Hello all,
Am 09:16 2003-06-24 +0100 hat Chris Higgins geschrieben:
>It's a Linux box - It's probably running X windows by default,
> and hopefully [xgk]dm isn't doing an auto-login... So
>on the login panel have a "username: fred password: 34sjdsfy8" message
>displayed.
>
>When this user logs
Hello all,
Am 09:16 2003-06-24 +0100 hat Chris Higgins geschrieben:
>It's a Linux box - It's probably running X windows by default,
> and hopefully [xgk]dm isn't doing an auto-login... So
>on the login panel have a "username: fred password: 34sjdsfy8" message
>displayed.
>
>When this user logs
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:15:57 -0400
Joseph Barillari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> SM> Good point, yes. Any suggestions on how to improve it?
>
> As for PPP connections, given that it takes a non-trivial amount of
> time to bring one
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:15:57 -0400
Joseph Barillari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> SM> Good point, yes. Any suggestions on how to improve it?
>
> As for PPP connections, given that it takes a non-trivial amount of
> time to bring one
If you've got these features implemented, it wouldn't take much to
turn it into something "general purpose" that:
Woke up
sniffed/characterized the network
Checked against a table to see if it was a known network.
If it's not a known network, it would send a message to a server
saying:
This is wh
> "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SM> On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 08:22:43PM -0400, Joseph Barillari
SM> wrote:
>>
>>> "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
SM> I've been using the following for a while, which does just
SM> what yo
If you've got these features implemented, it wouldn't take much to
turn it into something "general purpose" that:
Woke up
sniffed/characterized the network
Checked against a table to see if it was a known network.
If it's not a known network, it would send a message to a server
saying:
This is wh
> "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SM> On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 08:22:43PM -0400, Joseph Barillari
SM> wrote:
>>
>>> "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
SM> I've been using the following for a while, which does just
SM> what yo
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 08:22:43PM -0400, Joseph Barillari wrote:
>
>> "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>SM> I've been using the following for a while, which does just
>SM> what you suggested. Run it out of /etc/ppp/ip-up.d and
>SM> /etc/cron.daily and redirect t
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 08:22:43PM -0400, Joseph Barillari wrote:
>
>> "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>SM> I've been using the following for a while, which does just
>SM> what you suggested. Run it out of /etc/ppp/ip-up.d and
>SM> /etc/cron.daily and redirect t
> "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SM> I've been using the following for a while, which does just
SM> what you suggested. Run it out of /etc/ppp/ip-up.d and
SM> /etc/cron.daily and redirect the output to mail. This approach
SM> does need mail to work, which is
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 06:45:31PM -0400, Joseph Barillari wrote:
>
>I could envision a program that sends information about its local
>network to a predetermined location every time it connects to the
>network. A more elaborate solution might involve hacking a DHCP client
>(and a network stack) in
> "WH" == Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> My house was burglarized the other day. One of the things they
>> got was my old Gateway Liberty Laptop. It's a 486-100, running
WH> You may check some links to databases for stolen laptops
WH> http://tuxmobil.org/stolen_l
> "SM" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SM> I've been using the following for a while, which does just
SM> what you suggested. Run it out of /etc/ppp/ip-up.d and
SM> /etc/cron.daily and redirect the output to mail. This approach
SM> does need mail to work, which is
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 06:45:31PM -0400, Joseph Barillari wrote:
>
>I could envision a program that sends information about its local
>network to a predetermined location every time it connects to the
>network. A more elaborate solution might involve hacking a DHCP client
>(and a network stack) in
> My house was burglarized the other day. One of the things they got was
> my old Gateway Liberty Laptop. It's a 486-100, running
You may check some links to databases for stolen laptops
http://tuxmobil.org/stolen_laptops.html
Werner
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Larry Colen wrote:
My house was burglarized the other day. One of the things they got was
my old Gateway Liberty Laptop. It's a 486-100, running
debian. Computer name is "short". (my personal laptop was unsigned,
which went well with .int. subnet at
> "WH" == Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> My house was burglarized the other day. One of the things they
>> got was my old Gateway Liberty Laptop. It's a 486-100, running
WH> You may check some links to databases for stolen laptops
WH> http://tuxmobil.org/stolen_l
> My house was burglarized the other day. One of the things they got was
> my old Gateway Liberty Laptop. It's a 486-100, running
You may check some links to databases for stolen laptops
http://tuxmobil.org/stolen_laptops.html
Werner
--
|=| Werner Heuser = Keplerstr. 11A = D-10589 Berl
One piece of advice, Watch Ebay like a hawk!
Larry Colen wrote:
My house was burglarized the other day. One of the things they got was
my old Gateway Liberty Laptop. It's a 486-100, running
debian. Computer name is "short". (my personal laptop was unsigned,
which went well with .int. subnet at wo
Am Don, Jan 04, 2001 at 04:57:03 +0100 schrieb Jérôme Lacoste:
> Here's what I think can be done (LAP identifies things that have a more
> important effect when used on a laptop compared to the desktop):
You can change the 'pollution preventer'-logo at startup on
award-bioses. See instructions at
Am Don, Jan 04, 2001 at 04:57:03 +0100 schrieb Jérôme Lacoste:
> Here's what I think can be done (LAP identifies things that have a more
> important effect when used on a laptop compared to the desktop):
You can change the 'pollution preventer'-logo at startup on
award-bioses. See instructions a
> Regarding the laptop-protection daemon..
>
> > In the case somebody unpluggs the machine while under the xlock (without
> > giving the password), then the daemon would detect it and could start doing
> > some preventive action, such as:
> > - playing a sound with maximum volume saying "I am gett
> Regarding the laptop-protection daemon..
>
> > In the case somebody unpluggs the machine while under the xlock (without
> > giving the password), then the daemon would detect it and could start doing
> > some preventive action, such as:
> > - playing a sound with maximum volume saying "I am get
> bother to answer the questions as my nice little laptop disappeared from my
> office yesterday while I was at home due to flooding in my apartment. Bad
> day :(
Ugh. Bad day, indeed. Some months ago in response to workplace theft
warnings (apparently there are thieves who specialize in slipping
> bother to answer the questions as my nice little laptop disappeared from my
> office yesterday while I was at home due to flooding in my apartment. Bad
> day :(
Ugh. Bad day, indeed. Some months ago in response to workplace theft
warnings (apparently there are thieves who specialize in slipping
Regarding the laptop-protection daemon..
> In the case somebody unpluggs the machine while under the xlock (without
> giving the password), then the daemon would detect it and could start doing
> some preventive action, such as:
> - playing a sound with maximum volume saying "I am getting stolen".
> I once ran across an old DOS utility that did something like
> this. IIRC It
> embedded itself into the bootsector and upon a certain keycombe it would
> throw a serial number onto the screen and play an audio code through the
> speaker (in case th monitor was no longer usable for whatever
> re
Regarding the laptop-protection daemon..
> In the case somebody unpluggs the machine while under the xlock (without
> giving the password), then the daemon would detect it and could start doing
> some preventive action, such as:
> - playing a sound with maximum volume saying "I am getting stolen"
> -Original Message-
> From: Hubert Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Hubert Chan
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 6:47 PM
> To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Stolen laptop - how to increase security?
> [...]
> You missed the, IMHO,
> I once ran across an old DOS utility that did something like
> this. IIRC It
> embedded itself into the bootsector and upon a certain keycombe it would
> throw a serial number onto the screen and play an audio code through the
> speaker (in case th monitor was no longer usable for whatever
> r
> On my Thinkpad I have a sticker that clearly says "Does Not Run Windows".
My (main) laptop has a debian 1" x 1" square tab next to the Ricoh OEM logo,
and another 1" "tux the penguin" OEM tab elsewhere on the machine. It doesn't
-say- that it doesn't run windows... but it doesn't, that's true
> -Original Message-
> From: Hubert Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Hubert Chan
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 6:47 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Stolen laptop - how to increase security?
> [...]
> You missed the, IMHO, most ef
> On my Thinkpad I have a sticker that clearly says "Does Not Run Windows".
My (main) laptop has a debian 1" x 1" square tab next to the Ricoh OEM logo,
and another 1" "tux the penguin" OEM tab elsewhere on the machine. It doesn't
-say- that it doesn't run windows... but it doesn't, that's tru
On Friday 05 January 2001 02:57, Jérôme Lacoste wrote:
> Some of you may have read one of my last mail in the list on the 29th.
> Don't bother to answer the questions as my nice little laptop disappeared
> from my office yesterday while I was at home due to flooding in my
> apartment. Bad day :(
O
On Friday 05 January 2001 02:57, Jérôme Lacoste wrote:
> Some of you may have read one of my last mail in the list on the 29th.
> Don't bother to answer the questions as my nice little laptop disappeared
> from my office yesterday while I was at home due to flooding in my
> apartment. Bad day :(
Jérôme Lacoste wrote:
> [pre-scriptum: if anybody thinks this has nothing to do with the
> debian-laptop, please redirect me]
>
> Hei,
>
> Some of you may have read one of my last mail in the list on the 29th. Don't
> bother to answer the questions as my nice little laptop disappeared from my
> o
Jérôme Lacoste wrote:
> [pre-scriptum: if anybody thinks this has nothing to do with the
> debian-laptop, please redirect me]
>
> Hei,
>
> Some of you may have read one of my last mail in the list on the 29th. Don't
> bother to answer the questions as my nice little laptop disappeared from my
>
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> "Jérôme" == Jérôme Lacoste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jérôme> My goal is to try to make an up-to-date list of the current means
Jérôme> to secure both the hardware and the data (for a laptop). What I
Jérôme> think is important is no
Hi,
...
> Anyway, I just had a quick look to the security chapter in the Laptop HOW-TO
> and in the Security HOW-TO as well. I think that security associated with
> laptop devices require specific attention.
...
You may find some additional information at my page
DATABASES OF STOLEN LAPTOPS
http:
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> "Jérôme" == Jérôme Lacoste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jérôme> My goal is to try to make an up-to-date list of the current means
Jérôme> to secure both the hardware and the data (for a laptop). What I
Jérôme> think is important is n
Hi,
...
> Anyway, I just had a quick look to the security chapter in the Laptop HOW-TO
> and in the Security HOW-TO as well. I think that security associated with
> laptop devices require specific attention.
...
You may find some additional information at my page
DATABASES OF STOLEN LAPTOPS
http
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