Re: [SLUG] Linux client for Citrix Access Gateway?

2008-06-01 Thread Daniel Pittman
Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We're trying to deploy a Linux server into an all-Windows company. Our client is actually quite happy with this solution, but we were informed a couple of days ago that they have a Citrix Access Gateway VPN server that we must go through in order

Re: [SLUG] Linux client for Citrix Access Gateway?

2008-06-01 Thread Gonzalo Servat
(sorry Sridhar, replied to you directly instead of the list) On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're trying to deploy a Linux server into an all-Windows company. Our client is actually quite happy with this solution, but we were informed a couple

Re: [SLUG] Open Source Medical Practice Management Software

2008-06-01 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Reviving an old thread, I just found this site: http://gplmedicine.org/ -- The thing he [Bill Gates] realised about the windows was this: because they had been converted into openable windows after they had first been designed to be impregnable, they were, in fact, much less secure than if

Re: [SLUG] Linux client for Citrix Access Gateway?

2008-06-01 Thread Sam Lawrance
On 01/06/2008, at 4:09 PM, Daniel Pittman wrote: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We're trying to deploy a Linux server into an all-Windows company. Our client is actually quite happy with this solution, but we were informed a couple of days ago that they have a Citrix Access

Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs

2008-06-01 Thread Rick Welykochy
Daniel Pittman wrote: Without that commitment you well, eventually, get to join the legions of poorly maintained, compromised Linux boxes out there. This hurts everyone, but especially you -- potentially legally, certainly in terms of a lot of work when your ISP (or the police) call up about

Re: [SLUG] Linux client for Citrix Access Gateway?

2008-06-01 Thread Dave Kempe
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: We're trying to deploy a Linux server into an all-Windows company. Our client is actually quite happy with this solution, but we were informed a couple of days ago that they have a Citrix Access Gateway VPN server that we must go through in order to interact with

Re: [SLUG] Linux client for Citrix Access Gateway?

2008-06-01 Thread Martin Visser
Sridhar, Not sure exactly which version of the CAG your customer has - but it sounds like an older version. The newer Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition (version 8.0 and up) is built on the Netscaler platform (which is BSD based). This does have a Java client which will run under Linux to

Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs

2008-06-01 Thread Daniel Pittman
Rick Welykochy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Daniel Pittman wrote: Without that commitment you well, eventually, get to join the legions of poorly maintained, compromised Linux boxes out there. This hurts everyone, but especially you -- potentially legally, certainly in terms of a lot of work

Re: [SLUG] Linux client for Citrix Access Gateway?

2008-06-01 Thread Ken Foskey
On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 03:51 -0300, Gonzalo Servat wrote: I don't know much about Citrix so I could be suggesting something silly, but I searched a bit of Google and found references to some Linux ICA Client that apparently connects to the Citrix Access Gateway. Have you used it? Is this the

[SLUG] Granville TAFE Linux Are they courses there for next term enrolments

2008-06-01 Thread R.G.Salisbury(default)
Hi all Linux courses at Granville TAFE. Are they still happening? Normal website is down it seems. www.gonzo.edu.au/moodle/ Has it moved somewhere else? Anyone know! Thx Roger -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

[SLUG] Re: Partitions

2008-06-01 Thread David Liell
The following is the output of my MOUNT command: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mount /dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) /sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) varrun on /var/run type tmpfs

Re: [SLUG] Granville TAFE Linux Are they courses there for next term enrolments

2008-06-01 Thread Ken Wilson
As far as I know yes, but Geoffreys server and name servers are down yesterday and today, so no details, and I cant find his number. cheers Ken R.G.Salisbury(default) wrote: Hi all Linux courses at Granville TAFE. Are they still happening? Normal website is down it seems.

Re: [SLUG] Linux client for Citrix Access Gateway?

2008-06-01 Thread jam
On Sunday 01 June 2008 21:35:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're trying to deploy a Linux server into an all-Windows company. Our client is actually quite happy with this solution, but we were informed a couple of days ago that they have a Citrix Access Gateway VPN server that we must go

Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs

2008-06-01 Thread jam
On Sunday 01 June 2008 21:35:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without that commitment you well, eventually, get to join the legions of poorly maintained, compromised Linux boxes out there.  This hurts everyone, but especially you -- potentially legally, certainly in terms of a lot of work when

Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs

2008-06-01 Thread Daniel Pittman
jam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sunday 01 June 2008 21:35:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without that commitment you well, eventually, get to join the legions of poorly maintained, compromised Linux boxes out there.  This hurts everyone, but especially you -- potentially legally, certainly in

Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs

2008-06-01 Thread Peter Hardy
I've managed to avoid taking part in this thread to date, mostly because enough people have been beating the FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE YOUR DISTRIBUTION'S PACKAGES drum. And I'm not entirely sure this even dignifies a response but hey, why not. On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 10:06 +0800, jam wrote: Clarke

Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs

2008-06-01 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
jam wrote: Frankly, no one I know, has ever had, or knows someone who has ever had a compromised linux box. Frankly I doubt if all of SLUG ever has ... Here's someone asking on this mailing list for help on cleaning up a compromised RedHat 7 system:

Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Mary Gardiner
I suspect a bunch of people are going to jump into this thread, but to get in early, some stories: - a Red Hat 5 box left to rot (this was some time ago now!), became a host for warez and ended up comprising something like half of its very substantial network's total traffic. - a

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Mary Gardiner wrote: I suspect attacks through web apps like WordPress are pretty common causes of comprise of machines run by essentially knowledgable people at the moment, because there doesn't seem yet to be a good set of best practices for packaging and

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Rick Welykochy
Mary Gardiner wrote: I suspect attacks through web apps like WordPress are pretty common causes of comprise of machines run by essentially knowledgable people at the moment, because there doesn't seem yet to be a good set of best practices for packaging and updating them (upstream tends to aims

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Dean Hamstead
Not wishing to start an OS war, but I rarely if ever have seen a BSD or Sun box compromised. Is this due to sheer numbers of Linux and Doze? there are a lot of people out there setting up linux machines who really havent got the skills to do so. not listing any names... ausgamers.com

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Jason Ball
Not wishing to start an OS war, but I rarely if ever have seen a BSD or Sun box compromised. Is this due to sheer numbers of Linux and Doze? More than likely. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Daniel Pittman
Rick Welykochy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mary Gardiner wrote: I suspect attacks through web apps like WordPress are pretty common causes of comprise of machines run by essentially knowledgable people at the moment, because there doesn't seem yet to be a good set of best practices for

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Daniel Pittman wrote: [2] formmail. I say no more. Matt's Script Archive, anyone? -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Just because you're on holiday, doesn't mean you're not a geek. http://engineer.openguides.org/ A

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Rick Welykochy
Daniel Pittman wrote: [2] formmail. I say no more. The perl language has been pretty bullet proof. I do recall one string-based exploit in the many many years I have been using it. That said, yup, scripts like formmail are written by monkeys in the 11th level hell and sent to torment sys

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Mon, Jun 02, 2008, Rick Welykochy wrote: Daniel Pittman wrote: [2] formmail. I say no more. The perl language has been pretty bullet proof. I do recall one string-based exploit in the many many years I have been using it. Shit code can be written on all platforms. That said, yup,

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-01 Thread Rick Welykochy
Adrian Chadd wrote: The trouble is that the entry barrier for coding is so low, you can code without any clue. This very issue gave rise to some heated debate over on the LINK mailing list, which some of you attend. Many of us computer professionals were peeved by this low barrier to entry