User: Secure42

New Wireless Extension API - part2

On: Linux Kernel 2.4.20 Released

For wireless users, 2.4.20 bring a the new wireless extension aand couple fix into airo drivers.
And future kernel 2.6 will bring hostap driver into the kernel, hopefully.

Re:gonna take more than that...

On: Location-based Security for Wireless Apps

>I personally would never do anything over wireless
>that I would not do on a public computer

You are right to say that wireless networks are far away nowadays for being a safe medium, but to compare with a public computer is going to far.
If you are protected by ssl (https, pops, ssh, imaps) your transactions are safe, but in a public computer risk are much bigger, as keyboards loggers.

Re:FreeS/WAN and Linux

On: FreeBSD Gets 'Fast IPsec' Implementation

Probably not soon, i think they are avoiding to add it to Linux Kernel to avoid some problems with cryptographic restrictions in some countries. Anyway most distributions include it in their kernels.

Re:Much longer video interview

On: BBC Interviews Linus Torvalds

Anyway you can see it under linux if you have avifile and Win32 codec binaries installed in your system
On RedHat you can install pre-build binaries from www.freshrpms.net

Can somebody tell me is there is anyway to record it?

Re:see & hear the interview

On: BBC Interviews Linus Torvalds

I can at least hear it under Linux using avifile
is there any way of saving it and record it in a different format?
Not taking into account legal considerations :)

Re:what does it look like?

On: New Linux Worm Found in the Wild

I am also getting the same logs:
[error] OpenSSL: error:1406B458:lib(20):func(107):reason(1112)

Bugtraq.c source code: http://isc.incidents.org/exploitcode/bugtraq.c

bugtraq.c code

On: Linux Worm Spreading, Many Systems Vulnerable

Here you can find bugtraq.c:

http://isc.incidents.org/exploitcode/bugtraq.c

Re:What to look for in your logs

On: Linux Worm Spreading, Many Systems Vulnerable

Here is what i can found in my logs, many, many times:

[error] OpenSSL: error:1406B458:lib(20):func(107):reason(1112)

Re:Sounds true

On: IBM, MS Critique MySQL

Your best bet is to use Openoffice as a front-end of a mysql/posgresql server through an ODBC connection (there is not still a native driver for connecting OpenOffice an MySQL)

Does MySQL have any support for hot backup

On: IBM, MS Critique MySQL

Yes it has, you can try mysqlhotcopy and mysqldump.
You can have a look for some other features looking at this comparison: http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/db/

Re:ChangeLog summary anywhere?

On: Linux 2.4.19 Released

Ok, just my 2 cents.

Orinoco driver updated from 0.09b to 0.11b
If you are using wireless network card (specially lucent and similars), you could think about upgrading your kernel, there have been many improvements and bug fixes

More info: http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/OrinocoDr iver

Here you can compare it with Mysql and PostgreSQL

On: LoTR , Linux, and Database Management

You can find a pretty good comparison of SapDB with other Open Source Databases in http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/db/

Re:Does it have any reliable update techniques?

On: New Red Hat Beta: LIMBO

But you have to register to use it!!
When apt-get or urpmi for RedHat, both you don't have to register to use them?

http://www.freeswan.org

Package formats and dependencies are not the probl

On: Why Mandrake is Too Cool for UnitedLinux

Package formats: RPM, DEB, there were a slashdot discussion last month about both package formats and i draw the conclusion that the problem it is not package format, but in the way you package your software.
If you want an unbiased comparison between them check out: www.kitenet.net/~joey/pkg-comp/

Dependencies: Now there are solutions to solve dependecies in both package formats. RPMS solutions are pretty new but it is the right way.
- apt-get: for deb packages and for rpm packages, adopted and developed by Conectiva and Mandrake.
- urpmi: adopted and developed by Mandrake
- up2date: adopted and developed by RedHat, you have to register to use it so it is not the right way, not my favourite.

So that is not the real problem but the way Linux distro package the software.

Re:What is ChallengeResponseAuthentication?

On: OpenSSH Vulnerability Disclosed, Version 3.4 Released

As we can read from: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#SKey

S/Key is a ``one-time password'' scheme. This allows for one-time passwords for use on un-secured channels. This can come in handy for those who don't have the ability to use ssh or any other encrypted channels.

Then why the hell is enable by default in OpenBSD sshd daemon?

You can always check this comparison.

On: PostgreSQL v7.2 Final Release

Thank you for the informations it was really usefull.
You can always check this comparison for more information:
http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/db/

Which front-end are you using for your MySQL-PgSQL

On: Major Changes To MySQL Coming Soon

Which front-end are you using for your MySQL-PgSQL Databases?
I am interesting from hearing about your experience.
I have tested:
- MS Access through MyODBC
- StarOfficce through MyODBC or UnixODBC (it is missing native support connection to MySQL but it is in StarOffice TODO list, maybe in forthcoming StarOffice 6.0? :)
- Rekall: it is still in Beta but seems really awesome
Do you know any other alternative which one it is your prefered? i would like hearing about you

Re:Um, transactions anyone?

On: Major Changes To MySQL Coming Soon

Since version 3.23.* you can use BDB tables (Berkeley Database table type) which support transactions.

MySQL other database comparison

On: Major Changes To MySQL Coming Soon

It sounds great, MySQL it is trying to implement many features that were missed without loosing speed.
You can have a look to these comparison between Mysql-PostgreSQL and other open source databases.