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(...) hmmm.... looks like named couldn't bind to port 53 - is there anything else bound to that port? perhaps inet or some other named proccess? Dan (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Free server with CGI?
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Bram Lambrecht <bram@cwru.edu> schreef in berichtnieuws G7DD83.4ty@lugnet.com... (...) their (...) <> (...) (URL) MB of webspace and CGI-access. Saskia (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Or 3, but I admit hyperbole. :) (Three at the office for most things, two at home. Got a serial number in a weird place at the office...) (...) Bah. I'm convinced even Eric Allman doesn't _really_ understand sendmail. Me, I just remember those (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) if you're scripting, why not just write a script that would edit your files for you? that way, you run one command, and it'll update the 14 (or 2 :) files that need updates... (...) even sendmail is manageable - it just needs a little love :) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, yeah. Someone _desperately_ needs to come up with a scaleable solution that doesn't involve fourteen different file mungings to change a single entry. Some folks in the local Linux enthusiasts group wrote "DENTS", which was supposed to (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) oh, of course - learning how to set up dns and deal with it is every's geek duty :) I was just saying that for a smallish setup, it is more hassle than it's worth... aside from the learning part :) Dan (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Geek value. :) Actually, there can be some real uses, too. Sure, if it's just four or five machines, it's easy to keep up a hosts file on each of them. One of the things I wanted my home network to be able to do, though, was handle the "LAN (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:3AB0C8D8.10401@...ron.com... (...) True, but for centralised management DNS makes life much easier. Dan (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Sure, but it's not a good idea. If you're making fake domains, don't use a real top-level. It's better to do something like "jamie.local" and "imndiot.local". I notice that imndiot.com is one of the few actually available .com domains -- (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) if only a few hosts are supposed to access those "domains", why bother with dns at all? just set up the hosts file on all the computers to point those domains to whatever IP you need... Dan (the other one, I guess :) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Jamie Obrien" <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message news:GA8CAH.57C@lugnet.com... (...) Just set up your DNS as authoritative for these domains. To prevent it trying to access the global root servers whenever you try and access a domain (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Nope, MapInfo is in Troy, NY. (Actually it's in North Greenbush.) (...) I might have to refresh my memory of DenebaCad... (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This statement is coming from an individual who forgets passwords that must be changed every 30 days.[1] Aren't most passwords acquired through human engineering anyway? Chris 1. Now, I ask someone else to do the stuff on the system that (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I suspect that lockouts after password retries aren't to secure the system, they're to secure the user. Draconian measures tend to reinforce the idea that passwords are _important_, and you should _remember_ them. [0] Oh, and we (system (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) nodnod... just because I'm going stale doesn't mean everyone else needs to :) btw, have you tried the 7.1 betas yet? are they usable? I figure I'll have to get over my 7.0 block and start getting into that... Dan (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) uhh.... have a valid login and remember it's password? ;) or, get your admin to set the lockout to 30 minutes or so, so at least you don't have to bother him every time your forget :P Dan (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Or netfilter/iptables, to keep up with the cutting edge. (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) 8^) I'd figured that "3" had no inherent signficance but was just a standard. (...) Yeah--now how do I get into my system? Dave! (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) because disabling the login (at least for a while) does help defend against brute force attacks. and the number 3 isn't magical in any way - I think a lot of systems have it set for 5, and from what I know, it's always configurable. the admin (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Sure, but what's the point of disabling my system after my own bogus attempts? To date, the only one who's been kept out of my system for that reason is me! I mean, why set "3" as the magic number, if external, high-voulme attacks are the big (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) First of all, a lot of systems don't lock out accounts, just because they are misconfigured, or their admin doesn't realise the danger. Also, remember that most password hacking will occure offline - the intruder will somehow (and there are (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I've read this one, and it's ok, but less focused than most O'Reilly books I've read. still, enough to teach you all you need to know about DNS. :) if you're running linux, another thing you should take a look at is Ipchains, to give your (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Last week at my job I had the misfortune of attending a mandatory seminar on Information Security, which amounted to little more than "don't leave sensitive documents on the bus." Through the course of it, though, the lecturer discussed the various (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I have a Sony VAIO C1VN Picturebook and I find that it's easier to read the screen in natural lighting than in fluorescent lighting. It actually seems dimmer in the fluorescent lighting...strange. But it's not bad. It might also be that my CRT (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) both on my two vaio pcg-z505* I had absolutly no problem installing RH6.2. Even the memory stick drive is supposed to be working... though I don't have any memory sticks to try it out with. :/ Havn't gotten around to get sound to work on the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) There are lots of pictures all over www.moller.com if you poke around. eric (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Anyone got some better pictures?? I'd realy like to build one> Gary Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G9y46D.7Ct@lugnet.com... (...) Today on (...) 80's (...) couple (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It's even come up on Lugnet before... (URL) love the Moller Skycar. I remember first hearing about it on CNN a couple years ago... eric (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, this is really cool. I remember when Popular Mechanics ran an article about this back in the 80's :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Gee, seems like only a couple of months ago I was having fun tossing together the Supersucker 9000 model for the Classic Space contest. Today on AO-helL they were featuring the real thing! Check out: (URL) Hop-Frog (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Bryan & All, (...) You just have to harass the toy manager and the hardline managers everyday you work. When the next shipment came, they gave us first dibs! : ) (...) be (...) the (...) be (...) Well, I just read in PSM that the PS2 might get a 100 (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ah, gotcha. I can get 15% off at Target, but they don't ever have any in stock... ah well. (...) I apologize, I phrased that incorrectly... what I meant to say is: With the death of the Dreamcast, and the fact that the Gamecube and the XBox (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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To All, (...) will (...) faster, (...) lot (...) Sorry, I work at Meijer here in the Midwest ( (URL) ) and all employess get a 12% discount. (...) the (...) Death of Gamecube? That's a new one! Where did this come from, they won't be out until 2002 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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