January 2002 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] General firewall question

by Andy Stewart

I played with Coyote Linux briefly, and I believe that it has the ability to do what you want. You might have to play with it a bit. Its advantage is its small size and you don't need a hard drive to run it. However, I seem to remember that you need a Linux system on which to unpack the tar ball and on which to run the scripts that create the single floppy image for the firewall. Double check, as my memory might be foggy. One might also opt for a minimal Linux installation with the addition of the necessary firewall software. I know that SuSE Linux has such an option in its canned installation. Robert Ziegler wrote a book entitled "Linux Firewalls" which I liked, but it is not for the fainthearted. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 18, 2002

General firewall question

by Tim Trachimowicz

Hey folks... I'm currently running Apache on Win2K to serve a small personal webpage through my static IP assigned by my DSL provider. The machine is a "test" server but I'd like to secure it a little more. I've got a spare box sitting around that I'd like to use as a firewall/router, specifically with something like Coyote Linux/the LRP distros. I'm wondering if it's possible to use the DHCP features in such a firewall setup to pass the HTTP requests (router with static IP, server with a 192.168.x.x type IP) to the Win2K box AND limit the connections only to HTTP port 80 on the Win2K box. Next step would be a Win2K mailserver... Does this make sense or would a pure Linux server/IPtables type setup be easier? TIA, --Track _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Jan. 17, 2002

NFS? problem

by Bill Mills-Curran

I have two linux boxes that have nfs-mounted a file system from a DG/UX server. One of them cannot read the directories properly. Here's a short Perl script: **************************************************************** #!/usr/bin/perl opendir(DIR, $ARGV[0]) or die; @files = readdir(DIR); print(join("\n", @files, '')); exit(0); **************************************************************** On server A: % uname -a Linux A 2.4.16 #1 SMP Fri Dec 14 15:31:54 EST 2001 i686 unknown On server B: % uname -a Linux B 2.4.2-2 #1 Sun Apr 8 20:41:30 EDT 2001 i686 unknown B is running the standard RedHat 7.1 kernel, while server A has been upgraded. On B, when I run the test script, supplying the name of an NFS directory (on the DG/UX server), I get the "right stuff" -- a good directory listing. On A, the same operation gives me nothing. No failure or anything. The script works find on local disks and on disks NFS mounted from a Sun server. The A server also has the reiserfs installed on an unrelated drive. The symptom is not limited to perl scripts. I get strange behavior from tcsh, too. Any ideas? Thanks, Bill

Jan. 17, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PPC distros

by William Smith

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Nate Godin wrote: NG>From what I see on the NetBSD website, the original LC isn't supported... NG>I have installed NetBSD on my Mac IIci and SE/30, I might just dust the NG>SE/30 and bring it down. oh? i'm not going to get into an argument on it, but i was led to believe that it was the only version that stood a chance of working on that box. <shrug> i read into it, but i never actually got around to installing it. (the LC still has MacOS 7.5.3 on it, i think.) something about the LC not having an FPU... NG>Thanks for the offer though. :) -- William Smith wsmith(a)chezsmith.com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com

Jan. 16, 2002

RE: [Wlug] signals crossed/entertainment

by Keller, Tim

You obviously have never done support for end users. I could find lots of uses for a "vibratome"... Tim. -----Original Message----- From: doug waud [mailto:douglas.waud@umassmed.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 18:25 PM To: wlug Subject: [Wlug] signals crossed/entertainment Hi I was following the WLUG flow of messages with regard to offering/needing equipment when I went on to the next message and did a double-take when the first line came up as "We are in need of a vibratome for sectioning pre-fixed brain tissue," Then I realized the flow of WLUG stuff had stopped and I was now getting stuff from a medical list :-) I guess it's just one of those hazards of having a foot in two dissimilar camps! doug _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 16, 2002

Re: [Wlug] PPC distros

by Nate Godin

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, William Smith wrote: > i have a Mac LC if you want to (dare to?) demonstrate installation on > archaic systems... (well, last i checked, this particular model could > take NetBSD, but that's about it...)

Jan. 16, 2002

Re: [Wlug] signals crossed/entertainment

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, doug waud wrote: > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:24:54 -0500 > From: doug waud <douglas.waud(a)umassmed.edu> > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > To: wlug <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: [Wlug] signals crossed/entertainment > > Hi > > I was following the WLUG flow of messages with regard to > offering/needing > equipment when I went on to the next message and did a double-take > when the first line came up as > > "We are in need of a vibratome for sectioning pre-fixed brain tissue," Sectioning brain tissue belongs on a MicroSoft list. :-) Bill > > Then I realized the flow of WLUG stuff had stopped and I was now > getting stuff from a medical list :-) > > I guess it's just one of those hazards of having a foot in two > dissimilar camps! > > doug > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 16, 2002

signals crossed/entertainment

by doug waud

Hi I was following the WLUG flow of messages with regard to offering/needing equipment when I went on to the next message and did a double-take when the first line came up as "We are in need of a vibratome for sectioning pre-fixed brain tissue," Then I realized the flow of WLUG stuff had stopped and I was now getting stuff from a medical list :-) I guess it's just one of those hazards of having a foot in two dissimilar camps! doug

Jan. 15, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Free Stuff

by William Smith

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, jeff wrote: j>i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE j>LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! j>PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i j>want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE j>LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! j>PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i j>want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE j>LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! PLEASE!!! i want THE LAPTOP!!! j>PLEASE!!! j> j>-jeff (MWBLUG) Metro West Boston Linux User Group j> j>p.s. please :) so... Jeff... what are you trying to say, exactly? <g> -- William Smith wsmith(a)chezsmith.com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com

Jan. 15, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Free Stuff

by Marc Hughes

just you for the case + motherboard ... a bunch for the ipx. -Marc -----Original Message----- From: Michael Frysinger [mailto:vapier@WPI.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:42 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Free Stuff any takers on the PC case/p233/sun sparc ipx ? -mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Hughes" <HughesM(a)TOMSNYDER.com> To: <wlug(a)wlug.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:22 AM Subject: [Wlug] Free Stuff > I want to reduce the amount of stuff in my apartment, so I have free > stuff to give away: > > 1) Sun Sparc IPX > 2) Sun monitor (16" I think ... But it's huge) > 3) Full tower PC case ... No power supply > 4) Compaq 286 Laptop ... It works! > 5) Super Nintendo (controllers, games, etc) > 6) Pentium 233 + motherboard > > I'll bring all of it to the meeting, if you want something email me. If > lots of people want any of those items, I'll ask Andy to raffle them > off. > > -Marc > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 15, 2002