RE: Protecting against the Alcatel ADSL modem vulnerability

2001-04-26 Thread fredy
I agree with the fact that if u limit the connections to the modem it will be the start of protecting it but... ANYONE who will access your modem, meaning he has to break into the "server: first and from it access the modem, can control it and one of the basic things he can do is make it unusable

Re: Israeli mirrors of Mandrake

2001-04-26 Thread Ely Levy
does people actually use the kernel mirror?looking at the logs the kernel mirror we have at hujics is hardly ever accessed and that no one ever bother to download any development(2.1.x and 2.3.x) kernel you can also remove the old testing directory. Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Jeru

Re: problem with Biditext

2001-04-26 Thread ynon perek
Hi, well, I looked a bit deeper into the problem, and found out that it has nothing to do with biditext (it also crashes without using biditext), it only happens on GTK+ apps, and only in some dialog boxes (not all). >From: Hetz Ben Hamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Israeli mirrors of Mandrake

2001-04-26 Thread Ely Levy
ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/linux/Mdk/ the 2 isos of Mdk 8.0 is there Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Erez Boym wrote: | Please do ! | | Erez | | | --- Ely Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > I can put the isos on hujis ftp if people wa

Re: problem with Biditext

2001-04-26 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
As I said before: both of biditext and gtkbidi use fribidi, and fribidi uses glib. Maybe fribidi fails to use the existing glib. Try rebuilding fribidi. I would also like to know if rebuilding fribidi is enough (that is: assuming that rebuilding frbidi solves the problem: will it work with the o

Re: Israeli mirrors of Mandrake

2001-04-26 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 04:16:55PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > Of course I'm not refering only to Redhat7.0 - remove the old Mandrake > > to make room for the new Mandrake. I didn't check what's exactly on that > > server, but I'm sure you can fi

Re: Israeli mirrors of Mandrake

2001-04-26 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:18:36PM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 04:16:55PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > > Of course I'm not refering only to Redhat7.0 - remove the old Mandrake > > > to make room for the new Mandrake.

Mandrake 8.0 - KDE - Israeli keyboard (was Re: Mandrake 8.0 is out)

2001-04-26 Thread solomon
I asked this a couple of days ago and didn't get an answer, so I'll re-phrase and ask again. I was about to upgrade from Mandrake 7.2 to 8.0 when I read the following message from Hetz which sort of **scared me off**. Since no-one answered when I asked if anyone else seen this problem, can I assum

Re: ppp0 ppp1 ppp2 ...

2001-04-26 Thread Isaac Aaron
Assuming you need the link's name for identifying/killing purposes, you can use the linkname option in pppd. pppd will create a dynamic name (such as ppp0, ppp1, etc) but you could find it's pid info from /var/run/pppd-.pid and the dynamic ppp name it has as

Re: Israeli mirrors of Mandrake

2001-04-26 Thread Shaul Karl
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 04:16:55PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > > Of course I'm not refering only to Redhat7.0 - remove the old Mandrake > > > to make room for the new Mandrake. I didn't check what's exactly on that > > > server, but I'm sur

Re: Israeli mirrors of Mandrake

2001-04-26 Thread Shaul Karl
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 04:16:55PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > > Of course I'm not refering only to Redhat7.0 - remove the old Mandrake > > > to make room for the new Mandrake. I didn't check what's exactly on that > > > server, but I'm sur

bezeqint customers should now be able to access ftp.cs.huji.il

2001-04-26 Thread Shaul Karl
I have spoke with bezeqint support team and they fixed my access problem to ftp.cs.huji.il. To be honest I am not sure it was their fault: it might concern the remote site. Anyway, can bezeqint customers, especially those who reported a few days ago about having problems with the above site, ch

Re: Hebrew KOffice: A job for IBM ?

2001-04-26 Thread Shaul Karl
> Hello > > I've just thought- some days ago an IBM employee asked here how can IBM > help the hebrew support under Linux, and I've just thought (Maybe you > already told him, I just haven't seen it): One of the things we need the > most is a hebrew office under Linux. > > Two options come up: K

Re: bezeqint customers should now be able to access ftp.cs.huji.il

2001-04-26 Thread Ely Levy
we do have clients from bezeqint connecting to our ftp and it doesn't let non reversed DNS address to connect as for the traceroute since it was a problem only bi it's not that hard to believe it was thier problem and probebly a local one to your area Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Je

Re: Mandrake 8.0 - KDE - Israeli keyboard (was Re: Mandrake 8.0 isout)

2001-04-26 Thread Oded Arbel
Mandrake 8.0 is out and it's great (well,sort of ;-> did had some problems .). The hebrew keyboard map isn't great, it has some problems - especially with inputing numbers and such (can you dig it ? to input numbers you have to switch back to english!), but it definetly doesnot make the system un

Re: bezeqint customers should now be able to access ftp.cs.huji.il

2001-04-26 Thread Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo
SK>> 530- It seems your IP address isn't properly registered in SK>> 530-the DNS - You must allow reverse DNS lookups. What I can't get in this story - what is the meaning of this restriction? Like, what for do you need reverse DNS? What it gives to you? Just to show that you are "security-tough

Re: Mandrake 8.0 - KDE - Israeli keyboard (was Re: Mandrake 8.0 isout)

2001-04-26 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Oded Arbel wrote: > > Mandrake 8.0 is out and it's great (well,sort of ;-> did had some problems > .). The hebrew keyboard map isn't great, it has some problems - > especially with inputing numbers and such (can you dig it ? to input > numbers you have to switch back to engl

Re: Israeli mirrors of Mandrake

2001-04-26 Thread dgi_il
> But I do believe that both formats are important to have: bzip is smaller but > some might not have a bzip compressor. For example, as far as I know winzip 7 > can decompress tar.gz. Not sure about its capabilities when considering bzip. really off topic but, windows users do not need the kernel

Re: bezeqint customers should now be able to access ftp.cs.huji.il

2001-04-26 Thread Shaul Karl
This should be ftp.cs.huji.ac.il (and not ftp.cs.huji.il). > I have spoke with bezeqint support team and they fixed my access problem to > ftp.cs.huji.il. To be honest I am not sure it was their fault: it might > concern the remote site. Anyway, can bezeqint customers, especially those who >

mirrors for RH

2001-04-26 Thread Miki Lewinger
Hi there. Redhat mirrors (7.0 and 7.1) are alreadya avaliable at ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/. Why not rely on that ? They produced Moshe Bar after all and have been mirroring RH for a number of years now !!! And thus release the needed disk space for Mandrake on Iglu. Miki ===

Re: Mandrake 8.0 - KDE - Israeli keyboard (was Re: Mandrake 8.0 isout)

2001-04-26 Thread Oded Arbel
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > Get an up-to-date xkb symbols map from http://linux.org.il/faq/?file=86 Thanks, will do this as soon as I think I need it :-) > (Actually I thought that the latest release of XFree has alreadt included > it) Apparently not. > >

Re: Mandrake 8.0 - KDE - Israeli keyboard (was Re: Mandrake 8.0 isout)

2001-04-26 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Oded Arbel wrote: > quite reasonable. I remember that kikbd with KDE1 allowed you to > "remember" the window's "class", meaning - for example - that whenever you > use your word processor the keyboard will automaticly switch to the last > used map for the word processor (assu

The darnest thing! (aka: Mandrake 8 is out there(tm))

2001-04-26 Thread Oded Arbel
Hi list. We've just solved this really weird problem with Mandrake 8 (well - solved is a harsh word - let's say : we found it why we were going in circles and wanted to show you the way in case you get lost too :-), which made my life a bit diificult in the last three days or so - We have a prog

Re: bezeqint customers should now be able to access ftp.cs.huji.il

2001-04-26 Thread Yotam Rubin
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:02:46PM +0300, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: > SK>> 530- It seems your IP address isn't properly registered in > SK>> 530-the DNS - You must allow reverse DNS lookups. > > What I can't get in this story - what is the meaning of this restriction? > Like, what fo

Re: bezeqint customers should now be able to access ftp.cs.huji.il

2001-04-26 Thread Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo
YR>> It provides a better audit trail. It is trivial to setup PTR records, and Just how better? Why PTR (which can be easily faked) is better than IP, which determines uniquely the offending host? As for triviality, many things are trivial to do and yet it is not the reason to require people to

Re: bezeqint customers should now be able to access ftp.cs.huji.il

2001-04-26 Thread Yotam Rubin
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:41:43PM +0300, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: > YR>> It provides a better audit trail. It is trivial to setup PTR records, and > > Just how better? Why PTR (which can be easily faked) is better than > IP, which determines uniquely the offending host? > > As for

Re: Israeli mirrors of Mandrake

2001-04-26 Thread Shaul Karl
> > But I do believe that both formats are important to have: bzip is smaller > but > > some might not have a bzip compressor. For example, as far as I know > winzip 7 > > can decompress tar.gz. Not sure about its capabilities when considering > bzip. > really off topic but, windows users do not n

Problems with Marc's Debian mirror (http://debian.bard.org.il)?

2001-04-26 Thread Shaul Karl
I have taken the sources.list lines from www.debian.org.il to get to Marc's mirror. After s/stable/woody I got these results: Hit http://debian.bard.org.il woody/main Packages Hit http://debian.bard.org.il woody/main Release Hit http://debian.bard.org.il woody/contrib Packages Hit http://debian.

Hebrew characters map

2001-04-26 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi Keith, It seems that every time XFree comes out - it comes with the WRONG keyboard layout in the various distributions - the last one that I see is in Mandrake (it gives wrong numbers and other letters). The file in this URL: http://linux.org.il/pub/Hebrew/Keymaps/il.symbols.xkb <- and tha

parallel to SCSI

2001-04-26 Thread Efraim Yawitz
Hi! Does anyone know how to use a parallel-to-SCSI converter under Linux to connect an external hard drive (without a SCSI card)? A pointer to some documentation would be excellent. Thank you, Ephraim Yawitz = To unsubscribe, se

looking for help with open source for education project

2001-04-26 Thread David Bucknell
Dear Linux-il subscribers, I know that some of you are interested in the potential of open source technologies and thought for schools. I have begun the framework for a zine/journal/portal dedicated to serving teachers and students and networkers who are working or intersted in using open source

C to Z hard drives ( C copy’s) on win sys.

2001-04-26 Thread vordoo
Hi, I have successfully installed Linux as a dull boot sys, on one H.D. 20Gb/2 with grub as the boot loader. Linux side works good but booting to my old win/me I get C to Z hard drives all are copy’s off my old C disk. what do I do? Thanks, Jeff __

RE: Protecting against the Alcatel ADSL modem vulnerability

2001-04-26 Thread Eran Levy
Hi, First, I recommend using a modem that cant be connected by telnet, ftp, tftp,httpd etc. in my modem as I see in IPtraf the packets cannot be accepted. If you have a modem that cannot accept any services as mentioned above can not be exploitable only if someone hacks the server. Secure the

Re: Israeli mirrors of Mandrake

2001-04-26 Thread Ely Levy
yea but you can't rmeove pre 2.2 mirrors Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: | On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:18:36PM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: | > On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: | > | > > On Wed, Apr 25, 20

Re: bezeqint customers should now be able to access ftp.cs.huji.il

2001-04-26 Thread Ishai Parasol
Hi I have the same problem, and I have checked it also with nonstop account - and it gave me the same result. Ishai. P.s. - I can get into ftp.cs.huji.ac.il with bezeqint account for a long long time, so it's probably not a general problem of bezeqint. - Original Message - From: "Shaul

Re: bezeqint customers should now be able to access ftp.cs.huji.il

2001-04-26 Thread Ariel Biener
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Shaul, ftp.tau.ac.il is the Tel-Aviv University computing and information technology ftp server. We require full forward and reverse DNS (matching A and PTR record) in order to access it. This has been our standing policy for yea

Re: bezeqint customers should now be able to access ftp.cs.huji.il

2001-04-26 Thread Ishai Parasol
> Hi > > I have the same problem, and I have checked it also with nonstop account - > and it gave me the same result. ^^^ Regarding ftp.tau.ac.il ^^^ > Ishai. > > P.s. - I can get into ftp.cs.huji.ac.il with bezeqint account for a long > long time, so it's probably not a general problem of beze

Bouncing mail trying to send to Hotmail.

2001-04-26 Thread Ermon (Eyal Sagi)
Greetings all.. I have been experiencing problems for a while now with transient bounces of mail from Hotmail with a '554 Transaction failed' message (And not that common, actually.. But still, it happens too often). Searching the 'net, it seems that I am not alone.. But there doesn't seem to