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Linux-Announce Digest #706
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Linux-Announce Digest #706, Volume #3 Sun, 16 Jan 00 20:13:07 EST
Contents:
src2class pre-0.05-alpha released (and new word2x location) (Duncan Simpson)
LOCAL: Jan. 20th Piedmont Linux Users Group Meeting Announcement (Thomas Porter)
apcupsd-3.7.0-beta4 - APC UPS monitoring daemon (Riccardo Facchetti)
SurfNotes -- Beyond Browser Bookmarks (Matt Gushee)
LOCAL: Warrensburg, MO - first meeting of Central Missouri LUG (Brian Whitehead)
libjeeps - Communication and math library for GPS (Garmin) (Alan Bleasby)
COMMERCIAL: Mandrake 7.0 is out (Michael McConnell)
cruft-0.2 - file encryption package ("M. Leo Cooper")
Solution for ring-initiated demand dial (Rod Roark)
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From: Duncan Simpson <dps@io.stargate.co.uk>
Subject: src2class pre-0.05-alpha released (and new word2x location)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:06:39 GMT
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The first official release of src2class is avialable by HTTP from
http://word2x.alcom.co.uk (via the download page). This was created
for writing the toilet roll to unpack types in M$ file formats
expediciously. It could also be useful for reading other byte packed
file formats.
The code generated is really inefficient as most compilers are not
smart enough to figure out what is going on but has no endian,
alignment restriction, etc issues.
Note that word2x lives at http://word2x.alcom.co.uk and all references
to word2x.astra.co.uk elsewhere are out of date and has been for a
long time. If your web page has one *fix it now*, it has been broken
for far too long already.
checkps has moved to http://checkps.alcom.co.uk due the same ISP
renaming.
P.S. Anyone pedalling one word2x 1.x should *stop it now*. This is
really a really ancient version that *predates* word2x-0.001 (and *much*
less good than the current version).
- --
Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."
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From: Thomas Porter <txporter@mindspring.com>
Subject: LOCAL: Jan. 20th Piedmont Linux Users Group Meeting Announcement
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:07:24 GMT
Reply-To: txporter@SPAM-SPAM-SPAM-mindspring.com
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Topic: Introduction to Basic Linux Security by Tom Porter.
Where: Room 17 Calloway Hall,
Wake Forest University,
Winston-Salem, NC
(map and directions on web page)
When: Thursday, January 20th, 2000, 7pm - 9pm
Cost: none
This presentation will be at the beginner level, aimed at securing a dial-up,
cable modem or ADSL connected box. It will introduce the concepts of ports &
services, the role of inetd and tcpwrappers, packet filters, and commonly
available security tools like Portsentry. A list of security related URLS will
be furnished as well.
PLUG (the Piedmont Linux Users' Group) is an open membership group which serves
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and the surrounding area.
The group meets informally on the third Thursday of each month at 7pm, usually
in Calloway Hall on the Wake Forest University campus.
The PLUG web site is located at http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~plug/
To join our mailing list, send a message to listserv@wfu.edu saying
'subscribe plug' in the body.
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From: Riccardo Facchetti <riccardo@master.oasi.gpa.it>
Subject: apcupsd-3.7.0-beta4 - APC UPS monitoring daemon
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:07:55 GMT
Reply-To: riccardo@master.oasi.gpa.it
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Hello,
This message is to announce the fourth beta version of the Year 2000
apcupsd release:
apcupsd-3.7.0-beta4
This fourth beta version corrects some network problems we have found
few days after beta3 release. We hope this will be the last beta version
before final release. Network code seem to work well.
Apcupsd is a daemon for monitoring APC UPSes. It is able to detect power
failures and shutdown the computer if the UPS power is getting too low.
It is able to shutdown multiple networked computers powered by a single
UPS with the monitoring UPS informing the others via the network.
- - Where you can find it?
ftp://ftp.oasi.gpa.it/pub/apcupsd/development/apcupsd-3.7.0-beta4.tar.gz
- - Highlights of this release.
.. Many network code fixes.
.. Some other minor bug fixes.
- - This is a call for testers.
This is the fourth beta version of what will be released as apcupsd-3.7.0.
The code freeze is in place and will last for a week. In this time we
will address the last few problems that may still be present.
The software is completely developed under Linux and will compile cleanly
and will work under linux.
Porting has been addressed for Solaris and this platform should work.
Porting is being addressed for HP-UX, where the actual code should compile
cleanly and, due to the changes made for Solaris, should work as well.
If you own an APC UPS attached to a Linux machine or you want to realize a
setup like this, or you are already a user of an older version of apcupsd
and you have even a machine on which to install this version, please step
forward. We need testers and any bug report will be more than welcome.
If you own a Solaris or HP-UX machine and you want to attach an APC UPS to
it and try this version of apcupsd, probably you will find that
apcupsd is the best UPS monitoring tool for you.
- - What to do if you find bugs
send an e-mail to one of the developers
or
send an e-mail to apcupsd-devel@ro.com (Developers mailing list)
or
go to the Apcupsd Support Center http://www.brisse.dk/site/apcupsd/
and leave a message (at this time should be the last resort because Brian
is moving and doesn't have time to manage incoming e-mail).
- - Changes from 3.7.0-beta3 to 3.7.0-beta4
Bumped version to beta4 and released.
Fixed a minor po/ problem.
Applied kern diffs, see techlogs/kes13Jan00
Applied kern diffs, see techlogs/kes12Jan00
Fixed CYGWIN detection in configure.in.
Added clean and distclean for distributions/.
Added slackware detection but still manual installation (scripts
generated but no actual installation performed: too dangerous doing
the code without being able to test).
- - Warnings
These are Kern Sibbald's suggestions for beta4 installation in networked
environments.
1. It is important that anyone running the master/slave
network code upgrade to beta4.
2. The new master/slave network protocol is incompatible with
previous versions so all masters and slaves must be updated
simultaneously.
3. We recommend that you remove any modifications that apcupsd
makes to your halt script on each of the slaves. However, on the
master, it is important to keep the changes to the halt script,
namely the call to apcupsd -killpower.
4. Please read the configuration section of the manual
(doc/manual/configure.html) as the interpretation of
TIMEOUT, BATTERYLEVEL, and MINUTES on the slaves
is different from previous versions.
That's all for now.
Ciao,
Riccardo.
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From: Matt Gushee <mgushee@havenrock.com>
Subject: SurfNotes -- Beyond Browser Bookmarks
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:09:19 GMT
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SurfNotes is a web productivity application that works together
with Netscape Navigator/Communicator on Unix platforms. It pro-
vides a convenient interface for taking notes on the web sites
you visit. It allows you to save and retrieve files in a native
format (using Python's 'pickle' or 'cPickle' module), or to
export to HTML.
SurfNotes is available at:
http://www.havenrock.com/softlab/surfnotes/index.html
The current release is a prototype. This means that, while most
of the major features are implemented, it has some serious bugs
that I am aware of, and probably others I am unaware of. I am
making it available to the public mainly in order to obtain some
constructive criticism on the concept.
So please, try it out, abuse it, see what you like and dislike
about it, and let me know!
REQUIREMENTS
Unix or Unix-like OS
Netscape browser
Python with Tkinter (required) and tkFont (optional but highly
recommended)
Tcl/Tk
So far it has been tested only on Linux (Red Hat 5.2) with
Python 1.5.2, Tcl/Tk 8.0, and Netscape Communicator 4.61. It
probably requires Python 1.5 or later, and Tcl/Tk 8.0 or later.
Different flavors of Unix, Linux distributions, or earlier/later
versions of Netscape should not be a problem.
- --
Matt Gushee
Portland, Maine, USA
mgushee@havenrock.com
http://www.havenrock.com/
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From: Brian Whitehead <dbw4357@cmsu2.cmsu.edu>
Subject: LOCAL: Warrensburg, MO - first meeting of Central Missouri LUG
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:11:50 GMT
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The first meeting of the Central Missouri Linux Users Group has been
scheduled for tuesday, January 18th at 6:00 pm. It will be located in
room 128 of the W.C. Morris building on the Central Missouri State
University campus in Warrensburg, MO. Anyone just curious about Linux
or a true enthusiast is encouraged to come.
For more information contact:
Brian Whitehead
dbw4357@cmsu2.cmsu.edu
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From: ableasby@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Alan Bleasby)
Subject: libjeeps - Communication and math library for GPS (Garmin)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:05:24 GMT
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JEEPS is a UNIX-based Garmin GPS communication and analysis function
library and development system. It was written under Linux but also
works on other platforms including SGI/Solaris/OSF.
This ALPHA TEST library is written in ANSI C and has both
communication and cartographic components. The LGPL source code plus
an application demonstrating its use is available from:
ftp.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk pub/ajb/jeeps/
ftp://ftp.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/pub/ajb/jeeps/
Current distribution file: jeeps-0.0.1.tar.gz
Features of JEEPS are:
a) High level host communications routines treating waypoints, almanacs
etc as objects.
b) Retrieval and sending of objects
c) Designed to work with all Garmin GPS models automatically. Detection
of the protocols a GPS supports.
d) Portability: Uses GNU configuration tools. Big and little endian
compliance built-in
e) Datum conversions (over 100 datums and 27 ellipsoids)
f) Cartographic functions
g) A development environment for other applications and an open
source repository for contributed library functions.
The library has all the Garmin Interface Specification link, command,
application protocols and data types coded in a hierarchical form. It
should therefore work with all current (adhering to Garmin Interface
Specification December 16th 1999) Garmin models. It is also easy to
extend should new Garmin GPS devices be produced with different
protocols and data types. Financial constraints prevent me from
purchasing the entire range therefore any reports of failure with
various models will be appreciated (but please give full details
including all the information the utility program shows for protocols
[if you can run the program]). NMEA support will be added.
Cartographic functions and coordinate systems of general use (e.g.
cartesian, Molodensky, Transverse Mercator, UTM etc) and parochial use
(UK OS, Irish Grid etc) are implemented.
Any constructive criticism, bug reports, contributions (library or
applications) etc are welcomed. Contact:
Alan Bleasby
UK Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre
Hinxton
Cambridge
UK
ableasby@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk
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From: Michael McConnell <soruk@eridani.demon.co.uk>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Mandrake 7.0 is out
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:12:22 GMT
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Mandrake Linux 7.0 is out. Their press release for it is included below
this post.
Eridani Star System have CDs of Mandrake 7.0 for £3.50 + postage & packaging.
http://www.eridani.co.uk
- -- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Eridani Linux 6.1A Now!]
Eridani Linux -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat-based Linux CDROMs Available
Email: linux@eridani.co.uk http://www.eridani.co.uk Fax: +44-8701-600807
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
MandrakeSoft is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
Linux-Mandrake 7.0 (Air).
[astaris.png width=153 height=239 alt=] The new graphically-enhanced
Linux-Mandrake 7.0 (Air) operating system has just been released and
is now available as a free download from our website at
www.linux-mandrake.com and from many mirrors across the Internet. The
complete packaged edition, available for sale in early February,
contains more than 2000 applications, new manuals and 100 days of
support at the price of $55 US.
Altadena, California - January 13, 2000 - MandrakeSoft continues to
contribute to the widespread use of Linux as a powerful operating
system for both high-end servers as well as personal workstations.
With their goal of introducing Linux to as many new users as possible,
a company-wide effort has been focused on ease-of-use issues resulting
in the development of many new graphical tools, utilities and
"wizards".
« This latest version of Linux-Mandrake is an important step in the
evolution of MandrakeSoft and is the result of many months of research
and innovations. For example, we are happy to offer the first Linux
distribution which integrates a hard-disk partitioning system into the
installation process. Our new partitioning application DiskDrake
removes a major obstacle in the installation of Linux when another
operating system has previously been installed. », said Jean-Loup
Gailly - CTO MandrakeSoft.
Benefits for new Linux users:
Linux-Mandrake 7.0 now includes all the graphical tools that users
expect for a simplified system installation. These tools include:
Mandrake icon DrakX - our new open-source graphical installation
procedure utility. DrakX provides several levels of automated
installation for the various skill levels of users. DrakX also
allows users to configure their Internet connection during the
installation process with full support of ADSL and RNIS
technologies. Additionally, nearly 50 different languages are
available in DrakX!
DD icon DiskDrake is our new hard-drive partitioning tool which is
incorporated into DrakX. DiskDrake allows any user to easily
create, modify and re-size disk partitions using an entirely
graphical interface. A completely automated option is also
available for inexperienced users.
Tux The very latest Linux Kernel (2.2.14) which has been enhanced
with the « Supermount » utility eliminates the clumsy
mounting/unmounting process for removable devices such as CD-ROMs
and floppy disks.
Xfree86 The very latest XFree86 (3.3.6) supports many of the latest
video cards such as: Matrox G400, S3 Trio 3D, SAVAGE 3D, Nvidia
GeForce, ATI Rage 128, Ati Rage Mobility, SIS 540/630/300, Silican
Motion Lynx etc etc.
DrakConf icon DrakConf is our new desktop configuration panel which
enables users to easily configure and modify hardware devices such
as video cards, keyboard, mouse (including USB keyboards and mice).
DrakConf also includes the new Lothar utility which is a set of
tools that offers auto-detecting and configuring of additional
hardware devices such as sound cards, network cards, etc.
Mandrake doc icon High level of internationalization with 50
languages available.
Mandrake news icon Many desktop enhancements and customizations
that greatly simplify a user's experience of learning Linux for the
first time. Additional features such as immediate access to a
Windows partition, if installed on the same machine, provide a much
requested feature. Complete and easy to read documentation is
available.
Benefits for power-users:
In addition to the new graphical tools, Mandrake 7.0 provides new
concepts and features that will make it the system of choice for
servers:
* Several pre-configured « Security Levels » are now available at
installation time to ensure that your Linux system suits your
needs.
* A customized system kernel « kernel secure » is available for
servers that need to be secured.
* « RAID » disks support.
* « SMP » multi-processor support.
With Linux-Mandrake...
Mandrake icon You have a choice of 9 different pre-configured
graphical interfaces (including the popular KDE and Gnome
environments).
Mandrake news icon You benefit from Pentium-class (and higher)
optimizations which result in performance gains of up to 30%!
Mandrake icon You can install Linux directly on your Windows
partition using « Lnx4Win ».
Mandrake Update icon You benefit from the MandrakeUpdate tool which
lets you update your system easily and automatically using the
Internet. You'll find MandrakeUpdate a great help for staying
current with the latest security releases.
GIMP icon You have an extensive choice of applications such as Gimp
(Image processing), Sketch (Vector drawing), Netscape Communicator
(Internet Browsing), Apache (Web Server) with many extensions such
as PHP, LDAP server and client, MySQL and PostgreSQL (RDBMS)...
RPM icon You can use all the applications packaged for Red Hat
Linux as Mandrake continues to be compatible with Red Hat.
The Linux-Mandrake 7.0 PowerPack offers ever greater value. The
PowerPack contains a total of 6 CD-ROMS. Disk 1 is our bootable
installation disk, Disk 2 contains complete source files of the
installation applications, Disk 3 contains Extra applications, Disk 4
provides source files of the Extras CD, Disks 5 & 6 contain commercial
applications including the popular and MS Office compatible office
suite StarOffice 5.1a. The 7.0 PowerPack also includes a newly written
installation guide and user's manual. Completing this package is 100
days of technical support by email.
Linux 7.0 PowerPack
About Linux-Mandrake:
Linux-Mandrake is the flagship product of MandrakeSoft Inc. Mandrake
is one of most complete and easy to use Linux operating systems
available for both servers and workstations. Mandrake continues to be
fully compatible with Red Hat Linux. MandrakeSoft keeps its
technological edge by actively participating in the rapid development
of Linux; improving existing functionalities and contributing new
ones. Linux-Mandrake specializes in customizing Linux for the
workstation and simplifying the use of Linux for both beginners and
advanced users.
Linux-Mandrake was awarded "Best Linux Product of the Year" and "Best
Linux Distribution/Server" at LinuxWorld Expo '99.
About MandrakeSoft and The Open Development Model force.
Born of the Internet, with offices in both USA and France,
MandrakeSoft attributes the development of its Linux distribution to
the contributions of thousands of developers throughout the world
linked by the Internet. This world-wide effort is constantly adopted
and improved by MandrakeSoft's own technical teams to provide one of
the most complete and simple graphical Linux operating system
available.
The company has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the US
publisher MacMillan, and a distribution agreement with Kasper. In the
months of July and August 1999, the Linux-Mandrake/MacMillan Edition
achieved #1 retail sales in the US by claiming over 50% of all Linux
OS purchases.
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From: "M. Leo Cooper" <thegrendel@theriver.com>
Subject: cruft-0.2 - file encryption package
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:11:10 GMT
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With the new liberalized Bureau of Export Administration encryption
regulations now in effect, I am finally able to release my "cruft" file
encryption package for Linux and generic UNIX. This is a medium security
symmetrical block cipher system, based on the "one-time pad" algorithm,
useful mainly for non-critical encryption of files on a workstation
or network. Open Source / GPL, of course. The 'lsm' file follows.
Begin4
Title: cruft - a replacement for the missing UNIX 'crypt' command
Version: 0.2
Entered-date: 2000-01-14
Description: Linux and other free UNIX systems often ship with the 'crypt'
command deleted because of Dept. of Commerce restrictions
on anything that even hints at strong encryption. The
'cruft' package is intended as a drop-in replacement for
'crypt', being equivalent in functionality and even easier
to use than the original. It is unnecessary to specify
whether the target file is to be encrypted or decrypted,
as this is autodetected. The length of the key chosen and
the frequency with which the (random) key file is changed
determines the encryption "strength" of 'crypt'. Despite
being theoretically unbreakable, this implementation of
the onetime pad cipher should be regarded as only medium
in its security level because a) it writes a nine byte
characteristic signature as a header to encrypted files,
and b) the keys generated use the 'gcc' random function,
which is not, in fact, all that random. This is more than
sufficient security for non-critical files on a network
or workstation, but don't trust the crown jewels to it.
This package is released in full compliance with the revised
BXA regulations on encryption software, as of 01/14/00.
Keywords: crypt, encrypt, encryption, code, cryptography, secret
Author: thegrendel@theriver.com (Mendel Leo Cooper)
Maintained-by: thegrendel@theriver.com (Mendel Leo Cooper)
Primary-site: ftp://metalab.unc.edu /pub/Linux/utils/file
16k cruft-0.2.tar.gz
1.7k cruft-0.2.lsm
Alternate-site: http://members.tripod.com/~the_grendel/cruft.0.2.tar.gz
Original-site:
Platforms: Linux
Generic UNIX
Copying-policy: GPL
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From: Rod Roark <rod@sunsetsystems.com>
Subject: Solution for ring-initiated demand dial
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:51:50 GMT
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Ever wish you could make your demand-dial system dial on an incoming
ring? This would be handy for remote administration, or to access
your machine at home from work.
I worked out a solution and thought it might be of general interest.
See http://www.sunsetsystems.com/tip-dial.html.
Cheers!
- -- Rod
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Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
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