Freebsd

Source: www.moreover.com --- 32 days ago
By now, anyone who is even remotely related to an IT-type position has heard about Linux, and has most likely used it, if only to see what all the hype is about. However, GNU/Linux is not the only 'free' Unix type OS available. ...

Source: www.dslreports.com --- 2 days ago
There is a bug in how Freebsd handles kernel/userland separation, in which the swapgs CPU instruction may be called twice, allowing an attacker to gain local privilege escalation. Full details (and patches) are here: http://security.Freebsd.org/advisories/Freebsd-SA-08:07.amd64.asc The CVE is still under review. This impacts only users of the amd64 arch. Note that it does not impact the i386 release on a 64-bit capable processor. -- He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. -Socrates ...

Source: blog.eazam.mine.nu --- 33 days ago
after testing vpnc for couple of weeks now i can get my vpnc working to connect to cisco vpn server. step just install vpn client and then create /usr/local/etc/vpnc.conf in that file just put somethin like this: IPSec gateway vpn.gw.com IPSec ID VPN00 IPSec obfuscated secret A9FC1ABC7D70EC154CDB95FE009C98950D97CD6D37317E96400C5asdfewgrwegreasasf Xauth username username Xauth password password Domain YOURDOMAIN Enable Single DES Interface name tun1 and then issue command like vpnc and [...] ...

Source: www.ozzu.com --- 33 days ago
Hiya, Ive installed a test server for myself and have already successfully installed socks5 through the ports collection onto it. Anyway after looking at the /var/log/messages for awhile and seeing how full it was getting with my connecting everything through it I started looking at whether I could limit or stop the logging of it completely. A look at the Makefile showed me with --with-syslog-facility option which seemed to be ideal so I copied the files to another directory and edited the Makefile manually to set allow me to set --with-syslog-facility to whatever I wished. NO is not a valid response for it though and so Im wondering if anyone here knows what I can set it to to limit/stop logging? The extra configuration option is originally set to LOG_AUTH but is commented out. Topic Replies: 6 ...

Source: howtoforge.com --- 24 days ago
VNStat On Freebsd 7 With A PHP GUI I installed VNStat and the PHP GUI to be able to view basic information regarding incoming and outgoing traffic per interface. I am using Freebsd 7 with PHP4, as I had problems setting the GUI up with PHP5. Read more... ...

Source: knowfree.net --- 21 days ago
The book is a guide to Network admins who are interested in extracting full potential of Freebsd. Security—one of everlasting concerns in the IT industry—can be tackled very effectively in Freebsd. How do you do it? Read the book and find out. You can then move on to learn intricacies of Freebsd. Just tweak a [...] ...

Source: www.derkeiler.com --- 2 days ago
Summary: For general information regarding Freebsd Security Advisories, ... kernel to convieniently access state data. ... checks are performed in order to implement the privilege protection ... The vulnerability can be used to gain kernel / supervisor privilege. ... ...

Source: www.derkeiler.com --- 2 days ago
Summary: For general information regarding Freebsd Security Advisories, ... including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the ... in the base system to graft a file system object on to the file system ... Various user defined input such as mount points, devices, and mount ... ...

Source: www.derkeiler.com --- 2 days ago
Summary: For general information regarding Freebsd Security Advisories, ... IPv6 nodes use ICMPv6 amongst other things to report errors encountered ... case a node cannot forward a packet because the size of the packet is ... ...

Source: secunia.com --- 1 day ago
Freebsd has acknowledged a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required. ...

Source: lxer.com --- 1 day ago
There are several fully functional and stable Open Source operating systems including Linux, Freebsd, OpenSolaris, NetBSD, OpenBSD and so on. Each of these operating systems is competent and production ready, each has it strengths and weaknesses, each has its unique technologies and goals. So the question is why has Linux won the popularity context. Using a tool like Google Trends it is clear that searches and news stories for Linux are more than 20 times higher than that of Freebsd or OpenSolaris. The question is why? The answer can be summed up in two words: license and hero. In this case the license is the GPL and the hero is Linus Torvalds. ...

Source: librenix.com --- 35 days ago
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Source: www.tectonic.co.za --- 8 days ago
The Freebsd Foundation releases installable JDK JRE 6.0 binaries for Freebsd 6.x and 7.x. ...

Source: packetstormsecurity.org --- 1 day ago
Freebsd Security Advisory - In case of an incoming ICMPv6 'Packet Too Big Message', there is an insufficient check on the proposed new MTU for a path to the destination. When the kernel is configured to process IPv6 packets and has active IPv6 TCP sockets, a specifically crafted ICMPv6 'Packet Too Big Message' could cause the TCP stack of the kernel to panic. ...

Source: packetstormsecurity.org --- 1 day ago
Freebsd Security Advisory - Various user defined input such as mount points, devices, and mount options are prepared and passed as arguments to nmount(2) into the kernel. Under certain error conditions, user defined data will be copied into a stack allocated buffer stored in the kernel without sufficient bounds checking. If the system is configured to allow unprivileged users to mount file systems, it is possible for a local adversary to exploit this vulnerability and execute code in the context of the kernel. ...

Source: packetstormsecurity.org --- 1 day ago
Freebsd Security Advisory - If a General Protection Fault happens on a Freebsd/amd64 system while it is returning from an interrupt, trap or system call, the swapgs CPU instruction may be called one extra time when it should not resulting in userland and kernel state being mixed. A local attacker can by causing a General Protection Fault while the kernel is returning from an interrupt, trap or system call while manipulating stack frames and, run arbitrary code with kernel privileges. ...

Source: www.heise-online.co.uk --- 23 hours ago
Freebsd issues advisories on updates after vulnerabilities with IPV6,nmount and amd64 processors are found ...

Source: forums.cerb4.com --- 1 day ago
We are having a problem where email isn't popped when running the cron job but the same code on the command line works fine. What we have tried:... ...

Source: cofradia.org --- 3 days ago
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Source: www.fwicki.com --- 3 days ago
I have read many OS/distribution reviews in the last couple of years, but it always seems like it is distros like Red Hat, SuSe and Mandrake that get all the attention. ...