Re: Trying to connect to the net with N95 and Ubuntu 7.10

2008-07-23 Thread Aviram Jenik
The following configuration works for me with the latest Ubuntu (actually, it's been working on Debian and most previous versions of Ubuntu as well). I have a Nokia E65 (shouldn't be a difference). I'm also using Orange, so the configuration should be changed for Cellcom - I think the windows i

Re: Penetration testing tools?

2008-10-15 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 16 October 2008 Amos Shapira wrote: > Hello, > > I need to find tools to run penetration testing on our external web > interfaces (a web application and an HTTP-based data interface). > [...] > (and yes Aviram, I mentioned BeyondSecurity to my CTO, maybe we'll contact > you :). > Than

Re: Penetration testing tools?

2008-10-16 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 16 October 2008 Ariel Biener wrote: > On Thursday, 16 בOctober 2008 07:49, Aviram Jenik wrote: > > Thanks for the plug ;) > > > > Our service starts at $30 per month, so only do that if your time for > > finding the tool, installing it, running it, weeding

Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

2009-02-08 Thread Aviram Jenik
Tal Kaplan, from pczlaw, was kind enough to give me a detailed explanation(*) about this matter. First, to answer both Dotan and Boaz, it should be a relatively simple process to get 1,000 NIS for every incoming hebrew spam. Think about it as a gift from a stranger. The process is documented on

Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

2009-02-09 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Sunday 08 February 2009 23:42:54 b...@rymland.com wrote: > > The only down side is that in small claims you have to file and appear > > yourself, without a lawyer. This is basically the reason I haven't done > > it > > > yet. > That's exactly the reason why I haven't done it myself as well. The

Re: Linux for an association I work for.

2009-02-28 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Saturday 28 February 2009 07:45:11 Yotam Rubin wrote: > I now believe that Linux is not a > viable choice for anyone who's not an advanced user. That's funny. So all 8 million Ubuntu users are linux experts? I guess if I visit the Ubuntu forums all I'll see is questions about remote RAID in

Re: CanoScan 3200F anyone got it to work in Linux?

2009-03-18 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Wednesday 18 March 2009 12:46:50 Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Moshe Brace using Yahoo writes: > > Distro Mandriva 2009.0 Gnome Desktop > > > > CanoScan 3200F (USB connection) anyone got it to work? > > Go to http://www.sane-project.org (SANE is the scanning > infrastructure) and search the device l

Re: Israeli ISP blocking outgoing SMTP

2009-04-06 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Monday 06 April 2009 10:55:40 ronys wrote: > Hi, > > For the last few days, an ISP who shall remain nameless (but who's name in > octal is equal to 11) has decided to block outgoing SMTP connections to > servers abroad. They've done this unilaterally, without notifying > customers, and, for the

Re: Israeli ISP blocking outgoing SMTP

2009-04-07 Thread Aviram Jenik
ill think it is a bad idea, even > though it is very effective. > > > > -Original Message- > From: linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il > [mailto:linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il] On Behalf Of Aviram Jenik > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:42 PM > To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il; ro...

Re: Israeli ISP blocking outgoing SMTP

2009-04-07 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 11:01:52 Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Aviram Jenik writes: > > Noam didn't say blocking port 25 for everyone is a good thing or > > that he likes it - just that this is what ISPs in Europe and the US > > are doing that to fight spam. > > Not i

Dual screens / keyboard layout

2009-05-20 Thread Aviram Jenik
To hijack the 'ubuntu sucks' thread (though it really does suck), here is a tip, and two questions: - For the guy that asked about dual screens not showing the best resolution, open your terminal and type: xrandr --auto if that doesn't get you the optimal resolution, do: xrandr -q see what y

Re: Dual screens / keyboard layout

2009-05-20 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Wednesday 20 May 2009 16:06:08 sara fink wrote: > for keyboard layout, please take a look at this link: > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.x >ml > > part 2 configuring input. It should be the same for other distributions as > well. Beautiful! That give m

Re: Dual screens / keyboard layout

2009-05-20 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Wednesday 20 May 2009 17:16:20 sara fink wrote: > > Now any clues on setting the right video resolution automagically? > > do you still want to work with xorg.conf or without? Neither; I want to find the script that runs when the 2nd screen is plugged in. Once that happens I'll run xrandr myse

Re: Dual screens / keyboard layout

2009-05-21 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 21 May 2009 03:38:38 sara fink wrote: > Which graphic card you use for the 2nd monitor. I ask because there are > specific tools that deal with these resolutions for nvidia, ati etc. I have the tool - xrandr works perfectly. Also, ubuntu resizes the screen when the new monitor is plug

[SOLVED] Dual screens / keyboard layout

2009-07-09 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Wednesday 20 May 2009 15:33:48 Aviram Jenik wrote: > > > Second question: When I connect a USB keyboard it does not have the correct > layout. I need to go to the keyboard layout and hit 'apply' for it to > enforce the layout on the USB keyboard as wel

Re: [SOLVED] Dual screens / keyboard layout

2009-07-10 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Friday 10 July 2009 05:09:08 Arie Skliarouk wrote: > Hi, > > Do you mean multiseat? There is a nice howto about that: > http://netpatia.blogspot.com/2009/06/multiseat-in-ubuntu-904.html > > It works good enough here with two USB keyboards and two USB mouses. No. was talking about how connectin

Re: Suggestion for a webmail application with good Hebrew Support

2009-08-18 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tuesday 18 August 2009 13:51:02 Danny Lieberman wrote: > 3. Have a single 24x7 point of service contact > You have a contact at google? Do tell! We've been paying google for years, and yet haven't been able to get any human answer (or any answer for that matter that is not a link to the usel

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-10 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Monday 10 May 2010 07:05:03 Elazar Leibovich wrote: > I remeber a few times where users of this mailing list were arguing that > ubuntu is a very problematic distribution. > I'm evaluating a distribution for developer desktop. > Ubuntu seems fitting mainly due to the hardware detection and the e

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Aviram Jenik
I've had some success configuring xorg.conf or using the system settings configuration for the dual display. But that sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, and hard to know why (not to mention a reboot changes things back again) and very hard to give a 'recipe'. It seems to be very version-depend

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Friday 21 May 2010 11:13:10 Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 21 May 2010 19:42, Aviram Jenik wrote: > > Things to note: change the resolution/refresh rate of each screen to > > their maximum (start with xrandr -q to see where you stand, and then > > xrandr --output LVDS --mode

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-06-03 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 03 June 2010 11:03:28 Elazar Leibovich wrote: > I really don't understand what you're saying. What he's saying is that "is windows secure" is not really a relevant discussion for Linux-IL and has nothing to do with "Common problems with Ubuntu" which was a vague enough topic to begin

Re: Completely OT: Where can I find Hebrew etymology?

2011-02-26 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > Thanks, Orna. Actually, I did hear that "brush" was the origin for > mivreshet, which is why I went looking for an authoritive source. How > about "pitria"? If "pitria" is what you're looking for (you originally wrote 'petria' - doesn't really mean anything in Hebrew) then a simple google sea

needed: Training on compiling Linux projects

2011-05-15 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, We are looking for an instructor that can give a one-on-one training on how to convert a C++ project currently being developed under Visual Studio to a gcc project under Linux. We're looking to pay on an hourly basis, and assuming the whole training is a few hours to a working day max. We're

Re: How to render "Michpal" files (*.mxd) in debian ?

2011-07-14 Thread Aviram Jenik
With a lot of help and assistance from Herouth Maoz, I got this script to generate printable .ps files from the michpal files that show multiple paystubs: #!/bin/sh iconv -f CSPC862LATINHEBREW -t iso-8859-8 $1 | sed "s/\x1B\x31\x30\x0D/\x0C/g" | a2ps --lines-per-page=55 --columns=1 --no-header -

Printing with Cannon MF4150

2012-04-18 Thread Aviram Jenik
Eliyahu, I've had mixed success with this printer; while the drivers do eventually work, they sometimes require some fiddling. The instructions unfortunately differ from version to version. Is your system 32 bit or 64 bit? If 32, try version 230. It has .deb files and should work out of the box.

Re: Printing with Cannon MF4150

2012-04-19 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > I fixed all the dependency problems I think (i.e. I installed the debian > packages created by alien without any warnings). Regarding symlinks and > instructions are you referring to: > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-get-a-canon-all-in-one-printer-working-with-ubuntu.html Nope, that isn't

Re: Printing with Cannon MF4150

2012-04-19 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > I tried both before and after, but like I mentioned the ubuntu tutorial I > linked to only mentioned one symlink. Looking at my system, I only linked: /usr/lib64 -> /usr/lib and I did that BEFORE installing the deb files. Also, contrary to what I told you before, I am looking at my packages

Re: Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware

2013-01-11 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Steve G. wrote: > Thanks for all the advice. I particularly like the Zaggspark 6000. It is not > too heavy and can handle a number of devices quickly and at once. > > I will check if they carry something like it at Office Depot (I am talking > Tel Aviv), and if not

RE: what's going on with the list ?

2002-10-03 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > > I see.. then potentially any person is problematic (it could > actually be > you as well). Dear Mr. Abraham, If instead of arguing you would have actually tried to find the cause of the problem, you would have seen that both emails that continually bounce are sent via the technion's m

RE: what's going on with the list ?

2002-10-03 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > people, people, what's the matter with y'all? shouting at > each other for > no good reason. I think there's a very good reason. Such newbie behavior cannot be tolerated on this list (we spent many Marc-hours cleaning this list from ignorant newbie crap). Look what happened: 1. emails s

How times have changed (Was: job wanted also - NOT - YES!)

2002-10-06 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > IIRC, it has been decided long ago (longer than the archives are kept, > I guess, though I have not checked) that postings regarding (linux) > jobs - both ways - were acceptable on the list. Just to be historically correct, it was decided about 2 years ago that job _offers_ that are related

RE: Re: Bezeq ADSL and sending faxes

2002-10-27 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > Never the less, fixfax is using Linux to provide the service, and has > support for Linux customers. Oh, and that makes you holy again and free of sin? I really don't see how the fact you are now using Linux makes it ok for you to be a spammer. - Aviram ==

RE: upcoming java ssh2?

2002-10-30 Thread Aviram Jenik
oading services on port 80 are not the corporates, but rather than client-side utilities which want to bypass f/w restrictions. Thanks, Aviram Jenik Beyond Security Ltd. http://www.BeyondSecurity.com http://www.SecuriTeam.com Know that you

Backup tapes recommendation

2002-11-06 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, We're looking for recommendations for a backup tape for daily Linux backups using Amanda. I would like to hear recommendations (off list please; I will send a summary of the responses I receive) on Linux-friendly backup tapes and especially good/bad experiences, things to avoid, potential pitf

RE: killing existing connections.

2002-11-08 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, > > I am trying to develop a pay per routing limited by time. (lets say > 15mins) > [...] > step 2:after you pay I should allow youe mac address for free > forwarding. > [...] > > iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -m mac --mac-source > 00:20:18:2D:6B:20 -j > ACCEPT > Sounds cool. Now let

RE: Home Page Failure

2003-01-06 Thread Aviram Jenik
I'll be making some calls tomorrow. This is not pro/against jobinfo and it's not even a Linux issue. It's only about common courtesy and service to customers. -- Aviram Jenik Beyond Security Ltd. http://www.BeyondSecurity.com http:/

RE: Linux Business Forum Meeting

2003-01-16 Thread Aviram Jenik
ryptic e-mail with link to the same message on the web? -- Aviram Jenik Beyond Security Ltd. http://www.BeyondSecurity.com http://www.SecuriTeam.com Know that you're safe: http://www.AutomatedScanning.com = To unsubscribe, se

RE: Linux uPnP control point ?

2003-02-06 Thread Aviram Jenik
> I'm looking for Linux uPnP control point application. Try upnpd: http://linux-igd.sourceforge.net/documentation.php Very simple and straightforward. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubs

"Dumbed down" users and linux.org.il

2003-02-18 Thread Aviram Jenik
The recent discussion left me with two questions: 1. How did everyone (namely Ira, Muli and Amos) come to the conclusion outlook can't do "reply-to-all" and show the mailing list name in the 'to'? Fact is, it can. Granted, it requires the use of the "reply-to-all" button on the toolbar, which is so

RE: Cheap Linux Machine [Was: MORE [was: Equipment - anyone?]]

2003-02-22 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > Speaking of such- anyone know a good place to grab a low cost used > computer (PII or P3) to run linux on? My parent's computer just died, > and they need a machine (which I will administrator), but > their budget > is way low... > I am in Herzlia, so something in the area would be good.

RE: [OT] Ham Radio

2003-02-25 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > Then the Technion launched their sattelite, they have used ham radio > frequencies to communicate with it. The agreement with them > was that the > sattelite will become a ham sattelite for data communication > (9600 baud) > after the Technion have their way with it. Never happened, thoug

RE: [OT] Ham Radio

2003-02-25 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > Only the reason it never happened was the Satellite crashed > during take > > off > I'm sorry, but you are misinformed. There was a SECOND > sattelite (named > TechSat 2), it DID go up, and it is functioning perfectly > to-date. I stand corrected (and I just felt like the scene in "th

RE: win2k/xp offline contence and linux

2003-02-26 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > What is the procedure, if any, to make NTFS truly read-write? > Try NTFS-Linux, they now even have special kernel RPMs so that you don't have to recompile the kernel: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net However, it's read-only: "Q: Can the Driver write to an NTFS volume, too? A: Not really.

Equipment

2003-03-02 Thread Aviram Jenik
My contribution to the junk pile: - Several 10Mb combo network cards (ISA) - 10b2 (yes, with a BNC connector only) net card (ISA) - Buslogic SCSI adapter (ISA) - 33.6k modem/sound card combo (ISA) - ~10 EDO RAM chips (in sizes from 1MB to 8MB) - several soundblaster sound cards (ISA) - 22.8k mode

Equipment (clarification)

2003-03-03 Thread Aviram Jenik
Sorry for the noise, but apparently my last post wasn't clear - I have equipment to give. No charge, and no strings attached, free as in beer (but you have to bring your own beer). You don't even have to promise to use it on a Linux system - just take it and go. On the other hand (and in a total

RE: [OT] new hardisk advice (was: What's "short read error"?

2003-03-04 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > What about S.M.A.R.T. for IDE HDs? I don't really know anything > about it, but IIRC it's supposed to give early warning of disk > failure.. > There's a nice SMART tool for Linux: http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartsuite/ Haven't tried it myself, but I heard good things. - Aviram ===

RE: Insta Party!

2003-03-11 Thread Aviram Jenik
Ira wrote: > I haev yet to hear ONE person, other than Hetz, say a > good word about RHL8. Here's one. We've installed it for our new employee and it made him very happy; many of the things that we had to manually configure or install on other machines (like Hebrew support for some apps) came pr

RE: Palm+Outlook compatible PIM

2003-03-11 Thread Aviram Jenik
> I tried saving to vcal and emailing the file, > but outlook on > the other machine choked on it. I'll now try Ical and see. > I was under the impression that you searched for a server-side solution; but if you're simply looking for a mail client that can send and receive appointment requests

RE: ANSI C

2003-03-25 Thread Aviram Jenik
Vadim Vygonets wrote: > > > > Actually, Kernighan & Ritchie have a second edition of > their book, published > > in 1988, which corresponds to ANSI C. > > It's quite hard to get the first edition these days, don't you > agree? > Depends on who you ask - I've got a first-edition right here on m

RE: ANSI C

2003-03-25 Thread Aviram Jenik
Beni Cherniavsky Wrote: > There is a refernce section at the end (at least in the second > edition). Admittedly, it's a too dry and concise to look up > conveniently. But the book is great, I learnt from it too. > You're right - I didn't remember that, but I just looked and there is indeed an a

Hebrew with Crossover office

2003-06-07 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, I'm currently evaluating CX office, and I'm liking what I'm seeing. However, there's one thing that really bugs me. I can run Word with a Hebrew locale (he_IL.UTF-8), and it writes Hebrew perfectly, while writing English poorly (it's stuck in "Hebrew" mode). I can run it with the "C" local

Re: Hebrew with Crossover office

2003-06-07 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Saturday 07 June 2003 23:52, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > Aviram - What version of CX are you using? Is this the one Hetz posted > here all that time ago, or the newly released one? I'm evaluating the latest version (2.0.0 released on 21/4/2003). If there's a better older version, I'll be happy

Re: Hebrew with Crossover office

2003-06-07 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Sunday 08 June 2003 00:07, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > > >I belive he's evaluating cxoffice 2.0.1. > > > > Is that the 030521 build? > I'm not sure how to tell, but the changelog.txt says the version is 2.0.0 (I installed it almost 2 weeks ago, so I doubt it's a May 21 bu

Re: keymap switching

2003-06-14 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Saturday 14 June 2003 23:18, Andre E. Bar'yudin wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 10:01:28PM +0200, Shai Bentin wrote: > > I have setup keyboard switching to work in my XF86 config file. > > > > After I log in either to KDE Session or Gnome Session, this option goes > > away and I can't do switch

Re: [OT] A note about internet zahav customer care.

2003-06-16 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Monday 16 June 2003 16:30, Arik Baratz wrote: > > Believe it or not, some people think spam is a legit way to do business. > Yes, and they are called "SPAMMERS" :-) Other people think robbing 7/11 stores is a legit way to make a living. They are called "ROBBERS". And the list goes on... --

OT: Captain Learns Linux

2003-06-19 Thread Aviram Jenik
For those who didn't follow, the Israeli Linux community has organized to protest an incorrect statement in Ha'aretz newspaper (more info here: http://www.whatsup.co.il/article.php?sid=1496 and here: http://www.hamakor.org.il/position.html). We received dozens of responses from you, the communi

Re: Problems with PASV ftp

2003-06-21 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Saturday 21 June 2003 23:54, Herouth Maoz wrote: > Has anybody here suffered from problems with passive FTP? > Particularly, Actcom ADSL clients? > Are you behind a NAT? (i.e. are you trying to FTP from the firewall, or from a machine behind it?) If you are, don't forget to load the relevant F

Re: Problems with PASV ftp

2003-06-22 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Sunday 22 June 2003 23:21, Herouth Maoz wrote: > Thanks, guys. Apparently the problem isn't with Actcom. My "other" > OS, using the same hardware, connects and allows passive ftp without > a problem. > > So now I'm left with the question - what could cause PASV to fail? > > I'm using a Samsung

Captain Internet Responds

2003-06-24 Thread Aviram Jenik
Today Ha'aretz published a response from Captain Internet to the "Angry Linuxers" (as they called it). The response is mild - it includes statements like (sorry for the rough translation): "lately there was a huge improvement with the Hebrew support", "many people are happy with it" but also: "L

Re: Captain Internet Responds

2003-06-24 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tuesday 24 June 2003 10:22, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > Aviram Jenik wrote: > > Unfortunately, despite several attempts by Shachar and Ira, we couldn't > > get the Captain to meet "Hamakor" face to face for further explanations. > > However, we're

[HMKR] Projector expert needed

2003-06-26 Thread Aviram Jenik
Sorry to interrupt the linux-irelevant holy wars with a community announcement. According to unconfirmed rumours and foreign reporters there's a large happening planned for August 1st. We are looking for people to help, but specifically we are looking for someone with "projector" experience to

[JOB OFFER] MLM implementation

2003-06-30 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, Mitos E-commerce (www.mitos.co.il) is considering upgrading their mailing list software from its current (Windows based) version to something that will perform better (qmail+ezmlm for example). This is also an opportunity for them to see them how things work on Linux, since so far they have

Re: Snort - iptables addon

2003-07-01 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tuesday 01 July 2003 14:43, Mycroft wrote: > On Tuesday 01 July 2003 10:13, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > TC>What happens if I spoof a portscan from a different address? Do you > TC>block it? Now what was the IP of your DNS server? > TC> > That's what the "preprocessor portscan2-ignorehosts:" and "pr

Snort port scan detection (was: Snort - iptables addon)

2003-07-01 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, On Tuesday 01 July 2003 17:46, josh wrote: > > Your IDS will not block a simple connect scan (AFAIR snort does not save > > packets and does not know that this is the 10,000th port in a row you are > > trying to reach) > > FYI the portscan2 preprocessor on snort 2.0 tracks connection states.

Re: Snort - iptables addon

2003-07-01 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tuesday 01 July 2003 15:58, Mycroft wrote: > [snip] > This box is my networked workstation at home, and i > don't have open server ports. I'm merely dealing with a number of script > kiddies that think scanning and DOSing people they meet on IRC channels > makes them all-powerful. [snip] > howe

Re: Snort port scan detection (was: Snort - iptables addon)

2003-07-01 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tuesday 01 July 2003 18:40, Mycroft wrote: > AJ> > AJ>If you want that functionality, google for "portsentry". > > Erm...it appears (to me at least) that portsentry has all the firewall > ruleset blocking "functionality" that you recommended against I *don't* recommend blocking hosts by detect

Re: hebrew files names under xterm

2003-07-07 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Monday 07 July 2003 17:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 09:24:58PM +0300, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > He said debian unstable. Don't they have 4.3 yet? > > Nope. 4.2.1. > This depends on who "they" are. 4.3 is available by putting the following in your sources.list: deb h

Re: [OT] Public wifi access

2003-07-16 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Wednesday 16 July 2003 23:54, Jason Friedman wrote: > Hi all, > > I bought a wifi card to take travelling and wanted to test it before I > leave. Does anyone know of any public wifi access points in Israel? > Some of the "Coffee Bean" places, and some of the "Arcafe" places. However, when conn

Re: [OT] Public wifi access

2003-07-17 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 17 July 2003 12:51, Arik Baratz wrote: > > A. If you're in Ra'anana you can drop by my company for 5 minutes, I'll let > you use my AP for the test. Thanks :-) Next time I come to visit Guy... > > B. The 'hijacking' thingie is done using port redirection, and it works > with EVERY bro

Captain Linux

2003-07-22 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, Contrary to popular belief, making your voice heard in protests does brings results. The latest Captain Internet includes a question about moving to Linux, and an answer that explains how to do that. This is *only* thanks to the flood of responses by readers in this, and other, Linux forums

[APII] Early bird gets the worm

2003-07-22 Thread Aviram Jenik
Every penguin has its day. Our day is August 1st. Marked the date on your calendar? Good. Now why not save your seat at the track? Early registration helps us plan the event better - so don't wait to the last minute. Also... The first 100 people to register will receive a mini-CD with a small

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 24 July 2003 16:45, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > I recall that some new cards "autodetect polarity". Does this refer > to polarity on each pair or also to Tx/Rx autodetection? Is there a > chance that it will work with crossed cables anyway? I never heard of network cards that do

Re: Whatsup *** SELF-PROMOTION *** :)

2003-07-30 Thread Aviram Jenik
This is not against Guy personally, but a message for the flamers who spend their time wining on other people's off-topic posts instead of doing constructive things to promote Linux or help others. I think dittigas's first post was poorly constructed. Posting a URL with very little information

[APII] Just when you thought it can't get any better

2003-07-31 Thread Aviram Jenik
What could possibly be better than a PGP key signing party, book exchange, excellent lectures and great atmosphere? We are glad to announce that August Penguin II will also have WiFi (802.11b) connectivity on the premises. So all of you wireless users, bring your cards and configure them to "AN

Re: Linux compatible wi-fi

2003-08-02 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Saturday 02 August 2003 13:10, Dan Aloni wrote: > > Although it seems to work OK, I am really not satisfied with my WiFi setup. > Using a D-Link DWL-900AP+ access point, it seems that the wireless > connection gets completely disconnected from 20 meters away, and at a 1 > meter range - the link

[APII] Feedback requested

2003-08-14 Thread Aviram Jenik
Now is the time to do what the community does best: criticize . Seriously: we want you all to tell send us comments about August Penguin II. This includes what was good, what was bad, things you liked and things you didn't. What you think we did wrong, and how you thing we should have done it b

Re: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 14 August 2003 12:42, Tal Achituv wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Would Tal clear this up, please? I'm intrigued. I've been following this thread too, and I'm pretty confused. But based on: > > To Clear things up, the interface definitely changed... there's no question > there... The utility yo

Re: ARP table notification

2003-08-14 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Sunday 10 August 2003 09:42, Ran Milstein wrote: > Hi, > How can I get notification about a change in the ARP table ? is there a way > to register for a specific change ? > Search for "arpwatch" (comes with Redhat by default). -- "It was only a one liner. A semi-illiterate chipmunk could've wr

Re: ESD Hickups

2003-08-20 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 14:04, dittigas wrote: > Is there anyway I can continue working with ESD without having to deal > with the occasional hang-ups when Sound Events (Sound | Sounds for > events) are enabled? > > [...] > > Using OSS with i810_audio. I know this is *not* what you asked, but

Re: ESD Hickups

2003-08-20 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 15:31, dittigas wrote: > > Yes. I was hoping I can avoid that. ALSA seems such an overkill when OSS > is just OK for my needs so far. > If by "overkill" you mean difficult to install and set up, I shared your feelings until recently. But then I stumbled upon this: http:

Re: Forthcoming "Blitz" of Announcements

2003-08-22 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Friday 22 August 2003 00:50, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > * KDE 3.2 - The final 3.2 version will be at the beginning of this > December. The developers are just moving to QT 3.2 and beta season should > be starting soon.. > The nice thing about KDE is that there's no need to guess; their release sc

RH9 CDs

2003-08-23 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, I've got about 9 sets of RH9 CDs (leftovers from Friday's Linux conference at John Bryce). Come[1] and get[2] them while they're hot[3]. The thanks go to OMC for donating the disks, and Miki Barzilay for making that happen. -- "It was only a one liner. A semi-illiterate chipmunk could've

Cost of qt development license

2003-08-31 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, We are currently debating on what GUI infrastructure to use for one of our products, and the main downside of qt seems to be its constraining license. Can anyone shed more light on this subject? How much does the qt license cost to develop a non-GPL product that uses qt library? Does it also

Re: Cost of qt development license

2003-09-01 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Monday 01 September 2003 13:59, Voguemaster wrote: > > > > Java/Swing? Java/SWT? Not Free, but certainly free. > > Ok, to avoid expressing my thoughts on Java and specifically swing (despite the fact I've been programming in it for almost 8 years now), I'll just say the application will be wri

Re: new installation

2003-09-02 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tuesday 02 September 2003 18:20, Gabor Szabo wrote: > I have received my new Compaq Presario 2540EA and while Windows > works on it nicely I decided I prefer to install some kind of a > Linux distro. > > I found a set of Red Hat 9.0 CDs on my desk so I started to use them. > > boing: it got stuc

Re: KAddressBook/Kpilot encoding

2003-09-24 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Wednesday 24 September 2003 15:37, Ori Idan wrote: > I tried using the Kpilot synchronizing my Pilot Vx to the KAddressBook > (Mandrake Linux 9.1) > It works great, however it shows the hebrew fields in an unknown encoding > and I found no way to change the encoding. I had the same problem on m

Free RH9.0 CDs available

2003-10-10 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, I still have some RH9 CDs available, and will give them away Free to whoever comes to get them. The CDs are provided by Miki Barzilay (http://linux.israel.net) and were donated by OMC. My office is located in Netanya's industrial area right by IKEA. Mail me for more information. -- - Av

Re: ADSL - What is the current recommendation?

2003-10-19 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Sunday 19 October 2003 16:25, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Not to mention that while ADSL may be a standard, that doesn't mean much > > - to really use it you still need to know what your tunneling protocol > > is, authentication scheme, etc, etc, etc. And all this before we even >

Re: distro with 2.6 kernel ?

2003-10-20 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Monday 20 October 2003 15:06, Oded Arbel wrote: > Speaking of cutting edge distros - > I'm looking for a distro that comes out of the box with a 2.6-testX kernel > - anyone know of such a thing ? > What's wrong with: make menuconfig make && make install && make modules_install Easier than inst

[JOBOFFER] Beyond Security is looking for good people

2003-10-29 Thread Aviram Jenik
ive them the experience they need (real experience!), another line on their resume, and increase their chances that someone will take notice of them. -- Aviram Jenik Beyond Security Ltd. http://www.BeyondSecurity.com http://www.SecuriTeam.com Know that you're safe: http://www.Automate

Re: Fw: What's wrong with this code?

2003-11-13 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 13 November 2003 01:28, Boaz Rymland wrote: > > Further more, don't get me wrong. I did not conclude my "verdict" on OSS > security from this simple demonstration of a weak point. Not at all. > Without going into details I think the opposite - I prefer openess over > obscurity, taking i

Re: Telux Wine lecture (was Re: [OT?] SPAM)

2003-11-25 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tuesday 25 November 2003 23:23, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > Are there slides in English published anywhere? > What?! You mean prepare the slides more than 24 hours before the lecture? That would break the tradition. The slides will probably be available after the lectures, at: http://www.cs.tau.

Re: [OT?] SPAM

2003-11-25 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tuesday 25 November 2003 20:19, Orna Agmon wrote: > > I think this is a good time to mention that in the first regular Haifux > lecture of the season, Aviram Jenik will talk about SPAM. The lecture will > take place on Monday 15/12/2003, in Taub 3 (floor 1), Technion. > And

Re: [OT] Search results - strange results

2003-11-27 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 27 November 2003 17:36, Diego Iastrubni wrote: > while looking for "shachar" in google i see your page in the 7th position. > > other searches: > "eli marmor", i suppose 2nd hit? Actually, both the first and the second are Eli's pages - the first is the freshmeat homepage, and thus it

Re: An approach I made to 1st yashir bank

2003-12-29 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Monday 29 December 2003 18:31, Diego Iastrubni wrote: > ביום שני, 29 בדצמבר 2003, 14:48, נכתב על ידי Oleg Kobets: > > An extremelly well written letter. > > actually I do not think so. Diego, for some reason all your posts here seem to be negative - what's going on with you? I know you're not

Re: The Proliferation of Linux and its Effect on Programmers

2004-01-04 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > On Thursday 01 January 2004 21:01, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > > Now, some arguments were made that because a business gets a software > > > for free, he will expect the hackers who have to make it work, to work > > > very cheaply as well. > > > > Let me give an example from another field. > > (snip

Re: Discountbank.net web site

2004-01-26 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Monday 26 January 2004 13:30, Alex Gontmakher wrote: > Hi everybody, > > If anybody of you have tried to access the Discountbank.net web site > (for online account access), you would surely notice that it accepts > connections originated from Internet Explorer only. [...] > (and yes, yes, I kn

Re: Discountbank.net web site

2004-01-26 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Monday 26 January 2004 16:53, Ely Levy wrote: > did you try changing the user-agent of mozilla and konqurer to ie one and > see if it works? I did. Doesn't work. > does it need active x or the sort? > Nope. As I wrote, it doesn't even work on IE over wine/crossover (this usually solves my pr

Re: Interactive mode during RPM installation

2004-02-03 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tuesday 03 February 2004 22:09, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > On Tuesday 03 February 2004 11:03, Avrahami David wrote: > > Hi , > > During RPM installation I need to get some parameters from user. > > Interaction with user is not acceptable to RPM by design - it must > support unattended installs/upd

Things my Debian can't do

2004-02-10 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, I'm ashamed to admit there's one thing Redhat machines can do out of the box and my Debian can't, despite my many attempts to teach it. On Redhat, konsole performs "copy on select" - i.e. when selecting the text it is automatically copies it to the clipboard. Moreover, the konsole on Redhat

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