Re: [PLUG] command line http authentication

2009-03-10 Thread Mayuresh
> My remark was meant for the ISP setting it, not you :( > Shridhar Ok :-) It appeared in response to my remark "Such connection is good for us though security pundits may disagree..." On a serious note, what can go wrong with such an authentication method, what are pros and cons of these two

Re: [PLUG] command line http authentication

2009-03-10 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 11:26:31 Mayuresh wrote: > > A security pandit would not opt for such an authentication scheme to > > start with. :) > > Thanks. That qualifies me to use such a connection! My remark was meant for the ISP setting it, not you :( -- Shridhar ___

Re: [PLUG] command line http authentication

2009-03-10 Thread Mayuresh
> A security pandit would not opt for such an authentication scheme to start > with. :) Thanks. That qualifies me to use such a connection! > Whats wrong with pppoe? No idea. ISP just quietly* decommisioned it in our area. Probably some consolidation exercise of their infrastructure. *: Litera

[PLUG] networking problem in OpenSuse 11.1

2009-03-10 Thread Sharique uddin Ahmed Farooqui
Hi, I have 2 PCs with OpenSuse 11.1/ winxp64 dual boot on both machines. I'm not able access other system if any of pc is on Open Suse, I have tried ssh , samba both did not work. Both pcs can't even ping each other. I have BSNL broadband wich is share via a hub. Internet is running fine on both P

Re: [PLUG] command line http authentication

2009-03-10 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 10:18:34 Mayuresh wrote: > Surprisingly both haven't bothered making use of those randomly generated > strings on every visit to the page to force the user to login using > browser. That's good for us though security pundits may perhaps feel > otherwise. A security pandi

Re: [PLUG] command line http authentication

2009-03-10 Thread Mayuresh
> script written for Reliance worked well for you for Tata Indicom! (Do > these people actually use the same technologies under different brand > names?) There is a striking similarity in the URL formation also. (/user/refresh/home etc. part is same in both). Quite likely that both use the same

Re: [PLUG] command line http authentication

2009-03-10 Thread Vaibhav Kulkarni
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] > > I also need it. Where's the script? Well, seems this mailing list doesn't allow attachments. I've pastebin'ed the scripts: auto-connect.py http://pastebin.com/f14f8147 auto-disconnect.py http://pastebin.com/f2f87b338 Mayuresh seem

Re: [PLUG] Asynchronous Notification

2009-03-10 Thread Manas Alekar
> > > For that I used fasync method. kill_fasync() called in interrupt handler > of > > gpio. > > If the IRQ handler is getting called correctly, then check whether the > userspace handler has a policy of dropping pending signals when the > handler is getting executed. Can you print out logs at

Re: [PLUG] command line http authentication

2009-03-10 Thread Mayuresh
Vaibhav, your script works fine for me though it's not Reliance connection. (It is Tata Indicom.) It's a really short, cute and precisely written script. Many thanks for sharing! Another big benefit for me is many times I don't launch X server at all though need the internet access. Now I can