Re: blowing away boot records and partition tables

2001-07-24 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 12:29, Kurt Wall wrote: Of course, Mike The MBR King beat me to it... not only is it nice to be percieved as good at or for something but to be anointed by Kurtwerks is an added bonus. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!

2001-07-24 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 16:56, dep wrote: On Tuesday 24 July 2001 12:30 am, burns wrote: | I received the following gem in my mailbox. If anyone wants to see ditto here. fortunately? I was monitoring what dep said some days back, was it dep? who mentioned mail asking for your help and

Re: OTFwd: MEF, Malicious Email Filter--A UNIX Mail Filter That Detects Malicious Windows Executables

2001-07-24 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 13:42, Douglas J. Hunley wrote: fyi.. [snip] also. AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6 (http://aachalon.de/AMaViS/) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!

2001-07-24 Thread Stew Benedict
Got two of those here myself, addressed to my sourceforge account. Luckily perhaps, pine doesn't even want to extract the attachment to save it ;^) The return address was the same each time, but the attachment differed: 2000-04.doc.com 2000-04.doc.lnk Received: from mail.fm99.lt

/sbin/route hints please.

2001-07-24 Thread Mike Andrew
Each time I dial up to the isp the /sbin/route takes a horrible long time to display anything, order of 20 seconds or so. this is the result - 192.168.1.20* 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0

Re: /sbin/route hints please.

2001-07-24 Thread Joel Hammer
Try route -n ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: /sbin/route hints please.

2001-07-24 Thread Mike Andrew
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 21:58, Joel Hammer wrote: Try route -n instant fix, thank you. man route then revealed for me the usefulness of -n !! but being a cantankerous bugger i subsequently placed a dummy resolv in /etc/hosts, typed /sbin/route no options, and voila, fixed. Permanently.

Re: RedHat7.1/eDesktop2.4 differences

2001-07-24 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 23:24:40 -0600 Kurt Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 05:45:01AM -0700, Kenneth G. Moffat wrote: This sounds dangerously close to an endorsement Of? K ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fwd: New column

2001-07-24 Thread David A. Bandel
Kurt Wall wrote: On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 07:35:27PM -0400, Randy Donohoe wrote: Thanks for the exposure, that'll help a lot. Two-second pings aren't bad, over here in the hills of eastern Kentucky our signals come in on surplus DC mine cable. We use carrier pigeons to transmit our

Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!

2001-07-24 Thread Shawn Tayler
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 06:12:54 -0700 (PST), Shawn Tayler wrote: The subject line and attachment names are randomized, some what, by the bug, before sending. Also the pley to address is probably not any good, one or more characters are usually altered so the victim doesn't Sorry guys. The Typos

Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!

2001-07-24 Thread rickf
Shawn Tayler wrote: On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 06:00:32 -0400 (EDT), Stew Benedict wrote: Luckily perhaps, pine doesn't even want to extract the attachment to save it ;^) The return address was the same each time, but the attachment differed: 2000-04.doc.com 2000-04.doc.lnk The subject

RE: Fwd: New column

2001-07-24 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 07:35:27PM -0400, Randy Donohoe wrote: Thanks for the exposure, that'll help a lot. Two-second pings aren't bad, over here in the hills of eastern Kentucky our signals come in on surplus DC mine cable. We use carrier pigeons to transmit our packets in

Re: Fwd: New column

2001-07-24 Thread Randy Donohoe
I'mleaving on that one, it's getting deeper than the mud up Muddygut holler. Randy Donohoe On Tuesday 24 July 2001 11:15, you wrote: On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 07:35:27PM -0400, Randy Donohoe wrote: Thanks for the exposure, that'll help a lot. Two-second pings aren't bad, over here in

Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!

2001-07-24 Thread dep
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 09:12 am, Shawn Tayler wrote: | The subject line and attachment names are randomized, some what, by | the bug, before sending. Also the pley to address is probably not | any good, one or more characters are usually altered so the victim | doesn't find out about the

Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!

2001-07-24 Thread Auyeung at Technet
I got the same mail. The .pif file extension indicates that it is an executable file for the windows system. Most of the currently spreading viruses belong to this category. -- I believe that it is some kind of trojen. :-) Auyeung - Original Message - From: burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] I

Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!

2001-07-24 Thread Auyeung at Technet
PcCillin filtered it out right away. Auyeung - Original Message - Seems McAfees AV software isn't real good at catching the damned things while downloading. It only caught it after the requisite 20 files, 21 with the original file, was attempted to be accessed on the reboot, sets

Re: Fwd: New column

2001-07-24 Thread Kurt Wall
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 10:38:44PM -0500, David A. Bandel wrote: Kurt Wall wrote: We use carrier pigeons to transmit our packets in Holladay, UT. Then I assume you are in full compliance with the new RFC2549, IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service, which updated RFC1149,

Re: Broken DNS?

2001-07-24 Thread Keith Morse
I'm sorry as this probably won't answer your question, but won't the reverse lookup have resolve to a mx record. At the very least you might want to pose this question to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] user's list. Chuck Mead is the maintainer and seriously knowledgeable about all things

OT RE: Fwd: New column

2001-07-24 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA
David, Here in the pacific northwest we transmit them via tree sap -- we aren't allowed to use owls or other birds. Is there an RFC that covers this? Avian carriers do have an RFC (see my previous post). If you method is legitimate, then it either has or needs an EXPERIMENTAL

RE: OT RE: Fwd: New column

2001-07-24 Thread Condon Thomas A KPWA
You can't be that close to Redmond, you've got a 360 area code! :-) Of course, I suppose that's relative given the list membership. I *work* in the 360 area code (most of western Washington). I live in 206 (Seattle area). Redmond is in 425 (King County *except* Seattle). Without the

Re: OT RE: Fwd: New column

2001-07-24 Thread Rick Sivernell
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 03:37 pm, you wrote: You can't be that close to Redmond, you've got a 360 area code! :-) Of course, I suppose that's relative given the list membership. I *work* in the 360 area code (most of western Washington). I live in 206 (Seattle area). Redmond is in

Re: OT RE: Fwd: New column

2001-07-24 Thread Terence McCarthy
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 20:37, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: Or, my preference, I could hit it with a short range tactical nuke from here. d In A Chord, 5 or 10kt? Just curious. Terence ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe,

Re: OT RE: Fwd: New column

2001-07-24 Thread rickf
Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: You can't be that close to Redmond, you've got a 360 area code! :-) Of course, I suppose that's relative given the list membership. I *work* in the 360 area code (most of western Washington). I live in 206 (Seattle area). Redmond is in 425 (King County

Way off topic

2001-07-24 Thread Shawn Tayler
Guys, I am tasting one of the best Ales I have ever had. The name is great too. Its called, Arrogant Bastard Ale, subtext, You are not worthy, Even the bottle is a great laugh! But, good Just had to share.We now return you to your regularly scheduled program... stayler

Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!

2001-07-24 Thread Auyeung at Technet
The default install of OE has the preview function turned on. Attachments with scripts extension ( visual basic, java, etc ) would be executed right away if the message is displayed in the preview pane. That's why there are so many victims. - Original Message - From: Stuart

Re: Way off topic

2001-07-24 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 20:24, Shawn Tayler wrote: Guys, I am tasting one of the best Ales I have ever had. The name is great too. Its called, Arrogant Bastard Ale, subtext, You are not worthy, Even the bottle is a great laugh! But, good Just had to share.We now return you to

Re: PMS software advice

2001-07-24 Thread Ronnie Gauthier
And I'm still looking. We have about 6K invested in our current windows software setup and it basically sucks. Oh well, such is Billys world. Ronnie On Tuesday 24 July 2001 03:14, you wrote: On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 01:29:06 + ronnie gauthier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I saw PMS, I

Re: The Strangest Things In My Mailbox!

2001-07-24 Thread Ronnie Gauthier
For those who use OE. Go to IE andToolsInternet OptionsSecurityCustom Level. Disable all scripting and you will be safe from BBV(billy based viri). Oh yea, DONT open attachments. Ronnie On Tuesday 24 July 2001 21:09, you wrote: The default install of OE has the preview function turned

Re: Way off topic

2001-07-24 Thread Shawn Tayler
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 22:18:50 -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote: This is so wy off topic, I have to ask:how many of these hillarious things have you had? :o) One is enough! stayler ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe,

Re: Way off topic

2001-07-24 Thread Shawn Tayler
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 22:54:15 -0400, dep wrote: and while we're at it, *telling* about beer is *not* sharing.g -- dep Well stop by and I will... I've got 2 cases. stayler ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe,