Re: Using multicast for security updates

2006-02-23 Thread Edward Faulkner
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:13:35AM +1100, Geoff Crompton wrote: > When you say "The server runs a tracker", are you explaining bittorrent, > or do the security.debian.org servers actually run a tracker at the moment? I was just explaining bittorrent. Sorry for the confusion. > How well does bitt

Re: Using multicast for security updates

2006-02-23 Thread Edward Faulkner
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 04:40:38PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Instead of having all users connect and DL their own copies of > security updates (which requires tremendous bandwidth), would it be > possible to use multicast to 'broadcast' the updates. The thought is > that updates could be di

Re: a compromised machine

2005-07-26 Thread Edward Faulkner
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:39:20PM -0400, Edward Faulkner wrote: > It's attempting to connect to two different hosts: Never mind that second address... that's my DNS... signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: a compromised machine

2005-07-26 Thread Edward Faulkner
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 10:02:52PM +0200, Nejc Novak wrote: > Can you get any information out of this cron file? I tried creating the > same exec that this file creats, but obiously i was doing sth wrong :) The crontab writes out a binary file and executes it. I straced the binary on a virtual m

Re: handling private keys

2005-06-28 Thread Edward Faulkner
On 6/28/05, Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mine is called a PalmPilot with Keyring (3DES password store) installed, > where I'm careful about what I install on it. It strikes me that threat > models are more easily isolated and dealth with on a PDA than on a > networked computer, especiall

Re: handling private keys

2005-06-28 Thread Edward Faulkner
On 6/28/05, Radu Spineanu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone heard of an implementation, or at least a whitepaper related > to creating some kind of secure zone where i can keep these keys ? If you're using strong enough passwords, your keys would still be pretty safe. An attacker could try

Re: Spyware / Adware

2004-08-31 Thread Edward Faulkner
I have been using Linux continuously for 4 years and have never once been infected with a virus, trojan, or adware. It simply doesn't happen. However, I have seen unmaintained machines get hacked. Like any software, you need to stay current to stay safe. Debian has an excellent security record,