tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:04:03 +0000http://www.bauani.org/articles/noreply@blogger.com (Bauani)Blogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-7474997057340572488Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:04:00 +00002008-08-19T18:04:03.159+06:00DNS vulnerability Found on Current Version of Bind By Joe Barr on July 08, 2008 (8:05:22 PM) Whether you're running Linux, Windows, Cisco, Sun, or other DNS servers, you are at risk from a newly discovered vulnerability. So says Dan Kaminsky, head of penetration testing research at IO Active, who accidentally discovered the DNS "design flaw" earlier this year. You can check whether the DNS http://www.bauani.org/articles/2008/08/dns-vulnerability-found-on-current.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-9175726886536407166Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:02:00 +00002008-08-05T17:02:03.802+06:00Smart Relay Config relayhost in PostFix Like DS in Sendmail SmartRelay Configuration and Relayhost in PostFix Like DS in Sendmail or Smtprouter in Qmail Subject: 'Smartrelay Configuration' by 'relayhost on 'Postfix, DS on Sendmail and smtprouter in Qmail. Problem: In Sendmail MTA, there is a configuration option, which called "Smart Relay" or “DS” on ‘sendmail.cf’ configuration file. Using http://www.bauani.org/articles/2008/08/smartrelay-ds-sendmail-relayhost.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-2533411523157348543Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:14:00 +00002008-07-27T03:14:39.085+06:00Bangladesh Earthquake which Hits many parts of Country on 27 July 2008 at 00:56:09 Hour BDT, make panic amount the resident of high rise bulding Earthquake of approximate 4.5* (Actually 5.6)** on the Richter scale, struck Bangladesh on Sunday 27 July 2008 at approximate 00:56:09 Hour BDT (+6 GMT). But no damage or casualty was immediately reported. More on Bangladesh Earthquake or Dhaka http://www.bauani.org/articles/2008/07/bangladesh-earthquake-which-hits-many.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-8928426231945200909Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:34:00 +00002008-07-24T13:02:00.523+06:00Bangladesh News Site Bangla-News.net is Experiencing DDoS Attack At this Moment Are you confused or surprised to see this page when you were looking for the news site http://www.bangla-news.net/ ? I am sure you are. Actually the Bangla News site http://www.bangla-news.net/ is currently experiencing DDoS Attack. To prevent this attack, all HTTP request to bangle-news.net is now redirected to http://www.bauani.org/articles/2008/07/bangladesh-news-site-bangla-newsnet-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-3627987457954520072Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:32:00 +00002008-07-22T10:32:05.106+06:00Information: iPhone 2.0 Can Read Bangla - Sucess from Bangladeshihttp://www.bauani.org/articles/2008/07/information-iphone-20-can-read-bangla.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-6469708442809042833Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:58:00 +00002008-03-18T17:02:34.097+06:00Dear All I am happy to Announce our First, One and Only Mirror of CentOS in Dhaka, Bangladesh - A little country of south Asia. Details of our CentOS Mirror: Organization: Bangladesh Network Information Center http://www.bdnic.net/ Contact: centos-org at bauani.org Protocols: HTTP Centos Versions: ALL Arch: ALL official of CentOS HTTP URL: http://www.bdnic.net/mirrors/centos/ Syncing: 2 to 3 http://www.bauani.org/articles/2008/03/one-and-only-centos-mirror-in-dhaka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-2180425731617541932Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:05:00 +00002008-07-18T16:42:19.369+06:00bogonAs on January 10, 2008 Bogon List contain following IP range: 0.0.0.0/8 1.0.0.0/8 2.0.0.0/8 5.0.0.0/8 23.0.0.0/8 27.0.0.0/8 31.0.0.0/8 36.0.0.0/8 37.0.0.0/8 39.0.0.0/8 42.0.0.0/8 46.0.0.0/8 49.0.0.0/8 50.0.0.0/8 100.0.0.0/8 101.0.0.0/8 102.0.0.0/8 103.0.0.0/8 104.0.0.0/8 105.0.0.0/8 106.0.0.0/8 107.0.0.0/8 108.0.0.0/8 109.0.0.0/8 110.0.0.0/8 111.0.0.0/8 127.0.0.0/8 169.254.0.0/16 173.0.0.0/8 http://www.bauani.org/articles/2008/01/current-updated-bogon-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-5955381212876669033Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:33:00 +00002008-01-10T13:26:02.593+06:00Many ISPs and end user firewalls filter and block bogons, because they have no legitimate use, and are therefore the result of accidental or malicious misconfiguration at the sender. Bogons can be filtered by using router ACLs, DNS blackholing even by BGP blackholing. When an Administrator wants to use BOGON in their firewall or blackhole design, he MUST know what is BOGON, how it works and the http://www.bauani.org/articles/2008/01/bogon-filter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-1576250355898452627Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:09:00 +00002008-01-10T12:52:19.202+06:00"Bogon" is an informal name for an IP packet on the public Internet that claims to be from an area of the IP address space reserved, but not yet allocated or delegated to any organization by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) or a delegated Regional Internet Registry (RIR). The areas of unallocated address space are called "bogon space". Simply, IP address which is currently not http://www.bauani.org/articles/2008/01/bogon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-3327583528495361360Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:58:00 +00002007-11-09T13:02:28.631+06:00Gobuntu: A Truly Free Linux Distro or a Free Drivers Experiment? November 8, 2007 By Roy Schestowitz "It has nothing whatsoever to do with Freedom," argues one of Gobuntu’s contributors. The contributor, Keith G. Robertson-Turner, is a longtime, passionate advocate of free software. Before joining Gobuntu, he was among the first package maintainers on the Fedora project. Yet recently he opted tohttp://www.bauani.org/articles/2007/11/gobuntu-truly-free-linux-distro-or-free.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-2762355518453783082Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:53:00 +00002007-11-09T12:57:08.963+06:00An anonymous reader writes to mention that hardware hacking enthusiasts can now get their hands on the guts of the Everex TC2502 Linux PC for just $60 (USD). The compact x86-compatible "gOS Dev Board" offers a lightweight Linux-based OS designed for use with Google Apps. " Along with a Firefox browser supporting the Google toolbar, gOS includes local productivity applications, such as http://www.bauani.org/articles/2007/11/low-cost-pc-server-device-for-google.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-5063888457277237427Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:21:00 +00002007-11-09T12:25:58.522+06:005.1 upgrade supports broader virtualization, software appliances and computing in the cloud By Robert Mullins, Network World, 11/07/07 Red Hat is updating its Linux-based server operating system and offering a number of other related improvements aimed at helping the company assume a leadership role in enterprise computing. The enhancements include support for software appliances, improved http://www.bauani.org/articles/2007/11/red-hat-expands-linux-server-partners.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-3976612874932368780Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:17:00 +00002007-11-09T12:20:14.842+06:00Gentoo Linux Security Advisory - Tomboy: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 200711-12) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.bauani.org/articles/2007/11/gentoo-linux-security-user-assisted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-6565088459122801942Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:28:00 +00002007-11-09T11:32:37.314+06:00The big takeaway from this Beta rev is video calling, as well as lots of related options. Actually, the release version is 2.0.0.13, which can be downloaded from http://www.Skype.com/download Here’s Skype’s take on what ’s new: * feature: Video. * feature: Option to automatically answer incoming calls (under Options -> Privacy). * feature: Use user’s desktop locale if a locale hasnhttp://www.bauani.org/articles/2007/11/skype-releases-20-for-linux-with-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115249780817948706Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:11:00 +00002006-07-10T08:16:48.183+06:00By Mark Rais on Tue, 2006-06-27 01:00. HOWTOs How businesses can tap the power of thin clients with Linux Terminal Server (LTS). A Linux Terminal Server offers any business an elegant and cost-effective way to integrate the power of open source. In this article, I review some basics of network topology and offer suggestions about how to install a prototype server. I top it off with some tips http://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/07/linux-terminal-servers-for-any.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115249717660830175Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:00:00 +00002006-07-10T08:06:16.623+06:00Jul. 04, 2006 Since day one of The SCO Group's lawsuit against IBM on the grounds that the corporate giant had stolen its Unix intellectual property for the betterment of Linux, SCO's opponents have shouted that there was nothing to the company's accusations. Now, more than three years since the fight began, lawyers think that the court's recent decision to dismiss many of SCO's claims has http://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/07/staking-vampire-scos-case-comes-to-end.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115201300926371877Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:24:00 +00002006-07-04T17:36:49.286+06:00By aon Fri, 2006-06-09 10:24. Is it possible that, for all our talk about The Commons, the Net doesn't have one yet? Or at least not a complete one? That's what occurred to me last Sunday night, as Claus Dahl and I sat talking in a smoky Copenhagen bistro. The subject was public spaces. Europeans have a deep appreciation of them. Even in relatively chilly Denmark, there are plenty of outdoor http://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/07/mashing-up-commons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115201223005050969Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:20:00 +00002006-07-04T17:23:50.060+06:00Jun. 30, 2006 Have you wondered what's really behind Microsoft's web-based Office 2007 demo beta? I did, and what I found was more than a little interesting. First, Microsoft is not hosting the demo. Oh, it may look like that, with all those Microsoft trademarks, links and logos on the pages, but the demo URL tells all: www.runaware.com. Runaware Inc. is a Swedish company with offices in Northhttp://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/07/office-2007-demo-and-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115165785708895086Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:46:00 +00002006-06-30T14:57:37.100+06:00By Tom Adelstein on Tue, 2006-06-27 14:41. DNS is mostly a directory service. Millions of people and computers use one or more directories every day. Currently, so many directories exist in our world that they have become almost transparent to casual observers. You could say it's a directory kind of world out there and http://www.linuxjournal.com/user/801140remains a big part of it for people http://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/06/system-administration-one-step-toward.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115165719774222686Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:37:00 +00002006-06-30T14:46:37.753+06:00By Tom Adelstein on Wed, 2006-06-14 16:20. Hiding beneath the surface of your web browser, email and instant messaging lies a phone book for computers on the Internet. We call it Domain Name System or DNS. It looks up the names of other computers and calls them to chat, shake hands or whatever PCs do with their own kind. Aside from hiding beneath hundreds of millions of people's awareness, http://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/06/dns-bind-leading-bind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115138900814389785Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:13:00 +00002006-06-27T12:16:48.146+06:00Jun. 06, 2006 Last week, the world's #3 computer vendor, Lenovo, was saying "We will not have models available for Linux, and we do not have custom order, either. What you see is what you get. And at this point, it's Windows." Whoops! Now, Lenovo is going back as fast as it can on its "no Linux here" stance. In an interview with John Spooner of eWEEK, Godin Marc, vice president of marketing http://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/06/lenovo-backpedals-on-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115138875578157284Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:02:00 +00002006-06-27T12:12:35.790+06:00Jun. 08, 2006 At first glance, Netcraft's June 2006 Web server survey looks like bad news for Apache. And, since the vast majority of all instances of Apache run on Linux, bad news for Linux in one of its strongholds: Internet servers. A closer look, though, reveals a different story. First, the bare, unadorned facts: the number of hostnames on Windows servers grew by 4.5 million. This gave http://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/06/apache-servers-gone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115138813401893735Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:59:00 +00002006-06-27T12:02:14.020+06:00Ubuntu Hacks, a new volume from O'Reilly Media ($29.99), explains the phenomenon of Ubuntu's popularity, expounds on its use, and offers easy-to-understand "hacks" -- that is, how to tweak it to do exactly what you want. Don't be put off by the title. While "hacking" has a bad reputation in the press today, the term originally referred to solving difficult problems or devising a creative ways http://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/06/book-covers-setting-up-using-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115138782008728756Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:54:00 +00002006-06-27T11:57:00.086+06:00Aug. 18, 2005 Trustix announced that the latest version (v4.6) of its Linux-based Enterprise Firewall will be available at no charge for one year, with full payment due thereafter if the user chooses to continue using it. The software provides a user-friendly "drag and drop" graphical user interface, instead of the command-line approach of many Linux firewalls. XSentry enables administrators tohttp://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/06/linux-based-enterprise-firewall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29851145.post-115138761055233932Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:52:00 +00002006-06-27T11:53:30.553+06:00Aug. 17, 2005 Resolvo Systems has announced the release of its MoveOver Enterprise desktop migration tool. Similar to its standard software, which the company released to the open source community last April, this new edition is a wizard-driven tool for Windows-to-Linux desktop migration on an enterprise scale. MoveOver automates the migration process, allowing users to move their files, http://www.bauani.org/articles/2006/06/enterprise-windows-to-linux-migration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bauani)