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http://news .tucows.com/ext2/99/07/networking/072399-networkin g1pf.shtml has an article about setting up something very similar with VNC and xdm. Very cool. Notice the comment at the bottom about anyone being able to take over a vnc session, anyone know if these servers do anything about that?

secureCRT form for download

zow Which also provides for ssh

Anyways, the Sercity-How-To would be an excellent place to begin. Along with check some of the other how-tos. Shadow Password and Secure Programs would also be decent documents. Beyond that, make sure to keep a constant eye on Bugtraq (mailing list) as well as CERT advisories for newly found bugs.

Anyways, the Sercity-How-To would be an excellent place to begin. Along with check some of the other how-tos. Shadow Password and Secure Programs would also be decent documents. Beyond that, make sure to keep a constant eye on Bugtraq (mailing list) as well as CERT advisories for newly found bugs.

Anyways, the Sercity-How-To would be an excellent place to begin. Along with check some of the other how-tos. Shadow Password and Secure Programs would also be decent documents. Beyond that, make sure to keep a constant eye on Bugtraq (mailing list) as well as CERT advisories for newly found bugs.

If you are running linux, you might want to switch to Mozilla. While it is still a bit buggy, it has a new cookie feature that I like. You can tell it to warn you before accepting cookies, and it has a "remember this desicion" checkbox that works on a domain by domain basis. It then stores that info in cookieperm.txt in your user profile.

Somebody yesterday suggested that we start some chain emails warning people about this and giving the opt out link. I suggest we also start them on ICQ and other instant messanger programs.

I don't know what is available for linux. You can get the program at Tucows. They also have several other cookie management tools available.

I don't know what options are out there for linux but I will probably check them out now since I'm using linux more.

Tucows has a nice list of cookie programs. I'd check it out if I were you.

If this is illegal (and I'm quite certain it isn't), perhaps someone should give tucows a little talking to?

... now I have no problem with
the current system, "Search Engines" (hehe), but the average person would like a place he can go online to just
browse what's available and say "Ooh that looks nice, I think I'll get that..." rather than knowing beforehand what he
needs.

Take a look at Linuxberg and tell me what you think. It follows the basic layout of the venerable TUCOWS...because it is a subsiderary of Tucows. One can point their browser to this page with the eager hopes of finding a word processor for X, and need only navigate simple catagorized lists.

The fun difference for these new Linux users will be that 99.9999% of the software is completely free, no strings, and doesn't have a little "Buy Now!!" tag next to it. :)

AvantGo
ProxiNet
TopGun (as well as some other nifty Palm progs)
Palm Telnet 0.41

We are a small Internet development shop, running a few servers and a mixed bag of development stations. Currently, there are three Linux boxen on our network, running the latest RedHat releases. We are looking to put in three more systems, for a total of 5 running some Linux/UNIX like OS.

• A MySQL server box
• A Firewall
• A Mail/Fileserver
• 2 Webservers running Apache / PHP(Zend)

When we perform this upgrade, we are willing to change operating systems if there is a demonstrable benefit. Due to recent slashdot postings we have started looking at OpenBSD as our server OS. Now, we do understand that RedHat is not the only Linux distribution available, but we don't really want to get into a Linux/Linux war here. We don;t mind changing if we should for technical reasons - but the Linux world seems more hip and vibrant, and we really like the penguin T-shirts we have... so if we can stay on Linux then we want to.

So far, we like what we hear about OpenBSD - but we don't know if the things we like are inherent in the relative designs of OpenBSD or if they are results of policy choices by the OpenBSD team. If they are the results of policy decisions, then with any luck a Linux distribution could be found that exhibited the same characteristics?

Features we like about OpenBSD:

• It seems like the release/testing cycle is extremely carefully controlled. While a freewheeling machine with lots of OpenSource code on the desktop is a good thing, for a server it seems that a smaller group exercising testing/release control is a more controlled system.
• The integrated crypto looks great, the one time use passwords look like a big winner here.
• There are a lot of references to OpenBSD's security and stability - but none with any specific examples or technical backing.
• The file layout on OpenBSD seems like a winner, it looks like things live in a well thought out and logical set up - not in a mishmash like RedHat.

Assumptions:

These systems will be running the server software they need, and X11 + (Gnome||KDE) for administration and so on. They will not be running the latest stuff from Linuxberg or a bunch of things that would be on a desktop OS. So we are going to try very hard not to introduce any instabilities. We aren't going to be compiling running games, sound drivers and the like that integrate directly into the kernel.

The questions are:

1. Is OpenBSD more secure in some fundamental way that a well maintained Linux distribution?
2. Is OpenBSD more stable than a well maintained Linux distribution?
3. Will the OpenSource software we normally need (firewall, Apache, PHP4, Perl, Python) and so on probably compile on OpenBSD?
4. Does OpenBSD have something like clustering support (Beowulf) and failover?
5. Is the performance of a well maintained OpenBSD system better than a well maintained Linux distribution?
6. Does Linux have anything like the one time use password system?
7. Does OpenBSD support multiple CPU's better then Linux?

Thanks for taking the time, and hopefully we can keep the flames down to nothing and talk about technical issues this time.

My company has outgrown Quickbooks. In light of that, we have been investigating several Application Service Providers for potential financial service candidacy. The big debate has been to use an ASP for accounting services or purchase a reputable software package, a server to run it on and keep it in-house. The final verdict: the latter, and here's why:

Small to mid-size biz
Several of the ASP's I researched and spoke with advertise that they specialize in solutions for the small to mid-size biz. Dell defines a small to mid-size business as a company with = 10 concurrent users. For a biz that cannot afford a $20,000USD accounting package, I can hardly see how that same biz can swing the cost for an ASP (see below)

Cost
For a 15 install/user-base (their minimum requirement) Corio charges approximately $13,000USD per month for software, hardware, bandwidth and technical support for financial services. PeopleSoft is used as the backend and I do understand that PS isn't exactly $15 shareware from Tucows, but $13K is a lot of money, regardless.

I realize that the Application Service Provider market, as it is defined these days, is a relatively new field of service. However, the cost is excessive, the requirements haven't been as accurate as they appear and all of this causes the people that could benefit the most, to be shut out.

It's an excellent idea, but the market needs more competition. Lower the prices and scale to what you advertise.

I also run a proxy server in which it would be possible to embed cookie filtering stuff. Is this possible in say Squid? I can't connect directly to a remote proxy from behind my firewall.

TUCOWS actually has an interesting article on this subject in their new "ISP Central" web site that they have recently set up for affiliates. See http:// ispcentral.tucows.com/stories/cc2250e3ef77f20bcd4d ea96126c9827.shtml.

a2b on the other hand, has come up with the ransom demands and has been a licensee for roughly six months.

For more info on this, I have been documenting the events thus far at Stop DSS

(Back when I was into MUDs, I also liked boasting that Realms of Despair, a very popular MUD, is owned and operated by the same Canadian company.)

I love the new freshmeat layout, and it's a shame that people have to flame this fellow for all of his hard work. On another note, I E-Mailed Tucows the other day, asking if they planned on adding a linux section. Well, much to my suprise, this was their reply:
www.linuxberg.com will be open for business on January 4th
I went and checked it out, and it looks pretty neat. Not nearly as much software as freshmeat, but a great start.