Re: Hardware compat with Fc8

[John Grzesiak <johng pcrd net>]

Just a quick note about being hacked... I have been doing IT since about 1979
and Linux for a long time (since kernel 2.0.x)... I had never had any hint of
an attack until FC9... I am wondering if there is something in the code base
that is allowing this. At any rate, I am still looking for how my apparent
penetration occured. (My SSHD on my gateway machine restarted without 
an update
or coredump/error or other valid reason).

My older Fedora and CentOS machines appear unaffected... Just a recommendation
to keep your eyes open and don't assume that just because it's an Alpha, that
it's impervious... It's not.


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John Grzesiak
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Quoting bob smith <sfmc68 verizon net>:

> Jay,
> thanks!! worked fine, now on the latest kernel.
> Modprobe results show 2.6.25, non SMP of course on the DS10.
> Couple more tweaks and I will bring up  a couple more alphas.
>
> I had been running ubuntu 386 bsed servers. They were hacked. Turned my
> ubuntu boxes into SIP/h323 relay boxes, robot systems, and so on. I 
> want to have the same capabilities on Fedora, with some additional 
> protections.
> As I work the configs, I am continuing to be pleased wtih capability, 
> performance,
> and stability, man the stability is great.
>
> thanks fedora core team!!!
> bob
>
> Jay Estabrook wrote:
> > My DS20 with the 2.6.25 kernel has an INITRD that's 4MB.
> >
> > So your 32K one is bound to be "inadequate"... :-\
> >
> > Try to re-install (ie --force) the new kernel and hope to get something
> > different for its INITRD, or do:
> >
> > mkinitrd -f -v /boot/initrd-2.6.25-14.1axp.fc8.alpha.smp.img
> > 2.6.25-14.1axp.fc8.alpha.smp
> >
> > Note that the new kernel has a new format for its name, so be careful
> > when editing aboot.conf and such (I know from experience... :-).
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > --Jay++