Re: [techtalk] Tightening Security

2001-02-19 Thread Raven Alder
Heya -- > Today the server was reported to have made a SYN attack against some > network at a college. A few days ago a man emailed me complaining > that the server was probing port 53 on his computer. The box has 1 > static IP and isn't a gateway, so no other computers are permitted to > us

RE: [techtalk] Networking Courses

2001-02-19 Thread Raven Alder
Heya -- > I am interested to do CCNA. Okay, for that my recommendation would be to first learn TCP/IP. Router stuff makes a lot more sense if you understand how the underlying protocols work. If you've already got that under your belt, look at the Sybex-published Todd Lammle-authored CCNA

Re: [techtalk] Tightening Security

2001-02-19 Thread Raven Alder
Heya -- > Recently i've gotten a few complaints about probes/scans from one of > my computers (a Cobalt Linux server.) I've looked at my logs and i > can see no one was logged into it at the time that the scans were > reported. Does that mean someone is spoofing me? Possibly . . . but t

Re: [techtalk] Tightening Security

2001-02-19 Thread Christian MacAuley
On Monday 19 February 2001 17:53, you wrote: > It could also mean that your box has been cracked. What ports has it > supposedly been scanning? Today the server was reported to have made a SYN attack against some network at a college. A few days ago a man emailed me complaining that the serve

Re: [techtalk] Tightening Security

2001-02-19 Thread Eric R. Turner
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Christian MacAuley wrote: > Recently i've gotten a few complaints about probes/scans from one of my > computers (a Cobalt Linux server.) I've looked at my logs and i can see no > one was logged into it at the time that the scans were reported. Does that > mean someone is sp

Re: [techtalk] Tightening Security

2001-02-19 Thread Karl-Heinz Zimmer
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 Christian MacAuley wrote: [some questions regarding security and intruder detection] Sorry, no time for a long answer today, but please have a look here: http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html To read on, please see section 1.5 "Further Readings"

[techtalk] Tightening Security

2001-02-19 Thread Christian MacAuley
Recently i've gotten a few complaints about probes/scans from one of my computers (a Cobalt Linux server.) I've looked at my logs and i can see no one was logged into it at the time that the scans were reported. Does that mean someone is spoofing me? I'd like to make sure all the ports i'm not

Re: [techtalk] Time & Billing Applications

2001-02-19 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
You might want to check out this month's Linux Journal, the focus is on consulting. There is not extensive amounts of pages on consulting, just a couple of articles. The "Cooking with Linux" section has links to a few: BANAL: http://www.starnix.com/banal/ onShore TimeSheet: http://www.onshore-tim

Re: [techtalk] Networking Courses

2001-02-19 Thread FeO
> > > suggestions. > > > If you're looking for courses, you're probably going to have to >pay a good amount for them. Most technical training is either on the >job, or $1,000 a course. If you have that sort of money, I'd recommend >Mentor Technologies for people in the DC area (http://www.

Re: [techtalk] Networking Courses

2001-02-19 Thread Raven Alder
Heya -- --- "Umashankar, Bala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am interesred to learn Networking. Can any one suggest from where > can I get a good training? Any one who is already trained and working > in this field or is learning the networking course , please give your > suggestions. We

[techtalk] Time & Billing Applications

2001-02-19 Thread David Merrill
Hi, I'm going to be starting two separate independent consulting jobs soon, and I need to find a good tool for tracking my time and billing for it. I'd appreciate any advice on a good tool for this type of job. I did searches on sourceforge and freshmeat, and didn't see anything that looked promi

[techtalk] Networking Courses

2001-02-19 Thread Umashankar, Bala
Hi, I am interesred to learn Networking. Can any one suggest from where can I get a good training? Any one who is already trained and working in this field or is learning the networking course , please give your suggestions. My email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] B