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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Where is the next GLUG meet?
by pranav joshi 05 May '03

05 May '03

Kapil wrote:-- >Where is the next GLUG meet? Don't look at me ... I have no clue :P > >happy hacking !! I totally agree to this the ilug-mumbai website never seems to be up-to-date, the first page of the website still says... --snip-- The April GLUG meet is to be held at HBCSE on 13th april at 04:30 p.m. For directions to reach HBCSE please visit: http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20021104/006987.ht… --snip-- shouldn't it be hosting the upcoming GLUG info? The meetings/events section is still stuck in february LINK:- http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/meet/content Regards pranav _________________________________________________________________ Attention Taureans! See what's in store. http://server1.msn.co.in/features/taurus/index.asp Read on.

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Any Utility for capturing parts of a VCD/DVD?
by Anoop Kumar Saxena 05 May '03

05 May '03

I need to capture a few scenes from VCD/DVD for Audio/Visual quiz. Is there any utility in Linux(Gnu/Linux) which can help me? Thanks, Anoop.

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networking problem
by Amit Redij 05 May '03

05 May '03

Hi all, I have following setup. One Linux server (192.168.0) catering to various windoze/Linux clients. DHCP is handling the leases. I want to find out which all machines are in the network(alive) at any given point of time. Also, I may have another sub-network(s) and a router. Is there a reliable and efficient way to get "all" those machines (IP) that are there? Please help. Thanks in advance. -- regards, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amit A. Redij In a world without fences and walls, who needs Windows and Gates?

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Driver - omni.net Plus
by joel_divekar 05 May '03

05 May '03

Hi Supreet I am using Red Hat 8.0. Can you guide me what changes to make and where ? Regards Joel linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: AFAIK omni.net is serial port modem For Zyxel to work you really do'nt need drivers. The only setting that changes is the serial port settings. In case of debian only tuning I did was to change in serial.conf replaced spd_normal to spd_vhi. That makes it reach its peak performance. Supreet On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 09:58, joel_divekar wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to configure zyxel omni.net plus ISDN TA modem on Linux. Can anybody guide me how to configure the same or from where I can get its linux drivers. > > Regards > > Joel > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com > > Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com > > Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now ! > > > -- > > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now !

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enqury please
by mihir nahar 05 May '03

05 May '03

Respected sir/madam, I am post graduate student from pune,I am presently planning to do project in Unix ( Shell implementation).I need bourne shell's souece code for reference. if u could mail me some related information or actual code then i will be thankful to u. thanking u

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Driver - omni.net Plus
by joel_divekar 04 May '03

04 May '03

Hi I am trying to configure zyxel omni.net plus ISDN TA modem on Linux. Can anybody guide me how to configure the same or from where I can get its linux drivers. Regards Joel Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now !

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Re: we have been having a glug for the past 5 years dear
by Trevor Warren 04 May '03

04 May '03

Hello kunal, good-morning. I am very glad that you have gone out and started a lug of your own. This shows your determination towards bringing the flock together and helping share resources and discussing relevant issues o nthe lines of gnu and linux. Please kunal, i request you don't plagarise this by calling this as "trevor's lug" and my lug. I belong the the ilug-bom and we have been there for half a decade now. Setting up small lugs in local areas to have better and informed interaction is what th eilug-bom has always thought good. But setting up another ilug-bom doesn't solve any purpose. Hope you understand. Why don't you join ilug-bom, want you to help broaden our perspective as much as possible. Have a nice day kunal and lemme know if there is anything i can do towards briging this gap. Trevor --- kunal bharati <kunalbharati(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > hi Trevor, > Thanks for your reply > LUG was created for sharing knowledge and post > problems. > I didnt understood that u told 'why we need another > one' > If only one is needed then why different companies > create Linux. > I know that your LUG is better in activities than > ours. > But, we have just started > We have to be together for Linux > Knowledge must be used to share, not to keep it > limited to ourself. Think over it. > I would love to join your LUG > Hope you understand me > Thank you. > Kunal P.Bharati > [Owner and Moderator: Mumbai_Linux] > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mumbai_linux/ > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo > http://search.yahoo.com ===== ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ http://www.qmailtheeasyway.com __ /~\ | \) / mailto: trevor.w(a)media.mit.edu \ (/ | |_|_ \ Research Asst, MediaLab / _|_| \___________________________________/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Humour "Is Your Son A computer Hacker"
by pranav joshi 04 May '03

04 May '03

I wrote.. >(Math and Chemestry are difficult anyways even he has mentioned it.. hmmm >maybe i sould consider joining Otaku :p) Nikhil D. Kikkeri wrote.. "Uh, Math, Physics, and Chemistry would actually be the favourite subjects of most hackers. Composition too - in their native language." If u read carefully you would notice that not once have i mentioned anything about hackers performing badly in Math or Chemistry it's generalised it is'nt about how you, me or other hackers felt about these subjects it's abt how the average kids feel abt these subjects.. Pranav _________________________________________________________________ Visit Latin America. Discover! Explore! http://www.coxandkingsusa.com/L2/latin_amer/latin_amer_L2.html Experience it!

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[SECURITY] [DSA 297-1] New snort packages fix remote root exploits][OT]
by Trevor Warren 03 May '03

03 May '03

-----Forwarded Message----- From: Martin Schulze <joey(a)infodrom.org> To: bugtraq(a)securityfocus.com Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 297-1] New snort packages fix remote root exploits Date: 01 May 2003 15:12:58 +0200 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 297-1 security(a)debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze May 1st, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : snort Vulnerability : integer overflow, buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0033 CAN-2003-0209 CERT advisories: VU#139129 VU#916785 Bugtraq Ids : 7178 6963 Two vulnerabilities have been discoverd in Snort, a popular network intrusion detection system. Snort comes with modules and plugins that perform a variety of functions such as protocol analysis. The following issues have been identified: Heap overflow in Snort "stream4" preprocessor (VU#139129, CAN-2003-0209, Bugtraq Id 7178) Researchers at CORE Security Technologies have discovered a remotely exploitable inteter overflow that results in overwriting the heap in the "stream4" preprocessor module. This module allows Snort to reassemble TCP packet fragments for further analysis. An attacker could insert arbitrary code that would be executed as the user running Snort, probably root. Buffer overflow in Snort RPC preprocessor (VU#916785, CAN-2003-0033, Bugtraq Id 6963) Researchers at Internet Security Systems X-Force have discovered a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in the Snort RPC preprocessor module. Snort incorrectly checks the lengths of what is being normalized against the current packet size. An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the Snort process, probably root. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.4beta1-3.1. The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected by these problems since it doesn't contain the problematic code. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.0-1. We recommend that you upgrade your snort package immediately. You are also advised to upgrade to the most recent version of Snort, since Snort, as any intrusion detection system, is rather useless if it is based on old and out-dated data and not kept up to date. Such installations would be unable to detect intrusions using modern methods. The current version of Snort is 2.0.0, while the version in the stable distribution (1.8) is quite old and the one in the old stable distribution is beyond hope. Since Debian does not update arbitrary packages in stable releases, even Snort is not going to see updates other than to fix security problems, you are advised to upgrade to the most recent version from third party sources. The Debian maintainer for Snort provides backported up-to-date packages for woody (stable) and potato (oldstable) for cases where you cannot upgrade your entire system. These packages are untested, though and only exist for the i386 architecture: deb http://people.debian.org/~ssmeenk/snort-stable-i386/ ./ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~ssmeenk/snort-stable-i386/ ./ deb http://people.debian.org/~ssmeenk/snort-oldstable-i386/ ./ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~ssmeenk/snort-oldstable-i386/ ./ Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1.d… Size/MD5 checksum: 681 2186ab4fe2efad905f07fb9522f04597 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1.d… Size/MD5 checksum: 67265 1f8ea5bc8a842626a30a2fb693398a16 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1.orig.… Size/MD5 checksum: 1718574 80201d9c4e33af5e0b56121e4f9f7f7b Architecture independent components: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-doc_1.8.4beta1-3… Size/MD5 checksum: 344358 5d15c2a2ffc2e085a4dacfc8226ba336 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-rules-default_1.… Size/MD5 checksum: 59674 76c3416b6a5e97c4b82e984255ee62a6 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_a… Size/MD5 checksum: 218862 e289d2ac6a97c3c729575af2608d62da http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35798 7d1a116fc1c00006914e48019ba68a4b http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 222492 589db8d591013c098a4d51981464b21e ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_a… Size/MD5 checksum: 178156 f37eb2c6b75176be30aaae92cfd699ea http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35820 4977d033364e56ec0d66266918b5ddfb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 181128 d7d40fc33fd3e51b54e4293ed7617c70 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_i… Size/MD5 checksum: 162048 f26f7562fae5f8761834d4cabe3ed17c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35802 548afa7fde8557dcd40bf235f38074dc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 165354 911fd22a147390c8cf5d4694b4e2b18b Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_i… Size/MD5 checksum: 271778 12be6ab4ac58909148a8c9625ebefb99 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35798 57f0772e114cc1130c5c2639fc64be71 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 275284 a8489c8f41fa49d532c0afa67928ee61 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_h… Size/MD5 checksum: 201916 91c8ee56127b14c92736d7d418bc05ca http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35816 a5718f767ebc93178eb820dc5a190579 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 205334 00eb158e0b034dbb6e16e42223f5855b Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_m… Size/MD5 checksum: 150320 3c205732845c14274bd9d8520f8ba806 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35850 3b8e1da42a9c796a0ecf74f1e7ca2ac1 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 153552 f97f6f155c93f042f01a9f2e40aff91d Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_m… Size/MD5 checksum: 198172 75e4fef830c00e952f05cf4139bc264f http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35822 aadad43bcef00f74acc754302e3557fc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 201404 9fa10daa290890849df6762b66825024 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_m… Size/MD5 checksum: 199732 040b188aeb253aa4ec4a6903c3f6f792 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35818 467f455bb8b2c59630470417673e9856 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 202972 755df8c2d9b7e2bc01fec9a0b2259f4d PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_p… Size/MD5 checksum: 174508 3b5d1ebec2d40949e49746b4365c0a81 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35804 60575d5c1998634b6bb3d2a9696f95c6 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 177562 c8cdeaab4e7c41c01a435933103fe6dd IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_s… Size/MD5 checksum: 173002 ff71b2925e1020c278d7d33eed8f8e6d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35794 5207eb80204af25cdbd77dca4b6cc09e http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 176296 2cc04f18ee550e4595e1680b43c2bf3e Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_s… Size/MD5 checksum: 176202 6f1325e6c45e06d3f769b18a9ce98274 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35806 91ada09e5b9386b803184417ecbd953c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 179444 deb6b8580ef04cabecfec3972f4519dd These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce(a)lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+sR1ZW5ql+IAeqTIRApAdAKC1eQYjEpX7v5t4fdBeDh7CK5y6awCfdUpd YqHF6Rz3zXbDFPWbU5uuPac= =EfYw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ trevorwarren(a)softhome.net __ /~\ | \) / Pre Sales - Technical, Red Hat \ (/ | |_|_ \ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| \___________________________________/

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Searching for: Manoj Apte
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 03 May '03

03 May '03

Sorry... should have explained. I'm a Goa-based journalist and try to track the Indian / South Asian contribution to GNU/Linux. Manoj Apte could be in India, or at least of Indian-origin, hence my interest. FN --__--__-- Message: 6 Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] NEWS: College Linux, what's it all about? (fwd) From: Amitay Isaacs <amitay(a)aero.iitb.ac.in> To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Organization: CASDE, Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay Date: 01 May 2003 12:32:01 +0530 Reply-To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Why do you want to find Manoj Apte? It's not clear from the mail? Amitay. On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 12:22, Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote: > Anyone knows links for Manoj Apte and Lalita Godbole (see below)? FN > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > URL : http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3305 > > [16]Read articles with similar Topic Interview with Professor David > Costa of CollegeLinux > By [17]Eugenia Loli-Queru - Posted on 2003-04-17 18:28:52 > > There is a Linux distro for any possible need and [18]CollegeLinux is > geared towards students and schools! Today, we interview Prof. David > Costa of the Robert Kennedy College in Delémont, Switzerland regarding > their initiative behind CollegeLinux. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) | http://www.fredericknoronha.net Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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we have been having a glug for the past 5 years dear
by Trevor Warren 03 May '03

03 May '03

Hello Kunal, good-day. Please check www.ilug-bom.org.in. We have been having a glug for the past 5 years now. Lemme know any reason why we need another one. I would be glad to see you join in the efforts at ilug-bom.org.in. Have a nice day kunal. Trevor ===== ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ http://www.qmailtheeasyway.com __ /~\ | \) / mailto: trevor.w(a)media.mit.edu \ (/ | |_|_ \ Research Asst, MediaLab / _|_| \___________________________________/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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by Dinesh Bareja 03 May '03

03 May '03

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[COMMERCIAL-OT] Windows/Linux Admin
by Nemo 03 May '03

03 May '03

Hello all, We are looking for someone who knows Windows Configuration/Administration and who has basic Linux knowledge and willing to learn more. Linux administrators/ Windows administrators are both welcome to apply. We are based near Vashi and would prefer someone residing near Navi Mumbai. The point is it should not take more than an hour of travelling for the incumbent to reach the office from his residence. Those who are interested may please mail their resumés to jt(a)phoenixsoftech.com Thank you all for the patience Nemo

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Opera 7.10
by Amish K. Munshi 03 May '03

03 May '03

Greetings, I tried Opera 7.10 on RedHat Linux 8.0 and found it the best browser for my low end comp. It is faster than Galeon, does not have a rendering as good as Mozilla engine but does show pages pretty well (and did I forget to tell fast). A mail client integrated into the browser does help a little bit to speed up the work. I am sharing this with you for the only reason that one can show that even on GNU systems there are a few softwares that may not be opensource and can help companies to make money by creating softwares for GNU systems. Bye. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Humour "Is Your Son A computer Hacker"
by Nikhil D. Kikkeri 03 May '03

03 May '03

> > (Math and Chemestry are difficult anyways even he has mentioned it.. > > hmmm maybe i sould consider joining Otaku :p) > >Uh, Math, Physics, and Chemistry would actually be the favourite >subjects of most hackers. Composition too - in their native language. I guess most hackers are artistically inclined.Most people I encounter are into either music or fine arts.History or Literature too. regards -Nikhil _________________________________________________________________ Visit Latin America. Discover! Explore! http://www.coxandkingsusa.com/L2/latin_amer/latin_amer_L2.html Experience it!

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Help needed for ppp
by Girish Hanchate 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hi, Thru minicom u have to enable both channels of ISDN. Normally commands for enabling the channels are given in ISDN manual. After enabling same u can directly connect on both channels i.e 128 Kbps. rgds girish i have an ISDN account (128Kbps) i am using linux redhat 6.2 to share the connection amoung the other machines, it works, but through one channel i have been able to configure it. Can any body help me in getting it configured for the both the channels (e.i. Multilink) to achive 128 kbps. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Code red for open source?
by Rahul Upakare 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hi! Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to disguise their origin, SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said Thursday. Read more at: http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999371.html -- ============================================================= Rahul Upakare Technical Associate ETU Division NCST, Kharghar. =============================================================

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SEI-perspective on oss
by Sthitaprajna 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hi I was looking to download the SEI's Perspective on Open Source Software from sei.cmu.edu, but looks like there's some routing problem or some such. Also, wayback machine on archive.org did'nt seem to list it....If anyone has a copy of this file, can you please mail it to me offlist? this one is like ~400K and published sometime late 2001.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Humour "Is Your Son A computer Hacker"
by pranav joshi 02 May '03

02 May '03

I believe tht you havent read the whole article, if u would have though you prolly would hav got the sarcasm here are some snippets frm the article ---Hacker Software--- Popular hacker software includes "Comet Cursor", "Bonzi Buddy" and "Flash". (Everyone knows what they are) ---AMD Processors--- (point no 3) If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips. They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never sold in stores, and you will most likely be told that you have to order them from internet sites. Do not buy this chip! This is one request that you must refuse your son, if you are to have any hope of raising him well. It's a U.S based company --- Does your son use Quake? --- Point No. 6 Quake is an online virtual reality used by hackers. It is a popular meeting place and training ground, where they discuss hacking and train in the use of various firearms. (LOL.. You Be the Judge) --- Is your son obsessed with lunix--- point No. 8 8. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"? BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone. (Notice how he has deliberately changed the name to linyos torovoltos... the actual name is easier to remember ;) and about breaking into Stereos is concerned all i can say is WOW!! ) --- Appearance change--- point 9 9. Has your son radically changed his appearance? If your son has undergone a sudden change in his style of dress, you may have a hacker on your hands. Hackers tend to dress in bright, day-glo colors. They may wear baggy pants, bright colored shirts and spiky hair dyed in bright colors to match their clothes. They may take to carrying "glow-sticks" and some wear pacifiers around their necks. (I have no idea why they do this) ( If thats the new dress code maybe i'm outdated :D ) 10. --- academics --- point 10 If your son is failing courses in school, or performing poorly on sports teams, he may be involved in a hacking group, such as the infamous "Otaku" hacker association. Excessive time spent on the computer, communicating with his fellow hackers may cause temporary damage to the eyes and brain, from the electromagnetic radiation. This will cause his marks to slip dramatically, particularly in difficult subjects such as Math, and Chemistry. (Math and Chemestry are difficult anyways even he has mentioned it.. hmmm maybe i sould consider joining Otaku :p) _________________________________________________________________ Still unmarried? Not for long. http://www.msn.co.in/Matrimony/ Find a life partner now

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M$ admits patching is expensive
by Amol Hatwar 01 May '03

01 May '03

Now it's official :). Patching applications is the most costly security job that companies face, according to Microsoft's head of security says Craig Fiebig. More can be found out here: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1140555

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PCQuest Linux 8.0
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 01 May '03

01 May '03

Hi, Yesterday I tried installing PCQuest Linux 8.0 on my new Athlon XP 1800Mhz system, with A7N266VM Asus mobo.(Thanks to some of you who advised me to use Athlon over Celeron!). Now... When the installer(anaconda) starts, it probes the hardware..it displays "unable to probe monitor" & after emitting a couple of lines the system hangs. Using the options "Linux noprobe" or linux skipddc" as suggested doesnt skip the probe, & the same problem repeats again. I also trie the "linux rescue" option . Some of you have installed the PCQuest Linux 8.0. Maybe you can advise me... Thanks, --Royce.

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Help needed for ppp
by Jaideep Tejprakash Varma 01 May '03

01 May '03

hi i have an ISDN account (128Kbps) i am using linux redhat 6.2 to share the connection amoung the other machines, it works, but through one channel i have been able to configure it. Can any body help me in getting it configured for the both the channels (e.i. Multilink) to achive 128 kbps. Thanks In advance Jaideep

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NEWS: College Linux, what's it all about? (fwd)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 01 May '03

01 May '03

Anyone knows links for Manoj Apte and Lalita Godbole (see below)? FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- URL : http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3305 [16]Read articles with similar Topic Interview with Professor David Costa of CollegeLinux By [17]Eugenia Loli-Queru - Posted on 2003-04-17 18:28:52 There is a Linux distro for any possible need and [18]CollegeLinux is geared towards students and schools! Today, we interview Prof. David Costa of the Robert Kennedy College in Del�mont, Switzerland regarding their initiative behind CollegeLinux. 1. What was the initial need to create a distribution specifically for students? Prof. David Costa: This is actually a great question. I read some students saying "do we really need this ? We have slackware, debian redhat and many others which are perfect for students!" Actually this is a myth. Many of the students I know never heard of linux. I am talking about students in management, law or any other non computing subject. Initally we used in our computer lab Mandrake 8.1 and to my delusion many of the things i would and our student would expect where no there. Flash and java plugins to name the browsing related ones. Network sharing with Windows computers to name another major concern. Not talking about movie player and excellent multimedia support. After all student life it's not just about assignments! 2. What kind of applications your distro includes that are particular to students? Prof. David Costa: We added the complete Openoffice suite, browsers plug-in's all preconfigured, network sharing pre configured, windows emulator, many financial calculators/math tools, project management suite and practically everything you need for an easy move from windows to linux without having to give up on the convenience we are used to. Every students on CollegeLinux should not regret his choice. Before the release we tested CollegeLinux with real students. They where expected not to need windows for the testing period, meaning the should have managed to do everything they did with windows on collegelinux. They did and, they are still using collegelinux. 3. Do you have any plans on 'feeding' your students in your College with laptops that run your distro? Some colleges and schools in USA have just started this initiative (reference [19]here). Prof. David Costa: We are mainly a career college, our student population is diverse but we are mainly dealing with adults. It's easier to change your habits when you are young, so while I am convinced that linux is the best enviroment to learn I do respect the views of students and faculty members who might disagree with me. What we will do is starting some classed on a dual major diploma programme: management and linux computing. Then our distribution will be the base of the computing component. Another think I don't like is try to push a distribution or OS with the pre-installed "trick". Afterall the installation is part of the linux learning process. I learned a lot during failed installs, you can tell ;) 4. Who is actually doing the work on packaging and putting the distro together? How big is the dev team? Prof. David Costa: We are currently 4. The lead developer is Mihai Secasiu, other developers are Manoj Apte and Lalita Godbole. Todd Kulesza (from dropline system, the father of dropline gnome) might soon join us for the integration of dropline gnome and a collegelinux robot/auto upated in the next release scheduled for May. I know it's a small team but we do pay (not that well but) our developers. This a not for profit project fully sponsored by the Robert Kennedy College. Many linux developers are working free of charge (e.g. Debian) but with a small paid team we can better control the development and its timelines. 5. What are your future plans for College Linux? Prof. David Costa: The next release will bring some interesting surprises. While dropline gnome is already working fine on CollegeLinux 2.1. The Jedi, we are trying to go a mile further with a perfect integration which will allow our users to keep their packages constantly updated. In this way students will benefit from a stable and complete OS constantly updated with a click. We are also fixing some of the problems with the installer (which was created from scratch) and we take into serious account all the installation problems reported by collegelinux users. We will add more plugins (RealMedia) to the browsers and must important we will constanctly updated our distribution to allow its installation in a great number of configurations. 6. Why Slackware was picked as the "mother" distribution for College Linux, instead of say... Debian or Red Hat? Prof. David Costa: First of all Slackware is a great learning enviroment.Its base allows the more experienced users to customize the system as the want. Red Hat and Debian are excellent distributions but we didn't want to bring another clone to the world. I have seen many of the over 50 Red Hat based distributions. They all use the same installer and system..so I ask myself, why should someone get a clone of the original and not the real Red Hat ? Some of these distribution are certainly justified (e.g. RedFlag linux with the Chinese language support) but many others are just personal experiments. Slackware is one of the oldest distribution well know for its stability and the simple but great package system.We didn't want to bring the rpm dependencies nightmare to our users. Slackware It's probably one the best distributions, the only thing missing (and attention, not because they didn't care about it..is just the way it is to leave more feedom to the experienced user) is a better configured desktop tailored version. It was a challenge, but there are already desktop distributions based on Debian (one I like particularly is Knoppix) and they do their job greatly. [printer.gif] [20]Printer-friendly version [comments.gif] [21]Read 31 comments for this story [email.gif] Let a friend know about this article Your full name: _______________ Your email address: _______________ Your friend's email: _______________ We do not store or give away email addresses Send Email [22]Vote for this Site! [23]Add OSNews Headlines to Mozilla Sidebar [24]Add OSNews to your Opera Sidebar/Panel [25]AvantGO Support. Create custom channel on your my.avantgo.com and use the linked URL with it. [26]Text-based browser support. Use linked URL. [27]WAP support for your phone. Use linked URL. [28]Support for mobile phones with OpenWave HTML web browser version 6+. Use linked URL. [29]Support for the T-Mobile and Danger SideKick/HipTop device. Use linked URL. 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Humour "Is Your Son A computer Hacker"
by pranav joshi 01 May '03

01 May '03

This article had been on adequacy.org a while ago.. it's abt this parent who thinks his son might be a hacker.. Funny Stuff LINK http://www.chasten.org/hacker.htm _________________________________________________________________ Find a partner. For life. http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmlql Meet(a)Shaadi.com

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Fw: [ILUG-BOM] PCQuest Linux 8.0
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 01 May '03

01 May '03

Hi, When I tried Knoppix 3.1, even with the boot option 'knoppix lang=us" I always get the German installation messages(i.e after "knx-hdinstall"). How to get it to display in english? ----- Original Message ----- > > > Get Knoppix 3.1 dear! > > regards, > > ah

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