> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root12476 Feb 14 02:22 /bin/ping
> However, I wonder why ping has to be setuid root. Anybody more
> knowledgeable than me out there?
This has been explained already.
Ping (and traceroute) must be suid root in order to send out ICMP packets.
Other programs don't
I'm trying to configure a PLIP connection between two machines, but I'm
having some problems...
I get a pair or error messages when I try to configure the plip interface
using ifconfig:
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
SIOCSIFDSTADDR: No such device
The two machines are both running Debian. Both pr
> Well, I am trying to compile a custom kernel, which I've done
> numerous times on my old system, using make-kpkg. So I go through
> make config and everything is just fine ... until it comes to the
> sound. When it reaches the soundblaster I/O, no matter what I type
> in, it reports: "Sorry, no h
> While spreading the news about the RC5 contest, I was asked the following
> question about the 56bit key and I wonder how to answer:
> What is the complication of this exhaustive search? I suppose it is
> exponential, but to what number?
With a 56 bit key, there are 2 to the power of 56 possi
> The goal of cracking this key is to test the government endorsed
> encryption standard called DES. The data received from this contest
> will assist researchers and developers in new encryption techniques.
> ftp://portal.stwing.upenn.edu/pub/rc5
Please note that RC5 and DES are not the same alg
> Yes, except that once the login prompt has popped up, you lose your
> entire scrollback buffer (at least I do).
You lose your scrollback buffer when you switch away from your virtual
console. For example, when X starts.
Under FreeBSD, I can switch to another vty, switch back, and still
scroll a
> I can FTP to my machine, but only to anonymous. UNLESS, the account that
> I am FTPing to is running bash for a shell. If it is running tcsh, it
> says: user access denied.
Make sure tcsh is listed in /etc/shells. Most FTP daemons won't let a
user in unless they have a valid shell.
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TO
On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote:
> Feb 20 21:38:34 named[202]: Lame server on '165.114.83.155.in-addr.arpa'
> (in '83.155.in-addr.arpa'?): [140.194.20.7].53 'NS1.USACE.ARMY.MIL':
> learnt (A=147.240.16.254,NS=128.9.0.107)
> Please, what it means? Where can I learn more abo
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