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  • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

    Roger Wright wrote: Damn, Linux is looking better and better! Really? I think it looks crappier and crappier every day that passes. At least if you look at the whole distribution. I have yet to find a distribution that's not braindead and that works the way I want. Slackware could be it maybe. My money is on FreeBSD. It attracts less zealots and more engineers. It's bound to become a better product than any Linux. :) -- Im hayu samim et hamo'ach shelcha betoch tsipor, hi hayta matchila la'uf achora!

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    Hi - FreeBSD all the way !! I downloaded RedHat Mandrake and FreeBSD to see for myself what would fit best on my old laptop (Pentium MMX 166 32M RAM). RH and Mandrake both failed the test, they install too much junk I dont need with no decent way to upgrade or remove them. IMO, the FreeBSD "Ports" is the currently the best way to distribute packages today. Currently, I am running it as a internal web server, w/ MySQL , CVS, PHP, Apache.

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    • R Roger Wright

      The infamous Blaster worm gets a second chance! According to Brian Livingston, author of the original Windows Secrets series of books, the patch to fix the RPC flaws in most current versions of Windows (MS03-026) is undone by Win2K's SP4! :laugh::laugh: If you update to SP4, the only solution is to disable the DCOM service, which breaks any app you have that depends on it. In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. Damn, Linux is looking better and better!:laugh:

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      Rama Krishna Vavilala
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      Here is a mail from NTBugTraq list ________________________________________ Seems many of you subscribe to Brian's Buzz. He published a story today; http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030821/ that included a bit about the statement we, TruSecure Corporation, had posted on our website. During the initial rush to get information out about Blaster, we included a statement that if you had Windows 2000 SP3, then applied MS03-026, you'd be patched. However, if you subsequently installed SP4, you would be reverted to an unpatched state. The testing that was used to come up with this statement was wrong. I did the testing, so I know it was wrong. Last week I rechecked this and found my mistake. Unfortunately, it took until Monday to get the TruSecure alert corrected. Brian refers to a different alert, the original alert about the RPC/DCOM overflow (TSA03-009). I'm not sure we ever had mention about SP4 reverting MS03-026 in that alert. I know we had it in TSA03-011, and that alert now contains the following; "TruSecure Corporation originally believed that Windows 2000 machines which were at SP3, then patched with MS03-026, and then updated to SP4, would become vulnerable to the attacks against RPC/DCOM (e.g. Blaster). Subsequent testing proved this not to be the case. Systems patched in this method will retain the MS03-026 patch after applying SP4 and do not need to re-apply the patch. " Apologies to all who read the incorrect information. Cheers, Russ - Surgeon General of TruSecure Corporation/NTBugtraq Editor


      I don't choose the targets - they present themselves to me in an almost garish display of submission and sacrifice. It's my duty to react as I do. - John Simmons/Outlaw Programmer

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      • J jhaga

        Thanks for the offer. Are you giving support 7/24? :) If not, I will use Linux. After all Linux is made in Finland. :rolleyes: jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

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        jhaga wrote: Thanks for the offer. Are you giving support 7/24? I'll give you my pf.conf. You can stare at it all day long if you want.. :-D jhaga wrote: If not, I will use Linux. After all Linux is made in Finland. How do you pronounce Linux btw? Swedish or Finnish style? (Lee-nUhcks or Lee-nOhcks?) -- Im hayu samim et hamo'ach shelcha betoch tsipor, hi hayta matchila la'uf achora!

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        • V Vivek Rajan

          Hi - FreeBSD all the way !! I downloaded RedHat Mandrake and FreeBSD to see for myself what would fit best on my old laptop (Pentium MMX 166 32M RAM). RH and Mandrake both failed the test, they install too much junk I dont need with no decent way to upgrade or remove them. IMO, the FreeBSD "Ports" is the currently the best way to distribute packages today. Currently, I am running it as a internal web server, w/ MySQL , CVS, PHP, Apache.

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          Vivek Rajan wrote: RH and Mandrake both failed the test, they install too much junk I dont need with no decent way to upgrade or remove them. Mhmm! Windows 2000 feels a lot less bloated than both RH and Mandrake. Vivek Rajan wrote: IMO, the FreeBSD "Ports" is the currently the best way to distribute packages today. It is very practical yes, because it allows you to fiddle with the ports yourself very easily should you find a broken package. -- Im hayu samim et hamo'ach shelcha betoch tsipor, hi hayta matchila la'uf achora!

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          • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

            Here is a mail from NTBugTraq list ________________________________________ Seems many of you subscribe to Brian's Buzz. He published a story today; http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030821/ that included a bit about the statement we, TruSecure Corporation, had posted on our website. During the initial rush to get information out about Blaster, we included a statement that if you had Windows 2000 SP3, then applied MS03-026, you'd be patched. However, if you subsequently installed SP4, you would be reverted to an unpatched state. The testing that was used to come up with this statement was wrong. I did the testing, so I know it was wrong. Last week I rechecked this and found my mistake. Unfortunately, it took until Monday to get the TruSecure alert corrected. Brian refers to a different alert, the original alert about the RPC/DCOM overflow (TSA03-009). I'm not sure we ever had mention about SP4 reverting MS03-026 in that alert. I know we had it in TSA03-011, and that alert now contains the following; "TruSecure Corporation originally believed that Windows 2000 machines which were at SP3, then patched with MS03-026, and then updated to SP4, would become vulnerable to the attacks against RPC/DCOM (e.g. Blaster). Subsequent testing proved this not to be the case. Systems patched in this method will retain the MS03-026 patch after applying SP4 and do not need to re-apply the patch. " Apologies to all who read the incorrect information. Cheers, Russ - Surgeon General of TruSecure Corporation/NTBugtraq Editor


            I don't choose the targets - they present themselves to me in an almost garish display of submission and sacrifice. It's my duty to react as I do. - John Simmons/Outlaw Programmer

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            Roger Wright
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            Thanks Rama! That's good news.:-D Has anyone told Brian?:rolleyes:

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            • A Alvaro Mendez

              Pardon my ignorance, but does anyone have a simple and clear explanation of how these worms propagate themselves? I mean, I assume some asshole spent some time writing it. But how did he then unleash it? And how does it jump from computer to computer? I appreciate it. :) Regards, Alvaro


              Hey! It compiles! Ship it.

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              Jason McBurney
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              Look up the buffer over run bug.

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              • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                jhaga wrote: Thanks for the offer. Are you giving support 7/24? I'll give you my pf.conf. You can stare at it all day long if you want.. :-D jhaga wrote: If not, I will use Linux. After all Linux is made in Finland. How do you pronounce Linux btw? Swedish or Finnish style? (Lee-nUhcks or Lee-nOhcks?) -- Im hayu samim et hamo'ach shelcha betoch tsipor, hi hayta matchila la'uf achora!

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                Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: I'll give you my pf.conf. You can stare at it all day long if you want.. Ok, send it to my email (without the Sobig.F virus,please) :) Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: How do you pronounce Linux btw? Swedish or Finnish style? (Lee-nUhcks or Lee-nOhcks?) Lee-nUhcks is better if you don't want to swallow your tongue. :) jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

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                • J Jon Sagara

                  Roger Wright wrote: In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. I am getting so many of these damn emails... :mad:

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                  over 10,000 so far :mad: -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard

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                  • A Alvaro Mendez

                    Pardon my ignorance, but does anyone have a simple and clear explanation of how these worms propagate themselves? I mean, I assume some asshole spent some time writing it. But how did he then unleash it? And how does it jump from computer to computer? I appreciate it. :) Regards, Alvaro


                    Hey! It compiles! Ship it.

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                    Alvaro Mendez
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                    Gotta love How Stuff Works[^]. :-) Regards, Alvaro


                    Hey! It compiles! Ship it.

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                    • J jhaga

                      Thanks! To scan for open ports I use: http://scan.sygatetech.com/[^] jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

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                      I like how Windows Server 2003 comes up as "Windows NT 5.2"!!

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                      • V Vivek Rajan

                        Hi - FreeBSD all the way !! I downloaded RedHat Mandrake and FreeBSD to see for myself what would fit best on my old laptop (Pentium MMX 166 32M RAM). RH and Mandrake both failed the test, they install too much junk I dont need with no decent way to upgrade or remove them. IMO, the FreeBSD "Ports" is the currently the best way to distribute packages today. Currently, I am running it as a internal web server, w/ MySQL , CVS, PHP, Apache.

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                        Jack Puppy
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                        I've got the same type of setup: an old 166 + 32MB RAM (not a laptop though) that I wanted to eventually setup a test web server, mySQL/php, ftp etc. on so I could remove all that stuff from my "good" machine. Is FreeBSD difficult to setup? Does it give you acceptable performance on the 166? Does it have a GUI, or do you run it entirely via a command prompt?

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                        • R Roger Wright

                          The infamous Blaster worm gets a second chance! According to Brian Livingston, author of the original Windows Secrets series of books, the patch to fix the RPC flaws in most current versions of Windows (MS03-026) is undone by Win2K's SP4! :laugh::laugh: If you update to SP4, the only solution is to disable the DCOM service, which breaks any app you have that depends on it. In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. Damn, Linux is looking better and better!:laugh:

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                          Roger Wright wrote: far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails Believe that ILOVEYOU peaked at 1 in 28..... "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox

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