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Good supported wireless desktop adapter
by brad 17 Jul '05

17 Jul '05

I just moved from a house that was wired with cat 5 to a house that is not so I am needing a couple of wireless adapters for my desktops. I have not played with any of these in Linux so I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a well supported adapter? I am running various Fedora flavors. I need 802.11G and probably an external antenna since the firewall and AP are in the basement and the desktops are on the 2nd floor. The cheaper the better as well. TIA, Brad

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Buzzword of the Week: MVC? (Was: Ruby on Rails / Web Technologies)
by D. Hageman 16 Jul '05

16 Jul '05

I noticed that someone already posted on MVC framework that was written in perl, but this one apparently one the Linux Journal Editor's Choice Awards: http://maypole.perl.org/ Is it just me or has the MVC buzzword really become popular these days? I do quite a lot of programming and I just can't seem to get excited about it. ;-) //========================================================\\ || D. Hageman <dhageman(a)dracken.com> || \\========================================================//

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RE: IPcop config
by Welsh, Ed 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

It should just be a network reconfig. Simply login as the setup user. That will automatically take you to the configuration menu where you can select the network and pick which interface is which "zone". It is very straight forward and worked well for me when I added an Orange (DMZ) to mine. -Stuck in a new NIC -logged in as user "setup" -accessed network dialogue -Select the zone for each interface. Send me direct email if you need anything else. EW -----Original Message----- From: djgoku [mailto:djgoku@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 9:23 AM To: kclug(a)kclug.org Subject: Re: IPcop config On 7/15/05, Tim reid <bewkard(a)gmail.com> wrote: > When I origially(sp) installed IPcop to act as a firewall/router, I > had the "red" interface as a dial-up modem. I am now _finally_ moving > to broadband. A question to those out there that are familliar with > IPcop: Can I reconfigure the box to use a 2nd NIC as the "red" > interface, or will i need to reinstall? > I have a feeling that I can just edit some config files, but if > so...which particular files should I edit, and how? I would say reinstall. I have never done dialup so, I don't know what to turn off to stop dailup. It really doesn't take that long to reinstall anyways. Thanks, dj _______________________________________________ Kclug mailing list Kclug(a)kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug The information transmitted in this e-mail is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any interception, review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited by law and may subject them to criminal or civil liability. If you received this communication in error, please contact us immediately at 816.421.6611, and delete the communication from any computer or network system.

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Ruby On Rails / Web Technologies
by Josh Charles 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

I've finally got around to looking into "Ruby on Rails," and I'm extremely impressed. If you're not familiar with this framework, I highly reccomend it. After spending the last several months on a large PHP project, during which I grew extremely sick of that language, Rails is like a breath of fresh air. It has: Integrated AJAX / DHTML support Automatic Object to Database Mapping Model-View-Control structure Code Generation for Models and Controls Object / Table relationship mapping Automatic generation for different testing / development / production enviroments Optional build in webserver Templating Integrated Unit Testing with customizable tests being generated as Models are created Integrated Load Testing Integrated Code Statistic generator (i.e. discover total number of lines, etc.) The greatest thing about it is you can start writing code right away that just works. It will automatically generate code for CRUD access to the database that you can change and replace one at a time. In other words, as soon as there is a database in place, the code generators will handle the data manipulation code until you are ready to customize it. Perhaps the most amazing thing about this framework is that it was built by one guy while working on another project. I know that it's been mentioned by some on this group that PHP5 is faster than Ruby, but I've been unable to find any data to support this. The way I see it, PHP has alot of catching up to do before it hits the functionality of even ASP.NET (version 2.0). I've been looking rather strongly at ASP.NET, but it while it has some extremely neat and interesting features, the code generation / testing / MVC / AJAX integration of the Rails framework is much, much better. I should also say before I get flamed that I'm aware I'm sort of comparing Apples to Oranges when comparing PHP5 to the Rails Framework, but PHP's absences of a really good framework (I'm not talking about PEAR or something like PHPNuke), is beginning to look like a major problem. Thoughts?

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IPcop config
by Tim reid 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

When I origially(sp) installed IPcop to act as a firewall/router, I had the "red" interface as a dial-up modem. I am now _finally_ moving to broadband. A question to those out there that are familliar with IPcop: Can I reconfigure the box to use a 2nd NIC as the "red" interface, or will i need to reinstall? I have a feeling that I can just edit some config files, but if so...which particular files should I edit, and how? TIA, Tim

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Fwd: Ruby On Rails / Web Technologies
by Josh Charles 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Josh Charles <josh.charles(a)gmail.com> Date: Jul 14, 2005 3:14 PM Subject: Re: Ruby On Rails / Web Technologies To: Bill Cavalieri <bcavalieri(a)lumensoftware.com> > Whats something asp.net does over php? I have yet to find something I > can't do in php. Generics Operator Overloading Strongly Typed Data Types Function Overloading URL Rewriting without resorting to writing C modules for the webserver (there might be a way to do this with PHP, but I've not found it) Databinding to either business objects or datasets Number of controls (Gridview, Details View) Personalization with custom objects Automatic Membership / Subscription functionality with the Provider Design Pattern for customization Multiple Languages possibilities inside projects or applications Hmm, that all I can come up with now, but that's a big list. Josh

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Re: Ruby On Rails / Web Technologies
by Josh Charles 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

On 7/14/05, Jason Clinton <me(a)jasonclinton.com> wrote: > Oh by the way, Ruby is being ported to Mono/.NET as a part of the Google > Summer of Code program. We should have a Ruby implementation running on > that VM by Christmas time. > Oh wow, that would be great. Perhaps fastcgi will not be necessary to get great performance, then. If the entire site can be compiled to byte code, it would be able to run on apache (using mod_mono), xsp (probably not a great idea), or even IIS (er, not going to say anything about that). I've also just integrated FCKEditor into my rails application. It was actually rather easy.

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RE: wardriving a crime in Florida?
by Jeremy Fowler 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

http://www.wardrive.net/wardriving/faq My fellow wardrivers and I adhere to a relatively strict code of ethics that can be cooked down to the following: * Don't look. * Don't touch. * Don't play through. In other words, 1) don't examine the contents of a network; 2) don't add, delete, or change anything on the network, and 3) don't even use the network's Internet connection for Web surfing, email, chat, FTP, or anything else. Somebody else paid for the bandwidth, and if you don't have permission to use it, you're stealing it. Basically, unless you have permission, don't connect. Consider it a matter of personal honor, even when it's unlikely that you'll be caught. (If you get too used to feeling that you won't get caught, sooner or later you will get caught!)

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RE: wardriving a crime in Florida?
by Welsh, Ed 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

A good point was previously made about intent. I don't think any of us are above knocking on a door and asking permission to use someone's WiFi for emergency connectivity needs. There is obviously more to the Florida case than we know. This guy sat outside the house long enough to have the police called on him. My concern is that these IT related cases are ruled with fault placed on the "perp" and that WiFi is becoming prevalent in enough devices that anyone can be taken in based on accessing a network. Again, intent becomes an issue, but who is the judge of that. Local cops? Network security overall has been one fantastic reactionary boondoggle and we (collective society) still do not get "it". Scratch the itch instead of taking the vaccine. It boggles the mind that M$ was not held accountable (other than market place) for the scads of hacked computers based on Windows and IE. No one really knows where the responsibility lies and so we use the same old system we always have. Witch hunts and scarlet letters. Who is to blame? Careless manufactures? Ignorant users? Weak governance? Crafty phreaks? EW <Brian JD said...> I agree with most of what you're saying here. While I certainly am not recommending that everyone go out and connect to open access points in the neighborhood, I disagree that it is illegal. It may have some personal honor issues, but I don't see it as illegal. I would however generally recommend using only those that you find that you have explicit permission for. There are known free access points, and I would generally recommend them. However, were I in desperate need of getting access, say a server crashed and I needed to do some remote tasks from 1000 miles away, and there was no readily available connection except an open wi-fi connection; I would probably use it. <somewhat political and ot> In fact were I comfortable enough where I didn't need to work. I would engage in acts of civil disobedience in regards to some of the Stalinist laws that have been passed in recent years concerning IT, were it not for the Draconian penalties they have attached to those imbicilic laws. </somewhat ot> Brian JD __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Kclug mailing list Kclug(a)kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug The information transmitted in this e-mail is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any interception, review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited by law and may subject them to criminal or civil liability. If you received this communication in error, please contact us immediately at 816.421.6611, and delete the communication from any computer or network system.

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Web Calendar update
by Chris Bier 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, Here is the web based calendar version of the KCLUG iCalendar, as requested. http://www.kclug.org/phpicalendar/ I'm using the phpicalendar program (http://phpicalendar.net/) to read and display the iCalendar. Chris - -- I digitally sign my emails. If you see an attachment with .asc, then that means your email client doesn't support PGP digital signatures. http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/documentation/faqs.html#q1.1 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC1B92E5xXU3JS1mQRAoNmAJ9wzfUWpoy7tfoSYKktW3JKdic6mgCfTi/P 3Tov+M1SkWrrct1JkZ7YLsk= =1M4X -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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