F20 + Old but unused hardware continually core dumps

2014-08-30 Thread Philip Rhoades
People, I have been trying to build a usable PC out of old - but previously unused hardware (motherboards, CPUs, RAM, 80GB Seagate disks, power supplies) - but whatever combination I use I continually get core dumps - I have reinstalled on numerous occasions and sometimes the PC works for hou

Re: md5 encryption

2014-08-30 Thread Tod Merley
I tend to use sha256sum to check file integrity and then as far into gpg (see: https://www.gnupg.org/ ) as is practical in the situation. On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 08/28/2014 04:47 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 15:29:58 -0400, >>

Re: Secure Transactions

2014-08-30 Thread Tod Merley
What sort of security issues are indicated by redirection? What would they be doing (or not doing) in the programming from their end which would cause this? Could problems with DNS or other parts of the IP stack be involved? Why would closing the browser and shutting off the machine and finding

Re: md5 encryption

2014-08-30 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/28/2014 04:47 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 15:29:58 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Today you might STILL use sha1; it has had tremendous resiliency. NIST was expecting it to fall as badly as md5 by this point. Most use at least sha256, and sha3 is now out ther

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-30 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2014-08-30 at 19:50 +0300, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > I tried to use the "single-user-mode" but I had problem. > Typing "e" from the interactive menu (to choose the OS) I get the > message: > *[0.00] tsc: FAST TSC CALIBRATION FAILED.* Can usually be ignored. It's related to an, alle

Re: Secure Transactions

2014-08-30 Thread Tod Merley
Thanks for your response Tim! Tim said: It's well worth going through your browser settings, and setting them sensibly, rather than hoping some third-party add-on will sort things out for you. . . . Ok - considering that this Fedora 20 install and FireFox browser will only be used for Internet tr

Re: Secure Transactions

2014-08-30 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2014-08-30 at 18:44 -0700, Tod Merley wrote: > The most suspicious things that ever happened while doing transactions > may have been related to re-direction. Specifically my "sign on > picture and text" came up wrong from time to time. My usual response > was to close the browser and re-

Re: Secure Transactions

2014-08-30 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2014-08-30 at 18:39 -0600, jd1008 wrote: > 3. HttpToHttps Be prepared for various things to fail, you cannot force HTTPS with sites that are HTTP-only. > 6. Redirect Cleaner - this will prevent a website you want to visit to > redirect your browser to some other website you had no intent

Re: Secure Transactions

2014-08-30 Thread Tod Merley
Thanks for responding jd1008 and Joe, Jd1008 as you point out add-ons are unknowns. I find unknowns kinda scary when it comes to security. I really do try to do things to limit the sites I actually go to and very much stay away from e-mail use in the transaction process if at all possible. In t

Re: Secure Transactions

2014-08-30 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/30/2014 05:39 PM, jd1008 wrote: Since it is transactions you want to secure, I have advised friends to install these firefox add-ons (not neceCELLERY :) in the same order: Two more: BetterPrivacy Flash Block The nice thing about Flash Block is that it doesn't completely block Flash,

Re: Secure Transactions

2014-08-30 Thread jd1008
On 08/30/2014 06:15 PM, Tod Merley wrote: Hi all! I have been using Windows monitored by Norton used almost exclusively to do on line transactions and banking. The strategy is simply that I do not use it otherwise. Transactions only. But then the W8 laptop Norton would not update or scan!!

Secure Transactions

2014-08-30 Thread Tod Merley
Hi all! I have been using Windows monitored by Norton used almost exclusively to do on line transactions and banking. The strategy is simply that I do not use it otherwise. Transactions only. But then the W8 laptop Norton would not update or scan!! First attempts at fix failed and refresh and rel

Re: Fedora 20 and Dell Latitude e6400

2014-08-30 Thread Junk
On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 15:00 -0400, Brian Johnson wrote: > Well, a couple of updates: > > > 1) I don't think I have a camera -- a user wrote me and told me to > look at the configuration using my service tag. I did and there's not > a camera listed. Which is fine, but there's something odd on the

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-30 Thread Tod Merley
Hi Angelo! Most of the time that I have ever had problems with passwords it turned out to actually be problems with my keyboard. So now, from time to time, with the power off I invert the keyboard and while tilting it in several directions operate the keys (sort of tapping from underneath) and the

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-30 Thread Angelo Moreschini
Hi, I tried to use the "single-user-mode" but I had problem. Typing "e" from the interactive menu (to choose the OS) I get the message: *[0.00] tsc: FAST TSC CALIBRATION FAILED.* In the following line I got the prompt, but was not able to type anything there (on the screen). Can be that th

Re: Get rid of the message: session opened for user

2014-08-30 Thread Kevin Wilson
Hi, Thanks. I checked all three options Rick suggested and none of them worked. Does anybody know about a solution which works ? regards, Kevin On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 08/21/2014 11:33 AM, Kevin Wilson issued this missive: > >> HI, >> Each time I ssh with a pu

Re: Fedora on MacBook Pro: need to disable graphical boot screen

2014-08-30 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:16:20 -0400 Where Where wrote: > So I currently wish to disable graphical boot in Fedora. I'm not sure which graphical you are talking about. The graphics that display during the boot (the animated fedora logo filling in and flashing white), or booting into a GUI login? Fo

Re: OT: Stop Firefox from asking to install flash

2014-08-30 Thread Jatin K
1On Saturday 30 August 2014 02:50 AM, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, When using firefox I'm repeatedly confronted by a popup asking if I want to install flash (usually to view some advertising). This must happen dozens of times a day. Does anybody know if it is possible to stop that, and if so,

Fedora on MacBook Pro: need to disable graphical boot screen

2014-08-30 Thread Where Where
Hello everyone! I'm attempting to switch to Linux from Mac OS on a Macbook Pro model number MacBookPro10,1 with the latest BIOS and firmware. I need to have full-disk encryption for work, so I allowed the fedora installer to set up an encrypted LVM volume alongside my Mac partition (I'm dual-booti

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ? Correction!

2014-08-30 Thread KW
On 08/30/2014 02:05 AM, Ahmad Samir wrote: > On 30/08/14 12:00, KW wrote: >> Please disregard my last email about single user mode. You should use >> the rescue mode offered on the Fedora 20 Install CD/USB. >> >> Here are those instructions: >> >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_reset_a_root

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ? Correction!

2014-08-30 Thread Ahmad Samir
On 30/08/14 12:00, KW wrote: Please disregard my last email about single user mode. You should use the rescue mode offered on the Fedora 20 Install CD/USB. Here are those instructions: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_reset_a_root_password That page has been edited recently by the syste

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ? Correction!

2014-08-30 Thread KW
Please disregard my last email about single user mode. You should use the rescue mode offered on the Fedora 20 Install CD/USB. Here are those instructions: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_reset_a_root_password On 08/30/2014 01:13 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Hi, > after that I installed

Re: su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-30 Thread KW
On 08/30/2014 01:13 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Hi, after that I installed fedora 20, I am not able to get the > login as su. When I try to sign me as super user, I always get the > answer "Authentication failure". > > I don't think that I really type wrong the password that I set at > insta

Google Account in GNOME

2014-08-30 Thread Dave Cross
Soon after I installed Fedora 20 I used the online accounts config panel to set up my Google account. This worked well for several months. A few weeks ago, I changed my Google account password. Ever since then, GNOME keeps prompting me for my Google account password - but it won't accept either th

su - Authentication failure - reinstall fedora ?

2014-08-30 Thread Angelo Moreschini
Hi, after that I installed fedora 20, I am not able to get the login as su. When I try to sign me as super user, I always get the answer "Authentication failure". I don't think that I really type wrong the password that I set at install time:* I typed it twice*. Rather I think that they are some f