Re: Having PF enabled breaks up rsync (and scp) over ssh connections

2020-03-06 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi! > Thanks, and sorry I missed in your previous mail that things were working > OK before. In which case it doesn't sound like a configuration problem > which I wasn't sure about. Thank you for helping in the debugging, and no need for apologies! > Do you have any logs that might help tie it

Re: Having PF enabled breaks up rsync (and scp) over ssh connections

2020-03-06 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi! > Look at pfctl -ss -v. Do you have "wscale" values printed for most > TCP connections? There's wscale for all the active connections, at least at the moment. > If not then you are likely creating state on intermediate > rather than ACK packets (window scaling values are not present in most

Re: Having PF enabled breaks up rsync (and scp) over ssh connections

2020-02-29 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi, there was a stupid little typo in the pf rules I sent: the ssh port is obvioulys 22, not 20. That was just a typo in the e-mail, not on the server. -j. -- +358-404-177133 (WhatsApp) jyri.hov...@turvamies.fi

Having PF enabled breaks up rsync (and scp) over ssh connections

2020-02-29 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hello everyone! Now here's a mysterious one -- I've been working on this for weeks and still have no clue what's causing it. I have couple of virtual servers, running *the* latest 64-bit snapshots. They're backed up using rsync over ssh. For a long time (months / years) everything was working

Re: A promotional idea (related to quantum computing / hacking)

2019-10-26 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
> I don't think OpenBSD wants to "profile itself" as anything. Really? "Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography." Don't you think the above statement signifies profiling? IMHO, proactive security could very well include

A promotional idea (related to quantum computing / hacking)

2019-10-26 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi everyone! The world is talking about Google's claimed break-through in quantum computing. Even if their achievement is real or not, the fact is, that some day relatively soon "we" (starting from mega corporations and government agencies) will have a functional quantum computer in their

Re: amd64 cc error unknown argument '-msave-args'

2019-02-04 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
> And since you are doing this with -current *ALL OVER THE PLACE* > there are instructions that if you have trouble you should upgrade > to a snapshot. Theo, with all due respect, there are many situations where upgrading to a snapshot really isn't an option. > Those instructions to exist the

Re: Compile error at eglglobals.c in CURRENT version of Xenocara

2019-01-17 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi again! >> Wipe your build directory and try again. Most likely it has some >> cache files from a previous autoconf run (mincore recently moved to >> libc). > You were spot on: rm -rf /usr/xenocara/* fixed it. The above is incorrect. Obviously, what I did was rm -rf /usr/xobj/* My brain is

Re: Compile error at eglglobals.c in CURRENT version of Xenocara

2019-01-16 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi! > Wipe your build directory and try again. Most likely it has some > cache files from a previous autoconf run (mincore recently moved to > libc). You were spot on: rm -rf /usr/xenocara/* fixed it. Thank you! - Jyri

Compile error at eglglobals.c in CURRENT version of Xenocara

2019-01-16 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi! Anybody else having this issue with compiling CURRENT Xenocara? /usr/xenocara/lib/mesa/src/egl/main/eglglobals.c:166:8: error: implicit decla ration of function 'mincore' is invalid in C99

support new

2018-11-12 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
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Re: CURRENT userland does not compile due to games/glorkz

2018-11-12 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
> It's not a shortcut, This, as many things in this world, completely depend on the point of view. One can not simply say "this is this" or "this is not this", without sufficient background information and overall understanding of the situation as a whole. > it is how it's done. Again: "how

Re: CURRENT userland does not compile due to games/glorkz

2018-11-12 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
>> rebuild a new kernel, *reboot*, and next launch your make build. > That is the wrong advice. it is too precise and may still fail. > The correct advice is: Upgrade to a snapshot. > That is always the correct advice. Theo, as an Asperger, I just love how you communicate yourself! =D This

Re: CURRENT userland does not compile due to games/glorkz

2018-11-11 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi! Theo: > Upgrade to from a snap. Thanks, but: NO! XD Seriously: As crazy as it may sound, I'm very stubborn about following the CURRENT without taking shortcuts. Theo: > Not worth explaining what went wrong... I know that feeling from my personal life. =D Sebastian: > rebuild a new

CURRENT userland does not compile due to games/glorkz

2018-11-11 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi! When compiling the latest CURRENT (CVS last synced ca. 6 hours ago), the build crashes due to games/glorkz: ... ===> games ===> games/adventure cc -O2 -pipe -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -MD -MP -c

Re: Benchmarking kernel, userland and Xenocara build processes

2018-11-03 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi, and thanks for the input! I now (re)understand the reason to compiling the kernel, the userland and Xenocara in a single-thread fashion is obviously the correct way, at least when it comes to doing things properly, minimizing the potential for anything breaking down. That said, I

Replacing old versions of Android with OpenBSD

2018-10-29 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi everyone! There used to be a project called GreenOS, with plans on creating a FreeBSD based OS for Android devices: https://www.freebsdnews.com/2012/07/09/greenos-freebsd-based-project-android-devices/ Has anybody here had plans (or tried out?) hacking OpenBSD into some old, rootable

Re: Benchmarking kernel, userland and Xenocara build processes

2018-10-29 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi, just for the record, and to inform others who may still be at loss regarding this matter: when compiling stuff (particularly Big Stuff, such as the userland) on an OpenBSD machine with several CPU cores, it's important to pass the '-j ' argument to the make command, in order to benefit

Re: Benchmarking kernel, userland and Xenocara build processes

2018-10-21 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi again, to elaborate a bit, the reason I'm interested in getting more detailed benchmark results for the build processes is that I've noticed there are many situations where servers with less hardware resources (CPU cores and RAM in particular) often seem to finish the builds quite a lot

Benchmarking kernel, userland and Xenocara build processes

2018-10-21 Thread Jyri Hovila [Turvamies.fi]
Hi! I have a handful of OpenBSD (CURRENT) instances, running on different VPS and full iron platforms. Since I use CURRENT, keeping up to date means I have the opportunity to watch and compare the build process durations of the kernel, the userland, and Xenocara. For now, I've simply clocked