I have managed to singlehandedly turn our place into a Mac shop overnight. My help-desk guys stroll into my office, see my iBook screen spanning, and drool. One screen Mac, one screen Windows, and no screens running our headless servers in the basement. (They are all controlled remotely.)
About the only thing I needed to add was a USB-serial adapter with a copy of Zterm so I can program the switches. I run our 3com network management software on a copy of Virtual PC. (Come on guys, it's written in Java. Why is there only a Windows version?)
The limitations of IPV4 have nothing to do with Zombies. It is a communication protocol. The problem with Zombies are that they break in through daemons vulnerable daemo^H^H^H^H^services. The services are Microsoft's bailywick completely.
I had to reprogram my switches to not accept partial packets because Windows clients infected with scanning trojens where hogging the lines with crap UDP traffic.
Mind you, I'm not talking about our 3Mb link to the internet. I'm talking about our 100Mb switch in the basement.
Whatever Microsoft thinks they are doing, it isn't helping in the areas that count.
I was just content to take the drive over to the local steel mill and toss it into the one of furnaces.
It worked to get rid of skynet, didn't it?
Re:Mark is Paranoid, but Trusting of Microsoft?
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Skip Microsoft.
He has an awful lot of trust in his kids.
No Dad, I didn't install that game... No Dad, I don't know who installed that driver... No Dad, I don't know who tried to delete the "WINDOWS" folder to make more space for MP3's.
You see, that's what the whole push for "desktop replacement" laptops, combined with the shoulder strap carring case, was all about. Carrying a 20lb cudgel with you at all times. You start swinging with that thing, and you'll be splitting zombie skulls in no time.
I, have one of those scrawny 6lb notebooks. But I bulk up the mass of my "hammer" with a frozen entree or two. Bludgeoning instrument, and emergency rations. I just hope that Zombie attacks are restricted to my morning commute.
That said, we have a lock on the door to our data center, and a camera that snaps a shot as you go in. Backups are made 3 floors above on a half-floor, that nobody knows about, and requires a key to access as well. The backup tapes for our operation are in one of those locked locations, or in the hands of a courier who carts them offsite to some remote salt mine or something.
We aren't keeping the formula of coke. We are keeping our donor database and membership roles. They are priceless to us.
Raid Cards (SCSI/S-ATA/P-ATA), Gigabit ethernet cards, and it apparently can take regular PCI cards as well. Trust me, if all you see are fibre channel for PCI-X, you aren't looking hard enough.
Actually I have seen firsthand the type of idiots who do fall for that. Dear god, every Usenet thread for a while (back in the old days...) eventually involved duping some noob into checking out a server at 127.0.0.1
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Somebody better walk down to my datacenter and explain that to the Xserves I installed a year ago.
Well the kittens got fed up.
About the only thing I needed to add was a USB-serial adapter with a copy of Zterm so I can program the switches. I run our 3com network management software on a copy of Virtual PC. (Come on guys, it's written in Java. Why is there only a Windows version?)
The limitations of IPV4 have nothing to do with Zombies. It is a communication protocol. The problem with Zombies are that they break in through daemons vulnerable daemo^H^H^H^H^services. The services are Microsoft's bailywick completely.
Mind you, I'm not talking about our 3Mb link to the internet. I'm talking about our 100Mb switch in the basement.
Whatever Microsoft thinks they are doing, it isn't helping in the areas that count.
Point taken. I actually feel pretty stupid about that.
When to we get to vote them off the island already?
(A flight of fire stairs cuts into the floor, so the half door goes into a half-hieght storage room.)
Because believe me, we are the lowliest of this places's customers.
Ok, maybe he's Mormon.
You must not be accustomed to the concept of a few thousand eye witnesses, and being 1 block from the local police headquarters.
No, the ability to inflict abject fear is the mark of a seasoned professional. That and the ability to properly dispose of corpses...
It worked to get rid of skynet, didn't it?
He has an awful lot of trust in his kids.
No Dad, I didn't install that game... No Dad, I don't know who installed that driver... No Dad, I don't know who tried to delete the "WINDOWS" folder to make more space for MP3's.
(Opens bomb shelter door, shakes fist at the sky.)
I, have one of those scrawny 6lb notebooks. But I bulk up the mass of my "hammer" with a frozen entree or two. Bludgeoning instrument, and emergency rations. I just hope that Zombie attacks are restricted to my morning commute.
First off, Mr. Bomb shelter isn't going to be continuing any sort of species without a mate.
Paranoids are lousy lovers.
That said, we have a lock on the door to our data center, and a camera that snaps a shot as you go in. Backups are made 3 floors above on a half-floor, that nobody knows about, and requires a key to access as well. The backup tapes for our operation are in one of those locked locations, or in the hands of a courier who carts them offsite to some remote salt mine or something.
We aren't keeping the formula of coke. We are keeping our donor database and membership roles. They are priceless to us.
Depends on your application. Email server, probably not useful. Secret Squirrel encryptor device, very useful.
Skip trust. That boy must have a lot of time on his hands.
Or even on Apple's website for that matter.
(Our finance box is an AS/400 running on dual POWER-5's. Cost around $70,000 in 1999.)
And they'll switch from BSD to Linux because, as we all know, BSD IS DYING!
Actually I have seen firsthand the type of idiots who do fall for that. Dear god, every Usenet thread for a while (back in the old days...) eventually involved duping some noob into checking out a server at 127.0.0.1