: The only chocolate I eat is either sugar-free one or one with a large amount of Cocoa. Like I said, I don't need aphrodisiacs Now that's just silly. It's not the sugar that makes Chocolate an aphrodisiac, it's the Cocoa and other components (which as you indicated, you have more of in the non-sugar version): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate#As_an_aphrodisiac And BTW, sugar substitutes are way worse to your health than sugar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame#Aspartame_controversy (non-sugar products are typically Aspartame.) And since we're so way off topic here (it's like Peter never left the mailing list) I should mention that Canabis is non Kosher, so all you potheads out there beware of the Kosher-police ;-) - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: linux-il moderation and spam filtering
Here's an idea: why don't you, Peter, volunteer to be a moderator on this list? This will allow you to approve your own messages that are incorrectly flagged as spam, and also monitor all the censoring decisions made by the big bad non-existing IGLU CABAL. Not to mention take some load off the current moderator(s). List managers - is it feasible to add another moderator? - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Working on a FOSS project (was: Finding a linux related job)
On Friday 09 March 2007 01:43, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Personaly I would not waste any time on a FOSS project. Most managers won't care, it has no relevance to their world, and many startup managers will take it that you are more interested in the work than the money and if they do hire you, will take advantage of you (to be polite). I call double bullsh*t. Talented developers look to hire developers that have a passion. This is what separates a dot-net-john-bryce-graduate programmer from a real programmer. It's not the degree, it's the passion. The fact you worked in your spare time on a project (regardless of whether they know what FOSS means) gives you credit in places where developer passion is appreciated - and this is probably where you want to work. Also from a practical level, going out of university means you have zero experience (no, university projects rarely count as experience), so working on a project with other developers, a team leader, a schedule, users - all that is important not only for your own personal development but also to show a potential employer what you can do. Not to mention they can download the source code and see first hand how good you really are. Some FOSS projects are even prestigious - the google SOC is well regarded, and working on a high-profile project might impress your potential employer. Geoffrey, you seem to have a huge chip on your shoulder - go to a therapist and work it out. Maybe your world consists of nothing but abusive managers and cheating partners who only want to screw you, but fortunately for the rest of us the world is different. Geoff. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] ID theft
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 01:01, Peter wrote: How is hash a digital signature? [clipped a short explanation on Hash] I know what hash is. My question was, how is it a digital signature? (hint: it's not. I can easily generate a hash function with the parameters of your mail client and my own data. Does that mean you signed it?). This is a form of anonymous signature. I have no idea what that sentence means. Note that I am not a security expert. Noted. Peter - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] ID theft
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 10:53, and on On Tuesday 06 February 2007 01:01, Peter wrote: This is a form of anonymous signature. [...] a different type of signature, which is deniable and not legally binding. An anonymous, deniable signature. Hmm. Kinda like dry rain, cold fire and negative income tax. I guess it makes sense when the anonymous identity shows up first on a trivial google search results. Here's a suggestion for improvement: why waste CPU cycles on Hash? There's a much better anonymous deniable form of digital signature that is also being picked up by spy satellite and flagged by the NSA: THEYMADEMEDOIT Feel free to add it to your mail sig or as a custom 007 header. I guarantee it's deniable and anonymous. My guarantee is of course deniable and anonymous. I'm outa this thread now. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] ID theft
On Monday 05 February 2007 13:15, Peter wrote: certain MUAs implicitly sign the message by calculating a hash sum over the message and certain key parameters in it and making it unique to the sending machine and to the time and network it was sent at/on. By your definition then, ALL How is hash a digital signature? - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Synchronizing KAddressbook with Moto Razr
Sorry for asking a Linux question on the privacy mailing list (or is it paranoid inc?). Does anybody know how to synchronize kaddressbook with Motorola Razr phone? Extra bonus if it works for KOrganizer too. Gnokii doesn't work for obvious reasons and all the moto4lin style utils only tell me what the battery status is and don't really allow me to sync. I'm hoping for a bluetooth solution, but using the USB cable is ok too. TIA. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: message frequency ?
On Tuesday 30 January 2007 09:30, Peter wrote: I will not post again until freedom of speech is guaranteed. This means that there will be bad words added to any message I post, perhaps as a .sig . Freedom of speech does not mean you can say anything you want in any forum you want. Also, I personally don't care much for off-topic messages containing curses about Microsoft, and there is nothing in the free-speech article that says I must be forced to read your rants. So as far as I'm concerned a spam filter that filters off-topic posts with foul language is a feature, not a bug. Now enough with the off-topic messages already. Your S/N ratio is well too low. thanks, Peter - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Looking for someone to provide paid Linux support in Ramat Gan
A few months ago I installed Ubuntu Linux for my grandfather. Although the maintenance is minimal, he has very little computer knowledge and sometimes needs assistance when the printer stops working, mplayer doesn't show videos on certain web sites, etc. This is partially system administration and partially user education. This work will probably be something like a few hours, once a month or so. He lives in Ramat Gan near Bialik street. I intend to pay for this service. If you can help, either for ideological reasons (preventing him from hiring an evil PC technician who will install Windows instead), or monetary reasons (or both), please contact me via email detailing your experience, how much time you can dedicate for this task and how much you expect to be paid. TIA. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: When Visiting Thailand - free web access
Most of them also allow ICMP packets to go through, in which case you can establish an ICMP tunnel with tools like this: http://www.securiteam.com/tools/5LP0N15EKA.html - Aviram On Saturday 28 October 2006 10:43, Nir Simionovich wrote: Hi all, As some of you may know, I'm currently in Thailand (on my honeymoon - oh yes, another geek bites the dust). In any case, it is highly annoying to pay around 20 shekels for an hours worth of wireless access, isn't it? Small trick, I noticed that most wireless networks here permit access freely to port 53 udp/tcp. So, I simply put a squid proxy on port 53, on walla, instant web access. I guess the next step would be to simply tunnel via port 53, and that would generate even better results. Just thought you should all know this. Nir S = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which bank support Firefox ?
On Thursday 21 September 2006 11:40, Ira Abramov wrote: Quoting Michael Ben-Nes, from the post of Thu, 21 Sep: Which bank Web interface support FireFox ? uhhh, Poalim is semi-usable, Unless you're a business user (in which case it requires an extremely unsafe ActiveX for its USB Token). - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freedom of speech online
On Friday 08 September 2006 15:27, Uri Even-Chen wrote: I have reasons to believe the Israeli government is censoring me. You've got to be kidding me. Not only is it very difficult to pull off technically, it is ridiculous to think that the barely functioning Israeli government (BTW: what minister exactly? Or was it a cooperation of the Mosad and the little green men from Mars?) has decided to take a personal vendeta against you and silence you for being such a dangerous political activist. In the first time in the known world history, I might add. I guess the government is sorry it didn't have that great ability when Va'anunu was released from prison, or perhaps Va'anunu wasn't as dangerous as you and our government didn't want to use our entire arsenal on him. One has to wonder why they haven't blocked your email to the list saying you're being censored but I don't want to ruin your paranoia with logic so I'll skip forward. Common, being paranoid is fine, but you don't have to do it in a public Linux mailing list. People reading the archives might take you seriously. Do you know any secure way to send and receive E-mails, without censorship and without the risk of someone blocking them? I guess you do - since you managed to send this email without censorship. If you think I deserve it, think again. Today it's me, tomorrow it can be you too! I certainly hope that you're wrong and whatever it is you have is _not_ contagious. Uri. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IP Centrex
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 00:35, Diego Iastrubni wrote: I don't see how did you get these figures. According to your data, maintaing an asterisk box for 48 months is more then: 25*48 USD = 1200USD Actually it's 1200*8 (he has 8 users) so the total cost for 48 months is $9,600. Gil - stop using solid gold servers and your ROI will improve :-P - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GUI program for pppoe
On Saturday 05 August 2006 11:54, Oded Arbel wrote: Most modern linux distributions have a network configuration wizard that supports setting all kinds of connections, including DSL. Any idea if there's something like that on Debian? otherwise you can probably tinker around with kppp to let you do that. From what I've seen kppp needs a phone number (i.e. it's a modem dialer not an ADSL dialer). Am I missing something? -- Oded - Aviram To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GUI program for pppoe
On Friday 04 August 2006 10:52, Ira Abramov wrote: I just set machines to dial as soon as the OS comes up and keep it alive, period. Me too. But that person has a laptop, and he wants to come home, connect it to the ADSL modem and turn the connection 'on'. Sure, he can buy an ADSL router instead but I think it's silly when connecting to ADSL on Linux is so trivial. why would you ever want to manually futz around with that? Because it's there # apt-cache search ppp|grep -i kde kppp - KDE dialer and frontend to pppd That's the first program I checked out - it's for modem dialing, not ADSL. For one, it expects a phone number. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GUI program for pppoe
Hi, Someone asked me about a GUI program that can be used to connect to the ADSL. I know that pppoe (pon/poff) works like a charm, but it's command-line based and the user wants an easy to use applet instead. I googled for a while, but couldn't find anything relevant (except for a project that hasn't been maintained in the last 4 years). Does anyone know if there's a simple way to do this on KDE? - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Replacing a DVD player with a Linux system????
On Sunday 18 June 2006 17:16, Baruch Even wrote: Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: I would like to replace the player with a computer. I don't need much, but what I need is the ability to play a DVD including the menus and play files using MP1/2/4 compression as .avi or .mov files. Look for MythTV, Debian has it packaged or you can find a specific distribution for it. It has the ability to record TV which is touted as its main feature, but TTBoMK it can also be used just to play DVDs. Disclaimer: I've never tried it for real, but that's what I would consider for your needs. I did, and it does. I use it solely for playing movies and DVDs (nothing good in TV anyhow). It also has CD/DVD ripping abilities but I never used it, so I can't tell how simple it is. It also has picture gallery display (very handy now that we have a new baby), game playing abilities (never tried it), and a weather channel that downloads wheather information (cool weather maps). My mythtv box sits in the living room by the TV and is controlled only by a remote, and is simple enough to be used by my wife. Baruch - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with Barak email ? - chapter 3
On Tuesday 13 June 2006 08:39, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: Hi Shachar, Both Spamhaus and SORBS are *not* listing IP's on the basis of bounces, That was exactly Shachar's point. You wrote: Hi Shachar, Spamhaus and SORBS routinely list yahoo, google, hotmail, tiscali and other freemail addresses. So the problem isn't just SpamCop. And Shachar explained: The main question is WHY they are being blocked. So your response basically agrees with the point Shachar was trying to make - the problem *is* just SpamCop. By the way: I manage this problem on the TkOS mail servers by overriding the SORBS and SpamHaus blocks for yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc. If you are using spamcop as well, email from Beyond Security would sometimes be blocked. We use ezmlm, that needs to be manually patched to avoid bounces (if you call sending back an error message for a bad subscription request a bounce), so we occasionally get blocked by SpamCop, contact them, and get removed from the list. I admit, we are not as important as google, yahoo and hotmail to deserve special whitelisting, but if we ever wish to hire you guys and send you an email asking for more information, we'll never get a response and go elsewhere, possibly cursing the bad customer service given by TKOS. I'm exaggerating of course, but I think you see my point. rant I personally think this is outrageous, not because of the highly likelyhood for false positives, but because the Internet has rules (e.g. RFCs), and accepted ways to change those rules. Getting up in the morning and deciding that bounces are evil is not how things should work in our world. /rant - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Judging job candidates by their MUAs (Was: [YBA] Job Opening)
On Wednesday 17 May 2006 16:17, Imri Zvik wrote: And you can tell that from [...] the mail client I use? [...] (let us be honest, no open source groupware solutions out there are mature enough.) I think you've just proved YBA's point. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: One More Detail
On Saturday 13 May 2006 19:14, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: Alon Altman wrote: On Thu, 11 May 2006, Marc A. Volovic wrote: We start amusing presentation at 3pm Dinner at 3pm on a Monday? I must have missed something here. Seriously, are we talking 3pm Monday? I sort of expected dinner to be held at 19:00++ ? Hmmm... din·ner n. 1. 1. The chief meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday. 2. A banquet or formal meal in honor of a person or event. 3. The food prepared for either of these meals. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dinner Dinner can be ARUHAT ZOHORAIYM or ARUHAT EREV depending what your main meal of the day is. At least to me, it was clear that this is a full-day event. (and don't forget some people with children are restricted in the evenings ;-) Gilad - Aviram To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: One More Detail
On Saturday 13 May 2006 20:09, Ira Abramov wrote: at 15:00 everyone is officially invited. at 16:00 people will actually arrive and Alon will start his talk at 18:00 the QA will end and Marc will send his su(1) chefs to set the table at 18:40 people will stop chatting and sit at the table at 20:00 people will run out to collect wood because at 21:00 they are meeting their gangs on the beach for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did I get it right? Not at all. At least a couple of people can't stay much after 18:00, so Alon is expected to start his talk around 15:15/15:30. The Oso Buko starts cooking at 10AM, so I imagine food will be served around 16:00. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: One More Detail
On Friday 12 May 2006 17:13, Marc A. Volovic wrote: 2. Will there be any presentation equipment (barco, whiteboard) present? Aviram? Nope - don't have either. A barco won't help much - we'll be seated in the garden. If anyone can bring a portable whiteboard, I guess that would work. Alon - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Revival, Closed. Write In Complete
On Tuesday 02 May 2006 06:40, Marc A. Volovic wrote: Quoth Boris Gorelik: On Monday, 1 ??May 2006 00:14, you wrote: 3. Lebensraum Jenik, Aviram Lebensraum, ... (used both in ecological and sociological contexts; literally, living space) is used in English to refer to a motivation for Nazi Germany's expansionist policies, to provide extra space for the growth of the German population. Since it was said about me, I think I have the absolute right to start and end the Marc-is-a-pro-Nazi-bastard thread. Well, in short - I'm not sure whether I like the Nazi reference better then what most people will think Lebensraum says about my sexual tendencies (yes, I do like girls. It's out now. Are you happy?). Now invoking Godwin's law, the thread is over. Thank you for participating. The living space in question is in Hod Hasharon; Marc, please pass me an email list and I will gladly mail the driving instructions to the participants. - Aviram To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ReReRevival
On Friday 28 April 2006 17:16, Marc A. Volovic wrote: Quoth Marc A. Volovic: Patates Douce et Pommes en Ail Osso Buco a-la Oriental sur Puree Pommes de la Terre et Topinambour The Osso Buco assumes ~4h cooking, oh Aviram. Is that ok? Of course. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bank Leumi site lack of adherence to web standards
On Monday 10 April 2006 23:32, Matan Ziv-Av wrote: On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Amos Shapira wrote: Dov - it's worth investing the 40$ or so in CrossOver Office (you can buy from Shachar if you want a local distributor) - I use it to access Bank Hamizrahi and the money funds development on Wine. Why spend the money to run IE? wine does that just fine. Because the code is free - your time isn't (*) - Aviram (*) http://www.codefidence.com/ I'm not affiliated with Codefidence - I just think the tag line is awesome. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bank Leumi site lack of adherence to web standards
On Sunday 09 April 2006 15:11, Gilboa Davara wrote: Tried it last week and now and it doesn't work. I just tried it again now, and it works. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bank Leumi site lack of adherence to web standards
On Sunday 09 April 2006 13:29, Gilboa Davara wrote: Actually the story is even worse. Up until a couple of weeks ago, Leumi had a second, older side, that worked just fine no-IE browsers. https://hb.leumi.co.il/H/Login.html Sadly enough, this site stopped working a couple of weeks ago. Works for me. It indeed stopped working about 3 months ago (it was intentionally disabled) but it was returned a few days after that. Gilboa - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bank Leumi site lack of adherence to web standards
On Sunday 09 April 2006 15:11, Gilboa Davara wrote: https://hb.leumi.co.il/H/Login.html Sadly enough, this site stopped working a couple of weeks ago. Works for me. Weird. Tried it last week and now and it doesn't work. When did you last test it? Last night, but I use it almost every day. It seems to be down now - maybe someone took offense at your email and shut it down :-P Gilboa - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: please enlighten me
On Saturday 25 March 2006 00:42, Amos Shapira wrote: On 3/25/06, Aviram Jenik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As always, it's a combination of several things. There's a very good write-up about it on eWeek that explains the situation: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1934909,00.asp It doesn't reveal any new facts about the subject (except mentioning that he wrote about your company previously). What kind of new information were you looking for? The facts are there; there's nothing left to do but add commentary. I'm still baffled about why the US government should care - it's a widely-spread rumor that they use Check Point's firewall to protect their highest network assets, for instance. Well, I guess you didn't really read the article (perhaps you just read the part where our company is mentioned?) Larry explains quite clearly that the US government is a customer of Sourcefire, and they are concerned about the product that is used to protect computers with sensitive information will become owned by a Foreign company that will have control over the product. Oded - Larry takes a stand against the foreign company part. Can he therefore be excluded from the stupid American group? Please? Please? If required, I'm sure he'll be willing to take an IQ test (or whatever else you think appropriate) - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: please enlighten me
As always, it's a combination of several things. There's a very good write-up about it on eWeek that explains the situation: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1934909,00.asp - Aviram On Friday 24 March 2006 20:03, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: I just read the news that Checkpoint has cancelled their aquiring of SourceFire (the company who makes Snort. You can see the article (in hebrew) here: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3231753,00.html I have played a bit with Snort few years ago, and I think it's a good tool. What I don't understand is why the U.S is so affraid to sell it to a company like Check point? it was open source in their previous version so there's not many top secret stuff inside.. Could someone explain to me the issue? Thanks a lot, Hetz -- Visit my blog (hebrew) for things that (sometimes) matter: http://wp.dad-answers.com = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a way to print to this printer from linux
On Friday 10 March 2006 13:20, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: CUPS is very tricky to set up, Yeah, it's at least 10 mouse clicks, not all of them on the next button. Thank god you only need the left mouse button. (Geoff, when was the last time you set up CUPS? :-) Geoff. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Kernel compilation oddities
On Sunday 05 March 2006 00:12, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: every time I compile the kernel it takes amazingly long, and goes through a full compilation. Even running 'make' twice in a row makes it compile everything again. make version? assuming it's 3.81rc1, it's a known make bug - see http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernelm=114150857516839w=2 Yup. # dpkg -l | grep make ii make 3.80+3.81.rc1-1 The GNU version of the make utility. I guess I'll have to downgrade (until kbuild changes). Cheers, Muli Thanks :-) - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kernel compilation oddities
Hi, On my previous laptop, I would compile the kernel once, and then if I need to compile the same kernel again (lets say I only changed something from being compiled-in to being a module) I would run make, and watch it skip the already-compiled parts quite quickly. That way, recompiling an existing kernel would be much faster comparing to compiling a 'fresh' kernel, except for cases where a change affects most of the compilation (e.g. changing a setting that affects all modules). Now, I'm on another laptop, and trying to do the same. However, every time I compile the kernel it takes amazingly long, and goes through a full compilation. Even running 'make' twice in a row makes it compile everything again. This happened to me with 2.6.13.1 and 2.6.15 and 2.6.15.4. What should I check? I'm running Debian SID, BTW. Thanks, Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB Headphones and Microphone
On Monday, 26 December 2005 15:22, Chaim Keren Tzion wrote: Can anyone explain how USB headphones and microphones are implemented in Linux? On my laptop they appear as a second sound device (/dev/dsp1). Chaim -- - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound Card dies
On Tuesday, 20 December 2005 12:19, Efraim Yawitz wrote: I have a cmedia sound card: which has worked fine for quite a while, but lately it seems to stop working after the computer has been on for only a few hours The following is nothing but a wild guess, but it's worth trying. Over the years, I've had a lot of strange experiences with alsa and various sound cards. Almost all of them turned out to be simply a problem with the mixer volume. For whatever reason, the alsa mixer sometimes changes the volume setting (of course, there's some external(s) program(s) that do(es) that, but every time this happened it turned out to be some other application). This might explain why when you reboot, the mixer settings are 'reset' and sound returns. So next time this happens, run $ alsamixer and see if ANY of the mixer channels changed (I do mean *any*). Hope that helps. Ephraim -- - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Diskonkey automounting in debian under KDE
Ilya wrote: The best case scenario is an MS Windows-like popup when the diskonkey is inserted, with an auto unmounting when the usb stick is taken out. You can duplicate this on Debian by installing HAL, preferably from 'unstable' (since this is a fresh technology which changes and improves often). Yes, HAL/D-BUS are still pre-1.0, but they're already used in production in Fedora Core 4 and other distros. and Lior wrote: install the hal package add that user to the hal group... that should do the trick. Yup, that worked :-) But there are a few more steps to get it done really well. Here's what I did, in case anyone else needs it on Debian: apt-get install hal hal-device-manager pmount added the user to the 'hal' group ..and that's it :-) The one thing that is missing from my original request is to have a window pop-up whenever the key is inserted. This is apparently a gnome-only feature, but is likely to be in KDE 3.5. In the meanwhile, there is a very convenient alternative. In Control Center - Desktop - Behavior - Device Icons click on 'show device icons'. Now when you plug in the USB device, an icon will automatically appear on the desktop. Cool! -- - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Diskonkey automounting in debian under KDE
Hi, I'm looking for a way to enable disk-on-key to be *easily* automounted under KDE. Manual mounting currently works, but this is intended for a user who does not have access or knowledge about command line utilities. The KDE media tab works sometimes, but does not unmount, and is hard to understand and use. The best case scenario is an MS Windows-like popup when the diskonkey is inserted, with an auto unmounting when the usb stick is taken out. I believe Ubuntu has something like that (can somebody confirm?). I'll switch to Ubuntu if I have to, but I'd rather understand how it works and duplicate this behavior under Debian. STFW didn't produce anything beyond the standard non-GUI automounting utilities with tons of scripts to tweak it. TIA. -- - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[JOB] Beyond Security looking for PERL programmer
Hi, Beyond Security is looking for a developer to join our team. He/she will be working mainly in PERL as part of our product development team. Here are the basic requirements: - Must know PERL (*) - Must have proven experience with either open source project, previous work experience or off-work projects - in that order of importance - Must be the quality that we expect from our developers (technically and personally) - Must know their way around a Linux system (being on this ML is a good start) The following 'features' are not necessary, but are a plus: - SQL knowledge - Skills in HTML/DHTML/Javascript - GIMP knowledge - User interface design experience Please send your CV to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TIA. (*) Or an equivalent. If you are proficient in PHP we can probably convert you. -- - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Improving server security
On Sunday, 18 September 2005 10:02, Gábor Szabó wrote: I see in my log files many enrties of this type (with various usernames) Failed logins from these: aa/password from 131.247.3.147: 1 Time(s) What would be the best action with this? Close the service in question if you don't need it. If you do, block access to the port (via iptables or tcp wrappers) except for a short list of known addresses or networks (e.g. your ISP). If you connect to this service from dynamic IP's, check out portknocking to sort this out. If you absolutely must, allow access to it and block the offending network from accessing this port. If you choose the last, feel free to write a quick script (I won't say in what programming language) to automatically block IP's that appear in the log files as failed logins. This block should be automatically lifted after 30-60 minutes to allow you to make mistakes once in a while. Google for portsentry for an example of such a script, but writing one from scratch should be just as easy. - Aviram To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Need Computer Monitors for APCHII
Hi, For the upcoming August Penguin Hacking Contest (APCHII) we need 6 computer monitors. If you have a computer monitor (17 is preferred) that you can bring with you to the contest (if it's not clear - the monitor will be returned to you afterwards...) please let me know. All monitor contributors will get an APCHII T-shirt :-) - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: APCHII
Hi, The 2nd August Penguin Hacking Contest (APCHII) will take place on August 4th, in the August Penguin conference. This year, we decided to go back to the old meaning of the word 'hacker' (translating from the Hebrew Wikipedia): A hacker is a term used to describe different types of computer experts. Especially, computer experts with the technical knowledge of bypassing borders. [Hackers] are well known for their abilities in the programming field and in rapid programming of software This is your chance to prove if you are a real hacker in the old sense - if you know your way around a Linux system, and can quickly program utilities to help you do what you need, come up and show your skills. Unlike last year, the contest is individual - each person can sign up for the contest, and start solving the questions. There is a time limit of 30 minutes afterwhich you must vacate your sit to the next person in line - but you can return shortly after to resume the competition; this way you can listen to the lectures, enjoy the atmosphere and hack - all in one day... Example to questions: Easy question (1 pt): what is the current path Medium question (2 pts): Convert the following hex file to ASCII Hard question (4 pts): Use a format string attack to modify a certain pointer and execute an alternative function There are about 50 questions in the competition, about a third of each difficulty level and some bonus questions. Prizes: The winners in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places will get 500, 300 and 200 NIS in book coupons. Prizes are sponsored by Beyond Security. For more information about August Pengiun, see: http://august.penguin.org.il/ For more information about APCHII, see: http://august.penguin.org.il/hack.html - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[SOLVED] Openoffice and unicode and windows 98
Ok. Here's a workaround to what seems to be an openoffice bug (and might have very little to do with Windows 98 or unicode). Here's a summary of the problem: On Thursday 30 June 2005 13:21, Aviram Jenik wrote: - Take a Hebrew excel file created on Windows 98 - edit it with Openoffice on Linux (locale he_IL.UTF-8) - Send it back to the person who sent it to you - They try to open it and see squares instead of Hebrew letters (what probably indicates that it was transformed to Unicode which is not available on Windows 98, but I'm just guessing) Actually, if you go to your own sent-items folder and try to open that file, you'll see question marks where the Hebrew letters should be. The solution, is to use: File- Send- Document as Email instead of: File- Send- Document as MS Excel Since we're editing a XLS file, OO will send the XLS anyhow. However, the first option sends it correctly (Windows 98 can open it) and the second screws up the encoding, or the Hebrew, or god-knows-what. I'm using OpenOffice 1.1.4 on Debian. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Openoffice and unicode and windows 98
On Saturday 02 July 2005 20:16, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: Aviram Jenik wrote: Hi, Is anyone else experiencing the following problem: - Take a Hebrew excel file created on Windows 98 - edit it with Openoffice on Linux (locale he_IL.UTF-8) - Send it back to the person who sent it to you - They try to open it and see squares instead of Hebrew letters (what probably indicates that it was transformed to Unicode which is not available on Windows 98, but I'm just guessing) The same file can be opened on Windows 2000 (that supports Unicode) in the same office version. This happens repeatedly - i.e. every time I edit an excel sent from a Windows 98 and send it back the letters are shown as squares. Which Office version was that? Office 2k AFAIK. BTW, I tried the suggestion of saving it in Office 95 format - still no go. Maybe a locale change would help? If so, to what? - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Openoffice and unicode and windows 98
Hi, Is anyone else experiencing the following problem: - Take a Hebrew excel file created on Windows 98 - edit it with Openoffice on Linux (locale he_IL.UTF-8) - Send it back to the person who sent it to you - They try to open it and see squares instead of Hebrew letters (what probably indicates that it was transformed to Unicode which is not available on Windows 98, but I'm just guessing) The same file can be opened on Windows 2000 (that supports Unicode) in the same office version. This happens repeatedly - i.e. every time I edit an excel sent from a Windows 98 and send it back the letters are shown as squares. Any ideas what's happening or how to solve it? - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Openoffice and unicode and windows 98
On Thursday 30 June 2005 14:54, Danny Lieberman wrote: Aviram yes. Windows 98 does Unicode differently - AFAIK it doesnt support UCS-2 like OO and MS Office require and modern OS's like NT, 2k and XP (and *x) all support But how do word/excel do their magic? you're screwed :-( dL - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Openoffice and unicode and windows 98
On Thursday 30 June 2005 14:36, Peter wrote: - They try to open it and see squares instead of Hebrew letters (what probably indicates that it was transformed to Unicode which is not available on Windows 98, but I'm just guessing) In what format did you save it from Oo ? Oo uses only unicode internally. OpenOffice calls it Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP Peter - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cryptographic keys, and the Free Software
On Saturday 25 June 2005 20:30, Itay Duvdevani wrote: Recently I was wondering about applications like Mozilla's Password Manager, KWalletManager and applications of this sort. I assume these applications use encryption to store my passwords on the disk. Unfortunately, the code is open, and I find this sort of protection pretty weak (unless I'm mistaking somewhere along the way). Sure thing. That's why you can look your password file using a master password, or using gpg. My question was regrading applications that are not password-protected. Then your examples (Mozilla password manager and Kwallet) were very poorly chosen. Since it is obvious that when I don't use a master password it will be possible to extract the passwords from my db, I want to prevent the trivial case or source-lookup (No anti-debugging tricks for the binary, yet :). Any decent commercial product that encrypts something will require you to have a key as well. Nobody is stupid enough to think that if the source code is not available the algorithm is secret, and this is why you will never find a serious security solution that has a secret (=password, algorithm, whatever) in the binary. Some people call that security by obscurity, I call it the Chewbacca defense - it just doesn't make any sense. And all of this has nothing to do with open source. I imagine you wouldn't want to use an encryption algorithm that doesn't break only if you try the trivial attacks on it as you put it. If this is the case, don't encrypt it and save yourself the illusion. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB Frame grabber
On Thursday 16 June 2005 00:23, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: I really WISH there was ANY USB frame grabber with Linux driver support. I searched this issue up and down when I was working at softier. Unfortunately, I haven't found anything yet. That's what I was afraid of... At least now I have a more definite answer. Hetz - any idea why USB frame grabbers have such poor support? What about other (non-USB) external frame grabbers? any positive experience with any of those? Hetz - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USB Frame grabber
Hi, I just got a USB frame grabber (ADS tech Instant VideoMPX). I couldn't find anything specific about it on google wrt Linux. Any general tips/tricks? Is there a simple how-to on the subject? Is there any hope? Does anyone have any experience (positive/negative) with USB frame grabbers? - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel patches
On Saturday 28 May 2005 01:24, Diego Iastrubni wrote: I found that the new version has a user space suport: CONFIG_SUSPEND2_USERSPACE_UI: This option enables support for a userspace program to display the user interface. I haven't followed the development of SWSUSP2 for a while, so I don't exactly know what that is (or whether it works) I could not find more information about this. I tought that the support is splashy (in debian experimental, you can install that package on testing and it works quite well). SWSUSP2 does not support this one. Actually it does. My hibernate.conf contains: Bootsplash on BootsplashConfig /etc/bootsplash/themes/current/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg check out /usr/share/hibernate/scriptlets.d/bootsplash for the magic behind it (I had to patch it manually to chvt to the right terminal) - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel patches
On Friday 27 May 2005 02:16, Diego Iastrubni wrote: I will assume that 2.6.11.2 is source compatible with 2.6.11.1, since I am planning of patching the kernel with some goodies (bootsplash, swsusp2, and kqemu). Could you post the results here? It's sometimes tricky to find the right combination of swsusp and bootsplash patches that will work with a specific kernel version. If you find the right combination that works, it'll be helpful for others if you post what version of bootsplash and swsusp worked for you (I know it'll definitely be helpful for me) - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
