Re: gpg -- duplicated key -- how to get rid of it?

2004-01-15 Thread Lukas Ruf
Hi Lars, thanks for your answer. > Lars Ellenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-10 17:21]: > > / 2004-01-10 15:03:46 +0100 > \ Lukas Ruf: > > > > I fiddled around with 'edit-key' -- but could not manage to get rid of > > the duplicated user ID. > > > > So, my question: does anyone know > > a) what

Release.gpg files gone?

2004-01-15 Thread Philipp Weis
All Release.gpg files except those from woody have disappeared from the ftp mirrors last night. The files themselves are still there, but they are all empty. Therefore, it is currently not possible to verify the authenticity of all packages on the mirror network. Could someone knowledgable please

Re: tiger: howto manage flood of `deleted files' alerts ???

2004-01-15 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 12:27:41AM -0700, Ryan Bradetich wrote: > Actually the tigerrc is already loaded when the script execute ... I > have tested a small patch that should do what you want. > > Javi, > > Do you see any problem with this method? If not I can work on a patch > that will update

Update of security-critical outdated packages

2004-01-15 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, It is an issue that's been bugging me for some time, and while I have tried to find good reasons, I have not, so I might as well write them down. I have a lot of respect for the security team, and I don't think I have anything to contribu

Re: Update of security-critical outdated packages

2004-01-15 Thread Rich Puhek
Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, It is an issue that's been bugging me for some time, and while I have tried to find good reasons, I have not, so I might as well write them down. I have a lot of respect for the security team, and I don't think

Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-15 Thread Barak Korren
Ian Brayshaw wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 9:29 am, Christian Schuerer wrote: Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 06:25:01 asterix su[5741]: + ??? root:nobody I now get similar messages in my log

Re: Update of security-critical outdated packages

2004-01-15 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Thursday 15 January 2004 17:33, Rich Puhek wrote: > Depending on what you're doing, pinning actually can work quite well. Yup, and I do it on my workstation (not that I understand it, it is rather magic to me). > Snort is related to you overall system security, yes, but new > releases of

Re: Update of security-critical outdated packages

2004-01-15 Thread Rich Puhek
Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: On Thursday 15 January 2004 17:33, Rich Puhek wrote: Depending on what you're doing, pinning actually can work quite well. Yup, and I do it on my workstation (not that I understand it, it is rather magic to me). Snort is related to you overall system securi

/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id & trojan or variant UNIX/Exploit-SSHIDEN

2004-01-15 Thread Asim Saglam
Dear all, Can anybody explain the following? My virus scanner reported the following after the scan tonight: /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id Found trojan or variant UNIX/Exploit-SSHIDEN !!! Please send a copy of the file to Network Associates The file has been renamed. I u

Re: /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id & trojan or variant UNIX/Exploit-SSHIDEN

2004-01-15 Thread Josh Carroll
I copied the binary from a friend's woody box, and ran f-prot against it, and didn't find anything. I've included the md5 of hs binary as well. $ f-prot ./ssh-copy-id Virus scanning report - 15 January 2004 @ 12:08 F-PROT ANTIVIRUS Program version: 4.2.1 Engine version: 3.13.4 VIRUS SIGNATURE

Mirroring security.debian.org for internal use

2004-01-15 Thread Hans Baume
Like some others who have mentioned this in the past, I would like to mirror security.debian.org for internal use due to the large number of Debian boxes at my company and the inconsistent access to the important updates residing on that server. Ideally, I'd like to set up cron to rsync the upda

Re: /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id & trojan or variant UNIX/Exploit-SSHIDEN

2004-01-15 Thread Répási Tibor
Hy, I have the same file on my woody box. Don't worry about it: 1. f-prot /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id Virus scanning report - 15. January 2004 21:26 F-PROT 3.12d SIGN.DEF created 9. January 2004 SIGN2.DEF created 9. January 2004 MACRO.DEF created 12. January 2004 Search: /usr/

Strange file atttributes

2004-01-15 Thread Craig Schneider
Hi Guys Am running 2.4.22 kernel on to Debian boxes and notice today that if I run an lsattr in the /bin and /sbin dir some of the files are coming up with strange attributes. Any ideas why ?> Or has the box more than lightly been exploited ? Any help would be greatly appreciated at this time.

Re: Strange file atttributes

2004-01-15 Thread George Georgalis
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:45:05PM +0200, Craig Schneider wrote: >Hi Guys > >Am running 2.4.22 kernel on to Debian boxes and notice today that if I >run an lsattr in >the /bin and /sbin dir some of the files are coming up with strange >attributes. > >Any ideas why ?> Or has the box more than lightl

Re: Encrypted backups

2004-01-15 Thread Klaus Holler
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:17, Marcus Williams wrote: > On 13/01/2004, Bill wrote: > > - make sure your kernel support encrypted loopback & your > > encryption of choice - configure a crypto loop to your tape > > device > > > > losetup -e twofish /dev/loop0 /dev/nst0 > > Well, you learn a new th

Re: Strange 'su' error messages - riddle solved

2004-01-15 Thread Barak Korren
Yes, 'su' isn't called in the cron files, it's used to run the commands in the cron files as the specified user. So for example, my /etc/cron.d/mrtg contains: 0-55/5 ** * * rootif [ -x /usr/bin/mrtg ] && [ -r /etc/mrtg.cfg ]; then /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg.cfg /var/log/mrtg/mrtg

Re: Encrypted backups

2004-01-15 Thread Bill Tompkins
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 12:34, Klaus Holler wrote: > > Well, you learn a new thing every day. Never thought you could do > > that! What happens with media errors on the tape when you read it > > back? > > depends on the cipher mode you use: ... snip ... > if using CBC (cipher block chaining mode) y

Re: gpg -- duplicated key -- how to get rid of it?

2004-01-15 Thread Lukas Ruf
Hi Lars, thanks for your answer. > Lars Ellenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-10 17:21]: > > / 2004-01-10 15:03:46 +0100 > \ Lukas Ruf: > > > > I fiddled around with 'edit-key' -- but could not manage to get rid of > > the duplicated user ID. > > > > So, my question: does anyone know > > a) what

Release.gpg files gone?

2004-01-15 Thread Philipp Weis
All Release.gpg files except those from woody have disappeared from the ftp mirrors last night. The files themselves are still there, but they are all empty. Therefore, it is currently not possible to verify the authenticity of all packages on the mirror network. Could someone knowledgable please

Re: tiger: howto manage flood of `deleted files' alerts ???

2004-01-15 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 12:27:41AM -0700, Ryan Bradetich wrote: > Actually the tigerrc is already loaded when the script execute ... I > have tested a small patch that should do what you want. > > Javi, > > Do you see any problem with this method? If not I can work on a patch > that will update

Update of security-critical outdated packages

2004-01-15 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, It is an issue that's been bugging me for some time, and while I have tried to find good reasons, I have not, so I might as well write them down. I have a lot of respect for the security team, and I don't think I have anything to contribu

Re: Update of security-critical outdated packages

2004-01-15 Thread Rich Puhek
Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, It is an issue that's been bugging me for some time, and while I have tried to find good reasons, I have not, so I might as well write them down. I have a lot of respect for the security team, and I don't think I h

Re: Strange 'su' error messages

2004-01-15 Thread Barak Korren
Ian Brayshaw wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 9:29 am, Christian Schuerer wrote: Since updating my debian server yesterday I get the following error messages every hour (generated by logcheck): Jan 13 06:25:01 asterix su[5741]: + ??? root:nobody I now get similar messages in my logs afte

Re: Update of security-critical outdated packages

2004-01-15 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Thursday 15 January 2004 17:33, Rich Puhek wrote: > Depending on what you're doing, pinning actually can work quite well. Yup, and I do it on my workstation (not that I understand it, it is rather magic to me). > Snort is related to you overall system security, yes, but new > releases of

Re: Update of security-critical outdated packages

2004-01-15 Thread Rich Puhek
Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: On Thursday 15 January 2004 17:33, Rich Puhek wrote: Depending on what you're doing, pinning actually can work quite well. Yup, and I do it on my workstation (not that I understand it, it is rather magic to me). Snort is related to you overall system security, ye

/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id & trojan or variant UNIX/Exploit-SSHIDEN

2004-01-15 Thread Asim Saglam
Dear all, Can anybody explain the following? My virus scanner reported the following after the scan tonight: /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id Found trojan or variant UNIX/Exploit-SSHIDEN !!! Please send a copy of the file to Network Associates The file has been renamed. I use

Re: /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id & trojan or variant UNIX/Exploit-SSHIDEN

2004-01-15 Thread Josh Carroll
I copied the binary from a friend's woody box, and ran f-prot against it, and didn't find anything. I've included the md5 of hs binary as well. $ f-prot ./ssh-copy-id Virus scanning report - 15 January 2004 @ 12:08 F-PROT ANTIVIRUS Program version: 4.2.1 Engine version: 3.13.4 VIRUS SIGNATURE

Mirroring security.debian.org for internal use

2004-01-15 Thread Hans Baume
Like some others who have mentioned this in the past, I would like to mirror security.debian.org for internal use due to the large number of Debian boxes at my company and the inconsistent access to the important updates residing on that server. Ideally, I'd like to set up cron to rsync the upda

Re: /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id & trojan or variant UNIX/Exploit-SSHIDEN

2004-01-15 Thread Répási Tibor
Hy, I have the same file on my woody box. Don't worry about it: 1. f-prot /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id Virus scanning report - 15. January 2004 21:26 F-PROT 3.12d SIGN.DEF created 9. January 2004 SIGN2.DEF created 9. January 2004 MACRO.DEF created 12. January 2004 Search: /usr/bin

Re: Strange file atttributes

2004-01-15 Thread George Georgalis
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:45:05PM +0200, Craig Schneider wrote: >Hi Guys > >Am running 2.4.22 kernel on to Debian boxes and notice today that if I >run an lsattr in >the /bin and /sbin dir some of the files are coming up with strange >attributes. > >Any ideas why ?> Or has the box more than lightl

Re: Encrypted backups

2004-01-15 Thread Klaus Holler
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:17, Marcus Williams wrote: > On 13/01/2004, Bill wrote: > > - make sure your kernel support encrypted loopback & your > > encryption of choice - configure a crypto loop to your tape > > device > > > > losetup -e twofish /dev/loop0 /dev/nst0 > > Well, you learn a new th

Re: Strange 'su' error messages - riddle solved

2004-01-15 Thread Barak Korren
Yes, 'su' isn't called in the cron files, it's used to run the commands in the cron files as the specified user. So for example, my /etc/cron.d/mrtg contains: 0-55/5 ** * * rootif [ -x /usr/bin/mrtg ] && [ -r /etc/mrtg.cfg ]; then /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg.cfg /var/log/mrtg/mrtg.log

Re: Encrypted backups

2004-01-15 Thread Bill Tompkins
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 12:34, Klaus Holler wrote: > > Well, you learn a new thing every day. Never thought you could do > > that! What happens with media errors on the tape when you read it > > back? > > depends on the cipher mode you use: ... snip ... > if using CBC (cipher block chaining mode) y

Strange file atttributes

2004-01-15 Thread Craig Schneider
Hi Guys Am running 2.4.22 kernel on to Debian boxes and notice today that if I run an lsattr in the /bin and /sbin dir some of the files are coming up with strange attributes. Any ideas why ?> Or has the box more than lightly been exploited ? Any help would be greatly appreciated at this time.