Matt the Almighty it is. Also, Re. the presentations on: "setting up SA" and "dedicated anti-virus/SPAM mail relay"; "Derek is coordinating the presentations = so I have forwarded this to him. Sorry 8-) George -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:37:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: InstallFest Status and Hats Off From: "Matt Alexander" der.hans said: > Am 18. Sep, 2003 schw=E4tzte Matt Alexander so: > >> ACK!! Please don't display my email address in future emails. I = get >> enough SPAM as it is. > > Please let us know if you'd like to be listed as something other than > George has or want to not be listed ( but still stay signed up ). > > Matt can now be "the volunteer behind the checkered curtain" :). Would "Matt the Almighty" be too much to ask? ;-) Just obscure the = email addys and s'allgood. > SPAM reminds me that we might want a presentation on setting up > SpamAssassin or on using the filters in Kmail/Mozilla/$MUA. > > We could also have a presentation on using GNU/Linux as an = anti-virus, > anti-SPAM mail filter. I'd be happy to. I'm a busy boy these days, but I could give a presentation on anything from setting up SA as a normal user for = personal filtering to setting up a dedicated anti-virus/SPAM mail relay, = depending on my own preparatory time constraints. ~M --__--__-- Message: 9 From: Michael Havens To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: How do I switch back to Konqueror? Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:39:00 -0700 Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us I tried the same way I changed it to Mozilla but if I open a knoqueror browser=20 and type in a web page it responds with: There appears to be a configuration error. You have associated Konqueror with=20 text/html, but it can't handle this file type. It handled it before... why not now? I actually just want to test it = out=20 because I think that the graphics might be better in konquereor and I = want to=20 verify that. --=20 <:-)~MIKE~(-:> --__--__-- Message: 10 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:49:24 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Alan Dayley To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Solved - Re: Looking for original Red Hat Linux 8 CD's Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us A generous lender already found! Thanks to all who considered it and = the one loaning them! Alan PS Boy, that was fast even by PLUG standards! Coolio! -----Original Message----- From: Alan Dayley Sent: Sep 19, 2003 12:34 PM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Looking for original Red Hat Linux 8 CD's I have a simple but perhaps unusual request. In a certain hardware testing situation and environment and by = selecting certain packages, the copies of Red Hat Linux 8.0 that we have tried = fail during the install. We have tried two sets of CDs that have worked on various other installtions but fail in this particular situation. Both = of these sets are CD-R copies. As some interested parties are blaming the CD-R media for the failure, = we would like to borrow an "official" boxed set of CDs, you know, the ones = that come from Red Hat. So, if anyone has a set of the 3 install CDs from the retail boxed set = of Red Hat Linux 8.0 that they would be willing to lend for a few days, we would be grateful. Contact me off list at one of these addresses: adayley () adtron ! com alandd () consultpros ! com Alan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --__--__-- Message: 11 From: Michael Havens To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Buttons in mozilla prefrences Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:54:17 -0700 Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us In mozilla prefrences->Navigator=20 Do you know where I'm talking about? Well, in the sections that have = you=20 choose items (example- in "Select the buttons you want to see in the=20 toolbars") is a checkmark supposed to appear next to them? Mine are = blank and=20 a checkmark or 'x' do not appear next to them when I select a button. PLUSSS,=20 now the buttons in mozilla are gone. --=20 <:-)~MIKE~(-:> PS~ Carl, remember when you were asked about a full screen mode? That = was me and it is there. --__--__-- Message: 12 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:04:58 -0700 (PDT) From: roland ibbetson Subject: Cox Cable blocking port 80 and scans To: plug Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us --0-1945439090-1064001898=3D:42559 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Thanks for the information guys. There are always many ways to fix or = skirt an issue like this. I don't really want to pay for the business line although they won't give me a static ip with the residential so I may = have to. So, excluding the new business line what would be the best = solution to this problem? And can I block their scans or mask what I'm doing to = avoid trouble with the #$%&! pigs(cox cable)? Thanks for all your help! --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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Thanks for the information guys.  There are always many ways = to fix or skirt an issue like this.  I don't really want to pay for = the business line although they won't give me a static ip with the = residential so I may have to.  So, excluding the new business line what would = be the best solution to this problem?  And can I block their scans or = mask what I'm doing to avoid trouble with the #$%&! pigs(cox cable)?  Thanks for all your help!

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Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software --0-1945439090-1064001898=3D:42559-- --__--__-- Message: 13 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:10:46 -0700 To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Cox Cable blocking port 80 and scans From: "David A. Sinck" Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us \_ SMTP quoth roland ibbetson on 9/19/2003 13:04 as having spake = thusly: \_ Thanks for the information guys. There are always many ways to fix \_ or skirt an issue like this. I don't really want to pay for the \_ business line although they won't give me a static ip with the \_ residential so I may have to. So, excluding the new business line \_ what would be the best solution to this problem? And can I block \_ their scans or mask what I'm doing to avoid trouble with the #$%&! \_ pigs(cox cable)? Thanks for all your help! There are ways to some extent, but if you're paying cox for residential and you're not using it for residential, you're violating TOS and they can do what they will to you. FWIW, the IPs provided for residential are nearly static in my experience.=20 David --__--__-- Message: 14 From: "Bart Garst" To: Subject: RE: Cox Cable blocking port 80? Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:03:06 -0700 Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us I wanted to send this hours ago but Cox's smtp's been down... > /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j = ACCEPT > /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s 68.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT=20 > /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s 24.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT=20 > /sbin/iptables -P INPUT DENY >=20 I've been trying to figure out iptables rules and this has me = thinking...=20 How does this block a scan? I read it as:=20 "Accept related or established connection, from any address, on any = port. Reject everything from 68.*.*.* and 24.*.*.*". Then the catch all rule. Is a scan not-related? How does a new connection get through, say for http? Thx, Bart --__--__-- _______________________________________________ PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss End of PLUG-discuss Digest