Re: New info on how to install your laptop

2000-03-23 Thread Tim Haynes
On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 04:03:55PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > Because it is actually "netstat -anp" that will (also) list the > > services. The reason for using nmap is that it is a popular tool > > for ... mapping other's people machines. As such, you may want to > > know about its existen

Re: New info on how to install your laptop

2000-03-23 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:36:20PM +, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > > My thought of the day: why nmap localhost, rather than netstat -a > > or -an ? > > Because it is actually "netstat -anp" that will (also) list the > services. The reason for using nmap is that it is a popular tool > for ...

Re: New info on how to install your laptop

2000-03-23 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > > My thought of the day: why nmap localhost, rather than netstat -a > > or -an ? > > Because it is actually "netstat -anp" that will (also) list the > services. The reason for using nmap is that it is a popular

Re: New info on how to install your laptop

2000-03-23 Thread Sergio Brandano
> My thought of the day: why nmap localhost, rather than netstat -a > or -an ? Because it is actually "netstat -anp" that will (also) list the services. The reason for using nmap is that it is a popular tool for ... mapping other's people machines. As such, you may want to know about its exis

Re: New info on how to install your laptop

2000-03-23 Thread Tim Haynes
On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:01:26PM +, Gareth Bowker wrote: > It's quite a useful document, certainly. I've only got one comment on it, > which is to explain what the changes are that are being made: i.e. > disabling tcp listening for X means that you can't run remote X sessions > from the mach

Re: New info on how to install your laptop

2000-03-23 Thread Sergio Brandano
Thank you Gareth. I certainly will improve that article as time allows. Please feel free to actively contribute to it. If explicit text is sent to me, I will include it in the new version, and your name will appear in the list of contributors. Thank's again. All the best, Sergio

Re: New info on how to install your laptop

2000-03-23 Thread Gareth Bowker
It's quite a useful document, certainly. I've only got one comment on it, which is to explain what the changes are that are being made: i.e. disabling tcp listening for X means that you can't run remote X sessions from the machine blah blah, but that crackers can't blah blah. It just makes it cl

New info on how to install your laptop

2000-03-23 Thread Sergio Brandano
http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~sb/PowerBook.html Feedback and improvements are very welcome. Thank you for your past contributions. Sergio