Re: [CentOS] Program to ban sniffers

2009-06-20 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Very carefully... Lol, you missed the point. It's impossible. I was bluntly suggesting the reply was not applicable nor on topic to the op's post. Port scanning and packet sniffing have nothing to do with each other... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@ce

Re: [CentOS] Program to ban sniffers

2009-06-20 Thread Barry Brimer
> I doubt there is a program like this, but I would love to have a program > that listens at common ports that I do not use at all...and only allow that > program to listen to it, especially the usual ssh port (using a different > one for real ssh)... > > That program would then, upon receiving a '

Re: [CentOS] Program to ban sniffers

2009-06-20 Thread Linux Advocate
> > That program would then, upon receiving a 'sniff' or 'user' would then add > that ip to the deny hosts lists..for either a long or short time. > > Using this would seem like a win as you can easily grab someone before they > can get somewhere one hopes. > Also, by opening up a few other

Re: [CentOS] Program to ban sniffers

2009-06-20 Thread Jacques B.
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: > So I have been reading the ssh attack thread and finally want to ask about > something. > > I doubt there is a program like this, but I would love to have a program > that listens at common ports that I do not use at all...and only allow that >

Re: [CentOS] Program to ban sniffers

2009-06-20 Thread Jacques B.
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>However if you are referring to packet sniffers there is no solid way of >>blocking them. > > How exactly would I sniff the packets from say my work computer between > someone's home computer and work server? > ___

Re: [CentOS] Program to ban sniffers

2009-06-20 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>However if you are referring to packet sniffers there is no solid way of >blocking them. How exactly would I sniff the packets from say my work computer between someone's home computer and work server? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://l

Re: [CentOS] Program to ban sniffers

2009-06-20 Thread James Matthews
However if you are referring to packet sniffers there is no solid way of blocking them. On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 3:49 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > >In other words, anyone hitting those ports that are not being used at all > >except by our sniff protector, would allow instant banning. > > > >So..

Re: [CentOS] Program to ban sniffers

2009-06-20 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>In other words, anyone hitting those ports that are not being used at all >except by our sniff protector, would allow instant banning. > >So...does something like this exist? I don't know of a program that specifically listens to defined ports and acts on that, but fail2ban would accomplish the e

Re: [CentOS] Program to ban sniffers

2009-06-20 Thread Frank Cox
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:35:00 -0400 Bob Hoffman wrote: > So...does something like this exist? fail2ban -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listin

[CentOS] Program to ban sniffers

2009-06-20 Thread Bob Hoffman
So I have been reading the ssh attack thread and finally want to ask about something. I doubt there is a program like this, but I would love to have a program that listens at common ports that I do not use at all...and only allow that program to listen to it, especially the usual ssh port (using a

Re: [CentOS] card reader not responding

2009-06-20 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Michael Klinosky wrote: > > Akemi Yagi wrote: > > You might want to try the kernel drivers Alan Bartlett built about > > half an hour ago and released from the ELRepo site ( http://elrepo.org > > ).  The details are in this CentOS forum thread: > > > > http://www.c

Re: [CentOS] card reader not responding

2009-06-20 Thread Michael Klinosky
Akemi Yagi wrote: > You might want to try the kernel drivers Alan Bartlett built about > half an hour ago and released from the ELRepo site ( http://elrepo.org > ). The details are in this CentOS forum thread: > > http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=14578&foru

Re: [CentOS] card reader not responding

2009-06-20 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Michael Klinosky wrote: > I saved pictures on an SD card with my Nokia phone (1 GB). Now, I'm > trying to use the card on my Acer Aspire 3680 (laptop) running 5.3 and > gnome. > > Popping the card in (until it clicks) evokes nothing from the system log > or dmesg, a

Re: [CentOS] card reader not responding

2009-06-20 Thread nate
Michael Klinosky wrote: > nate wrote: >> You can try to find the drivers yourself and compile them from >> source but I think for you is probably more trouble than it's >> worth given my impression of your linux experience. > > Ok - the curious / adventurous part of me wants to know if that's all >

Re: [CentOS] ssh security

2009-06-20 Thread Frank Cox
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:17:30 +0300 (AST) fabian wrote: > The problem was solved after using a non standard port for ssh. You haven't solved the problem, because you haven't solved this problem: > but wonder how it was gettin through my firewall You should be finding this out. Traffic of unknow

Re: [CentOS] ssh security

2009-06-20 Thread fabian
> > >> > [Normal log stuff from dictionary attack deleted...] >> >> This is common, and, presuming you have good passwords or only >> accept authorized_keys, not a real problem other than large log >> files. >> >> Look at fail2ban for a method that will automatically add >> iptables blocks when thi

Re: [CentOS] More then one version of KDE

2009-06-20 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Robert Spangler wrote: > Is it possible to have more then one version of KDE installed and switch > between them? I'd like to try out the new KDE but don't want to lose what > I > have now. Thnx Maybe try it, using VMWare or Virtual Box, so you do not destroy

Re: [CentOS] Postfix question: How to reject email with a certain subject header

2009-06-20 Thread Gilbert Sebenste
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, John R Pierce wrote: > nate wrote: >> Gilbert Sebenste wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> Occasionally I get emails which have a subject header of "Rejected posting >>> to Blah", from a listserv I am on. Without going into a 10 page diatribe >>> of why, I'd like to reject t

Re: [CentOS] Yum Repo that has xcache

2009-06-20 Thread luc...@lastdot.org
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:55 PM, wrote: > James Matthews wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am wondering where I can get a repo that has xcache. (Or if anyone has >> any tips on a PHP optimizer) > > How about > http://www.jasonlitka.com/yum-repository/ > Looks to have XCache 1.2.2 > > > -- > Andrew > _

[CentOS] usb issue on my motherboard

2009-06-20 Thread Jerry Geis
I have found this http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10913 I am running that motherboard with 2.6.18-128.1.10 x86_64 and I have the USB issues. I dont really want to use a later kernel for a couple reasons one being the ATI Catalyst drivers dont work on later kernels (I tried on another m

Re: [CentOS] card reader not responding

2009-06-20 Thread Michael Klinosky
nate wrote: > You can try to find the drivers yourself and compile them from > source but I think for you is probably more trouble than it's > worth given my impression of your linux experience. Ok - the curious / adventurous part of me wants to know if that's all I'd have to do. Not that I'm con

Re: [CentOS] card reader not responding

2009-06-20 Thread fred smith
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 07:03:02AM -0700, nate wrote: > Michael Klinosky wrote: > > > So, one problem seems to be that I'm unfamiliar with modprobe; what's > > wrong? Do I need to install something? > > In my experience at least many card readers that are integrated > into laptops have compatibil

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Re: [CentOS] card reader not responding

2009-06-20 Thread nate
Michael Klinosky wrote: > So, one problem seems to be that I'm unfamiliar with modprobe; what's > wrong? Do I need to install something? In my experience at least many card readers that are integrated into laptops have compatibility issues with linux. It may be possible to get them working but of

[CentOS] card reader not responding

2009-06-20 Thread Michael Klinosky
I saved pictures on an SD card with my Nokia phone (1 GB). Now, I'm trying to use the card on my Acer Aspire 3680 (laptop) running 5.3 and gnome. Popping the card in (until it clicks) evokes nothing from the system log or dmesg, and I don't see anything relevant in /dev. (What is the device fo

[CentOS] Minor dovecot/KMail problem

2009-06-20 Thread Timothy Murphy
I'm running a dovecot/IMAP server under CentOS-5.3 on my desktop, reading the mail with KMail on my laptop. I have what seems a venerable and well-documented problem/bug; when I click on "Check Mail" I get an error message "Error while getting folder information" ... Actually, this doesn't appear