Get used to it. Even precompiled bianires via apt-get will occasionally segfault. The only difference is you have the option of recompiling to try and correct it. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield Sent: March 20, 2009 10:57 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: denyhosts quandry >That, plus sometimes, >it's just fun to recompile. I scream and throw a fit every time I have to recompile. :) actually I like changing configuration around, I really scream when it breaks and I see the lovely "segmentation fault." :) Thanks, Tyler Littlefield Web: tysdomain.com email: tyler at tysdomain.com My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Homuth" <james@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:55 AM Subject: RE: denyhosts quandry > There's probably a configuration directive you can change to turn it off, > even if it *is* listed as a dependancy. But Gentoo gives me that level of > customization, so I figure I might as well use it. That, plus sometimes, > it's just fun to recompile. > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield > Sent: March 20, 2009 10:49 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: denyhosts quandry > > nice. I hadn't had that issue, but then again my apt-get does it all for > me. > > I'm not pacient enough to sit there and wait for openSSH to compile and > fight with it on something like slackware, though it would probably be > the > prefered method of configuring things. Then I wouldn't be at the mercy of > the package maintainers. > > > > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield > Web: tysdomain.com > email: tyler at tysdomain.com > My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Homuth" <james at the-jdh.com> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:44 AM > Subject: RE: denyhosts quandry > > >> It doesn't help much. Mine, at least, wouldn't stop asking for a password >> even if I set SSHD to ask for public key only. So rather than fight with >> it, >> I recompiled OpenSSH without it. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca >> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] >> On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield >> Sent: March 20, 2009 10:03 AM >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> Subject: Re: denyhosts quandry >> >> started removing pam? >.> >> I've found it has helped me in locking down on security, though I'm not >> really sure by how much. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Tyler Littlefield >> Web: tysdomain.com >> email: tyler at tysdomain.com >> My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "James Homuth" <james at the-jdh.com> >> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" >> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:53 AM >> Subject: RE: denyhosts quandry >> >> >>> Fail2Ban operates along the same theory as Denyhosts, though. So >>> whatever >>> regular expression causes Denyhosts to flip out will probably do the >>> same >>> for Fail2ban. Tried it on my Gentoo boxes a while back and noticed very >>> little if any difference. So instead I switched back to Denyhosts and >>> started removing PAM from my system. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca >>> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] >>> On Behalf Of Kirk Reiser >>> Sent: March 20, 2009 8:58 AM >>> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >>> Subject: Re: denyhosts quandry >>> >>> A package I just recently found and have installed on a couple of >>> systems >>> is >>> fail2ban which has a bunch of popular rule sets included and is easily >>> expandable by the user. Basically it parses your systems logs and then >>> performas ip blocks with iptables based on your specifications. It has >>> ssh >>> buffer overrun pertection built-in by default. It also has others you >>> can >>> easily enable. There's a debian package so I imagine there are packages >>> available for other distro's as well. >>> >>> Kirk >>> -- >>> Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility >>> e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario >>> phone: (519) 661-3061 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
