Re: how to check bind9 chroot

2004-03-26 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Costas Magkos said on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:53:49PM +0200: > Hi all, > > I have set up bind9 in a chroot'ed enviroment. I've just found out that > I should have added SYSLOGD="-a /var/lib/bind9/dev/log" in > /etc/init.d/sysklogd in order for bind to be able to log messages after > it starts u

Re: how to check bind9 chroot

2004-03-26 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Costas Magkos said on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:53:49PM +0200: > Hi all, > > I have set up bind9 in a chroot'ed enviroment. I've just found out that > I should have added SYSLOGD="-a /var/lib/bind9/dev/log" in > /etc/init.d/sysklogd in order for bind to be able to log messages after > it starts u

Re: Hardening named.conf

2004-01-28 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Dale Amon said on Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:11:16PM +: > I've finally been annoyed enough by spammer hits on > my DNS that I've pulled out the BOG for the first time > in several years. > > What I'd like to accomplish is the following: > > * allow-query for a specific list of addresses >

Re: Hardening named.conf

2004-01-28 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Dale Amon said on Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:11:16PM +: > I've finally been annoyed enough by spammer hits on > my DNS that I've pulled out the BOG for the first time > in several years. > > What I'd like to accomplish is the following: > > * allow-query for a specific list of addresses >

Re: How efficient is mounting /usr ro?

2003-10-09 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Steve Wray said on Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 01:22:48PM +1300: > The answer we came up with was to update boxes by rsync > with --delete You may want to look at systemimager; it already does this, and it already knows to exclude the stuff that you don't want to rsync. I've been doing something like t

Re: How efficient is mounting /usr ro?

2003-10-09 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Steve Wray said on Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 01:22:48PM +1300: > The answer we came up with was to update boxes by rsync > with --delete You may want to look at systemimager; it already does this, and it already knows to exclude the stuff that you don't want to rsync. I've been doing something like t

Re: crontab failure for daylight savings

2003-10-06 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Billy Naylor said on Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 11:04:37AM +1300: > Hi > > It appears that cronjobs running between 2am and 3am sunday morning > seem to not have been run, i'm in New Zealand which went into summer > daylight savings over the weekend. > > Has anyone else seen this problem? I think this

Re: crontab failure for daylight savings

2003-10-06 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Billy Naylor said on Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 11:04:37AM +1300: > Hi > > It appears that cronjobs running between 2am and 3am sunday morning > seem to not have been run, i'm in New Zealand which went into summer > daylight savings over the weekend. > > Has anyone else seen this problem? I think this

Re: new open udp port with bind 9.2.3rc

2003-09-29 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Norbert Tretkowski said on Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 03:34:16PM +0200: > I've upgraded to bind 9.2.3rc4 because of that new delegation-only > feature, and I noticed that bind is opening a new udp port. > > , > | udp0 0 0.0.0.0:43338 0.0.0.0:* > 2272

Re: easiest way to configure STARTTLS and PAM/AUTH on debian sendmail?

2003-09-29 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Jeff Wiegley said on Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 06:08:35AM +: > What is the easiest method (preferrably one that doesn't require sasl) > to get AUTH setup so that: > 1) non-STARTTLS connections do NOT offer PLAIN or LOGIN, and > 2) STARTTLS connections do honor PLAIN or LOGIN? > > I'm 100% again

Re: new open udp port with bind 9.2.3rc

2003-09-29 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Norbert Tretkowski said on Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 03:34:16PM +0200: > I've upgraded to bind 9.2.3rc4 because of that new delegation-only > feature, and I noticed that bind is opening a new udp port. > > , > | udp0 0 0.0.0.0:43338 0.0.0.0:* > 2272

Re: easiest way to configure STARTTLS and PAM/AUTH on debian sendmail?

2003-09-29 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Jeff Wiegley said on Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 06:08:35AM +: > What is the easiest method (preferrably one that doesn't require sasl) > to get AUTH setup so that: > 1) non-STARTTLS connections do NOT offer PLAIN or LOGIN, and > 2) STARTTLS connections do honor PLAIN or LOGIN? > > I'm 100% again

Re: ssh + opie?

2003-08-14 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Bradley Alexander said on Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 01:36:06AM -0400: > I tried to set this up again recently on another machine, and found that > privelege separation breaks this functionality. Does anyone know of a > workaround to provide similar functionality? I think you have to turn off PrivSep to

Re: ssh + opie?

2003-08-08 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Bradley Alexander said on Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 01:36:06AM -0400: > I tried to set this up again recently on another machine, and found that > privelege separation breaks this functionality. Does anyone know of a > workaround to provide similar functionality? I think you have to turn off PrivSep to

Re: Advice Needed On Recent Rootings

2003-06-04 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Phillip Hofmeister said on Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:02:09AM -0400: > However, for the most part, chrooting is a valid countermeasure/method > to compartmentalize. It is a shame that no distribution comes with > packages natively created with/for chrooting. I believe that OpenBSD does. Also, Debi

Re: Advice Needed On Recent Rootings

2003-06-03 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Phillip Hofmeister said on Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:02:09AM -0400: > However, for the most part, chrooting is a valid countermeasure/method > to compartmentalize. It is a shame that no distribution comes with > packages natively created with/for chrooting. I believe that OpenBSD does. Also, Debi

Re: "chroot" + "mount --bind" + "ln" _or_ "chroot" + "cp -a"?

2003-05-31 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Jarno Gassenbauer said on Fri, May 30, 2003 at 07:56:35PM +0200: > I'm setting up a chrooted apache. All howto's I found > _copy_ the required files into the directory that they > later chroot into. > Is it OK (read: safe) to use hardlinks and > "mount --bind" instead? I don't think so. From wh

Re: "chroot" + "mount --bind" + "ln" _or_ "chroot" + "cp -a"?

2003-05-30 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Jarno Gassenbauer said on Fri, May 30, 2003 at 07:56:35PM +0200: > I'm setting up a chrooted apache. All howto's I found > _copy_ the required files into the directory that they > later chroot into. > Is it OK (read: safe) to use hardlinks and > "mount --bind" instead? I don't think so. From wh

Re: Could sudo be an security issue?

2003-05-14 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Keegan Quinn said on Wed, May 14, 2003 at 04:59:52PM -0700: > Think about a scenario in which this would actually make a difference. If > someone has cracked any admin's password, on a normal /etc/shadow-based > system, why couldn't they also crack root? Sure, perhaps one could be > sniffed, b

Re: chrooting bind9

2003-01-04 Thread Mark Ferlatte
begin Stefano Salvi quote on Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 06:19:53PM +0100: > There are two chances to do this: > 1) using parameter --chroot of 'start-stop-daemon' > 2) using parameter -t of bind > In both ways I have to use -u parameter of bind to change user, otherwise > it can't get privileged resour

Re: chrooting bind9

2003-01-04 Thread Mark Ferlatte
begin Stefano Salvi quote on Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 06:19:53PM +0100: > There are two chances to do this: > 1) using parameter --chroot of 'start-stop-daemon' > 2) using parameter -t of bind > In both ways I have to use -u parameter of bind to change user, otherwise > it can't get privileged resour

Re: export problems on security updates?

2002-10-09 Thread Mark Ferlatte
begin Alberto Cortés quote on Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 10:21:31PM +0200: > Since I am not living in the US, and some security updates deals with > cryptographic software, I understand that it will be illegal for me > downloading these updates from outside of the USA. I don't believe this is true any

Re: export problems on security updates?

2002-10-09 Thread Mark Ferlatte
begin Alberto Cortés quote on Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 10:21:31PM +0200: > Since I am not living in the US, and some security updates deals with > cryptographic software, I understand that it will be illegal for me > downloading these updates from outside of the USA. I don't believe this is true an