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more fstab
LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/sda3               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              udf,iso9660
noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0

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> hi list
> Attached is the XML output for a Nmap scan
>

 javascript:var r=prompt("Type your XPath here",
 '');alert(document.evaluate(r, document, null,
 XPathResult.STRING_TYPE, null).stringValue);

> The goal is to move Nmap XML files into a database, with a
> well-thought out DB schema. Ideally, this should work with PostgreSQL,
> MySQL, and other popular databases.
>

> Please suggest a possible database schema for the same
>

> Please point out any similar works
>

Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:58:54 +0000 (GMT)
From: kavita kulhari <[email protected]>
To: TAG <[email protected]>
Subject: request for project
To: editor at linuxgazette.net

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-r-s--s--x 1 root lp

lp0 is crw-r--r-- 1 root root

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> 
> The first item refers to a way to check time handling related tot he time
> change due on 11 March in the USA.  The example command is "date -d '27 
> March'"
> Here is a subsequent partial quote:  "That's the desired output, a week 
> after
> the time change."
> 
> Since I am sure you review contributions, please explain in what calendar
> system 27 March occurs 1 week after 11 March (new date) or 1 April 
> (incorrect
> old rule date).  I am not aware of it.

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	mkdir /var/tmp/src
	# The bind mount is the crucial thing!
	mount --bind /patha /var/tmp/src
	mkdir /var/tmp/target
	mount /dev/new /var/tmp/target
	cd /var/tmp/src
	# I find this a neat way to copy all files
	# and permissions
	find . | cpio -pdum /var/tmp/target
	umount /dev/new
	umount /var/tmp/src
	rmdir /var/tmp/{src,target}

    \e[?p1;p2;p3;c

0   default
1   invisible
2   underscore
3   lower_third
4   lower_half
5   two_thirds
6   full block

    echo -e "\e[?3c"

echo -e "\e[?16c"

echo -e "\e[?16;0;16c"

48-63   (range 16-31 plus 32)
	gives a softcursor using the console foreground colour,
	making the character at the cursor invisible

112-127 (range 16-31 plus 32 plus 64)
	gives a softcursor using the console foreground colour
	but allowing the character at the cursor to be read

    (i)     echo -e "\e[?48c"
    (ii)    echo -e "\e[?112c"

    echo -e "\e[?16;0;64c"

    dim  foreground for  16*k + l    (l is 0-7)
    bold foreground for  16*k + l    (l is 8-15)

    [ ... ] highbright the cursor character and still keep the original
    hardware cursor visible.

    echo -e '\033[?18;255;8c' -- .... if this doesn't get your
    attention, I don't know what will... (nonblinking 'transparent'
    block... blinking the character it's over - over an underline
    that blinks at twice the rate....)

    On the standard VGA, the [hardware] cursor color is obtained
    from the foreground color of the character that the cursor is
    superimposing. On the standard VGA, there is no way to modify
    this behavior.

hardware
command
spreadsheet
Enter
Networking
Networking
Wired connection
Properties
Static IP address
Enable this
connection
Enter
Add
Close
file:///usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/index.html
Install Updates
/media/hda1,
/media/hda2
hda1
hda2
Applications > Administration
OK
*.deb
envy_0.9.1-0ubuntu3_all.deb
Gdebi Package Installer
Install
Package
Applications > System Tools
Install the NVIDIA driver
Install the ATI driver
Apply
apt-get
Search
Name
Description and Name
image
editing
Description and Name
GIMP
Right-clicking
Mark for Installation
Mark
Apply
Apply
Graphics
GIMP
tcp_socket = socket( PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP );
if ( tcp_socket == -1 ) {
    fprintf(stderr,"Could not open TCP socket: %s\n",strerror(errno));
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

setsockopt()
struct linger
lingeropt.l_onoff  = 1;
lingeropt.l_linger = 13;
if ( setsockopt( tcp_socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER,
                 (void *)&lingeropt, sizeof(lingeropt) ) == -1 ) {
    fprintf(stderr,"Could not set SO_LINGER option: %s\n\\"
                   "Closing the socket will happen in the background.\n",strerror(errno));
}

connect()
gethostbyname()
hostent
server = gethostbyname( opt_server );
if ( server == NULL ) {
    fprintf(stderr,"Could not resolve server name!\n");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

connect()
gethostbyname()
sockaddr
server_address.sin_family = AF_INET;
memcpy( &server_address.sin_addr.s_addr, server->h_addr, server->h_length );
server_address.sin_port = htons(opt_port);
if ( connect( tcp_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&server_address, sizeof(server_address) ) == -1 ) {
    fprintf(stderr,"Could not connect to server: %s\n",strerror(errno));
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

unsigned int get_filesize( int fd ) {
    struct stat s;

    if ( fstat( fd, &s ) == 0 ) {
        return(s.st_size);
    }
    else {
        return(0);
    }
}

mmap()
datafd = open( opt_data, O_RDONLY );
if ( datafd == -1 ) {
    fprintf(stderr,"Could not open file '%s'! (%s)\n", opt_data, strerror(errno) );
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
else {
    opt_counter = get_filesize(datafd);
    data = mmap( 0, opt_counter, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_NORESERVE, datafd, 0 );
    if ( data == MAP_FAILED ) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Can't map file '%s' to memory! (%s)\n", opt_data, strerror(errno) );
        close( datafd );
        close( tcp_socket );
    }
}

mmap()
data
madvise()
tcp_info
/* position is our pointer to the current position in the data buffer. This is
 * only important when streaming a file since we have to move along the mmapped
 * memory region in steps of opt_counter bytes.
 */
position = data;
/* Stopwatch time. */
get_now( &time_start, 1 );
while ( bytecounter <= opt_counter ) {
    /* Send first portion of data */
    if ( send( tcp_socket, position, opt_buffer, 0 ) == -1 ) {
        fprintf(stderr,"Error '%s' while sending %u bytes.\n", strerror(errno), opt_buffer );
    }
    /* Move the position pointer. */
    position += opt_buffer;
    bytecounter += opt_buffer;
    /* Measure time in order to create time intervals. */
    get_now( &time_now, 1 );
    /* Get struct tcp_info and extract parameters. */
    tcp_info_length = sizeof(tcp_info);
    if ( getsockopt( tcp_socket, SOL_TCP, TCP_INFO, (void *)&tcp_info, (socklen_t *)&tcp_info_length ) == 0 ) {
        /* Write parameters to file. */
        if ( opt_debug > 0 ) {
            fprintf(stdout,"Wrote line to log file after %u bytes sent.\n", bytecounter );
        }
        fprintf(statistics,"%.6f %u %u %u %u %u %u %u %u %u %u %u %u\n",
                time_to_seconds( &time_start, &time_now ),
                tcp_info.tcpi_last_data_sent,
                tcp_info.tcpi_last_data_recv,
                tcp_info.tcpi_snd_cwnd,
                tcp_info.tcpi_snd_ssthresh,
                tcp_info.tcpi_rcv_ssthresh,
                tcp_info.tcpi_rtt,
                tcp_info.tcpi_rttvar,
                tcp_info.tcpi_unacked,
                tcp_info.tcpi_sacked,
                tcp_info.tcpi_lost,
                tcp_info.tcpi_retrans,
                tcp_info.tcpi_fackets
               );
    }
}

data
position
send()
mmap()
opt_buffer
fprintf()
luchs@receiver:~$ ./tcpsnoop -d -f tcpsnoop_receiver.log -p 12345 -b 4096

tcpshoot
luchs@sender:~$ ./tcpshoot -b 4096 -c 512000 -f tcpshoot_sender.log -p 12345 -s 10.0.0.1

Feb 18 09:14:08 neuro sshd[8978]: Did not receive identification string from 64.34.200.202
Feb 18 09:18:22 neuro sshd[9012]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=64.34.200.202  user=root
Feb 18 09:18:24 neuro sshd[9012]: Failed password for root from 64.34.200.202 port 43353 ssh2
Feb 18 00:18:24 neuro sshd[9013]: Received disconnect from 64.34.200.202: 11: Bye Bye
Feb 18 09:18:25 neuro sshd[9015]: Invalid user delta from 64.34.200.202
Feb 18 00:18:25 neuro sshd[9016]: input_userauth_request: invalid user delta
Feb 18 09:18:25 neuro sshd[9015]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user unknown
Feb 18 09:18:25 neuro sshd[9015]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=64.34.200.202
Feb 18 09:18:27 neuro sshd[9015]: Failed password for invalid user delta from 64.34.200.202 port 43875 ssh2
Feb 18 00:18:28 neuro sshd[9016]: Received disconnect from 64.34.200.202: 11: Bye Bye
Feb 18 09:18:29 neuro sshd[9017]: Invalid user admin from 64.34.200.202
Feb 18 00:18:29 neuro sshd[9018]: input_userauth_request: invalid user admin
Feb 18 09:18:29 neuro sshd[9017]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user unknown
Feb 18 09:18:29 neuro sshd[9017]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=64.34.200.202
Feb 18 09:18:31 neuro sshd[9017]: Failed password for invalid user admin from 64.34.200.202 port 44300 ssh2

grep DROP /etc/sysconfig/iptables|awk '{print $5}' >tmp    

grep Did /var/log/secure|awk '{print $12}' >>tmp     

grep "Invalid user" /var/log/secure|awk '{print $10}' >>tmp  

grep "Maximum login" /var/log/secure|awk '{print $7}'|sed 's/.*\[\(.*\)\])/\1/g' >>tmp       

size=`wc tmp|awk '{print $1}'`
i=0
while test $i -lt $size
do
      us=`sed -n 1p tmp`
      sed /$us/d tmp >tmps
      echo $us >>ttt
      cp -f tmps tmp
      size=`wc tmp|awk '{print $1}'`
done     

size=`wc ttt|awk '{print $1}'`
size=`expr $size + 1`
/sbin/iptables -F
i=1
while test $i -lt $size
do
        ip=`sed -n "$i"p ttt`
        i=`expr $i + 1`
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s $ip -j DROP
done

0-59/5 * * * * /var/log/test 

#!/bin/bash
rm -f ttt
touch tmp
# disabled IPs can be obtained from /etc/sysconfig/iptables
grep DROP /etc/sysconfig/iptables|awk '{print $5}' >tmp
# ------------------------ DoS attacks rule -------------------------
#identity mismatch in secure
grep Did /var/log/secure|awk '{print $12}' >>tmp
#Invalid user
grep "Invalid user" /var/log/secure|awk '{print $10}' >>tmp
# Maximum login
grep "Maximum login" /var/log/secure|awk '{print $7}'|sed 's/.*\[\(.*\)\])/\1/g' >>tmp
#
# ------------------ reduce redundant IPs from tmp file -------------
size=`/usr/bin/wc tmp|awk '{print $1}'`
i=0
while test $i -lt $size
do
      us=`sed -n 1p tmp`
      sed /$us/d tmp >tmps
      echo $us >>ttt
      cp -f tmps tmp
      size=`/usr/bin/wc tmp|awk '{print $1}'`
done
rm -f tmp tmps temp0 temp
#
# ------------------ activate detected IPs --------------------------
size=`wc ttt|awk '{print $1}'`
size=`expr $size + 1`
/sbin/iptables -F
i=1
while test $i -lt $size
do
        ip=`sed -n "$i"p ttt`
        i=`expr $i + 1`
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s $ip -j DROP
done   
# -----------------end of shell script test -------------------------                   

sh /var/log/test

/sbin/iptables -nL

> [1] I have a half-written essay called 'A Man Named Fred', that is
> partially a salute the late Fred Korematsu ....

----- Forwarded message from Deirdre Saoirse Moen <deirdre at deirdre.net> -----

Cc: Karsten Self <karsten at linuxmafia.com>, sanehatter at gmail.com
From: Deirdre Saoirse Moen <deirdre at deirdre.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:47:39 -0800
To: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3)
Subject: Copy Editors and Light Bulbs
Deborah J. Ross
Date:   Fri 15 Dec 2006 10:08:31a

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Today
Mostly sunny. Windy. Patchy fog in low lying areas this morning. Highs
11 to 17. Wind chill readings 15 below zero to 30 below zero this
morning. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph in the afternoon in locations
right near the foothills and near the Wyoming border.

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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:50:30 -0700
From: mark at weisler-saratoga-ca.us
To: svlug at lists.svlug.org
Subject: Re: [svlug] SVLUG newsletter

> Bill Ward has mentioned (and I agree) that this could be a cross-LUG effort,
> with support coming from CABAL, EBLUG, PenLUG, even NBLUG and
> LUGoD.
> 
>  I'm liking the positive energy.  A community-published Linux newsletter is a pretty compelling idea. 
> 
> Thanks everyone!
> -Paul Reiber
> President, SVLUG
> http://svlug.org
>  

----- End forwarded message -----
----- Forwarded message from Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> -----

Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:54:48 -0800
To: svlug at lists.svlug.org
From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
Subject: Re: [svlug] SVLUG newsletter

> They are an excellent outfit.

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        grep 147 /etc/passwd
        /etc/passwd: No such file or directory.
        ls /etc
        ls: not found.
        # cd
        # rm -rf *

        cd /
        echo *

        070100002c000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
        0000dd8fff010000dd8f27000000fb02ef07000000fb01ef070000000000bc8f
        8800040000bc012f65746300

Mario Wolczko
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dept. of Computer Science       ARPA:   miw%[email protected]
The University                  USENET: mcvax!ukc!man.cs.ux!miw
Manchester M13 9PL              JANET:  [email protected]
U.K.                            061-273 7121 x 5699
------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 G	2 N	3 O	4 M	5 E	*	6 B	7 A	8 F	9 U
10 B	I	S	O	N	*	11 B	P	E	N
12 T	H	I	R	D	*	13 S	A	D	M
*	*	*	14 S	L	15 I	*	16 C	O	A
17 S	18 C	19 R	E	E	N	*	20 H	R	S
21 T	O	A	*	22 S	Q	23 U	E	A	K
24 R	D	N	*	25 S	U	L	*	*	*
26 U	I	D	27 S	*	28 E	T	29 H	30 E	31 R
32 T	N	O	D	*	33 S	R	A	N	D
34 S	G	M	S	*	35 T	A	S	K	S

April 2007 (#137):

Mailbag

This month's answers created by:

Still Searching

Design of Remote Accessibility application

Changing permissions via Web tool

Our Mailbag

Design of a Protocol Monkey

Dual boot hard drives using Lilo?

Upgrading from RHEL v3 to v5

Time Woes

linuxgazette.net redirecting to gentikayos.com

how to open .exe file

XDMCP and sound redirection

Renaming of Wiki at GNOME

Endless children

Followup: Schema for nmap XML Output

request for project

Running Linux from Vista's bootloader

Mandriva 2007 - WiFi cards cannot find network

Mailbag, Part 2

This month's answers created by:

Editor's Note

Our Mailbag

lpr works for user not root in Basiclinux 2.1

Talkback

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Talkback:136/kapil.html

Talkback:136/lg_tips.html

2-Cent Tips

2-cent Tip: Copying a partition

News Bytes

News in General

Red Hat Releases Enterprise Linux 5.0

Red Hat, Exadel Open Source Commercial Products under JBoss.org

Oracle Commits TopLink to JPA Open Source

Ian Murdock Joins Sun

GlassFish V2 Released

Microsoft Offers Source Code Access to FoxPro Extensions

Chip Wars Continue: AMD's Volley

Conferences and Events

Distro News

RC2 Brings SimplyMEPIS 6.5 Close to Final Release

Ubuntu 5.10 Reaches End of Life on April 13, 2007

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Updated

Linspire's CNR Technology to Deliver CrossOver Linux 6.0

France Gives Students the Gift of Open Source

South African Government Goes Open Source

Software and Product News

Verio Offers Free Test Drive of Linux Virtual Server

Moonwalk Showcases Storage Software for Linux at Novell BrainShare 2007

SlickEdit 2007 Introduces New Editing Features for Power Programmers

OpenMake Announced the Release of Mojo 7.0 at EclipseCon

Hitachi Unveils One-Terabyte Hard Drive; Scores Popular Mechanics Award

SC Magazine Selects Core Impact Penetration Tester for Its Security Lab

Altiris Adds Linux Patch and Virtual Server Management

Magical Realism

Compact Optical Buffer Tested in Silicon

iRobot Unveils Ready-to-Roll Programmable Robot

Cursor Appearance in the Linux Console

(1) Hardware vs. Software Cursor

(2) Parameters

(3) Surprises

(4) Delusions

(5) Mystery

Getting Started with Linux Mint

mintMenu

Networking

Updating

Mounting Windows Partitions

Installing NVIDIA and ATI Graphic Card Drivers

Synaptic Package Manager

Measuring Congestion Windows of TCP Senders

Every Line Has Two Ends

Writing a TCP Sender

Connecting to the Receiver

Mapping a File to Memory

Writing the Data Payload

Testing the Code

Useful links