Secure connections

[FRANK BIUNDO]

Hello all

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem I am having all of a
sudden connecting to secure sites like Bank Sites.

I am getting a message that reads

"Unable to establish secure connection to ...com.au.There is a
problem with the security certificate for that site.(The identity
certificate is not yet valid).
The information you view and send will be readable to others while in
transit, and it may not go to the intended party".

I am on OS 9.04 with I.Explorer 5.0 when the problem first appeared.I
upgraded to I.Explorer 5.1 but the problem is there.

Any help with this would be most appreciated.


Frank

Re: A Cautionary Tale to WAMUGers re Guidelines

[Peter Bull]

Having read most of the diatribes which filled my inbox last week I can only
say that I fully endorse and support Reg's comments. The spirit he
identifies in the Mac community is what makes us different from the Dark
Side.

Peter Bull
- Original Message -
From: "Reg Whitely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WA Mac User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 9:36 PM
Subject: A Cautionary Tale to WAMUGers re Guidelines


> "Look down, for the response is at the top. The foot is at your head."
> - 21st Century 'Think Differenter"
> ___
>
> Dear WAMUGers
>
> In the tedious debate about email ettiquite, let's not overlook some
basics.
>
> When someone needs help,they call for it. In WAMUG, members use the
> list to call for help; to share knowledge and experiences, and to
> express happiness and other emotions of friendship and support.
> Others listen, read, respond or ignore.
>
> Does it matter if members haven't followed "appropriate protocols"?
> They are all real people who seek answers to real problems. Ignoring
> the protocols, shouldn't we answer the questions? Members seek advice
> and help and we have a responsibility to respond. Surely that is a
> basic premise of membership
>
> *
>
> If your advice is: "Read the appropriate response standards and
> follow the 13 rules before asking that question again", say goodbye
> to that member.
>
> If your advice is: "Research the archives, because there is a
> "thread" from 3 months past", so be it. Our member might ask again
> and remain as such.
>
> If your advice is: "I remember 'Sean' said that last week!", then so
> be it, they can contact Sean.
>
> If your advice is: "That happened to me yesterday: this is what I
> did. Why not go and try it yourself." Fantastic, now you're getting
> personal.
>
> After all, even though these people are only names and words on a
> mailing list, they are real people, with wives, girlfriends, babies,
> grandchildren, friends, a job, another life, and most probably a Mac,
> which they love just about as much."
>
> Please WAMUGers, don't lose sight of what we are about.
>
> Cut the crap and let's get back to core service. Our members are our
> friends and the future.
>
> Regards
>
> Reg
>
> *
>
> PS Sorry about the GMUG / WAMUG error.
>
> Why not come to Sunny Gero one day and meet all the GMUGgers?
>
> Reg
>
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(4 sale) virtual pc & win 95

[Nathalie Collins]

***A BARGAIN***

Virtual PC 4.0 + Windows '95 for only $250 ono. Original packaging, manuals
and serial numbers provided. Upgradeable.

Virtual PC is available on it's own if you have a copy of windows.

Please contact me off list.

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{4Sale] Powerbook G3 500 and Palm Vx

[Matthew Healey]

As the subject says

1 x PowerBook G3 500
12GB
128 MB RAM

- $3000

1 x Palm Vx
Heaps of extra travel stuff.
Chargers...
Sync Cables...
etc..

- $600

Regards

Matthew Healey

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FS: G3 233MHz, 96/4 & 17" AppleVision Monitor

[Peter N Lewis]

For Sale:

PowerMac G3
233MHz
96Meg RAM
4Gig Harddisk
Onboard Ethernet + 10/100 Ethernet (might be useful as a firewall)
CD Drive is not original and eject button does not line up properly.
Keyboard & Mouse
$500

AppleVision 17" monitor
$500

As usual, you pick up the equipment, and there is a one week 
warrantee (if the equipment does not work or fails inside one week I 
will refund your money).


Let me know if you're interested.
Peter.
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Re: web cams

[sonic_echidna]

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "argent41" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can someone tell me how to view a web cam please?

It really depends on the web cam you're trying to view - they all 
work quite differently. Can you send the URL you're trying to view or 
is it a camera you've bought, if so, what brand/model etc?

Cheers,
Meg

Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

[Shay Telfer]

I guess one thing it did highlight, indirectly, are the problems related to
having no real competition to Microsoft. Considering their 'lacksy-daisy'
approach to system security, I am not surprised it happens so often.


They're unlikely to highlight that too strongly, being nineMSN (ie 
Channel 9 + Microsoft Network).


Have fun,
Shay
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Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

[Rod Lavington]

On 11/2/02 1:20 PM, "Rob Findlay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> on 11/2/02 1:01 PM, Shay Telfer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> Some of it is available at nineMSN's web site.
>> 
>> Interestingly the consultant they interview online just happens to
>> refer everyone to his web site and recommend the products his company
>> sells :)
>> 
> Totally! Is that allowed? Has 60 Minutes just become like those today shows
> where Bert or whoever tells you what to buy & they bring the expert, who
> works for the company, in to explain why you should by it. Advertainment.
> Jees what happened to journalism?
> 

That's Ray Martin for you! ;-)

What I found was 'interesting' was their use of the other guy's web cam.
When played back (in real time streaming) in front of Ray Martin, it was in
full motion. Now they must have had an awfully fast connection for that to
happen (at both ends)!

May be it was just scare mongering tactics for people to buy more
anti-everything-bad software.

I guess one thing it did highlight, indirectly, are the problems related to
having no real competition to Microsoft. Considering their 'lacksy-daisy'
approach to system security, I am not surprised it happens so often.

Seeya

Rod! 

Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

[Andrew Nielsen]

At 13:01 +0800 11/02/2002, Shay Telfer wrote:

Interestingly the consultant they interview online just happens to
refer everyone to his web site and recommend the products his company
sells :)


"Hi, I'm Mike Moore... Welcome to Frontline".
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Re: Winmail.dat

[Greg Pennefather]

Couldn't have said it any better myself! :-)

Cheers

Greg

P.S. I'm still waiting for an Applescript guru to write a script for
Entourage to automate the process.


on 9/2/02 8:57 AM, Bob Howells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> 
> 
> Tom Samson wrote:
> 
>> Can someone out there tell me how we can read winmail.dat attachments in
>> entourage
>> Tom samson
> 
> Try this info mailed to the list by Greg
> 
> Have fun
> 
> Bob
> 
> *
>> From - Fri Oct 20 19:05:07 2000
> 
> The problem you are having with winmail.dat is that your friends are sending
> from M$ Outlook (not express) using the M$ rich text option. POP mail
> clients can't interpret this RTF and so it gets transformed into winmail.dat
> or application/tnef or something like that. It makes attachments
> unreadable.
> 
> The remedy - a utility called TNEF's Enough. I can't remember where I got
> it but it works a treat. Try download.com or kagi.com or
> versiontracker.com. You save the winmail.dat file and open it in TNEFs
> Enough and it extracts the attachments.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Greg
> 
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Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

[Rob Findlay]

on 11/2/02 1:01 PM, Shay Telfer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>>> Anyone REALLY concerned about the computer security report on 60 minutes
>>> tonight?. Is 128 double overhead encryption really going to save us?
>> 
>> I avoid "60 Minutes" wherever possible. What was the nature of the report?
> 
> Some of it is available at nineMSN's web site.
> 
> Interestingly the consultant they interview online just happens to
> refer everyone to his web site and recommend the products his company
> sells :)
> 
Totally! Is that allowed? Has 60 Minutes just become like those today shows
where Bert or whoever tells you what to buy & they bring the expert, who
works for the company, in to explain why you should by it. Advertainment.
Jees what happened to journalism?

Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

[Shay Telfer]

>Anyone REALLY concerned about the computer security report on 60 minutes

tonight?. Is 128 double overhead encryption really going to save us?


I avoid "60 Minutes" wherever possible. What was the nature of the report?


Some of it is available at nineMSN's web site.

Interestingly the consultant they interview online just happens to 
refer everyone to his web site and recommend the products his company 
sells :)


Have fun,
Shay
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Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

[Andrew Nielsen]

Anyone REALLY concerned about the computer security report on 60 minutes
tonight?. Is 128 double overhead encryption really going to save us?


I avoid "60 Minutes" wherever possible. What was the nature of the report?
--

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Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd 
ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows & networking technologies

USB - PS/2 adaptor

[Matt Huitson]

I was wondering whether anyone knows of a driver for OSX (10.1.2) which 
might allow a PC PS/2 mouse to be connected to my Pismo via a newish 
PS/2-USB adaptor I picked up from work? Unfortunately no idea what 
brand the adaptor is - black USB plug, grey cable, purple PS/2 plug, if 
that helps - and was most likely purchased for use with a PC. I tried 
USB Overdrive X 10.0.0b2 without success, and a search for similar 
adaptor products failed to find an OSX driver (or indeed the exact 
adaptor itself). Is this setup even possible?

Pismo (500, 384Meg, 10.1.2)

Cheers, Matt.



Matt Huitson
Dept. of Psychology
University of Western Australia
Nedlands, WA 6097
Western Australia
work: 61 89 380 3639
mob: 0414 294 770


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The new 32x LaCie burners started shipping last week. One of the lucky
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The LaCie burner is excellent - most CDs take 40sec. OSX Toast converts
mp3s to AIFF on the fly which means it takes less than 3min to burn a
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It's awsome

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This rise stirred up the value of the DRAM spot price again. However,
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Re: Mac to PC + Re: MP3 CD's

[Mark Secker]

Old threads I know (was away from computer)... But...

Mac to PC
At the risk of fits of laughter from the computer 
intelligentsia*... if you're only after bouncing a few files then 
maybe try web sharing a folder on each computer (you'll still need to 
config TCP/IP stuff) - takes about three steps on a mac and a only a 
little more effort in XP. - you'll need to do it on both machines 
if you want to transfer the files back and forth rather than just one 
way.


Don't set up a home page or a index file in the web folders so that 
when you punch in the other machines IP number** you get the hosts 
web folder directory listing in your browser, then use the right 
mouse button on the mac and PC(or option click on the mac if you 
haven't binned your apple mouse for a "real" mouse) to select the 
option to save the file - this down loads it to your web clients 
hard disk


MP3 CD's.
as stated ISO 9660 is the "industry standard" though hybrid CD 
format MAY work in some DVD players (? haven't tried it yet in a DVD 
player) but its's generally best to keep to the lowest common 
denominator.


My friends and I have noticed that some players like to have a 
shallow folder/file structure but other players don't mind deeply 
nested folders. Again when you burn probably best if you keep to the 
lowest common denominator and keep as shallow a directory structure 
as possible with maybe just the artist or album folders at the root 
level.

Best to read the specs in the DVD players manual too ;)


* HTTP or web sharing is technically less efficient bandwidth wise 
than FTP and many other file sharing processes but vastly easier to 
set up. - however I find people who pontificate on this point tent to 
belive that the only real operating systems use a command line... 
only... and on TeliText terminals***) ;)


** if you want to be a real hero then set up your own private IP 
network complete with a DNS server (your XP box will do this - so 
should OSX [somehow?]) so you can use names instead of IP numbers but 
that defeats the Q&Dapproach .


*** Ask your father what these were.

 Quick & Dirty. - a Hack (in the literal old school MIT sense).
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from."
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Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

[Shay Telfer]

Anyone REALLY concerned about the computer security report on 60 minutes
tonight?. Is 128 double overhead encryption really going to save us?


60 minutes isn't really the best place to learn about computer security.

Try  or 

Encryption is merely there to delay the revelation of your data until 
such a time as the data is too old to be of any use...


Have fun,
Shay
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Re: Shell Script

[hinchlif]

On Saturday, February 9, 2002, at 12:31 PM, Scott wrote:

> Exactly what would the shell script look like for Terminal?
> And how do I run it?
>
> Regards,
> Scott
>

Here's a starting point:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/02/01/applescript_macosx.html

It contains a sample script for launching a unix application in a 
Terminal window.

ignoring application responses
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script with command ¬
"/Users/brucep/bin/start_tomcat; /usr/local/bin/safe_mysqld &;"
end tell
end ignoring

For example, I replaced the line ""/Users/brucep..." with "telnet " and saved the script as an application. I now have an 
AppleScript program that launches Terminal and starts a Telnet session 
to the server I specified in .

--
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Perth, 
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Re: Favorites Files

[Greg Hosking]

Charlie

Unless iCab has changed radically, I believe you can export the favourites
as an HTML file (from either IE or iCab) & them import said html file into
your preffered browser - just keep importing until you got 'em all!

(in IE, import/export is in the file menu, dunno about iCab)

Greg

> Hello everyone
> 
> Over the past year or so I have used various macs and various web
> browsers [ie iCab and Internet Explorer]. As a result I have four
> different favorites files. I would like to merge these into one
> favorites file in Internet explorer.
> 
> What would be the best way to do this?
> 
> Charlie