[BLUG] My presentation

I hate to do this, but I'm going to have to postpone my presentation
for a few months. I could probably do the September 11th or the one in
November.

The Bloomingpedia folks will be giving a big presentation at the
library on July 21st, and we have a rather full schedule to handle
preparations for that.

So could someone else commit to the July meeting?

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Re: [BLUG] mod_security help

On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 20:48 +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
> Is anyone here using mod_security to block referal spammers? I don't
> need to just remove them from the logs, I need to block them so that
> they don't make costly requests to pages that have databases queries,
> etc.

I have not started using it yet, but I have been convinced that using it
is a good idea. It offers a lot of flexibility. I know it certainly
offers this capability. It can also block SQL injection attempts, buffer
over-run attempts, and a number of other potential problem scenarios.

The documentation is supposed to be pretty good, and the community
support is supposed to be good, too. (I've met the follow at Breach that
deals with the community.)

Cheers,
Steven Black

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Re: [BLUG] Presentation idea [Was: Where is everybody?]

On 6/19/07, Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu> wrote:
> and I'm probably one of the few folks whose
> main requirement for a new cellphone is a good SSH implementation...

Does such a beast exist?

> With regards to the whole presentation about the desktop thing, I'm
> game. I'll get a novelty out of just going to my first BLUG meeting with
> a presentation. ;)

Yeah, that's partly my bad...

> Cheers,
> Steven Black

Cheers!

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[BLUG] mod_security help

Is anyone here using mod_security to block referal spammers? I don't
need to just remove them from the logs, I need to block them so that
they don't make costly requests to pages that have databases queries,
etc.

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[BLUG] Game tonight at 9pm - Unreal Tournament 2004

Just a reminder that we'll be playing Unreal Tournament 2004 tonight
starting at 9pm. Instructions are available here:

http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament_2004_instructions

See you in the game world.

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Re: [BLUG] Can't Connect to IU VPN in Ubuntu

Ben Shewmaker wrote:
> I am trying to connect to the IU VPN in Ubuntu

Last semester, I connected fine with the older PPTP script. I don't
typically take classes in the summer so I haven't tried anything since
April/May but PPTP may be an option (unless UITS shut off PPTP in the
past few months).
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Re: [BLUG] Can't Connect to IU VPN in Ubuntu

Contact USSG at http://ussg.iu.edu/contact. Use your .indiana.edu or .iupui.edu email address and we will open a ticket and help you out.

On 6/22/07, Ben Shewmaker <benshewmaker@yahoo.com> wrote:

I am trying to connect to the IU VPN in Ubuntu using the USSG script found here:  http://www.ussg.iu.edu/support/documentation#iuvpn   I believe I've installed all the requirements listed on that page and I also think I'm following the directions correctly, but something isn't quite right as I can't connect.  I am connecting with my pc and its wired connection and I can connect to the VPN from Windows with no problem.  Here's what happens when I run the script:

ben@ben-desktop:~/sandbox/iu-vpn-ipsec-1.4$ sudo ./iu-vpn-ipsec start
Starting iu-vpn-ipsec: ipsec_setup: Starting Openswan IPsec 2.4.6...
ipsec_setup: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/net/key/af_key.ko
ipsec_setup: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/net/ipv4/xfrm4_tunnel.ko
ipsec_setup: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.ko
104 "IUB" #1: STATE_MAIN_I1: initiate
003 "IUB" #1: received Vendor ID payload [draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-02_n] method set to=106
003 "IUB" #1: ignoring unknown Vendor ID payload [4048b7d56ebce88525e7de7f00d6c2d3c0000000]
106 "IUB" #1: STATE_MAIN_I2: sent MI2, expecting MR2
003 "IUB" #1: received Vendor ID payload [Cisco-Unity]
003 "IUB" #1: received Vendor ID payload [XAUTH]
003 "IUB" #1: ignoring unknown Vendor ID payload [e2f72a5fb67877299ba6d38f82996be9]
003 "IUB" #1: ignoring Vendor ID payload [Cisco VPN 3000 Series]
003 "IUB" #1: NAT-Traversal: Result using draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-02/03: i am NATed
108 "IUB" #1: STATE_MAIN_I3: sent MI3, expecting MR3
003 "IUB" #1: received Vendor ID payload [Dead Peer Detection]
004 "IUB" #1: STATE_MAIN_I4: ISAKMP SA established {auth=OAKLEY_PRESHARED_KEY cipher=oakley_3des_cbc_192 prf=oakley_md5 group=modp1024}
117 "IUB" #2: STATE_QUICK_I1: initiate
003 "IUB" #2: our client ID returned doesn't match my proposal
218 "IUB" #2: STATE_QUICK_I1: INVALID_ID_INFORMATION
SIOCDELRT: No such process
mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/run/xl2tpd': File exists
touch: cannot touch `/var/lock/subsys/l2tpd': No such file or directory  OK  ]

Enter password for akojika:
Connecting to VPN at IUB...

WWaiting up to 01 seconds for ppp0...
Error:  ppp0 not found. aborting... 
Possible mismatched username/passphrase.  Try again? y/[n]
n
Cleaning up connections
iptables: Bad rule (does a matching rule exist in that chain?)
iptables: Bad rule (does a matching rule exist in that chain?)
Could not remove rule to open port 500/UDP with iptables.
SIOCDELRT: No such device
Stopping iu-vpn-ipsec: Stopping /usr/sbin/xl2tpd:                                            [  OK  ]
ipsec_setup: Stopping Openswan IPsec...
Cleaning up...done.


Have I missed a crucial step somewhere?  I'd really appreciate any help you can throw my way.


Ben Shewmaker

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