Re: limit processes that a user can 'see'

2000-08-14 Thread Steve Kudlak
Maxime Henrion wrote: > Hello, > > I have an idea that I would love to see applied in FreeBSD source code, > but as I'm not skilled enough to code it, I post it to see if you think > it makes sense, and if someone would be interested in coding this. It is > a security measure regarding

Re: limit processes that a user can 'see'

2000-08-16 Thread Steve Kudlak
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Maxime Henrion writes: > >Hello, > > > >I have an idea that I would love to see applied in FreeBSD source code, > >but as I'm not skilled enough to code it, I post it to see if you think > >it makes sense, and if someone would b

Re: UNSUBSCRIBE REMOVE

2000-08-27 Thread Steve Kudlak
Chris Costello wrote: > On Saturday, August 26, 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [2,640 lines removed] > > ... and this was at the bottom of the message you quoted: > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > >At

Re: I'm convinced 'gcc' is meant to be pronounced 'ARRRRGGGHHH!'

2000-10-20 Thread Steve Kudlak
Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Will someone please inform the gcc developers of the last decade's > advances in C standardization? Yes, Virginia, ISO C (it's not ISO C > any more, and hasn't been since 1989) does support 'long long' and the > 'll' format. > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - [EMA

Re: Sitting on hands (no longer Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT)

2000-12-21 Thread Steve Kudlak
SteveB wrote: > Here's the thing about open software that still concerns me. My > background is with the major software development tools companies, so > that is my point of reference. It is great that code is available and > fixes are made and pushed out, but who is doing real testing of these

Whoopsie! Hope I didn't jam everyone up...

2003-01-17 Thread Steve Kudlak
My great plan of letting my mail spool file accumulate until I had all my new equipment like a new hard drive and Eudora and new browsers etc. uh, had a little uh...bug in it. My mail spool file got too big and my mail got bounced. I am pretty sure this affected only me. If it didn't I apologize.

Re: Technical Differences of *BSD and Linux

2003-01-24 Thread Steve Kudlak
Josef El-Rayes wrote: > Dear Arief, > > as you can see your questions are not very welcome on the mailinglists, therefore i >advice you to have a look at this book if you are interested in BSD's technical >background > > Title: The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System > > A

Re: Technical Differences of *BSD and Linux

2003-01-24 Thread Steve Kudlak
Paul Halliday wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Steve Kudlak wrote: > > > > If one really wanted to have fun, and I have > > thought of this. A "triple boot system" would > > be the real way to find out the differences and > > compare the *BSD, Linux

Re: Thanks (was: Linux - *BSD diff)

2003-01-29 Thread Steve Kudlak
arief_mulya wrote: > Dear all, > > Well, > I've been receiving quite lots of nice and *warm* and joyful > email for the thread ;-) > > Some quite of enlightnment (including your email, Theo, it > gives me lots of enlightment, you surely is a funny guy ;-) > > After also lots of google clickings,

He dares to Ask...

2003-02-04 Thread Steve Kudlak
Is there a place where these *nix questions can be asked? Where I can ask why like how BSD like is the new MAC-OS? Like in the MAC OS boot-up what part is handled by BSD. If someone says my MAC hangs with the "Happy Mac" can I go down to the # prompt and start poking around and see what is wrong.

It used to be a quiet place

2003-02-09 Thread Steve Kudlak
Until the HUMANS got out of contro! IN the original quote it was: "It used to be a quiet neighborhood until the monkeys got out of control. Oh well sigh...Have a good day folks. Have Fun, Sends Steve P.S. I hope this doesn't stop the real information one gets by lurking/occassional communicating

Re: FreeSBIE-0.9.0 (beta) released

2003-02-15 Thread Steve Kudlak
Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 10:13:41PM +0100, Dario Freni wrote: > > Fire up your download managers guys, I'm proud to announce that freesbie > > 0.9.0 livecd is out and ready for download at > > It might generate more enthusiasm for testing if you could briefly > mention what

Re: I want to join your group

2003-03-05 Thread Steve Kudlak
Sometimes one should just avoid the temptation to do something no matter how much one feels the other person seems to deserve it. Overall the do not answer things or start flames seems to be a good thing. Almost everytime I went "flame on" I regreted it. This is especially important in technical

Re: FreeBSD usage in safety-critical environments

2002-10-09 Thread Steve Kudlak
"Nelson, Trent ." wrote: > [Please include me directly as I'm not on the list] > > Hi, > > Has anyone had any experience with deploying FreeBSD in > safety-critical environments? Has any work been done attempting to certify > FreeBSD to any particular SIL? Is there any intention to do

Re: FreeBSD usage in safety-critical environments

2002-10-09 Thread Steve Kudlak
Craig Rodrigues wrote: > On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 01:08:46PM -0400, Nelson, Trent . wrote: > > > > The report 'identifies' that it would be possible to certify Linux to > > > SIL 1 > > > > and SIL 2 quite easily, and SIL 3 with a little work. > > I've seen this game before with other certificati

C-2(Security) blues and the like

2002-10-10 Thread Steve Kudlak
It has been a long time since I dealt with those arcane security matters. At least they are obscure and arcane to most people. Many consider me to be babbling when I go on about these things. If I start saying "rainbow books" (the NSA's security books are in different colors) many people assume th

Do I want users doing "x" and other tales...

2002-11-08 Thread Steve Kudlak
Oh well those issues...Well it is an interersting question. My first thought is "what are your users like?..." how competent are they?; are they your family and friends?; a bunch of teenagers who you befriend/befriended you?; a group of locals who have decided to be a mini-ISP for? These are int

Re: Mac iBook OS10 + BSD

2002-12-22 Thread Steve Kudlak
David Hunt wrote: > I have been using Linux (Slackware) for a number of years on my > desktop, and have never used BSD. From what I've gathered, BSD sounds > like the kind of OS I would like. > > I Now need to get a laptop, and have been thinking of getting a new > Mac Ibook, but OS 10 seems to