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#31
Virtualization / Re: Mounting NFS shared direct...
Last post by ZombiePhysicist - May 22, 2026, 04:11 PMSecurity through obscurity.
Also, I wonder if it might not be possible to upgrade a lot of the unix underpinnings to more modern versions. I know getting GCC modernized is a tough nut to crack, but maybe some of the other and more network based underpinnings?
Would be a cool project to build the most modern OPENSTEP 4.2 patched/hardened version possible?
Also, I wonder if it might not be possible to upgrade a lot of the unix underpinnings to more modern versions. I know getting GCC modernized is a tough nut to crack, but maybe some of the other and more network based underpinnings?
Would be a cool project to build the most modern OPENSTEP 4.2 patched/hardened version possible?
#32
Virtualization / Re: Mounting NFS shared direct...
Last post by Rhetorica - May 22, 2026, 03:41 AMOn the bright side, anyone who actually did manage to break into it would have no idea what to do next. 
#33
Virtualization / Re: Mounting NFS shared direct...
Last post by andreas_g - May 21, 2026, 08:08 AMBecause of its age I think NeXTstep might be quite vulnerable on the Internet. If you have sensible data inside your disk image or inside the shared NFS directory it is probably best to disconnect from the Network.
I don't know how easy it is to hack a system running on simulated hardware and being connected through NAT (assuming you are using SLiRP and not PCAP), but NeXTstep itself is not a secure system by today's standards.
I don't know how easy it is to hack a system running on simulated hardware and being connected through NAT (assuming you are using SLiRP and not PCAP), but NeXTstep itself is not a secure system by today's standards.
#34
Software / Re: Turbolent's projects: driv...
Last post by Rhetorica - May 21, 2026, 05:34 AMUh, yeah, I should note that the drivers might work just fine on NS3.3, since OS4.2's dev environment literally can't produce drivers; NeXT continued using (and recommending) 3.3 systems for this purpose until x86 was deprecated in OS X Server 1.0. I suppose Turbolent might have used the 3.3 dev environment installed on 4.2, though, in which case actual usage on 3.3 would be untested...
#35
Software / Re: Turbolent's projects: driv...
Last post by ptek - May 21, 2026, 03:45 AMQuote from: Rhetorica on May 18, 2026, 07:45 PMDriver for Bus Master IDE: https://github.com/turbolent/BusMasterIDE (3 weeks ago)
Look at all those Intel PCI device strings
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"Auto Detect IDs" = "0x70108086 0x71118086 0x24db8086 0x29208086 0x1c008086 0x1c018086 0x1c088086 0x1c098086";
PIIX3, PIIX4, ICH5 IDE, ICH9 SATA, SATA IDE Mode, C200 Desktop SATA IDE Mode, C200 Desktop SATA Controller IDE Mode , C200 Mobile SATA Controller IDE Mode.
#36
Software / Re: Window Maker Live (Linux d...
Last post by wmlive - May 20, 2026, 12:23 PMWindow Maker Live 13.5 released!
Based on Debian/Trixie point release 13.5 using Linux kernel version 6.12.86 for the amd64 and the arm64 variant.
Additionally, more recent kernels 6.12.88 and 7.0.7 are supplied on the ISO image's package pool for manual installation.
The 32-bit variant of wmlive for i686 class CPU's is provided as an experimental hybrid of the older bookworm installer and kernel version 6.1.172, combined with the current trixie/i386 package pool. It is exclusively aimed at users preferring to continue operating still perfectly working old/retro hardware at the expense of any support guarantees.
In addition to the overall Debian/Trixie package updates, updated packages include the NeXT emulator previous-4.3 and palemoon 34.2.2.
New application additions are the pdf comparison tool diff-pdf, a graphical grub-customizer, the jbig2 encoder, the storage media interface udevil, and the linux-vulnerability-mitigation tool.
The supplied firmware packages have been updated with much newer up to date versions in order to provide enhanced hardware support.
The amount of large applications has been reduced to lower the size of the ISO images.
Any missing application software can easily be installed online using the apt package management suite once the system has been installed to disk.
See https://wmlive.sourceforge.net for further details and download options.
Based on Debian/Trixie point release 13.5 using Linux kernel version 6.12.86 for the amd64 and the arm64 variant.
Additionally, more recent kernels 6.12.88 and 7.0.7 are supplied on the ISO image's package pool for manual installation.
The 32-bit variant of wmlive for i686 class CPU's is provided as an experimental hybrid of the older bookworm installer and kernel version 6.1.172, combined with the current trixie/i386 package pool. It is exclusively aimed at users preferring to continue operating still perfectly working old/retro hardware at the expense of any support guarantees.
In addition to the overall Debian/Trixie package updates, updated packages include the NeXT emulator previous-4.3 and palemoon 34.2.2.
New application additions are the pdf comparison tool diff-pdf, a graphical grub-customizer, the jbig2 encoder, the storage media interface udevil, and the linux-vulnerability-mitigation tool.
The supplied firmware packages have been updated with much newer up to date versions in order to provide enhanced hardware support.
The amount of large applications has been reduced to lower the size of the ISO images.
Any missing application software can easily be installed online using the apt package management suite once the system has been installed to disk.
See https://wmlive.sourceforge.net for further details and download options.
#37
Virtualization / Re: Mounting NFS shared direct...
Last post by ptek - May 20, 2026, 12:53 AM- What is the security when mounting your Previous NFS to previous?
- Do you have to create a /etc/hosts.allow to only allow local connections and to ban all outside ones or is it best to disconnect from the web while having the NFS directory available?
#38
Software / Re: Turbolent's projects: driv...
Last post by ptek - May 19, 2026, 12:22 PMGood find.
#39
Software / Re: Looking for NeXT Mach, gcc...
Last post by ptek - May 19, 2026, 12:22 PMThe following code is to get the current directory name so you can add it to your build file.
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$ pwd | rev | awk -F'/' '{print $1}' | rev
#40
Software / Re: Turbolent's projects: driv...
Last post by jeffburg - May 19, 2026, 07:53 AMOh! this is so cool! thank you!