On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:30:33AM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 00:45 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
> > gmane.linux.debian.user:
> > >
> > > rsync uses ssh as the transport layer, similar to scp.
> >
> > Int
On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 00:45 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
> gmane.linux.debian.user:
>
> >
> > rsync uses ssh as the transport layer, similar to scp.
>
> Interesting. I did not know that... for some reason, I thought it was in
>
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 03:16:47AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted
>> to gmane.linux.debian.user:
>>
>
>> It never hurts to have a border r
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 03:16:47AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
> gmane.linux.debian.user:
>
> It never hurts to have a border router between your network and the
> Internet, with only the ports you intend to use forwarded to the
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 01:23:00AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
>>
>> > If I have two boxes, with two users
On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 09:30 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 01:23:00AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted
> > to gmane.linux.debian.user:
> >
> > > If I have two boxes, with two users, linked by ethernet and on
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Paul Johnson wrote:
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>> I would think that anyone hacking into my system would face a login
>> prompt, but who knows? I'm not running a ssh daemon, so it I don't see
>> what would give them such prompt, and my firewall should block anyone
>> att
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 01:23:00AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted
> to gmane.linux.debian.user:
>
> > If I have two boxes, with two users, linked by ethernet and one box is
> > on dial-up to the ISP, with nothing listening on external p
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted
to gmane.linux.debian.user:
> On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 09:14:27PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
>> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>> > Reflecting on recent posts re allowing root login (related, but I
>> > didn't want to steal the thread), I'm wo
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted
to gmane.linux.debian.user:
> If I have two boxes, with two users, linked by ethernet and one box is
> on dial-up to the ISP, with nothing listening on external ports except
> the ntp daemon, what is a reasonable stance on security?
Joe Hart wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 09:14:27PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
>>> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
If I need to run a backup, other than it being 'proper', why not just
login as root i
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Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 21:55 +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
>> Perhaps one of the gurus in this field will take the opportunity to
>> explain why having a root console open all the time is a bad thing
>> (other than the obvious local acces
On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 21:55 +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
> Perhaps one of the gurus in this field will take the opportunity to
> explain why having a root console open all the time is a bad thing
> (other than the obvious local accessibility). My backups take a while,
> that's why I do it.
To address t
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Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 09:14:27PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
>> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>>> Reflecting on recent posts re allowing root login (related, but I didn't
>>> want to steal the thread), I'm wondering about a home
On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 09:14:27PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > Reflecting on recent posts re allowing root login (related, but I didn't
> > want to steal the thread), I'm wondering about a home network and what
> > to bother with. There's a touch of devil's advocate in
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Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> Reflecting on recent posts re allowing root login (related, but I didn't
> want to steal the thread), I'm wondering about a home network and what
> to bother with. There's a touch of devil's advocate in this but the
> conc
Reflecting on recent posts re allowing root login (related, but I didn't
want to steal the thread), I'm wondering about a home network and what
to bother with. There's a touch of devil's advocate in this but the
concept that physical access == root access causes one to wonder.
If I have two boxes
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