Re: Microsoft gets the Most Secure Operating Systems award

2007-09-04 Thread Nick Shank
The One wrote: But how would it spread? There have been 2 OS X viruses, yet they spread terribly. And Apple has already fixed the issue. :) -The One On 9/2/07, Kennith Mann III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/1/07, The One <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/23/07 2:53 AM, Theo de Raadt

Re: OpenBSD 3.9 on a Sun Fire x4100

2006-06-06 Thread Nick Shank
Paul, Actually, all I wanted to do was see if it worked. I'm loading current atm, and will post a dmesg when I get done... Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul de Weerd Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 10:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

Re: OpenBSD 3.9 on a Sun Fire x4100

2006-06-08 Thread Nick Shank
I have not put -current on this system. Would making this machine public and available to developers be of any use? I would also include ilom access. Thoughts? Nick

Re: OpenBSD 3.9 on a Sun Fire x4100

2006-06-08 Thread Nick Shank
Er, rather I have put current on the x4100. Hmmm... I must still be brain dead from work... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Shank Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 6:54 PM To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD 3.9 on a Sun Fire x4100

Sensors setup

2006-07-13 Thread Nick Shank
I've looked, I've read, and, maybe I'm just blind, but after enabling sensors via sysctl, I still get "no sensors found". I expect the answer is obvious and staring me in the face, but I'm asking anyway... What am I missing here? Nick

Re: Sensors setup

2006-07-13 Thread Nick Shank
Steve, Here is what dmesg says... Nick piixpm0 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x08: SMBus disabled Steve Shockley wrote: Nick Shank wrote: after enabling sensors via sysctl, I still get "no sensors found". Do you have any supported sensors in yo

Re: Boot panic with bsd.mp on a Compaq ProLiant 2500

2006-07-14 Thread Nick Shank
And, while I know it's a very different animal, it's still a Compaq server... I get the same error on a Proliant ML370 when using bsd.mp. I'll post a dmesg when I can... Nick Frangois Chambaud wrote: Hello misc, I have installed a second processor in my old Compaq ProLiant 2500 and when I bo

Re: Boot panic with bsd.mp on a Compaq ProLiant 2500

2006-07-16 Thread Nick Shank
baud wrote: Steve Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nick Shank wrote: And, while I know it's a very different animal, it's still a Compaq server... I get the same error on a Proliant ML370 when using bsd.mp. I've got 3.9 running on a DL380 without trouble (GENE

Re: Why ksh?

2006-07-24 Thread Nick Shank
Eric Furman wrote: On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:25:03 +0100, "Pedro Timsteo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Spruell, Darren-Perot wrote: These threads grow tiresome. If you want a shell that whistles like bash, and quacks like bash, and is shiny like bash, then use bash. No one is forcing you to

Re: sokeris output

2006-07-24 Thread Nick Shank
Miod Vallat wrote: This is also what I experienced as a good size for a CF. By the way, does it make sense to turn off swap to extend the CF's life time? I am using that soekris only for ssh logins and won't need much ram anyways... what's the emergency action by OpenBSD's kernel if it runs out o

Lost time in vmware...

2006-07-25 Thread Nick Shank
Hi all, I appear to be loosing time on a virtual machine running OpenBSD 3.9/release under vmware workstation. The system is a Sun Ultra 40, and the host OS is XP-64, and keeps time fine. Thoughts? Nick

Sensors experience...

2006-07-25 Thread Nick Shank
Hi all, I'm looking for an older server (dual P3 or so) that I can use for a netmon server here at the office. I'm curious what experience people have had w/ compaq or hp 1U P3 servers. Do sensors work? Nick

Re: sendmail

2006-07-27 Thread Nick Shank
Matthias Kilian wrote: On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 12:52:15PM +0200, Martin Schrvder wrote: Start with /usr/share/sendmail/README . It's dense, but has a wealth of information. And then there is http://sendmail.org/doc/sendmail-current/doc/op/op.pdf Or just /usr/share/doc/smm/08.sendmailop

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread Nick Shank
Alex Stamatis wrote: Ahmmm. Openbsd gets bad score in patching ? Well that maybe becuase the os is so good that doesnt need 30 patches a day like the linux distros. I have heard the linux 'fans' saying amazing crap about their os'es... Thank god in this world there are people that know that open

Re: Tyan v. Supermicro for Opteron?

2006-08-07 Thread Nick Shank
Karsten McMinn wrote: On 8/7/06, Dustin Lundquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've used both a Tyan S2892 and Supermicro H8SSL and H8DA8, the Tyan board had a number of weird BIOS issues - some times it would boot, reset the BIOS 5 times wave a dead chicken over it and then it would work. yea,

Re: Intel Pro/1000MT checksum problem - 82546GB rev 0x01

2006-08-10 Thread Nick Shank
Bill wrote: Hi, I've been stuck with an Intel pro/1000MT card that is failing with the checksum not valid. I've found this in the archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=113052293924074&w=2 That shows this may have been addressed for the 3.8 release which I am on. Also the re

Re: Why no compiler on prod system [Was: Re: How to update httpd without a compiller]

2006-08-24 Thread Nick Shank
David Terrell wrote: On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:38:26PM -0700, Nick Shank wrote: Through all of this, and maybe I've just missed it, what happens when a user tries to make spl01t.c? stop it, please, you're killing me. There is nothing special about your machine that make

Re: Why no compiler on prod system [Was: Re: How to update httpd without a compiller]

2006-08-24 Thread Nick Shank
Scott Plumlee wrote: NetNeanderthal wrote: On 8/24/06, Anton Karpov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Removing compiler doesn't bring much more security to your system, but it can make it a little bit safer. Very little bit, but safer. I mean, if your system has local root hole, for example, in this

Re: Sun X2100 on board RAID support?

2006-08-25 Thread Nick Shank
Matt Kolb wrote: stan writes: I've got a bunch of Sun 2100 machines. Nice machine that i plan on doing a number of things with. I'd prefer to use OpenBSD on them for firewalls, and other network related tasks. I've got 2 x 250G drives in these machines, and want to mirror them. Under FreeBSD

Re: Website(s) being blocked by CARP/PF firewall

2006-09-07 Thread Nick Shank
Chris Cameron wrote: On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 10:46 -0400, Asenchi wrote: On 9/7/06, Chris Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have two 3.8 firewalls in a CARP setup, and through this firewall I'm unable to get to ticketmaster.ca or .com. They both have different IPs. But make

Re: Secure file storage.

2006-09-07 Thread Nick Shank
viq wrote: I was trying to google for some solution, but didn't come up with anything useful. I am looking for a way to securely store files. Like, say, your mail archive. Or home folder. I know, "use vnd" seems to be the main choice on OpenBSD. But, I want to be able to access those files from o