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Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 12:25
by muggins
Lob,
thanks for clarification.
Postfs1,
I'm at a loss as to what to say....are your posts heavily encrypted?
Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 13:02
by postfs1
To reedit up to date.
Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 15:17
by Lobster
My ranting on alchemy is encrypted but completely open. It is hidden by being revealed. That other lobster was interested in alchemy too . . .
http://web.archive.org/web/200607181352 ... n/key.html
In terms of subtext . . .
The paranoid see the fearful where the worry
is worse than the consequences
whilst the poet finds the potential in every
experience.
It all depends on which fish you choose . . .
Puppy Linux
Poetically Penguin
Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 16:02
by amigo
@muggins, has it ever occurred to you that postfs1 might be a bot?
@postfs1 Are you a bot?
Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 17:22
by postfs1
To reedit up to date.
Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 17:30
by artifus
i'm still not convinced and demand a
turing test!
*edit*
and if i'm still not satisfied then maybe even a
Voight-Kampff test!!
Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 17:50
by postfs1
To reedit up to date.
Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 17:58
by artifus
and what is this?
Posted: Sun 16 Jan 2011, 10:38
by postfs1
To reedit up to date.
Posted: Sun 16 Jan 2011, 13:06
by l0wt3ch
Actually, postfs1 is one of my favorite posters. Don't always understand what he's talking about, but it's always creative.
Posted: Sun 16 Jan 2011, 17:18
by artifus
Actually, postfs1 is one of my favorite posters. Don't always understand what he's talking about, but it's always creative.
is there an app for that?
Posted: Sun 23 Jan 2011, 04:05
by Lobster
Here is most of a message I received by hushmail
and had to answer a secret message just to access
- oh boy . . .
https://www.hushmail.com/
install kalgebra_4.4.2 using the "Puppy Package Manager". The
download
went OK.
However, when I started to check (examine) dependencies as
recommended,
the thing started to search all my hard disks WHICH WERE NOT
MOUNTED.
Alarmed, I immediately killed the network power and thought "What
is going on? Is there some spyware built into the system, someone
utilizing a vulnerably, or
a bug in the system?"
I have been using Puppy for some months and was starting to really
like
what I thought was a pretty secure system that would not allow
access to
my hard disks when I was connected to the web, so I am pretty
disappointed
that I now have to run it on a system without any hard disks to
feel safe.
Since you seem to be involved in the development of Puppy and I
found a post from you on the "Forum index » Off-Topic Area »
Security" page, I thought that you would be trustworthy and at
least know who to contact if a vulnerably needs fixing.
I wouldn't trust myself with a tin of sardines.
Let us hope it is something serious so the security buffs have something
to panic over . . .
Posted: Sun 23 Jan 2011, 05:43
by otropogo
Lobster wrote:Here is most of a message I received by hushmail
...
install kalgebra_4.4.2 using the "Puppy Package Manager". The
download
went OK.
However, when I started to check (examine) dependencies as
recommended,
the thing started to search all my hard disks WHICH WERE NOT
MOUNTED.
...
Since you seem to be involved in the development of Puppy and I
found a post from you on the "Forum index » Off-Topic Area »
Security" page, I thought that you would be trustworthy and at
least know who to contact if a vulnerably needs fixing.
I wouldn't trust myself with a tin of sardines.
Let us hope it is something serious so the security buffs have something
to panic over . . .
Come on Lobster. You didn't even check out his report by trying the install yourself. What kind sleuth are you?
Surely when you shoulder the mantle of the paranoiac, you have to take on some responsibility. It seems to me that the correspondent who confided in you deserves better, as do your rapt readers, among them yours truly.
Posted: Tue 25 Jan 2011, 07:45
by Lobster
It seems to me
If adopting paranoid mantles I would not trust my opinions - let alone anyone elses . . .
Meanwhile . . . if running Puppy Lucid (you need the Ubuntu compatibility), those wishing to play detective and try Zenmap can get it here:
http://portablelinuxapps.org/
Posted: Thu 03 Feb 2011, 09:43
by Lobster
Hi guys,
Paranoia can strike any time. Whilst answering another thread
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 300#492300
I suddenly felt the need to install a secure OS.
I was thinking of either Pardus or Open-BSD
However Pardus was started by Turkey Govt security services.
If they had the sense they were born with, they would compromise the system,
release that for the rest of Turkey and the world and harden their version.
So not that.
Open-BSD next version should be out in a week or two.
I did not have or feel too interested in creating a primary partition.
Also my plans for world domination are perhaps best aired publicly . . .
Open-BSD will be slower than Puppy, probably too slow.
Maybe I need a tail?
https://amnesia.boum.org/download/
Paranoia v apathy?
Apathy wins
Posted: Fri 04 Feb 2011, 21:43
by abushcrafter
BSD has a FBI back-door
. Can't remember the source of this info. Might have been this forum.
Posted: Sat 05 Feb 2011, 00:25
by nooby
Yes we had a link to it in security or maybe in offtopic.
Posted: Sat 05 Feb 2011, 02:38
by Lobster
Here is some info about Open BSD
Did not realise they were funded by Darpa for a while
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20025767-281.html
Rather than a Puppy security audit,
I am wondering what weird and wonderful security measures to employ
for the fretful?
Ideas by carrier pigeon to the usual location
Puppy Linux
Less secure than Open BSD
Posted: Sun 06 Feb 2011, 04:22
by Lobster
In my Black Ops Puppy (BOP) efforts
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 700#492700
came across some interesting tips
Backtrack Linux users (grey hat crackers)
run as root, especially if running from live DVD
. . . and they are professionally paranoid . . .
For pre-emptive security, attack your own system with attackpup
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 022#421022
Right click on the internet connection icon (bottom right)
and disconnect/or connect to the Internet at will (works in Lucid 5.2)
I was going to write a program to do this
but it exists for always on connections . . .
Obvious security measure really
Puppy Linux
for GNU
Posted: Thu 10 Feb 2011, 06:26
by Lobster
One-Stop TOR-Browser (everything included in this one package--based on Firefox)
Surf Anonymously
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 297#494297
