Verifying dependencins of DEB file(s)

2018-11-13 Thread Tomáš Golembiovský
Hi, I need to safely install a DEB file (or set of DEB files) without network connectivity and with tools normally present on small Debian installation. More precisely I would either like to install the package or leave the system in state before the attempt. However, it seems there is no way to

Re: Display problems after installation (Stretch)

2018-11-13 Thread Felix Miata
Robert Kopp composed on 2018-11-14 05:28 (UTC): ... > I succeeded in installing Debian Stretch (x64), but not in getting suitable > graphical > performance. My system includes a 4D display (3840 x 2160), LG 24UD58, and an > AMD RX 480 display > adapter (should use amdgpu). Ubuntu and Fedora both

Re: Re (2): Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 12:55:06PM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Correct? No reliable means of testing a > password without giving away the hashed password file exists? It's rather 'no fast way of bruteforcing a password without giving away its hash exists'. You can always try t

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 04:47:39PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 13 November 2018 14:01:51 Reco wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 12:49:17PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 13 November 2018 11:23:13 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > https://

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread peter
* From: Brian * Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 18:14:32 + > OTOH, if a*isvg is known to be the name of your dog... The reference in my enquiry is clear about that. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_good_password Section 4.3. "Do not choose guessable wor

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread peter
* From: Brian * Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:14:41 + > OP sits tight and does not expand on what he wants to defend against. To the best of my understanding a password is used to allow legitimate access and prevent illegitimate access. More details in these pages. https://en.wikipe

Re: Paypal and Linux in a low graphics environment.

2018-11-13 Thread Karen Lewellen
Oh I have spoken with the executive office more than once, is where I am getting the claim. On Tue, 13 Nov 2018, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 13 November 2018 18:04:44 Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi Folks, More for those using tools like links then tools like Firefox, because I only have acces

Re: Paypal and Linux in a low graphics environment.

2018-11-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 November 2018 18:04:44 Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi Folks, > More for those using tools like links then tools like Firefox, because > I only have access to Linux via a shell. > Is there an alternative door to paypal, or a paypal alternative? > Changes in the past week or so makes even

Paypal and Linux in a low graphics environment.

2018-11-13 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Folks, More for those using tools like links then tools like Firefox, because I only have access to Linux via a shell. Is there an alternative door to paypal, or a paypal alternative? Changes in the past week or so makes even elinks a problem. Does not help speaking personally that Paypal i

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 November 2018 14:01:51 Reco wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 12:49:17PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 13 November 2018 11:23:13 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_ > > >good _password specifies

Re (2): Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread peter
From: pe...@easthope.ca Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:39:40 -0800 > We refer to two completely different processes or I completely miss > the point. Gene, in your scenario the crook has a copy of the hash of the password file. Correct? No reliable means of testing a password without giving a

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Brian
On Tue 13 Nov 2018 at 22:00:00 +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 01:37:22PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > It's not even adequate against rainbow table hash attacks and hasn't > > been for several years by now either. > > That's why they using salted hashes for password

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Dan Ritter
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > * From: Gene Heskett > * Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:49:17 -0500 > > "John the ripper" can find a 6 char word in a couple seconds on a slow > > machine. > > We refer to two completely different processes or I completely miss > the point. After an incorrect pass

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread peter
* From: Gene Heskett * Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:49:17 -0500 > "John the ripper" can find a 6 char word in a couple seconds on a slow > machine. We refer to two completely different processes or I completely miss the point. After an incorrect password is submitted, the authenticati

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Reco
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 12:49:17PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 13 November 2018 11:23:13 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_good > >_password specifies "6 to 8 characters". Is that adequate against > > currently

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 01:37:22PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > It's not even adequate against rainbow table hash attacks and hasn't > been for several years by now either. That's why they using salted hashes for passwords in /etc/shadow for the last 15 years at least - and it's cons

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
It's not even adequate against rainbow table hash attacks and hasn't been for several years by now either. On Tue, 13 Nov 2018, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:23:13 > From: pe...@easthope.ca > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: pe...@easthope.ca > Subject: Password polic

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Brian
On Tue 13 Nov 2018 at 08:23:13 -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_good_password > specifies "6 to 8 characters". Is that adequate against currently > available brute force? Much too fuzzy a question. You are going to have

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 November 2018 11:23:13 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_good >_password specifies "6 to 8 characters". Is that adequate against > currently available brute force? > > Thanks, ... Pet

Re: Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 08:23:13AM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_good_password > specifies "6 to 8 characters". Is that adequate against currently available > brute force? $ hashcat --session 6to8 -m1800

Password policy.

2018-11-13 Thread peter
Hi, https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_good_password specifies "6 to 8 characters". Is that adequate against currently available brute force? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avo

Subject: Re: Mystery interface reported by ip.

2018-11-13 Thread peter
> That's unusual, to say the least. Definitely beyond my experience. > And what about this: > udevadm test /sys/class/net/LocLCS218301788 Will report on that when at the site again November 20 or so. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designe

Re: Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

2018-11-13 Thread peter
* From: Greg Wooledge * Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:15:13 -0500 > So move them to scripts instead. Or a single script. Likely the 2nd (archive build) and 3rd (DVD burn) stages will be combined after they have worked for a few weeks with no obvious problems. The first stage will rema

Re: Archiving content of a directory on a DVD-R.

2018-11-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 06:15:29PM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > I was afraid you meant that. =8~) My three scripts are executed > interactively. To my knowledge there can be only one script in a file. > =8~| By defining chell functions, all three are in .bashrc. =8~) So move them to sc

Re: heads up: timidity causes pulseaudio to not find sound cards

2018-11-13 Thread Eric S Fraga
Very helpful. Thanks. I'll keep this around in case I lose sound again! -- Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50 & org 9.1.13 on Debian 9.5

Re: Suspend - which packages are at least needed?

2018-11-13 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 09:39:19AM +0100, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > in earlier times suspend-to-disk worked fine, but now after the years things > changed. Suspend-to-disk is no more working. This might be by changes in the > kernel and in the packages. More like 'in the packages

Re: Suspend - which packages are at least needed?

2018-11-13 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 13.11.2018 13:39, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > in earlier times suspend-to-disk worked fine, but now after the years things > changed. Suspend-to-disk is no more working. This might be by changes in the > kernel and in the packages. > > So I want to do a fresh configuration for susspending. >

Suspend - which packages are at least needed?

2018-11-13 Thread Hans
Hi folks, in earlier times suspend-to-disk worked fine, but now after the years things changed. Suspend-to-disk is no more working. This might be by changes in the kernel and in the packages. So I want to do a fresh configuration for susspending. What packages do I really need? On my debian/t