Re: [CentOS] Another security question

2008-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Robert Moskowitz > wrote: > >> Lanny Marcus wrote: >> "as much encryption as is possible" Just strikes me all wrong. >> >> "Use the RIGHT amount of intelligence." >> > > I agree with you, 100%. Not well written. The goal, obviously, i

Re: [CentOS] Please share some RHCE/RHCT learning material

2008-12-25 Thread partha chowdhury
> For RHCE exams given on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and higher, the exam is > organized as follows: > > * Troubleshooting and System Maintenance 2.5 hours > * Installation and Configuration 3.0 hours > > Where do you find information stating that there is a written section to > th

[CentOS] FYI: IBM Netvista locking up

2008-12-25 Thread Thomas Dukes
Hello, Having not been able to run a kernel without locking up since 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL, I think I have found the 'fix'. There are numerous post about this and all suggest its related to ACPI. For me, its APIC. I added the following to grub.conf: noapic apic=off. Been up now 4 days, 22 mins. runn

Re: [CentOS] Please share some RHCE/RHCT learning material

2008-12-25 Thread Michael Hall
I'm sort of preparing for the RHCE at the moment (booked in for the exam but it was cancelled due to insufficient numbers ... sob). To the extent that reading is useful, and having looked at a couple of RHEL 5 and RHCE books, the plain ol' RHEL5 Deployment Guide seems to cover the material prett

Re: [CentOS] Another security question

2008-12-25 Thread Brian
On Dec 25, 2008, at 5:43 PM, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Robert Moskowitz consult.com> wrote: >> Lanny Marcus wrote: >> "as much encryption as is possible" Just strikes me all wrong. >> >> "Use the RIGHT amount of intelligence." > > I agree with you, 100%. Not well wri

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Mark A. Lewis
Top-posting this just to get your panties in an even bigger knot. Come on dude, go have a beer or something and stop being a prick. -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Vandaman Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 6:02 PM To: Ce

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Vandaman
Mark A. Lewis wrote: > Apparently, someone didn't get what they wanted for > Christmas, is grumpy and feels like being the list police. > Lighten up man... > Do me a favour while I turn the Christmas Turkey. Ask this geezer called Mark A. Lewis to stop top-posting. http://lists.centos.org/pipe

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 6:18 AM, John R Pierce wrote: >> I again offer you my "solution", which is to take with me "Live CDs" >> for CentOS 5.2 and Knoppix. I reboot the box in an Internet cafe, from >> a Live CD, do what I need/want to do, and when I am done, I remove the >> Live CD and reboot t

Re: [CentOS] Please share some RHCE/RHCT learning material

2008-12-25 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Barry Brimer wrote: >> As a previous reply mentioned, there are two (2) factors in the Red >> Hat certification process. The first is the written examination. The >> second part is a hands on test, to administer a box. Many people who >> do very well on the writt

Re: [CentOS] Another security question

2008-12-25 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: > "as much encryption as is possible" Just strikes me all wrong. > > "Use the RIGHT amount of intelligence." I agree with you, 100%. Not well written. The goal, obviously, is to be as safe as possible. If she is going

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Mark A. Lewis
> You are still flouting the rules of posting on the mailing list > even after I sent you a polite offlist message not to top-post. > Read the following link on how to post on the CentOS list. > > http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16 > > Regards, > Vandaman. Apparently, someon

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Vandaman
Mariusz wrote: > thanks for reply, i want only outgoing so i'll check > below link You are still flouting the rules of posting on the mailing list even after I sent you a polite offlist message not to top-post. Read the following link on how to post on the CentOS list. http://www.centos.org/modu

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Mariusz
thanks for reply, i want only outgoing so i'll check below link - Original Message - From: "Barry Brimer" To: "CentOS mailing list" Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup >> I've got 2 internet connections but unfortuna

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Barry Brimer
> I've got 2 internet connections but unfortunately not the same - 6mbit > and 1 mbit. My default is 6mbit and I want to create backup connection > (1mbit). How can do it? Has anybody done it? My perfect scenario is that > my network uses 1mbit if (only) 6mbit fails and it switches > automatica

[CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-25 Thread Mariusz
I've got 2 internet connections but unfortunately not the same - 6mbit and 1 mbit. My default is 6mbit and I want to create backup connection (1mbit). How can do it? Has anybody done it? My perfect scenario is that my network uses 1mbit if (only) 6mbit fails and it switches automatically. -- T

Re: [CentOS] PHP 5.2.x rpm for Centos 5? (any news)

2008-12-25 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 05:33 -0800, John Thomas wrote: > Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > > Or you could just get it from the testing repo, and then BOTHER > > REPORTING WHETHER OR NOT IT WORKS so that it can FINALLY get out of > > testing. > > [Humor mode on, please forgive if not funny] > WHERE AR

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:27:05 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Once upon a time, MIT had a little red button on their public SUN > systems. You pushed the button and got a assured clean boot from their > protected server (and I know the people protecting those servers, they > were never compromis

Re: [CentOS] Please share some RHCE/RHCT learning material

2008-12-25 Thread Barry Brimer
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Xiaobo Zhu wrote: >> will anyone please share me some material on RHCE/RHCT, I am fighting for >> the Quality Engineer in RedHat, and that may help a lot in the coming >> written exam. > > As a previous reply mentioned, there are two (2) factors in the Red > Hat

Re: [CentOS] Another security question

2008-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Anne Wilson > wrote: > >> I would like to be able to check my bank account while we are on holiday. I >> know the bank's site is encrypted from the start - the login page is https >> and >> Verisign-trust encrypted - but is there any ris

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 25 December 2008 11:12:19 Lanny Marcus wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell >> wrote: >> >> Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from anywhere

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
John R Pierce wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell wrote: >> >> >> Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from anywhere on the internet. Say they are go

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell wrote: > > >>> Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you >>> recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from >>> anywhere on the internet. Say they are going to be traveling and >>> they know they

Re: [CentOS] PHP 5.2.x rpm for Centos 5? (any news)

2008-12-25 Thread John Thomas
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > Or you could just get it from the testing repo, and then BOTHER > REPORTING WHETHER OR NOT IT WORKS so that it can FINALLY get out of > testing. [Humor mode on, please forgive if not funny] WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO REPORT IT WORKING? [Humor mode off] Thank you for

[CentOS] Fasttrack Repo on CentOS 4

2008-12-25 Thread Vandaman
A quick question on the fasttrack repo which is now up to date with upstream. Why is the fasttrack repo not in the main CentOS-Base.repo file but contrib which has never had anything is included in the main CentOS-Base.repo file? The goal of CentOS is to be binary-compatible with upstream so fastt

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 25 December 2008 11:12:19 Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell > wrote: > > >>Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you > >>recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from > >>anywhere on the internet. Say they are going to

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread John R Pierce
Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell wrote: > > >>> Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you >>> recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from >>> anywhere on the internet. Say they are going to be traveling and >>> they know they

Re: [CentOS] Security advice, please

2008-12-25 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Bill Campbell wrote: >>Hi Warren, Nice explanation. I would like to ask what you >>recommend people do if they want to be able to ssh in from >>anywhere on the internet. Say they are going to be traveling and >>they know they will have to login from machines the

Re: [CentOS] Please share some RHCE/RHCT learning material

2008-12-25 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Xiaobo Zhu wrote: > will anyone please share me some material on RHCE/RHCT, I am fighting for > the Quality Engineer in RedHat, and that may help a lot in the coming > written exam. As a previous reply mentioned, there are two (2) factors in the Red Hat certifica