Re: Using multicast for security updates

2006-02-23 Thread Edward Faulkner
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 04:40:38PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Instead of having all users connect and DL their own copies of security updates (which requires tremendous bandwidth), would it be possible to use multicast to 'broadcast' the updates. The thought is that updates could be

Re: Using multicast for security updates

2006-02-23 Thread Edward Faulkner
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:13:35AM +1100, Geoff Crompton wrote: When you say The server runs a tracker, are you explaining bittorrent, or do the security.debian.org servers actually run a tracker at the moment? I was just explaining bittorrent. Sorry for the confusion. How well does

Re: a compromised machine

2005-07-26 Thread Edward Faulkner
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 10:02:52PM +0200, Nejc Novak wrote: Can you get any information out of this cron file? I tried creating the same exec that this file creats, but obiously i was doing sth wrong :) The crontab writes out a binary file and executes it. I straced the binary on a virtual

Re: a compromised machine

2005-07-26 Thread Edward Faulkner
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:39:20PM -0400, Edward Faulkner wrote: It's attempting to connect to two different hosts: Never mind that second address... that's my DNS... sheepish grin/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: handling private keys

2005-06-28 Thread Edward Faulkner
On 6/28/05, Radu Spineanu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone heard of an implementation, or at least a whitepaper related to creating some kind of secure zone where i can keep these keys ? If you're using strong enough passwords, your keys would still be pretty safe. An attacker could try

Re: handling private keys

2005-06-28 Thread Edward Faulkner
On 6/28/05, Rick Moen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine is called a PalmPilot with Keyring (3DES password store) installed, where I'm careful about what I install on it. It strikes me that threat models are more easily isolated and dealth with on a PDA than on a networked computer, especially a

Re: Spyware / Adware

2004-08-31 Thread Edward Faulkner
I have been using Linux continuously for 4 years and have never once been infected with a virus, trojan, or adware. It simply doesn't happen. However, I have seen unmaintained machines get hacked. Like any software, you need to stay current to stay safe. Debian has an excellent security