Re: PermitRootLogin enabled by default

2002-06-26 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 02:11:00PM +0200, InfoEmergencias - Luis Gómez wrote: > IMHO, we'd better set it to no. I always thought it was much better. Is > there any landscape in which you may want to allow direct root login to > your host? Yes, there is. For example I have some servers that retrie

Re: SOME ITEMS THAT YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN OR BE ABLE TO ADVISE ME ON

2002-01-24 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 09:34:35AM +0100, Robert van der Meulen wrote: > Quoting James ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > We could start by blocking @aol.com =) > Or by all running good anti-spam measures and not replying to spam; I didn't > even know it was there until people started replying to it, and i

Re: SOME ITEMS THAT YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN OR BE ABLE TO ADVISE ME ON

2002-01-24 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 09:34:35AM +0100, Robert van der Meulen wrote: > Quoting James ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > We could start by blocking @aol.com =) > Or by all running good anti-spam measures and not replying to spam; I didn't > even know it was there until people started replying to it, and

Re: buffer overflow in /bin/gzip?

2001-11-21 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:47:49AM -0600, Bryan Andersen wrote: > On thing I think is quite important is to get rid of calls to > routines that it is possible to buffer overflow. OpenBSD has a > "feature" in their version of gcc that will cause a compile time > error message telling you when o

Re: buffer overflow in /bin/gzip?

2001-11-21 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:47:49AM -0600, Bryan Andersen wrote: > On thing I think is quite important is to get rid of calls to > routines that it is possible to buffer overflow. OpenBSD has a > "feature" in their version of gcc that will cause a compile time > error message telling you when

Re: Is ident secure?

2001-09-01 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 06:41:42AM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote: > "Layne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > OK they just keep coming. I had 8 messages at 11:00PM , all of who I knew. > > Now I have 227 in my in box of solicitors all of who I didn't subscribe to. > > And you wonder why I get mad. > > D

Re: Is ident secure?

2001-09-01 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 06:41:42AM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote: > "Layne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > OK they just keep coming. I had 8 messages at 11:00PM , all of who I knew. > > Now I have 227 in my in box of solicitors all of who I didn't subscribe to. > > And you wonder why I get mad. > >

Re: aargh... I am being asked to change to SuSE

2001-07-16 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 11:03:41AM +0300, Juha Jäykkä wrote: > Anyone care to help me: I need some _strong_ points in favour of > Debian, against SuSE. No crap, please. I need to presuade my superiors > to turn from RH to Debian instead of SuSE as they would like to do. I > need strong evidence

Re: aargh... I am being asked to change to SuSE

2001-07-16 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 11:03:41AM +0300, Juha Jäykkä wrote: > Anyone care to help me: I need some _strong_ points in favour of > Debian, against SuSE. No crap, please. I need to presuade my superiors > to turn from RH to Debian instead of SuSE as they would like to do. I > need strong evidence

Re: SMB passwords etc (was "How can I help ?")

2000-06-14 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:10:09PM +0100, Zak Kipling wrote: > I'm no PAM or SMB expert, but I would imagine (if it hasn't been done) it > would be feasible to make a stacked "password" module to do the reverse, > ie to update the SMB password (including optionally creating the entry in > the smbp

Re: SMB passwords etc (was "How can I help ?")

2000-06-14 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:10:09PM +0100, Zak Kipling wrote: > I'm no PAM or SMB expert, but I would imagine (if it hasn't been done) it > would be feasible to make a stacked "password" module to do the reverse, > ie to update the SMB password (including optionally creating the entry in > the smb

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:46:12PM -0700, Ryan White wrote: > As I recall after windows 95 the passwords are sent over the line > encrypted. The encryption might be weak but they are not clear text > anymore. > There is a switch in SMB to allow encrypted passwords. This is ON by > default in deb

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:46:12PM -0700, Ryan White wrote: > As I recall after windows 95 the passwords are sent over the line > encrypted. The encryption might be weak but they are not clear text > anymore. > There is a switch in SMB to allow encrypted passwords. This is ON by > default in de

Re: bind running as root in Mandrake 7.0

2000-06-07 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 04:17:41AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > i don't think it is necessary (or really desirable) to have the > postinst asking about running bind as root, i think that the number of > people who need it is far to small to justify ya interuption in the > system install. I tend