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2005-05-04 Thread Dustin Puryear
How about this: http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=38288 - Original Message - From: "Adam Melancon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions?) sweet, i didn&

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2005-05-04 Thread Adam Melancon
Adam- *scratches phpbb off his list of programs to consider using ;) On 5/4/05, Scott Harney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph Fruchey wrote: > > Good for motivation. I'll get on that. But my board is owned by phpbb, > > who only has access to the board, afaik. > > phpbb can write files to the

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2005-05-04 Thread Scott Harney
Joseph Fruchey wrote: > Good for motivation. I'll get on that. But my board is owned by phpbb, > who only has access to the board, afaik. phpbb can write files to the directory phpbb owns so it can drop files in there and run scripts from there. the exploit I saw drops a nice web based front end

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2005-05-04 Thread Adam Melancon
gt; finding and how to interpret it? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >-- > > > > > >Message: 1 > > >Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:07:19 -0500 > > >From: Adam Melancon <[EMAIL PROTECTED

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2005-05-04 Thread Adam Melancon
;Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:07:19 -0500 > >From: Adam Melancon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: > > Webhosting,suggestions?) > >To: General@brlug.net > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Content-Type: text/

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2005-05-04 Thread jr_G-man
gt; >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:07:19 -0500 >From: Adam Melancon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: > Webhosting,suggestions?) >To: General@brlug.net >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charse

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2005-05-04 Thread Joseph Fruchey
Good for motivation. I'll get on that. But my board is owned by phpbb, who only has access to the board, afaik. On 5/4/05, -ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 4 May 2005, Scott Harney wrote: > > > phpBB forums below v2.0.13 ARE being actively attacked by automated scripts. > > I cleaned one

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2005-05-04 Thread -ray
On Wed, 4 May 2005, Scott Harney wrote: > phpBB forums below v2.0.13 ARE being actively attacked by automated scripts. > I cleaned one up recently. If you're running that version, I'd be surprised > if you weren't yet compromised. You might not have noticed because it > hasn't put any additi

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2005-05-04 Thread Scott Harney
Joseph Fruchey wrote: > Terry, > > Yeah, I know my version is out of date, but my board is lightly > trafficked, and I've had no problems with worms or anything. The spam > I mentioned was generated from a blog I had set up with comments > routed through the board, not a phpBB attack. phpBB forum

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2005-05-04 Thread Adam Melancon
Ditto! I'm going to lodge this tip in the back corner of my brain. I'm definatly having a "gee, I wonder why I didn't think of that" moment. ; ) On 5/4/05, Christian Tortorich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It could be scanning systems for backdoors if it is using any type > of > plain text

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2005-05-04 Thread Joey Kelly
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2005-05-04 Thread Christian Tortorich
Damn that's a good idea ray. Just as a general tip. Never thought of that. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of -ray Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:23 PM To: General@brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webho

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2005-05-04 Thread Terry Stockdale
*** my post yesterday went into limbo -- that's what I get for using *** *** different email addresses for every mailing list ** Amen! Those were exactly my thoughts on the subject, but I was hoping someone else would make the point. Thanks, Justin, for mentioning the frequently ignored AUP

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2005-05-04 Thread Terry Stockdale
Joey, You need to bring your phpBB2 at ignavia up to date -- your version shows copyright 2002 -- the version (2.0.14) shows 2005 Between them, there have been a number of security fixes. One in particular with 2.0.11 was getting sites hammered by robots or worms last December. By the way, I'

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2005-05-04 Thread Terry Stockdale
ebook. Terry >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Scott Harney >Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:12 PM >To: General@brlug.net >Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions?) > >Christian Tortori

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2005-05-03 Thread -ray
On Tue, 3 May 2005, jr_G-man wrote: > In that vain...anybody care to help me figure out what keeps hammering my > firewall on port 37830? Hard to say... are you seeing TCP SYN connects like this: (the big S after the ip means SYN bit is set. the big R is RST (reset)) andrea:~# tcpdump -npi eth

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2005-05-03 Thread Adam Melancon
are you running skype? On 5/3/05, jr_G-man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In that vain...anybody care to help me figure out what keeps hammering > my firewall on port 37830? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I hope anyone with questions or comments feel free to ask > >or express their views here i

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2005-05-03 Thread jr_G-man
In that vain...anybody care to help me figure out what keeps hammering my firewall on port 37830? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I hope anyone with questions or comments feel free to ask >or express their views here in this forum. That's what we're >here for. As long as they pertain to Linux or just

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2005-05-03 Thread Will Hill
Get a copy of Mepis. I like the one before 3.3. If that does not work, haul your box down to the Desktop SIG and we'll help you set something up. http://www.clickers.org http://lists.clickers.org/~linuxsig/ On Tuesday 03 May 2005 05:57 pm, michael dolan wrote: > ... at this moment, > I

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2005-05-03 Thread jr_G-man
These links might be able to help you out. http://www.zoneedit.com/ http://www.dyndns.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Message: 9 >Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 07:44:10 -0500 >From: Joseph Fruchey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting >

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2005-05-03 Thread michael dolan
1st, I was not meaning to piss anyone off. 2nd, I wasn't even saying everything should be DIY. I was merely applauding those who have chosen to tinker. Right now, at this moment, I don't even have a functioning linux desktop machine, much less a server. I go out to eat all the time just so I

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2005-05-03 Thread Joseph Fruchey
He's doing this for work, and he's just a peon, so Linux is really not an option, as much as I'd like it to be. If anyone would like to comment to him, or help him out, feel free: http://ignavia.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=480 I'll turn on guest posting for now until the spam gets out of hand again

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2005-05-03 Thread Karthik Poobalasubramanian
oth down and upload speed, but I had a brain freeze. Sorry, I had > > >>>>> an exam today. Michael > > >>>>> > > >>>>>Joey Kelly wrote: > > >>>>>>On Monday May 2 2005 17:24, michael dolan spake: > > >>&g

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2005-05-03 Thread Adam Melancon
gt; > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Scott Harney > > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:12 PM > > To: General@brlug.net > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhostin

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2005-05-03 Thread Scott Harney
ay, May 03, 2005 2:12 PM > To: General@brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions?) > > Christian Tortorich wrote: > >>Install IIS and lock it down. Then pray. > > > User could also install the native Win32 variant of Apa

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2005-05-03 Thread -ray
-Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Scott Harney > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:12 PM > To: General@brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions?) > > Christian Tortorich wrote: >> Ins

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2005-05-03 Thread Christian Tortorich
So what you guys are saying is Apache runs on windows? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Harney Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:12 PM To: General@brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions

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2005-05-03 Thread Scott Harney
2005 1:56 PM > To: General@brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions?) > > Okay, I have a friend who wants to host a domain on a Windows box. > Besides the obvious security implications, how would one proceed? > > Joey > > On 5/3/05, -

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2005-05-03 Thread Scott Harney
r against the DIY approach. Just telling how to do it on a fairly basic level. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Joseph Fruchey > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:56 PM > To: General@brlug.net > Subject: Re

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2005-05-03 Thread -ray
Fruchey > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:56 PM > To: General@brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions?) > > Okay, I have a friend who wants to host a domain on a Windows box. > Besides the obvious security implications, how would one proc

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2005-05-03 Thread Tim Fournet
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>Behalf Of Joseph Fruchey >>Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:56 PM >>To: General@brlug.net >>Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions?) >> >>Okay, I have a friend who wants to host a domain on a Windows box. >

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2005-05-03 Thread Adam Melancon
ay 03, 2005 1:56 PM > To: General@brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions?) > > Okay, I have a friend who wants to host a domain on a Windows box. > Besides the obvious security implications, how would one proceed? > > Joey > >

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2005-05-03 Thread Christian Tortorich
Install IIS and lock it down. Then pray. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Fruchey Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:56 PM To: General@brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions?) Okay, I have a

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2005-05-03 Thread Joseph Fruchey
Okay, I have a friend who wants to host a domain on a Windows box. Besides the obvious security implications, how would one proceed? Joey On 5/3/05, -ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2005, Justin W. Pauler wrote: > > > Now, maybe I'm in the minority on this, but there are only two

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2005-05-03 Thread -ray
On Tue, 3 May 2005, Justin W. Pauler wrote: > Now, maybe I'm in the minority on this, but there are only two (major) > broadband players in Baton Rouge and I'm not jeopardizing my account > with my ISP, because I'm definitely not going to order a POTS line so > I can have DSL. "Don't run a server

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2005-05-03 Thread Adam Melancon
Ditto! ;) Interesting debate though! On 5/3/05, Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're right. There comes a time when you've learned all you can by > hosting something on your own, and you're ready to stop worrying about > the conditions of running a server out of a home network. I used t

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2005-05-03 Thread Tim Fournet
You're right. There comes a time when you've learned all you can by hosting something on your own, and you're ready to stop worrying about the conditions of running a server out of a home network. I used to host my web and email at home, but I've since moved everything to a commercial host. Not

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2005-05-03 Thread Justin W. Pauler
Joe, A couple of comments about your rant. While I agree with what you in that if you are planning to do any kind of work, be it Network or Systems administration, you should be very familiar with the equipment you are going to support. There is no substitute for hands-on experience. However, I

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2005-05-03 Thread Brad Bendily
> As it happens, I've written up something on this long, long ago. Should > still > be useful and educational. > http://www.scottharney.com/nolug-dns/ Great docs Scott. I'm going to save that for the future! Thanks BB

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2005-05-03 Thread Brad Bendily
On Tue, 3 May 2005, Joseph Fruchey wrote: > Okay, so how do I point my registrar to direct my domain name to the > server at my house? I don't know all the details as I have never done this at my house. But you would have to be running DNS at home and have your domain setup in your DNS. DNS isn't

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2005-05-03 Thread Adam Melancon
Yes, but if cox is blocking port 80, how are you going to explain to grandma to go to melancon.org:8080/gallery/ when they have a hard enough time with melancon.org? Plus, I'd like to politely defend my own recent lack of DIY when it comes to my webserver. Melancon.org has been running as a test m

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2005-05-03 Thread Joseph Fruchey
Okay, so how do I point my registrar to direct my domain name to the server at my house? On 5/3/05, michael dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At the risk of being modded -1 repetitive, I totally agree. > I had never even heard of linux and had only owned my first computer for > about 3 months whe

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2005-05-03 Thread michael dolan
At the risk of being modded -1 repetitive, I totally agree. I had never even heard of linux and had only owned my first computer for about 3 months when I got into a conversation about running your own web server. Someone said it couldn't be done from home with no budget, I disagreed even thou

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2005-05-02 Thread Joey Kelly
Guys, Maybe it's just me, but when I got into this thing back early 2000, the thing to do if you were a self-respecting Linux geek was to set up your own web/mail/DNS/whatever server if you were rich enough to get a DSL line. I understand that several providers have taken it upon themselves to