Re: Intel Core 2

rough translation from swedish to english of: http://strombergson.com/kryptoblog/?p=311 Intel Advannced Management Technology - Rootkit's for everyone intel just released a new x86 cpu, one new addition avaiding the news is the AMT (Active Management Technology) AMT is a technology intended

Re: OBSD4.0 on IBM Thinkpad T60

On 3/8/07, Jonathan Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 01:35:46PM +0100, Johan P. Lindstr?m wrote: > I seem to recall that the new T60's feature the ICH7 (or 6) chipset > and thus the HDD connects via SATA interface. This may give you > issues, though there is a "compatibilit

Re: OBSD4.0 on IBM Thinkpad T60

I seem to recall that the new T60's feature the ICH7 (or 6) chipset and thus the HDD connects via SATA interface. This may give you issues, though there is a "compatibility mode" switch in BIOS (F1) to make the hdd show up as wd instead of sd. The performance is a bit lower as from what i recall,

Stanford SRP auth.

The Stanford SRP Authentication Project The Secure Remote Password protocol is the core technology behind the Stanford SRP Authentication Project. The Project is an Open Source initiative that integrates secure password authentication into new and existing networked applications. more info at:

Politics, but worth a read.

For everyone interested in hardware drivers and the open source world, an interesting read. http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt -- JPL

Re: Which tools the OpenBSD developers are using?

So far, only NetBSD runs on the AK* architecture. -- JPL On 11/29/06, Ioan Nemes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That's the problem, you should use an AK45! Much-much cheaper than the AR-15 (I've been offred one for $US15.00 in Sudan), and is widely available. Ioan >> Diana Eichert <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Lenovo notebooks

Lenovo has been building the ThinkPads for some 5 odd years, they just bourght the brand from IBM. I have the following hardware running 4.0 or earlier from the pre-order CD's. You should really get yours too, not buying the CD's will not improve the hardware support now will it? Shame on every

BOINC

I'm sorry if this comes across as flame bait, that's not my intention. With that out of the way; How about that BOINC initiative, http://boinc.berkeley.edu is that something that interests anyone else? I can come to think of plenty of reasons why one would not want a port of it, I use obsd for m

Re: Is there a OpenBSD friendly hardware vendor out there?

On 11/22/05, John Brahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have always purchased dell servers but I got screwed by adaptec. > > Does HP, IBM, or anyone else provide a 1u rack mount server with hardware > raid that is fully supported by OpenBSD? Or do I have to go to each vendor > and get them to tell

Re: OT: Quad Ethernet cards feedback on OpenBSD

On 11/17/05, Stephan Leemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The D-Link cards are bad and do not work well under OpenBSD (pre 3.8 > I haven't used them with 3.8). You should avoid them. > > I had two in one firewall and one in another, I replaced them with > Intel Pro cards, to get rid of frequent

Re: Bug bounty for pciide/atapiscsi

On 11/10/05, Stephen Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks for your help. > > > I would appreciate your suggestions on how to spin this as an > interesting problem worthy of an OpenShaman. > > I've found a workaround by using usb flash media, but I'd still like to > get this problem fixe

Re: OpenBSD Desktop Document

On 11/9/05, Roy Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Roy Morris wrote: > > >>>I have been working on a document for newbies that helps > >>>them put together a basic/functional desktop under OpenBSD. > >>>If anyone has time, I'd like feed back. > >>> > >>>www.openalternatives.com/OpenBSD/OpenBSD-D

Re: Fujitsu-Siemens Primergy 150 S2/S3

If you are (in Sweden) looking for Intel based rackmountable servers that run obsd, take a look at www.mullet.se Bought one a few months ago and it's humming along w.o issues so far. -- J On 10/29/05, Per-Olov Sjvholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Does anybody know if the Fujitsu-Siemens

Re: Which SATA controller to purchase

On 9/26/05, Bryan Irvine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For example, i was looking at the Promise SATA 150TX4 and i have not yet > > been able to find what chip that controller uses. Any suggestions on > > what controller card i should get? > > Good luck with Promise. I went through this a while b

SATA cards (not looking for RAID)

Looking in my heap of spare parts, it seems I am able to build a P4 bucket, this could be fun, though the motherboard only takes IDE/PATA drives, I scavenged 4x 250GB SATA drives so I'm on the lookout for SATA cards. I am not interested in RAID (or the lack there of in the SATA controllers) for th

Re: HW: Wireles PCCARD

Just got word from 3com The RCPAG175 PCCARD uses the Atheros AR5001+ chipset. No knowledge of chip changes and revisions, as in they would not know even if there where changes. There is also a new model on the horizon, RCPAG175B, that should be using the "AR5414 single chip solution". I have not

Re: To secure WiFi networks

On 9/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The squid solution only would encrypt http or ftp traffic if I'm familiar > with the basic working, leaving out e-mail encryption, which would be quit an > issue for the security-sensitive wifi users. > > The Google solution is nothing b

Re: To secure WiFi networks

On 7/15/05, Johan P. Lindstrvm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good afternoon list, I'm just going to throw out an idea here and lets take > turns kicking at it. > > I'm not too familiar with the inner workings of the needed technologies > (sometimes a pro, often a con) but what if one would use a h

Re: HW: Wireles PCCARD

On 9/20/05, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --On 20 September 2005 14:45 +0200, Johan P. Lindstrvm wrote: > > > not confirm if there where revisions released of those cards. Now this > > differs from what I read on the manpage where supported chipsets are > > AR5210, AR5211 and AR521

HW: Wireles PCCARD

As I am browsing the hw page http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html looking for a WiFi PCCARD cross checking with my usual supplier I hit the Netgear WAG511 (Atheros AR5001X+) and WG511T (Atheros AR5002g), knowing that the usual suspects change the chipsets but keep the product name I called Netgear an

Re: Mini DV USB Connection

On 9/20/05, Dan Smythe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking into Mini DV camcorders. I see that one > model in particular, the MV320 has USB computer > support. What program would you recommend for copying > the files to the OpenBSD system? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam prote

Re: [OT]: good home switch?

HP's ProCurve series are a bit on the steep side, though they come with lifetime warranty, got two 2524 (managed) 10/100 and I haven't seen any issues with them so far, next to them I got two D-Link (unmanaged) 10/100/1000 16 port switches, on one of them the fan sounded like a lawnmower and failed

New device sporting OpenBSD

While making friends with my ZyXEL ZyWALL P1 adapters, using tcpdump -novelf (pf.os as of 3.7-release), I noticed that they are identified as running OpenBSD. This gave me that warm fuzzy feeling and I felt a need to share this, there we are... Have a nice evening! // Johan

Re: OpenBox in OpenBSD

On 8/30/05, Alari Kask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I put together some tips, to get openbox up and running quickly in > openbsd, maybe someone find it helpful :-) > > http://php.khk.tartu.ee/~alari/ > > That desktop looks very nice, thanks for the hints! // Johan

Re: 1U server recommendation

On 7/27/05, Matthew Bettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone recommend a decent rack server from HP, Dell, IBM or CDW > that will run OpenBSD for webserver use? I would prefer a machine > that has SCSI drives with Mirror Raid capabilities. I know I can go > piecemeal one from

Re: twiki

On 8/22/05, Scott Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/21/05, Johan P. Lindstrvm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to co-write an installation guide for twiki (it's in > > packages) for us less seasoned obsd monglers, I am finding it > > not-so-straight-forward and would like to help

Re: twiki

On 8/22/05, Chris Zakelj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan P. Lindstrvm wrote: > > >I would like to co-write an installation guide for twiki (it's in > >packages) for us less seasoned obsd monglers, I am finding it > >not-so-straight-forward and would like to help every one else on their > >way,

twiki

I would like to co-write an installation guide for twiki (it's in packages) for us less seasoned obsd monglers, I am finding it not-so-straight-forward and would like to help every one else on their way, does anyone know whom I may contact about this matter or do you feel the spotlight? I am more

Re: fortinet experiences

On 8/18/05, mdff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear misc, > not related to misc, but to security, so has > anyone experiences with boxes from fortinet? > details: http://www.fortinet.com/ > cu... > > Fortinet and Clavister seems to be similar, though Fortinet a little looks better in terms of pr

Re: OpenBSD on Dell Dimension 2400 or 3000?

On 8/17/05, Chris Zakelj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin wrote: > > >A friend needs to order a basic computer with a good warranty, > >to run as a very basic OpenBSD 3.7 firewall for a cablemodem. > >I'd put one together from parts, but I don't relish doing "won't boot" > >hardware support from

Re: generel software RAID-Question (IBMx330, raid failed, where to look for errors? )

That's nice to hear, got three of them with adaptec without an excuse for existence in my hall, I think, perhaps it's time to investigate that, there might be a use for them after all... On 8/5/05, Richard Welty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 12:43:10 +0200 Johan P. Lindstrvm <[EM

Re: OpenBSD website vintage looks

On 8/5/05, J. Lievisse Adriaanse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:52:11 +0530 > Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Just happened to get a glimpse of how the OpenBSD website looked some > > while back when I had never heard about and is a bit thrilled about i

Re: OpenBSD website vintage looks

I must admitt I havent been around as long as most of the others here... But how spiff is that? getting your cvs diffs by email? how cool is that, this is something for pimp-my-CVS-server! On 8/5/05, Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Just happened to get a glimpse of how the OpenB

Re: network adapter order

Or you just take out your magic marker and print fxp on the card(s) and print numbers next to the PCI slots. hint ifconfig inet fxp0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 arp description "--==[OnBoard]==--" On 8/1/05, Michiel van der Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to cha

Re: generel software RAID-Question (IBMx330, raid failed, where to look for errors? )

The IBM e-server x330 usually sports a branded Adaptec SCSI RAID card (IBM ServeRAID) and... well google the archives if you haven't been following thie list. Anywho, IBM servers have plenty of HW failure checks, it's a 1U case we are talking about no? just look on the inside of the lid panel and

Re: Linksys EG1032 not SysKonnect anymore as of rev. 3

For what it's worth, in my efforts of finding and acquiring sk(4) based network adapters I have found that the D-LINK DGE-530T cards are still att first revision as of today's date and the tech support team (.se) knows of no plans to change chipsets. -- JPL

Re: OpenBSD 3.7 on VM Workstation 5

On 7/27/05, Johan P. Lindstrvm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just finished installing OpenBSD 3.7 from CD onto VM Ware Workstation > 5 build 13124 with Windows XP sp2 as host OS. --- cut --- Look how interesting this got, now in this thread we have a way to dodge the virtual terminal issue and bet

OpenBSD 3.7 on VM Workstation 5

Just finished installing OpenBSD 3.7 from CD onto VM Ware Workstation 5 build 13124 with Windows XP sp2 as host OS. As Client OS I chose FreeBSD, VM Ware tools not installed, virtual terminals CTRL+ALT+Fn does not work since CTRL+ALT releases control from the VM Ware application. Here is the dmes

Re: To secure WiFi networks

Thanks Bob I will certainly have a peek, I am starting to think authpf is the way to go, but the users at the intended facility are far from self sufficient/ self educating (plain lack of interest) and that usually spells trouble when helping out... or a fortune if you are a consultant, if you don

Re: Anyone know of a mavell based dual gigE copper card

On 7/26/05, Bill Chmura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what everyone told me last time, the SK stuff is good. So I can > fit my network together with a few dual cards, trunk the smaller stuff > together and then be on my way. Trouble is I cannot find (for the life > of me) anything dual based

Re: Need Quad Ethernet for router box

For the sk(4) cards, if you buy the Linksys ones (only single seaters i believe) you should make sure to get the rev.2 ones, as the rev.3 is realtek based, you can tell on the retail box, it shows the little crab on the chip. Happy hunting - J On 7/21/05, Bill Chmura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: To secure WiFi networks

Thanks for all the replies, I see now that I should explain myself further. The scenario I am thinking of is when you run a public WiFi access point at let's say a campus with many new visitors from different organisations and you don't want to start messing around with WAP, WEP, IPSec, PPP or L2T

To secure WiFi networks

Good afternoon list, I'm just going to throw out an idea here and lets take turns kicking at it. I'm not too familiar with the inner workings of the needed technologies (sometimes a pro, often a con) but what if one would use a https proxy, like say squid with SSL/TLS support, to obfuscate the htt

Re: sk gigabit NICs

I hear you, I bought 2 rev.2 sk cards that perform nice, low interrupt load, it seems that is the foremost quality of the cards, apart from the jumbo frames. Then I ordered 10 more and I ended up with an unsupported rev.3 card with a realtek chipset but it is still identified as a Linksys EG1032 in

Re: Linksys EG1032 not SysKonnect anymore as of rev. 3

Now this is odd, I finally got some time over to install the new Linksys card, this is a cut down dmesg from a box with two of the old (rev.2) Linksys EG1032 cards (sk) and one new (rev.3) (sk?) EG1032 card. OpenBSD 3.7 (GENERIC) #50: Sun Mar 20 00:01:57 MST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arc

Re: OpenBSD with Linksys WRT54G

I have had some issues with the Linksys WAP54G AP's (got mine for about 50 euros a pop) they seem to loose the "link state" on the wifi interface, they run the latest firmware as of writing, but pulling the powerplug and inserting it again "fixes" the issue. Anywho, I have a few of these on a separ

Re: Linksys EG1032 not SysKonnect anymore as of rev. 3

On 6/30/05, Martin Reindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Johan P. Lindstrvm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It is with great sorrow I must report that the Linksys EG1032 cards as > > of revision 3 no longer features the SySKonnect (sk) chips. > > I bought 2 of them, they turned out to be revision

Linksys EG1032 not SysKonnect anymore as of rev. 3

It is with great sorrow I must report that the Linksys EG1032 cards as of revision 3 no longer features the SySKonnect (sk) chips. I bought 2 of them, they turned out to be revision 2 (SySKonnect), as per the hardware section on www.openbsd.org (should probably be updated,

Re: [OT]: Garmin GPS Handheld with USB

Never tried using the USB interface, and I had some issues with connecting the standard serial DB9 connector as well, not only the Garmin adapters either I must say, I didn't get the NMEA code flowing... what software did you use ? -- Johan On 6/28/05, eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is anyo

Re: cal output

sweet, thank very much! On 6/21/05, Sebastiaan Indesteege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 04:29:01PM +0200, Johan P. Lindstrvm wrote: > > Does anyone render the output of cal(1) with LaTeX or similar to a one > page > > per month page suitable for printing, or is there a bet

cal output

Does anyone render the output of cal(1) with LaTeX or similar to a one page per month page suitable for printing, or is there a better way to do this? -- Johan

Re: Printers?

Almost all HP lasers you can find nowadays will do PCL 4 or better, don't go for the PS rendering it's often done in the printer driver. On 6/20/05, Ryan Corder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 11:58 -0700, Brian wrote: > > I would be looking for laser printer under $300. > > >

Re: OpenBSD in commercial firewalls?

Just to add a comment, there is the greenbow VPN client ( http://www.thegreenbow.com) for the MS universe of products (quite some appliance boxes as well) based on OBSD 3.4 if' I'm not mistaken, and they bang their drum pretty hard about it, they make good cheese, whine and rational cars (got a hea

OpenBSD favorable HW

Hi misc@ readers I'm about to build some new servers for my OpenBSD farm, up until now I have used old i386 relics, not too dependable but I've got lots of them for spare parts =D Now I'm wondering what is the preferred path to take when buying new hardware with regards to 0 The SCSI RAID issues

Re: Make OpenBSD 3.7 bootable ISO image

This is for google (and others alike) Keep buying the OpenBSD distribution CD's, they include lots of stickers and some awesome artwork as well as one of the most secure Operating Systems on the planet, check out http://www.openbsd.org it supports plenty of architectures and it's really cheap (ca

Re: howto clean disks ?

Thanks Tim!, that was the link I was grepping for at wikipedia, my memory seems to be good but short... =) On 6/1/05, Timothy Donahue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 01 June 2005 08:06 am, Johan P. Lindstrvm wrote: > > The military (at least in Sweden) bakes a Trotyl / Pentyl cake with

Re: howto clean disks ?

The military (at least in Sweden) bakes a Trotyl / Pentyl cake with the drives as stuffing, don't know if that would change the magnetic properties but most likely make the process of collecting/organizing the pieces of the same drive quite labourious. I read an article on encasing your drives wit

Re: Hackathon 2005

A few promissing tasks indeed, What ever endeavours you may embark on during the Hackathon, I hope you find a nice beer buzz and as Jan Izary put it; > Beyond that we can hope that someone has > a moment of clarity and comes up with > another sweet addition like spamd. > If I wasn't sure develop