On 23 April 2010 11:44, John Matthews wrote:
> Just wanted to ask again, as this seems to have got lost, Does anybody
> have any information on how to use these firewalls (e.g. Ubuntu's ufw
> and Firestarter). I tried setting one up, and ended up shutting my pc
> off to everything, and had to get
Just wanted to ask again, as this seems to have got lost, Does anybody
have any information on how to use these firewalls (e.g. Ubuntu's ufw
and Firestarter). I tried setting one up, and ended up shutting my pc
off to everything, and had to get somebody to help open it up again. I
gave up with
Does anybody have any information on how to use these firewalls. I tried
setting one up, and ended up shutting my pc off to everything, and had
to get somebody to help open it up again. I gave up with the virus
checker, as it thought a lot of things that were important to the pc
were viruses, a
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:29 AM, John Stevenson wrote:
>
> Am I wrong in thinking this post is really a warning about not setting you
> router up securely?
>
> If you are unable to control the router or the IP address your Ubuntu box
> is assigned, then you can always run a firewall and/or AppAm
On 21/04/10 09:03, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 21 April 2010 08:41, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>> Are you *sure* they are in plain text?
>>
>
> No, but if someone has access to your entire home directory, and thus
> all of .mozilla (and your passwords database) surely all they need do
> is pick up that fol
On 21 April 2010 08:41, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> Are you *sure* they are in plain text?
>
No, but if someone has access to your entire home directory, and thus
all of .mozilla (and your passwords database) surely all they need do
is pick up that folder and plop it on their own filesystem? The
Fi
On 20/04/10 20:13, Alan Pope wrote:
>> Well, i have sure learnt my lesson, can anyone tell me what can be gained
>> from my user area in terms of web-passwords? Are they stored in .mozilla
>> folder and easy to get to?
>
> They're in plain text, yes.
>
> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/58
On 20 April 2010 23:11, Daniel Case wrote:
> My entire family own Windows boxes, and the internal IP is dynamic most of
> the time. Now what i didnt realize was that my sister opened DMZ onto her
> internal IP at the time so she could get a decent download speed over
> torrent.
>
> The next time
My entire family own Windows boxes, and the internal IP is dynamic most of
the time. Now what i didnt realize was that my sister opened DMZ onto her
internal IP at the time so she could get a decent download speed over
torrent.
The next time i turned my Ubuntu box on, it got that IP, and thus all
> On 20/04/10 19:14, Daniel Case wrote:
>
> > Never, ever leave Samba open without due care and attention, all too
> > often i see people telling others to install Samba without warning them
> > of the possible implications, many people
> > are quite lazy, and instead of settings everything up, wil
Hi Daniel,
Sorry to hear about this. Would you care to expand on some elements
which might help others understand the issue..
On 20 April 2010 19:14, Daniel Case wrote:
> "Allow guest access" button.
> What i wasnt aware of, is the fact that it broadcasts on Port 139,
It uses the same port as W
On 20/04/10 19:14, Daniel Case wrote:
> Never, ever leave Samba open without due care and attention, all too
> often i see people telling others to install Samba without warning them
> of the possible implications, many people
> are quite lazy, and instead of settings everything up, will just chec
Hello There, I havent ever made my own email thread before, but i figured i
would start with a check and protect message..
Never, ever leave Samba open without due care and attention, all too often i
see people telling others to install Samba without warning them of the
possible implications, many
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