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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by David Freeman 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:39:40 +0100 (BST) linux user stuff wrote: > On Wed 22 Aug, David Freeman wrote: > [snip] > > What do you want to know? I am thinking of writing something for the > > website on this, but I have been busy writing my first RFC "IP over > Liquid > > Beverage Containers" of late so haven't had much time. > > > > If you want to forward me some questions you want answered I will add > > them as FAQ and also answer them. > > > > Oh and BTW it was me who did the stuff at the UEA. > > Yes, I was aware of that but I was busy having the kernel on my machine > attended to, by Adam I think, and I never had time to ask questions. What > sort of equipment is needed? What sort of cost? What licensing > conditions are > there and is the exam - I assume there is one - very difficult? its a brave man who lets adam fiddle with there kernel :o) The first question I have to ask is what do you want to use it for, how much money do you have and howmany users? Followed shortly by why did you think there was an exam for using wireless? I know you need to do an exam for a VHF license (got mine soon) but for 802.11 you don't it sits in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band and is license exempt. Not however that Bluetooth, kitchen Microwaves, video senders and lots of other bits of kit live in this band. Thanks D > -- > __ __| |_ __ __ .------------------------------------------. > / _/ _` \ V V / | mailto:linux@wymondham.demon.co.uk | > \__\__,_|\_/\_/ |__________________________________________| > > > > _______________________________________________ > alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list > Send list replies to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug > See the website for instructions on digest or unsub! -- "Your house sounds like a fire hazard" Peter Clarke

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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by MJ Ray 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

David Freeman <david_freeman(a)alug.org.uk> writes: > I know you need to do an exam for a VHF license (got mine soon) but for > 802.11 you don't it sits in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) 802.11? Airsnort! see http://lwn.net/ security section amongst others.

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Re: [Alug] FW: I thought you might want this
by MJ Ray 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

Alexis Lee <alexis(a)turton.com> writes: > Besides, if Mr. Stallman sees that plate, your car is history. To paraphrase RMS, "Richard Stallman is not the great Satan". I doubt even he would expect something which is (still) impossible with our number plate system. There must be more "GNU" plates out there than "L1NUX" plates, anyway ;-)

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Syleham poster 4 u
by MJ Ray 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

Initial details of the syleham meeting should be on the website. A poster to be scattered around liberally is at http://mjr.towers.org.uk/alug/syleham20016.pdf I'd wait until tomorrow, though, so that I can correct all the goofs that people will point out to me ;-)

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Re: [Alug] Security problems (was Lurkers)
by MJ Ray 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> writes: > Can someone clue me in on how MITM attack would work here? Key stroke analysis even. > I'm probably just hard-of-thinking this morning. Yes, you are, aren't you?

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Security problems (was Lurkers)
by MJ Ray 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

xsprite(a)bigfoot.com writes: > ssh: mitm, key stroke analysis (which seems to have been "discovered" lately > but i thought it was obvious to anyone sitting down with tcpdump > and an ethernet with ssh...) Can someone clue me in on how MITM attack would work here? Am I right in thinking it's only when the user types their password into the remote machine? > The problem with certificate based approaches is that in order to be What alternatives are there to certificates? I'm probably just hard-of-thinking this morning.

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FW: I thought you might want this
by Earl Brannigan 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

Anyone got a few grand to spare.... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1181583482 Cheers Earl

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Re: [Alug] Announce ALUG 2001.5
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

Alexis Lee has the sig: >The early bird gets the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese. - Jen Hopkins Wow! Did I really say that? ;-) I'll offer up a laptop for a debian install, but it was pretty tricky when i put redhat on there. Jen

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Re: [Alug] tty puzzle
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

Adam Bower wrote: >It sounds like control characters are getting written to the console or >something? try booting it in single user mode and see if it lets you login >then? OK, thanks for all the comments on this - turns out it is a hardware problem; bios is all screwed up too - graphics card, maybe, or a BUS thing. I'll have to try and get my hands on some other bits when i'm back. Perhaps leaving it running overnight caused bad connections to loosen further if they warmed up. The errorlog postgres thing must be a coincidental error causing a red herring . Jenny.

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Re: Window managers // was Re: [Alug] Website
by MJ Ray 24 Aug '01

24 Aug '01

jo(a)yee-ha.demon.co.uk writes: > While I see your point, and mostly agree with it, I can understand that > some people who spend a lot of time at their conputer may be of the > opinion that it may as well be a nice environment to look at, right? Why > do people decorate their houses? Well, that's what X gave you a root window for. With all due respect, <rant>most theming equates more to taking all the door handles off and replacing them with a small button 20cm above the bottom hinge-side corner of the door than giving it a new coat of paint. Yes, I put graphics on my root window (xplanet with cloud maps at home, random web images from a script I wrote at work) and change the colours of various parts of the system. I even skin gkrellm. I don't change the way all controls work every time, though.</rant> > As for spare CPU cycles, I thought everyone was running seti@home these > days.. ;) distributed.net, surely?

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