Cringely
I would imagine that at least a double-digit percentage of this lists subscribers read Cringely already, but if you don't, this weeks article is worth a perusal: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20031023.html -- brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Cringely
I would imagine that at least a double-digit percentage of this lists subscribers read Cringely already, but if you don't, this weeks article is worth a perusal: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20031023.html -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: reviews of Mandrake 9.2?
What I've heard it that is was pretty buggy out of the gate and had a lot of odd little problems... On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 09:27, Rob Lembree wrote: Has anyone run Mandrake 9.2 yet? Opinions, comparisons to Red Hat 9? Anyone want to do a talk on it perhaps? Every now and then, I like to peruse the distribution options, and there's not yet a lot of data on Mandrake 9.2 just yet. r ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: reviews of Mandrake 9.2?
Rob Lembree wrote: Has anyone run Mandrake 9.2 yet? Opinions, comparisons to Red Hat 9? Anyone want to do a talk on it perhaps? I've played with one of the release candidates I got off bittorrent. The version I used I presume is the download version as it has the option for package selection... In an upgrade, it didn't keep XF86config-4 but replaced it with a default one. Not fun with a laptop that runs in an odd resolution... When I logged out, it killed dm so I was dropped back to a command prompt... not a MAJOR issue for me, but for the average non-techie who might be using it this could be a problem as well as being a definite bug to fix. Third, this may be an attribute to the testing version, but MandrakeUpdate definitely does NOT work out of the box. At all. It starts and runs fine with the CDs, but will not keep new update sources and won't even contact any. This is extremely annoying as at the time I REALLY needed an update of gaim to fix the issues it had with Yahoo. Did they fix these issues with the actual release? I have no idea. I'll download the ISO's when I can and find out. If they did, then this might be a decent distro... The MandrakeUpdate worries me as it's one of the better tools Mandrake includes... when it works. Mandrake has announced a version called the Discovery Edition which is aimed at complete newbies (specifically desktop users) and does not include package selection in the install. There is a review of it at: http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=268 Hope this helps, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: shunting virus spam
A bit of my .procmailrc... You could change the size part to only scan messages less than 150K and/or add some bang qualifiers to skip those messages based on subject or other criteria. Dunno if this helps or not. INCLUDERC=/etc/procmailrc DROPPRIVS=yes :0fw: * 50 * ! From:.*(@axsne.com|@nstarch.com|jdsusers.com|@reports.spamcop.net) * ! To:abuse*(@commrail.net, @axsne.com) | /usr/bin/spamassassin :0: * ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*\* almost-certainly-spam On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 14:41, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: does anyone have any /etc/procmailrc rules that will recognise these bloody 150K virus spams so they can be shunted aside before spamassassin starts wasting time on them? they're killing my system.. -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Allowing remote root login
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 12:14, Tom Buskey wrote: I have a free email address that redirects to my real address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's a valid email address but I get little spam on it. Probably because the harvesting software discards addresses with spam in them. Thanks to everyone who puts SPAM in the middle of thier email postings :-) I've often wondered|suspected that they some some filtering on captured email addresses, ie: s/spam|NOSPAM|SPAM//g sort of thing. Is [EMAIL PROTECTED] a valid address for you by chance? I wonder if any spam ever gets sent there, based on spammers cleaning up your spamme@ address? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Linux Business Proposals?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, at 10:55pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't write proposals to increase the use of Linux. Write proposals to save (or make) the company money. When appropriate, work Linux or other Free/Open Source Software into those proposals. Excellent point. The reasonning I had was two-fold: 1. The company has put Linux support on the back burner, 2. a)Linux I've found (at least for our company's software) is easier to support b)I had an idea for a bundled product that would be tit to support as well as make a decent profit. Number one just bugs me. Reason 2 is both personal and makes business sense. MS changes the locations of their relevent IIS config settings mo9re often than most people change underwear. If I have to try to support this when the administrators don't know what they're using, it takes up lots of my time and that means money the company has to spend paying me and my coworkers. A recent announcement at the company I work for that they will be moving to a .NET base got me nervous. Avoid fighting against things. Fight for things (like Linux) instead. In other words, don't say Microsoft is bad, say Linux is good. Also: If your only objection to Microsoft products is that they're from Microsoft, you have failed to make a good case. My reasonning is for support costs. If/when we move to .NET, we'd have to retrain the entire support staff. If we standardized on at least say... a Perl base, then no retraining would be necessary. But again: Write proposals to save the company money, and work Linux into those proposals where appropriate. If you do that, these other problems with your approach eliminate themselves. Well, the details of my idea were to suggest a (high-end, price-wise) hardware software bundle, mostly pre-configured. Fire it up, answer a few questions about passwords and IP info and bang. You're up and running. We charge the most for installations and make the least profit in support. SO... Reduce support and make installs a snap for our field techs and we maximize profit. My curiosity was if anyone has had much success in talking management into using Linux when you know it's best but management is still hanging on a good sales pitch from a pro in Redmond and how it was done. (Honestly, my idea would work (almost) equally well under Windows, but the licensing fees would be up there... impeding on our profit.) Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Linux Business Proposals?
Hello All, I was just curious if anyone has had any success with writing a proposal for their company to increase the use of Linux. I'm really interested in seeing what approached have worked and what management thought. (And yes, I have read the Advocacy HowTo.) A recent announcement at the company I work for that they will be moving to a .NET base got me nervous. I work in tech supportr and I have to support this. Anything I can do to move to a more easily supported architecture would be much better. I was thinking of proposing a custom Linux install with our software integrated... Something easy for the end-user like SuSE, Mandrake, or RedHat. (I like Mandrake for itiots as end users, myself. All it would really need is Apache, Perl, and mySQL. Webmin makes things easy for the end user...) But aside from the details of what I am trying to do, I'm really intersted in seeing proposals that have workd in similar situations. Anyone have any that have worked? Thaks in advance, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Best In Class
On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 07:39, Jon maddog Hall wrote: Mixture of Windows, Unix and Linux systems, the person needs to do these things over the net, preferably with a graphical interface. Over the Internet, or over an intranet? Are there concerns for reliability/timliness (ie in real-time?) Workload Monitoring Workload of what? CPU time? User Activity Monitoring Activity of what? Keystrokes? Surfing? etc... Automated Monitoring of Log Files Process Monitoring ideally you could also do this: Application Resource Management Performance Management Availability Management Directory and File Management Are there any packages out there, either freeware or proprietary that do much of these things? Don't spend a lot of time on this, it is an exercise that I am doing. Nagios immediately comes to mind in that it can a lot of uptime/logfile/process monitoring type stuff, and can be extended to monitor/report on just about anything. http://www.nagios.org/ Big Brother may (or may not) also suit some or all of the criteria: http://bb4.com/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: RH9 - setting up to a print server????
This would defeat the whole purpose of having the print server, i.e. Not having to have a given computer up and running in order to print, the print server and printer use about one-fifth the the electricity that a Winders box uses! (I live off the grid and saving 80-130 watts matters!) On 10/5/03 6:27, Chris Brenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Other option would be to share off a queue on Windows box, point to that box and set the queue to SMB. This would allow you to interface with any vendor specific tools you want to use. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RH9 - setting up to a print server????
I just installed RH 9 on one of my machines and it pretty much all works. I have a network here with an Apple Airport doing DHCP and have a NetGear PS110 (hard addressed as 10.0.1.100) print server on the net. I currently have two Winders XP boxes and two MacOSX boxes using the print server and the attached Epson 820. On the Windows boxes I use Netgear's Add Network Printer' software and on the MacOSX I use the GimpPrint drivers and everything works fine. I have made a few attempts to set it up on RH9 and have gotten nowhere. How do I tell RH9 to access a printer on a Network print server? Cheers ... 73 de brian riley, n1bq ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Web Hosting
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 00:52, Greg Bonnette wrote: http://www.dotservant.com/webhosting/compareplans.shtml Their plans seem fair. I am currently using enom.com for registrar/dns/pop3 services, but it looks like I can consolidate much of that in a dot servant plan and save money. Has anyone had experience with them? I like the fact that they offer up raw log files, and I do need php/MySQL support. Any feedback or alternatives would be greatly appreciated. I am in the market for something comparable to their standard plan: $118/yr 150MB Storage / 10GB Monthly Transfer. Description-wise, their plans look fair enough. You might want to check around and see what their uptime and customer satisfaction rates are like, though. Especially if this is going to be some sort of a commercial site, which you wouldn't want suffering long outages. FWIW, raw log files, and PHP/MySQL are fairly standard as well. I've used Hostway in the past with fairly good success. I also used hostignition.com recently (about 1 year ago) with abysmal results. Bluedomino.com was decent, when everything worked, but they had frequent outages when I was there (about 2-3 years ago). All these $40.00/mo and under shared sites work on an economy of scale that suits the smaller sites, but if you've got a real critical website, you might want to look more toward the dedicated server market, for about $150-ish/mo. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Microsoftheaded, hugely stupid - procmail recipe
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 22:29, Brian Chabot wrote: On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Brian wrote: I'm also working on a perl/cgi-based procmail manager (we have about a dozen email servers to maintain) that allows you to have 1 master procmail body that can be edited via html GUI and then sync'd to the remote boxes. If/when you do, do you think you might be able to share it here? I have users on my system who could really use procmail but don't have time to learn the syntax. (Most can't even figure out how to use a bash prompt...) Sure... In the meantime, check out the procmail module in Webmin, it can write basic procmail rules for you. FWIW, I'm concentrating less on automagic writing, and more on keeping many systems in sync, but maybe I'll add in more Wizard-like (or actually, I prefer Magical Elf to Wizard...) capabilities to write rules. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Microsoftheaded, hugely stupid - procmail recipe
Okay, I don't proclaim to be a procmail expert, so no laughing... I put the following in the procmailrc on one of our mailservers just now: :0: * 8 * ^Subject:.*(Install this patch immediately|Current Microsoft Critical Upgrade|Current Update) /home/tmp/fakepatch Basically, looking at all messages above 80K in size, and then looking for 1 of 3 subject variants reported so far, and then if it all matches pushing the message into a message file for later review. I'd like to me able to see some of the bodies of the emails, in order to target the filter a little better. Any comments/suggestions/etc welcome. If this rule works (the particular server its on average 1 message every 3 seconds) I'll push it out to the larger/busier servers that handle the customer accounts (above 10K mailboxes total). I'm also working on a perl/cgi-based procmail manager (we have about a dozen email servers to maintain) that allows you to have 1 master procmail body that can be edited via html GUI and then sync'd to the remote boxes. -- Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
IP backup solutions?
I need to backup some Winders machines in a remote location (California) to a server in Massachusetts. I could do this by paying Veritas a bunch of money and running the backup on a Win2K box, but I'd rather not. However, I haven't (in my admittedly narrow search) found a linux-based IP backup solution that is optimized for sending lots of data (many gigs) over a slow pipe (T1 in this case) (ie: compression, good differential backup handling, etc). Any suggestions / input / comments / funny looks? Thanks. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: OT: Network problem
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 18:34, Neal Richardson wrote: I needed to install a small hub in part of the build that was not on the network. When I connected the hub to the switch from the crossover port the whole network came crashing to the ground and the server locked up hard. Upon further investigation it turns out that the RJ45 jacks were wired complete wrong ( The old admin made the cable). My question is this: Is this normal behavior to have the whole network go down due to a mis wired cable. I can understand the hub not working but to cause the whole thing to crash seams bizarre to me That does seem odd, however I have seen bad cables cause all kinds of havoc in a network. I better switch (Catalyst, Pro Curve, etc) will partition off a port in a scenario like that (typically). ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Technical Support Specialist I
I hope this isn't out of line, but we have the following position available at our company. I figured that someone on the list might be interested, and/or know someone interested. Access NorthEast, established in 1999, is a Network Service Provider offering Internet Connectivity, Private Wide Area Networking, Hosting, and Managed Collocation Solutions to Business Customers throughout New England. Because of our continued growth, we currently have the following position available in our Hudson, MA support center: Technical Support Specialist I Primary Responsibility: To provide support for customers LAN and WAN equipment, and related software in a call center role. The Technical Support Specialist I is the primary point of contact for customers opening new trouble cases and following up on existing cases. Principle Duties: 1. Responsibility for handling incoming calls and creating trouble tickets in online system 2. Troubleshoot technical issues and ensure that WAN and LAN equipment is operating and configured properly 3. Configure LAN hardware (routers, firewalls, etc) for shipment to customer site(s) 4. Escalate trouble tickets to senior techs as required 5. Work with equipment at remote collocation sites as required Qualifications: 1+ years experience with LAN technologies (Ethernet, TCP/IP, email, ftp, www, etc) In-depth knowledge of desktop operating systems options and settings Familiarity with Linux distributions and administration Ability to speak with customers and define problems clearly Ability to type greater than 20wpm Reliable transportation Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship Position will most likely require non-standard shifts, so flexibility in schedule is required of candidate Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with resume, salary requirements and date of availability ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: I need suggestions as to where to get a replacement laptopkeyboard
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 09:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Five-hundred and five dollars!?! For adjusting a valve?? exclaims the manager. Once upon a time a company charged too much for a keyboard. Why? Because they could. I guess you can look at it both ways (not meaning to be too negative...) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: [gnhlug-announce] Books for review and door prizes
On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 13:30, Morbus Iff wrote: Incidentally, I contributed to Linux Server Hacks, and did Perl consulting on Google Hacks ;) To anyone who hasn't read it, the Linux Server Hacks book is a great collection of, well, hacks. That book was (to me at least) worth 3x it's cover price. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: PGP/GPG Key signing party
On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 13:34, Matt Brodeur wrote: You, as usual, are on crack. This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask... I've only lived in the Nashua area for a couple of years and haven't found any good, reliable crack houses. In Detroit they were much easier to find, and abundant supply kept prices low (free pipe with purchase of 3 rocks, etc). So, anyone know of any good crack houses in the Nashua or Amherst/Milford area? Thanks in advance. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: DSL firewall/router solutions?
We use a lot of Greatspeed brand routers for our corporate DSL offerings. They seem to be pretty reliable, and they have models with a decent built-in firewall. Check ebay, you can usually find them out there for less than $100. Check out www.dyndns.org , or similar, for a free dynamic dns service. There are linux clients that will update your IP address, so you can have a static hostname like pll.dyndns.org that will always be mapped to your current DHCP WAN IP. On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 10:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm about to order DSL. Unfortunately, SpeakEasy isn't available in my area, so I'll likely go with Earthlink. Since they're my current ISP, it at least makes the switch easier, i.e. now e-mail address changes :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: [gnhlug-announce] SLUG problem solution meeting Monday 7/147pm at UNH in Morse 301
On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 21:21, Bruce Dawson wrote: I'm mostly wondering how other sites handle this with minimal hardware and proprietary software investments. I think many sites consider downtime to just be part of life for server moves, upgrades, etc. Even name brand sites like ebay and Amazon have maintenance windows regularly where the site is pretty much offline an unavailable. For email, just set a lower priority MX record for your domain to point to another box (a good idea anyway). Your mail will queue up on the other server while your primary is down for maintenance. For web stuff, a simple page on a temp box with a Maintenance Window... type message, or some simple static content should suffice. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: [gnhlug-announce] SLUG problem solution meeting Monday 7/147pm at UNH in Morse 301
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 10:16, Bob Bell wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 06:56:51AM -0400, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think many sites consider downtime to just be part of life for That's pretty stupid if they do. Clustering technologies should let you avoid this. Not every site, even large ones, are worried about 101% uptime. Clusters are a great solution, but they do also require more investment, and more maintenance and staff expertise. It is simply not worth it to everyone. appropriate. Sites willing to pay for this sort of technology really And I think the willing to pay part is key. We've put put temp work in progress type pages up for customers, generally a courtesy. Few are willing to pay even for this, much less for a clustering solution. My original point was that while there ARE solutions available to minimize downtime to practically zero, for 95% of the sites out there it's really not an issue worth pursuing. Have a good backup handy, some spare hardware, and a decent MOP and you shouldn't have any issues... -- Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: [gnhlug-announce] SLUG problem solution meeting Monday 7/147pm at UNH in Morse 301
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 11:52, Bob Bell wrote: Well, then these sites should install HP-UX or Tru64 UNIX with TruClusters and keep me employed :-) I'll be sure to mention that to them... ;) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: X-No-Archive and its ilk
It is an unfortunate reality that posting your real email address to any world-readable place is a likely invitation to spam. Additionally, past messages have been dug up and used against people in varies ways on more than one occasion. Not everyone wants the headaches of having their personal email addresses visible to the world. Quite often the people who are even aware of a No-Archive bit, what it does, where to set it, etc, have usually made contributions back to the electronic community in more than one fashion. This (IMO) cancels out the negative karma that you imply exists by them taking information from a search engine, yet not giving back by allowing their own posts to be archived in the same search engines. If the world were fair, all email would still be text, lynx would be a useful browser and spam would merely be a meat-like substance and not an email marketing scheme. On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 14:12, Kevin D. Clark wrote: brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah, and then I felt sorry for the poor clod who has his real email address hanging out in the wind. Your response is very naive. Regards, --kevin -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Dimensional Warp Generator...
Anybody else been getting these Dimensional Warp Generator Needed spams lately? Any idea what the purpose of sending a completely useless message is?? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: X-No-Archive and its ilk
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 15:54, Kevin D. Clark wrote: A couple of other things: 1: A bit of netiquette. If you respond to my email privately, and I reply to your reply privately, then it's not OK for you to subsequently reply and CC: a public mailing list. I intended for my original reply to be public. I sometimes forget that this list doesn't reply-to the list by default. I'm quite familiar with netiquette email posting/reply rules. I'm also human and sometimes make mistakes. Sorry if you didn't intend for your response to me to be made public. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Dimensional Warp Generator...
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 16:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup. The first time I got one, I laughed so hard I nearly did myself injury. Originally, I figured someone had just paid to have it spammed out as a gag. But they keep coming. Nowhere near as bad as the ads for the enlargement of sexual organs, but still quite persistent. It seems a bit much to do (and pay for) just as a lark. Now I'm wondering if someone is running an experiment of some kind. That was pretty much identical to my reactions/thoughts. I skimmed through the email the first time I received it (having previously owned/run a business that did a fair amount of importing of goods, I still get the occasional email of Taiwanese origin asking if I'd like to import or source Product X). I got about halfway through the email before it really sunk in how preposterous the proposition was. I've also wondered what value it would have to the source to *keep* sending the message out. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Dimensional Warp Generator...
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 16:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally did what I should have done: Googled for it. The consensus appears to be that it is a spam technique: Spammer sends out an inventive email like this. Curious people, knowing it obviously is not a legit commercial effort, go to the URL or reply or whatever, just to see what happens. Bingo -- the spammer now knows your address is live. Maybe the I'll pay you $5,000 part hooks in the easily conned, but I have to imagine that the bulk of that email contains terms/phrases that would scare off 90% of the recipients... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Wireless PDA workstation
Ob content: I'd prefer if it ran linux... Anyone have a good recommendation (or warning) in regards to a decent,portable wireless PDA-esque device? I was looking at some of the Pocket PC-enabled phones at Verizon (current wireless provider), but don't want to go that route if I can help it. Basically what I'd like to be able to do is get some sort of wireless (pref. cellular) web browser access and terminal/ssh access so that I can do server admin stuff from whereever I happen to be. Reading email would also be nice. I don't need the micro-office apps, games, etc. Some sort of ability to support a standard Cisco VPN login qould be nice as well. Thanks... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: DSU/router/switch/traffic-shaper gizmo (maybe OT)
On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 13:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have a need to divide up an Internet feed among several tenants in a building. The feed will come in on a T1 or similar. Upstream provider gives us a CSU and a routable IP block. So we need to plug into the CSU and be a router. Each tenant will need to be on an isolated Ethernet. We will need to do NAT for some (but not all) tenants. We need to do traffic shaping/bandwidth limiting/whatever, so that no one tenant can hog the pipe. We do this sort of MDU thing quite often at work (ISP). IMO, bring the line into a cisco router and be done with it. I'd say 1600 series with integrated T1 WIC, but you can do external DSU just as well if you like. Bring the ethernet of the router into a linux box, where you can do routing, NATing, simplistic traffic shaping, etc much easier. In no way would I recommend you actually terminate the T1 into a PC of any sort, either directly or via the outboard CSU. You're just asking for problems (IMO) when the line goes down (and of course it will go down). Having a purpose-built well supported, well documented device at the other end (ie: Cheap cisco router) will pay off in spades when it's time to trouble shoot/support. We get 1601's all day long for about $100, so there's really no cost factor here. Personally, I would gladly do a linux box for my own use, but I'm not sure I consider that a professional enough solution for a MDU/customer prem device. I'm not as worried about the linux aspect as I am about the PC hardware aspect (size, ventilation, failures, power outages/spikes, etc). ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Small footprint linux
For a personal project I'm working on, I'd like to get a small footprint linux install with a rudimentary window manager and simple Ethernet support. By small footprint, I mean I'd like to keep it under 32MB. Anybody have any experience with something like this? Pointers on where to start looking/downloading? Thanks... -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Detecting root kits?
FWIW, I've also found a lot of rootkits hidden in the /home and games directories on various systems. For starters, I'd also compare the sizes of your various utils, like top, ls, more, etc to known good utils. If you can mount the infected disk on another clean server as RO to analyze it, that would also make diagnosis easier. On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 10:03, Ben Boulanger wrote: On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Dan Coutu wrote: Any pointers to where I can learn more about the different types of rootkits and how to counter or detect them are also welcome. The chkrootkit package is a quick once over. The best place to look is in /dev, as that's where a lot of rootkits hide their stuff. I find a command like this is pretty useful: find /dev -ls -maxdepth 1|grep d[-r][-w] and then make sure those directories that it returns are actually supposed to be there. ls is almost always trojaned, hence the reason to use find. Also, a useful command is RPM -Va. The output is documented in man rpm, but it checks all of the files from RPMs for changes. You could also make this quicker by targetting things like passwd or util-linux. Ben -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Small footprint linux
On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 09:21, Jason Stephenson wrote: Can you even get a working X in under 32 MB these days? On my FreeBSD box, /usr/X11R6 is 251MB. Granted, I have a couple apps and libraries installed but I use a rudimentary window manager, Black Box. (By 32 MB, I assume you mean disk space.) Top says that my XFree86 4.3 installation is presently using 90 MB of RAM. I'm not sure if you can run a window manager in less than 32MB, the original post was sort of my lazy way of finding out :) I guess XFree86 3.3.6 takes up less space, but still X is generally a pig. I'd say skip the X if you want small. That is my worry, is that I won't be able to get any sort of a desktop, which I would kind of really like to have... -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Small footprint linux
I keep meaning to look more closely at QNX... If 32MB is too small, what then would be an acceptable minimum drive size? My biggest goal (I should have stated this up front) is to create a no moving parts PC with a speedy-(ish) boot time. Given that flash drives can be had in fairly decent sizes, I guess my 32MB constraint is a little short-sighted, based mostly on the fact that I already have a few of them around... Thanks for all the help thus far. On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 09:50, Mark Komarinski wrote: I keep getting flashbacks of running Windows and Linux off a 40M HDD. Seriously though, you have a few options available to you: 1) Get a boot-off-CD distro (assuming the hardware includes a CD) 2) Get a boot-off-ethernet distro like LTSP (assuming you have access to a network) 3) Skip Linux on favor of QNX and get the 1.44MB distro that includes a windowing system (not X) and TCP/IP stack. Getting Linux plus X plus a TCP/IP stack in 32M is pretty tough - you can't even do it on the Zaurus. -Mark -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: OT- Comcast Subscriber Agreement
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 13:51, Tilly, Lawrence wrote: As an aside to this, it's interesting how some cable ISPs are configured differently than others. I was on attbi for a little over a year, and with them I had to actually register each of my PCs that I wanted to be on the Having worked with a few cable co's behind the scenes... Most of this sort of stuff about registering your MAC addy's and whatnot was born out of their ignorance and fear of people ripping of the service. I think that when the register-the-MAC rule was put in place they didn't realize how easy it is to spoof a MAC address. A lot of that stuff also predates the DOCSIS standards and modern CMTS systems, which make it much easier to manage things on an IP basis vs. a MAC address basis. I too have been a victim of the you have to but this to get that scheme. When I signed up for my cable modem I had to either A) buy a basic (13 channel) cable package for $10.00/mo, or B) Pay $10.00 for some crazy access fee thing. I had (still have) DirecTV, so there was no use for the basic cable service, but I opted for that vs. paying $10.00 for a non-tangible service. Either way, it was a bunch of B.S., and effectively made the cable modem $10.00 higher than the advertised price. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Free brewing kit
So, it's free as in beer? (couldn't resist) If I had time for 1 more hobby this would be great, that stuff ain't cheap... On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 10:49, Michael O'Donnell wrote: This is definitely OT but I'd be pleased to think that somebody in the GNHLUG was able to snag this stuff: nh.forsale #2188 From: mrkse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sibject: BEER BeeR bEEr beer Date: Wed Jun 11 21:52:15 EDT 2003 Yup Beer I have a complete home brewery FREE to a good home, Includes everything from brew barrels and directions and 286 quart bottles with caps and even a rack for storage. Must be picked up in Central New Hampshire E-mail me for more info and address Kevin ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Book swap?
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 09:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3 Jun 2003, at 8:29am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which one? Blue or yellow? Yellow... No, Blue!!! ... Ahhh! Anyone know the airspeed of an unladen swallow? African or American? (Come on... that was a gimmie...) s/American/European/ :) -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Dvorak Predicts Death of Linux
Dvorak is an idiot Bob-Cringly-Wanna-Be. I used to think he actually had some insight, about 15 years ago, but I no longer pay him any mind. He reminds me of a raving lunatic still grasping for attention, most of his work is either a statement of the obvious or a bizzaro prediction. This assessment becomes even more clear (IMO) if you go back and read some of his predictions of a few years back compared to what actually happened... On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 07:21, Sharpe, Richard wrote: Gloom and doom from Ziff-Davis, I hope this guy is not right. Dvorak Predicts Death of Linux ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Book swap?
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 08:18, Kevin D. Clark wrote: Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I also have an autographed hardcover copy of John Moy's OSPF book, if anyone needs an OSPF manual. Which one? Blue or yellow? Yellow... No, Blue!!! ... Ahhh! Anyone know the airspeed of an unladen swallow? -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: PERC3 Di RAID controller?
I installed RH7.2 on a Dell 1650 with Perc3Di recently. In this particular case I used a CD that came with the server that walks you through some pre-config stuff and then prompts you fro the RH CD's. Not sure if the Dell CD is what actually had the perc drivers. On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 14:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone here is trying to install RH7.2 on a Dell 2650 which has 5 SCSI drives and a PERC3/Di RAID controller. Has anyone successfully done this? The person (who is likely clueless) claims he can't find any drives. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: rsync, passwords and getting my logs
'Twere it me, I'd use scp and keys. Makes SSH easier and allows for secure copying without having to dork with passwords. BTW, on a related note, I've been working on the same concept, but am parsing log files from many servers into a MySQL database. Makes for easy lookup of issues, and also easy ability to look for similar issues (ie: attack singatures) on many boxes at once and draw (intelligent?) conclusions programmatically. On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 13:37, Greg Rundlett wrote: I just want to get my log files off another server, using cron, on a daily basis, so that I can run analysis locally. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
