Re: VPNs (was: Connecting to a win firewall...)

2000-11-27 Thread Randy Edwards
However, I refuse to contribute to the apathy that causes most cracks. I had to laugh about that line. Not because it isn't true, but rather because it is *so* true. I recently posted an article at http://www.debianhelp.org/article.php?sid=57mode=threadorder=0 which was the epitome of such

Re: audio/realplayer on sony vaio

2000-11-27 Thread Joshua S. Freeman
Not sure what the significance of this is but when I start up xmms I get a message: "libmikmod.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory." J. On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Mark Komarinski wrote: Are other audio programs working? Try xmms. -Mark "Joshua S. Freeman" wrote:

Re: MIDI, Linux, and you

2000-11-27 Thread Derek D. Martin
That frood Benjamin Scott sassed: Make sure your sound card's MIDI synthesizer is supported by Linux. For example, my Sound Blaster PCI 128 (AKA Ensoniq AudioPCI) has an onboard wavetable synthesizer, but the specs are closed and it does not work under Linux. If this is the case, you'll

RE: firestarter

2000-11-27 Thread Joseph E. Mainusch
However If you are a beginner in the Linux realm, *NIX security is probably not something you already have any expertise in. You must read the HOWTOs, the man pages, books on the subject, newsgroups, etc. This can take time, during which your Linux box is wide open. Also, if you are a

Re: audio/realplayer on sony vaio

2000-11-27 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Joshua S. Freeman wrote: Not sure what the significance of this is but when I start up xmms I get a message: "libmikmod.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory." libmikmod is a library to play tracked music files (.MODs, .S3Ms, etc.). It

Re: Help cutting a CD.

2000-11-27 Thread Derek D. Martin
That frood Benjamin Scott sassed: On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Greg Kettmann wrote: It's mandatory that I pass through Windows, due to a VPN program issue. When I copy the files over to Winblows it loses the symbolic links. Yes. Windows does not support the concept of a filesystem symlink at

Re: wine civ2

2000-11-27 Thread mjo
Someone in #WineHQ on IRC told me they knew someone running it in wine, but that was the extent of their help so who knows. Ryan and I remembered someone talking about running it at the NUN (I think it was you), so I went off and read and installed. I looked through the NUN notes and saw that

Computer History

2000-11-27 Thread Paul Lussier
Hey, For all you computer history buffs out there (esp. DEC history), I stumbled across this link. It's pretty cool: http://www.digital.com/timeline Enjoy, -- Seeya, Paul I'm in shape, my shape just happens to be pear! If you're not having fun, you're not

Re: VPNs (was: Connecting to a win firewall...)

2000-11-27 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: I won't use anything less than 4096-bit for authentication keys. To some, that may be considered overkill, but to me it's plain old common sence. I think Derek's point was that

Michael Muuss Dies

2000-11-27 Thread Mark Fearer
I apologize if this has already been posted. Michael Muuss (developer of the ping program and many other contributions to the Internet as we know it today) died in an automobile accident last week. http://www.sunspot.net/content/news/story?section=news-obituariespagename=s

Re: MIDI, Linux, and you

2000-11-27 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Derek D. Martin wrote: I have an SBLive! card which I believe is the same chipset as the SB PCI 128 card. Nope. Not even close. The SB Live! uses the EMU10K chipset, which Creative Labs obtained when the purchased E-mu Systems. The Sound Blaster PCI 128 is effectively

Re: help with remote logging

2000-11-27 Thread Bruce Dawson
You might have to restart syslog with the '-r' option in order to enable logging from INET sockets. --Bruce PS: I assume the packets are making it through your firewall (if any); I believe port 514/udp is what syslog uses. Quoting "Thomas M. Albright" [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I know how to set up

plead for help ...

2000-11-27 Thread Robert W. Fowler III
well i know this is a Linux Topic List. but i have a daunting NT problem ... i would not be asking this here but was wondering if anyone has encountered this problem, and since some of us "still" have to deal with Microsuck Products, here goes . 1) Windows NT Server 4.0 45 day trial edition

Re: firewall on a floppy

2000-11-27 Thread Kenny Donahue
Ok, thanks for all the responses. I really like the idea of the Linksys firewall. I have one issue with it though. I like to play multi player games. i.e.: Unreal Tournament, Counter Strike, Diabo etc... I was told some of these games need lots of ports or you can not see out the fire wall

Re: VPNs (was: Connecting to a win firewall...)

2000-11-27 Thread James R. Van Zandt
"Karl J. Runge" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, I'm not saying a 1024 bit RSA key is not "enough". Depends a bit on how long you want to keep the information secret. For a few years I'd opt for a 1024 bit key. For a few decades I'd probably lean toward a somewhat longer key (2048 - 4096?). But

Re: MIDI, Linux, and you

2000-11-27 Thread Derek Martin
Today, Derek Martin gleaned this insight: Hmmm. Most of the documentation I find seems to be current only to 1999. Is there some more recent documentation somewhere? Probably not, but I think maybe someone forgot to update the part that says when it was last updated... As far as I

Re: firewall on a floppy

2000-11-27 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
I seem to have missed this entire thread some how, so I will pipe up now with my $0.02. Forgive me if this is at all redundant. I would not recommend a hardware firewall solution. The firewall on a floppy isn't bad (although the configs were tough when I did it), and there are a whole host of

little projects, no need for windows

2000-11-27 Thread mjo
I've been systematically knocking off projects on weekends with the goal of erasing each reason to boot into Windows. This past weekend, I finally got to the point where I have NO personal reason whatsoever to boot windows, and I'm psyched. I can burn all the data or audio CDs I need, my USB

Re: firewall on a floppy

2000-11-27 Thread Mark Komarinski
I've been using Coyote Linux (www.coyotelinux.com) which is a single floppy firewall perfect for home use. Most TCP (and some UDP) games will work through it. I've played Diablo II through it, and will try getting HalfLife working this weekend. It's running on a hard-drive-less K6-2/350 with

help with remote logging

2000-11-27 Thread Thomas M. Albright
I know how to set up remote logging on the client machine. Just put *.* @remote.host in /etc/syslog.conf But what needs to be done at remote.host to accept the logs from local.host? -- Thomas M. Albright Albright Enterprises - "The Small Business Solution"