Re: wired/wireless security

2009-06-05 Thread Jim March
One way a hardware router can go seriously wrong and screw you is if you have any Windows clients on the router that catch a certain class of virus/trojan/creepware. Basically there's some of these things that look for routers locally at 192.168.0.1 and other "usual suspect" IP addresses, try to I

Re: wired/wireless security

2009-06-05 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Chris Gehlker wrote: > > On Jun 5, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > >> Recently got wireless working with a laptop on wireless and a hard >> wired >> desktop hardwired to the router. Logically(?) it seems as though the >> security with the router's wireless function d

Re: west side during the summer

2009-06-05 Thread Ryan Rix
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:28 AM, der.hans wrote: > > Anyone know of a nice locally owned restarant near I-17 and Bell? Bonus if > it has a room we can use and wireless :). > Idea: Pot luck dinner at someone's house (who's westside) for a PLUG meeting? (Not mine, Tatum and Bell :3) There's a guar

Re: NSA's Guide to RHEL5 Security

2009-06-05 Thread Ryan Rix
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Tuna wrote: > Lookie what I found! > > http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/os/redhat/rhel5-guide-i731.pdf > > A 170 page PDF about securely configuring Red Hat, written by and for > the government. If you look around on NSA.gov, you'll find similar > things for OS X, Sol

Re: FF3 and Gmail

2009-06-05 Thread Jim March
Nope. It's my daily setup. What's the issue? Jim On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >  Hi, > >  Does anyone else have problems using FF3 and Gmail? > >  -jmz > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az

FF3 and Gmail

2009-06-05 Thread Joshua Zeidner
Hi, Does anyone else have problems using FF3 and Gmail? -jmz --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-

Re: west side during the summer

2009-06-05 Thread Kenny McHenry
blackbear dinner is great On 6/5/09, Lyle Tuttle wrote: > Do you think it would help if I actually put the link in the message?? > > http://www.blackbeardiner.com/locations.html > > > At 03:08 PM 6/5/2009, you wrote: >>At 07:23 AM 6/5/2009, you wrote: >>>der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > this summ

Re: wired/wireless security

2009-06-05 Thread Chris Gehlker
On Jun 5, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > Recently got wireless working with a laptop on wireless and a hard > wired > desktop hardwired to the router. Logically(?) it seems as though the > security with the router's wireless function disabled would be > equivalent to that of a compu

Re: west side during the summer

2009-06-05 Thread Lyle Tuttle
Do you think it would help if I actually put the link in the message?? http://www.blackbeardiner.com/locations.html At 03:08 PM 6/5/2009, you wrote: At 07:23 AM 6/5/2009, you wrote: der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > this summer we won't have guaranteed ready access to the school for our > meet

wired/wireless security

2009-06-05 Thread Robert Holtzman
Recently got wireless working with a laptop on wireless and a hard wired desktop hardwired to the router. Logically(?) it seems as though the security with the router's wireless function disabled would be equivalent to that of a computer hard wired directly to the modem, maybe better as going th

Re: west side during the summer

2009-06-05 Thread Lyle Tuttle
At 07:23 AM 6/5/2009, you wrote: der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > this summer we won't have guaranteed ready access to the school for our > meetings. I will be gone for the next couple of months (plus I screwed up and set a board meeting on your meeting night -- will change ASAP), but have yo

Re: west side during the summer

2009-06-05 Thread Vaughn Treude
der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > this summer we won't have guaranteed ready access to the school for our > meetings. > > I want to thank Arizona Conservatory for Arts and Academics for opening > their doors for us for most of the year, but we need to make alternate > plans for June, July and August

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Jason Holtzapple
--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Nadim Hoque wrote: > Btw my fedora box is pretty beefy > with an athlon 64xe 4200+ and 2 gigs of ram and so it does > cuda I also have a geforce 8600 gts. Also I have found an > old computer that had 98 on it so I think I could use it. > The reason I'm considering doing this i

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Sir Light
Nadim, I have had that problem if I allow my torrent client (Vuze) unlimited upload speed. I simply limit the upload speed to about half of the upload speed on the client so that my internet is still responsive. Jon Nadim Hoque wrote: > Btw my fedora box is pretty beefy with an athlon

Re: NSA's Guide to RHEL5 Security

2009-06-05 Thread mike havens
FIRST PAGE: ˆ Do not attempt to implement any of the recommendations in this guide without first testing in a nonproduction environment. TRANSLATION: FOLLOW AT OWN RISK. ˆ This document is only a guide containing recommended security settings. It is not meant to replace wellstructured policy or

Re: NSA's Guide to RHEL5 Security

2009-06-05 Thread mike havens
it's the government if you follow the guide you better triple check it to make sure;P On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Alex Dean wrote: > > On Jun 5, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Tuna wrote: > > Who ever thought of looking to the government for >> security tips? :P >> > > selinux? > > -

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Sir Light
IPCop is a text based and one can access it thur web too to manage it. One can find very cheap servers in ebay like I have. I got a dl380 G2(PIII based) server for like 60 bucks. Jon Jon mike havens wrote: > isn't ipcop a text based distro or one that doesn't have a great need for > r

Re: NSA's Guide to RHEL5 Security

2009-06-05 Thread Alex Dean
On Jun 5, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Tuna wrote: Who ever thought of looking to the government for security tips? :P selinux? PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.a

Re: USB Wifi Cards (Ubuntu)

2009-06-05 Thread Nadim Hoque
One that works is myessential g usb ME1001-usb which I think is from belkin...I think I got it for around 20 bucks. Nadim Nadim Hoque Cell: 480-518-6235 Address: 6302 West Kent Drive Chandler, Arizona 85226 Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Mike Hoy Date: Fri

Re: USB Wifi Cards (Ubuntu)

2009-06-05 Thread Mike Hoy
Or if one of you can just tell me what card is known to work with ubuntu right out of the box, no hassles I would appreciate it. I suppose I could order one online if necessary. On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Mike Hoy wrote: > Hey guys, > > I live way out in the sticks now and before I buy any

USB Wifi Cards (Ubuntu)

2009-06-05 Thread Mike Hoy
Hey guys, I live way out in the sticks now and before I buy any of these wifi cards I thought I would run it by the list and see if any of them can be confirmed as being good for running Ubuntu. Preferably (of course) I would like them to 'just work'. linksys N Ultra linksys range plus g netgear

NSA's Guide to RHEL5 Security

2009-06-05 Thread Tuna
Lookie what I found! http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/os/redhat/rhel5-guide-i731.pdf A 170 page PDF about securely configuring Red Hat, written by and for the government. If you look around on NSA.gov, you'll find similar things for OS X, Solaris, and even Windows. Cool stuff, I think. Who ever thou

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Eric Shubert
The 98 box should be more than enough for an IPCop host. That would be good to start with. I'd definitely consider virtualizing your servers when you get a chance. I'd put a (mirrored) raid-1 array on it first if you don't have one already. Software raid would be just fine. Nadim Hoque wrote: >

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Nadim Hoque
Btw my fedora box is pretty beefy with an athlon 64xe 4200+ and 2 gigs of ram and so it does cuda I also have a geforce 8600 gts. Also I have found an old computer that had 98 on it so I think I could use it. The reason I'm considering doing this is because my router I don't think can handle tor

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr.
I have never run IPCop... but I have found the following work well... BSD Based m0n0wall - http://m0n0.ch/wall/ pfsense - http://www.pfsense.com/ Untangle - http://www.untangle.com Vyatta - http://www.vyatta.com All of the above have nice web interfaces. Untangle is pretty neat if you ask me b

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Eric Shubert
IPCop is indeed lean and mean. It runs headless very nicely once it's loaded. Maintenance/configuration tasks are all done via the web interface, although you can ssh into it if need be for higher levels of customization. There are plenty of add-ons available for it though as is. An old desktop

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread mike havens
isn't ipcop a text based distro or one that doesn't have a great need for resources? why not go to the recycling center downtown or the scout swapmeet or look around thrift stores for a useable computer? On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Nadim Hoque wrote: > Hey > So perhaps I will keep my router

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Nadim Hoque
Hey So perhaps I will keep my router for now and when I do get the money I will purchase a new computer and just put ipcop on it. It's a good idea because my fedora server is running a samba, media, and maybe a ftp/drop box type server and I think it would be best for another computer to do the rou

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Sir Light
Paul, Paul Mooring wrote: > > I see where you're coming from on that but for some reason (probably > because I don't really know what I'm talking about) running a specialty > distro like IPCop with a web interface and potentially outdated packages > just seems like it would open the door

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Alan Dayley
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Paul Mooring wrote: > I see where you're coming from on that but for some reason (probably because > I don't really know what I'm talking about) running a specialty distro like > IPCop with a web interface and potentially outdated packages just seems like > it would

Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Mooring
On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 14:10 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: > Yes, any distro can certainly be configured as a firewall. > > The primary advantage I see in using a "firewall distro" is that it's > just plain easier, meaning that you don't need as high a level of > expertise in order to make it work.

west side during the summer

2009-06-05 Thread der.hans
moin moin, this summer we won't have guaranteed ready access to the school for our meetings. I want to thank Arizona Conservatory for Arts and Academics for opening their doors for us for most of the year, but we need to make alternate plans for June, July and August this summer. We could just

June east side mtg

2009-06-05 Thread der.hans
moin moin, I will do a presentation on the dell mini running Ubuntu netbook edition. We need at least one other presentation, but two would be better. Thursday at Sequoia in Mesa. ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # The Internet is the fron