OT VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread Joel Hammer
I see that vbscript can be embedded in html. Javascript was written to make it very hard to attack the client computer, whereas vbscript doesn't have these safeguards built in, does it? VBscript can do a lot of stuff, like write to your hard drive and run windows software. It really is a beaut.

Re: Ideas for Mail and Calendaring for 50,000 Users

2003-08-28 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:48:45 +1000 James McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Joines wrote: We just got a new CIO at the university where I work. One thing he is about to do is get rid of all the different mail systems and have one big combined system for all employees and

Re: LILO fubar

2003-08-28 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Steve Jardine: Heya all, Hi, Steve, Long time no email. This is actually about SILO for a SPARC, but I think that LILO works pretty much the same. I was fooling around the other day and changed silo.conf. I typed 'silo' (doh) and waxed the boot process. I get the SILO prompt at boot,

RE: OT VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA
Joel Hammer wrote: I see that vbscript can be embedded in html. Javascript was written to make it very hard to attack the client computer, whereas vbscript doesn't have these safeguards built in, does it? VBscript can do a lot of stuff, like write to your hard drive and run windows

Re: OT VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread Ian Stephen
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 17:33, Joel Hammer wrote: Who in his right mind would use vbscript over javascript in their html, anyway? Why would you keep out anyone not using IE and a modern version of windows? Who indeed, yesterday I was looking for information on schools from a neighbouring

RE: OT VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread Ian Stephen
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 17:45, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: Only if you wake up and get a clue can you break out of the box. Speaking of getting a clue, I keep getting emails with virii and a return address [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I doubt it's really Bill and friends, but they do all originate from

Re: FTp -- WTF ?!?! ..More Info

2003-08-28 Thread Alma J Wetzker
Aaron Grewell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:10:36 -0700 Ben Duncan wrote: Ok, did that. I have been testing some more. This GETS weird. All files GOING thru the Laptops ftpd services take about 4 seconds EACH regardless of size. ie. a 20MB file transfered in 4 seconds, a 20K file - 4

RE: OT VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread James McDonald
Is there some way that I can tell this person to get an anti-virus? Yes find out from RIPE or Samspade.org who owns the IP block and then get the administration email address and send a message to the ISP administrator telling them that an address in there range is sending unsolicted mail.

Re: FTp -- WTF ?!?! .SOLVED !!!!

2003-08-28 Thread Ben Duncan
Ok, I cranked up xftp on the WS and ftp'd the 300MB directory over to the laptop. It FLEW by. So, that left ncftp on this WS as the culprit. The ncftp version SHOWS 3.0.4, so I grabbed the latest, 3.1.5, and compile it and install. VOLIA !!! Now it works. Everthing flys by. I guess that's one

Re: OT VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Joel Hammer: I see that vbscript can be embedded in html. Javascript was written to make it very hard to attack the client computer, whereas vbscript doesn't have these safeguards built in, does it? VBscript can do a lot of stuff, like write to your hard drive and run windows

Re: Tape drives

2003-08-28 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Bill Campbell: On Tue, Aug 26, 2003, Kurt Wall wrote: [splat] I like this idea. Has the Linux support for FireWire become mature enough that using an external FireWire drive as a backup is viable? I'm supposing so, or you wouldn't have suggested it, but this is my day to ask obvious

Re: OT VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread tom marinis
--- Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see that vbscript can be embedded in html. [snipped for length] Ever since its conception. Who in his right mind would use vbscript over javascript in their html, anyway? Why would you keep out anyone not using IE and a modern version of windows?

Re: Apache setup help

2003-08-28 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Tom Condon: On Tuesday 26 August 2003 17:45, Kurt Wall carved in granite: This hardly seems sufficient. This is one situation where using the sample httpd.conf file will help you. It seems long, but it's mostly comments. Entries I change ServerAdmin ServerName CustomLog User

Re: FTp -- WTF ?!?! .SOLVED !!!!

2003-08-28 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Ben Duncan: Ok, I cranked up xftp on the WS and ftp'd the 300MB directory over to the laptop. It FLEW by. So, that left ncftp on this WS as the culprit. The ncftp version SHOWS 3.0.4, so I grabbed the latest, 3.1.5, and compile it and install. VOLIA !!! Now it works. Everthing

Redhat 9's great, RPM not so

2003-08-28 Thread Robert E. Raymond
Hi all I finally gave up on Gentoo for my pianist's computer today and installed Redhat 9. It's currently reminding me why I don't use an RPM based distro myself, though it is pretty nice and once I get a few things fixed it will be great for my pianist (for one he needs a GUI for just about

Re: Redhat 9's great, RPM not so

2003-08-28 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Robert E. Raymond: Hi all I finally gave up on Gentoo for my pianist's computer today and installed Redhat 9. It's currently reminding me why I don't use an RPM based distro myself, though it is pretty nice and once I get a few things fixed it will be great for my pianist (for one

Re: Redhat 9's great, RPM not so

2003-08-28 Thread Robert E. Raymond
Net Llama! wrote: On 08/27/03 19:21, Robert E. Raymond wrote: Hi all I finally gave up on Gentoo for my pianist's computer today and installed Redhat 9. It's currently reminding me why I don't use an RPM based distro myself, though it is pretty nice and once I get a few things fixed it will

where'd gcc go??

2003-08-28 Thread Net Llama!
Anyone else getting a blank page when trying to go to http://gcc.gnu.org ? -- ~ L. Friedman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo:http://netllama.ipfox.com 7:50pm

Re: where'd gcc go??

2003-08-28 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Net Llama!: Anyone else getting a blank page when trying to go to http://gcc.gnu.org ? Yup. Kurt -- If you stand on your head, you will get footprints in your hair. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Re: where'd gcc go??

2003-08-28 Thread Jean Sagi
Nope! Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Net Llama!: Anyone else getting a blank page when trying to go to http://gcc.gnu.org ? Yup. Kurt -- Atte, Jesús Antonio Santos Giraldo [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: where'd gcc go??

2003-08-28 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Jean Sagi: Nope! Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Net Llama!: Anyone else getting a blank page when trying to go to http://gcc.gnu.org ? Yup. Kurt Not anymore. Go figger. Kurt -- Reality is a cop-out for people who can't handle drugs. ___

moz 5

2003-08-28 Thread Ken Moffat
I sea a beta of Mozilla 5 is out, but it's compiled wit gcc3.2, whitch means sum plugins (realplayer) won't wurk, at leest until they come out with a gnew compile. At last thay will have spel chek for male/gnus. -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list

Re: OT VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
That is why if we want to use fancy client-side scripting, we use tcl/tk. It has always had a concept of a safe mode, which in the browser plugins is the default. Anything that access a local resource beyond mouse/keyboard/display is simply not available. The commands do not even exist in the

Re: OT VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:04:03 -0700 Ian Stephen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 17:33, Joel Hammer wrote: Who in his right mind would use vbscript over javascript in their html, anyway? Why would you keep out anyone not using IE and a modern version of windows? Who indeed,

Re: Redhat 9's great, RPM not so

2003-08-28 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:21:17 + Robert E. Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I finally gave up on Gentoo for my pianist's computer today and installed Redhat 9. It's currently reminding me why I don't use an RPM based distro myself, though it is pretty nice and once I get a few

Re: moz 5

2003-08-28 Thread Terence McCarthy
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 23:10:49 -0700 Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At last thay will have spel chek for male/gnus. Good, it's needed. Terence ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Re: moz 5

2003-08-28 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Ken Moffat: I sea a beta of Mozilla 5 is out, but it's compiled wit gcc3.2, whitch means sum plugins (realplayer) won't wurk, at leest until they come out with a gnew compile. At last thay will have spel chek for male/gnus. I no that my spelling is core wrecked; my spell checker

Re: moz 5

2003-08-28 Thread Terence McCarthy
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:54:37 -0400 Kurt Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I no that my spelling is core wrecked; my spell checker told me sew. A pun my word! There isn't an intention corrector or checker, though, and there certainly is room for one! Terence

Re: where'd gcc go??

2003-08-28 Thread Herb DeLong
Use Internet Explorer. It comes in good. Herb - Original Message - From: Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: General Linux discussion and help [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:53 PM Subject: where'd gcc go?? Anyone else getting a blank page when trying to go to

Re: where'd gcc go??

2003-08-28 Thread Net Llama!
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Herb DeLong wrote: Use Internet Explorer. It comes in good. Not sure if that's supposed to be a joke or not. Herb - Original Message - From: Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: General Linux discussion and help [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Re: Ideas for Mail and Calendaring for 50,000 Users

2003-08-28 Thread Shawn Tayler
qmail Assuming he at least has an open mind. You might point out the HUGE security risks that he will be placing the University into if he goes the MS route... Look at Sobig, and believe it or not my office was brought down by Nachi, the IT dept is node 253 of tertiary adjunct 46, it

Re: moz 5

2003-08-28 Thread Ian Stephen
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 04:54, Kurt Wall wrote: I no that my spelling is core wrecked; my spell checker told me sew. Kurt Wel Sed! Three Cheers four teknology! -- Ian Stephen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

samba end users

2003-08-28 Thread vu pham
Is there any GUI tool that can help Windows users to set permissions for their files on a Samba share ? Thanks, Vu ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: samba end users

2003-08-28 Thread Net Llama!
I'm just guessing here (i've never used Samba), but maybe SWAT or Webmin? On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, vu pham wrote: Is there any GUI tool that can help Windows users to set permissions for their files on a Samba share ? Thanks, Vu ___ Linux-users

Re: samba end users

2003-08-28 Thread Aaron Grewell
It is my understanding that if you have Samba set up right and a filesystem with proper ACL support that your users can modify their permissions from Windows Explorer just as they would for NT server. Here's a howto that is supposed to document this. Note that I've never tried it. :)

ASSISTANCE

2003-08-28 Thread bennard . william
Dear Greetings,I am Bennard William VAYE {A Liberian}who has just gotten off the hands of Rebels fighting against the regime of President Charles Taylor. My Father who was then a minister in the Cabinet of President Taylor was his confidant in matter of diamond trade between the Sierra Leone

Re: OT ASSISTANCE

2003-08-28 Thread Tony Alfrey
On Thursday 28 August 2003 10:15 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Greetings,I am Bennard William VAYE {A Liberian}who has just gotten off the hands of Rebels fighting against the regime of President Charles Taylor. My Father who snip He gave me the documents and Authority to claim the

Re: OT ASSISTANCE

2003-08-28 Thread Net Llama!
Gotta give the s[c|p]ammers credit for taking advantage of current events. On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: On Thursday 28 August 2003 10:15 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Greetings,I am Bennard William VAYE {A Liberian}who has just gotten off the hands of Rebels fighting

Re: samba end users

2003-08-28 Thread vu pham
Aaron Grewell wrote: It is my understanding that if you have Samba set up right and a filesystem with proper ACL support that your users can modify their permissions from Windows Explorer just as they would for NT server. Here's a howto that is supposed to document this. Note that I've never

Re: samba end users

2003-08-28 Thread vu pham
Net Llama! wrote: I'm just guessing here (i've never used Samba), but maybe SWAT or Webmin? On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, vu pham wrote: Is there any GUI tool that can help Windows users to set permissions for their files on a Samba share ? Thanks for the email. Currently I am using Webmin and it's

devfs - interesting news

2003-08-28 Thread Collins Richey
As posted on the gentoo home page: Devfs was declared obsolete today in the 2.6-test kernel!?! I can already hear the wild cheers from some of you. It's not readily apparent what the successor is. There's something called UDEV in the works, but what little data I can find leads me to believe

Changing Network parameters Col 311

2003-08-28 Thread Javier Hernandez
Hi all, I am running Openlinux 3.1.1 in my portable. I needed to change the network parameters (static IP, Netmask, gateway). I got a problem with the menu interface to change the network: Preferences-System-Network-Devices so I used webmin for that task: Network Interface, etc... After

Re: Changing Network parameters Col 311

2003-08-28 Thread Myles Green
Sorry! just a small typo :o( On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 15:44, Myles Green wrote: I always just run something like this for a static setup: ifconfig $IFACE $IPNUM brodcast $BCAST netmask $MASK ^ should read: ifconfig $IFACE $IPNUM broadcast $BCAST netmask $MASK