Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-29 Thread Bob Hemus
If it's not the authorities it's the local webmaster. A couple of months ago I was screwing around (again) and had my COL broken so was using M$ Outlook on a laptop with no protection. My man called me and very nicely gave me and told me not to use my Windoze anymore and get my Linux fixed.

Re: Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-23 Thread m.w.chang
I guess you knew a lot of JPL experts, and Vulcan and dBase... Dude, I grew up in Huntsville. Lived there for 20+ years. My dad was a rocket scientist with GE back in the heyday of the space program. -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-22 Thread kwall
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 09:38:31AM -0700, Andrew Mathews wrote: > > Congrats. You *did* disable all the built in security features didn't > you? ROFLMAO. I couldn't figure out how to set permissions on /dev/motor properly, though. ;-) > Ignorance is bliss? It doesn't stop at any borders, eithe

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-22 Thread kwall
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 09:39:12AM -0500, Net Llama! wrote: > > Forget that. How can you even survive without a car, unless you live in > the middle of a city, and never need to leave that area? I purchased my > first used car when i was 22, and my first new one when i was 26. Well, I guess tha

Re: Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-22 Thread kwall
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:12:11PM -0500, rels wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > " It reminded me of the one thing about growing up > in Alabama that still yanks my chain: aggressive ignorance: "I know > all I want to know and don't want to know anything else." ..." > > Must be that so

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-22 Thread kwall
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:15:24PM -0800, Keith Morse wrote: > > Your first car? Dude, you used to live in Utah, right? I thought it was > against the law to live there and not own a car. Yup, I used to live in Utah. It was a challenge to get around without a car, but a willingness to deal with

Re: [ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
sorry. many typo in the messages: "save you from" > note that system crashes may have nothing to do with securiyt, but lousy > coding and programming. security won't safe you a endless loop or a > deadlock. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
read october issue of linux journal. the column by Mr. David Bandel. :) I wonder whether there one such steaming relay server for TV signal. >>You wouldn't know a site where I can download a linux radio station >>automation program? Would you? > Now that's a segue. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisi

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread Keith Morse
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Lee wrote: > You wouldn't know a site where I can download a linux radio station > automation program? Would you? > > Lee Now that's a segue. > Keith Morse wrote: > > >On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > >>On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:23:11PM -0800

Re: [ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 21 November 2002 2:50 am, m.w.chang wrote: > that's exactly what security is about, on a need-to-know basis. sir. > :) > > I repeat: I am not rejecting or ignoring security, but under > circumstance, like learning something un-related secur

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread rels
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: " It reminded me of the one thing about growing up in Alabama that still yanks my chain: aggressive ignorance: "I know all I want to know and don't want to know anything else." ..." Must be that some of those transplanted Alabamans relocated to West GA, as I seem to

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread Andrew Mathews
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:23:11PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: Wow. Rough day in the 'burgh? ;) ;-) Nope, quite the contrary -- I had a *great* day. I bought my first car ('93 Mercury Sable with all the trimmings and only 65,000 miles) and spent the afternoon program

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread Lee
You wouldn't know a site where I can download a linux radio station automation program? Would you? Lee Keith Morse wrote: On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:23:11PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: Wow. Rough day in the 'burgh? ;)

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread Net Llama!
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Keith Morse wrote: > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:23:11PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: > > > Wow. Rough day in the 'burgh? ;) > > > > ;-) Nope, quite the contrary -- I had a *great* day. I bought my > > first car ('93 Mercury Sable

[ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
comrade, root is a user, too. while they have differences, a baby don't learn martial arts until he/she could balance, walk, jump, and run. sxs -> step-by-step. and that sex should starts with the origin, ie zero. But he objects to the distinction between user and root (that's a security featu

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
hmm.. wonder if the weapon control system is using a disarmed linux for speed and size ... m.w.chang wrote: you meant the one that's just released by the US Military, that farts nails onto the road and coughs with shock grenades, and lined with electrical skins? -- .~.Swiftly. Silently. In

[ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
strangely, I never got enough crash at my DOS PC back then. I write foxpro programs back then. note that system crashes may have nothing to do with securiyt, but lousy coding and programming. security won't safe you a endless loop or a deadlock. This reminds me of beginning cryptology classes

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
you meant the one that's just released by the US Military, that farts nails onto the road and coughs with shock grenades, and lined with electrical skins? ronnie gauthier wrote: > I've never owned a car either. But ask me about the trucks I've owned. Wow. Rough day in the 'burgh? ;) -- S

[ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
besies, what is security without a disarmed linux? you need a control to know what's secured and what's not. Robert Black Eagle wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > For something like that, you can still obtain CP/M. >>fine. yes. agree, but I still want a demilitarized l

[ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
that's exactly what security is about, on a need-to-know basis. sir. :) I repeat: I am not rejecting or ignoring security, but under circumstance, like learning something un-related security in linux, I want all weapons and defense off. that's all. > in Alabama that still yanks my chain: aggress

[ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
don't worry. that un-secured linux would not reacheable from the outside world. you woulnd't even knowa bout its existence. > Please mail me when you've finished learning security without > implementing it so I can flush the iptables rule concerning your IP > address range. :-p -- Swiftly. S

[ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
do I need to learn how to secure security? :) > This gets weirder by the day. A better analogy would be that learning > linux with security is like having a key to the lock on your house. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread Zoki
At 11:12 20/11/2002 +0800, you wrote: many thanks. hmm.. will try it.. so the "a" group attributes can totallly disarm the beast? hmm...how about owner and group names? Certain daemons insist on comparing names (ie, gid and uid). >>>now you said it: DOS is ... "an educational" ... "toy". >>>I wa

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread ronnie gauthier
I've never owned a car either. But ask me about the trucks I've owned. On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:15:24 -0800 (PST) Keith Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:23:11PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: >> > Wow. Rough day in the 'burg

[OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread Keith Morse
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:23:11PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: > > Wow. Rough day in the 'burgh? ;) > > ;-) Nope, quite the contrary -- I had a *great* day. I bought my > first car ('93 Mercury Sable with all the trimmings and only 65,000 > miles) a

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread kwall
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:23:11PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: > Wow. Rough day in the 'burgh? ;) ;-) Nope, quite the contrary -- I had a *great* day. I bought my first car ('93 Mercury Sable with all the trimmings and only 65,000 miles) and spent the afternoon programming radio stations and figu

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread Net Llama!
Wow. Rough day in the 'burgh? ;) On 11/20/02 20:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:44:40PM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: hm... i think the only option is for me to hack the kernel source my self..hoho.. anyway, I repeat: I just want the house, no lock. All of the metaphors a

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread kwall
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:44:40PM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > > hm... i think the only option is for me to hack the kernel source my > self..hoho.. anyway, I repeat: I just want the house, no lock. All of the metaphors and analogies are cute, but they obscure the basic point: even if you create y

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 19 November 2002 8:42 pm, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:51:15PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:02:34AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > >> now you said it: DOS is ... "an educational" ... "toy". >

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 All he really has to do is log in as root every time -- stupid, but that's what he wants. Then he can "chmod -R 777 /" and everything that can break will. On Tuesday 19 November 2002 7:51 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:0

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For something like that, you can still obtain CP/M. On Tuesday 19 November 2002 7:05 pm, m.w.chang wrote: > fine. yes. agree, but I still want a demilitarized linux. > I will join the army later. :) > > > Filesystem security is a part of Linux. If yo

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This reminds me of beginning cryptology classes where almost everyone comes up with an "unbreakable encryption routine" which is quickly shown to be an elementary and extremely easy "code" to break. Programs in linux that do not do such neat things

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Try LFS (linux from scratch). Writing your own personalized distro is a wonderful educational experience. On Tuesday 19 November 2002 7:02 pm, m.w.chang wrote: > now you said it: DOS is ... "an educational" ... "toy". > I want one for linux. > > > f

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This gets weirder by the day. A better analogy would be that learning linux with security is like having a key to the lock on your house. On Tuesday 19 November 2002 7:00 pm, m.w.chang wrote: > to put it in an even more simple, if not ulgy way, exec

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread kwall
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 06:42:04PM -0800, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:51:15PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:02:34AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > >> > >> now you said it: DOS is ... "an educational" ... "toy". > >> I want one for linux. > > > >I to

Re: [ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread m.w.chang
AND>... that option should include ZERO security. ZERO... nothing. it's also a valid state. > And I see a value for a demilitarized linux. In fact, the kernel should > have claer docuemnts about all the security hooks if it's to be accepted > by the world. Then every government can design her own

[ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-20 Thread m.w.chang
hm... i think the only option is for me to hack the kernel source my self..hoho.. anyway, I repeat: I just want the house, no lock. And I see a value for a demilitarized linux. In fact, the kernel should have claer docuemnts about all the security hooks if it's to be accepted by the world. Then e

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Andrew Mathews
m.w.chang wrote: > sir, I want the house, not the lock. I beg your pardon. Too bad. Get over it. Nobody wants a house without locks, everyone has the same concerns. Remove yours, sell them, do whatever, just don't expect many people to view it as either logical or reasonable. Will you put your mon

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread m.w.chang
many thanks. hmm.. will try it.. so the "a" group attributes can totallly disarm the beast? hmm...how about owner and group names? Certain daemons insist on comparing names (ie, gid and uid). >>>now you said it: DOS is ... "an educational" ... "toy". >>>I want one for linux. >>I told you how: >>#

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread m.w.chang
Slackware got basic secuirty system, too. I want to turn off the master-arm switch. :) > I disagree. Linux comes with a lot of training wheels - otherwise > everyone would still be running Slackware (not that that's a bad idea > in itself, but it would scare off a lot of Newbies). that's just th

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread kwall
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:02:34AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > > now you said it: DOS is ... "an educational" ... "toy". > I want one for linux. I told you how: # chmod -R 666 / This creates a wide open filesystem where any user can do anything. When it breaks, and it *will* most assuredly break,

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread kwall
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:06:34AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > > agree. if these guys had gone through the days of DOS, I believe they > would be better users. I suspected that some users didn't even know how > to spell their name in english alphabets. :) I'm sure I don't know how to spell my name

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Ben Duncan
Which Is true Lonni ... Only trying to make a point on where to start ..along with some simple rules to help the un-initiated. 'Sides ( ;-> ) I dunno nuthin' 'bout xinetd ... Net Llama! wrote: On 11/19/02 15:38, Ben Duncan wrote: Some VERY Simple rules. Turn off ALL network Services not needed

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:51:15PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:02:34AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: >> >> now you said it: DOS is ... "an educational" ... "toy". >> I want one for linux. > >I told you how: > ># chmod -R 666 / > >This creates a wide open filesystem where

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Collins
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:35:14 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, m.w.chang wrote: > > again, not when I am new to linux. do you know how intimidating > > for a newbie when they see doors and doors of obstacles to setup a > > simple home server behind a hardware

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Bill Campbell
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:04:17AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: >I am sorry, at this stage, I prefer to learn the programming and coding >that *created* security. I don't learn security because of security, >general. :) > >When I could control security by proper programming and coding, I got >secuity a

[ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread m.w.chang
Thank you. I am still a hobbyists.. . I can handle the consequence. but it seems that since too much effort has been put into linux securiyt, no one wanted to turn them off by a master-arm switch (as in a jet fighter). Too bad... and that again will slow me down... I prefer to switch on securi

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Ben Duncan
Some VERY Simple rules. Turn off ALL network Services not needed to run the system (this is done in the inetd.conf file). Cancel, trash or otherwise do away with daemon process you DO NOT need. With the FEW remaining services in networking - run them thru wrappers. From there on, build the iptabl

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Net Llama!
On 11/19/02 15:38, Ben Duncan wrote: Some VERY Simple rules. Turn off ALL network Services not needed to run the system (this is done in the inetd.conf file). Cancel, trash or otherwise do away with daemon That's not entirely true. In fact, its completely untrue on some systems. Only inetd s

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Andrew Mathews
m.w.chang wrote: when I want to use the security system, I would surely appreciate that. but at some point in learning linux, just like your life, you wouldn't want to be distracted by security measures. Nonsense. That's akin to saying that a first time homeowner shouldn't have to deal with t

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread m.w.chang
to put it in an even more simple, if not ulgy way, execuse me, learning linux with security = having sex in front of a police officer and a doctor. Myles Green wrote: > I think you are missing the point MW, learning Linux without the > security features would be like learning to operate an autom

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread m.w.chang
now you said it: DOS is ... "an educational" ... "toy". I want one for linux. > flipper babies show the service wasn't worth the ultimate price. DOS *is* a toy, > perhaps an educational one. At the end of the day, however, if you don't learn > a little about file system security, you aren't learn

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread m.w.chang
fine. yes. agree, but I still want a demilitarized linux. I will join the army later. :) > Filesystem security is a part of Linux. If you're not learning about it, > then you're nor learning Linux. Period. > -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread m.w.chang
I am sorry, at this stage, I prefer to learn the programming and coding that *created* security. I don't learn security because of security, general. :) When I could control security by proper programming and coding, I got secuity automagically. > There's no chicken & egg about it. You either l

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread m.w.chang
sir, I want the house, not the lock. I beg your pardon. I am/was not looking for a job on linux security. >> when I want to use the security system, I would surely appreciate that. >> but at some point in learning linux, just like your life, you wouldn't > Nonsense. That's akin to saying that a f

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread m.w.chang
agree. if these guys had gone through the days of DOS, I believe they would be better users. I suspected that some users didn't even know how to spell their name in english alphabets. :) > Then they should stick with M$ products. Linux doesn't have training > wheels. > -- Swiftly. Silently.

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 19 November 2002 5:50 am, m.w.chang wrote: > again, not when I am new to linux. do you know how intimidating for a > newbie when they see doors and doors of obstacles to setup a simple > home server behind a hardware firewall+router? Most ne

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread kwall
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 11:23:28AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > > sorry, i just want to avoid the hussles related to file system access > control (FSAC) or security when learning linux as starters. out of my > linux learning experience, many times, I was hinderd by all these > security things. Unde

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm truly feeling puzzled. I was not distracted so much as confused by the security measures at first. Eventually (after several new viruses went around) I appreciated them and it didn't take long to get used to them. In a few cases, it is a bit

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Myles Green
I think you are missing the point MW, learning Linux without the security features would be like learning to operate an automobile without learning the traffic regulations - you get from point A to point B but cause many problems for others along the way. Look at it this way - if YOU don't have

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Net Llama!
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, m.w.chang wrote: > again, not when I am new to linux. do you know how intimidating for a > newbie when they see doors and doors of obstacles to setup a simple home > server behind a hardware firewall+router? Most newbies are not ready for > the hussles at the *Very* beginning.

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Net Llama!
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, m.w.chang wrote: > when I want to use the security system, I would surely appreciate that. > but at some point in learning linux, just like your life, you wouldn't > want to be distracted by security measures. Filesystem security is a part of Linux. If you're not learning abo

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread Net Llama!
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, m.w.chang wrote: > > It's another chicken and egg question. One thing I know: I am not making > money out of selling security. :) There's no chicken & egg about it. You either learn security from the start, or you don't. M$ isn't making money from security either. Funny how

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-19 Thread m.w.chang
again, not when I am new to linux. do you know how intimidating for a newbie when they see doors and doors of obstacles to setup a simple home server behind a hardware firewall+router? Most newbies are not ready for the hussles at the *Very* beginning. More research into viruses, trojans and wo

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
when I want to use the security system, I would surely appreciate that. but at some point in learning linux, just like your life, you wouldn't want to be distracted by security measures. > I am truly puzzled by this. I enjoyed the convenience of having my > "user" account (I back up my productio

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 18 November 2002 9:23 pm, m.w.chang wrote: > sorry, i just want to avoid the hussles related to file system access > control (FSAC) or security when learning linux as starters. out of > my linux learning experience, many times, I was hinderd

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread Robert Black Eagle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 More research into viruses, trojans and worms might convince you otherwise. On Monday 18 November 2002 8:25 pm, m.w.chang wrote: > got your point, but *IF* the right users and processes could be > guaranteed, then the file system should be modified m

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
It's another chicken and egg question. One thing I know: I am not making money out of selling security. :) >> linux learning experience, many times, I was hinderd by all these >> security things. > If you don't learn about how the filesystem works from the start, then > you never will. > --

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
My understanding of computer systems told me that network ports are just a memory or register. So memory security should encompass all these networking stuffs. networking servers are provided by services inside memory. YOU wrote the right process (with StackGuard?), you got networking security auto

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread Net Llama!
On 11/18/02 19:23, m.w.chang wrote: sorry, i just want to avoid the hussles related to file system access control (FSAC) or security when learning linux as starters. out of my linux learning experience, many times, I was hinderd by all these security things. If you don't learn about how the fil

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
last voice... another app: tablet pc. the hardware, not the M$ craps. Tablet pc that's as thin as a paper notebook is going to be useful. all these tablets connected to a SECURED desktop server. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ ne

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
you got a better example than me. throwing myself out of the door... :) > Before we beat this guy up and toss him out the back door... > But it's really not a bad idea... maybe one of the embedded kernels can be put > to task? > -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
note. for the exactly same rationale behind my orignial question, I want a no-security NTFS support as well.. so the brand and crapness (scale 0-10) of the OS (be it linux or M$) is irrelevant. :) > Unfortunately (a) the default security settings on the w2k machines seem to > be too open, (b) th

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
left out the word "NOT". sorry. sorry. .. not just about ... > That's why I said linux (if not open-source computing) is about security > only. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.lin

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread Jerry McBride
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:37:15 -0800 Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/18/02 18:22, m.w.chang wrote: > > > >>>if security can be quarateed at network port level, and that only I > >>>could login the machine at console, is there a need for file system > >>>security? > >> > >>Security c

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
sorry, i just want to avoid the hussles related to file system access control (FSAC) or security when learning linux as starters. out of my linux learning experience, many times, I was hinderd by all these security things. You see, for a really newbie, their primary interest is NOT security, but

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread kwall
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 06:47:16PM -0800, Net Llama! wrote: > What is "memory security"??? Something like StackGuard. Kurt -- 7:30, Channel 5: The Bionic Dog (Action/Adventure) The Bionic Dog gets a hormonal short-circuit and violates the Mann Act with an interstate Greyhound bus

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread kwall
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:29:52AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > hmm let's put things this way. Okay. > if the education system is working perfectly, do we need law enforcement > and military units to catch failures? No one should be committing crimes > or terrorism, right? Mmm, no, I don't thin

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread kwall
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:22:20AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > > > >>if security can be quarateed at network port level, and that only I > >>could login the machine at console, is there a need for file system > >>security? > > Security can't be guaranteed. With what you've just described, you > >

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread Net Llama!
What is "memory security"??? On 11/18/02 18:29, m.w.chang wrote: hmm let's put things this way. if the education system is working perfectly, do we need law enforcement and military units to catch failures? No one should be committing crimes or terrorism, right? That's the scenario I wanted

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread Net Llama!
On 11/18/02 18:25, m.w.chang wrote: got your point, but *IF* the right users and processes could be guaranteed, then the file system should be modified more for speed+size and less for security. How can you guarentee what every user & process on the system might do? At any rate, where did you

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread Net Llama!
On 11/18/02 18:22, m.w.chang wrote: if security can be quarateed at network port level, and that only I could login the machine at console, is there a need for file system security? Security can't be guaranteed. With what you've just described, you don't want Linux or Unix at all. You might a

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:22:20AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > > >>>if security can be quarateed at network port level, and that only I >>>could login the machine at console, is there a need for file system >>>security? >> Security can't be guaranteed. With what you've just described, you >> don't

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
hmm let's put things this way. if the education system is working perfectly, do we need law enforcement and military units to catch failures? No one should be committing crimes or terrorism, right? That's the scenario I wanted to talk about. In linux, the file system security seems to be used

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
got your point, but *IF* the right users and processes could be guaranteed, then the file system should be modified more for speed+size and less for security. the only last thing that scared me is those stack or buffer attacks which could enable a remote users to drop into a root prompt. I have no

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread m.w.chang
>>if security can be quarateed at network port level, and that only I >>could login the machine at console, is there a need for file system >>security? > Security can't be guaranteed. With what you've just described, you > don't want Linux or Unix at all. You might as well use Windows 2000 > or

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread kwall
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:54:52AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > > is it possible to turn off all the permission support in ext2fs? No. > will that speed up disk access actually? Probably not. > if security can be quarateed at network port level, and that only I > could login the machine at conso

Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-18 Thread Net Llama!
On 11/18/02 17:54, m.w.chang wrote: is it possible to turn off all the permission support in ext2fs? Not as far as I know. will that speed up disk access actually? Does it in windoze? ;) In all seriousness, filesystem permissions are not a measurable cause of disk IO issues. The type of