RE: network/ limited number of ips

2002-01-18 Thread Schmeits, Roger
>I prevent this by using iptables and only accepting known MAC addresses. >However, this will _not_ prevent someone from reconfiguring their MAC >address (i.e., doing a MAC address takeover) and breaking into your net, >but it does make it a little more difficult. Combine that with WEP and >you

RE: network/ limited number of ips

2002-01-18 Thread Schmeits, Roger
-Original Message- From: David A. Bandel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: network/ limited number of ips On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 07:37:10 -0600 "Schmeits, Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the b

RE: network/ limited number of ips

2002-01-18 Thread Schmeits, Roger
>I don't know how much about wireless. Certainly it's easier, but probably more >expensive and maybe less secure (at least you'd have to think about those >things). We are still thinking about how to lay things out yet wireless vs. LAN. so far wireless is cheaper. for some oddball reason it is

RE: network/ limited number of ips

2002-01-18 Thread Schmeits, Roger
>Way, way too much overkill. You certainly don't need 6 access points, >especially at over a grand each for Cisco. Youre right 3 is more than enough. I was just throwing numbers out there ... it is early in the project you know. >them all a unique ESSID if you want precise control, patch each o

network/ limited number of ips

2002-01-17 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Got a question... We have a student housing building that has about 40 students. We have been wanting to wire the building but the cost has always stopped us ($4). I have been playing with the idea of using 5 or 6 Cisco aironet 350 access points and have the students purchase a PCI wireless

vpn

2002-01-17 Thread Schmeits, Roger
If your looking for a vpn site this one looks pretty good... http://www.vpnlabs.org ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

mail test route

2002-01-14 Thread Schmeits, Roger
If you need to test your mail settings and want to see if it works. Try an empty email to the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] If your connection is valid it will spit it right back at you. If not you will not receive your email back. Comes in handy for testing purposes. Roger

12 steps

2002-01-11 Thread Schmeits, Roger
I found this extremely funny simply because I have been in AA for several years. good for a chuckle. http://www.cio.com/archive/010102/shop.html Roger ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

RE: joydesk

2002-01-09 Thread Schmeits, Roger
anyone has done any reviews-- CNET, etc on this company? -Original Message- From: Tim Wunder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 2:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: joydesk Schmeits, Roger wrote: > Does anyone know much about this company? h

joydesk

2002-01-09 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Does anyone know much about this company? http://www.joydesk.com We were possibility looking at the Business Edition 2.6 for a replacement of our MS Exchange 5.5 email/groupware. Roger Schmeits System Analyst Clarkson College Omaha, NE USA 402.552.2542 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Searching for a distro...

2002-01-08 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Look at this: http://www.shockley.net/obsd-bootcd.asp Roger -Original Message- From: Condon Thomas A KPWA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:25 PM To: Linux Users (E-mail) Subject: Searching for a distro... I'm looking for a distro that will boot from either

RE: Windows (OT)

2002-01-08 Thread Schmeits, Roger
>Is it possible to get Windows NT and 2000 to coexist on the same hard >drive? I've heard that NT won't reside with another OS. That is not true. I have sit up triple boot systems running NT workstation, win2k and Linux. You just have install windows first which make it easier down the road to

RE: The dangers of surfing with windoze

2002-01-08 Thread Schmeits, Roger
I took a security class from www.sans.org couple of months ago and found out the thin layer of protection that people when they surf the net. It is very scary and frighting on the differnt tools that are out there. Alot of those tools are for script kiddies which is not rocket science to run. T

RE: question for security gurus

2002-01-08 Thread Schmeits, Roger
got try www.sans.org. They often list the most common security holes in companies and weaknesses in desktops, poliocies, and a whole bunch of stuff. I took a security class with company (online courses that is) and this is a top notch site with excellent classes if you are serious. there prices

RE: Questions about moving from Win2k to SUSE 7.3 Pro (Long)

2002-01-07 Thread Schmeits, Roger
>And vmware is very easy to set up. Just out of curosity was that a laptop or a desktop? Did you create a virtual OS (if I recollect correctly) or did you use a preinstalled OS system? How is the performance? I looked at putting it on a laptop and it turned into a of work. Mabye I will have

RE: Questions about moving from Win2k to SUSE 7.3 Pro (Long)

2002-01-07 Thread Schmeits, Roger
I have a winmodem in this laptop and it works -- the performance is sucky at best. My advice ist to build a firewall (www.smoothwall.org) with an dialup modem and use an ethernet card on your laptop. You might want to check out the winmodem listserv best on that one. I also looked at Vmware on

RE: Linux Tutorials On-line or downloadable

2002-01-07 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Shane, Checkout http:\\rute.sourceforge.net which is free and downloadable - very good book espically if you all ready have a windows background. Purchase the book if you can this will not go out of date because everything is from the command line.Another one is http:\\www.informit.com -- you have

RE: exchange 5.5

2002-01-03 Thread Schmeits, Roger
I found this ..I dont know it it has any potential. http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Qmail-VMailMgr-Courier-imap-HOWTO.html -Original Message- From: Tim Wunder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: exchange 5.5 Schmeits

RE: patches/updates

2002-01-03 Thread Schmeits, Roger
AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: patches/updates "Schmeits, Roger" wrote: > > How does one handle packages updates on Linux servers? I have noticed on > Redhat you pay a subscribition fee whereas Caldera it is a free service. > Beginning relatively green yet I find mysel

exchange 5.5

2002-01-03 Thread Schmeits, Roger
What is similar in the Linux world for a replacement of Exchange 5.5? Group scheduling, email, resources planning (i.e. room scheduling). Roger ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

patches/updates

2002-01-03 Thread Schmeits, Roger
How does one handle packages updates on Linux servers? I have noticed on Redhat you pay a subscribition fee whereas Caldera it is a free service. Beginning relatively green yet I find myself uncomfortable/ignorant on applying patches/updates to Linux distros. How does one handle this situation i

RE: wireless recommendations

2001-12-26 Thread Schmeits, Roger
sorry your right .. -Original Message- From: David Aikema [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 11:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wireless recommendations On December 26, 2001 07:24 am, Schmeits, Roger wrote: > I am finally breaking down and

wireless recommendations

2001-12-26 Thread Schmeits, Roger
I am finally breaking down and I'm getting a @Home DSL connection in my house. Would like to run an wireless access point and a wireless card om my laptop. Does anyone have any preferences to what vendor(s) work well or don't work well with Linux? Are there any Linux distros that have wireless

RE: Fwd: Which One?

2001-12-20 Thread Schmeits, Roger
> > I am a SysAdmin, but mainly management, and in an NT/Exchange > > environment. I manage about 10 NT servers running a variety of MS apps . Linux is a totally different animal. At times I find the learning curve absolutely infuriating. And I mean at the command line not the pretty GUIs tha

RE: Is this a Caldera list?

2001-12-18 Thread Schmeits, Roger
RH 7.1 on a Compaq laptop. Will started building a Linux from Scratch here in the next few days on my third partition. Have been trying to teach myself Linux and thought this would be a good route to go. I have played with all distros but have not figured how to to install Debain. That will

Sharity

2001-12-17 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Has anybody tried this product? Does it work ok? Comments? http://www.obdev.at/products/sharity/index.html Roger ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

RE: laptops

2001-12-17 Thread Schmeits, Roger
I am running Redhat 7.1 on a Compaq Armada e500 (dual boot to Win2k) and have been very happy with it. Will eventually get vmware running some day to bridge the two operating systems. roger -Original Message- From: Declan Moriarty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 15,

RE: Deception Toolkit

2001-12-14 Thread Schmeits, Roger
>The Deception Toolkit >http://www.all.net/dtk/ Is your url right? It goes nowhere. ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

RE: Linux for Luggable 'downgrade'?

2001-12-10 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Hey I got an DECpc 150 Alpha that we retired one year ago. Just stilling there - 2gig HD 128meg ram 2gig 4mm DAT drive. Anyone have any sugegstions what I should run on this monster??? -Original Message- From: dallam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:10 PM To:

RE: backup routines/etc.

2001-10-26 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Thanks for the info. The links are great and the tips -Original Message- From: Keith Morse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:51 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: backup routines/etc. On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Schmeits, Roger wrote: > Doe

backup routines/etc.

2001-10-25 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Does anyone have preference for DAT drives, backup software, hardware config.? I have about 8 servers with several drives that I backup nightly which about 50gig per night. Currently we are using ArcServe 6.6 on NT 4.0 with 12/24 dat drives. It works ok but I have to baby-sit it about once e

Raid and or Journaling

2001-10-24 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Has anyone had good luck using Linux Software RAID? Has anyone had good luck running Reiser or JFS or Ext3 or other journaling file systems with Linux? If so, what distribution are you running and how many users? Also is it for file serving, web serving, database serving, mail serving or combined?

file systems

2001-10-24 Thread Schmeits, Roger
Has anyone had good luck using Linux Software RAID? Has anyone had good luck running Reiser or JFS or Ext3 or other journaling file systems with Linux? If so, what distribution are you running and how many users? Also is it for file serving, web serving, database serving, mail serving or combined?