December 2002 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

RE: [Wlug] Let's make WLUG meetings better!

by Skip Gaede

Folks, William Smith (WS) wrote: Charles Allen (HCA) wrote: > HCA> cool. I'd be willing to donate my box to the cause. > I'd also like > HCA> to see a tutorial on iptables, cause they are a very usual thing. > HCA> Other than that, I think a demo on wine, and getting some of that > HCA> other OS's programs like dreamweaver mx, to work under wine. > > WS> AYE AYE! :) > > WS> as for the iptables, i know that it was done a little over a year ago, > WS> but maybe there could be a bit of an update session, to cover anything > WS> that has changed since then... for example, i was looking at > WS> a guide to > WS> using the iproute2 suite, and i think there are a lot of things that i > WS> need to learn. again. <g> I'm also interested in security and IP Tables. My system has a local network and a cable modem, and with previous versions of Mandrake, they had a wizard to setup netfilter. The 9.0 release dropped the wizard and included a shorewall package. The documentation was not great, but I think I understand it well enough to modify the config files as needed. And I like the package a lot. --Skip

Dec. 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] synce, is a wonderful thing

by brad

I found this today, thought you (and any other ipaq users) might be interested. http://synce.sourceforge.net/synce/ -brad On Wednesday 04 December 2002 09:55 pm, Wesley Allen wrote: > Hi all, I've actually managed to get my iPAQ connected to my linux > laptop using my usb cable....and I've even gotten some files off it and > opened them up with OOo. All-in-all, I'm happy. > > But I would like to back up the address files and convert them into > something Linux can use. What files does pocket-pc use to keep their > addressbook data in? > > Wes > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Dec. 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Let's make WLUG meetings better!

by Bill Smith

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:56:59 -0500 "Skip Gaede" <sgaede(a)attbi.com> wrote: SG> I'm also interested in security and IP Tables. My system has a local SG> network and a cable modem, and with previous versions of Mandrake, SG> they had a wizard to setup netfilter. The 9.0 release dropped the SG> wizard and included a shorewall package. The documentation was not SG> great, but I think I understand it well enough to modify the config SG> files as needed. And I like the package a lot. among the things that has me interested, RH8.0 uses Lokkit in setting up baseline Firewall rules. I don't know much about firewalls (yet), but I want to know whether or not it's a Good Thing to have Lokkit doing what it does. (for example, is it sufficient as a starting point, or should I remove it and define my own rules?) Advice is always welcome... Also: Is there a better way to provide information online from past meetings? There are some things where the notes provided raise more questions than they answer for me. Having slide show notes are great, but if someone that was present asked the same question i have, how would i know? just a few thoughts... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "[T]here is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace." -- Sherlock Holmes, in 'A Case of Identity' * TAG! v3.1 *

Dec. 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] web hosting

by Bill Mills-Curran

A friend of mine uses westhost.com and likes it. I think you'd pay $8.00/mo for what you want. Bill

Dec. 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] web hosting

by Clint Moyer

In almost 3 years, I've had no problems with cphosting.com. http://cphosting.com/index.php?page=hostingplan Clint On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:37:29 -0500 Baris Hasdemir <penguen(a)hasdemir.com> wrote: >hi all, > >I have a domain(hasdemir.com) hosted on linux by a web >hosting company. Nowadays >many emails that I have sent, neither bounce back or be >received by the other >company. Help desk of the web hosting company told me >that probably there are >filters for our network (by the way I have no idea on >what network means here). > >here is what they exactly told me: >>> why would they filter my domain which has only three >>>email accounts, >>> and never spammed throughout its life? > >> They don't block domain by domain but they block a whole >>network, they >> don't care many domains in that network are legit. > >They are quite bad on informing the customer about ant >problem. they refuse to >show me the SMTP logs. It is Exim as far as I know. > >Would any of you tell me what my problem really might be? > >I need my web site hosted on a linux machine with mysql >and php installed. What >would your recommandations be for a web hosting firm? >Things I would like to >have, shell account with ssh connectivity and web space >around 100MB. > >thanks, >baris > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > <TEXTAREA NAME="Signature" ROWS="4" COLS="60">

Dec. 5, 2002

Re: [Wlug] web hosting

by Brett Russ

Baris Hasdemir wrote: > I have a domain(hasdemir.com) hosted on linux by a web hosting company. Nowadays > many emails that I have sent, neither bounce back or be received by the other > company. Help desk of the web hosting company told me that probably there are > filters for our network (by the way I have no idea on what network means here). I am not sure what the problem is but here are some things to think about: -virtual hosting keeps many domain names bound to a single IP address. -the filters they refer to are probably looking at IP addresses or network addresses (the leading portion of the IP address which is followed by the host address) -Since you can send to other domains successfully, contact (from a different account) the postmaster or webmaster at the problem domain and ask them. > I need my web site hosted on a linux machine with mysql and php installed. What > would your recommandations be for a web hosting firm? Things I would like to > have, shell account with ssh connectivity and web space around 100MB. I use LogicInternet and am satisfied. They host with FreeBSD but I don't have a shell account. I realize that two of your requirements are already out the window but if you are interested check out their rate plans here: http://www.logicinternet.com/vhost/index.shtml -Brett

Dec. 5, 2002

Re: [Wlug] web hosting

by Chuck Homic

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:28:41PM -0500, Baris Hasdemir wrote: > I have a domain(hasdemir.com) hosted on linux by a web hosting company. > Nowadays many emails that I have sent, neither bounce back or be > received by the other company. Help desk of the web hosting company told > me that probably there are filters for our network (by the way I have no > idea on what network means here). Baris, I did a quick lookup of your domain ('host hasdemir.com') and I didn't get any MX record. Many SMTP hosts do a lookup of the sending host/ip, and reject mail if it is not an MX, presuming that it's not a "real" mailserver. (This is to prevent spamming from DUL or cable modem links and whatnot.) I'm on the fence as to whether or not that's a reasonable practice... but it's there. I'd suggest adding an MX record to your domain's DNS. (Whether or not this is the ACTUAL problem you're having at the moment.) -Chuck

Dec. 5, 2002

web hosting

by Baris Hasdemir

hi all, I have a domain(hasdemir.com) hosted on linux by a web hosting company. Nowadays many emails that I have sent, neither bounce back or be received by the other company. Help desk of the web hosting company told me that probably there are filters for our network (by the way I have no idea on what network means here). here is what they exactly told me: >> why would they filter my domain which has only three email accounts, >> and never spammed throughout its life? > They don't block domain by domain but they block a whole network, they > don't care many domains in that network are legit. They are quite bad on informing the customer about ant problem. they refuse to show me the SMTP logs. It is Exim as far as I know. Would any of you tell me what my problem really might be? I need my web site hosted on a linux machine with mysql and php installed. What would your recommandations be for a web hosting firm? Things I would like to have, shell account with ssh connectivity and web space around 100MB. thanks, baris

Dec. 5, 2002

web hosting

by Baris Hasdemir

hi all, I have a domain(hasdemir.com) hosted on linux by a web hosting company. Nowadays many emails that I have sent, neither bounce back or be received by the other company. Help desk of the web hosting company told me that probably there are filters for our network (by the way I have no idea on what network means here). here is what they exactly told me: >> why would they filter my domain which has only three email accounts, >> and never spammed throughout its life? > They don't block domain by domain but they block a whole network, they > don't care many domains in that network are legit. They are quite bad on informing the customer about ant problem. they refuse to show me the SMTP logs. It is Exim as far as I know. Would any of you tell me what my problem really might be? I need my web site hosted on a linux machine with mysql and php installed. What would your recommandations be for a web hosting firm? Things I would like to have, shell account with ssh connectivity and web space around 100MB. thanks, baris

Dec. 5, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Let's make WLUG meetings better!

by Keller, Tim

Bill, Instead of using wine, you should look at using wineX instead. It's got much better support for games than just base WINE... Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Smith [mailto:wsmith@chezsmith.com] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 6:32 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Let's make WLUG meetings better! On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 09:46:45 -0500 "Haines, Charles Allen" <chaines(a)WPI.EDU> wrote: HCA> I would be very interested in some security based presentations. I HCA> think setting up some boxes for "security" testing would be really HCA> cool. I'd be willing to donate my box to the cause. I'd also like HCA> to see a tutorial on iptables, cause they are a very usual thing. HCA> Other than that, I think a demo on wine, and getting some of that HCA> other OS's programs like dreamweaver mx, to work under wine. AYE AYE! :) i've been toying with getting WINE to work with Warcraft II, but although it's supposed to work, i can't seem to get it to do anything constructive. 8( as for the iptables, i know that it was done a little over a year ago, but maybe there could be a bit of an update session, to cover anything that has changed since then... for example, i was looking at a guide to using the iproute2 suite, and i think there are a lot of things that i need to learn. again. <g> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "Never to be credited when telling the truth." -- Aristotle, when he was asked what a man gains by telling a lie. * TAG! v3.1 *

Dec. 5, 2002