KCLUG February 2008

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46 discussions

RoadRunner nonsense
by Arthur Pemberton 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

My fellow RoadRunner using geeks have no doubt noticed this themselves by now, but for everyone else, an article is up on Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1741253 ISPs are becoming more and more despicable -- I just wonder what tech guy sold his soul implementing this, surely going against standard networking behavior like this must cause one to lose their geek membership. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )

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DNS alternatives (Was RoadRunner nonsense)
by cragos＠gmail.com 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

TW's astandard DNS rollout is despicable and everything, but still: It might be argued that one should no more depend on their ISP for DNS than they would for email. Might I recommend 4.2.2 1 - 4.2.2.6 and/or OpenDNS? Anyone else got any easy to memorize DNS server IPs or something of the sort? -Sean Related link: http://ask.metafilter.com/22161/DNS-servers-with-easytoremember-IP-addresses

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amusing toy
by David Nicol 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/airport-securit.html

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Re: RoadRunner nonsense
by Kyle Sexton 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

James Sissel <jimsissel(a)yahoo.com> writes: > A lease is created when a property owner (the offeror) makes an offer to another party (the > offeree), and the offeree accepts the offer. The offer must authorize the offeree to possess and > use property owned by the offeror for a certain period of time without gaining ownership. So, > getting my IP address, assuming it is not static, means I get to possess and use the > "property". This does not mean the "landlord" can open/alter/block/steal my mail. You seem to > be confusing the IP address with the Internet traffic. > > But what if I have a static IP address? > > Another example, suppose I hire a trucking company to move some boxes from my house to yours. > Does that give the trucking company the right to open the boxes, take stuff out, put other stuff > in, or just not deliver the boxes because they are "just too busy"? > >From http://help.twcable.com/html/twc_misp_aup.html "The ISP Service may not be used in a manner that interferes with Operator's efficient operation of its facilities, the provision of services or the ability of others to utilize the ISP Service in a reasonable manner. Operator may use various tools and techniques in order to efficiently manage its networks and to ensure compliance with this Acceptable Use Policy (“Network Management Tools”). These may include detecting malicious traffic patterns and preventing the distribution of viruses or other malicious code, limiting the number of peer-to-peer sessions a user can conduct at the same time, limiting the aggregate bandwidth available for certain usage protocols such as peer-to-peer and newsgroups and such other Network Management Tools as Operator may from time to time determine appropriate." So in this case your landlord could check your mail to make sure that you aren't a terrorist. And the movers could open your boxes to ensure you weren't moving bombs[1]. Footnotes: [1] Hello Echelon! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON) -- Thanks, Kyle Sexton

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Used Systems Wanted
by Jonathan Hutchins 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Looking for 2 - 3 used office-grade machines, pre-2ghz DDR400 or less specs. Don't need good audio or video, these will be "servers"; drives and RAM don't matter as I'll be installing my own. I like SFF boxes, but don't like the lack of expansion. If you have a couple last-generation systems kicking around, let me know.

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More nails in the coffin of Comcast's honor
by Oren Beck 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Comcast- were they a human being they would have to upon death be screwed into the earth like a dog stake. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/26/report-comcast-paid.html -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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HP-UX Systems Administrator Contract Jobs
by Phil Thayer 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Need two people for 1 year contracts on HP-UX. If you are interested or know of someone who might be let me know and I can hook you up. Phil Phillip C. Thayer Sr. System Engineer, Vital Support Systems 2700 Bi-State Dr. Suite 500 Kansas City, MO 64108 (816) 977-2220 - Desk (816) 985-0799 - Cell HP-UX / OpenVMS CSE Master ASE - HP StorageWorks APP - Enterprise Solutions APC - HP Ent. Storage Solutions/Superdome

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Anyone tested this yet- http://www.goolag.org/
by Oren Beck 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Summary for those not having heard of this yet- CdC has made a seemingly "Back Orfice" level tool for Google's website deep scanning potential I am curious how much is hype and what is real? Yes, technically it's still a winap only , but their source is claimed to be open. Anything that can expose holes is a Very Good Thing. Anyone claiming otherwise is literally emulating an Ostrich. -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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The Noob offering a bribe for help
by Earle Beason 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

I have been playing with Fedora 8, still being the lin-noob here I have two things that I haven't been able to figure out. I would like to set up raid and configure it for my machine, I am using the m2n-sli deluxe board on a custom machine and use it as a media server for the house. Preemptively, yes they are better systems for this, and Fedora not set in stone an anybody welcomed to change my mind. However back to the issue I would like to have both Linux and M$ be able to read and write from the media-server. while I know the group meets regularly, I am unable to make any of the meetings due to other commitments. So I throw out the offer if anybody wish to crash my house on a Saturday evening and show me what i have been doing wrong, I'll throw up some Pizza and Beer, or any other drink that may be desirable. Also if anybody is interested and has rug rats to deal with. My wife wouldn't mind watching them for a couple of hours, the house has been kid tested and the walls have already been drawn on

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Re: Comcast and Postfix
by Jonathan Hutchins 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

On Sun, February 24, 2008 09:51, ckeeter(a)comcast.net wrote: > I've been getting my email on Ubuntu box for a while, Fetch gets the mail > and postfix sends it out, Recently Comcast has been forcing me to use the > 587 port for sending mail. and I'm at a loss on how to get it to work in > postfix. I can't even send mail to a 3rd part mailhost, so they have > locked me out of port 25. > Has anyone else had this problem and solved it and can point me in the > correct direction, this has been driving me crazy. I've heard of this problem before from Comcast users. You're not getting an internet connection, you're getting manged, filtered services. Which server are you trying to relay out through? It has looked to me like they won't let you use any outbound mail server except theirs, no matter what port you try. (I suppose encrypted traffic to an unusual port might get through, but I'm surprised they allow ssh.)

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