Subject: Re: How tos for a Security System on Unix + How tos for Sensors
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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Shyam=20Kumar=20Mangayil?= <linuxhelpin@yahoo.co.uk>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/16/2002 12:48:52
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Thanks Gavan,Wojciech,Buck,James,Julian and all 
     Gavan , do you have any how-tos at hand that you can mail me (+ the all - pervasive disclaimers :-) ) or can you give me some URLs and books and 'do it yourself-s' ? 
that I can look at ? 
And what exactly is this X10 protocol and X10 devices ? Never heard yet. 
On a lighter note -> aren't we all using mutt as our MUA ? 
Thanks, 
Shyam 
  Gavan Fantom <gavan@coolfactor.org> wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2002, J. Buck Caldwell wrote:

> You've misunderstood. What the gentleman is asking is how to control external
> security measures, such as electronic locks, keypads, motion sensors, perhaps
> X10 devices, and such, from a NetBSD machine. Am I correct, Shyam?

X10 can hardly be considered secure, but it is a fairly nice way to
connect certain devices. If you don't mind using an unreliable protocol.
(Unreliable in the same way that UDP is unreliable - there's no ack, there
are no retries)

We have heyu and xtend in pkgsrc.

I've recently been playing with IR remote controls - while strictly
speaking not security-related, it's still a convenience peripheral.
libirman comes with some test programs which can trivially be hacked into
a useful component of a pipeline, with a simple shell script to launch
commands.

As for security devices, authentication etc... I've been eyening up
ibuttons recently.. I don't know if there's any software around for NetBSD
to talk to them, but I don't imagine they're particularly difficult to
talk to.

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<P>Thanks Gavan,Wojciech,Buck,James,Julian and all 
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gavan , do you have any how-tos at hand that you can mail me (+ the&nbsp;all - pervasive disclaimers :-) ) or can you give me some URLs and books and 'do it yourself-s' ? 
<P>that I can look at ? 
<P>And what exactly is this X10 protocol and X10 devices ? Never heard yet. 
<P>On a lighter note&nbsp;-&gt; aren't we all using mutt as our MUA ? 
<P>Thanks, 
<P>Shyam 
<P>&nbsp; <B><I>Gavan Fantom &lt;gavan@coolfactor.org&gt;</I></B> wrote: 
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Wed, 15 May 2002, J. Buck Caldwell wrote:<BR><BR>&gt; You've misunderstood. What the gentleman is asking is how to control external<BR>&gt; security measures, such as electronic locks, keypads, motion sensors, perhaps<BR>&gt; X10 devices, and such, from a NetBSD machine. Am I correct, Shyam?<BR><BR>X10 can hardly be considered secure, but it is a fairly nice way to<BR>connect certain devices. If you don't mind using an unreliable protocol.<BR>(Unreliable in the same way that UDP is unreliable - there's no ack, there<BR>are no retries)<BR><BR>We have heyu and xtend in pkgsrc.<BR><BR>I've recently been playing with IR remote controls - while strictly<BR>speaking not security-related, it's still a convenience peripheral.<BR>libirman comes with some test programs which can trivially be hacked into<BR>a useful component of a pipeline, with a simple shell script to launch<BR>commands.<BR><BR!
>As for security devices, authentication etc... I've been eyening up<BR>ibuttons recently.. I don't know if there's any software around for NetBSD<BR>to talk to them, but I don't imagine they're particularly difficult to<BR>talk to.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Gillette - the best a man can forget<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><P>----------------------------(*)-X-(*)----------------------------</P>
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