Re: a fortress in the DMZ

*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 17/06/00 at 1:18 Jim Mills wrote: >Hello all, >A client has asked me to design and build a standalone box in thier DMZ >capable of detecting port scans of any of the clients public IP addresses >and then sending a notification to the enterprise netwo

Re: off-topic: any suggestions for my undergrad thesis

You can write about ATM (my favorite) or you can create a project management tool for Linux (like MS Project) what is missing also is the tool like Dreamweaver or Go Live Cyberstudio for Linux (yes BlueFish is available but is not as good as Go live or Dreamweaver On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, JRtL wr

Re: Starting Netscape Messenger only.

- IF you want to launch your messagner email client by default with netscape all you have to do is the following 1) launch your broswer (netscape) 2) Click on Edit then select preference 3) On the left hand drop down there is something which is "appearnace" click on "apperance" for me 4) On the

Re: Question about /home and /usr

Yeah I had that problema couple of times. Your soilution is to issue the following commands as root :- mkdir /usr/home/ cd / ln -s /usr/home/ /home (this will create a symbolic link ) and everything ideally will work out. On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Michael J. Glanovsky wrote: > Am I correct that

a fortress in the DMZ

Hello all, A client has asked me to design and build a standalone box in thier DMZ capable of detecting port scans of any of the clients public IP addresses and then sending a notification to the enterprise network management console.. (smtp or snmp ) this machine will sit in the public IP space a

RE: Monitor problems

Check the manufacture specs and set the monitor to customer... make sure you are within the resolution range and the vertical & horizontal sync levels... -Original Message- From: guanchen KHOO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 20:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re

Re: off-topic: any suggestions for my undergrad thesis

JRtL wrote: > and I am now looking for a thesis topic that can be done in > 6-months time. I hope you can give me some suggestions to > work on. If I am going to do it on a Linux (network-based) > environment, what are the tools and languages needed (GUI)? There is one thing still missing for Lin

Re: network traffic

If you go to http://www.opensec.net/netmon.html It has tools for doing network traffic monitoring. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 6/16/2000 at 5:19 PM Steve Lee wrote: >can someone enlighten me >on how to monitor the network traffic. >i have two netcards and only need to monitor

off-topic: any suggestions for my undergrad thesis

hi, I would like to ask your help regarding my undergraduate thesis (4th Year, BS Mathematics, Major in Computer Science) and I am now looking for a thesis topic that can be done in 6-months time. I hope you can give me some suggestions to work on. If I am going to do it on a Linux (network-based

Re: Monitor problems

On 16 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am having serious montior here ! > My screen is flickering something fierce ! > When I type, it flickers on and off and goes black more than once. > When I drop to console mode it flickers in different colors too. > This seems to happen more in Linu

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Apache-SSL Question

> Here is another reason, if you intend getting positiones on a search engine > , IP's are also needed, even with the normal Apache, reason...because the > search engine crawlers can tell its a virt host and will not rate it > highly, or at all possibly. I have taken the word of some people in the

Re: Re[2]: [OFF-TOPIC] Apache-SSL Question

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Brian Ashe wrote: > Hi Charles, > > Thanks for the insight. I can see how that makes sense. > > So here's another one for you... (this is just curiosity) > > What if you set up the virtual hosts to use alternate port? > ie. a.com 10.10.10.1:4400 > b.com 10.10.10.1:450

Re: network traffic

tcpdump trafshow (this is quite good) sniffit > can someone enlighten me > on how to monitor the network traffic. > i have two netcards and only need to monitor > the internal network, to see what traffic is > moving in what direction. > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "u

Re: Monitor problems

At 07:13 PM 06/16/2000 +0200, you wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I am having serious montior here ! > > My screen is flickering something fierce ! > > When I type, it flickers on and off and goes black more than once. > > When I drop to console mode it flickers in different colors too.

Re: Leaving the computer on

It is true it is better to have fan however according to my friend and my own research about IBM and iMAC. I found that iMAC is not only very easy to use but very reliable. If several MACs in the past did not have fan, and had been considered very reliable in the past up until now, then it seems

network traffic

can someone enlighten me on how to monitor the network traffic. i have two netcards and only need to monitor the internal network, to see what traffic is moving in what direction. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Starting Netscape Messenger only.

I always used netscape -mail CH wrote: > > i have the navigator-only version, but i think there's a flag you can use > > when starting, like netscap -mail or -mailonly or something like that. it > > should show up in the list if you run netscape -help. ?? > > I had a funkiest experience with Net

wu ftp & inetd

I am having a problem with my ftpd... when I try to connect to it it connectes then disconnects saying nothing... is there an ftpd log some place I can look at to see if I have it configured wrong? any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated Thanx Steve -- To unsubscribe: mail [

Re: Question about /home and /usr

Dale Anderson wrote: > Just remember that /usr does NOT stand for USER, even though we all pronounce it >that way. What does it stand for then? -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Fixed - was Re: Problem with lilo config?

Steven, I checked, the scsi bios had an option to enable bios support for dos drives > 1 gig which was disabled. I enabled it and the machine now boots without the floppy! Yeah! Thanks. David On 16 Jun 2000, at 15:59, Steven Pierce wrote: > > David, > > I had this same problem. You mos

Re: Problem with lilo config?

David, I had this same problem. You most likely have the BIOS set for LBA, try setting it to CHS and see if that works. It did for me. I did a completely new install after the change, it does not mean you do. I had wiped the drive clean because I was not sure what had happened. Good Luck.

Instead of halting ir reboots !

Hi all, My Redhat 6.2 box is a Compaq proliant server .. I have only one complaint against it .. and thats the shutdown problem... I usually work in X-windows.. but when i try to Halt the machine , either off the Gnome menu or after logging off Gnome.. the system usually reboots.. what can i do

Problem with lilo config?

I upgraded my hard drive recently and when I went to reboot from the new drive lilo fails. It gives me "LI" and hangs. I've been digging through the docs and it says that this could mean a drive geometry mismatch. Makes sense since it is a larger drive. Creating a boot disk gives the same

Network Config help under RH6.2 -- What changed from olderversio n?

Wait, don't delete me I need some help configuring this network interface. The machine is an older Dell P-60 w/64MB RAM. One CD-Rom and 2 internal Drives. I've used this machine at work over the years to test various releases of RH. In the past (5.x and older 6.x) installations automat

APM time problem.

I have an interesting PM problem with my lnotebook... it is a TTX but I think it can be compared to a Dell Inspiron(sp?). When I put the laptop into suspend mode from within X it shutsdown fine but when I bring it back to life my clock loses 6 hours. It only happens the first time I suspend a

Re: pop users can browse my server

On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 01:16:32PM -0400, John Aldrich wrote: > > I have given popuser accounts on my 6.0 redhat box > > They dial in and get their mail > Set the shell to /bin/false and add that to the list of > allowable shells. That's how WE prevent people from > telnetting in and browsing ar

Re[2]: [OFF-TOPIC] Apache-SSL Question

Hi Charles, Thanks for the insight. I can see how that makes sense. So here's another one for you... (this is just curiosity) What if you set up the virtual hosts to use alternate port? ie. a.com 10.10.10.1:4400 b.com 10.10.10.1:4500 This should fix the problem you were describing, but does

Re: Leaving the computer on

>On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 06:20:01PM -0500, Tanner, Robby wrote: > > Leaving the PC on, particulaly with today's advanced power management > > features, lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO). In my experience, as a person who likes to power things down at night (except for one firewall/DNS ma

Re: leaving the computer on

CH wrote (in part): >Unless you have a computer with a huge power supply above 250w. > I have 350w and my system uses more power than my monitor. That's not necessarily true. AAMOF, it probably is not true. Just because you have a 350 watt power supply does not mean that it is _using_ 350 watt

Re: Monitor problems

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am having serious montior here ! > My screen is flickering something fierce ! > When I type, it flickers on and off and goes black more than once. > When I drop to console mode it flickers in different colors too. > This seems to happen more in Linux than NT but I

Re: Sendmail Question - VERY URGENT

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Rajesh Soman wrote: > MY QUESTION IS WHETHER THERE IS AN OPTION IN SENDMAIL WHERE I CAN SAY > THAT IF THERE IS A MAIL WHOSE ID IS UNKOWN OR THE MAIL WHICH THE > SENDMAIL CAN'T DISTRIBUTE , IT SHOULD PUT TO A JUNK FOLDER SAY > [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR [EMAIL PROTECTED] define(`LU

Re: Question about /home and /usr

Just remember that /usr does NOT stand for USER, even though we all pronounce it that way. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/16/00 11:09AM >>> That's a very old way of doing things. I won't go into the logistics of why it's bad. Just suffice it to say that a modern Unix system should be able to run with

Re: weird performance nosedive

On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 05:44:11AM -0700, JJn Nichols wrote: > 'Hatters > > After booting up, stuff runs fine for the first 5 min or so..maybe not even 5 min, > but then the computer goes all slow on me. I dont know why. > > mobile PII 300 > 96M ram, plenty HD space...stock install mitten zie up

which ftpaccess command

Hi all, I've added 2 commands to my /etc/ftpaccess : Alias www /home/httpd/ cdpath /www/ This allows my ftp users to use cd www to go to the web directory .. but www does not show up in the directory listing.. how can i set that up ? Regards Anurag -- To unsubscribe: mail [EM

Re: FTP problems & IP masquerading

Hi David.. FTP in passive mode works fine.. so thats what i am doing now :) Anurag --- At 10:05 AM 6/16/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Are you using ip_masq_ftp? You need to load this module to use FTP >through ipchains. (This is in the masquerading FAQs somewhere, I'm >sure.) > >-d > >-- >David Tal

Re: Question about /home and /usr

That's a very old way of doing things. I won't go into the logistics of why it's bad. Just suffice it to say that a modern Unix system should be able to run with the /usr/partition mounted read-only. -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Stranger things have

OFF TOPIC: MS Breakup

You should probably just take the subject of "MS Breakup" as being synonymous with off topic. It's the only logical thing to do. ;-) -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Recompiling modules...among other things

Okay here's my deal: Ultimate goal: Change POP Server over to IMAP. Currently: 2GB IDE drive running RH6.0 (kernel 2.2.5-15) Want: Replace drive with 18GB scsi First things first. I have a Seagate 18GB drive and a Symbios logic 53c825 SCSI adapter. The drivers for this do not come with kernel 2

Re: wget

Missed that ... thank you. -d -- David Talkington Community Networking Initiative [EMAIL PROTECTED] 244-1962 Peter Blomgren wrote: :David, : :> wget is driving me batty. Why does the following command: :> :> wget -r -l 2 \ :> http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/CD-Writing/html/ :> :> cause wg

Re: FTP problems & IP masquerading

Are you using ip_masq_ftp? You need to load this module to use FTP through ipchains. (This is in the masquerading FAQs somewhere, I'm sure.) -d -- David Talkington Community Networking Initiative [EMAIL PROTECTED] 244-1962 Anurag Jalan wrote: : Hi all, : : I'm using ipchains masquerading

RE: Question about /home and /usr

Last time I checked AIX v4.x uses /home by default. -Original Message- From: Kevin Rooney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:21 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Question about /home and /usr Michael J. Glanovsky wrote: -->Am I correct that other Unixs (such

RE: Question about /home and /usr

Michael J. Glanovsky wrote: -->Am I correct that other Unixs (such as AIX) frequently don't -->have a /home -->directory, putting user accounts in /usr or /usr/local instead? --> --snip-- Yes, that's true. For instance, FreeBSD uses /usr/home/. However, I do like the separate partitioning of /h

Re: Question about /home and /usr

I've seen that in a few HP UNIX boxes. Regards Gustav "Michael J. Glanovsky" wrote: > > Am I correct that other Unixs (such as AIX) frequently don't have a /home > directory, putting user accounts in /usr or /usr/local instead? > > Thanks for any replies, > > Mike -- pgp = Pretty Good Priv

Re: Question about /home and /usr

El día Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:44:13 -0400 "Michael J. Glanovsky" escribió: > Am I correct that other Unixs (such as AIX) frequently don't have a /home > directory, putting user accounts in /usr or /usr/local instead? > I think that IRIX locates user directories under /usr/people. Solaris

Re: Leaving the computer on

Fans are required when convection/radiation cooling are inadequate. Using lower voltage chips, the power dissapation drops, e.g., 5 volts at 5 amps dissipates 25 watts, whereas 2.5 volts at 5 amps is 12.5 watts. Yes, by eliminating the fan, there is a cost savings, but there is also a noise red

Problem: Too many open files

I am using a RH 6.2 box as a time server for several Sun servers. The RH box is runnig ntp and is querying a public time server. The Sun boxes query the RH box every 30 minutes using rdate. However, the sockets seem to never time out, as I have many connections from each of the Sun servers which

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Apache-SSL Question

*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 16/06/00 at 8:14 Charles Galpin wrote: >perhaps if I explain my experience with this, it will help > >On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Brian Ashe wrote: >> >> 4) I cannot confirm or deny the single IP address theory, as I have not >> tried it. But I do have som

Question about /home and /usr

Am I correct that other Unixs (such as AIX) frequently don't have a /home directory, putting user accounts in /usr or /usr/local instead? Thanks for any replies, Mike -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: wget

>wget is driving me batty. Why does the following command: > >wget -r -l 2 \ >http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/CD-Writing/html/ > >cause wget to begin retrieving files at the TOP level of that tree, >instead of in the directory which I have specified? The only option >that sounded like it might

Re: Leaving the computer on

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > get yourself an imac - the current models are fan-less and > silent... I believe the fan-not-included was more of a cost-factor rather then an engineering break through. Lets see the fan displaces heat thus keeping the thermo movement to a minimum. Also lets

Re: Small install of RH 6.2 on a 504 MB drive

On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 08:10:58AM -0400, Michael J. Glanovsky wrote: [...] > Noticed you didin't mention specifying a /boot > Wondered why? Well, /boot is really only needed if you use a large drive (>1024 cylinders) in a machine which can't handle it (and I'm not even sure whether that still ho

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Apache-SSL Question

perhaps if I explain my experience with this, it will help On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Brian Ashe wrote: > > 4) I cannot confirm or deny the single IP address theory, as I have not > tried it. But I do have some trouble believing it since the ServerName > directive is what gets matched against the cert

Re: Small install of RH 6.2 on a 504 MB drive

Thanks, Thomas, it did install successful! Noticed you didin't mention specifying a /boot Wondered why? Thanks again, Mike - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ribbrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 4:58 AM Subject: Re: Small install of RH

Re: Leaving the computer on

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: > or is a UPS a virtual guarantee that it will be safe. If anyone has had a > computer on a UPS fried, I know there is a guarantee up to $25,000 or > something from APC at least, but has anyone ever tried to collect any > money and have they been successf

Summary: Re: Rebuild /RedHat/base/comps for Kickstart?

Group Answer from Noah White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > misc/src/install/genhdlist "path to RedHat directory" > 6.1 & 6.2 distribution layout: > > misc/src/anaconda/utils/genhdlist "path to RedHat directory" > For example in a situation where my RedHat 6.2 distribution is mounted as > /mnt/RH62 I cou

SSH , ftp, and X

Hey all... I had SSH 1.x up & working, so I found 2.1, and upgraded. Now the problem(s): 1) With the older version, I could start an X program, and the display would show up on my client workstation. With no changes to my client, I notice that now I get an error, that X can't open the display.

Re: vpn with Red Hat

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, jack wallen jr wrote: > hey everyone - have a question. at work we're going to be required to use > the VPN to get into the network now. i've been using ssh to go directly > to my production machine (Red Hat 6.2) from my home machine (Red Hat > 6.2). now, unfortunatly, th

Re: Sendmail Question - VERY URGENT

Hi,   MY QUESTION IS WHETHER THERE IS AN OPTION IN SENDMAIL WHERE I CAN SAY THAT IF THERE IS A MAIL WHOSE ID IS UNKOWN OR THE MAIL WHICH THE SENDMAIL CAN'T DISTRIBUTE , IT SHOULD PUT TO A JUNK FOLDER SAY [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR [EMAIL PROTECTED]. use the set postmaster keyword in .fetchmailrc t

Re: Small install of RH 6.2 on a 504 MB drive

On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 04:59:05PM -0400, Michael J. Glanovsky wrote: > > Installing RH 6.2 to run natively and alone on a small hard drive. > Any advice appreciated to do a small install on a 504 MB hard drive. On a small setup like that I'd definitely do the setup myself. Depending on how you

[OT] Power consumption (was: Leaving the computer on)

On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 07:17:05PM -0700, CH wrote: [...] > That's true. With larger parts in the supply may take a few watts more than > smaller parts. I know I am not using the full wattage since how the power > supply is designed to use less power to make less power. Similar applies to > a s

Re: wget

David, > wget is driving me batty. Why does the following command: > > wget -r -l 2 \ > http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/CD-Writing/html/ > > cause wget to begin retrieving files at the TOP level of that tree, > instead of in the directory which I have specified? The only option > that sounde