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Has anyone got an opinion on LINDOWS 4.0?

by Sarin,Sajiv

Thanks, * <mailto:Sajiv.Sarin@Stratus.com> Sajiv.Sarin(a)Stratus.com U <mailto:8773800197@skytel.com> 8773800197(a)skytel.com <outbind://3/978-461-7235> * 978-461-7235

Dec. 24, 2003

Linux and 802.11g

by Arturo Sedo

Holiday cheer would be facilitated greatly if I were able to find a 802.11g wireless card that works with linux. Does anyone in the group have any experience or insight regarding 802.11g and linux compatibility? Happy Holidays! Arturo

Dec. 22, 2003

hey guys - long time no see!

by jeff

this is jeff, one half of the now sadly defunct mwblug. just wanted to say, it's good to be back on the list, and i hope you guys have a great holiday! peace -jeff

Dec. 17, 2003

Recent and Upcoming WLUG meetings

by Andy Stewart

Hi everybody, Please note that I just rescheduled a bunch of the meetings for calendar year 2004. Please check the WLUG website for more information. Please accept my apologies for scheduling two Wednesday meetings for consecutive months. I am scheduling around my commitment to teach a Linux course for the Adult Education program in Chelmsford, MA. A note about the December 2003 meeting: This meeting was well attended, with at least 30 people present to watch the "Revolution OS" DVD. Many thanks for your generous donations to help defray the cost of the raffle items (we broke even *and* set a WLUG record of $58.50!), and to Chuck Anderson for his help with the projection system. It was nice to see some faces of people who occasionally attend meetings in addition to the "regulars" and a few newbies. With regard to the January 2004 meeting, there was an interesting discussion on the WLUG mailing list recently about digital signatures and e-mail. I would like to know if there are any volunteers who would like to do a presentation on this topic. If so, please send me an e-mail. Here are some ideas which came to mind: - how to create your own digital signature (and why) - how to get your friend's digital signature and be sure it is authentic - how to configure (pick a mail client) for use with digital signatures - verifying a digitally signed e-mail - other related ideas? Finally, if you are unfamiliar with this comic strip, take a look. Its pretty amusing: http://www.userfriendly.org Happy holidays! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Dec. 16, 2003

it was a *great* December meeting!

by Brian McLinden

The film Thursday was tops, a great intro about where free software and open source came from. In a mock of the film, Doug Mildram stood us all for free beer at the Boynton afterwards. Present: Scott, Amy, Greg, Andy, Doug, Chuck, Keith, Al. I truly appreciate all you do, Andy. It was a great evening and intro for the holidaze ahead! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

Dec. 13, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Give away...

by Lee Keyser-Allen

I'm sorry to spam the list, but I can't help pointing out the irony inherent in the items being offered. The fact that one crt has developed a red ting, whilst the other has lost it's ability to manufacture red at all. I since a physics proof on the conservation of red electrons<sic> in the Keller household. Really I think the two must be offered as a set to avoid some sort of cosmic imbalance :). Sorry again, I couldn't resist; my brain does this to me every now and then, and I felt the need to share the pain. Cheers, Lee Keller, Tim wrote: >Hey Everybody, > >I've got a color 13" television I'd like to give to a good home. It's an >oldie, but a goodie. Every once and a while it'll get a bit of a red ting, >but overall it works great. Note, this TV only has coax input. > >I've also got a 21" viewsonic monitor that the red electron gun has gone on >the fritz. I'm sure a monitor tech could fix it in no time, however since >it cost me nothing, I feel no qualms in just giving it away. > >Other stuff... >1. Pentium 166 with 128mb of ram. This entire machine is questionable and >possibly a fire hazard (due to some dodgy soldering work done by your truly >on the power supply after the fans bearings went south and I installed a new >fan) though I ran the machine for many years after my repairs and never had >a problem. With a new case and power supply this machine would probably be >a great firewall. It's also got a 512mb and 3gig hard drive in it. > >2. Huge Server case minus power supply. 6 bays in the front, lots of room >for fans and drives and all that good stuff. > >If you want any of this stuff, just write me back and I'll bring it with me >to the next wlug meeting. If you can't make it to the meeting, we'll >arrange something. > >Thanks, >Tim. > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Dec. 13, 2003

Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting: Thurs Dec 11 7:00 PM

by Andy Stewart

On Wednesday 10 December 2003 8:06 am, Andy Stewart wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Our next WLUG meeting will actually be a joint meeting with WLUG and the > Worcester County IEEE Computer Society. We'll hold the meeting in Olin > Hall room 107 on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA (we've been there > before) since it seats more people. Hi Everybody, My apologies for the confusion. The WLUG website is correct in that the meeting is THURSDAY evening Dec. 11 at 7:00 PM in Olin Hall room 107. My e-mail subject was in error. See ya there! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Dec. 11, 2003

Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting: Thurs Dec 12 7:00 PM

by Keith Wright

I am not that familiar with the metric calendar. The 'date' command on Linux says it's Wed Dec 10, is Thursday Dec 12, tomorrow or the next day? -- Keith

Dec. 10, 2003

Re: [Wlug] verizon, suse

by Mike Frysinger

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 10 December 2003 12:42, gaba wrote: > hello, im staying in worcester for christmas so im trying to configure a > dsl verizon's account in suse but i cant figure out how to do it. i called > the verizon support's center and they told me that verizon doesnt works > with linux!!!! > Does somebody can help me? use Roaring Penguin http://www.roaringpenguin.com/ i use that at home on my router and it works great. their documentation should be sufficient but there are ADSL howtos out there which include information on rp-ppoe. - -mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUBP9dc7EFjO5/oN/WBAQI75hAA5fKCnNBKxsPjv9rk26M31HAYamrjTm35 IqM9ULdHp9+p1ZgQb7z6IPNWOfQlGd+6l6u2Vr5yBDChRj87Z7H4oZvJ919cJWMF 0Pi98exa9+cOcGjWpa0OqbWZWW13rmL44QTNPu7JXgbURykF4oDxbmPkG55HgzfP RLK/yxYKVPCnakD6pkbEvf+vkK1ZRPYg88BSq4nhPPQOQciWV9EItV/h4tS4XYkc rDOJIICeBETNaklVeY3Y5rXfzK+OKyqXVOhNoc/aPwUj5zhELwH2fXLFfmPX2bCm X1qaVTjX7aEvaGhHE0tUPmAxNmHFALTpzJD9rCfLzBsvj6t+59Z/2XKv8zpZ3MM/ RStI+ZpeGALMYCTKEaiC5WO0kQXdQyYj4NH7TyfELr6c3ejiK4lxLeb1QZkqGPM7 YI5vWNAQoYtOeNBoF2hnZpm2CCQalWsqfiWB/phyEQ13jBREvXnBkTpSWh1wXsMg V0kFlFBWsLxCT5W9IaGfZkuXnRyN1ItR+ni/PTk7yQVjhVXKqVlCGYIO3voK7b5P vHzj/4NB5wvC3Yfn4dgq17F3aR1xS7f72NZGxqMM1cks1iFkavzzu9y87yb1xA44 3rH0wE8vA9R4V0r9hRUvGOU0NfFmd2ff/V/8t5qmNgtRCwwDzOZTPPYnbZqH0P74 WGsr7ZMKc8o= =v2bY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Dec. 10, 2003

verizon, suse

by gaba

hello, im staying in worcester for christmas so im trying to configure a dsl verizon's account in suse but i cant figure out how to do it. i called the verizon support's center and they told me that verizon doesnt works with linux!!!! Does somebody can help me? thanks, gaba

Dec. 10, 2003

WLUG Meeting: Thurs Dec 12 7:00 PM

by Andy Stewart

Hi everybody, Our next WLUG meeting will actually be a joint meeting with WLUG and the Worcester County IEEE Computer Society. We'll hold the meeting in Olin Hall room 107 on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA (we've been there before) since it seats more people. We're anticipating a larger than normal turnout for this meeting due to the showing of the documentary entitled "Revolution OS" (on DVD!). This documentary runs for 1 hour and 25 minutes. No expertise in Linux is required to understand this documentary. Revolution OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software model and Microsoft to create GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement. This documentary features interviews with Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Brian Behlendorf, Michael Tiemann, Larry Augustin, Frank Hecker, and Rob Malda. I've purchased a few items for the no-cost raffle which will be held after the showing of the documentary: o a copy of the Revolution OS DVD o a Revolution OS tee shirt o a Revolution OS coffee mug o a Revolution OS poster (11"x7") As always, light refreshments will be served at the meeting. After the meeting, we'll adjourn to the Boynton Restaurant for pizza and beer, and all are invited to attend. -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Dec. 10, 2003

Give away...

by Keller, Tim

Hey Everybody, I've got a color 13" television I'd like to give to a good home. It's an oldie, but a goodie. Every once and a while it'll get a bit of a red ting, but overall it works great. Note, this TV only has coax input. I've also got a 21" viewsonic monitor that the red electron gun has gone on the fritz. I'm sure a monitor tech could fix it in no time, however since it cost me nothing, I feel no qualms in just giving it away. Other stuff... 1. Pentium 166 with 128mb of ram. This entire machine is questionable and possibly a fire hazard (due to some dodgy soldering work done by your truly on the power supply after the fans bearings went south and I installed a new fan) though I ran the machine for many years after my repairs and never had a problem. With a new case and power supply this machine would probably be a great firewall. It's also got a 512mb and 3gig hard drive in it. 2. Huge Server case minus power supply. 6 bays in the front, lots of room for fans and drives and all that good stuff. If you want any of this stuff, just write me back and I'll bring it with me to the next wlug meeting. If you can't make it to the meeting, we'll arrange something. Thanks, Tim.

Dec. 8, 2003

Wireless PCMCIA cards?

by Bill Smith

List, I recently was given a 3com wireless gateway from my employer. I would like to put this baby to good use! :D I have to admit that I am at a loss as to what to do about the NIC, though. I am running RH9 (although this may change soon) on my Gateway Solo 9100 laptop. Sometimes it's running WinMe, but that's only when I want to play games. ;) My question to you all is this: What PCMCIA Wireless (802.11b) cards should I consider? Which ones should I avoid? * I would like to be able to do WEP as painlessly as possible, if I can. * I'm not too worried about range, since my apartment isn't terribly large. There are a couple walls to contend with, though. 8\ On the other hand, the battery on this laptop STINKS, so it will be plugged into the wall around 99.4% of the time that the system is up. Because of that little truth, power consumption is not a big worry. * The gateway I have does 802.11b. I'm not worried about doing 802.11g, just yet. :) Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com Oh, and I just made that up. * TAG! v3.1 *

Dec. 6, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Red Hat vs SuSE....

by Bill Smith

In a post dated 06 November 2003, I asked the list about any recommendations for distros that I could consider (and any clarifications to any misconceptions I may have had), to replace RH9 on my laptop. I want it understood that I wasn't trolling for a flame war. I was honestly looking for opinions from the one place I thought I could find a wide variety of experiences. I've since narrowed my decision to Mandrake and SuSE. If anyone can shed some light on THESE, I would certainly appreciate it. My experience with Mandrake is limited (tried it ONCE), and my experience with SuSE is dated (by about six years). That having been said, I would like to throw my two cents in for John: Le Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:05:53 -0500, « "John Stoffel" <stoffel(a)lucent.com> » a écrit: JS> Just a quick suggestion, but could you please re-insert the mail JS> header for "Sender:" so it's easy to sort out WLUG email from other JS> stuff? Sylpheed Claws (my mail client of choice) allows many ways to filter messages. My filter for WLUG covers three different ways I have seen to tell a ML message from anything else. My filter for WLUG looks like this (broken to three lines from the original ONE line for clarity): to matchcase "wlug(a)wlug.org" | to matchcase "wlug(a)mail.wlug.org" | header "List-Id" matchcase "Worcester Linux Users Group" I hope this helps. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com No matter how bad the nosebleed, a tourniquet round the neck is a bad idea. * TAG! v3.1 *

Dec. 6, 2003

Re: [Wlug] new mutt user ?'s

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 05:52:30PM -0500, Charles R. Anderson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 05:41:07PM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > > Received: from newguy.mills.curran (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) > > by newguy.mills.curran (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id > > hB2M5NMk002065 > > for <mills-curran_bill(a)emc.com>; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:05:24 > > -0500 > > Received: (from bcurran@localhost) > > by newguy.mills.curran (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id > > hB2M58Vk002061 > > for mills-curran_bill(a)emc.com; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:05:08 -0500 > > Does newguy.mills.curran resolve locally to either 127.0.0.1 or your > public IP? Usually this is done in /etc/hosts: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost newguy.mills.curran > > OR: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > eth0.ip.address newguy.mills.curran Neither -- I have it set for my private IP (NAT firewall): 192.168.1.12 newguy.mills.curran newguy Bill

Dec. 3, 2003

Re: [Wlug] new mutt user ?'s

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 05:56:01PM -0500, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 05:41:07PM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > > So, I think I have something in sendmail that's causing this. Any > > ideas? > > Perhaps a difference between calling the sendmail binary to put the mail > in the queue and connecting to port 25? Although IIRC both do sendmail > binary by default. > > It sounds like some kind of auth or dns timeout. <snip> I agree, but I haven't found it yet. I did find something in the sendmail logs -- a "delay" and "xdelay" that look about the right length for my problem. I'm not sure if that's significant, or I'm just grasping at straws. Here are a couple of entries: Dec 2 17:05:08 newguy sendmail[2061]: hB2M58Vk002061: from=bcurran, size=329, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<20031202220508.GJ1246(a)newguy.mills.curran>, relay=bcurran@localhost Dec 2 17:05:24 newguy sendmail[2065]: hB2M5NMk002065: from=<bcurran(a)mills-curran.net>, size=492, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<20031202220508.GJ1246(a)newguy.mills.curran>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] Dec 2 17:05:24 newguy sendmail[2061]: hB2M58Vk002061: to=mills-curran_bill(a)emc.com, ctladdr=bcurran (500/502), delay=00:00:16, xdelay=00:00:16, mailer=relay, pri=30329, relay=localhost.us.dg.com. [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (hB2M5NMk002065 Message accepted for delivery) Dec 2 17:05:29 newguy sendmail[2067]: hB2M5NMk002065: to=<mills-curran_bill(a)emc.com>, delay=00:00:05, xdelay=00:00:05, mailer=relay, pri=30492, relay=mail.mills-curran.net. [65.18.197.115], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (hB2M5Po13164 Message accepted for delivery) I think they are all associated with a single outgoing email from my home machine to my work address. For now I've buried the problem with a mutt config change, but I'd like to understand the issue and fix the root cause. Thanks, Bill

Dec. 3, 2003

Re: [Wlug] new mutt user ?'s

by Theo Van Dinter

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 05:41:07PM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > So, I think I have something in sendmail that's causing this. Any > ideas? Perhaps a difference between calling the sendmail binary to put the mail in the queue and connecting to port 25? Although IIRC both do sendmail binary by default. It sounds like some kind of auth or dns timeout. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "Meanwhile the US military officials are looking for their next target in the war on terrorism. Today President Bush restated his commitment to the war on terror, saying, "You're either with us, or against us, or, in the case of Saudi Arabia, both."" - Bill Maher

Dec. 2, 2003

Re: [Wlug] new mutt user ?'s

by Charles R. Anderson

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 05:41:07PM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > Received: from newguy.mills.curran (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) > by newguy.mills.curran (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id > hB2M5NMk002065 > for <mills-curran_bill(a)emc.com>; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:05:24 > -0500 > Received: (from bcurran@localhost) > by newguy.mills.curran (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id > hB2M58Vk002061 > for mills-curran_bill(a)emc.com; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:05:08 -0500 Does newguy.mills.curran resolve locally to either 127.0.0.1 or your public IP? Usually this is done in /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost newguy.mills.curran OR: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost eth0.ip.address newguy.mills.curran

Dec. 2, 2003

Re: [Wlug] new mutt user ?'s

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 05:24:54PM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I've made the switch from pine to mutt, and I have 2 questions. > > 1. Why is mutt so slow in sending outgoing email? Pine delivered > outgoing email quickly, but mutt seems MUCH slower -- too slow to > even consider that there's a performance problem. It seems to be > some issue about how it interfaces with sendmail. (I'm using my > own machine as an outgoing relay through my web services > provider.) <snip> I've learned something more about the slowness of mutt... It seems that sendmail is taking about 15 seconds to process the email. Here's a snippet of an email header: Received: from newguy.mills.curran (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by newguy.mills.curran (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hB2M5NMk002065 for <mills-curran_bill(a)emc.com>; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:05:24 -0500 Received: (from bcurran@localhost) by newguy.mills.curran (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id hB2M58Vk002061 for mills-curran_bill(a)emc.com; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:05:08 -0500 These are the 1st 2 header records (in normal reverse order). Note that there's a 16 second gap (it's typically 15) between the 1st and the second. So, I think I have something in sendmail that's causing this. Any ideas? For now, I've set the mutt configuration to submit the email in a subprocess so that I'm not waiting interactively. TIA, Bill

Dec. 2, 2003

RE: [Wlug] Router/firewall

by Hemstreet, Jeffrey L (Jeffrey)

I just bought a Dlink DI-514 from Best buy for $30 after rebates (about 2 weeks ago, $70 before). I would suggest either D-link, Linksys, or Netgear. If you watch the Best Buy/OfficeMax/Staples ads, you can end up one for 30-50. The Wireless Access Points themselves are $80. I bought the Dlink because it's not Linksys/Cisco, and I have been VERY happy with it. All 3 of these devices are fully compatable, so you can buy anyones card and connect with the access point. I would go with the 802.11b wireless unless you have a great need for a large wireless network (5+ clients). Where you plan on running lots of traffic over the wireless (i.e., not just web surfing/email) jeff -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org]On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 10:48 PM To: 'Worcester Linux Users Group' Subject: RE: [Wlug] Router/firewall You already have the Linksys router just ad any wireless access point behind it for a reduced cost. This way you can still have a wired network in your house/office and a wireless network as well. An access point without the "router" portion should be cheaper and can offer you more options in control i.e. rules for the wired intranet and different rules for the wireless intranet. I have an older Proxim unit that works well. It uses a PCMCIA card as well as the remote "users" so it's very upgradeable without the need to change the whole unit. ~ Michael LaPointe ~ HorizonNet Communications ~ Http://allLongdistance.com ~ Mailto:mike@alllongdistance.com > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org > [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Doug Chamberlin > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 10:24 PM > To: Worcester Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Router/firewall > > > At 11/27/2003 01:38 AM (Thursday), mlong(a)datalong.com wrote: > > >I am looking to replace a Linksys router/firewall with a wireless > >router/firewall > >solution and was wondering what routers others would recommend. > > Err, why not a Linksys wireless router/firewall? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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

Dec. 1, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Re: Router/firewall

by mlong＠datalong.com

Thanks for all the replies. I ended up purchasing a D-Link unit and am very impressed with it. It appears to have a stronger wireless signal, more flexibility configuring the firewall, and faster throughput. The faster throughput may be due to the fact that I reconfigured some components. It hasn't been stressed enough yet to say for sure, but it appears that the connectivity problems have been resolved as well. The D-Link gets 2 thumbs up :) Currently I am using standard wep encryption but will look into configuring it to only allow configured mac addresses as well. Cheers, Mike > On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 22:23, Doug Chamberlin wrote: >> [...] >> Err, why not a Linksys wireless router/firewall? > > Or a Linux firewall with a basic WAP hanging off a protected interface? > > Unfortunately, such a critter seems to cost nearly as much the > full-blown, wireless router/firewall products, but they're still a bit > less if you can find them. > > I found Netgear and Buffalo units locally, for about $120, with a > preference for the latter as it has MANY more configuration options for > logging and security. > > I use the basic 802.11 features to protect the link (WEP/WPA, MAC > filtering), and count on my Linux firewall to protect me from wireless > "outsiders" just as I expect it to protect me against Internet-based > "outsiders". This gives me an extra layer of protection from wireless > They have to get IN to the wireless network -- harder but theoretically > not impossible -- and then past my firewall rules to actually DO > anything, at which point hopefully snort and arpwatch have alerted me). > True, a commercial product does the basics, and far more simply. But > then, I wouldn't be using Linux for security if I wanted to take the > easiest route. > > I'm checking out the host-based AP efforts, but haven't made that jump > quit yet. I do like the little commercial products, as they'll fit into > tight places to allow better antenna coverage. > > - Bob > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Dec. 1, 2003

Re: new mutt user ?'s

by Bob George

On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 17:24, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I've made the switch from pine to mutt, and I have 2 questions. > [...] I've tried Mutt in the past, but ran into a few problems. The biggest has to do with using it with a hierarchy of IMAP folders. I'd like Mutt to flag (highlight) folder with unread messages. Last time I tried, I could get it to highlight folders with new (since last session) messages, but not "remember" older, unread messages. I've gone through several howtos, but never could get this to work. Anyone doing this now? - Bob

Dec. 1, 2003

Re: Router/firewall

by Bob George

On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 22:23, Doug Chamberlin wrote: > [...] > Err, why not a Linksys wireless router/firewall? Or a Linux firewall with a basic WAP hanging off a protected interface? Unfortunately, such a critter seems to cost nearly as much the full-blown, wireless router/firewall products, but they're still a bit less if you can find them. I found Netgear and Buffalo units locally, for about $120, with a preference for the latter as it has MANY more configuration options for logging and security. I use the basic 802.11 features to protect the link (WEP/WPA, MAC filtering), and count on my Linux firewall to protect me from wireless "outsiders" just as I expect it to protect me against Internet-based "outsiders". This gives me an extra layer of protection from wireless They have to get IN to the wireless network -- harder but theoretically not impossible -- and then past my firewall rules to actually DO anything, at which point hopefully snort and arpwatch have alerted me). True, a commercial product does the basics, and far more simply. But then, I wouldn't be using Linux for security if I wanted to take the easiest route. I'm checking out the host-based AP efforts, but haven't made that jump quit yet. I do like the little commercial products, as they'll fit into tight places to allow better antenna coverage. - Bob

Dec. 1, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Router/firewall

by Brian J. Conway

I just set up a new Linksys 802.11G wireless router/firewall at my dad's place this past week, and it's fantastic. It did require a firmware upgrade to get everything working like it should (and added some nice filtering functionality at the same time), but overall he was very pleased. My $0.02. -b On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:20:37 -0500 (EST) mlong(a)datalong.com wrote: > That is a fair question Doug. I have been experiencing some problems > with my current firewall/router and since there are other brands > available I thought I would see if anyone had any experiences to share. > > > At 11/27/2003 01:38 AM (Thursday), mlong(a)datalong.com wrote: > > > >>I am looking to replace a Linksys router/firewall with a wireless > >>router/firewall > >>solution and was wondering what routers others would recommend. > > > > Err, why not a Linksys wireless router/firewall? > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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

Nov. 30, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Router/firewall

by mlong＠datalong.com

That is a fair question Doug. I have been experiencing some problems with my current firewall/router and since there are other brands available I thought I would see if anyone had any experiences to share. > At 11/27/2003 01:38 AM (Thursday), mlong(a)datalong.com wrote: > >>I am looking to replace a Linksys router/firewall with a wireless >>router/firewall >>solution and was wondering what routers others would recommend. > > Err, why not a Linksys wireless router/firewall? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Nov. 30, 2003