Re: 64-bit linux

Usually you'll come quite quickly on a need for the 32bit libraries, be it for (I'm not sure I'm correct or updated with all my examples) Flash plug-in for your browser (or other browser issues, like firebug extension, although I think in FF3 this is solved), Sun Java JRE and some other proprie

Re: 64-bit linux

guess bad experiences from the past are becoming more and more - a thing of the past (like Linux usage in general, which is becoming more convenient, skipping the need to be a rocket scientist to get a common and useful functionality out of it). Boaz. Amos Shapira wrote: 2008/7/5 Boaz Rymla

Re: 64-bit linux

Same with me - flash worked out of the box inc. its sound. I don't even remember any special packages that I needed to install for (this doesn't mean that they weren't any but I don't have bad memories of it). Noam Meltzer wrote: On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Firefox chokes on YNET

To the best of my knowledge its not the flash objects on the page but rather the JS they use there. I was told once its the scrolling news thingy they use which eats the CPU. Ori Idan wrote: I think it is because of the the many flash adds they have. Use adblock to block these adds and it sho

Re: Re, more readable?: Email Hosting (POP+SMTP) Recommendation

Having reverse DNS point to your fixed IP is not that difficult at all (if I got the thread's idea right). Been there done that a year+ ago and Bezeq int and 013 Barak agreed on providing this entry in their DNS servers for free, when I already had a fixed IP. The whole thing is really negotia

Re: backing up mysql database (mysqldump)

Uri Evenhen More wrote: Hi Friends, I am hosting my website on Servage.net, where I don't get SSH access. I need to run mysqldump in order to backup my mysql database to SQL format (I need the backup in SQL format). Is there a way to run mysqldump without using SSH access? Does phpmyadmin sup

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

Similarly, due to time constraints I'm not currently performing any active steps with the several spam emails that I have received lately, all from some coaching/spiritual spammer. If there's a lawyer or someone with enough spare time on his hands in the crowd who wishes to raise the glove ple

Re: No noobs?

No. Trolls should die (noobs or not). Boaz. On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:47:32 +0200, Jacob Broido wrote: noobs should die. On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: While referring a new Linux user to the Linux-il mailing list, I found this text on the page: "No newbie questions

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

Beagle once created huge log files in its directory under my home dir, which clogged my filesystem. It took a while to find the culprit but afterwards it was pretty fast to purge it from my system :-) . That incident, couple with very little use I had for it, convinced me to drop it altogether.

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

Omer Zak wrote: The huge files (index and log files) were not a problem for me. I set aside a separate multi-GB partition for Beagle's use, directing it to use it by an appropriately planted symbolic link. Even if I had lots of diskspace I still wouldn't have liked the fact that beagle wast

"stealing" domain names by Israeli registrar

Hi all, Consultation needed: A friend of mine and myself are volunteering to launch a charity web site. My friend is not proficient in web technologies so when he went to check for registration of the domain, he followed the instructions recommended on one of the Israeli registrars - intern

Re: ot: isps

I'm using Nezeq-Intl + Hot with no such issues. But: * I'm connecting via a router that manages the connection for me (I guess I would have still felt it - and I'm not). * maybe talk to them and try to change the connection type - pptp/ppoe/direct/etc. (I was using pptp until a few days and n

Re: "stealing" domain names by Israeli registrar

Well well. Its seems like we are not even breaking grounds here. The trick's has been around for some time now. Thanks for the links. Informative indeed. Boaz. Dotan Cohen wrote: 2009/4/17 Boaz Rymland : Hi all, Consultation needed: A friend of mine and myself are volunteeri

Re: ubuntu is starting to annoy me

geoffrey mendelson wrote: After 3 days of running it can not make a connection to the outisde world. I have to reboot to get it to work. Other computers runing Ubuntu have the same problem, 3 days after they were booted, but ones running other operating systems don't. I had a similar issue tha

Re: ubuntu is starting to annoy me

On Wed, 20 May 2009 10:33:15 +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote: > > 1) the dual screen stopped working correctly, and actually I cannot > set the screen resolution to high enough. > > Does anyone know /etc/X11/xorg.conf does not seem to change when I > change the configuration via the > GUI. So how can I

Re: php cli is trying to resolve

ik wrote: On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Tzafrir Cohen > wrote: What addresses? Machine local names, but when I changed the DNS addresses to faster addresses it takes no more then few MS to have a result. probably php itself populating its predefined g

Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

Hi all, Can anyone provide feedback on the following Acer laptop, or any other Acer Linux based laptops? (Interestingly, searching for "linux" word in laptop section in zap.co.il shows almost exclusively only Acer results: http://zap.co.il/models.aspx?sog=C-PCLaptop&keyword=linux). In specifi

Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

model, which offers several goodies over the somewhat older Linux ones (like HDMI, DDR-III RAM, LED display) and hope all would work, or, go "for sure" on the Linux pre-installed ones. The two options cost very similar here. Boaz. Steve Litt wrote: On Saturday 29 August 2009 16:

Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:06:43 +0300, Oron Peled wrote: > On Sunday, 30 בAugust 2009 07:52:18 Boaz Rymland wrote: >> ... or, go "for sure" on the Linux pre-installed ones. > > Just a general warning (don't know if it applies to this specific model). > Many dev

Re: Drupal or Joomla for Heb-Eng Site?

Hi, * The specified requirements list was much too slim to judge ("how much does a suite for an orphan cost"? Is there such a sentence in English? :-) * This is a hot debate between enthusiasts from both camps. * Here are some links that try to address this issue: o h

Re: Please recommend a web host in Israel

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:54:46 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > A friend needs a web host for a small project. He will need a catchall > email address, mysql, and PHP. He needs just a few MB of storage and > not much transfer, but there should be options to increase should the > project progress. He alre

[SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

rking out of the box. Haven't really tried setting it up yet. *Sound:* worked out of the box. *Anything else? *mail me for questions... . Boaz. Boaz Rymland wrote: Hi all, Can anyone provide feedback on the following Acer laptop, or any other Acer Linux based laptops? (Interestingly, s

Re: [SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

IMHO, that should be the standard practice for open source minded people (and in general - non-commercial mindset people), even if not zealously practiced. Boaz. Steve Litt wrote: On Friday 04 September 2009 02:19:23 Boaz Rymland wrote: [clip] *Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That

touchpad can't be re-enabled after disabled

Hi, I have a new laptop (Acer 5738 mentioned in a different thread) which I have a nagging problem with: I have this nice and useful button right next to the touchpad, for disabling it (when working with mouse and using the keyboard and prefer not having pointer distracted by occasional to

Re: [SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

Steve Litt wrote: On Friday 04 September 2009 02:19:23 Boaz Rymland wrote: [clip] *Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a little upgraded in comparison to the original model suggested - with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of the specs are the same. *Distro Installed: *Ubuntu 9.04,

Re: [SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

lready. Thanks! Michael Boaz Rymland wrote: Hi all, So I made the move and bought it. Here are my findings: *Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a little upgraded in comparison to the original model suggested - with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of the specs are the same. *Distr

Re: touchpad can't be re-enabled after disabled

No matter what I do the output is always "TouchpadOff = 0". Running that command didn't induce any change in behavior. Boaz. Mark Bloch wrote: what's the output of : synclient -l | grep TouchpadOff if it's 1, you can try this: synclient TouchpadOff=0

Re: OT: Digital TV decoder USB sticks

Hi, I bought this toy today. I'm glad to say that it worked out of the box in Ubuntu 9.04 - or at least it appears so: Kaffeine is happy with it, I do have /dev/dvb/ devices and dmesg seems to report that the drivers are ok. I bet the following kernel drivers are related: dvb_usb_af9015, af901

Re: OT: Digital TV decoder USB sticks

optimistic about the prospect interoperability of the Apex 328 dongle with Linux (Ubuntu 9.04), I wasn't successful in making them sing together. Any pointers, tips, etc would be appreciated. Thanks, Boaz. geoffrey mendelson wrote: On Sep 17, 2009, at 10:43 PM, Boaz Rymland wrote:

Re: OT: Digital TV decoder USB sticks

trying to answer your mail below i noticed that indeed my reply has little relevance to linux-il so i'll add my words below... geoffrey mendelson wrote: On Sep 27, 2009, at 12:17 AM, Boaz Rymland wrote: Just wanted to update that although the dongle supposed to be working, it fai

Re: OT: Digital TV decoder USB sticks

oops. was supposed to be sent privately. sorry. Boaz Rymland wrote: trying to answer your mail below i noticed that indeed my reply has little relevance to linux-il so i'll add my words below... geoffrey mendelson wrote: On Sep 27, 2009, at 12:17 AM, Boaz Rymland wrote: Just want

Re: OT: Where does it count?

That's a bit off topic cause indeed you refer to greatness in one's profession/occupation/hobby but in any case, i remember the article you mentioned and the whole thesis it talks about. There was at least one Israeli weekend newspapers article, probably about the relevant translated book that

Re: ISP Suggestion

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:45:25 +0200, geoffrey mendelson wrote: > On Oct 26, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Justin wrote: > >> I've been with Interal until now. But they are merging with Bezeq >> Ben Liumi. I hate BBL, and more than that their quality sucks. >> >> Does anyone have a recommendation for a L

Re: Shekem Electric selling desktops with Linux

I can add that when searching for Linux powered laptops here I found that several stores (not the big elec. chains stores IIRC) sell linux powered Acer laptops. These laptops, and I suspect that the desktop as well, have Linpus on them. They also, probably, contain some binary drivers from Acer

Re: need help with PHP open source class

Not all PEAR classes require depending classes on the machine. For example, Log class. I think that it all depends on your exact needs. Also, not all classes were born equal, in terms of quality. Consider that as well. I recommend you consult also on php-israel mailing list: http://www.php-israel.o

Re: What to do with a constant flow of attempts to login to my compuet?

This is so common these days I heard years ago people filtering out such messages. Just check your machine carefully - I once had a break-in that was caused from a stupid chain of mistakes: i switched sshd to listen on its default port (22) for some time (instead of some arbitrary port as it was u

Re: What to do with a constant flow of attempts to login to my compuet?

application that was not used. The bug was two weeks old at the time. Both of the break in cases I described were of my 24/7 home machine I had running for years (but not anymore), not some high traffic IP address so this is rather common these days. Boaz. On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:51:05 -0500, Boaz

Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

Hi all, I'm about to meet my daughter's school principal on the subject of the formats of documents the school spreads around routinely, like the weekly schedule. In short - they are using .DOC MS Word format and I don't like it as I cannot cleanly open those documents on my computer (which runs U

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

itch about three years ago when the younger students who were the early > technology adopters demanded it. It didn't come from the principal, and not > from the parents either, both groups being generally clueless. > I agree with your comment about adopters or better technology. Not surpr

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

e who had a > version of MS-word could not open. > > -- > Ori Idan > > > 2012/2/5 Boaz Rymland > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm about to meet my daughter's school principal on the subject of the >> formats of documents the school spreads around routi

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > I believe my Android can read Microsoft Office documents out of the > box :( But it's true, with all these non-Microsoft devices around, > Microsoft's stranglehold on the word processor document seems to be > coming to an end. > I bet it can

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Sun, Feb 05, 2012, Boaz Rymland wrote about "Re: Preparing to convince > to shift to non-propriety documents formats": > > I bet it cannot read my teacher's document! > > Before you go and complain

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

I fully agree. Having *whatever* percentage of distributed material requiring *whatever* percentage of students to spend hundreds (or even tens) of NIS on HW/SW in order to cooperate is *totally unacceptable*especially in light of no-cost alternatives (SW only of course. HW will still be needed).

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > > > 2012/2/5 Boaz Rymland > >> >> of course the whole reason to this thread and me contacting the principal >> is the fsck'ed up document. The document appears badly in LibreOffice >> and Google do

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 09:44:21AM +0200, Boaz Rymland wrote: > > > Google docs is a good but not the best alternative. Google is > > yet-another-corporate that even if more "public friendly", not a fully >

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

Even if true my point is different: my computer cannot be installed with that claimed free software from MS. My laptop runs linux and that's not somthing that is going to change, even if offered free windoze and office. Sent from my mobile phone > > I didn't check it and don't know how it applies

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > right, but don't forget that to in order to "read only" a document, you > > don't need a google account - just a publicly readable document who's > link > > you've got, AFAIK. That's of course hardly a full solution but I'm going > to > >

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Sun, Feb 05, 2012, Micha wrote about "Re: Preparing to convince to > shift to non-propriety documents formats": > > I didn't check it and don't know how it applies to school children, but > > I was told that as a student with a valid student

Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats

open standards (ODT in this case) is in the right direction, and it happens that Sun is pushing in that direction as well. On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 10:26 PM, geoffrey mendelson < geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2012, at 10:02 PM, Boaz Rymland wrote: > > yuck! >&g

Re: font problems with xfree-4

The following text was posted on Debian-IL just today (Copylefts to Ira, IIRC). Could it be relevant ? > apt-get install kde-i18n-he xfonts-100dpi-transcoded > xfonts-75dpi-transcoded xfonts-base-transcoded xpdf-hebrew hspell - Original Message - From: "Eli Segal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: Collection of sample high-quality iptables configurations?

Hi, Might I join the recommendation of the IPtables scripts at http://www.linuxguruz.org/iptables/ . If you're looking for "strong" configurations, then by judging from what I've found, there are some pretty complicated configuration there (sorry, dont have the exact link). Still, though, some

TCP-Wrapper problem

Hi there, I'm having problem getting the tcpd work as I used to see it work. I have pure-ftpd which I want to control it's access to. in hosts.allow, I enter pure-ftpd-wrapper : ALL just to check the situation (all allowed). Yet, the connection is always blocked by the hosts.deny directive: "AL

[README First]Re: TCP-Wrapper problem

t; to hosts.allow. The work is around setting pure-ftpd to go through the TCPD and do some "extra work" as it starts its session. Please see the previous mail for more elaborated details... . Has anyone experienced problems with TCPD v7.6-ipv6.1-3 ? Thanks, B. - Original Message

Re: [README First]Re: TCP-Wrapper problem

de, even switching to another ftp server... (cost effectiveness is valid factor here, as always) thanks again, Boaz R. - Original Message - From: "Shaul Karl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Boaz Rymland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent

SOLVED - Re: [README First]Re: TCP-Wrapper problem

hosts.allow with an already existing matching entry in /etc/hosts file, did the trick Well, seems like a good explanation, isn't it? Boaz. - Original Message - From: "Boaz Rymland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Shaul Karl" <[EMAIL

Re: SOLVED - Re: [README First]Re: TCP-Wrapper problem

Shaul Karl wrote: On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 08:09:59PM +0200, Boaz Rymland wrote: Conclusion (? - anyone got a better explanation?). Doesn't the following quote from man hosts.allow shows that one might expect this? PARANOID Matches any host whose name does not matc

Re: SOLVED - Re: [README First]Re: TCP-Wrapper problem

Shaul Karl wrote: On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 12:00:43AM +0200, Boaz Rymland wrote: i wasn't familiar with tcpdmatch till now. yep, broken too on my machine. ldd -r on the binary gives some "undefined symbols". ldd -r and an unprofessional go/no-go test for tcpd{match,

Re: Debian server tips?

Try: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/harden-doc/html/securing-debian-howto/ Boaz. Ahoy, I'm going to install a Debian webserver (replacing a RedHat Linux 6.2, which has just gone out of RedHat's shortened maintenance cycle). My plan is to install Woody, add Bastille Linux, do the generic sec

Re: Hebrew fonts

I installed the msttfcorefotns package lately too, on debian also, but, I cant recall exactly what happened there :-( I can tell you that I was also required to install defoma, which I did and, I also DL'd the fonts themselves in some .exe self extracting package which I've google'd to find. Then t

Re: Looking for SysAdmin Troubleshooter

Not. Yet. ;-) - Original Message - From: "Official Flamer/Cabal NON-Leader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "My Own Private List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 8:31 PM Subject: Re: Looking for SysAdmin Troubleshooter > Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > I a

Re: First sighting of a computer sold in Israel with Linux for thegeneral consumer audience

It was Friday's Yediot, HEAD section, p. 10. Surprised me too Udi Finkelstein wrote: I saw this for the first time as a full page ad (was it Yediot's 7-Days, or Haaretz's "Hair"?? I don't really remember). Go to www.eim.co.il, and look for the "Newron One" series. When you look at the system de

Re: First sighting of a computer sold in Israel with Linux for thegeneral consumer audience

Oops - forgot the Ynet article about it, questioning it as no other than a "revolution": http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2545933,00.html Boaz. Udi Finkelstein wrote: I saw this for the first time as a full page ad (was it Yediot's 7-Days, or Haaretz's "Hair"?? I don't really remember)

Re: Oh capitan my capitan (internet)

the obvious-hence-forgotten link to the original article on Haaretz (this is through walla, NO registration required) http://computers.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=item&path=4&id=401498 Boaz. - Original Message - From: "Shachar Shemesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux-IL mailing list" <[EM

Re: Cable Internet DNS Problem

I have a similar symptom on my machine. Debian, Cables (actcom) (forgot anythign important?). On my machine, after a connection is made, /etc/resolve.conf is being written nicely and all a-o.k. . BUT, after I've some time, when connection time exceedded ~12h, I have noticed it have "fallen". A m

Re: Cable Internet DNS Problem

> Except that it is an ugly patch. You did find the core of the problem, > however. Ugly indeed, I must agree. Linux gives you the power to find and correct the problem, not so with the time nessecarry to do so... . > So now we only get to the solution - is there any way to configure DHCP > clie

Re: Procmail recipe for filtering Sobig-originated E-mail?

Notice that filtering based on the subject opens the possibility for false-positive, since a possible innocent mail might include in it's body the sentence "See the attached file..." (and, it's not that far fetched). I think it's even better filtering via your SMTP server, if you have one. It

Re: Procmail recipe for filtering Sobig-originated E-mail?

Nadav Har'El wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2003, Boaz Rymland wrote about "Re: Procmail recipe for filtering Sobig-originated E-mail?": Notice that filtering based on the subject opens the possibility for false-positive, since a possible innocent mail might include in it's bo

Re: [HAIFUX] Special insta-party distro ?

Hi, Mind me for interrupting, as I'm not Haifoee nor, to tell the truth, have I read the whole thread carefully... (just browsed it...:-) AFAISee, the situation goes like this: you're quite fertile there with the technion instaparties, hence you're into the business of producing some sort of a

Re: [HAIFUX] Special insta-party distro ?

uch events. Boaz Rymland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Mind me for interrupting, as I'm not Haifoee nor, to tell the truth, have I read the whole thread carefully... (just browsed it...:-) AFAISee, the situation goes like this: you're quite fertile there with the technion insta

A problem with Mozilla - title bar flashes

Hi, I'm having this wierd problem for some time now. It happens only with mozilla: When mozilla browser has more than one window open + the mail client is running too (several windows are open...), whenever I switch desktops (using Window Maker) and returning to the mozilla desktop, mozilla is

Re: pop question

I've invistaged this not long ago. AFAIK, APOP is a good method to get privacy as far as POP3 comm is concerned, but APOP is supported by too little mail clients, mostly Eudora email client (the same company that produces/finances... QPopper). AFAIK, unforutnately, NO APOP support in outlook :-

Re: pop question - solved

out it wants either APOP or AUTH authentication). Ideas? Help? On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Boaz Rymland wrote: I've invistaged this not long ago. AFAIK, APOP is a good method to get privacy as far as POP3 comm is concerned, but APOP is supported by too little mail clients, mostly Eudora emai

Re: Changing the Font color in the Unix Shell.

What I have: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/5004/termref.html http://x.holovko.ru/Xlib/www.rzg.mpg.de/rzg/batch/NEC/sx4a_doc/g1ae01e/appa.html#append Amit Roseberger wrote: Hi List. I have a script that produce output to the standard terminal (a shell window in Linux). For example:

Mozilla scrolling problem in Ynet

Hi All, Is it just for me or others have seen this too?: In Mozilla 1.4-2 (debian), when entering Ynet you get two scrolling bars at the right end, instead of one. Scrolling with the mouse wheel is useless as it "finishes" one of the crolling bars, which does not extend through the whole page.

Re: Postfix e-mail filter - looking for information

I also recommend securitysage guide, although from my experience, their body/header checks are rejecting legitimate messages yet denying very little true spam. Further more, the files on which this filtering is based are being updated at most once in a few days, so I don't see them as very usef

Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux

Might I join this OT frenzy? I've purchased a digital camera lately too. Below is the little I've found regarding "local tutorials" on purchasing such a camera: http://www.d.co.il/?arena=ConsumerInfo&articleName=%EE%E3%F8%E9%EA%20%EC%F7%F0%E9%E9%FA%20%EE%F6%EC%EE%E4%20%E3%E9%E2%E9%E8%EC%E9%FA&art

Re: [OT] Digital Cameras and Linux

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's going to be an ad, but they earned it - Go to Jugend Brothers (pronounced "Yugend") at 5 Hayarkon St. in Tel-Aviv. They are a pro shop and their prices are fair and their advice is good (I could have bought my camera there for almost the same price as abroad, onl

Latest article on Linux + Open Source in local media

On topic article from Haaretz that discusses the state of OSS adoption in Israel (mainly in commercial organizations) No registration requried: http://computers.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=item&path=4&id=440127 Boaz. = To unsubscr

Re: Latest article on Linux + Open Source in local media

unsuable for 3 freaking days!! my doctor couldn't ever get my test results!! so much for security!). persoanly I feel safer if my health would be depended on linux servers... Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Boaz Rymland wrote: On topic arti

Re: X won't give high-res with high colors

I don't know if this could help but if you are in a need for some non-standard modelines for X, trying to bypass some limitations, the following might help calculating such modelines: http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/faq/vga2rgb/calc.html http://zaph.com/Modeline/ http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/

Re: Shana Tova :)

and may the described prophecy come true: check out the paragraph before the end - a prophecy that within 1-1.5 years M$ will bring forth their products (that are silently being ported these days...) to the Linux OS. http://computers.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=item&path=4&id=443163 A VERY "sha

Re: Mozilla and internet banking

As already cliamed, bank hapoalim indeed supports mozilla. I can add that this support is not "by chance". Up to some point in the past (not too long ago, but don't have exact date) their site wasn't (fully?) supported. At some point, they intentially started supporting mozilla/netscape browser

Re: Mozilla and internet banking

king and that's what matters. Further more, it made me thinking that sometimes encouraging non-IE support is better (more productive) than criticizing this lack of support. Hmm.. Maybe it's worth writing them about that. Night, Boaz. Gabor Szabo wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Boaz Ryml

Re: Haifa University site browser competablity issues

In addition to what I wrote you in private, I can add that this issue is bigger than this "virtual" system. A few sites in the TAU internet site will require you to use IE, and I don't like this either. Actually, I think this is rude. I've contacted my faculty administration, from the Dean to th

Fw: What's wrong with this code?

Interesting message I got. Isn't that a demonstration of the *real* (no FUD) open source model security break points? It seems to me that unfortunately, theoretically, there could be many exploits of this vulnerability (or am I wrong here?). Boaz. *START READING FROM THE END!* -Original Messa

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

Stanislav Malyshev wrote: BR>> Isn't that a demonstration of the *real* (no FUD) open source model BR>> security break points? Well, that looks like open source _strong_ point. If the same code was closed, what chance someone - except, of course, for original programmer and probably his associat

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

Well, you certainly got a point there. One could claim that such source compromises are possible with closed source SW too and in such a case, indeed logical to assume, it is more difficulty finding, verifying and correcting the code AND, closing the security hole through which the intruder got

Re: Version control (was: Re: What's wrong with this code?)

I think this is exactly the price you "pay" when choosing these kind of tools, or more generally, doing in the "unix way": You just take some overhead explicitly onto *your* head but you are left with very flexible, hence powerfull, set of tools, which can be combined in numerous ways to do just

Re: Version control

I tend to agree - in the real world there is no magic. The advertisements might promise so but when the worker (not the manager) gets to actually do the work - he will need the time to learn the "promising" new system. This investment time is what the ads try to deceive us that can be saved - b

OO to be installed on some government computers starting next week

http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2821155,00.html Sounds exciting to me. Is this a good start? (Is OO ready for it, or is it going to be a dissapointment?) Boaz. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Win XP cannot browse intranet web site on a Linux server

Hi, I'm trying to set up a Win XP machine to view an intranet site on a Linux machine. This win XP machine is being masq'd o.k. and it has internet access fine, but somehow, it cannot talk to the local linux webserver (apache), or any other service on the Linux machine. this is a strange thing.

Re: Win XP cannot browse intranet web site on a Linux server

? ) win XP and linux are on 192.168.2.x network. the windows has only one NIC and is being NAT'd by the linux to gain internet access, which it does successfully. the linux has a few network NICs, one is for that network. any contrediction between the linux FW and the XP's NAT ? cheers

Re: Debian.org Hacked

the CNet article summarizing it: http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5112427.html?tag=nefd_top Shaul Karl wrote: For those who missed it, the Debian machines were hacked because of a combination of a sniffed password and a local root exploit. The hole is believed to be only locally exploitable, not

Re: Suggestions for open source backup program

Not sure about (5) (but one can devise himself a solution for that), I think dump should be able to do it http://dump.sourceforge.net/ || http://sourceforge.net/projects/dump/ You can use rsh (or more secure alternatives) combinations for remote backup. Although this sounds too much of a "hand wo

Re: Suggentions for server side spam control

not directly answering your question, but on topic, mail administrators might be interested in the following: http://spf.pobox.com/ It is a suggested method for cutting spam from it's root - disabling froging email and verifying sender IP as "permitted" for sending emails fo it's domain. Boaz

TV show about Hackers & WWII Station X

Hi! Just noticed that on this weekend channel 23 ("Educational TV") continuosly broadcasts shows about "hackers world" and on the WWII "Station X" (one of the biggest secrets as well successes of the allied forces). Thought this might interest some on this list. Boaz.

Re: Read through the end

Guys, dont take Mr. Lopez too seriously. I gotta admit that I haven't really read it. Just by skimming over it raised a smile & reduced respect for the writer. He is probably a genious for getting to such a radical conclusion.In ~1.5 pages... . This article looks like spam with all those paragr

Re: Read through the end

oops... really? is it a joke? that's what happens when one comments on article mostly by its title, subtitle and layout... . at least i wasn't the only one who was tricked! "TZARAT RABIM"... ;-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Boaz Rymland wrote: Guys, dont take Mr. Lop

Re: ping....

Hmm... maybe related, maybe not: on tuesday, IIRC, my postfix configuration, which utilize anti UCE checks through proxies.relays.monkeys.com started rejecting mails from _anywhere_. As I saw no information about this in the media (although I searched) and since I don't have much time to debug

Re: [OT] ISPs and fixed IP

I've followed this thread since it matters me for the same reason it does to you. Why did they gave it for no charge earlier ? maybe they still had free static's to give but all other ISPs did charge. In comparison to them they could have charge without any doubts. I called them to learn of th

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