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Linux-Announce Digest #11
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Linux-Announce Digest #11, Volume #4 Tue, 28 Aug 2001 14:13:02 EDT
Contents:
KSnuffle-2.2 released ("[KLEIN] B")
KSnuffle-2.2 released ("[KLEIN] B")
IKM Axis 1.31 virtual environment browser/server beta release ("Patrick H. Madden")
Fcron 2.0.0 - a replacement for Vixie cron and anacron (Thibault Godouet)
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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:57:33 CST
From: "[KLEIN] B" <klein@klein.thirdb>
Subject: KSnuffle-2.2 released
Thanks!
==========[snip]========
KSnuffle, the KDE network packet sniffer, is now available for download
from:
ftp://195.92.31.34/ksnuffle-2.2/ksnuffle-2.2.tgz
This version has been built against a fairly recent KDE2.1 CVS snapshot.
The manual pages are online at
http://www.quaking.demon.co.uk/ksnuffle.manual
The main change from 2.1 is a work-around for the forthcoming KDE
change whereby setuid programs will not be run.
Please note that if the remote sniffer interface is not compatible with
2.0 and earlier versions. If you use remote sniffers, then you will need to
reinstall the rsnuffle daemon.
A few people have asked about RPMs. Sorry, none avaiable. I've got a
non-standard setup anyway, and there are two many combinations (RH, Suse,
Mandrake, installed under /usr or /opt/kde, etc.) to do this. Volunteers?
Regards
Mike Richardson
mike@quaking.demon.co.uk
=====[The Actual Announcement]========================================
KSnuffle is a network packet sniffer for KDE. Features include:
* Basic filtering and packet selection via the GUI
* Advanced filtering and packet selection via filter programs
* Multiple concurrent monitors
* Text and binary logging, plus replay of binary log files
* Textual display of network traffic overview
* Full(er) details of protocol and application data available
* Display of data in TCP/IP streams
* Network load histograms and time-averaged load display
* Parallel display of multiple load histograms
* Save and restored filter and packet selection configurations
* Support for use by selected non-root users
* Plugin support - 0.8 contains plugins for
* TCP/IP stream monitoring
* DNS lookup monitoring,
* Traffic summaries
* End-to-End summaries
In its current state it is, so far as I can tell, quite reliable. The
main area where is is lacking is actually decoding different network
packets. At the moment, it handles basic decoding of TCP/IP and UDP/IP,
plus ARP/RARP and ICMP. Packet decoding does not go down into the
application level except for DNS packets.
Also, KSnuffle uses libpcap-0.4, as used by tcpdump. As I only have access
to Linux boxen, I cannot build or test it for any other Unix. I'd be
interested if anyone else could try.
KSnuffle is available from ftp://195.92.31.34/pub/ksnuffle-2.1/ ; there
is a homepage at http://www.quaking.demon.co.uk/ksnuffle.html. The latter
contains some screen shots and other information.
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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:57:34 CST
From: "[KLEIN] B" <klein@klein.thirdb>
Subject: KSnuffle-2.2 released
Thanks!
==========[snip]========
KSnuffle, the KDE network packet sniffer, is now available for download
from:
ftp://195.92.31.34/ksnuffle-2.2/ksnuffle-2.2.tgz
This version has been built against a fairly recent KDE2.1 CVS snapshot.
The manual pages are online at
http://www.quaking.demon.co.uk/ksnuffle.manual
The main change from 2.1 is a work-around for the forthcoming KDE
change whereby setuid programs will not be run.
Please note that if the remote sniffer interface is not compatible with
2.0 and earlier versions. If you use remote sniffers, then you will need to
reinstall the rsnuffle daemon.
A few people have asked about RPMs. Sorry, none avaiable. I've got a
non-standard setup anyway, and there are two many combinations (RH, Suse,
Mandrake, installed under /usr or /opt/kde, etc.) to do this. Volunteers?
Regards
Mike Richardson
mike@quaking.demon.co.uk
=====[The Actual Announcement]========================================
KSnuffle is a network packet sniffer for KDE. Features include:
* Basic filtering and packet selection via the GUI
* Advanced filtering and packet selection via filter programs
* Multiple concurrent monitors
* Text and binary logging, plus replay of binary log files
* Textual display of network traffic overview
* Full(er) details of protocol and application data available
* Display of data in TCP/IP streams
* Network load histograms and time-averaged load display
* Parallel display of multiple load histograms
* Save and restored filter and packet selection configurations
* Support for use by selected non-root users
* Plugin support - 0.8 contains plugins for
* TCP/IP stream monitoring
* DNS lookup monitoring,
* Traffic summaries
* End-to-End summaries
In its current state it is, so far as I can tell, quite reliable. The
main area where is is lacking is actually decoding different network
packets. At the moment, it handles basic decoding of TCP/IP and UDP/IP,
plus ARP/RARP and ICMP. Packet decoding does not go down into the
application level except for DNS packets.
Also, KSnuffle uses libpcap-0.4, as used by tcpdump. As I only have access
to Linux boxen, I cannot build or test it for any other Unix. I'd be
interested if anyone else could try.
KSnuffle is available from ftp://195.92.31.34/pub/ksnuffle-2.1/ ; there
is a homepage at http://www.quaking.demon.co.uk/ksnuffle.html. The latter
contains some screen shots and other information.
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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:57:37 CST
From: "Patrick H. Madden" <pmadden@cs.binghamton.edu>
Subject: IKM Axis 1.31 virtual environment browser/server beta release
IKM Axis 1.31 is available from <http://www.ikm.com>. Axis is a combined
browser/server for multi-user 3D virtual environments. It parses a
simple stack-based language (not VRML), and uses OpenGL for rendering.
Versions are available for x86 Linux, Solaris, and Windoze.
The environments are interactive: objects can be moved and modified,
with behaviors being arbitrarily complex. In the current release, we
have disabled the networking: this code is being revised, and we plan
to have a new release in October.
This release is primarily to get feedback on the rendering: if things
don't look right, please let us know what sort of problems you see, and
what hardware you're running on.
Best regards,
Patrick
--
Dr. Patrick H. Madden; Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13902-6000
(607) 777 2943 office, (607) 777 4729 FAX
pmadden@cs.binghamton.edu http://vlsicad.cs.binghamton.edu/~pmadden
and also phm@ikm.com
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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:57:28 CST
From: Thibault Godouet <fcron@free.fr>
Subject: Fcron 2.0.0 - a replacement for Vixie cron and anacron
What is new in this release (2.0.0) ?
====================================
(from 1.0.x)
- security bug fixed : symlink attack against fcrontab.
- a new save system (a lot more extendable than the previous one ...).
- a fcron.conf file.
- a FAQ :)).
- ported to Solaris and OpenBSD.
- some bug fixes (including a endless loop one) and minor new stuffs.
(see http://fcron.free.fr/CHANGES.html for a complete list)
What is fcron ?
==============
Fcron is a scheduler. It aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements most
of its functionalities.
But contrary to Vixie Cron, fcron does not need your system to be up 7 days
a week, 24 hours a day : it also works well with systems which are
not running neither all the time nor regularly (contrary to anacrontab).
In other words, fcron does both the job of Vixie Cron and anacron, but does
even more and better :)) ...
To do so, fcron allows you to use the standard mode in which you tell
it to execute one command at a given date and hour and to make it run
a command according to its time of execution, which is normally the same as
system up time. For example :
Run the task 'save /home/ directory'
every 3h15 of system up time.
and, of course, in order to make it really useful, the time remaining until
next execution is saved each time the system is stopped.
You can also say :
run that command once between 2am and 5am
which will be done if the system is running at any time in this interval.
Fcron also includes a useful system of options, which can be applied
either to
every lines following the declaration or to a single line. Some of
the supported options permit to:
- run jobs one by one,
- set the max system load average value under which the job should be run,
- set a nice value for a job,
- run jobs at fcron's startup if they should have been run
during system down time,
- mail user to tell him a job has not run and why,
- a better management of the mailing of outputs ...
What is planed for next releases ?
=================================
I'd like to :
- add PAM support.
- allow users to control their running jobs (renice, stop,
continue ...)
(propositions and help are welcome)
How you can help me
===================
If you'd like to help, please contact me at :
fcron@free.fr
Where can I get it ?
===================
You can either go to the project home page at :
http://fcron.free.fr
or get it from seul.org (USA) at :
ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/fcron/fcron-2.0.0.src.tar.gz (141kB)
or from metalab at :
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/cron/fcron-2.0.0.src.tar.gz (141kB)
(I've sent the file but it may take some time before it is available on
metalab)
I hope you will enjoy it,
Thibault.
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