Re: timeserver?

2000-05-24 Thread Joshua Flythe
List of public NTP servers. http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm I knew I would find the list somewhere. JDF >"James R. Van Zandt" wrote: > > >what time server is a good one to use? > > Here are some I've found that honor ntp: > > 192.157.65.57 > icm-bb1-dc.icp.n

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Derek Martin
Today, Kenneth E. Lussier gleaned this insight: > Now, on to his tool. Sure, it works...Sort of. What it creates is a > completely bloated script with about 1000 rules that you don't need. Also, > when you have a default policy of DENY, you do not have to then go ahead and > specificall

Re: timeserver?

2000-05-24 Thread James R. Van Zandt
>what time server is a good one to use? Here are some I've found that honor ntp: 192.157.65.57 icm-bb1-dc.icp.net sl-gw11-chi-9-0-TS4.sprintlink.net sl-gw1-dc.sprintlink.net icm-gw1-lac.icp.net 144.228.169.65

Re: Fwd: Applixware Office 5.0 LUG Promotion

2000-05-24 Thread imagelab
Sounds like a good deal. Include my name. Where do we stand with my piece on market analysis? Karl Hergenrother On Wed, 24 May 2000 09:27:35 -0400 Jerry Kubeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just recieved this from the folks at the New Applix Linux Division.

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Jerry Feldman
The last time I called Mediaone to change MAC addresses the whole process took a few minutes. Most of the time was spent rebotting the Cable modem because some jerk (me) forgot to connect the cable from the cable modem to the NIC so we were picking up the wrong address. However, when you do ca

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Thomas Charron
Quoting "Dana S. Tellier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The DHCP services on the router work fine, as it's giving all the > PCs connected to it the right addresses. However, I can't seem to get the > router to pick up an address from MediaOne at ALL. Do they check MAC > addresses or something? I

timeserver?

2000-05-24 Thread cdowns
man i hate groupwise ! it never works right, anyway what time server is a good one to use? thanks chris TG for command line mail! ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not

network time server

2000-05-24 Thread Christopher M. Downs
what network time server do you guys use? like berkley or something. just curious. thanks , chris - Network Administrator Franklin Pierce Law Center [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Microsoft Judge Sees Merit in 3-Way Split

2000-05-24 Thread Jeffry Smith
Another article on it: http://partners.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/financial/24cnd-microsoft.html A good quote: ``I intend to proceed to the merits of the remedy," Jackson said, replying to Microsoft lawyer John Warden's statement that the only items on the agenda were th

Problems sending email to @aol.com adresses in pine

2000-05-24 Thread Adam Wendt
While trying to email an aol adress in pine using exim as my mta I get this error: >From Mailer-Daemon@localhost Wed May 24 15:09:07 2000 Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 15:08:23 -0400 From: Mail Delivery System To: adam@localhost Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender This message w

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Kevin D. Clark
In addition to the O'Reilly book, I like _Firewalls and Internet Security : Repelling the Wily Hacker_ by Cheswick and Bellovin. Again, it's not Linux specific. --kevin -- Kevin D. Clark | | Will hack Perl for [EMAIL PROTECTED] | kdcNOSPAM@.alumni.unh.edu |

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 02:44 PM 5/24/2000 -0400, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: hrm..looking for a HARD OS? i like openBSD - so far is the most secure by far...not one root exploit found in it for 3 years. much like most other 'nix's it worth look into if you want something secure. www.openbsd.org ~kurth >As far a

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
As far as "Total System Security" goes, I like trinityOS. It has a lot of great uses. As far as securing an existing Linux box, I am partial to Bastille-Linux (http://www.bastille-linux.org). It's a series of hardening scripts that secure a system based on your responces to a series of questions.

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 24 May 2000, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: >> Another truly excellent site is http://linux-firewall-tools.com/ >> by Bob Ziegler. > > I could not disagree with this more. Rob Ziegler *DID* write a book, and you > may in fact like his utility. Other than that, I take issue with everything > e

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread jflythe
My Favorite ipchains script is the one located within the Trinity OS Document. It is fairly secure, and heavily commented so that it is easy to see how each rule contributes to the operation of the firewall. http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/index-linux.html >"Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...]

2000-05-24 Thread Dana S. Tellier
Thanks for all your help, everybody! I'm "upgrading my computer" and "have a new NIC", so MediaOne will update everything and I'll have the router up when I go back home tonight. And also thank you all for the links to Linux firewalls/routing. That's my next project. ;-) -- Dana S.

Re: IMAP offline mode

2000-05-24 Thread Mike Bilow
How far along is it? Is anything downloadable yet? -- Mike On 2000-05-24 at 13:13 -0400, Kevin P. Lawton wrote: > FWIW, I'm working on an open source solution which will have the > same functionality that VMware does, called plex86. > > Plex86 doesn't run Windows yet though. Am hoping to do

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
Greg Kettmann wrote: [...snip...} > Another truly excellent site is > http://linux-firewall-tools.com/ by Bob Ziegler. He literally wrote the book on > Linux Firewalls. His site has links to the relevant HOW-TO's plus his own > instructions. It also contains a tool to generate the IPCHAINS or

Re: IMAP offline mode

2000-05-24 Thread Jack Coats
I have a friend who runs VMWARE on his Linux system, just so he can run NT to use Outlook. He uses VNC ( http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ ) to display the console. So the solution is not free, VMWARE is a purchased facility. I am not sure of the licensing of VNC, but it is not a bad lice

Re: IMAP offline mode

2000-05-24 Thread Kevin P. Lawton
Jack Coats wrote: > > I have a friend who runs VMWARE on his Linux system, just so he can run NT > to use Outlook. He uses VNC ( http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ ) to > display the console. > > So the solution is not free, VMWARE is a purchased facility. I am not > sure of the licensing of

Microsoft Judge Sees Merit in 3-Way Split

2000-05-24 Thread Bayard Coolidge USG ZKO3-3/S20
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/2524/ts/microsoft_leadall_11.html? WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The judge in the Microsoft antitrust trial Wednesday questioned a government plan to split the software giant in two and praised an outside proposal to break off its

Re: IMAP offline mode

2000-05-24 Thread Jeffry Smith
On Wed, 24 May 2000, Jack Coats wrote: > So the solution is not free, VMWARE is a purchased facility. I am not > sure of the licensing of VNC, but it is not a bad license. > can be found at: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ not a bad license, I think it might be open-source. Possibly ev

the Applix offer

2000-05-24 Thread Jerry Kubeck
May 23, 2000 Mr. Jerry Kubeck Greater New Hampshire Linux Users Group Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Worcester, MA Dear Jerry, I would like to introduce a new wholly owned subsidiary of Applix called VistaSource. You may have read about our spinout to VistaSource or perhaps you have used Applixware Off

Re: Fwd: Applixware Office 5.0 LUG Promotion

2000-05-24 Thread k1vp
>> Original Message << On 5/24/00, 12:51:30 PM, mike ledoux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: Fwd: Applixware Office 5.0 LUG Promotion: Mike: The message says they are selling Applixware 5 to LUG folks at the same price as the upgrade price which is $3

Re: Fwd: Applixware Office 5.0 LUG Promotion

2000-05-24 Thread Charles Farinella
On Wed, 24 May 2000, mike ledoux wrote: > Err. I couldn't read the attached rtf file using Applix 5.0 for > Linux, or with StarOffice 5.1 for Linux. Applix just refused to > open the file (rtf2wp: Error: missing '}' in style definition), > StarOffice actually crashed. A similar experience. A

network time server

2000-05-24 Thread Christopher M. Downs
what network time server do you guys use? like berkley or something. just curious. thanks , chris ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the lett

[Fwd: Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...]

2000-05-24 Thread jflythe
If you know the MAC address of the external interface to the Linksys box it might me possible to call them and ask that they change the MAC address for dhcp to address on the Linksys box. No promise that It will work...Just something to try. Just don't tell them that you are trying to hook u

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Greg Kettmann
Yes, just call M1 and they'll change the address. You said you also want to "play" with building your own. Another truly excellent site is http://linux-firewall-tools.com/ by Bob Ziegler. He literally wrote the book on Linux Firewalls. His site has links to the relevant HOW-TO's plus his own i

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread jim t.p. ryan
Dana, For a quick and dirty way to set up a box as a router (and a print/file server) try Network Concierge. http://www.nc4u.com Sincerely, Jim Ryan -Original Message- From:Kenneth E. Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Wed, 24 May 2000 11:09:38 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Dana S. Tellier writes: > Do they check MAC addresses or something? Yes. To fix this, call up M1 and tell them that you got a new NIC and want to use a new MAC address. Jot the new MAC address down before you call and have it ready. This should sove your problem. --kevin -- Kevin D. Clar

Re: Capturing Text

2000-05-24 Thread Michael O'Donnell
I agree that xterm's log-to-file feature can be handy sometimes, but it also can be a security hole so it's often not compiled in. ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*no

Re: Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
Dana, Mediaone does register the MAC address when they do the setup. The DHCP server will only honor requests that come from a system with a registered MAC. The best way to handle this (and I know you don't want to hear it) is to set up a Linux box with 2 NICs to do the routing. It's all f

Re: IMAP offline mode

2000-05-24 Thread Mike Bilow
Just "synchronize" your mailbox after logging in. By default, only the mail headers, not the message bodies, are transferred upon logging into an IMAP server, and the message bodies are called for as you read. If you manually issue the "synchronize" command to the client, then it will download a

Re: IMAP offline mode

2000-05-24 Thread Mike Bilow
On 2000-05-24 at 01:24 -0400, Derek Martin wrote: > OK, I see the problem... I could find no such option on any menu. > According to the Netscape help, this is because only the WINDOWS > version of communicator has this function. We're a Linux company. > > Gr! Well, you didn't SAY that! W

File Systems - Ted Tso - Manchester

2000-05-24 Thread Paul Courchene
I want to thank Ted Tso for the wonderful presentation on File Systems, last night. I have long sought an opportunity to attend just such a lecture (or presentation). Also, my thanks to those responsible for organizing such an interesting meeting Thanks -- paulc Paul A. Courchene Linux

Fwd: Applixware Office 5.0 LUG Promotion

2000-05-24 Thread Jerry Kubeck
I just recieved this from the folks at the New Applix Linux Division. It sounds like a pretty good offer for those of us who want to try or to have the Applixware suite. As you can see by the letter, I will need to supply a list of names of people who would want to take advantage of the offer. In

Re: Capturing Text

2000-05-24 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Wed, 24 May 2000, "Patrick J. O'Rourke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Is there a way to capture(record) the text in a terminal window or in run > > > level 3? > > on a somewhat related note... > > xterm's on Solaris have an option to 'Log to File' on the 'Main Options' > menu (CT

Getting Linksys router to grab IP...

2000-05-24 Thread Dana S. Tellier
Hey, all... I know this is a tad off-topic, but I figure if anyone can offer help, it's this list. My parents have cable modem service at home through MediaOne, and I bought a Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL router to make setting up the home network there really easy. The DHCP servi

Re: Capturing Text

2000-05-24 Thread Patrick J. O'Rourke
> > > Is there a way to capture(record) the text in a terminal window or in run > > level 3? on a somewhat related note... xterm's on Solaris have an option to 'Log to File' on the 'Main Options' menu (CTRL-BTN1), however I noticed on Linux this option is labelled as 'Print Window'. Is this a