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SuSE ssh Distro in US
by Aaron K. Poffenberger 17 Nov '99

17 Nov '99

Hello, I'm running SuSE 6.1 and would like to find a SuSE rpm for ssh. I live in the US. Any help would be appreciated (not to mention war stories and gotchas). --Aaron ------------ I am a man; nothing human is alien to me. --Terence Remove Anti-Spam before mailing.

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SuSE Security Announcement
by Thomas Biege 17 Nov '99

17 Nov '99

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- _____________________________________________________________________________ SuSE Security Announcement - thttpd Package: thttpd 1.90a - 2.04 Date: Tue Nov 16 19:44:14 CET 1999 Affected SuSE versions: 6.2 and 6.3 Vulnerability Type: remote compromise SuSE default package: no Other affected systems: all unix systems using the thttpd-server ______________________________________________________________________________ A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above. Please update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s). Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected as well, please contact your vendor for information about this issue. Please note, that that we provide this information on an "as-is" basis only. There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for any direct, indirect or incidental damage arising from this information or the installation of the update package. _____________________________________________________________________________ 1. Problem Description The thttpd web server doesn't do proper bounds checking in the date parsing function tdate_parse(). 2. Impact By overflowing a static buffer in tdate_parse() an attacker could remotely execute commands on the thttpd host with the permissions of thttpd. 3. Solution Updated the package from our FTP server. ______________________________________________________________________________ Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates before installing: 160a166713f186a61b2111c45786e26a thttpd-2.04-31.i386.rpm (6.2) 4eb85acb72a30873842257cd923f9332 thttpd-2.04-31.i386.rpm (6.3) ______________________________________________________________________________ You can find updates on our ftp-Server: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/n1/thttpd-2.04-31.i386.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/n1/thttpd-2.04-31.i386.rpm or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors: http://www.suse.de/ftp.html http://www.suse.com/ftp_new.html Our webpage for patches: http://www.suse.de/de/support/download/updates/index.html Our webpage for security announcements: http://www.suse.de/de/support/security/index.html If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security(a)suse.de ______________________________________________________________________________ SuSE has got two free security mailing list services to which any interested party may subscribe: suse-security(a)suse.com - moderated and for general/linux/SuSE security discussions. All SuSE security announcements are send to this list. suse-security-announce(a)suse.com - SuSE's announce-only mailing list. Only SuSE's security annoucements are sent to this list. To subscribe to the list, send a message to: <suse-security-subscribe(a)suse.com> To remove your address from the list, send a message to: <suse-security-unsubscribe(a)suse.com> Send mail to the following for info and FAQ for this list: <suse-security-info(a)suse.com> <suse-security-faq(a)suse.com> _____________________________________________________________________________ This information is provided freely to everyone interested and may be redistributed provided that it is not altered in any way. 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Re: [suse-security] SuSE ssh Distro in US
by Aaron K. Poffenberger 17 Nov '99

17 Nov '99

Thanks for all the responses helpful responses. On a related note (security), two questions: 1) Do I need to have the ident daemon on port 113 running? That port is currently open on the external interface on my firewall. And 2) from within inetd.conf, can I set which interface(s) I want a particular service to bind to, or is it a service-by-service config (as I've found with many, e.g., afpd)? Thanks, --Aaron On 11/16/99 17:37, draht(a)uni-freiburg.de wrote: >> >> Hello, >> I'm running SuSE 6.1 and would like to find a SuSE rpm for ssh. I live >> in the US. Any help would be appreciated (not to mention war stories and >> gotchas). >> >> --Aaron > >rpm -ihv >ftp://ftp.uni-freiburg.de/pub/linux/mirrors/suse/6.1/i386.de/suse/sec1/ssh >.rpm > >is your friend. > >Roman. >-- > _ _ >| Roman Drahtmüller "Caution: Cape does not | > CC University of Freiburg enable user to fly." >| email: draht(a)uni-freiburg.de (Batman Costume warning label) | > - - >People often find it easier to be a result of the past than a cause of >the future. > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-security-unsubscribe(a)suse.com >For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help(a)suse.com >

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Permissions for /var/spool/lpd ?
by Robert Casties 16 Nov '99

16 Nov '99

Hello! What exactly has changed in lprold-3.0.44-0 concerning file permissions? I had no problems using the earlier version that came with SuSE 6.2 but when I upgraded to the new package I got messages in syslog like Nov 3 17:36:13 hera lpd[12495]: restarting lp Nov 3 17:36:13 hera lpd[12495]: lp: status: Permission denied and printjobs got stuck in the queue. Upon some experimentation I changed the permissions for the lpd directory to group writable and this seemed to help: hera:~ # ll /var/spool/lpd/ total 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 lp lp 1024 Nov 3 17:27 . drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 1024 Sep 6 18:26 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 lp lp 1024 Nov 5 16:41 drucker -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Nov 3 20:32 lpd.lock I still don't have a good feeling about this solution. Can anyone explain the problem and is there any better solution? Cheers Robert -- Robert Casties --------------------- http://philoscience.unibe.ch/~casties History & Philosophy of Science Tel: +41/31/631-8505 Room: 216 Institute for Exact Sciences Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern Uni Bern (PGP key on homepage: D7 2B DE 64 2D 65 16 A0)

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wu-ftpd fix
by Thomas Biege 16 Nov '99

16 Nov '99

Hi, someone of you told me, that the file perms are to restrictive for uploaded files. I send a patch (appendix) to our maintainer, so watch out for a new RPM. Bye, Thomas -- Thomas Biege, SuSE GmbH, Schanzaeckerstr. 10, 90443 Nuernberg E@mail: thomas(a)suse.de Function: Security Support & Auditing "lynx -source http://www.suse.de/~thomas/thomas.pgp | pgp -fka" Key fingerprint = 09 48 F2 FD 81 F7 E7 98 6D C7 36 F1 96 6A 12 47

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Help, my system has been hacked!
by E_u_R_Frohne＠t-online.de 15 Nov '99

15 Nov '99

Hello, the organisation I work for has a new gateway to the Internet. There is a leased line (Telekom) over a Cisco 1003 which I cannot configure (because the Telekom doesn't allow it. after that there is a DMZ and a Firwall built with the tools that are coming with Suse-Linux 6.2. The organisation is not small and there are severall workstations with Win95 and NT containing ISDN-Cards with a connection to the Internet. In addition to that there are serveral AVM-MPR's running, connecting the network (Novell, Linux NT) to different Cities. The Problem occured on an internal Linux machine (behind the Firewall and DMZ). Here is an excerpt of the log: "Nov 10 13:58:06 bone portmap[4177]: connect from 169.254.118.212 to getport(nfs): request from unauthorized host Nov 10 14:20:33 bone portmap[4265]: connect from 169.254.216.71 to getport(nfs): request from unauthorized host" I could not see anything logged on my firewall and the DMZ, so I think that this is coming over a workstation. Am I true or is it possible to come through the firewall without a trace? Could anyone help me to identify the ip-addresses listed above? I would be very happy if anyone could help me! regards Rainer Frohne

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Logging IPCHAINS separate ?
by MichaelRoth＠schmuecker.de 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

Hi all, is there any way to write the logging-output from ipchains to an other file as /var/log/messages ? Greetings, Michael J. Roth **************************************************************************** ************ Schmücker & Partner GmbH Telefon 069/57005-421 Lurgiallee 14 Telefax 069/57005-800 60439 Frankfurt Mobil 0171/3213343 HTTP://www.schmuecker.de MichaelRoth(a)schmuecker.de ***********************************************************************

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SuSE Security Announcement - nfs-server
by Marc Heuse 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SuSE Security Announcement Package: nfs-server < 2.2beta47 within nkita Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 02:12:50 GMT Affected SuSE versions: all Vulnerability Type: remote root compromise SuSE default package: yes (not activated by default) Other affected systems: all linux systems using the nfs-server ______________________________________________________________________________ A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above. Please update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s). Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected as well, please contact your vendor for information about this issue. Please note, that that we provide this information on "as-is" basis only. There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for any direct, indirect or incidental damage arising from this information or the installation of the update package. _____________________________________________________________________________ 1. Problem Description The rpc.nfsd which is part of the nfs-server package was found to have two remote vulnerabilities. 2. Impact Via a buffer overflow, remote root access can be achieved. Write access to the local filesystem which is exported is necessary. Another security problem are improper root_sqash export handlings. 3. Solution Updated the package from our FTP server. ______________________________________________________________________________ Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates before installing: f03592bc738b6fa5cfa2f3a21250125a ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.1/a1/nkita-99.11.11-0.alpha.rpm c4fd6ad2029165a14e26140c56c64a06 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.1/a1/nkita-99.11.11-0.i386.rpm 75c7b4aa20d13f4b81428013690fbf3f ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/a1/nkita-99.11.11-0.i386.rpm ______________________________________________________________________________ You can find updates on our ftp-Server: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update for Intel processors ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update for Alpha processors or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors: http://www.suse.de/ftp.html http://www.suse.com/ftp_new.html Our webpage for patches: http://www.suse.de/patches/index.html Our webpage for security announcements: http://www.suse.de/security If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security(a)suse.de ______________________________________________________________________________ SuSE has got two free security mailing list services to which any interested party may subscribe: suse-security(a)suse.com - moderated and for general/linux/SuSE security discussions. 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SuSE is not vulnerable to the SSH overflow
by Marc Heuse 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

Hi folks, SuSE is *not* vulnerable to the reasonly found SSH overflow which can result in a root compromise. We don't use the RSA library which has got the bug. Greets, Marc -- Marc Heuse, SuSE GmbH, Schanzaeckerstr. 10, 90443 Nuernberg E@mail: marc(a)suse.de Function: Security Support & Auditing "lynx -source http://www.suse.de/~marc/marc.pgp | pgp -fka" Key fingerprint = B5 07 B6 4E 9C EF 27 EE 16 D9 70 D4 87 B5 63 6C

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Re: [suse-security] Logging IPCHAINS separate ?
by Martin P. Peikert 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

Uuh, sorry, it is /etc/syslog.conf and not /etc/syslogd.conf you have to edit... -- ---------------------------------------------------- Martin Peikert EN 636 Fachgebiet Theoretische Elektrotechnik TU Berlin Sekretariat EN 2 fon 314-23881 fax 314-22284 http://www-tet.ee.tu-berlin.de/peikert/index.html ----------------------------------------------------

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https
by Chrissy LeMaire 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

Anyone have a good recommendation for a pre-configured (rpm preferred -- a SuSE rpm would be even better;) for a quick and easy setup of SSL and Apache? I'm using SuSE 6.1 I'm using MindTerm.jar to have quick access to an SSH client via a browser. I'd like to protect the sessions via https.. thanks much Chrissy

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Re: Re: [suse-security] Problems with wu.ftpd
by Holger Schmidt 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Holger Schmidt wrote: > > > I have problems with ftp. Sometimes when my shellscript is started the ftp > > hangs and the timeout does not work either. There are no error messages in > > /var/log/messages and /var/log/warn. > > > > The script calls the ftp like this: > > (cd /dir1 > > prompt > > mget * > > ) | ftp ftp-proxy > > > > Does anyone have an idea ? > > Ich habe zwar keinen blassen Schimmer, warum Du Englisch schreibst aber > sei's drum... > > Was Du da oben tust, ist, die Kommandos "cd /dir1", "prompt" und "mget > *" lokal in der Shell auszuführen - was vermutlich zu Fehlermeldungen > führt - und den Output in den FTP-Client zu pipen. Du siehst vermutlich > selber ein, dass das nicht das ist, was Du willst. > > Richtig wäre > > echo "cd /dir1\nprompt\nmget *" | ftp ftp-proxy > > oder auch > > ( echo "cd /dir1"; echo "prompt"; echo "mget *" ) | ftp ftp-proxy > > wobei Du Dich noch nicht authentifiziert hättest. > > MfG Henning Hucke Erstemal danke für deine Antwort, aber das Skript funktioniert ja einwandfrei (zu 98% in den letzten 3 Monaten). Nur manchmal bleibt der FTP einfach hängen. Ohne ersichtlichen Grund und ohne eine Fehlermeldungzu zu erzeugen (uns ich lasse schon jeden Sch... mitloggen). Die Authentifizierung erfolgt über .netrc, aber ich denke deine Idee ist auch nicht schlecht. Danke nochmal und ciao Holger -- Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net

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Re: Re: [suse-security] Problems with wu.ftpd
by Holger Schmidt 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Holger Schmidt wrote: > > > I have problems with ftp. Sometimes when my shellscript is started the ftp > > hangs and the timeout does not work either. There are no error messages in > > /var/log/messages and /var/log/warn. > > > > The script calls the ftp like this: > > (cd /dir1 > > prompt > > mget * > > ) | ftp ftp-proxy > > > > Does anyone have an idea ? > > Ich habe zwar keinen blassen Schimmer, warum Du Englisch schreibst aber > sei's drum... > > Was Du da oben tust, ist, die Kommandos "cd /dir1", "prompt" und "mget > *" lokal in der Shell auszuführen - was vermutlich zu Fehlermeldungen > führt - und den Output in den FTP-Client zu pipen. Du siehst vermutlich > selber ein, dass das nicht das ist, was Du willst. > > Richtig wäre > > echo "cd /dir1\nprompt\nmget *" | ftp ftp-proxy > > oder auch > > ( echo "cd /dir1"; echo "prompt"; echo "mget *" ) | ftp ftp-proxy > > wobei Du Dich noch nicht authentifiziert hättest. > > MfG Henning Hucke Erstemal danke für deine Antwort, aber das Skript funktioniert ja einwandfrei (zu 98% in den letzten 3 Monaten). Nur manchmal bleibt der FTP einfach hängen. Ohne ersichtlichen Grund und ohne eine Fehlermeldungzu zu erzeugen (uns ich lasse schon jeden Sch... mitloggen). Die Authentifizierung erfolgt über .netrc, aber ich denke deine Idee ist auch nicht schlecht. Danke nochmal und ciao Holger -- Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net

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Re: [suse-security] SuSE is not vulnerable to the SSH overflow
by Volker Kuhlmann 12 Nov '99

12 Nov '99

> SuSE is *not* vulnerable to the reasonly found SSH overflow which can result > in a root compromise. We don't use the RSA library which has got the bug. Good to know of course, but it would be better to announce this on the suse-security-announce list. That's what it's there for, or? It would be much better if the security-announce list was working like the redhat-watch-list. It tells me what I need to know when I don't have time to follow endless discussions. SuSE's announcement policy was discussed here within the last few days. As an example, I received a CERT advisory re BIND problems at 2:30 this morning. At 9:43, I received a Red Hat security advisory saying "problem, fix" and listing the URL of the rpms to download for update. When will there be something similar from the SuSE announce list? Or is SuSE linux never vulnerable to these things? Hm, one wold have to be somewhat naive to think that. It would be good if SuSE changed their policy accordingly - important things to security-announce. The security list should be expendible. Volker

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Problems with wu.ftpd
by Holger Schmidt 11 Nov '99

11 Nov '99

Hi, I have problems with ftp. Sometimes when my shellscript is started the ftp hangs and the timeout does not work either. There are no error messages in /var/log/messages and /var/log/warn. The script calls the ftp like this: (cd /dir1 prompt mget * ) | ftp ftp-proxy Does anyone have an idea ? Bye Holger -- Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net

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Re: [suse-security] https
by Chrissy LeMaire 11 Nov '99

11 Nov '99

For all who may be interested: http://www.mindbright.se/mindterm/ At 09:46 PM 11/11/1999 +0100, you wrote: >Can you send me a link (or the *.jar file) please :-) > > >Anyone have a good recommendation for a pre-configured (rpm preferred >-- a > >SuSE rpm would be even better;) for a quick and easy setup of SSL and > >Apache? I'm using SuSE 6.1 > >I'm using MindTerm.jar to have quick access to an SSH client via a >browser. > >I'd like to protect the sessions via https.. > > > >thanks much > >Chrissy > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-security-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > >For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help(a)suse.com > >

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Re: [suse-security] WU-FTPD vunrability
by Omar Al-Sakka 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Gentlmen, Well about this whining, I think the problem is that this mailing list should not be a bugtraq replacment! If you want to know about wuftpd security holes, and patches, then that's where to get them from. Otherwise only SUSE specific stuff should be posted here!! It's a waste of time getting messages that ask about a specific piece of software, when you can go to the software's home page and download the patches yourself!!! AND PS. This happens to be the most sorted out Linux distribution out there, well.. so far! By the power of /sbin/init.d :) May you all live long and prospor...

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updating rpms YOURSELF
by Tyler Durden 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Greetings, As a sysadmin who administers rpm based installations, you should learn to use rpm to build your own updated packages. This is especially important when a security patch is issued, you dont want to be waiting on someone else to release an updated rpm for your distro while your systems stand vulnerable. ------------------- You can find comprehensive resources at www.rpm.org, but just to show how easy it is ( usually ;) ): Install the srpm of the package you want to update: # rpm -i package.srpm If you are using SUSEs rpm setup, the above command put files in 2 directories: /usr/src/packages/SOURCE and /usr/src/packages/SPECS. Into the first directory goes the pristine source tarball and patches for the package. Into the latter, the spec file for the package. Download the update patch, or source tarball and move it into the /usr/src/packages/SOURCE dir. Modify the spec file for the package to build from the new tarball, or patch the existing one. ( Chapter 13 in the 'Maximum RPM' online book has everything you ever wanted to know about spec files. ) Build your new rpm with: # rpm -ba /usr/src/packages/SPECS/package.spec The new rpm file will be located in /usr/src/packages/RPMS ------------------------- sry for the length, thought it might be useful. . SUSE might be pissed that i suggest such a thing, it's a great distro, but i dont count on them for timely security updates, nor should i i'm paying for the distro on disk, that's it ps, use the in.ftpd that came from openbsd if you want a secure ftp service. . nulliFIRE. . ------------------------- selcuk ozturk wrote: > The question was, when would SuSe supply the fixed version. Yes, > I can go get it and compile. But, what's the point of having rpm's > then. If I start compiling and replacing all the packages how much > time will it take the next time I want to do a major system upgrade. __________________________________________________ FREE Email for ALL! Sign up at http://www.mail.com

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Re: [suse-security] WU-FTPD vunrability
by Tim Williams 09 Nov '99

09 Nov '99

I think that Derek has made a VERY important point when he said: >I understand your point, and it is well taken (people should be subscribed >to BugTraq as well), but SuSE should - when a BugTraq item appears in a >SuSE distribution - post something to the effect of: This program is/is-not >affected. The newest RPM with the bugfix (and with any SuSE-specific >patches/enhancements) can be found at <url>. I personally like the SuSE distribution BUT I would really like to know when and where to get the SuSE patch to a known security bug. I have been waiting for such an announcement regarding Proftp for some time. Indeed I could have down loaded the source, compiled it....etc but it would not have had the "SuSE seal of approval" so to speak. I value the expertise at SuSE and I would like to know when THEY release an rpm. So SuSE could you please announce security patches to this group (and where they are located). regards Tim Williams

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Re: [suse-security] WU-FTPD vulnaribility
by Selcuk Ozturk 09 Nov '99

09 Nov '99

Thomas, it seems like the upgraded wu-ftpd 2.4.2 version has a problem. Whatever umask you use all files get created with rw-r---- rights. The 2.6 version seems to work as expected in this regard. Selcuk <=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=> < Selcuk Ozturk <+> > < MIS Deputy Director <+> > <=============================<#>===================================> < Phone : (301)883-2482 <+> FDCH > < Fax : (301)883-9754 <+> 1100 Mercantile Lane, Ste 119 > < E-mail : sozturk(a)fdch.com <+> Largo, MD 20774 > <=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=>

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WU-FTPD vulnaribility
by Selcuk Ozturk 09 Nov '99

09 Nov '99

Is anybody from Suse reading this list at all or is this for the users to discuss things between themselves? I sent a message to support(a)suse.com about the latest CERT advisory for wu-ftpd. The response was 'please don't send any messages concerning this issue here'. They suggested 'feedback(a)suse.de' and this list here. I wrote to both and after 2 weekes not a peep. I am very disappointed in Suse. From now on, I will never purchase anything from Suse and will try to discourage anybody else from making the same mistake on any public forum I am a participant. Selcuk <=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=> < Selcuk Ozturk <+> > < MIS Deputy Director <+> > <=============================<#>===================================> < Phone : (301)883-2482 <+> FDCH > < Fax : (301)883-9754 <+> 1100 Mercantile Lane, Ste 119 > < E-mail : sozturk(a)fdch.com <+> Largo, MD 20774 > <=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=><=>

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Certificate Revocation Lists
by Steven T. Hatton 09 Nov '99

09 Nov '99

I am attempting to design a program that can traverse a certificate revocation list(CRL). I am particularly interested in the CRL provided by Netscape. Netscape provides a signed binary stream. Does anybody have an idea as to how I can crack it open and read the CRL? TIA, Steve

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umask for part of file-system?
by Rupert Koenig 08 Nov '99

08 Nov '99

hi! i'd like to have a special umask for some areas of the filesystem. Unfortunatly it seems that the command <umask> sets a mask only for the whole system. Does anybody know a way to have different permissions applyed to new files and dirs in only a sub-tree of the filesystem? The only method in know until now is running a cronjob which sets the permissions to the right form:( not very nice at all and so slow... cu LaX

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Wvdial
by Bernat Ginard 05 Nov '99

05 Nov '99

Hi all, I want to use the wvdial program to connect to my ISP and I want the program to be run by regular users, but I have a problem, the program insists to change the permissions to /dev/ttyS0 (I suppose that is done by pppd not by wvdial because wvdial is not setuid but pppd is and it happens too when the program is started by a regular user), how can I remove this feature so wvdial can be run as a regular user without make it setuid root? Thanks -- Bernat Ginard Lladó mailto:bernat@kaos.es http://www.kaos.es

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security-bug
by Michael Hamm 04 Nov '99

04 Nov '99

hi, I looking out for documentation of scurity-bugs in old Linux-Software (in Internet-Daemons). Thanx

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[Fwd: Re: [suse-security] WU-FTPD vulnerability?]
by James Myles 01 Nov '99

01 Nov '99

Will someone (at SuSE?) please clarify this. -- Regards, James Selcuk Ozturk wrote: > > Do the 3 vulnerabilities mentioned in the CERT advisory affect SuSe 6.2? > > If so, when will there be an update? >

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ftp
by Frank Dittberner 01 Nov '99

01 Nov '99

how can i disable that a user loged in with ftp to see other directories (like / ), except his home directory and the directories under them. I use wu_ftp version from suse6.2. F. Dittberner

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