Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Wichert, Where might I find this? Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCM d- s:+ a--- C UL P L+++ E W++ N o-- K- w O--- M- V- PS+ PE- Y PGP t+ 5 X- R tv+ b DI--- D+ G e-- h++ r--- y -

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Wichert, Where might I find this? Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCM d- s:+ a--- C UL P L+++ E W++ N o-- K- w O--- M- V- PS+ PE- Y PGP t+ 5 X- R tv+ b DI--- D+ G e-- h++ r--- y

Re: SMB passwords etc (was "How can I help ?")

2000-06-14 Thread Freddie
At 22:40 14/06/2000, Zak Kipling wrote: On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Sebastian Rittau wrote: >> [stuff about encrypted SMB passwords] > > But using this option prevents you from using the global /etc/shadow > file, which is problematic in some cases. True. Samba has a "password sync" option to enable S

Re: SMB passwords etc (was "How can I help ?")

2000-06-14 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:10:09PM +0100, Zak Kipling wrote: > I'm no PAM or SMB expert, but I would imagine (if it hasn't been done) it > would be feasible to make a stacked "password" module to do the reverse, > ie to update the SMB password (including optionally creating the entry in > the smbp

Re: SMB passwords etc (was "How can I help ?")

2000-06-14 Thread Freddie
At 22:40 14/06/2000, Zak Kipling wrote: >On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Sebastian Rittau wrote: > > >> [stuff about encrypted SMB passwords] > > > > But using this option prevents you from using the global /etc/shadow > > file, which is problematic in some cases. > >True. Samba has a "password sync" option

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Guido Guenther
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:43:07PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Thomas Guettler wrote: > > I am in the same position. I have got some time left which > > I could spent in an opensource project. Nearly all > > things I dream of are already working. > > A good free reimplementation o

SMB passwords etc (was "How can I help ?")

2000-06-14 Thread Zak Kipling
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Sebastian Rittau wrote: >> [stuff about encrypted SMB passwords] > > But using this option prevents you from using the global /etc/shadow > file, which is problematic in some cases. True. Samba has a "password sync" option to enable SMB password changes to automatically updat

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Alexander Hvostov wrote: > I have a better idea: an integrated 'user' command, which uses plugins to > access the actual database server (like PAM, but for writing to the > database rather than reading from it), and performs any of several > functions. PNIAM might alreadyh do this, I ha

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Thomas Guettler wrote: > I am in the same position. I have got some time left which > I could spent in an opensource project. Nearly all > things I dream of are already working. A good free reimplementation of portsentry is something I would really like to see. Right now portsentry wor

Re: SMB passwords etc (was "How can I help ?")

2000-06-14 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:10:09PM +0100, Zak Kipling wrote: > I'm no PAM or SMB expert, but I would imagine (if it hasn't been done) it > would be feasible to make a stacked "password" module to do the reverse, > ie to update the SMB password (including optionally creating the entry in > the smb

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:46:12PM -0700, Ryan White wrote: > As I recall after windows 95 the passwords are sent over the line > encrypted. The encryption might be weak but they are not clear text > anymore. > There is a switch in SMB to allow encrypted passwords. This is ON by > default in deb

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Guido Guenther
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 02:43:07PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Thomas Guettler wrote: > > I am in the same position. I have got some time left which > > I could spent in an opensource project. Nearly all > > things I dream of are already working. > > A good free reimplementation

SMB passwords etc (was "How can I help ?")

2000-06-14 Thread Zak Kipling
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Sebastian Rittau wrote: >> [stuff about encrypted SMB passwords] > > But using this option prevents you from using the global /etc/shadow > file, which is problematic in some cases. True. Samba has a "password sync" option to enable SMB password changes to automatically upda

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Alexander Hvostov wrote: > I have a better idea: an integrated 'user' command, which uses plugins to > access the actual database server (like PAM, but for writing to the > database rather than reading from it), and performs any of several > functions. PNIAM might alreadyh do this, I h

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Thomas Guettler wrote: > I am in the same position. I have got some time left which > I could spent in an opensource project. Nearly all > things I dream of are already working. A good free reimplementation of portsentry is something I would really like to see. Right now portsentry wo

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:46:12PM -0700, Ryan White wrote: > As I recall after windows 95 the passwords are sent over the line > encrypted. The encryption might be weak but they are not clear text > anymore. > There is a switch in SMB to allow encrypted passwords. This is ON by > default in de

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Jonathan Miles
> > and > > - Pro active security sourcecode reading/fixing, like what the OpenBSD > > people do. > > I wanted to start a project like that a while back. I examined > the OpenBSD patches to try to figure out exactly what they looked for. > Unfortunately, between school and jobs, i haven't had the

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 09:23:54AM +0200, L. Besselink wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Thomas Guettler wrote: > If you ask me personally what things in Linux and/or Debian are most > needed ? Those are two things: > > - I/O performance. Linux just doesn't have as good an I/O performance as > the BSD

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Lennie, There's all sorts of interesting tweaks you can do to Linux to fine-tune its network behavior via /proc. I suggest you look into it. Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCM d- s:+ a--

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread L. Besselink
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Alexander Hvostov wrote: > Lennie, > > Can you give me any more details than just that Linux I/O performance is > inferior to *BSD? not much :/ All I can show is from my own experience. Some time ago, I 'replaced' my home firewall 486 Debian installation with OpenBSD (just

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Lennie, Can you give me any more details than just that Linux I/O performance is inferior to *BSD? Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCM d- s:+ a--- C UL P L+++ E W++ N o-- K- w O--

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread L. Besselink
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Thomas Guettler wrote: > I am in the same position. I have got some time left which > I could spent in an opensource project. Nearly all > things I dream of are already working. > So that I don't know where to join. > And Mozilla ist too big. > And like Florian I am intereste

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Jonathan Miles
> > and > > - Pro active security sourcecode reading/fixing, like what the OpenBSD > > people do. > > I wanted to start a project like that a while back. I examined > the OpenBSD patches to try to figure out exactly what they looked for. > Unfortunately, between school and jobs, i haven't had the

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 09:23:54AM +0200, L. Besselink wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Thomas Guettler wrote: > If you ask me personally what things in Linux and/or Debian are most > needed ? Those are two things: > > - I/O performance. Linux just doesn't have as good an I/O performance as > the BS

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Lennie, There's all sorts of interesting tweaks you can do to Linux to fine-tune its network behavior via /proc. I suggest you look into it. Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCM d- s:+ a-

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread L. Besselink
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Alexander Hvostov wrote: > Lennie, > > Can you give me any more details than just that Linux I/O performance is > inferior to *BSD? not much :/ All I can show is from my own experience. Some time ago, I 'replaced' my home firewall 486 Debian installation with OpenBSD (jus

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Lennie, Can you give me any more details than just that Linux I/O performance is inferior to *BSD? Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCM d- s:+ a--- C UL P L+++ E W++ N o-- K- w O-

Re: How can I help ?

2000-06-14 Thread L. Besselink
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Thomas Guettler wrote: > I am in the same position. I have got some time left which > I could spent in an opensource project. Nearly all > things I dream of are already working. > So that I don't know where to join. > And Mozilla ist too big. > And like Florian I am interest