Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-17 Thread James Knott
Kai Ponte wrote: > On Sat, June 16, 2007 12:29 pm, James Knott wrote: > >> >> No, TCP/IP doesn't run on OSI, but the OSI model is often used to help >> understand other stacks. >> > > > Correct me if I'm wrong - and I know this is going way OT - but ALL > transport protocols run in the OSI.

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-16 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Saturday 16 June 2007 21:42, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Sat, June 16, 2007 12:29 pm, James Knott wrote: > > ... > > > > No, TCP/IP doesn't run on OSI, but the OSI model is often used to > > help understand other stacks. > > Correct me if I'm wrong - and I know this is going way OT - but ALL > transpo

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-16 Thread Kai Ponte
On Sat, June 16, 2007 12:29 pm, James Knott wrote: > Kai Ponte wrote: >> On Fri, June 15, 2007 2:19 pm, James Knott wrote: >> >> I didn't know they had IP drivers for token ring. We're using some netBIOS sort of thing, AFAIK. >>> You apparently get some layers of the protoc

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-16 Thread James Knott
Kai Ponte wrote: > On Fri, June 15, 2007 2:19 pm, James Knott wrote: > > >>> I didn't know they had IP drivers for token ring. We're using some >>> netBIOS sort of thing, AFAIK. >>> >>> >>> >> You apparently get some layers of the protocol stack mixed up. >> > > > OSI layers? Man, I

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-16 Thread Kai Ponte
On Fri, June 15, 2007 2:19 pm, James Knott wrote: >> >> I didn't know they had IP drivers for token ring. We're using some >> netBIOS sort of thing, AFAIK. >> >> > You apparently get some layers of the protocol stack mixed up. OSI layers? Man, I haven't looked at those in years. In any case, TC

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-16 Thread Registration Account
> On Friday 15 June 2007, Registration Account wrote: >> I cannot believe you could make such an uninformed >> comment - DO you really think that large data entres >> have a bunch of clustered Windows Servers? >>SNA/Token Ring is still the preferred method for large> data centre's topology because

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Registration Account
Dear James, Yes we both know that improvements have been made and you have indicate a great knowledge of the groups of protocols we know as TCP/IP. I agree we have made inroads since the early inception of the protocols - however you understand that - Particularly Windows relies on the ability we

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-15 Thread James Knott
Kai Ponte wrote: > On Fri, June 15, 2007 12:09 pm, James Knott wrote: > > >>> As an example, in order to increase the security (by obscurity) of >>> our >>> voting tally systems, we use Token Ring on all election tally >>> systems. >>> There's only one machine with a token ring/ethernet bridge u

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Kai Ponte
On Fri, June 15, 2007 12:09 pm, James Knott wrote: >> As an example, in order to increase the security (by obscurity) of >> our >> voting tally systems, we use Token Ring on all election tally >> systems. >> There's only one machine with a token ring/ethernet bridge used to >> pass data out. >> >

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-15 Thread James Knott
Kai Ponte wrote: On Thu, June 14, 2007 10:07 pm, John Andersen wrote: On Thursday 14 June 2007, Registration Account wrote: In Australia we will NOT use TCP/IP for government or direct Banking requirements. Thats why do don't worry about massive amounts of data being hijacked. H

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Kai Ponte
On Thu, June 14, 2007 10:07 pm, John Andersen wrote: > On Thursday 14 June 2007, Registration Account wrote: >> In Australia we will NOT use TCP/IP for government or >> direct Banking requirements. Thats why do don't worry >> about massive amounts of data being hijacked. > > Huh? > No on line banki

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread John Andersen
On Thursday 14 June 2007, Registration Account wrote: > In Australia we will NOT use TCP/IP for government or > direct Banking requirements. Thats why do don't worry > about massive amounts of data being hijacked. Huh? No on line banking in Australia? Could have fooled me. -- _

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread James Knott
I'm not quite sure where to start, but there are a lot of errors in your message. Registration Account wrote: > TCP/IP I am sorry will go down in history as the most > insecure and worst collection of protocols ever conceived. > > Some protocols aren't that great. Others are fine and some have

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread Registration Account
The best defence any can mount about issues they don't understand is attack - how predictable we all are. This entry is neither helpful nor constructive. Michael Nelson wrote: > Geeze, it's so fun to watch a bunch of old guys arguing about whos dick is > older. > smime.p7s Description: S/MIME C

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread Registration Account
TCP/IP I am sorry will go down in history as the most insecure and worst collection of protocols ever conceived. The origins of TCP/IP are well know as it was created by the US Government and bell Labs in 1979. It was to provide a vehicle that could network US Military missile silos and internal c

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread Michael Nelson
Geeze, it's so fun to watch a bunch of old guys arguing about whos dick is older. -- In what was destined to be a short-lived spectacle, a chicken, suspended by a balloon, drifted through the Samurai bar's doorway. --Gary Larson San Francisco, CA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fo

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread James Knott
James Knott wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> The Wednesday 2007-06-13 at 23:49 -0800, John Andersen wrote: >> >> >>> Another roaring success story. Gad what a hopelessly >>> complex and expensive network. The sad part is they >>> "invented" it while the unix world was happily running >>>

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread James Knott
Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Wednesday 2007-06-13 at 23:49 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > > > Another roaring success story. Gad what a hopelessly > > complex and expensive network. The sad part is they > > "invented" it while the unix world was happily running > > TCP/IP. > > Token ring was invent

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread James Knott
G T Smith wrote: > > At that time with a 4/16Mb bandwidth range, dual ring tolerance (you had > to chop the cable twice to break the ring) and a very stable loading > characteristic, it was a faster and more reliable option than ethernet > at a max of 10Mbs. Token Ring networks only tended to slow

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread James Knott
John Andersen wrote: > On Wednesday 13 June 2007, Registration Account wrote: > >> and IBM invented >> token ring >> > > Another roaring success story. Gad what a hopelessly > complex and expensive network. The sad part is they > "invented" it while the unix world was happily running > T

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread James Knott
John Andersen wrote: > > The original PCs and ATs were built like tanks, and I still have > the IBM AT bios manual. > > >> Yes they sell PC's >> http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03004c/businesscenter/smallbusiness/us/en/product >> > > They still sell servers, and they pretend to sell high end work

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread James Knott
Registration Account wrote: > John are probably be too young to recall the first > Personal Computer was released in the form of PS2 - > with advanced architecture called micro channel. > Actually, the PS/2 came later. The first of the "PC" types, was of course the IBM PC, which had an 8088 CP

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2007-06-13 at 23:49 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > Another roaring success story. Gad what a hopelessly > complex and expensive network. The sad part is they > "invented" it while the unix world was happily running > TCP/IP. Token ri

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread rudolf
On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 23:49 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > On Wednesday 13 June 2007, Registration Account wrote: > > and IBM invented > > token ring > > Another roaring success story. Gad what a hopelessly > complex and expensive network. The sad part is they > "invented" it while the unix world

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Andersen wrote: > On Wednesday 13 June 2007, Registration Account wrote: >> and IBM invented >> token ring > > Another roaring success story. Gad what a hopelessly > complex and expensive network. The sad part is they > "invented" it while the

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread Registration Account
Other security issues involved with pre-install Dell Windows XP - Dell PC that have the pre load installed at factory contain a dell login that needs to be disabled, along Ms support Login and anonymous login, these, particular user accounts need to have these accounts disabled. You can only find t

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread John Andersen
On Wednesday 13 June 2007, Registration Account wrote: > and IBM invented > token ring Another roaring success story. Gad what a hopelessly complex and expensive network. The sad part is they "invented" it while the unix world was happily running TCP/IP. -- ___

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread John Andersen
On Wednesday 13 June 2007, Registration Account wrote: > John are probably be too young to recall the first > Personal Computer was released in the form of PS2 - Thank you (I think) for chopping 30 years off my age. As I recall, the PS2 was at least the third generation of IBM PCs. There was t

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-14 Thread M Harris
On Thursday 14 June 2007 01:09, Registration Account wrote: > John are probably be too young my comments on opensuse-offtopic list,... -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-13 Thread Registration Account
John are probably be too young to recall the first Personal Computer was released in the form of PS2 - with advanced architecture called micro channel. The because the standard that all clone PC's were designed around. In the early days Clone PC were always boasting as being 100% IBM computable.

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-13 Thread John Andersen
On Wednesday 13 June 2007, Registration Account wrote: > I have > never found 1 dell PC that comes close to being 100% > IBM compatible - Not surprising, since IBM does not make PCs. -- _ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additio

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-13 Thread Registration Account
Thanks randall, I should have worked that out for myself. I was browsing and downloading files from dell.com for a troublesome dell PC (No surprises there, as I have never found 1 dell PC that comes close to being 100% IBM compatible - due to their amazing number of BIOS/Chipboard drivers which ar

Re: [opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-13 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Wednesday 13 June 2007 15:46, Registration Account wrote: > Can anyone out there tell me what is a Prosiak > Back-door connection in Linux. This is a copy of the > first IDS connection which I think is only applicable > to Unix/Linux From what I can tell from Google searching (ahem), this is an

[opensuse] RE:Back Door Prosiak client connection in Linux

2007-06-13 Thread Registration Account
Can anyone out there tell me what is a Prosiak Back-door connection in Linux. This is a copy of the first IDS connection which I think is only applicable to Unix/Linux Thanks Scott Original Message Subject: Alert from EventLog Analyzer : IDS03 | 192.168.1.1 | EFW Date: Wed, 13