Route command

2001-06-19 Thread raviprasad20
Hi, the route command main function opens a routing socket & writes user messages to it through the rtmsg(). My doubt is who is reading from that routing socket? Kindly educate me on this. regards ravi prasad __ Get your own FREE,

Re: Route command

2001-06-19 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:08:07AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > the route command main function opens a routing socket & writes user > messages to it through the rtmsg(). My doubt is who is reading from > that routing socket? > Many programs do: natd(8), route(8), routed(8), etc. Che

keywords.h file included in the route.c file of route command.

2001-06-19 Thread raviprasad20
Hi, This with reference to the following file /usr/src/sbin/route/route.c & /usr/src/sbin/route/ directory The keywords variable is defined in route.c file as struct keytab { char *kt_cp; int kt_i; } keywords[] = {

Re: Route command

2001-06-19 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 06:13:23AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > Iam not clear about your point. > All my queries are withrespect to the file /usr/src/sbin/route/route.c. > > The "route" command main() open a routing socket. All the user > requests are stored in are stored in the stru

ftpd-BSD and standalone

2001-06-19 Thread Anastasia Leventi-Peetz
although in the bieringer Site it is explicitly written that the ftpd-BSD must be started in standalone modus, I had tried to build it in the inetd.conf and that was the reason why I couldn't make ftp to a host where the ftpd-BSD was started by ftp request. I have tried the allow and deny file

freeBSD-Linux SuSE via ftp

2001-06-19 Thread Anastasia Leventi-Peetz
when I do ftp from a freeBSD pc to a Linux SuSE it takes long between a succesful connection, but then the file transfer goes fast. Does anybody know how can I check where the time is used? Any useful command? thanks:Anastasia To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe fre

Re: freeBSD-Linux SuSE via ftp

2001-06-19 Thread Matthew
Sounds as though the host (SuSE) is probably waiting for a DNS lookup to timeout. Try putting an entry into /etc/hosts for your freeBSD box, and making sure that the SuSE box uses files before DNS for resolving - might be a nsswitch.conf, or 'search files,dns' entry in /etc/resolv.conf. Each Linu

Re: freeBSD-Linux SuSE via ftp

2001-06-19 Thread Anastasia Leventi-Peetz
but I give directly the address ftp 3ffe: so that no DNS must be started for the connection. The SuSE "box" really uses dns before files, but if it gets the appeal from a certain address must the dns first be started? Do I fail some important information at the point? thanks:Anastasia T

Re: freeBSD-Linux SuSE via ftp

2001-06-19 Thread Ted Wisniewski
I assume you are using the ftp client that comes with FreeBSD. Before opening the connection try taking the client out of "passive" mode. Ex. ftp ftp> passive Passive mode off. ftp> I have noticed that some ftp servers do not react well to passive mode. Ted (*

tap network interface

2001-06-19 Thread Giovanni Picoli Tirloni
Hi, I'm using 4.3-STABLE and added 'pseudo-device tap' to my kernel (after trying to kldload if_tap) but it's not possible to bring the device up because ifconfig says tap0 doesn't exist (although it's in /dev). Does anyone who is using it can give me an insight about how this is supposed

tcp template removal / scalability patch

2001-06-19 Thread Mike Silbersack
As suggested by Terry, I've cooked up a patch which halts the use of mbufs for storing tcp template structures. The structure was only used in two places; tcp_output.c when sending packets, and tcp_timer.c when sending keepalives. tcp_output now pulls the info directly from the tcpcb, while tcp_

Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Cameron Haegle
I come from the Windoze side of the playground, where you are able to rename the Administrator account name, in order to provide a bit more security.   Can a similar thing be done with FreeBSD?   Cam

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Lars Fredriksen
Hi cameron, The short answer is that yes you can. The name is really not that important, it is the userid that is associated with a name that is used for verifying permissions etc. You can easily create a login name "cameron" that is assigned userid 0, and that user will have root privileges. La

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread La Place
Umm. i don'tthink that is advisable since you have normal username with uid 0,the passwd will have to be the same..else, every timeyou do su - wrote: > Hi cameron, > > The short answer is that yes you can. The name is really not that > important, it is the userid that is associated with a name

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Bill Vermillion
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 12:33:44PM -0500, Cameron Haegle thus sprach: > I come from the Windoze side of the playground, where you are able > to rename the Administrator account name, in order to provide a > bit more security. > Can a similar thing be done with FreeBSD? You could, but what you a

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Lars Fredriksen
Very well put! Lars Bill Vermillion wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 12:33:44PM -0500, Cameron Haegle thus > sprach: > > > I come from the Windoze side of the playground, where you are able > > to rename the Administrator account name, in order to provide a > > bit more security. > > > Can a sim

Re: keywords.h file included in the route.c file of route command.

2001-06-19 Thread Assar Westerlund
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > This with reference to the following file > /usr/src/sbin/route/route.c & /usr/src/sbin/route/ directory > > But i couldnot find the keywords.h file in the directory > /usr/src/sbin/. Kindly mail me where it is? It's being generated at build time from the file keyword

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Cameron Haegle
I want to thank everyone for their input on this issue. I will take everyone's input into serious consideration, before I fo forward. Thanks. Cam - Original Message - From: "Lars Fredriksen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Cameron Haegle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMA

Re: tcp template removal / scalability patch

2001-06-19 Thread Mike Silbersack
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Bosko Milekic wrote: > > I've attached two patches; one for current, and one for stable. Please > > review / test, _especially_ if you're using IPv6 or IPSec - while those > > cases look correct, I'm not running either and haven't tested them. > > I've spotted some pa

Re: tcp template removal / scalability patch

2001-06-19 Thread Jesper Skriver
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 05:48:14PM -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Bosko Milekic wrote: > > > > I've attached two patches; one for current, and one for stable. Please > > > review / test, _especially_ if you're using IPv6 or IPSec - while those > > > cases look correct, I

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Lars Fredriksen wrote: > Lars Cameron Haegle wrote: > > > I come from the Windoze side of the playground, where you are able to > > rename the Administrator account name, in order to provide a bit more > > security. Can a similar thing be done with FreeBSD? Cam > > Hi cameron

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Jeff Gentry
> I come from the Windoze side of the playground, where you are able to > rename the Administrator account name, in order to provide a bit more > security. How is that anything other than security through obscurity? That is fairly retarded and will not really provide anything except for a *false

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Terry Lambert
] > I come from the Windoze side of the playground, where you are able to ] > rename the Administrator account name, in order to provide a bit more ] > security. ] ] How is that anything other than security through obscurity? I agree that this is a bad idea from a security standpoint. However,

Re: tcp template removal / scalability patch

2001-06-19 Thread Mike Silbersack
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Jesper Skriver wrote: > I think we should leave TCP_COMPAT_42 in RELENG_4, so 4.x users > won't be surprised if it's suddenly gone ... > > /Jesper Actually, TCP_COMPAT_42 was a virtual no-op until Kris imported the OpenBSD sequence number generation system. The only effect

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Orville R. Weyrich.Jr
Speaking of SSH, are there any recommended SSH clients for Windows 95? orville. On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Bill Vermillion wrote: > Get rid of all telnet account and put in SSH so that no clear text > passwords ever cross the net. That's just a small step on the > way, to locking down a system, but

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Changhoon Kim
Orville, The only thing I know and tried yet is PuTTY. It's a freeware. Cheers, Chang "Orville R. Weyrich.Jr" wrote: > Speaking of SSH, are there any recommended SSH clients for Windows 95? > > orville. > > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Bill Vermillion wrote: > > > Get rid of all telnet account and p

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Bill Vermillion
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:20:02PM -0700, Orville R. Weyrich.Jr thus sprach: > Speaking of SSH, are there any recommended SSH clients for Windows 95? Putty. Don't recall where I got it though. It's free > > orville. > > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Bill Vermillion wrote: > > > Get rid of all telnet

Re: tcp template removal / scalability patch

2001-06-19 Thread Mike Silbersack
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Mike Silbersack wrote: > Looking back, I should change the keepalive case so that it never needs > the tcp template; this will require simple mods to tcp_respond. I'll > change this and make a new patch soon. Blech. tcp_respond doesn't look friendly, and the case where a

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Mike Silbersack
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Orville R. Weyrich.Jr wrote: > Speaking of SSH, are there any recommended SSH clients for Windows 95? > > orville. SecureCRT is nice, if you want to cough up some cash. There's a trial version which will run for 30 or so days. Check it out at www.vandyke.com Mike "Silby"

Re: tcp template removal / scalability patch

2001-06-19 Thread Jesper Skriver
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 09:24:00PM -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Jesper Skriver wrote: > > > I think we should leave TCP_COMPAT_42 in RELENG_4, so 4.x users > > won't be surprised if it's suddenly gone ... > > > > /Jesper > > Actually, TCP_COMPAT_42 was a virtual no-op

Re: Securing the root account

2001-06-19 Thread Randy Bush
ftp://psg.com/pub/w95/ssh/SSHWin-2.4.0-pl2.exe is a very windoze-ish tool. there's also a good/windowy scp tool there. randy To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message

Optimize FreeBSD for proxy servers

2001-06-19 Thread Royyana M. Ijtihadie
Hi All, I use my freebsd box as a proxy server, I had 256 MB of memory and Fast SCSI harddisk. I think that's enough for proxy server that serves over 200 computers... But now, I think my proxy servers is slow, especially if the connections increase (i use netstat -tna to see this connection)

Re: freeBSD-Linux SuSE via ftp

2001-06-19 Thread Anastasia Leventi-Peetz
Hello Steve, hello Ted, hallo Matthew hello Bill and hello Dave! thanks a lot for your advices. You were right. In the far machine I didn't have the client ftp pc in /etc/hosts and I thought I didn't need it because the target pc is also the name server. However I had not made possible for the

Re: ftpd-BSD and standalone

2001-06-19 Thread Gunther Schadow
oops? for what it is worth: ftpd is stared from inetd on BSD systems since the very existence of inetd, that is since the early 1980s. There is no reason this should not work, unless you are on some creepy system, or I may not have the full context here. Let's say you may be doing IPv6 and the ft