Re: [ilugd]: talk doesn't work

2002-05-14 Thread Lokesh Bhog
> I won't recomend this to anyone, unless the computer > is in a closed network > that harbours no malicious users. > Please don't disable your firewall w/o knowing why > you need to do that! This > is not something that you shud do if your computer > can have any kind of > internet access. Especi

Re: [ilugd]: talk doesn't work

2002-05-14 Thread Ambar Roy
> > I won't recomend this to anyone, unless the computer > > is in a closed network > > that harbours no malicious users. > > Please don't disable your firewall w/o knowing why > > you need to do that! This > > is not something that you shud do if your computer > > can have any kind of > > interne

[ilugd]: Firewall ipchains for dialup access/Cable modems

2002-05-14 Thread Lokesh Bhog
Dear All, Is any one in delhi using ipchians to protect there network using ipchains. If yes then what is the rules that you are using? Can you please share them so that all are enlightened. I have read the firewall and ipchains howto but I want to look at a practicle implementation being used

Re: [ilugd]: Firewall ipchains for dialup access/Cable modems

2002-05-14 Thread amit soni
How come there are no more linux meets ? A firewall setup demo by amber? > Is any one in delhi using ipchians to protect there > network using ipchains. If yes then what is the rules > that you are using? Can you please share them so that > all are enlightened. ==

Re: [ilugd]: Firewall ipchains for dialup access/Cable modems

2002-05-14 Thread Ambar Roy
Hi, > How come there are no more linux meets ? When is the next meet?? And when was the last meet?? > A firewall setup demo by amber? Not a bad idea, but it has been a while since i have used firewalls under linux. Last time I did use one was when Red Hat 6.2 was still new :(, so i don't h

[ilugd]: [Extreme OT] Office computer desks harbor more germs than toilet seats

2002-05-14 Thread Raju Mathur
[Even more OT] > "Sandip" == Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sandip> The average office desk harbors 400 times more bacteria Sandip> than the average toilet seat, according to a new Sandip> University of Arizona study. So /that/ is where all the virii come from!

[ilugd]: Sun works to converge Linux, Solaris

2002-05-14 Thread Raju Mathur
[Sun's objective for Linux appears to be more as an MS-killer than an essential part of their OS fold. How come whenever they talk about Linux the word that crops up most commonly is `Solaris'? -- Raju] http://news.com.com/2100-1001-912666.html Sun works to converge Linux, Solaris By Stephen S

[ilugd]: read error

2002-05-14 Thread Manish K Arya
hi i was trying to read output of tail -f by follow method i first filtered out put of logs and redirted to a file like tail -f /var/log/messages | grep firewall > firewall.log & then i tried to read firewall.log by 1)fscanf() it read the file but i used %s so i was not able to g