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[OT] How to use Usenet ?
by Nikhil Joshi 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

I know this question does not belong here. Heck but I don't know anyone who uses Usenet.So plz bear with me. So how do I use Usenet? I've rough idea that you have to use ur ISP's server or something. I use Pine and my ISP is VSNL and MTNL Plz guide. P.S. If u think this is way off topic plz mail me at: nikhiljoshi(a)subdimension.com -- We should take pride in our mediocrity -- Calvin

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Brute force against MD5
by Nikhil D. Kikkeri 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

What about a birthday attack? a birthday attack seems to work against MD5 Nikhil >>>Random strings are harder to get, but still possible with a brute >>>force >>>approach (a cracker that tries every combination of n letters, digits >>>and special characters that exist). This however takes very long and >>>is >>>not feasible for most. >> >>"not feasible for most" is a gross understatement. >> >>The MD5 hash is 128 bits long. This means that there are >>340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 values. This means >>that even if you could try a TRILLION combinations a second it would take >>you 10,790,283,070,806,014,188 years to break! >> >>A brute force attack against MD5 won't work. > > However a dictionary attack is much more likely to work against >this algorithm. That is not due to any weakness of the algo but due to >human tendency of picking works like "god" , "password" etc as passwords. >-- vinayak hegde > >_______________________________________________ >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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Re: Re[2]: [ILUG-BOM] [HELP!]Do any body know how to convert TTF fonts from Wind
by Tahir Hashmi 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:42:38 Vinay Pai wrote: > >There also is a font de-uglification HOWTO that might help. >http://www.linuxdoc.org > Yeah, but it's sick and somewhat out-dated. I had a tough time comprehending it until someone on a newsgroup pointed out the other one. The curious may try it out :-) --- Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~tahir tahir AT ncst DOT ernet DOT in __________________________________ We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed See Dave Matthews Band live or win a signed guitar http://r.lycos.com/r/bmgfly_mail_dmb/http://win.ipromotions.com/lycos_02020…

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TAB-TAB > log ?
by Nikhil Joshi 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

Been racking my brain on this one for long time. I use bash and I would like to have a file containing all the commands I can execute. Now when i press TAB-TAB at prompt it shows Display all 1710 possibilities? (y or n) now if i press y the whole list scrolls by and i can view only the last screen :( Is it possible to redirect the output to a file? -- "Who can fathom the feminine mind?" -Calvin "I like `em anyway" -Hobbes

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Re[2]: [ILUG-BOM] [HELP!]Do any body know how to convert TTF fonts from Windows to
by Vinay Pai 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

> sachin wrote: >>hi there >>i am not very confident about the conversion of the fonts >>from windows to the LINUX > > As Philip said, there's no need to convert the fonts. A step-by-step procedure for using Windows TT fonts is given here: > > http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#ttf There also is a font de-uglification HOWTO that might help. http://www.linuxdoc.org

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Does ext3 get fragmented ?
by Nikhil Joshi 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

Hi! Just had power failure. hallelujah ! Now I can test ext3 :) During startup it asked whether it should perform file-system integrity test . I pressed y and after checking it showed something like this (0.5 % non-contiguous) Does this mean my file-system is fragmented? How do I defragment it? -- Miss Wormwood: What state do you live in? Calvin: Denial. Miss Wormwood: I don't suppose I can argue with that...

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HOW the Network thru Dialup is Posibble
by sachin 03 Apr '02

03 Apr '02

hi there i want to set up the network thru the dialup line and how can it be automated sachin -- ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= sachin(a)mediaibc.com MediaIBC ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= "Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers." -- Chip Salzenberg ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] NTFS driver
by Kunal Gangakhedkar 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '02

I meant the precompiled driver binary.... And not the sources... I have the sources... Kunal ---------------------- Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in kernel/sched.c) ----- Original Message ----- From: "ambarish pathak" <ambarish(a)codito.com> To: <kgangakhedkar(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] NTFS driver > [offlist e-mail] > > From: "Kunal Gangakhedkar" <kgangakhedkar(a)yahoo.com> > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 11:33 PM > > > could you just mail it to me... > > I don't have enough bandwidth to upload 25M or more of the > tarball. You will have to download it yourself from > http://www.kernel.org/ or one of its mirrors. Check out if > ILUG-BOM website hosts the mirror for the same. >

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [HELP!]Do any body know how to convert TTF fonts from Windows to
by Tahir Hashmi 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '02

On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 21:12:25 sachin wrote: >hi there >i am not very confident about the conversion of the fonts >from windows to the LINUX As Philip said, there's no need to convert the fonts. A step-by-step procedure for using Windows TT fonts is given here: http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#ttf --- Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~tahir tahir AT ncst DOT ernet DOT in __________________________________ We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed See Dave Matthews Band live or win a signed guitar http://r.lycos.com/r/bmgfly_mail_dmb/http://win.ipromotions.com/lycos_02020…

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How is Linux so secure ??
by Nikhil Joshi 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '02

Plz tell me where I'm wrong: Linux is open source --> The Code which encrypts the login password is freely available --> A Baddie looks at the code and finds out the algorithm --> cat /etc/passwd | grep root --> Voila! the baddie has root password. Of course this does not happen How does Linux manage to be secure inspite of being open source? -- Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take the time to enjoy where we are. -- Calvin

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