Re: author emails in manpages

2013-07-12 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jul 12, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Jason McIntyre wrote: > perhaps. either Mt is fairly new, or i never noticed it before. we could > wholesale change stuff, but haven;t yet. it probably does make sense for > folks who want stuff like html pages. > > i did add an Mt fairly recently, but there can;t be

Re: Crowding out OpenBSD

2012-11-17 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Nov 17, 2012, at 3:49 AM, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > https://lwn.net/Articles/524606/ > > don't have a subscription but for those who do, enjoy. I like Jonathan's work, but this article is ill-conceived. He picks up on Marc's upstream vendor remarks, then turns this into an issue of BSD does not

Re: ftps?

2012-11-30 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote: >> Because they can just hack it on top of their crusty old ftp server >> software, whereas using sftp would need much bigger changes? > > SSL/TLS makes everything more secure And DPI-based products are slow to fix their issues caused by th

Re: How to configure pppoe client on OpenBSD?

2013-01-13 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jan 13, 2013, at 7:47 PM, MichaƂ Markowski wrote: > 2013/1/13 Random, Eyes : >> I have an OpenBSD 5.1 installed + a cable from my ISP. I have the >> username/password for the PPPoE connection, but how can I configure >> the connection to be permanent? (I have 1 interface on the machine.) > > h

Re: How to configure pppoe client on OpenBSD?

2013-01-13 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jan 14, 2013, at 2:28 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2013-01-13, Franco Fichtner wrote: >> There should be a let-me-find-that-man-page-for-you for that sort of thing. > > There is - post the question to misc@! > >> Or if there only was a way to search in man pages

Re: Why does OpenBSD use CVS?

2013-04-20 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Apr 20, 2013, at 1:02 PM, na...@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) wrote: > Alokat MacMoneysack wrote: > >> I find it a little bit difficult to see the commits from the developers. >> Because I have to check out the single files and not a single commit. > > You might find the cvsps package

Re: new OpenSSL flaws

2014-06-07 Thread Franco Fichtner
On 07 Jun 2014, at 08:38, Maxime Villard wrote: > Contributing code upstream would have been a way more productive > approach; It's already been stated that working with upstream is out of the question for at least the following reasons: * Bugs linger unattended for years. * The code style is

Re: crowding out bsd using systemd?

2014-06-28 Thread Franco Fichtner
On 28 Jun 2014, at 19:55, frank ernest wrote: > wanted to know, before assuming that it is the case everywhere, do people > really not like systemd and is it really hurting bsd? If so, I'd be > interested in doing something about it. Thanks, David A fact is that systemd slowly tears the open sou

Re: crowding out bsd using systemd?

2014-06-29 Thread Franco Fichtner
On 29 Jun 2014, at 13:43, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > Why are people poluting our lists with systemd rants??? There is nothing to > discuss since we do not want and will never have systemd. If you don't > understand what the systemd-utl GSoC is about then move along. First of all, this is misc@.

Re: Dragonflybsd's pf concurrent instead of single-threaded

2014-07-05 Thread Franco Fichtner
On 05 Jul 2014, at 23:42, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > I have immense respect for Matt as a user of his code since Amiga C > compiler. I probably speak for lots of people both in OpenBSD and > DragonFly camp if I say that I would prefer him to finish HAMMER2 and > leave concurrent threading in PF t

Re: Dragonflybsd's pf concurrent instead of single-threaded

2014-07-08 Thread Franco Fichtner
On 08 Jul 2014, at 04:55, Henning Brauer wrote: > * Franco Fichtner [2014-07-06 00:29]: >> Missing SMP support is the fork in the road. The window of opportunity >> seems to be closing. A penny for Henning's thoughts on this... > > my thoughts are only worth pennies

Re: Dragonflybsd's pf concurrent instead of single-threaded

2014-07-08 Thread Franco Fichtner
On 06 Jul 2014, at 01:01, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > The rumors are that npf is a vaporware. npf(4) is a chain of clever data structures. How well that translates to the actual requirements of the networking domain I can't see. > DragonFly community is tiny. You mean alive and well. That's a

Re: Dragonflybsd's pf concurrent instead of single-threaded

2014-07-08 Thread Franco Fichtner
On 08 Jul 2014, at 09:58, Henning Brauer wrote: > this has NOTHING to do with the problem or the question at hand. So then what has it to do with? You tell me I missed the obvious but don't provide your arguments. Lucky, I've been asked to leave this mailing list so you don't have to bother.

Re: LibreSSL appreciation thread

2014-04-22 Thread Franco Fichtner
Shut up and take my money. And keep up the great work.

Re: ndpi with ntop

2014-05-05 Thread Franco Fichtner
Hi Richard, On 05 May 2014, at 14:21, Richard Thornton wrote: > Does anybody know of any integration between PF and ndpi? the previous consensus[1] was that pf(4) and DPI do not mix very well, but you can probably use relayd(8) and run e.g. NDPI on top[2]. Grabbing all traffic is not really fa

Re: "icanhaze.c" OpenSSH exploit?

2014-05-06 Thread Franco Fichtner
On 06 May 2014, at 19:32, Ted Unangst wrote: > On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 09:50, Dustin Lundquist wrote: >> Does anyone have any information that can share? >> >>http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=gjkivAf3 > > OpenBSD isn't affected, so no need to worry. Thanks, now I do worry.

Re: German Government claims to be able to break PGP and SSH

2012-05-24 Thread Franco Fichtner
Hi Stefan, On May 24, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Stefan Wollny wrote: > Question: > "3. Is the technique used also able to at least in part decode and/or > analyze encrypted communication (e.g. by SSH of PGP)?" > > Answer: > "Yes, the technique used is in principle able to do this, depending on > the way

Re: OpenBSD is just an OS, not a firewall...

2012-06-10 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jun 10, 2012, at 9:05 PM, Marc Espie wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 02:14:08PM -0400, Chris Smith wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Ted Unangst wrote: >>> The original post had nothing to do with OpenBSD, some nitwit hijacked >>> the comment thread. I don't think the author has any

Re: pf-smp alpha on freebsd

2012-06-18 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jun 17, 2012, at 7:53 PM, Ted Unangst wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 11:43, Holger Glaess wrote: > >> i dident wont start about smp on openbsd but >> >> what about this porject ? > > Did you read the part below? I think it's pretty clear this project > isn't going to have much relevance f

Re: pf-smp alpha on freebsd

2012-06-18 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jun 18, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Ryan McBride wrote: > No, there is no single mutex around PF specifically in OpenBSD, the > whole kernel is wrapped in a biglock. > > I think if they work out all the nits and dead-ends we may have > something to learn from this effort, but I don't see this code comi

Re: OpenBSD forked

2012-06-20 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jun 20, 2012, at 4:53 PM, Peter Laufenberg wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Jay Patel wrote: >>> Hi all users, >>> >>> I am users too. Thanks cody. I am learning C too. from "C primus >>> plus" any thoughts from devs. which we should read? >> >> Udacity.com had a good python clas

Re: OpenBSD forked

2012-06-22 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jun 22, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Marc Espie wrote: >>> A shell is one of the most complicated pieces of C code to get right, >>> between the fucked-up parser, the lazy evaluation, the arcane shit you >>> have to do to various file descriptors, and the signal handling. >>> >>> Among other things. >>>

Re: "Virtualizing" firewalling scenarios in one physical OpenBSD host

2012-07-04 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jul 4, 2012, at 11:13 AM, C. L. Martinez wrote: > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Jiri B wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 09:29:04AM +0200, C. L. Martinez wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I wonder if with OpenBSD is possible to create virtualized firewalled >>> implementations of conventional phys

Re: "Virtualizing" firewalling scenarios in one physical OpenBSD host

2012-07-04 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jul 4, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Henning Brauer wrote: > * Franco Fichtner [2012-07-04 11:43]: >> No, the great catch here is that VSX offers you tools to manage up >> to 250 of these virtual monsters in a centralized fashion. You can >> also give control of these firewalls t

Re: ss20's wanted for ports builds

2012-07-17 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Jul 17, 2012, at 9:42 PM, Sevan / Venture37 wrote: > On 17 Jul 2012, at 13:50, Gerald Thornberry wrote: > >> For those of us who don't have the hardware, is there a "shipping >> fund" we could donate to? I wouldn't mind chipping in to help get the >> hardware where it's needed. > > I need t

Re: OpenBSD on GitHub

2012-08-06 Thread Franco Fichtner
On Aug 6, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Marc Espie wrote: > Well, I have an actual list of advantages that git may offer: Thanks, Marc. Good listing! I wonder what CVS brings to the table on the bright side? I understand everything that's been said. I've even come to hate GPL'ed software just because of u