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reminder: trim posts
by Jason Clinton 01 May '05

01 May '05

Just a friendly reminder that the only KCLUG posting policy that everyone agrees on is that all posts should have the quoted section of the message you are replying to trimmed down to only that part which is relevant.

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Re: Need help!
by Jack 30 Apr '05

30 Apr '05

--- "Matthew T. Eskes" wrote: > Jack wrote: > > >My internet server is being actively attacked. > >I now have a list of 130 addresses attempting to > >break into my server. Sometimes very aggressivley. > >I have many of these address blocked, but I am > >concerned > >with performance degrading of my server if I block > all > >of these addresses and continue to add more on a > >regular basis. Anyone have any suggestions? There's > >really nothing on the server worth attacking, but > it > >is my mail server. > > > > > > > I would get that box offline *now*, backup all the > info and reinstall. > Taking the box offline would take down my mail server. I use this yahoo account for kclug, but I get all my regular mail through accounts on my mail server. I didn't say the box has been compromised, I just want advice on blocking these attacks as much as possible. But I don't want to bring my box to a crawl to do it. Thanks, Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Need help!
by Jack 30 Apr '05

30 Apr '05

--- Jack <quiet_celt(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > My internet server is being actively attacked. > I now have a list of 130 addresses attempting to > break into my server. Sometimes very aggressivley. > ... I forgot to mention, that somehow these attackers are using two real accounts on the machine. Perhaps one or more of the attackers was thev previous attacker. Or possibly, they got the user id from my mail server. I had a configuration that I forgot to shut off that would respond to requests for user mail accounts. That's been turned off. I may consider deleting those accounts and creating new ones. Thanks, Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Need help!
by Jack 30 Apr '05

30 Apr '05

My internet server is being actively attacked. I now have a list of 130 addresses attempting to break into my server. Sometimes very aggressivley. I have many of these address blocked, but I am concerned with performance degrading of my server if I block all of these addresses and continue to add more on a regular basis. Anyone have any suggestions? There's really nothing on the server worth attacking, but it is my mail server. Thanks, Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: local development server and mapping drives
by Jack 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

--- "D. Hageman" <dhageman(a)dracken.com> wrote: > > You could easily use any of the following to achieve > your goal: > > NFS > Samba > OpenAFS > > Each has its pros and cons. That was kind of my point in asking. Although I really hadn't given NFS serious thought. Last I remember NFS was a rootkit waiting to happen. I'm looking for something that is somewhat transparent, easy to manage, doesn't need babysitting, has the *nix approach to security. I'm not looking for a CVS. That is another beast entirely. I'm looking for something where, after cheking out the code I can store it on a machine dedicated to apache/<db of choice> so my desktop system doesn't need them running, and modify the code from my desktop and test the changes as I go. Then when I'm happy with it check it back into CVS. In the process my desktop never runs the code, never saves the code (except in cache memory) and never runs the CVS depository. Thanks for the input people, Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: local development server and mapping drives
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

Couldn't you specifically deny all outside access to the box from the big bad internet? I'd do that via Iptables on your firewall. You are using a Linux firewall, aren't you? >-----Original Message----- >From: kclug-bounces(a)kclug.org [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Jack >Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:54 PM >To: Kclug >Subject: Re: local development server and mapping drives > > >--- "D. Hageman" <dhageman(a)dracken.com> wrote: >> >> You could easily use any of the following to achieve >> your goal: >> >> NFS >> Samba >> OpenAFS >> >> Each has its pros and cons. >That was kind of my point in asking. >Although I really hadn't given NFS serious thought. >Last I remember NFS was a rootkit waiting to happen. > >I'm looking for something that is somewhat >transparent, >easy to manage, doesn't need babysitting, has the *nix >approach to security. I'm not looking for a CVS. That >is another beast entirely. I'm looking for something >where, after cheking out the code I can store it on a >machine dedicated to apache/<db of choice> so my >desktop system doesn't need them running, and modify >the code from my desktop and test the changes as I go. >Then when I'm happy with it check it back into CVS. >In the process my desktop never runs the code, never >saves the code (except in cache memory) and never runs >the CVS depository. > >Thanks for the input people, >Brian D. > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >Kclug mailing list >Kclug(a)kclug.org >http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug >

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local development server and mapping drives
by Jack 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

I'm looking to add a headless server, in some out of the way location to make a webserver (intranet)/ db server. I want to use it for development of websites and database apps on, from my desktop. But, I want the ease of use of being able to read and write files without doing ftp, etc. I'd like to be able to point Quanta/Konquerer at it and have it look like a local filesystem. Is this a Samba project? Or is there another way to accomplish this, while still protecting the system from remote attacks should someone breach the firewall, or having the server inadvertantly expose itself beyond the firewall? Thanks, Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Mozilla mail
by Jack 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

Greettings Luggites! Got a question for those who are using Mozilla mail or also looking for suggestions. I've had Mozilla Mail running for a several weeks now, as I now use the PC for full time work. I've noticed that it disconnects from my secure IMAP gateway regularly. Which would be fine, except it doesn't reconnect, and I see no options to switch from continuous to timed checking. I've alos noticed that when it disconnects the only way to then check the mail that has arrived is to shutdown Mozilla or purge the cache. Also there is no place I can see to have it put an icon on the task bar so it will flash when mail arrives. So I've switched over to using kmail. Anyone else notice this quirky berhavior with Mozilla or recommend a good mail client robust enough to use in a work environment? I'm running KDE and would prefer not to load both KDE and Gnome libraries as I'm already loading the system down with dual KDE screen (to placate my lovely wife's need for her own desktop, that she can use without having to "hassle with all that crap, everytime she wants to use it"). Thanks, Brian Jack __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: Commentary On Revenge of the Sith
by Jack 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

--- "Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO" <brian.kelsay(a)kcc.usda.gov> wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: kclug-bounces(a)kclug.org > [mailto:[email protected]] > >On Behalf Of Jack > > > >I unfortunately will have to see it, just for the > >completeness thing. Not like TLoR trilogy, which > was > >really very good and the extended versions are even > >better. It would have been nice to have done the > >Hobbit also. > > > >I'm still waiting for the rest of the Dune series > to > >come out. > > > >Which brings up the topic, was there a novel for > Star > >Wars story before the movie? Or was it just a > script? > >I assume Stevie choose to start in the middle for a > >reason (like the beginning part was boring). > > > >Brian D. > > Stevie? You mean George? Doh! Yeah. > > What is next in the Dune series after Children of > Dune? Dune, Dune Messiah (they skipped this one), Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune (Leto's story), and two more that cover a much much later time period. Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: OT OS issue
by Jack 29 Apr '05

29 Apr '05

Best bet is: 1) back up any data, 2) format and reinstall, 3) apply all patches, 4) reconfigure and reinstall any necessary 3rd party stuff. That is bound to be the safest and fastest method of fixing it. Alternatively, 1) back up any data, 2) backoff any recent changes. 3) This may work, but probably won't. 4) This is of course the fastest way of attempting to fix, refer to rule #3. --- Zscoundrel wrote: > My darling bride just updates her 'doze 98 box and > TOTALLY fubared it. > It locks up 3 times a day instead of the usual twice > a week and she is > not able to connect to a secure website she uses to > VPN into the work > LAN. > > Any ideas on what needs to be done to fix it. It > has been several years > since I lowered myself to tinker with a 'doze box > that I sort of forget > the drill. > > Walter > > * * * * * > > This week Bill Gates announced that he would like to > see the limits > removed on H1-B visas. > > Isn't it good enough that he can afford to BUY India > without having to > bring it here for storage??? No, he's just trying to put the rest of the US IT industry out of work, in order to kill off all software competition in the US. Resistance is futile. ;') __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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