Re: blacklist.RSA-1024 missing?

2008-05-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Vineet Kumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [080515 10:39]: > I was able to find blacklist.RSA-1024 in Ubuntu's openssl-blacklist > package, and (fortunately) found that my 1024-bit RSA keys are in fact > not blacklisted. I guess this is probably because those keys were generated before op

blacklist.RSA-1024 missing?

2008-05-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
I'm a bit concerned about the many 1024-bit RSA keys I have on my system. To be on the safe side, I'm removing them and replacing them with newly-generated 2048-bit keys. I wonder though, why there's no blacklist.RSA-1024 in the openssh-blacklist package? Running ssh-vulnkey tells me "Unknown (n

Re: blacklist.RSA-1024 missing?

2008-05-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
I was able to find blacklist.RSA-1024 in Ubuntu's openssl-blacklist package, and (fortunately) found that my 1024-bit RSA keys are in fact not blacklisted. -- http://www.doorstop.net/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: QA needed for insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH in many wrapper scripts

2007-11-19 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Stefan Fritsch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [071116 13:03]: > is unset. (Actually, some scripts use "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH+: > $LD_LIBRARY_PATH}", which seems to work, too. But this is not > documented in the bash man page, at least I can't find it.) The difference between ${PARAMETER:+WORD} and ${PARAMETER

Re: [OT] Re: email notifications when users login

2006-09-28 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Horst Pflugstaedt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060923 10:53]: > On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 03:37:56PM -0400, Morgan Walker wrote: > > > > Thanks Michelle that worked perfect. Is there an easy variable I could > > throw in there that you know off hand which would include the time > > (MM/DD/) as well?

Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-22 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Uwe Hermann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060521 11:18]: > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward While I haven't yet gone through the actual content of the script, a note of style preference: Personally, I prefer using sysctl -w instead of echo > /proc/sys. I p

Re: How to prevent daemons from ever being started?

2006-05-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Maximiliano Curia ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060515 10:35]: > On Monday 15 May 2006 13:31, Lee Braiden wrote: > > On Monday 15 May 2006 16:09, Uwe Hermann wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > just a random question I wanted to ask for quite a while now: > > > > > > What is "the Debian way" to prevent any daemo

Re: getting to www servers from inside where they have an Internal IP

2006-02-04 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jan Luehr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060130 06:32]: > Hello > > Am Sonntag, 29. Januar 2006 19:45 schrieb hanasaki: > > The goal is to have an internal webserver: > > - DONE - running on a high numbered port > > - DONE - firewall forwards 80-> on webserver > > - DONE - external hits on

Re: Restricting ssh access to internet but not to internal network

2005-12-04 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Patrick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [051127 01:06]: > Thanks Steve. I've just tested your solution and it's working fine. I > invoked a second instance of sshd using a different configuration file, > i.e. > > ssh -f /etc/ssh/sshd_conf-internal > > which binds to port 22 all allows all users to login. T

Re: Sudo question

2005-07-18 Thread Vineet Kumar
* martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050708 02:23]: > also sprach Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.07.08.1057 +0200]: > > How is it possible that I can enable this user not only to run > > programs from this directory, but to kill the process he started when > > necessary using SUDO - witho

Re: Interesting iptables

2003-04-27 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Hanasaki JiJi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030419 08:40]: > The below two sets of rules seem to provide the same functionality, with > the excpetion that the second ruleset results in a timeout from the > 192.168.1.2 timing out on connections to some, only some, external hosts > on port 25. What coul

Re: VPN: SSH or IPSec???

2003-04-16 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Anne Carasik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030416 10:58]: > A true VPN is something like IPSec. SSH and SSL only tunnel TCP-based > traffic (at least that's what they are supposed to do). If you want a > true VPN, do not use SSH or SSL. Well, PPP can be used over an SSH tunnel. This way, you can send a

Re: is iptables enough?

2003-03-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030320 06:39 PST]: > Set it up to block everything and then selectively open ports until > everything works as desired. Depending on the applications it may be a > good idea to REJECT auth (identd) packets instead of dropping them - > so

Re: iptables help to forward ports please

2003-03-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Hanasaki JiJi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030320 09:55 PST]: > Lars Ellenberg wrote: > >but to me it seems more appropriate to use a simple store and forward > >smtp deamon on the firewall. > what package can i research for a store/foward server? > > I thought the secure way was not to run anything

Re: is iptables enough?

2003-03-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030320 06:39 PST]: > Set it up to block everything and then selectively open ports until > everything works as desired. Depending on the applications it may be a > good idea to REJECT auth (identd) packets instead of dropping them - > so

Re: iptables help to forward ports please

2003-03-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Hanasaki JiJi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030320 09:55 PST]: > Lars Ellenberg wrote: > >but to me it seems more appropriate to use a simple store and forward > >smtp deamon on the firewall. > what package can i research for a store/foward server? > > I thought the secure way was not to run anything

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Bernard Lheureux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030210 14:07]: > On Saturday 08 February 2003 15:23, Kristof Goossens wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to > > provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only >

Re: securing pop3

2003-02-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Bernard Lheureux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030210 14:07]: > On Saturday 08 February 2003 15:23, Kristof Goossens wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to > > provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only >

Re: firewall advice

2002-12-16 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Torrin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021215 19:21]: > Nicolas Boullis wrote: > > * Torrin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT -p TCP -s 0.0.0.0/0 --source-port > > > domain #53 > > > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT -p UDP -s 0.0.0.0/0 --source-port > > > domain #53 > >"Hey!

Re: firewall advice

2002-12-16 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Torrin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021215 19:21]: > Nicolas Boullis wrote: > > * Torrin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT -p TCP -s 0.0.0.0/0 --source-port > > > domain #53 > > > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT -p UDP -s 0.0.0.0/0 --source-port > > > domain #53 > >"Hey!

Re: "suspicious" apache log entries

2002-09-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Erik Rossen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020910 04:51]: > On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 03:28:42AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > As the law is concerned, this is like telling people they've left their > > front door unlocked by inviting yourself in and taking a dump on their > > c

Re: "suspicious" apache log entries

2002-09-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michael Renzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020910 03:12]: > Hi. > > Vineet Kumar wrote: > >>Phillip Hofmeister stated that one could use the Nimda backdoor on the > >>server that connects our server to setup a warning message on the > >>attacking computer'

Re: "suspicious" apache log entries

2002-09-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michael Renzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020910 02:55]: > Phillip Hofmeister stated that one could use the Nimda backdoor on the > server that connects our server to setup a warning message on the > attacking computer's desktop. I think this is a great idea, but I have > not been able to track do

Re: Attachment handling in Mutt

2002-08-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Patrick Maheral ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020808 08:22]: > Is there a way tell Mutt to list all attachments? If so, why isn't this > the default behaviour? Does view-attachments (bound by default to 'v') not work? It should show all attachments, even to multipart/alternative messages. From that at

Re: PGP

2002-08-07 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Daniel Rychlik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020802 13:43]: > Hello, > > I have recently setup PGP on my Debian server at home. I have setup > Exim for relay of 3 hosts. I would like to be able to include pgp > signature signing for the three hosts. My wife uses Outlook for her > email and I was wande

Re: LIST-DAEMON COMMAND {{ DIGEST MODE FLAG TRUE TOGGLE }} STOP END

2002-07-30 Thread Vineet Kumar
I believe that command must be issued in the body of the message rather than in the Subject: line. (Here is a demonstration of why a list configured to take configuration requests at the list address is a bad idea...) good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Great spirits have always

Re: Can you direct kernel messages?

2002-07-24 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Dale Amon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020723 03:44]: > Dumb question time. Does anyone know a way to limit kernel > messages to one vt? This has gets to be particularly > annoying if you go overboard with grsecurity audit messages :-) add "console=tty1" to your kernel command line. All messages will go

Re: SMTP problem.

2002-07-23 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Lars Roland Kristiansen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020723 00:37]: > Hi debian security geeks. > > I have a woody box running as a mail gateway with postfix (popbeforesmtp > and local relay for 192.168.2.1) and pop3 (soon to be imap just need > outlook 2002 in the company as it supports multiple imap a

Re: More SSH Fun (X11 forwarding)

2002-07-01 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Vineet Kumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020701 16:51]: > So anyway, here's a basic rundown of things to double-check: Add to this list that "UseLogin" is set to no (its default) and X11UseLocalhost is set to yes (its default) on the server. > I'm about to review the thre

Re: More SSH Fun (X11 forwarding)

2002-07-01 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Anne Carasik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020701 16:34]: > Hi Vineet, > > It doesn't matter--it's still does not work no matter what I do > to my X server. > > Anyway, I turned off xhost and X11 listening a while ago. Right. My point was that this is a way /around/ ssh forwarding. It won't make it any

Re: More SSH Fun (X11 forwarding)

2002-07-01 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Ashish Gulhati ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020701 16:17]: > > > Okay, having X11 listening for TCP connections with xhost + > > enabled didn't help. > > > > I'm open to other suggestions. :) > > Having X listening on the remote host isn't necessary for X11 > forwarding, nor is it necessary to do xhos

Re: More SSH Fun (X11 forwarding)

2002-07-01 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Anne Carasik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020701 16:01]: > This one time, David Caplan wrote: > > Hi, I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to do, maybe this will > > help :) > > does it matter if you authorize the other computer with xhost? > > or just a `xhost +` ? > > Nope, that didn't hel

Re: More SSH Fun (Minor)

2002-06-28 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Phillip Hofmeister ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020628 08:38]: > *Jun 28 11:31:34 Genesis PAM-env[5338]: Unable to open config file: > Permission denied* It seems that this is related to the PAM breakage noted in the recent versions with priv sep enabled. My guess would be that sinc

Re: Ssh not upgraded when doing apt-get upgrade?

2002-06-27 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Howland, Curtis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020627 17:15]: > I noticed the same thing when doing the 3.3 thing two days ago that I > commented on on this list. > > The security server is in my apt.sources list, but when I executed > "apt-get upgrade", it said "0 new, 0 to be removed, 1 package(s) not

Re: Ssh not upgraded when doing apt-get upgrade?

2002-06-27 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Tom Dominico ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020627 16:23]: > Hello, > > I am on testing, and when I do an apt-get update/apt-get upgrade, I do > not seem to be getting the "new and improved" ssh. I checked ssh -v, > and I'm not on 3.4 yet. I've done the "workarounds", so I shouldn't be > vulnerable, but

Re: SSH log weirdness

2002-06-07 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jeff Bonner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020607 18:33]: > On Fri 07 Jun 2002 16:27, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > sessionoptional pam_mail.so standard noenv > Hmm, interesting. Mine reads thusly: > >sessionoptional pam_mail.so standard noenv # [1] > > Not sure

Re: SSH log weirdness

2002-06-07 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jeff Bonner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020604 16:47]: > Whenever I logout from an SSH2 session now, I get the following > in my /var/log/messages: > >June 4 19:36:26 firegate sshd[24364]: PAM pam_putenv: delete >non-existent entry; MAIL > I'm not sure exactly why it's carping like that, but

Re: LDAP and TLS in woody

2002-05-14 Thread Vineet Kumar
* jogi hofmueller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020514 10:50]: > i am starting to set up a centryl LDAP server for various authentication > purposes. now i would of course like to have the thing using TLS ... and > found out that slapd in woody (don't know about other versions) does not > support TLS by def

Re: LDAP and TLS in woody

2002-05-14 Thread Vineet Kumar
* jogi hofmueller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020514 10:50]: > i am starting to set up a centryl LDAP server for various authentication > purposes. now i would of course like to have the thing using TLS ... and > found out that slapd in woody (don't know about other versions) does not > support TLS by de

Re: how to use -j DROPLOG in iptables?

2002-05-09 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Patrick Hsieh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020508 20:24]: > Hello, > > When I use -j DROPLOG in iptables, my woody complains: > iptables v1.2.6a: Couldn't load target > `DROPLOG':/lib/iptables/libipt_DROPLOG.so: cannot open shared object file: No > such file or directory > > Try `iptables -h' or 'ipt

Re: how to use -j DROPLOG in iptables?

2002-05-09 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Patrick Hsieh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020508 20:24]: > Hello, > > When I use -j DROPLOG in iptables, my woody complains: > iptables v1.2.6a: Couldn't load target `DROPLOG':/lib/iptables/libipt_DROPLOG.so: >cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > Try `iptables -h' or 'iptabl

Re: CNAME, iptables and qmail

2002-05-06 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michal Melewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020506 15:02]: > On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 01:47:54PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > This setup will work fine most of the time, but mysteriously fail when > > replies to your DNS queries are long. Your resolver tries to ask udp/53, > > but

Re: CNAME, iptables and qmail

2002-05-06 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michal Melewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020506 15:02]: > On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 01:47:54PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > This setup will work fine most of the time, but mysteriously fail when > > replies to your DNS queries are long. Your resolver tries to ask udp/53, >

Re: CNAME, iptables and qmail

2002-05-06 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michal Melewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020506 11:07]: > Hello > Try to add following lines into your firewall script: > iptables -A INPUT -p udp -i $DEV -s 0/0 --sport 53 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -p udp -i $DEV -s 0/0 -j DROP > iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -i $DEV -d 0/0 --dport 53 -j ACCEPT > >

Re: CNAME, iptables and qmail

2002-05-06 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michal Melewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020506 11:07]: > Hello > Try to add following lines into your firewall script: > iptables -A INPUT -p udp -i $DEV -s 0/0 --sport 53 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -p udp -i $DEV -s 0/0 -j DROP > iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -i $DEV -d 0/0 --dport 53 -j ACCEPT >

Re: Emulate real ip's to access intranet hosts from outside

2002-02-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Ramon Acedo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020210 14:43]: > I just want that when someone try to access to host1.mydomain.net from the > internet my firewall (and dns server) > forward the request to host1.local which has the private ip 192.168.1.20. I've thought about this problem, but I don't think ther

Re: Emulate real ip's to access intranet hosts from outside

2002-02-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
--KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Ramon Acedo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020210 14:43]: > I just want that when someone try to access to host1.mydomain.net from the > internet my firewall (and dns ser

Re: #124169: snort: Lack of logging to /var/log/secure in default setup & log permissions

2002-02-05 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Andrew Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020202 00:34]: > Hi everyone, > It's been over a month since I submitted bug report #124169 to > the BTS and snort's maintainer, Robert van der Meulen > , has not yet replied to me. This bug report is > effectively holding me back from releasing a fully opera

Re: #124169: snort: Lack of logging to /var/log/secure in defaultsetup & log permissions

2002-02-05 Thread Vineet Kumar
--WhfpMioaduB5tiZL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Andrew Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020202 00:34]: > Hi everyone, > It's been over a month since I submitted bug report #124169 to > the BTS and snort's maint

Re: ssh and scp and odd log reporting

2002-02-05 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Preben Randhol ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020202 05:22]: > Is this a normal log response when one use scp from one Debian machine > to another: > > debian-security@lists.debian.org > Is this a normal log response when one use scp from one Debian machine > to another: > > sshd[2494]: Accepted keyboard

Re: ssh and scp and odd log reporting

2002-02-05 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Preben Randhol ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020202 05:22]: > Is this a normal log response when one use scp from one Debian machine > to another: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is this a normal log response when one use scp from one Debian machine > to another: > > sshd[2494]: Accepted keyboard-interactive f

Re: per IP billing

2001-12-11 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Marcel Welschbillig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011205 16:35]: > I have ip tables running and i did a test with the -c flag but i get the > following response. > > proxy:/home# iptables -A INPUT -s 10.10.1.31 -i eth0 -c ACCEPT > iptables v1.2.4: -c requires packet and byte counter > > What am i missi

Re: per IP billing

2001-12-11 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Marcel Welschbillig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011205 16:35]: > I have ip tables running and i did a test with the -c flag but i get the > following response. > > proxy:/home# iptables -A INPUT -s 10.10.1.31 -i eth0 -c ACCEPT > iptables v1.2.4: -c requires packet and byte counter > > What am i miss

Re: ssh and root

2001-12-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Robert Epprecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011208 02:31]: > I need ssh to access some cvs servers. As the files are stored locally > below /usr/local/ and ordinary users have no write access there I called > ssh-keygen as root. But now I have my doubts if this was The Right > Thing to do regarding se

Re: ssh and root

2001-12-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Robert Epprecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011208 02:31]: > I need ssh to access some cvs servers. As the files are stored locally > below /usr/local/ and ordinary users have no write access there I called > ssh-keygen as root. But now I have my doubts if this was The Right > Thing to do regarding s

Re: ssh and root

2001-12-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Robert Epprecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011208 02:31]: > I need ssh to access some cvs servers. As the files are stored locally > below /usr/local/ and ordinary users have no write access there I called > ssh-keygen as root. But now I have my doubts if this was The Right > Thing to do regarding se

Re: ssh and root

2001-12-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Robert Epprecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011208 02:31]: > I need ssh to access some cvs servers. As the files are stored locally > below /usr/local/ and ordinary users have no write access there I called > ssh-keygen as root. But now I have my doubts if this was The Right > Thing to do regarding s

WAY OT (Re: In Praise of Dos (RE: Mutt & tmp files))

2001-11-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* J C Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011120 12:04]: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 21:57:05 -0600 > Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:26:50PM -0800, Petro wrote: > >> But his is hugely off topic, and I'll go no futher down this > >> road. > > > Could you at least honor my Mail-Follo

WAY OT (Re: In Praise of Dos (RE: Mutt & tmp files))

2001-11-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* J C Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011120 12:04]: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 21:57:05 -0600 > Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:26:50PM -0800, Petro wrote: > >> But his is hugely off topic, and I'll go no futher down this > >> road. > > > Could you at least honor my Mail-Foll

Re: SSH-RSH Conflict

2001-11-14 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Walter D. Sessions ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [03 09:38]: > Can anyone enlighten me as to why openssh-2.9..(deb package) would have a > conflict > with (rsh-client << 0.16.0)? I can see that other packages might need > rsh-client, but why > would ssh not install unless rsh-client > 0.16? Isn't ssh

Re: SSH-RSH Conflict

2001-11-14 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Walter D. Sessions ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [03 09:38]: > Can anyone enlighten me as to why openssh-2.9..(deb package) would have a conflict > with (rsh-client << 0.16.0)? I can see that other packages might need rsh-client, >but why > would ssh not install unless rsh-client > 0.16? Isn't ssh a

Re: log iptables

2001-11-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Davy Gigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011108 11:50]: > Osvaldo Mundim Junior writes: > > Hi, > > > > does anybody knowns what are TOS,PREC,TTL and RES of iptables`s log?? > > These are fields in IP packets : > > TOS stands for Type Of Service > PREC stands for precedence > > These one may be

Re: SPAM was RE: INSURE GOOD RECEPTION! VITAL EMERGENCY STRATEGY!!!

2001-11-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Sebastiaan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011109 14:44]: > High, > > On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Ed Street wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > Is there *anything* we can do about all this Spam that's getting on this > > list? > > Yes. We can silently ignore them rather than turn each one into a lengthy off-topic thread

Re: log iptables

2001-11-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Davy Gigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011108 11:50]: > Osvaldo Mundim Junior writes: > > Hi, > > > > does anybody knowns what are TOS,PREC,TTL and RES of iptables`s log?? > > These are fields in IP packets : > > TOS stands for Type Of Service > PREC stands for precedence > > These one may be

Re: SPAM was RE: INSURE GOOD RECEPTION! VITAL EMERGENCY STRATEGY!!!

2001-11-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Sebastiaan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011109 14:44]: > High, > > On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Ed Street wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > Is there *anything* we can do about all this Spam that's getting on this > > list? > > Yes. We can silently ignore them rather than turn each one into a lengthy off-topic threa

Re: Debconf and noexec on /tmp

2001-11-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Ethan Benson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011108 07:56]: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 03:43:56PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > Previously Ethan Benson wrote: > > > its not, it provides you NO extra security whatsoever, and will break > > > many many things. > > > > It breaks a fair number of scripts t

Re: FTP and security

2001-11-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Brandon High ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011108 12:25]: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 10:29:08PM +0100, Luc MAIGNAN wrote: > > Is FTP really insecure ? > > I use a version of ProFtpd. > > The protocol is insecure, since it sends login and authentication > information over the wire in clear text. ...which

Re: Debconf and noexec on /tmp

2001-11-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Ethan Benson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011108 07:56]: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 03:43:56PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > Previously Ethan Benson wrote: > > > its not, it provides you NO extra security whatsoever, and will break > > > many many things. > > > > It breaks a fair number of scripts

Re: FTP and security

2001-11-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Brandon High ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011108 12:25]: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 10:29:08PM +0100, Luc MAIGNAN wrote: > > Is FTP really insecure ? > > I use a version of ProFtpd. > > The protocol is insecure, since it sends login and authentication > information over the wire in clear text. ...which

Re: question about something, but don't know if it exists...

2001-11-08 Thread Vineet Kumar
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011106 05:54]: > Hallo, > > > > > happen few times that students stole their passwords and so on and mainly > > > they could steal even teacher's these days.) > > > > Can you get a shell account on the outside of your local network? > > If so SSH over t

Re: question about something, but don't know if it exists...

2001-11-07 Thread Vineet Kumar
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011106 05:54]: > Hallo, > > > > > happen few times that students stole their passwords and so on and mainly > > > they could steal even teacher's these days.) > > > > Can you get a shell account on the outside of your local network? > > If so SSH over

Re: central administration techniques

2001-10-19 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Juha J?ykk? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011019 07:57]: > I was wondering if there are any secure methods of centrally > managing the versions of certain files on Debian machines. I currently > have a woody, two sids and several potatos which need to be kept up to > date. The security patches are not m

Re: central administration techniques

2001-10-19 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Juha J?ykk? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011019 07:57]: > I was wondering if there are any secure methods of centrally > managing the versions of certain files on Debian machines. I currently > have a woody, two sids and several potatos which need to be kept up to > date. The security patches are not

Re: New IIS worm

2001-09-21 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Johann Schwarzmeier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010921 14:25]: > Hello, > > Hint: see wat iv'ed done: > > /etc/apache/srm.conf: > Alias /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe /usr/lib/cgi-bin/block.cgi > Alias /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe /usr/lib/cgi-bin/block.cgi > > The CGI: > > echo "You come from : ${REMOTE_A

Re: New IIS worm

2001-09-21 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Johann Schwarzmeier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010921 14:25]: > Hello, > > Hint: see wat iv'ed done: > > /etc/apache/srm.conf: > Alias /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe /usr/lib/cgi-bin/block.cgi > Alias /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe /usr/lib/cgi-bin/block.cgi > > The CGI: > > echo "You come from : ${REMOTE_

Re: setuid changes

2001-09-21 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Micah Anderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010921 10:23]: > I was thinking it would be nice to see what sort of new setuid > programs show up on my box each day... then I noticed that these are > already being logged in /var/log/setuid.today and > /var/log/setuid.yesterday. What makes these? It appears

Re: setuid changes

2001-09-21 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Micah Anderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010921 10:23]: > I was thinking it would be nice to see what sort of new setuid > programs show up on my box each day... then I noticed that these are > already being logged in /var/log/setuid.today and > /var/log/setuid.yesterday. What makes these? It appears

Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 076-1] New most packages available

2001-09-18 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Andres Salomon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010918 17:40]: > My point is, it's not a daemon, it's not associated w/ any type of network > service, it's not associated w/ any clients that regularly receive untrusted > data from outside sources, and it's not even used by default on most > people's boxes (l

Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 076-1] New most packages available

2001-09-18 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Andres Salomon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010918 17:40]: > My point is, it's not a daemon, it's not associated w/ any type of network > service, it's not associated w/ any clients that regularly receive untrusted > data from outside sources, and it's not even used by default on most > people's boxes (

Re: Listening Ports

2001-09-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010915 17:13]: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 05:49:55PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * Alexander Reelsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010910 01:24]: > > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:31:57PM -0400, hpknight wrote: > > > > It

Re: Listening Ports

2001-09-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010915 17:13]: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 05:49:55PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * Alexander Reelsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010910 01:24]: > > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:31:57PM -0400, hpknight wrote: > > > >

Re: Listening Ports

2001-09-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
(apologies to anyone who receives this twice; I believe I had exim not listening the first time I sent it!) * Alexander Reelsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010910 01:24]: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:31:57PM -0400, hpknight wrote: > > It depends on the process that is binding the port. If you're using >

Re: Listening Ports

2001-09-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Alexander Reelsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010910 01:24]: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:31:57PM -0400, hpknight wrote: > > It depends on the process that is binding the port. If you're using > > xinetd you can specify which interface to bind the port on. If the > > program/daemon doesn't allow you t

Re: Listening Ports

2001-09-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
(apologies to anyone who receives this twice; I believe I had exim not listening the first time I sent it!) * Alexander Reelsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010910 01:24]: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:31:57PM -0400, hpknight wrote: > > It depends on the process that is binding the port. If you're using

Re: Listening Ports

2001-09-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Alexander Reelsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010910 01:24]: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:31:57PM -0400, hpknight wrote: > > It depends on the process that is binding the port. If you're using > > xinetd you can specify which interface to bind the port on. If the > > program/daemon doesn't allow you

Re: Why do people do this? [Was fishingboat in root]

2001-08-31 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jamie Heilman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010831 10:34]: > Jason Thomas wrote: > > > maybe ask the maintainer of the package to change it to something > > meaningful! > > better yet, uninstall the package and boycott stupid behavior That's not really better ... it's not like packages are in competiti

Re: Why do people do this? [Was fishingboat in root]

2001-08-31 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jamie Heilman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010831 10:34]: > Jason Thomas wrote: > > > maybe ask the maintainer of the package to change it to something > > meaningful! > > better yet, uninstall the package and boycott stupid behavior That's not really better ... it's not like packages are in competit

Re: Is ident secure?

2001-08-30 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Alisson Sellaro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:45]: > Hi again folks > > I was checking my firewall logs and have detected lots of TCP/113 > dropped packets. Checking /etc/services I realized it was ident > traffic. What do you think about such service? Should I let it blocked > or should I allo

Re: Is ident secure?

2001-08-30 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Alisson Sellaro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010830 19:45]: > Hi again folks > > I was checking my firewall logs and have detected lots of TCP/113 > dropped packets. Checking /etc/services I realized it was ident > traffic. What do you think about such service? Should I let it blocked > or should I all

Re: Locking down a guest account - need help.

2001-08-03 Thread Vineet Kumar
* David Ehle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010803 14:53]: > Thanks Andrew, Thanks Jim. > >I'll layer them on and sleep better tonight ;). > > Stopping the middle button menu behavior is still causing me to pull my > hair out though. Tried changing the behavior of the middle button in the > /enlighte

Re: Locking down a guest account - need help.

2001-08-03 Thread Vineet Kumar
* David Ehle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010803 14:53]: > Thanks Andrew, Thanks Jim. > >I'll layer them on and sleep better tonight ;). > > Stopping the middle button menu behavior is still causing me to pull my > hair out though. Tried changing the behavior of the middle button in the > /enlight

Re: secure pop3

2001-08-02 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michael Knoop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010802 11:41]: > I have done this, and it is not hard. You have to connect SSH with local > port forwarding on port 110. Then, set your mail client to use a pop3 > server on localhost. SSH will forward the pop3 request to the connected > machine and send you

Re: secure pop3

2001-08-02 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michael Knoop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010802 11:41]: > I have done this, and it is not hard. You have to connect SSH with local > port forwarding on port 110. Then, set your mail client to use a pop3 > server on localhost. SSH will forward the pop3 request to the connected > machine and send your

Re: iptables install

2001-07-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jeff Coppock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010720 12:54]: >Dilemna: >I want to run iptables, but I'm running stable. I have a >clean, bootable 2.4.6 kernel (took awhile, but I got it), and >then realized that the iptable package in not in stable, but >is in testing and unstable. I lo

Re: iptables install

2001-07-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jeff Coppock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010720 12:54]: >Dilemna: >I want to run iptables, but I'm running stable. I have a >clean, bootable 2.4.6 kernel (took awhile, but I got it), and >then realized that the iptable package in not in stable, but >is in testing and unstable. I l

Re: DoS prevention techquies.

2001-07-17 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Stefan Srdic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010716 21:01]: > > What exactly do these paramters do, and should I be toying around with > them? > Sorry for the smarmy repsonse, but the answer to the second question is "at least not until you are able to answer the first question". Too bad I can't help y

Re: DoS prevention techquies.

2001-07-16 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Stefan Srdic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010716 21:01]: > > What exactly do these paramters do, and should I be toying around with > them? > Sorry for the smarmy repsonse, but the answer to the second question is "at least not until you are able to answer the first question". Too bad I can't help

Re: Sudo and Chown?

2001-07-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jason Healy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010712 17:23]: > > chmod/chown are extremely dangerous binaries to give root privs on, as > they essentially give you the ability to setuid anything to root. > That said, most binaries can be dangerous when given root privs (bash, > cat, echo, rm, cp, mv, tar). >

Re: Sudo and Chown?

2001-07-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Siggy Brentrup ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010712 17:13]: > > Assuming the file resides on an ext2 fs, consider chattr +i, even root > can't create a hardlink nor modify the file without removing the > immutable attribute. > ...but making all files in the filesystem immutable (minus those that shou

Re: Sudo and Chown?

2001-07-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Jason Healy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010712 17:23]: > > chmod/chown are extremely dangerous binaries to give root privs on, as > they essentially give you the ability to setuid anything to root. > That said, most binaries can be dangerous when given root privs (bash, > cat, echo, rm, cp, mv, tar).

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