Unpacking Debian packages on FreeBSD

1999-07-26 Thread Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth
I'd like to grope around inside a .deb file, which has been created on a debian Linux box. Do we have any nifty tools for this, like rpm2cpio? Stephen -- The views expressed above are not those of PGS Tensor. "We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produc

Re: FibreChannel support ?

1999-07-26 Thread Matthew Jacob
Support exists for the Qlogic 2100 and 2200 FC-AL cards. On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Papezik Milon wrote: > Hi all, > > only simple question :-) > > Does FreeBSD support any FibreChannel controller > or does body somebody writing a drive? > For which card card? > > Thanks in advance. >

Re: Which /etc-files do I need until vinum is initialized?

1999-07-26 Thread Greg Lehey
On Tuesday, 27 July 1999 at 9:32:51 +0200, Alexander Maret wrote: > Hi, > > I configured vinum (RAID 1) on a 3.2S System. As I want to mirror > as much as I need to keep the system running (in case of a drive 1 > failure) I mirrored /etc as well. At boot time (until vinum is > initialized) the sy

FibreChannel support ?

1999-07-26 Thread Papezik Milon
Hi all, only simple question :-) Does FreeBSD support any FibreChannel controller or does body somebody writing a drive? For which card card? Thanks in advance. Milon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the

Which /etc-files do I need until vinum is initialized?

1999-07-26 Thread Alexander Maret
Hi, I configured vinum (RAID 1) on a 3.2S System. As I want to mirror as much as I need to keep the system running (in case of a drive 1 failure) I mirrored /etc as well. At boot time (until vinum is initialized) the system only has the following files: /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf /etc/r

Re: hot-swapping ata disks

1999-07-26 Thread Soren Schmidt
It seems Iani Brankov wrote: [Charset koi8-r unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > Hi, > I tried 'camcontrol rescan' and I found it works when I add a SCSI device while > the system is on. I find it useful for adding/removing devices w/o restarting > the box. (Maybe it's risky, but useful. I suppo

Re: VMWare plug/quickie tests.

1999-07-26 Thread Kip Macy
Is there anyone in particular to whom we should write at VMWare? I agree with his sentiments. -Kip On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I just wish that it was the other way around. I'd actually run > > NT if I could get it in a VMWare comp

Re: Unpacking Debian packages on FreeBSD

1999-07-26 Thread Milan Kopacka
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth wrote: > I'd like to grope around inside a .deb file, which has been created on a > debian Linux box. Do we have any nifty tools for this, like rpm2cpio? You can use ar ar x package.deb Milan Kopacka To Unsubscribe:

Unpacking Debian packages on FreeBSD

1999-07-26 Thread Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth
I'd like to grope around inside a .deb file, which has been created on a debian Linux box. Do we have any nifty tools for this, like rpm2cpio? Stephen -- The views expressed above are not those of PGS Tensor. "We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produ

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Doug
Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:41:24 MST, Doug wrote: > > > However right after 3.2-R came out there was a flurry of -questions > > mail about broken pkg dependencies because sysinstall wasn't properly > > registering the X install. > > Is this a different problem from the broke

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:41:24 MST, Doug wrote: > However right after 3.2-R came out there was a flurry of -questions > mail about broken pkg dependencies because sysinstall wasn't properly > registering the X install. Is this a different problem from the broken compat22 installation? > If the p

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Doug
Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:09:50 -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > > I seem to remember that you can get away with a simple "mkdir > > /var/db/pkg/xxx" to fake it. > > Can you think of any ports that test for the existance of XFree86 using > the package system? They use USE_X

securelevel too course-grained?

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:48:28 MST, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Subject: Re: securelevel and ipfw zero > > However, it does not allow you to do it if you are sitting at secure > level 3. You don't think that this discussion highlights the growing inadequacy of the securelevel mechanism's lac

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:09:50 -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > I seem to remember that you can get away with a simple "mkdir > /var/db/pkg/xxx" to fake it. Can you think of any ports that test for the existance of XFree86 using the package system? They use USE_X_PREFIX or USE_X_LIB, both of which

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Doug
Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:41:24 MST, Doug wrote: > > > However right after 3.2-R came out there was a flurry of -questions > > mail about broken pkg dependencies because sysinstall wasn't properly > > registering the X install. > > Is this a different problem from the brok

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:41:24 MST, Doug wrote: > However right after 3.2-R came out there was a flurry of -questions > mail about broken pkg dependencies because sysinstall wasn't properly > registering the X install. Is this a different problem from the broken compat22 installation? > If the

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Doug
Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:09:50 -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > > I seem to remember that you can get away with a simple "mkdir > > /var/db/pkg/xxx" to fake it. > > Can you think of any ports that test for the existance of XFree86 using > the package system? They use USE_

securelevel too course-grained?

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:48:28 MST, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Subject: Re: securelevel and ipfw zero > > However, it does not allow you to do it if you are sitting at secure > level 3. You don't think that this discussion highlights the growing inadequacy of the securelevel mechanism's la

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:09:50 -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > I seem to remember that you can get away with a simple "mkdir > /var/db/pkg/xxx" to fake it. Can you think of any ports that test for the existance of XFree86 using the package system? They use USE_X_PREFIX or USE_X_LIB, both of which

Re: Free BSDI CD!

1999-07-26 Thread Marc Nicholas
I needed a new drinks coaster... ;-) -marc Marc Nicholas netSTOR Technologies, Inc. http://www.netstor.com 1.877.464.4776 416.979.9000 fax: 416.979.8223 cell: 416.346.9255 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "

Re: Free BSDI CD!

1999-07-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message "Brian F. Feldman" writes: : But we can install from a single downloaded boot floppy, over the : Internet, which is better. Is that still true? I thought we went back to two floppies to do this... Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-h

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
: :> :> :That doesn't mean we shouldn't allow people to have an unsophisticated setup, :> :just because a sophisticated one is available. It would be useful to have :> :a per-firewall-rule counter, decrement it on each match if logging and :> :set, and be able to reset to something higher. :> : :

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Julian Elischer
I like the ability at secure level 3 to only reset the counters forward.. It fits in with such things as the "append only" flag. Maybe a new keyword. "advance" julian On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > > > > :That doesn't mean we sh

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Brian F. Feldman
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > :That doesn't mean we shouldn't allow people to have an unsophisticated setup, > :just because a sophisticated one is available. It would be useful to have > :a per-firewall-rule counter, decrement it on each match if logging and > :set, and be able

Re: Free BSDI CD!

1999-07-26 Thread Brian F. Feldman
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Rayson Ho wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure whether this is known to this list or > not, but here is the URL for ordering: > > http://www.bsdi.com/products/evalcd/ > But we can install from a single downloaded boot floppy, over the Internet, which is better. > > > ___

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:That doesn't mean we shouldn't allow people to have an unsophisticated setup, :just because a sophisticated one is available. It would be useful to have :a per-firewall-rule counter, decrement it on each match if logging and :set, and be able to reset to something higher. : : Brian Fundakowski Fe

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Brian F. Feldman
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:30:08 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > > You could start with "WinEXE". > > Save game file formats, not game executables. You think WinEXE tops my > pcgames suggestion? No. How about "savegames"? The Quake 2 format in there w

Re: Free BSDI CD!

1999-07-26 Thread Marc Nicholas
I needed a new drinks coaster... ;-) -marc Marc Nicholas netSTOR Technologies, Inc. http://www.netstor.com 1.877.464.4776 416.979.9000 fax: 416.979.8223 cell: 416.346.9255 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "uns

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Brian F. Feldman
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > :Instead of zeroing it, how about raising the logging limit to (current + > :whatever the limit was) > : > : Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ > : gr...@freebsd.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ > > The way

Re: Free BSDI CD!

1999-07-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Brian F. Feldman" writes: : But we can install from a single downloaded boot floppy, over the : Internet, which is better. Is that still true? I thought we went back to two floppies to do this... Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsub

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:Instead of zeroing it, how about raising the logging limit to (current + :whatever the limit was) : : Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ : gr...@freebsd.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ The way I see it either some piece of software is monitor the counte

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Brian F. Feldman
Instead of zeroing it, how about raising the logging limit to (current + whatever the limit was) Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ gr...@freebsd.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!_ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www.

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
: :> :> :That doesn't mean we shouldn't allow people to have an unsophisticated setup, :> :just because a sophisticated one is available. It would be useful to have :> :a per-firewall-rule counter, decrement it on each match if logging and :> :set, and be able to reset to something higher. :> : :

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Julian Elischer
I like the ability at secure level 3 to only reset the counters forward.. It fits in with such things as the "append only" flag. Maybe a new keyword. "advance" julian On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > > > > :That doesn't mean we s

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Brian F. Feldman
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > :That doesn't mean we shouldn't allow people to have an unsophisticated setup, > :just because a sophisticated one is available. It would be useful to have > :a per-firewall-rule counter, decrement it on each match if logging and > :set, and be able

Re: Free BSDI CD!

1999-07-26 Thread Brian F. Feldman
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Rayson Ho wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure whether this is known to this list or > not, but here is the URL for ordering: > > http://www.bsdi.com/products/evalcd/ > But we can install from a single downloaded boot floppy, over the Internet, which is better. > > > __

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:That doesn't mean we shouldn't allow people to have an unsophisticated setup, :just because a sophisticated one is available. It would be useful to have :a per-firewall-rule counter, decrement it on each match if logging and :set, and be able to reset to something higher. : : Brian Fundakowski F

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Brian F. Feldman
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:30:08 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > > You could start with "WinEXE". > > Save game file formats, not game executables. You think WinEXE tops my > pcgames suggestion? No. How about "savegames"? The Quake 2 format in there

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Brian F. Feldman
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > :Instead of zeroing it, how about raising the logging limit to (current + > :whatever the limit was) > : > : Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ > > The way

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:Instead of zeroing it, how about raising the logging limit to (current + :whatever the limit was) : : Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ The way I see it either some piece of software is monitor the count

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Brian F. Feldman
Instead of zeroing it, how about raising the logging limit to (current + whatever the limit was) Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!_ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www

Free BSDI CD!

1999-07-26 Thread Rayson Ho
Hi, I am not sure whether this is known to this list or not, but here is the URL for ordering: http://www.bsdi.com/products/evalcd/ _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail t

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Tim Vanderhoek
On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 05:29:20PM -0700, Doug wrote: > > and installed it the "hard" way, however I know I'm going to run into > trouble down the road when ports start looking for the X stuff in > /var/db/pkg. I seem to remember that you can get away with a simple "mkdir /var/db/pkg/xxx" to fak

Re: VMWare plug/quickie tests.

1999-07-26 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> I just wish that it was the other way around. I'd actually run > NT if I could get it in a VMWare compartment under FreeBSD. You would do well to pass these sentiments on to vmware; they're currently counting noses in FreeBSD-land to see if it makes market sense. All the techs there appear to

XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Doug
I was trying in vain today to get X 3.3.4 installed on my new system and couldn't seem to make it happen using sysinstall, even after I rebuilt it. AFAICS, there is no XFree 3.3.4 package available on ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD, but I may have missed something. Fortunately it is

Free BSDI CD!

1999-07-26 Thread Rayson Ho
Hi, I am not sure whether this is known to this list or not, but here is the URL for ordering: http://www.bsdi.com/products/evalcd/ _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Tim Vanderhoek
On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 05:29:20PM -0700, Doug wrote: > > and installed it the "hard" way, however I know I'm going to run into > trouble down the road when ports start looking for the X stuff in > /var/db/pkg. I seem to remember that you can get away with a simple "mkdir /var/db/pkg/xxx" to fa

Re: VMWare plug/quickie tests.

1999-07-26 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> I just wish that it was the other way around. I'd actually run > NT if I could get it in a VMWare compartment under FreeBSD. You would do well to pass these sentiments on to vmware; they're currently counting noses in FreeBSD-land to see if it makes market sense. All the techs there appear to

XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-26 Thread Doug
I was trying in vain today to get X 3.3.4 installed on my new system and couldn't seem to make it happen using sysinstall, even after I rebuilt it. AFAICS, there is no XFree 3.3.4 package available on ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD, but I may have missed something. Fortunately it is

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread lomion
At 05:02 PM 7/26/99 -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Jul 26), Sheldon Hearn said: > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:30:08 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > You could start with "WinEXE". > > Save game file formats, not game executables. You think WinEXE tops > my pcgames suggestion? What about m

Re: hot-swapping ata disks

1999-07-26 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
[ I don't know about the IDE code, but I can say something about the SCSI code. ] Iani Brankov wrote... > Hi, > I tried 'camcontrol rescan' and I found it works when I add a SCSI device > while > the system is on. I find it useful for adding/removing devices w/o restarting > the box. (Maybe it's

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread lomion
At 05:02 PM 7/26/99 -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: >In the last episode (Jul 26), Sheldon Hearn said: > > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:30:08 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > > You could start with "WinEXE". > > > > Save game file formats, not game executables. You think WinEXE tops > > my pcgames suggestion? > >

hot-swapping ata disks

1999-07-26 Thread Iani Brankov
Hi, I tried 'camcontrol rescan' and I found it works when I add a SCSI device while the system is on. I find it useful for adding/removing devices w/o restarting the box. (Maybe it's risky, but useful. I supposed that's the idea of the 'rescan' command in camcontrol) Is there a way to do the same

Re: hot-swapping ata disks

1999-07-26 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
[ I don't know about the IDE code, but I can say something about the SCSI code. ] Iani Brankov wrote... > Hi, > I tried 'camcontrol rescan' and I found it works when I add a SCSI device while > the system is on. I find it useful for adding/removing devices w/o restarting > the box. (Maybe it's ri

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jul 26), Sheldon Hearn said: > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:30:08 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > You could start with "WinEXE". > > Save game file formats, not game executables. You think WinEXE tops > my pcgames suggestion? What about multi-OS games, like Quake? How about just cal

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Joe Greco
> > > > Having a per-rule limit means that you > > > > actually have a "IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT * number_of_rules_specifying_log" > > > > limit > > > > (assuming an attacker exploits multiple rules) rather than a limit of > > > > "IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT". > > > > > > I disagree. I have *tons* of firewal

hot-swapping ata disks

1999-07-26 Thread Iani Brankov
Hi, I tried 'camcontrol rescan' and I found it works when I add a SCSI device while the system is on. I find it useful for adding/removing devices w/o restarting the box. (Maybe it's risky, but useful. I supposed that's the idea of the 'rescan' command in camcontrol) Is there a way to do the same

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:30:08 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > You could start with "WinEXE". Save game file formats, not game executables. You think WinEXE tops my pcgames suggestion? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Mark Murray
> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:17:20 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > > "Wintendo" is a bad name for anything official. Try to find MS's > > official name for the format(s). > > You're hoping for a standard name for file formats of games used on > Microsoft platformat? There are two words in that questio

Etherboot 2.4 needs newer binutils

1999-07-26 Thread Doug Ambrisko
I need some wisdom on how to proceed. Since version 2 of Etherboot they are using the new data32 features of the Linux binutils. I know it works in binutils-2.9.1.0.25 which you can get from kernel.org or a mirror such as: http://kernel.stuph.org/pub/linux/devel/gcc I built it on -curr

Re: [Fwd: wd0 DMA errors]

1999-07-26 Thread Doug
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > I'm not convinced that this is the same error.. > the message is different.. *Nod* That's the other reason I wrote in about it. As soon as we get some other stuff cleared away I'm going to try building the world on those machines and see if th

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jul 26), Sheldon Hearn said: > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:30:08 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > You could start with "WinEXE". > > Save game file formats, not game executables. You think WinEXE tops > my pcgames suggestion? What about multi-OS games, like Quake? How about just ca

new PPP printer for tcpdump

1999-07-26 Thread Hellmuth Michaelis
Hi, i've put a new PPP decode/print routine print-ppp.c for tcpdump into my home dir on freefall. It would be good if someone could verify/review it. hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelish...@kts.org Hamburg, Europe We all live in a yellow subroutine, yellow subrouti

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:46:31 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > You're hoping for a standard name for file formats of games used on > Microsoft platformat? Duh, I'm being obtuse. Your question indicates that I've phrased my proposal in such a way as to suggest that this is for formats of Microsoft g

Re: Pasting data between terminals

1999-07-26 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:01:22PM +0200, Krzysztof Krawczyk wrote: > Maybe this is a wrong list, so tell me about it, but I think you can help > me :) > > I have small problem. I own two virtual terminals, eg. ttyp1 and ttyp2. > Under ttyp1 I run a program. Now I need to transport big count of da

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:17:20 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > "Wintendo" is a bad name for anything official. Try to find MS's > official name for the format(s). You're hoping for a standard name for file formats of games used on Microsoft platformat? There are two words in that question that one d

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Nate Williams
> > > Having a per-rule limit means that you > > > actually have a "IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT * number_of_rules_specifying_log" > > > limit > > > (assuming an attacker exploits multiple rules) rather than a limit of > > > "IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT". > > > > I disagree. I have *tons* of firewall rules, and I

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Joe Greco
> > > > Having a per-rule limit means that you > > > > actually have a "IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT * number_of_rules_specifying_log" limit > > > > (assuming an attacker exploits multiple rules) rather than a limit of > > > > "IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT". > > > > > > I disagree. I have *tons* of firewall rules,

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:30:08 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > You could start with "WinEXE". Save game file formats, not game executables. You think WinEXE tops my pcgames suggestion? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Mark Murray
> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:17:20 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > > "Wintendo" is a bad name for anything official. Try to find MS's > > official name for the format(s). > > You're hoping for a standard name for file formats of games used on > Microsoft platformat? There are two words in that questi

Etherboot 2.4 needs newer binutils

1999-07-26 Thread Doug Ambrisko
I need some wisdom on how to proceed. Since version 2 of Etherboot they are using the new data32 features of the Linux binutils. I know it works in binutils-2.9.1.0.25 which you can get from kernel.org or a mirror such as: http://kernel.stuph.org/pub/linux/devel/gcc I built it on -cur

Re: [Fwd: wd0 DMA errors]

1999-07-26 Thread Doug
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > I'm not convinced that this is the same error.. > the message is different.. *Nod* That's the other reason I wrote in about it. As soon as we get some other stuff cleared away I'm going to try building the world on those machines and see if t

TCP/IP hardening

1999-07-26 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
Attached are patches which implement four new sysctl variables: * net.inet.icmp.dropredirect: if set to 1, ignore ICMP REDIRECT packets. * net.inet.icmp.logredirect: if set to 1, log all ICMP REDIRECT packets (before optionally dropping them). * net.inet.tcp.restrict_rst: if set to 1, d

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Mark Murray
> So I propose a new file wintendo, for all gaming file formats used on > the MS Windows platform. "Wintendo" is a bad name for anything official. Try to find MS's official name for the format(s). M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to m

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Joe Greco
> > > :So, I've a box that I have an ipfw ruleset on. The firewall should not > > > be > > > :changeable during runtime, and the box runs at securelevel=3. > > > : > > > :In order to prevent DoS disk-fill attacks, I also have specified > > > :IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT. > > FWIW, as you pointed out belo

new PPP printer for tcpdump

1999-07-26 Thread Hellmuth Michaelis
Hi, i've put a new PPP decode/print routine print-ppp.c for tcpdump into my home dir on freefall. It would be good if someone could verify/review it. hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelis[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamburg, Europe We all live in a yellow subroutine, yellow su

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:46:31 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > You're hoping for a standard name for file formats of games used on > Microsoft platformat? Duh, I'm being obtuse. Your question indicates that I've phrased my proposal in such a way as to suggest that this is for formats of Microsoft

Re: Pasting data between terminals

1999-07-26 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:01:22PM +0200, Krzysztof Krawczyk wrote: > Maybe this is a wrong list, so tell me about it, but I think you can help > me :) > > I have small problem. I own two virtual terminals, eg. ttyp1 and ttyp2. > Under ttyp1 I run a program. Now I need to transport big count of d

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:17:20 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > "Wintendo" is a bad name for anything official. Try to find MS's > official name for the format(s). You're hoping for a standard name for file formats of games used on Microsoft platformat? There are two words in that question that one

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Nate Williams
> > > Having a per-rule limit means that you > > > actually have a "IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT * number_of_rules_specifying_log" limit > > > (assuming an attacker exploits multiple rules) rather than a limit of > > > "IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT". > > > > I disagree. I have *tons* of firewall rules, and I don't

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Nate Williams
> > :So, I've a box that I have an ipfw ruleset on. The firewall should not be > > :changeable during runtime, and the box runs at securelevel=3. > > : > > :In order to prevent DoS disk-fill attacks, I also have specified > > :IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT. FWIW, as you pointed out below, this was put in sp

DPT SmartRAID V (i2o) Status

1999-07-26 Thread Simon Shapiro
Hi Y'll Several of you ask, so here is a generic answer; I am actively working on i2o subsystem for FreeBSD. The reference card for this work is the DPT 5th Generation controllers. Status: Much of the work, particularly IRT DPT controllers is complete. All the mechanics and k

TCP/IP hardening

1999-07-26 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
Attached are patches which implement four new sysctl variables: * net.inet.icmp.dropredirect: if set to 1, ignore ICMP REDIRECT packets. * net.inet.icmp.logredirect: if set to 1, log all ICMP REDIRECT packets (before optionally dropping them). * net.inet.tcp.restrict_rst: if set to 1,

Re: file(1) Magdir candidate: wintendo

1999-07-26 Thread Mark Murray
> So I propose a new file wintendo, for all gaming file formats used on > the MS Windows platform. "Wintendo" is a bad name for anything official. Try to find MS's official name for the format(s). M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Joe Greco
> > > :So, I've a box that I have an ipfw ruleset on. The firewall should not be > > > :changeable during runtime, and the box runs at securelevel=3. > > > : > > > :In order to prevent DoS disk-fill attacks, I also have specified > > > :IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT. > > FWIW, as you pointed out below, thi

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Joe Greco
> :Hello, > : > :So, I've a box that I have an ipfw ruleset on. The firewall should not be > :changeable during runtime, and the box runs at securelevel=3. > : > :In order to prevent DoS disk-fill attacks, I also have specified > :IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT. > : > :Now, the problem is, in securelevel 3, y

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Nate Williams
> > :So, I've a box that I have an ipfw ruleset on. The firewall should not be > > :changeable during runtime, and the box runs at securelevel=3. > > : > > :In order to prevent DoS disk-fill attacks, I also have specified > > :IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT. FWIW, as you pointed out below, this was put in s

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:Hello, : :So, I've a box that I have an ipfw ruleset on. The firewall should not be :changeable during runtime, and the box runs at securelevel=3. : :In order to prevent DoS disk-fill attacks, I also have specified :IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT. : :Now, the problem is, in securelevel 3, you cannot zero a r

DPT SmartRAID V (i2o) Status

1999-07-26 Thread Simon Shapiro
Hi Y'll Several of you ask, so here is a generic answer; I am actively working on i2o subsystem for FreeBSD. The reference card for this work is the DPT 5th Generation controllers. Status: Much of the work, particularly IRT DPT controllers is complete. All the mechanics and

securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Joe Greco
Hello, So, I've a box that I have an ipfw ruleset on. The firewall should not be changeable during runtime, and the box runs at securelevel=3. In order to prevent DoS disk-fill attacks, I also have specified IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT. Now, the problem is, in securelevel 3, you cannot zero a rule's cou

Re: [Fwd: wd0 DMA errors]

1999-07-26 Thread Julian Elischer
I'm not convinced that this is the same error.. the message is different.. On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > > On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 10:59:26 MST, Doug wrote: > > > > > No answer on -current, any help appreciated. > > > > We're probably all sitting here thinkin

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:Hello, : :So, I've a box that I have an ipfw ruleset on. The firewall should not be :changeable during runtime, and the box runs at securelevel=3. : :In order to prevent DoS disk-fill attacks, I also have specified :IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT. : :Now, the problem is, in securelevel 3, you cannot zero a

Re: securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Joe Greco
> :Hello, > : > :So, I've a box that I have an ipfw ruleset on. The firewall should not be > :changeable during runtime, and the box runs at securelevel=3. > : > :In order to prevent DoS disk-fill attacks, I also have specified > :IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT. > : > :Now, the problem is, in securelevel 3,

Re: Wavelan-WavepointII

1999-07-26 Thread Jim Flowers
Yes, we have had good success with WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo cards using the wi driver in both ad-hoc mode and infrastructure mode with a WavepointII. NAT will work on the wi interface, SKIP will not. While we run IP routing instead of bridging, the underlying concept is bridging if you really mean t

Pasting data between terminals

1999-07-26 Thread Krzysztof Krawczyk
hello Maybe this is a wrong list, so tell me about it, but I think you can help me :) I have small problem. I own two virtual terminals, eg. ttyp1 and ttyp2. Under ttyp1 I run a program. Now I need to transport big count of datas from terminal ttyp2 to ttyp1. When I do: echo "blah blah" >>/dev/tt

securelevel and ipfw zero

1999-07-26 Thread Joe Greco
Hello, So, I've a box that I have an ipfw ruleset on. The firewall should not be changeable during runtime, and the box runs at securelevel=3. In order to prevent DoS disk-fill attacks, I also have specified IPFW_VERBOSE_LIMIT. Now, the problem is, in securelevel 3, you cannot zero a rule's co

Re: [Fwd: wd0 DMA errors]

1999-07-26 Thread Julian Elischer
I'm not convinced that this is the same error.. the message is different.. On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Doug wrote: > Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > > On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 10:59:26 MST, Doug wrote: > > > > > No answer on -current, any help appreciated. > > > > We're probably all sitting here thinki

Re: Wavelan-WavepointII

1999-07-26 Thread Jim Flowers
Yes, we have had good success with WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo cards using the wi driver in both ad-hoc mode and infrastructure mode with a WavepointII. NAT will work on the wi interface, SKIP will not. While we run IP routing instead of bridging, the underlying concept is bridging if you really mean

Re: yet more ways to attack executing binaries (was Re: deny ktrace without read permissions? )

1999-07-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:On Mon, Jul 26, 1999, Nate Williams wrote: :> > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LD_PRELOAD and LD_DEBUG are ignored for setuid executables :> > > in FreeBSD. :> > :> > But the point being made is that they are not ignored for executables :> > which have no read access. And from there, read access can be gai

Pasting data between terminals

1999-07-26 Thread Krzysztof Krawczyk
hello Maybe this is a wrong list, so tell me about it, but I think you can help me :) I have small problem. I own two virtual terminals, eg. ttyp1 and ttyp2. Under ttyp1 I run a program. Now I need to transport big count of datas from terminal ttyp2 to ttyp1. When I do: echo "blah blah" >>/dev/t

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