Re: [DNG] Web browser needed

2018-07-14 Thread Simon Hobson
Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > If the developpers are worried about users wandering into unsafe sites, I > would understand a warning, but why the complete blockage ? > > And is there a way around it ? While not directly addressing your problem, it's a symptom of the "nothing old exists, all

[DNG] what has gone wrong with networking in ascii?

2018-07-14 Thread Hendrik Boom
I upgraded my home serverto ascii a bit ore than a week ago, and then proceeded to make a full backup of user files (and system files in case I have to consult them on reinstallation if the system gets hoplessly broken). I finally rebooted yesterday after a week of flawless running, only to fi

Re: [DNG] what has gone wrong with networking in ascii?

2018-07-14 Thread Stefan Krusche
Am Samstag, 14. Juli 2018 schrieb Hendrik Boom: > (2) How should I go about tracking down the problem? > > I might add that ifconfig reports the usual interfaces of eth0, eth1, Have you checked they also have the same MAC address like before? Kind regards, Stefan

Re: [DNG] Web browser needed

2018-07-14 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 18:50:51 -0400, Renaud wrote in message <20180713185051.417e3...@ron.cerrocora.org>: > I would welcome advice on what browser to use, given that Mozilla > Firefox now refuses to connect to my IPCop firewall box at > 192.168.127.254:8022 making the administration of the firewal

Re: [DNG] Web browser needed

2018-07-14 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 10:09:37AM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > > If the developpers are worried about users wandering into unsafe sites, > > I would understand a warning, but why the complete blockage ? > > > > And is there a way around it ? > > While not directly

Re: [DNG] Web browser needed

2018-07-14 Thread ael
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 10:20:46PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 10:09:37AM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: > > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > > > If the developpers are worried about users wandering into unsafe sites, > > > I would understand a warning, but why the complete bloc

Re: [DNG] Web browser needed

2018-07-14 Thread Ralph Ronnquist
ael wrote on 15/07/18 07:30: On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 10:20:46PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 10:09:37AM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: If the developpers are worried about users wandering into unsafe sites, I would understand a warning, but why

Re: [DNG] what has gone wrong with networking in ascii?

2018-07-14 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 12:53:08PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > But software is another story. On ascii: > > my client laptops can connect to the wifi modem, but never get an IP > number assigned. The change I'm aware of for dhcpd between jessie and Ascii is that dhcpd on Ascii automatically do

Re: [DNG] Web browser needed

2018-07-14 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 08:14:20AM +1000, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: > Since the HTTPS certification principle is based on domain names, it's hard > to understand in general how routers would be able to hold such certificates > (installed by vendors), and if they could, what value that would have in >

Re: [DNG] Web browser needed

2018-07-14 Thread Ralph Ronnquist
Adam Borowski wrote on 15/07/18 11:51: On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 08:14:20AM +1000, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: Since the HTTPS certification principle is based on domain names, it's hard to understand in general how routers would be able to hold such certificates (installed by vendors), and if they c

Re: [DNG] data reliability (was: Home server replacement hardware suggestions?)

2018-07-14 Thread spiralofhope
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 20:56:46 -0700 spiralofhope wrote: > I understand there are problems with USB sticks, but what's wrong with > that connection for a drive? (assuming cabling won't get kicked > out) This isn't Devuan-related, but as I had been given a flat dictate I did some research and hop