Re: Undeletable files (was Re: Old dos archive)

2002-06-29 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:20:39 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:13:29 -0700, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >> On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:58:00 +0200, Michal H. Tyc wrote: > Mystery solved. > Got it, checked it. > As suspected... it's an LFN with a space in it. > "BeOS Install" be

Re: Undeletable files (was Re: Old dos archive)

2002-06-29 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:13:29 -0700, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:58:00 +0200, Michal H. Tyc wrote: >>> From the symptoms I guess that the file's directory entry had >> nonzero values in the reserved fields, which DR-DOS uses for storing >> passwords and access rights. >> If

Re: Undeletable files (was Re: Old dos archive)

2002-06-29 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:58:00 +0200, Michal H. Tyc wrote: >> From the symptoms I guess that the file's directory entry had > nonzero values in the reserved fields, which DR-DOS uses for storing > passwords and access rights. > If you unpacked that archive under Windows, these fields could have > b

Re: OT: BeOS info

2002-06-29 Thread Day Brown
Kali McLaughlin wrote: > Our comment on all this is that OS/2 is the all round winner!. James has > been using it for years, and claims that it is - > > a/ The interface is object oriented, useful and consistent. > b/ It not only runs odd dos programs, but allows them access to your > large driv

Re: The Future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 23:22:47 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 18:56:59 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: >> I agree 100% >> So Clarence, >> Does a new "default tagline" go into the package we are working on??? >> Something like >> -- >> This mail was written by a user of The Arach

Re: The Future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Sam Ewalt
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 15:01:44 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > That functionality isn't absent in DOS and *I* don't think it's > important anyway. We are plagued with virii and worms mostly because > some incomplete personalities see the notoriety of their efforts > as their only way to contribute

Re: The NEW future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Day Brown
Overflow sabotage sounds like a shot in the dark at a dime. It'd havta overflow the exact number of bytes, and do that on every version of dos that is running around, and figure out which divice drivers are where. B'sides, it'd be a wonderful challenge. How hard would it be to come up with a solu

Re: OT: BeOS info

2002-06-29 Thread Kali McLaughlin
Der List: Very good topic, and not that OT. > Yes, rebooting is extremely frustrating. So use DOSEMU. It seems to > work well and is constantly being refined. Mine's V1.0.2-1. Runs > Wordstar, oldish orcad, Xtree, Pictview I haven't cracked port usage > yet, but no doubt there's a way. Our c

The NEW future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Clarence Verge
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:18:56 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:38:45 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: >> But she still won't be 100% safe. >> As far as *I* know, she is vulnerable to the overflow gambit in many >> areas. The chances of anyone bothering to test for and exploit the

Re: The Future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 15:01:44 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:47:23 -0500, Day Brown wrote: >> Clarence Verge wrote: CV>>> Arachne's Insight is FAR from perfect. CV>>> There is a sensitivity to HTML in the header. DB>> How does html give access to the drive? I can possibly

Re: The Future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 13:18:34 -0500, Day Brown wrote: > The modularization makes it more clear what is being passed > from one app to another, and thereby simpler to setup firewalls > between them. Given the size of dram these days, there's no > reason that .html cannot be run on a ram disk, wit

Re: The Future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:38:45 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:35:01 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: >> Well, you got to me thinking. ;-) >> She was not 100% safe after-all. >> If someone DID uncomment these lines. >> Arachne would "branch-out" and run the executable file. >>

New Apache worm starts to spread

2002-06-29 Thread dhptech
This NEWS.COM (http://www.news.com/) story has been sent to you from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from sender: This is about a worm that exploits a security hole in Apache web server. Should we worry about it? --- New Apache worm starts to spread

Re: The Future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Clarence Verge
On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:47:23 -0500, Day Brown wrote: > Clarence Verge wrote: >> Arachne's Insight is FAR from perfect. >> There is a sensitivity to HTML in the header. > How does html give access to the drive? I can possibly see it > call an executable that ostensibly was made to run a wav or >

Re: The Future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Day Brown
I think there are unwarrented assumptions about the motivation and character of sabotage software coders. 1- fame. An attack on Arachne would not happen because the market share is so small it wouldnt make the news. 2- money. Back when Microsoft had XP ready, they laid off lots of programmers, m

Re: The Future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Day Brown
Clarence Verge wrote: > Arachne's Insight is FAR from perfect. > There is a sensitivity to HTML in the header. How does html give access to the drive? I can possibly see it call an executable that ostensibly was made to run a wav or mpg, but first.. you'd havta have that, downloaded and saved it,

Re: The Future of Arachne

2002-06-29 Thread Day Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You can do that in HTML, either you use CSS or you can use a more basic (but >wastefull) approach by using tables. But neither is as easy as using ANSI.SYS I tried Bernie, but then I was trying something new. I was creating an ebook, but colorized the text. in dialog