Re: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:46:13 +1300 "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops - Typo! > > Is it worth getting Etherboot ROM's burnt?) > > > if you want to set up a large number of clients and don't want to have reliability prolems then get roms done. For the odd terminal in

Re: reply-to munging

2003-11-12 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 04:22:29PM +1300, Yuri de Groot wrote: > AFAICT, the list server for [EMAIL PROTECTED] > doesn't add a reply-to header if there's one already there. > The webmail interface I'm using right now, for example, sets > a reply-to header that's beyond my control. It also appears

Re: reply-to munging

2003-11-12 Thread Yuri de Groot
AFAICT, the list server for [EMAIL PROTECTED] doesn't add a reply-to header if there's one already there. The webmail interface I'm using right now, for example, sets a reply-to header that's beyond my control. So technically it's not _munging_, it's _adding_if_not_already_there_. Anyway, I stopp

Re: Tonight's meeting.

2003-11-12 Thread Yuri de Groot
I can't make it tonite or 3 Dec, sorry. I will be at the next one - work roster willing. - Original Message Follows - > Tonight ?! > > The other meeting was only about 2 weeks ago! > > Was there anybody that could talk about PGP/GPG > encryption? > > I'm actually seriously doubting whet

RE: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Whats _really_ nice in terms of PXE capable hardware when installing thin client networks, is the Falcon CR51. Its a VIA mini-itx PC, about the size of both phone books together. Weighs very little and the newer versions are pretty quiet. Open it up, put in some ram, write down the MAC address

Re: Laptop NIC help

2003-11-12 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:50:08PM +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > Way OT - what has this to do with linux trying to find a w2k driver > for a laptop card? What's Linux? -mjg -- Matthew Gregan |/ /|[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Laptop NIC help

2003-11-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:44:34 +1300 David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > A friend needs to get his mp3 collection written onto CD to free up some > drive space. I figured I could just hook his laptop onto the network > here and copy the files off to burn them on one of my machin

Re: reply-to munging

2003-11-12 Thread Sascha Beaumont
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 09:23, Jim Cheetham wrote: > I guess it's all a case of interface design - most mailers I use have at > least two reply functions, "reply" and "reply to all". "reply to list" > would also be useful - and I've only seen that in Mutt, but often forget > to invoke it. > Current

Re: Tonight's meeting.

2003-11-12 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:56, you wrote: > Tonight ?! Yes, I've re-checked the WWW page:- http://canterbury.lug.net.nz/ > The other meeting was only about 2 weeks ago! Indeed it was. > Was there anybody that could talk about PGP/GPG encryption? While not in any way an expert at the "detailed level[1

Re: Tonight's meeting.

2003-11-12 Thread Zane Gilmore
Tonight ?! The other meeting was only about 2 weeks ago! Was there anybody that could talk about PGP/GPG encryption? I'm actually seriously doubting whether I can make it anyway. Maybe we could arrange a key-signing party for 3rd Dec or thereabouts. That's actually about a month from the last m

Re: Tonight's meeting.

2003-11-12 Thread Jason Greenwood
I cannot make it sorry. Cheers Jason Christopher Sawtell wrote: I see that the bookings list has tonight as a meeting evening. But there has been zilch about it on the list. Are folks turning up? What are we going to talk about?

Tonight's meeting.

2003-11-12 Thread Christopher Sawtell
I see that the bookings list has tonight as a meeting evening. But there has been zilch about it on the list. Are folks turning up? What are we going to talk about? -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail head

Re: Big brother applications like net nanny

2003-11-12 Thread Chad
Another option might be an ISP based Filtering System. Maxnet http://www.maxnet.co.nz offers a system called netguardian to their users. It uses a combination of various systems to block various types of crud. It works with both their dialup and ADSL connections. It costs abit extra per month b

Re: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:46, you wrote: > But for LTSP I am wondering if I should just keep booting from the floppy. > > What are the costs of burning ROM's in Christchurch. South Island Components used to do it for $5 some few years ago. Why not give them a ring? > Rob > > -Original Message--

RE: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
But for LTSP I am wondering if I should just keep booting from the floppy. What are the costs of burning ROM's in Christchurch. Rob -Original Message- From: David Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2003 8:55 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE:

Re: Linux based FAT defragger?

2003-11-12 Thread Philip Charles
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Robert Fraser wrote: > Thanks for the offer, but I don't think DOS 6.22 knew about FAT32 - so I > had to go to Plan B - fdisk and reinstall... Sorry, I did not make myself clear. But for the record 6.22 does handle fat32. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abb

Re: remove .htaccess auth from directory

2003-11-12 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:56:12AM +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > I figured... but it doesn't hurt to remind people that .htaccess files > > are evil. ;-) > What do you suggest as alternative(s)? httpd.conf And yes, I realise that there are, unfortunately, a lot of cases where you won't have

RE: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread CF
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 08:40, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: > I implemented LTSP for the cost of some time and a floppy disk. > (Is it worth getting etherboot ROM's burnt?) Maybe - but I've got PXE working just dandy from the linux dhcp/tftp server. And PXE capable NICs are ~$25 each ($145 for

Re: Linux based FAT defragger?

2003-11-12 Thread Robert Fraser
Thanks for the offer, but I don't think DOS 6.22 knew about FAT32 - so I had to go to Plan B - fdisk and reinstall...   I found the FreeDOS site www.freedos.org , and they had a very nice improvement on MSDOS defrag.exe that does know about FAT32 (some issues with larger volume sizes, but I'v

Re: dns, bind site urls wanted

2003-11-12 Thread CF
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 00:44, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Finding that dnrd site was excellent - thanks a million for that because I am > > partway into the throes of setting up a small home network > Just having a look at it, and its argument for existance is "DNRD was > designed for home networks

RE: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread David Kirk
> Is it worth getting Etherboot ROM's burnt?) If the alternative costs $250 then yes :-) Later David Kirk

RE: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Oops - Typo! Is it worth getting Etherboot ROM's burnt?)

RE: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
I was sent this too and it got me thinking about LTSP. I implemented LTSP for the cost of some time and a floppy disk. (Is it worth getting etherboot OM's burnt?) Robert There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works. -Original Message- From: Shane Hollis [mailto:[

Thwarted Linux backdoor

2003-11-12 Thread Roy Britten
This excerpt from Risks Digest 23.02 [http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks] -- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:21:16 -0600 From: "Douglas W. Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Thwarted Linux backdoor On 5 Nov 2003, an attempt to insert a very cleverly crafted backdoor into Linux

RE: FWD: RE: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread Martin Wehipeihana
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 08:02, mjm159 wrote: > This came through on Bugtraq. Believe what you want: > > Microsoft prepares security assault on Linux > Company will criticize Linux for taking too long to fix bugs > > http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/11/HNmsassault_1.html Ha ha ha ha ..

RE: FWD: RE: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread mjm159
This came through on Bugtraq. Believe what you want: Microsoft prepares security assault on Linux Company will criticize Linux for taking too long to fix bugs http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/11/HNmsassault_1.html --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message generated in webmail.

Big brother applications like net nanny

2003-11-12 Thread Shane Hollis
Hi, I have had a number of people asking about net nanny type applications for filtering web traffic. This is not to filter email or do virus checking but for straight web traffic censorship or protection. As far as I can tell there are three option groups: 1 - Ban all traffic using IP tables an

Re: remove .htaccess auth from directory

2003-11-12 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> I figured... but it doesn't hurt to remind people that .htaccess files > are evil. ;-) What do you suggest as alternative(s)? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.

Re: dns, bind site urls wanted

2003-11-12 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Finding that dnrd site was excellent - thanks a million for that because I am > partway into the throes of setting up a small home network Just having a look at it, and its argument for existance is "DNRD was designed for home networks where you might want to dial into more than one ISP ... . T

Re: dns, bind site urls wanted

2003-11-12 Thread Wesley Parish
Well, firstly, thanks for all the replies. Finding that dnrd site was excellent - thanks a million for that because I am partway into the throes of setting up a small home network - I've got a potential Linux client, I've got a potential Win98 client, and am hoping to get a box for an SELinux/X

Re: remove .htaccess auth from directory

2003-11-12 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 10:04:53PM +1300, Paul William wrote: > I have RTFM and tried stuff but only got 5xx internal server errors as > did the 'Allow all' idea. Sorry, I told you the wrong thing initially. You want to put 'satisfy any' in .htaccess file located in the subdirectory you want to

Fwd: Re: Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Caught by the munging! Shane: Please could you unset your reply-to when you post to the list. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Interesting use for embedded Linux Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:59 From: Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 12 Nov

Re: remove .htaccess auth from directory

2003-11-12 Thread Paul William
> There are better ways to do this... but it doesn't sound like you've > attempted to RTFM. My closing words: don't use .htaccess/.htpasswd to I have RTFM and tried stuff but only got 5xx internal server errors as did the 'Allow all' idea. 'allow all' is used to allow all requests (POST, GET , P

Re: Big brother applications like net nanny

2003-11-12 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:33, you wrote: > Hi, > > I have had a number of people asking about net nanny type applications for > filtering web traffic. This is not to filter email or do virus checking but > for straight web traffic censorship or protection. http://dansguardian.org/ content filter htt

Interesting use for embedded Linux

2003-11-12 Thread Shane Hollis
Hi, I was sent this and thought the list might be interested in seeing it as it is an interesting use for embedded Linux..Enjoy. Instant, Low Cost Conversion of PC to Thin Client w/station The ultimate in PC recycling. Give your aging PC an instant 'brain transplant' and turn it into a snappyth