Re: Flash WWW ads

2002-07-01 Thread James Dorr
At one time, the Internet was not so full of ads. Maybe because it is rather ineffective to swamp you with ads and pop ups when you are using Lynx. If you are sick of the ads and crap, give Lynxs a try. On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Jerry Feldman wrote: > That's impractical. Add blocker software is

Re: IRC servers?

2002-07-01 Thread tom
Ive been quite the IRCer over the past six months.. first on OPN and now on a private server. Concerning clients: I'm in love w/ BX. its like vi; the learning curve is steep but you'll really start to like it after a bit. lots of people like X-chat, which also runs on windows.

Re: IRC servers?

2002-07-01 Thread pll
In a message dated: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 11:45:21 EDT "Tom Buskey" said: >You're setting up an internal chat room like I told you about? Very >cool if you can get everyone to use it. I'm not sure what we used at >Genuity. Ayup! >If that's what you're doing, getting people to use it on a regula

Re: IRC servers?

2002-07-01 Thread Tom Buskey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >Hi all, > >I'm wondering what IRC server people use. Since I know next to >nothing about IRC, I have no idea what servers are available, and >which ones are good/bad/major security holes, etc. > >Any pointers would be great. You're setting up an internal chat room l

Re: iptables MIRROR target

2002-07-01 Thread Ben Boulanger
On 30 Jun 2002, Paul Iadonisi wrote: > Harumph. I kinda knew that, but in a way, I was hoping there was a > way, from the attacker's perspective, of making it really look it was > coming from himself. Because, really, it is. Eh, if you're really going to use this in a retaliatory fashion, the

Re: iptables MIRROR target

2002-07-01 Thread Ben Boulanger
On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Derek D. Martin wrote: > Bad, bad idea. This turns an attack back on the attacker, who may or > may not really be the source of the attack. This sort of retaliatory > measure is illegal in many states and on a fedral level, and you may > find yourself in court for doing it.

IRC servers?

2002-07-01 Thread pll
Hi all, I'm wondering what IRC server people use. Since I know next to nothing about IRC, I have no idea what servers are available, and which ones are good/bad/major security holes, etc. Any pointers would be great. While you're at it, pointers/recommendations on IRC clients would also be

Re: "Alias" uses Linux

2002-07-01 Thread pll
In a message dated: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 23:55:03 EDT "Derek D. Martin" said: >I thought this was interesting, and some of you might too... > >For all who might not have caught it last night, the spy show "Alias" >uses Linux. I actually noticed this the first time this episode was aired some month