Re: OT: How to get the burn date of an CD-R ??

2003-07-28 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:46, you wrote: > How does one determine the date a CD-R was burned from an iso? You can't tell from the cd, but you can infer it from the access time attribute attached to the file from which it came by using the stat utilty. [EMAIL PROTECTED] OSTC $ stat \ /mnt/disk1/isos

Re: OT: How to get the burn date of an CD-R ??

2003-07-28 Thread Chris Bayley
uh hu. : / Volker Kuhlmann wrote: How does one determine the date a CD-R was burned from an iso? You don't. Volker

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Hardware firewalls cannot be software cracked, Yeah right. Like the CISCOs which are dieing like the lemmings at the moment... Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.

Re: OT: How to get the burn date of an CD-R ??

2003-07-28 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> How does one determine the date a CD-R was burned from an iso? You don't. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.

Re: Linux for a low-end laptop...

2003-07-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
recent posting on debian-users list: 12 MB of RAM... I wished that my Toshiba T3600CT (laptop 486/50, 8 mb of RAM and 512MB drive) had that much memory! I installed Sarge on it. I'm using XFree86 3.3.6 since 4.2 doesn't support my old videocard. I both used the 2.4 and 2.2 kernel (both minimalist

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:19:41PM +, Shane Hollis wrote: > One of them required you to open up the firewall for remote > administration (which of course is always hackable by brute forcing of It is not uncommon to see remote administration functionality listening on Internet facing connection

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:33:39PM +, Shane Hollis wrote: > > > Hardware firewalls cannot be software cracked, "Hardware" firewalls run software. > Yes that is true and false. Most of the OS is hardware based. There The claim that "most of the OS is hardware based" is complete rubbish. If

Re:wordpad.exe

2003-07-28 Thread Robert Bernard
Hi Sam.  I will repair your Windows, if you can get  Linux to work  my modemand or scannerBob Bernard

OT: How to get the burn date of an CD-R ??

2003-07-28 Thread Chris Bayley
How does one determine the date a CD-R was burned from an iso? tia /cb

RE: ADSL modems or routers

2003-07-28 Thread Steve Bell
One word - "no." Sorry to hear they got you too. If you ever find a solution, please do let me know!!! > This is exactly the same as my experience. Do you think Telecom will get > their act together? > > Rob > -Original Message- > From: Steve Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Se

Re: wordpad.exe for W982E

2003-07-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Well it's flamebait at the very least. I mean, cmon, linux folks aren't Yea, the guy who posted it wanted to know ow to get off the list, and then flamed me for telling him (the old check the headers saga)

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Shane Hollis
> you make a number of good points, but i have to challenge one or two: Thanks. > > > Hardware firewalls cannot be software cracked, > > AFAIK hardware firewalls still run software internally. their OSes are > crackable. There have been vulnerabilities in cisco boxes, and in > speedtouch dsl modem

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Shane Hollis
Hi John, I am aware that the firewalls do contain some software and also that they can be exploited. My argument is that they are harder to exploit, don't contain the software myriad dependencies that may open up exploits, don't need constant software upgrades and are single task focussed to on

Re: Short talk this Wed

2003-07-28 Thread John S Veitch
I promise, short and informative. Even people named Julia will be able to understand it, I think Paul, Sam and Samantha are OK too. The debate may go on for weeks but what I have to say will not. What you must know about the WSIS. Are your Information Literate? Is your family? Cheers Joh

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Nick Rout
you make a number of good points, but i have to challenge one or two: On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:07:02 + Shane Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(by way of Shane Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > There is a list of IPCop compatible hardware found here > http://www.ipcop.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/IPCop/IP

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread John Carter
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Shane Hollis wrote: > Hardware firewalls cannot be software cracked, are fast and don't absorb CPU > time. While I'm using DSE's http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/3f25d83f0b832842273fc0a87f9906df/Product/View/XH1149 quite happily, I'm under no such illusion. All

RE: ADSL modems or routers

2003-07-28 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
This is exactly the same as my experience. Do you think Telecom will get their act together? Rob -Original Message- From: Steve Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2003 1:40 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: ADSL modems or routers We have a D-link

Re: Short talk this Wed

2003-07-28 Thread Zane Gilmore
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 12:16, Yuri de Groot wrote: > Will these talks be suitable for non-geek partners. > Sometimes when I'm reading through my LUG mail folder at home, Julia looks over > my shoulder and asks what we're talking about. > A not-too-technical LUG meeting would be good for her to get a

Re: CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread Shane Hollis
> I run rh9 with gnome and xcdroast does all the burning I need. > > If you run KDE as your desktop then there is a really good burning gui > that I just can't name right now. It was talked about heaps on NZLUG > about a month ago. I meant to try it but haven't yet. KOnCD I it is. It is under the

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Shane Hollis
There is a list of IPCop compatible hardware found here http://www.ipcop.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/IPCop/IPCopHCLv01 Personaly when it comes to commercial clients and firewalls I prefer a hardware solution because they are usually safe. The Netgear FM114 series firewalls are very inexpensive and incr

RE: ADSL modems or routers

2003-07-28 Thread Steve Bell
We have a D-link DSL 501, which worked sweet as with maybe one disconnection for over a year. Then smellycom changed their (nokia I think) old hardware to new Alcatel stuff at the exchanges, and ever since then we've had issues with it disconnecting and needing powering down at least once a week,

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread John Carter
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Chris Bayley wrote: > I used to use an Alcatel SpeedTouch in PPP routing w/NAT as a gateway > for my network - but after a _MASSIVE_ incident with my jetstream > billing I have found that I had needed much better logging and > ipaccounting to protect my ass. Tell us more, te

Re: Short talk this Wed

2003-07-28 Thread Yuri de Groot
Will these talks be suitable for non-geek partners. Sometimes when I'm reading through my LUG mail folder at home, Julia looks over my shoulder and asks what we're talking about. A not-too-technical LUG meeting would be good for her to get a glimpse of that side of me. Is this such a meeting? Yur

Re: Short talk this Wed

2003-07-28 Thread Zane Gilmore
Thanks Steve and John. We will take you up in those offers. Steve do you need anything like a dataprojector or similar? John has asked for a white board. Does anyone have easy access to a portable one? Christopher Sawtell has also said he wants to talk about the OSTC. So it looks like a fun-f

Re: CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread Michael JasonSmith
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 22:43, Rob wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Joshua Collins wrote: > > Due to forcibly being expunged totally from the windows partition on my > > PC (long story, much pain) I've been forced to burn CDs on my linux > > partition, however, having never tried before, I have no idea

Re: CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread Jason Greenwood
While I agree that the ldp might be useful, I have always found it a PITA to get the info I need from that site. It is far too disorganised for my taste. I prefer Google and the specific article links it provides. Just my .0002c worth. Cheers Jason Nick Rout wrote: good post craig, a referra

Re: CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread Yuri de Groot
>If you run KDE as your desktop then there is a really good burning gui >that I just can't name right now. It was talked about heaps on NZLUG That would be k3b? If you can't find k3b in the "K" menu tree (KDE version of the "Start" menu, bottom left), Press [Alt]+[F2] and enter k3b in the box tha

RE: BUSINESS PROPOSITION FROM DR. JOHN EHIBE

2003-07-28 Thread Brad Beveridge
Hmm, looks like we're letting the riff-raff in. > -Original Message- > From: Dr.John Ehibe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2003 11:32 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSITION FROM DR. JOHN EHIBE > > > FROM MY DESK: > DR.JOHN EHIBE > COMMITTEE ON

BUSINESS PROPOSITION FROM DR. JOHN EHIBE

2003-07-28 Thread Dr.John Ehibe
FROM MY DESK: DR.JOHN EHIBE COMMITTEE ON AUDIT AND PAYMENT RECOMMENDATION TEL:234 1 4730112 FAX:234 1 7592865 EMAIL:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE KINDLY CONTACT ME ON MY TELEPHONE NUMBER 234-1-4730112 AND FAX NUMBER 234-1-7592865 BECAUSE COMMUNICATION VIA EMAIL IS INSECURE FOR THIS DEAL. Dear Sir, We

Re: CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread Nick Rout
good post craig, a referral to the cd-burning howto at http://www.tldp.org is also probably appropriate. if you cannot remember the sequence of letters in that url, just think "The Linux Documentation Project" - it should be a first port of call for most setup problems, particularly if you are not

Re: CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread Jason Greenwood
With all due respect to the command line, since you are used to Windows burning programs (most likely GUI based), I suggest K3B. It will help you set up your burner for you and it is easy as pie to burn with, it's a bit like Nero. Cheers Jason Greenwood CF wrote: On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 22:10,

Excuse to install linux (Was: wordpad.exe for W982E)

2003-07-28 Thread Yuri de Groot
To bring this thread back on topic ... When windows loses/currupts an important file/program, that is when I usually step in and suggest an alternative OS. The equiv for wordpad would probably be something like kwrite, kword or LyX. I know that's not what you asked for, but you *did* post to a

Re: wordpad.exe for W982E

2003-07-28 Thread Nick Rout
but John it is illegal for someone to simply email him a copy. If he has a legit win98 he has the media to restore it. IMHO this request has no place on this list. He should try nz.comp or alt.2600.* On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:08:08+1200 John Ascroft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't that a bit pr

Re: CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread CF
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 22:10, Joshua Collins wrote: > Due to forcibly being expunged totally from the windows partition on my > PC (long story, much pain) I've been forced to burn CDs on my linux > partition, however, having never tried before, I have no idea where to > start. Such is the turning p

Response to OT posts (Re: wordpad.exe for W982E)

2003-07-28 Thread Carl Cerecke
John Ascroft wrote: Isn't that a bit precious. The guy's in trouble, most of the list seem to run a copy of windows for one readon or another, get over it. Sure, the guy is in trouble, but I'd rather not see questions like that here. The list has quite a number of people now (> 250 I think). I am c

[OT] Satan's Editor [was: Re: wordpad.exe for W982E]

2003-07-28 Thread David J Porter
Gareth Williams wrote: I say we send him a copy of emacs and force him to use that ;-) It is after all the editor of satan (see, I can be inflamatry too :-) Pico is the editor of choice for Satan, as it is obviously developed under the heel of a totalitarian dictatorship, and hence lacks any

Re: CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> > PC (long story, much pain) I've been forced to burn CDs on my linux > > partition, however, having never tried before, I have no idea where to > > start. > Command line stuff. For someone who doesn't know where to start? I'm not so sure. Start k3b, it lets you select files to burn to CD, and

Re: wordpad.exe for W982E

2003-07-28 Thread Gareth Williams
Well it's flamebait at the very least. I mean, cmon, linux folks aren't exactly renound for their love of all things microsoft. I think it's fair to say that posting a message like the one below to a linux mailing list could at least be considered "inflamatry", and there is a good chance the pos

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Chris Hellyar
Hi-ho, I've got a Dynalink RTA220 router, and use it with it's NAT & firewalling, into a second NIC on my server. The server also runs IPTables, snort and some accounting scripts written in python by myself.. Apart from some odd problems with ssh sessions timing out which were fixed with a firmw

Re: wordpad.exe for W982E

2003-07-28 Thread John Ascroft
Isn't that a bit precious. The guy's in trouble, most of the list seem to run a copy of windows for one readon or another, get over it. ---Original Message--- From: Gareth Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon 28/07/2003 22:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wordpad.exe for W982E This is quite

Re: CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread Rob
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 22:21, Philip Charles wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Joshua Collins wrote: > > > Due to forcibly being expunged totally from the windows partition on my > > PC (long story, much pain) I've been forced to burn CDs on my linux > > partition, however, having never tried before, I

Re: CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread Philip Charles
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Joshua Collins wrote: > Due to forcibly being expunged totally from the windows partition on my > PC (long story, much pain) I've been forced to burn CDs on my linux > partition, however, having never tried before, I have no idea where to > start. > Command line stuff. mkisofs

CD burner

2003-07-28 Thread Joshua Collins
Due to forcibly being expunged totally from the windows partition on my PC (long story, much pain) I've been forced to burn CDs on my linux partition, however, having never tried before, I have no idea where to start. I will google shortly to find out what sort of stuff I need supportwise but the

Re: wordpad.exe for W982E

2003-07-28 Thread Gareth Williams
This is quite blatently a linux mailing list. Surely this is a troll. On Monday 28 July 2003 21:32, stm23 wrote: > hi, could somebody please email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) me a copy > of wordpad.exe for windows 98 2nd Edition. i've deleted mine and can't > seem to recover it > thanx, sam

....just in case pressing the button doesnt work the first 5 times... press it again even harder.

2003-07-28 Thread David R K Walker
6 times? the messages werent that brilliant boys :P. Was I the only one to recieve the last two messages 6 times over? That sorta thing has been happening over the uni for months now... but both those addresses arent uni ones. Meh. Dave

Re: wordpad.exe for W982E

2003-07-28 Thread Mahesh De Silva
Off topic for this list. Get it off your windows cab files in your install media. > hi, could somebody please email > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) me a copy of > wordpad.exe for windows 98 2nd Edition. i've > deleted mine and can't seem to > recover it > thanx, sam > = For Linux CD's check out

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Robert Fisher
I have the same router/modem and used it successfully with Ipcop. I do not use ipcop anymore though because I decided that NAT would give me enough protection (I am sure there will be plenty to disagree with me though). I sometimes have to give the router a hard reset which is a bit annoying but

wordpad.exe for W982E

2003-07-28 Thread stm23
hi, could somebody please email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) me a copy of wordpad.exe for windows 98 2nd Edition. i've deleted mine and can't seem to recover it thanx, sam

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 21:11, you wrote: > I used to use an Alcatel SpeedTouch in PPP routing w/NAT as a gateway > for my network - but after a _MASSIVE_ incident with my jetstream > billing I have found that I had needed much better logging and > ipaccounting to protect my ass. Have you been able t

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Yuri de Groot
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 21:11, Chris Bayley wrote: > I used to use an Alcatel SpeedTouch in PPP routing w/NAT as a gateway > for my network - but after a _MASSIVE_ incident with my jetstream > billing I have found that I had needed much better logging and How did that work out? Did they make you pay

Re: ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Chris Bayley
I used to use an Alcatel SpeedTouch in PPP routing w/NAT as a gateway for my network - but after a _MASSIVE_ incident with my jetstream billing I have found that I had needed much better logging and ipaccounting to protect my ass. I have subsequently installed an IPCop gateway which talks to t

ADSL modems or routers with IPCop - war stories and medals??

2003-07-28 Thread Andrew Sands
List dwellers, Can any wise individuals using IPCop with ADSL indicate the type of modem and/or router they are using and any problems they had getting it set up. Enquiring minds would like to know? I have a situation involving a dynalink RTA220 and having convinced the concerned party to try a l