Re: apt-check-sigs problem (plz cc adambarton@mac.com)

2004-01-12 Thread Adam Barton
I using the gpg command correctly and should I be pointing to keyring.debian.org? If so is anyone else able to download 30B34DD5? Would anyone be so kind as to try? Kind regards, Adam Barton. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-check-sigs problem (plz cc adambarton@mac.com)

2004-01-11 Thread Adam Barton
Adam Barton wrote: [SNIP] If I manually verify ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/Release & Release.gpg I get the following: blueboy:~# gpg --verify ./Release.gpg ./Release gpg: Signature made Thu Nov 20 19:57:33 2003 CET using DSA key ID 38C6029A gpg: Good signature from &qu

Re: apt-check-sigs problem (plz cc adambarton@mac.com)

2004-01-07 Thread Adam Barton
Adam Barton wrote: Adam Barton wrote: People, Perhaps you could give me a hand with an issue I am having with the apt-check-sigs script. Also would you mind CCing me on your responses as I am off list right now. I have been updating with 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrad

Re: apt-check-sigs problem (plz cc adambarton@mac.com)

2004-01-07 Thread Adam Barton
Adam Barton wrote: People, Perhaps you could give me a hand with an issue I am having with the apt-check-sigs script. Also would you mind CCing me on your responses as I am off list right now. I have been updating with 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' which has bee

apt-check-sigs problem (plz cc adambarton@mac.com)

2004-01-07 Thread Adam Barton
a release file that didn't have an associated .gpg file on mirror.ac.uk) Below is the real info. Kind regards, Adam Barton. I have been carrying out the following as root: # apt-get update # ./apt-check-sigs.pl gpg: error reading key: public key not found ./apt-c

Re: ssh to NATed box fails

2004-01-02 Thread Adam Barton
Jan Minar wrote: On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 08:50:23AM +, Adam Barton wrote: Jan Minar wrote: Now the wisdom: Some 101% of the bragging about computer security is just that: bragging. Including this thread, of course. Yes. I understood this to be your intended meaning, and I

Re: ssh to NATed box fails

2004-01-02 Thread Adam Barton
Jan Minar wrote: Now the wisdom: Some 101% of the bragging about computer security is just that: bragging. Yes indeed. This is very true. Adam. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ssh to NATed box fails

2004-01-02 Thread Adam Barton
Greg Norris wrote: On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 11:47:36PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: At least then a script kiddy won't simply find port 22 open and start to bruteforce your ssh password. He has to scan higher than normal to find your SSH which he/she is less likely to do. This is a ``security

Re: Problems w/ Debian firewall and Windows VPN

2004-01-01 Thread Adam Barton
Stephen Touset wrote: I've recently set up a firewall in our house, running Debian. It's using iptables to do packet filtering. When I installed it, my mother started [snip] If anyone could help me discover what the problem is, or point me in the direction of someone who could, I would be *extrem

Re: ssh to NATed box fails

2004-01-01 Thread Adam Barton
Jan Minar wrote: On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 06:06:34PM -0500, Johann Koenig wrote: On Thursday January 1 at 11:47pm Jan Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 09:42:09PM +, Adam Barton wrote: At least then a script kiddy won't simply find port 22 ope

Re: ssh to NATed box fails

2004-01-01 Thread Adam Barton
Pigeon wrote: On the following setup: Local end Remote end InternetLAN Local box:ppp0---ppp0:NAT box:eth0---Other boxes From the local end, I can ping the remo

Re: Fas anyone gotten fwbuilder to work?

2003-12-31 Thread Adam Barton
nd back to the list so I may profit from your hard work ;) Kind regards, Adam Barton. stan wrote: I'm trying to et fwbuilder to work. I've tried on a testing machine that I just updated today _and_ and unstable machine. In both cases when I try to run it, it complains about npt find

Re: Debian newbie confused over apt and packages

2003-12-31 Thread Adam Barton
mirror.ac.uk) then check the thread above for my sources.list file I included in my original mail. Once you know it works, though, I suggest you change the sources.list using apt-setup to use servers more local to yourself. Let us know how it goes! Kind regards, Adam Barton. Russ Schneide

Re: keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

2003-12-31 Thread Adam Barton
I got from google) to ensure updates are are genuine. Oh and Wynn. I promise to start my posts with 'People' in future. I assume this is appropriate for yourself? ;) Ad. -- Kind regards, Adam Barton. wynn wrote: On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:19:24PM +0000, Adam Barton wrote: Guys,

keeping Debian up to date and checking the version number

2003-12-30 Thread Adam Barton
that they are indeed a genuine debian update? If so, how to I check the current 'version' that I am running and also that it is the 'current' version. Kind regards, Adam Barton. Output of 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' blueboy:~# apt-get up