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[Alug]Elmswell meeting on the 27th of this month
by Adam Bower 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

Hi all, Just a confirmation that this meeting *is* going to happen. I will update the webpage when I get a chance. The venue is near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk IIRC. The other meetings at Syleham (also Suffolk) are also still arranged for the same dates as before (Sun May 18th, Sun Aug 17th and Sun 23rd Nov.) Norwich dates are still to be confirmed, I will let everyone know more later. Adam -- jabberid = quinophex(a)jabber.earth.li AFFS || http://www.affs.org.uk/ || Not a filesystem

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RE: [Alug] Newsforge: NVIDIA's Latest Drivers and the Quadro FX
by Adam Bower 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

> -----Original Message----- > From: MJ Ray [mailto:markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk] > I think they meant 0wn. Auto-updating binary-only drivers. > Do they have > good security in place, or is the "mass nvidia driver users' > blowout" only > a download site exploit away, I wonder. Ummm, from what I read the utility they provide "auto-updates" by you having to run it, no different from using apt-get really. > I'll stick with the XFree86's own nv drivers on the box here that has > their chips until I replace that hardware. You do realise that Nvidia wrote that support (definetly parts of it, they do have there own "special" license mentioned in the XFree86 distribution) in XFree86? and out of interest which of the GFX manufacturers warez would you seek to procure in their place? AFAICT there are no GFX card manufacturers out there who provide full real free software support for their products :( Adam

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[Alug]Virgin.net ADSL
by Alexis Lee 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

Hi, Been looking thru adslguide.org for an ADSL ISP. Virgin.net look good.. any testimonials, good or bad? Cheers, Alexis -- Failure- When your best just isn't good enough. "The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public" - Sir G Jessel

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RE: [Alug]Equivalent of DOS 'dir /s /b'?
by Jonathan Dye 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

Keith Watson wrote: >> From: MJ Ray >> Keith Watson <kpwatson(a)ukfsn.org> wrote: >>> In DOS the command 'dir /s /b' gives a useful listing of just >>> filenames prefixed with directory paths. >> >> Can you give an example? I only remember using /p and /w to dir. >> > > No problem; > > D:\>dir /b /s \Test1 > > D:\Test1\Cat > D:\Test1\Cow > D:\Test1\Dog > D:\Test1\Pig > D:\Test1\foo.bar > D:\Test1\foo1.bar > D:\Test1\foo2.bar > D:\Test1\foo3.bar > D:\Test1\foo4.bar > D:\Test1\foo5.bar > D:\Test1\Cat\Diamond > D:\Test1\Cat\Emerald > D:\Test1\Cat\Pearl > D:\Test1\Cat\Ruby [...] How about: find /Test1 JD _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service

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[Alug]Equivalent of DOS 'dir /s /b'?
by Keith Watson 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

In DOS the command 'dir /s /b' gives a useful listing of just filenames prefixed with directory paths. Can anyone think of a way to get the same listing within a bash shell? Keith

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NTL Broadband
by BenEBoy 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

OK, apparantly I can get broadband in Norwich with NTL now, has anyone had any experience with them? I'm thinking more of the technical side of things. I've been informed that NTL uses some gizmo on the phone line so you just plug it straight into a NIC and not a modem, so I'm *guessing* that there wouldn't be any problem. Of course, that's just a wild assumption ;-) Cheers, BenE -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.norwich-anarchists.org.uk Officially the best norwich based anarchist web site that has overly large jpegs

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[Alug]Routers
by Alexis Lee 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

Vaguely re: the web hosting discussion... the subject of all-in routers came up. I'm thinking about getting a Buffalo Tech. ADSL/wireless/VPN router thing. Most people seem to think very highly of the Draytek ones, but this one comes in at about 100UKP which is a distinct advantage in my mind. Anyone used one of these, or have opinions for some other reason? They use the 802.11g (not)standard, which hasn't been finalised. However, apparently they have back compatibility with 802.11b and Buffalo T guarantee to fix them up to comply when g is standardised. I don't really care about b or g though, as long as they don't break down all the time. Cheers, Alexis -- "We can't spell FAILURE without U R A!" - despair.com "The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten. Where is the man who has forgotten words?" - Chuang-Tzu

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RE: [Alug] Web hosting
by Adam Bower 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

> -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Trott [mailto:gt@pobox.com] > And yes, it is easy to do. Just plug in and go. Make sure you get an > appropriate modem/router, though; avoid the USB models like > the plague. Zen What do you have against the USB modems? I was quite happy with my Alcatel frog running under Linux, I got some very nice uptimes with it and the only reason they weren't longer was due to the electricity having a key meter... I actually prefer the modem terminating on a linux pc rather than through a router as you can see network traffic directly on the DSL interface rather than being abstracted by ethernet. Adam

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RE: [Alug] Web hosting
by Adam Bower 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

> From: Laurie Brown [mailto:laurie@brownowl.com] > The main problem I have with the built-in stuff like all these > firewall/router/NAT/dhcp/DNS/etc things is vulnerabilities. > They rarely come > up in bugtraq, and I'm sure it's not because they are so > secure. I think it's > a reflection of the userbase not being technical or trying to > break them. > With a standard Linux box running iptables/snort I know where > I am, and what > I need to do. Just a preference... This is the main reason why I avoided getting a router and went directly for the USB option (I liked the blinky lights on the external and there was no pci ADSL modem available at the time for linux) I really do not trust these embedded devices to be secure and they seemed rather expensive when they would do less than what I could do with my usb modem. Adam

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RE: [Alug] Web hosting
by Adam Bower 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

> From: Graham Trott [mailto:gt@pobox.com] > Well answered. To which I'd add that low-cost modems don't > offer a lot of > flexibility. They may be fine for dynamic IP but with static > you usually > want more control than they offer. Hmmm, I think the complete opposite of this an adsl router will give you less flexibilty than an adaptor (either usb pci etc.) directly into a linux box. With a linux box acting as a router you can do *anything* you wish with the static ip that you are given such as run any kind of VPN you like and enjoy the far more advanced Linux firewall options. If you have to have connections natted through the router then you lose lots of the flexibility you get from having static ip addresses. Adam

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