Vacation ---- auto-reply

2003-07-23 Thread Theodore J. Knab
The vacation program which I use on our Campus Email server does not do this. To bad more don't use it. >From the 'vacation' man page: No message will be sent unless login (or an alias supplied using the -a option) is part of either the ``To:'' or ``Cc:'' headers of the mail. No messages from ``

[support@backup.hmdc.harvard.edu: [hmdc.harvard.edu #4073] FYI: mon]

2003-09-10 Thread Theodore J. Knab
Some of you might find this one interesting. In a world where IT security sometimes means keeping services out of sight. Both Harvard and MIT advertise everything they have up and running. If I was a cracker running a DOS, I could use this information to monitor the machines I knocked of the ne

Re: Woody with Intel S875WP1-E board?

2003-09-12 Thread Theodore J. Knab
What kernel is Red Hat Linux 8.0 using. Seeing you are simply trying to get a board to work this is more of kernel issue than a distribution issue. If you were using something evil like Cold Fusion, it might be a distribution issue. Of course, all distribution issues can be worked around with sym

Re: a new network and a newbie admin

2003-10-11 Thread Theodore J. Knab
>Hello, I have just been nominated in charge for the network inside the student block >I live in. >My problem is the server that I will have to order, as the network is not made yet. Good for youi. Please wrap lines at 80 characters in the future. >What would you recommend as proxy software?

Re: bind9 vs tinydns vs others

2003-12-02 Thread Theodore J. Knab
Bind 9 is a total revamp of Bind 8. Bind8 had a bunch of security holes in it, so tinyDNS and the others came about. Bind9 was a rewrite from scratch with security as a goal. Bind9 is good for all types of general DNS stuff. Tiny-DNS is probably good for some applications, however you are going

Re: bind9 vs tinydns vs others

2003-12-02 Thread Theodore J. Knab
Bind 9 is a total revamp of Bind 8. Bind8 had a bunch of security holes in it, so tinyDNS and the others came about. Bind9 was a rewrite from scratch with security as a goal. Bind9 is good for all types of general DNS stuff. Tiny-DNS is probably good for some applications, however you are going