Re: setting the date for testing

2020-12-06 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2020-12-06 21:56, hdv@gmail wrote: > # timedatectl set-ntp true I am sorry for the typo. This should of course have been "false"! Grx HdV

Re: sad dns

2020-12-06 Thread mj
Hi Roberto and Reco, Thanks for the replies! MJ On 12/4/20 3:58 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 12:13:02PM +0100, mj wrote: Hi, I am wondering about the SAD DNS vulnerability, and wether or not it is solved in up-to-date debian 10.6. https://blog.kernelcare.com/vulnera

Re: Electron apps in Debian with --no-sandbox

2020-12-06 Thread Sven Hartge
buckwheatpancake wrote: > So, Electron stuff in Debian comes with this annoying thing where it tells > you chrome-sandbox (in various applications) needs to be owned by root and > have mode 4755. If you set that, it just tells you the same, with another > file. I've taken to running these thin

Electron apps in Debian with --no-sandbox

2020-12-06 Thread buckwheatpancake
So, Electron stuff in Debian comes with this annoying thing where it tells you chrome-sandbox (in various applications) needs to be owned by root and have mode 4755. If you set that, it just tells you the same, with another file. I've taken to running these things with the --no-sandbox option, b

Re: Web-bot tarpit aka spider trap (was: swamp rat bots Q)

2020-12-06 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 12/6/20 8:26 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 06 December 2020 16:40:37 Charles Curley wrote: On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:15:50 -0600 "Martin McCormick" wrote: I found our old dial-up modem in a box of odds and ends 2 years ago and wondered if it could read callerID tones sent afte

Re: Firefox extensions keep disappearing

2020-12-06 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 12:33:04 -0800 David Christensen wrote: > On 12/6/20 11:43 AM, Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have several Firefox extensions (uBlock Origin, HTTPS Everywhere, > > NoScript, Privacy Badger) installed from Debian packages. Recently (the > > past few weeks / months?), they hav

Re: Web-bot tarpit aka spider trap (was: swamp rat bots Q)

2020-12-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 06 December 2020 16:40:37 Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:15:50 -0600 > > "Martin McCormick" wrote: > > I found our old dial-up modem in a box of odds and ends 2 > > years ago and wondered if it could read callerID tones sent after > > the first ring. It can so I sta

Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem

2020-12-06 Thread Guyenne Tsui
What is "form rendering"? Sorry I meant "form of rendering" Which Sea Islands do you have? Radeon R5 M430. I checked it again and it seems to be Southern Islands. I am not sure. Which Debian are you using? Debian Testing Which DDX driver are you using? I am not sure what is DDX driver. I

Re: Web-bot tarpit aka spider trap (was: swamp rat bots Q)

2020-12-06 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:15:50 -0600 "Martin McCormick" wrote: > I found our old dial-up modem in a box of odds and ends 2 > years ago and wondered if it could read callerID tones sent after > the first ring. It can so I started on a perl program that > initializes the modem for callerID and

Re: setting the date for testing

2020-12-06 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2020-12-06 21:43, Michael Grant wrote: I need to set the date to several years in the future in order to test something.  When I do this via the date command, the date returns back almost instantly (or within a few seconds). # timedatectl set-time 2025-12-06 20:41:41 # date Sat  6 Dec 20:

setting the date for testing

2020-12-06 Thread Michael Grant
I need to set the date to several years in the future in order to test something. When I do this via the date command, the date returns back almost instantly (or within a few seconds). # timedatectl set-time 2025-12-06 20:41:41 # date Sat 6 Dec 20:41:43 GMT 2025 # date Sat 6 Dec 20:41:44 GMT

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-12-06 16:39:29Z, Brad Rogers wrote: > I'm struggling to think of any use other than 'use the address in the > Reply-To header to ensure you send your message to the correct place'. That's easy. Reply-To may not have the address which some other person thinks is the correct place for his or

Re: Firefox extensions keep disappearing

2020-12-06 Thread David Christensen
On 12/6/20 11:43 AM, Celejar wrote: Hi, I have several Firefox extensions (uBlock Origin, HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript, Privacy Badger) installed from Debian packages. Recently (the past few weeks / months?), they have begun to disappear from Firefox - they stop funcioning, and they don't appear o

Re: Web-bot tarpit aka spider trap (was: swamp rat bots Q)

2020-12-06 Thread David Christensen
On 12/6/20 11:15 AM, Martin McCormick wrote: It's nice to see that I am not the only sick puppy out there. At 69 years old, I still don't have much trouble with getting in touch with my inner 12-year-old when it comes to intrusive marketing which is so prevalent these days. I fo

Firefox extensions keep disappearing

2020-12-06 Thread Celejar
Hi, I have several Firefox extensions (uBlock Origin, HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript, Privacy Badger) installed from Debian packages. Recently (the past few weeks / months?), they have begun to disappear from Firefox - they stop funcioning, and they don't appear on the toolbar, nor are they available

Re: Web-bot tarpit aka spider trap (was: swamp rat bots Q)

2020-12-06 Thread Martin McCormick
It's nice to see that I am not the only sick puppy out there. At 69 years old, I still don't have much trouble with getting in touch with my inner 12-year-old when it comes to intrusive marketing which is so prevalent these days. I found our old dial-up modem in a box of odds and

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 09:49:41 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: Hello Stefan, >The problem is that you intend your "Reply-To:" to mean one thing, but >other people use "Reply-To:" to mean something else (many use it I'm struggling to think of any use other than 'use the address in the Reply-To header

Re: Installation instructions.

2020-12-06 Thread Brian
On Sat 05 Dec 2020 at 20:50:44 -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > The installer then gives the option to search for USB devices. It > gives no evidence of a hdd although it's running from one. (?) In the > snapshot of console 4, the last line reports "devices found: ''". > Meaning "no devices

Re: Cron Jobs and Time Zones Has Anything Changed?

2020-12-06 Thread Martin McCormick
Andrei POPESCU writes: > On Jo, 03 dec 20, 07:39:14, Martin McCormick wrote: > > > > So, I need to read more general information about the > > differences between systemd and what we've been using up to > > recently. > > The Wikipedia page and/or https://systemd.io might be a good place to

Re: Installation instructions.

2020-12-06 Thread peter
From: David Wright Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 15:12:16 -0600 > With such a small disk, I'd try modifying that suggestion: dispense > with /home, but only during the installation, making partition 3 the > one used for the iso ( and marked "do not use"): > > Part 1 labeled ROOT. 7 GB. Format ext4. >

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Stefan Monnier
> My mistake; I didn't mean broken in the non-RFC compliant sense, but > broken in the sense of "Not what I want to take place". I set a The problem is that you intend your "Reply-To:" to mean one thing, but other people use "Reply-To:" to mean something else (many use it without knowing what th

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 15:42:49 +0200 Teemu Likonen wrote: Hello Teemu, >It's not broken; it's perfectly valid and allowed. My mistake; I didn't mean broken in the non-RFC compliant sense, but broken in the sense of "Not what I want to take place". I set a Reply-To because that's where I want th

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-12-06 11:23:06Z, Brad Rogers wrote: > I set a Reply-To for mailing list mails because I *DO NOT WANT* a > private reply. Your treatment of that is completely broken. Credit the > sender with some intelligence, and do as they request. It's not broken; it's perfectly valid and allowed. Reply

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 07:01:46 -0500 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Hello rhkra...@gmail.com, >Hmm, I might send a public message and want a private reply Certainly there are people that do that, but I don't; It's inviting an accident to happen. If I'm following up on a list mail privately (it's rare,

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, December 06, 2020 06:23:06 AM Brad Rogers wrote: > If I wanted a private reply, I wouldn't have sent the message to the > list in the first place. Hmm, I might send a public message and want a private reply (or at least, not be surprised if I got a private reply). For instance, if I w

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 11:14:25 +0200 Teemu Likonen wrote: Hello Teemu, >There is sense in this. Reply means "reply to sender". If Reply-To has >the same address as in To/Cc then the Reply-To address probably is not >sender's address. So don't honour Reply-To and use From instead. It is >also a saf

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-12-05 21:33:58Z, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 23:08:14 +0200 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> 2. A Reply-To is set, either by the list[1] or by the Sender > > Even with one set, many ppl /still/ manage to not honour it. My email application (Notmuch) normally honours Reply-To but the