We do this all the time for clients.
We get allot of sales by setting up new computers for 85hz refresh rates.
Often the user comments that there headache went away with the new settup then they ask us what the difference is. Now everyone wants a high refresh rate. Well allot of cheap pentium systems its impossible to get a decent refresh rate and the monitors dont support it anyway. So they start screaming for new systems and often get them:}
High refresh rates
and properly adjusted monitors.
Teach everyone how to adjust there monitors
because there isnt any one setting that is best for everyone.
With monitors mostly you get what you pay for go high end.
Most of all no florescent lights!!!!
I would tell them to go play in the street and
find another place to work.
I do not like being pigeonholed.
It should be illegal for employers to require
this type of test.
I am me I am not some four letter acronym.
This kind of crap leads to persecution like happened
after Columbine to anyone that is different.
Having seen the cluelessness of so called
mental health professionals first hand
iv seen that they dont know anything
and like to play God with peoples lives.
My answer to a request to take this kind of test
would be shove it up your stove pipe.
any old 486 or pent* system will do...
if you need dialup use a minimal linux install
likely slack or debian on a 200-500 meg hd...
http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/
firewall settup:
http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/i ndex.html
also search/. for articles on securing linux
use it for a while and see if there is an app
that you like but it needs some work.
Then contact the peaple working on it
and ask them what they need.
this is a win win situation you get a better app
they get what they need to produce it:}
and if you dont do anything else make it known
that your company uses and has had success
with it. Hopefully on the senior management
front that is where it will do the most good.
If a geek askes his boss if they can go with a linux solution and
the boss has just talked to someone last week about the success your company
has had with it he/she will be more likely to
allow it to be used.
if propery cooled motherboards cpus and memery
will last allot longer than most peaple think.
my take on it...
replace the fans and the harddrives and install linux.
Its probably time to give them a good gunk removal also.
Some of our clients are still running 386 novell setups.
-mostly as a secondary system because the cost of converting the data over to a modern format is $$$$-
Porsche? no way i can buy a house for what they cost
my 90 horizen suits my needs.
have you speced out a $400 system lately?
you have to build it yourself but you can get lots of power for $400
a few reasons:
1: Drivers sux
2: no multi os support
3: todays greatest is tomorrows junk
4: its way over priced im not paying $400 for a graphics card i can build a computer for that
5: it rarely lives up to the hype
6: im not a consumer to be swayed by flashy
fud filled adds
7: my 4 systems fill my needs
compitition makes for better code!
Just look at windows for an idea of what happens when the compitition is not there. Gnome will force kde to be better and
kde will force gnome to be better:}:}
The users win!!!!!!!!
Linux/gnone/kde will force windows to be better
and who wins? The users:}
I sent in a ask slashdot on this but havent got a response.
Here is my take on it why dont we have a
webserver distro a ftp server distro a samba distro a gamers distro.
Your sayin huh? about now.
Think about it,,,
need a file server grab the samba linux distro
install it run some simple settup scripts and
your done, Get some of the samba develpers to help with the
initial tuning and settup of the distro.
Cut out everything that isnt needed.
Why?
simple it would be more secure take up less space
and be faster to settup.
and its tuned with more tuneup tips provided by the pros.
This has been done for routers and firewalls,
How about moving the idea into other services?
other option linksys router iv used both
if you need a small hub buy the 4 port switch version
it isnt allot more than the 1 port and
not allot more than a decent hub.
I prefere a linux box it is more versitile
and i trust its security more than the
closed source linksys.
both work aok:}
ymmv
Re:What about downtime? Re:can do the same thing
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you have a point...
but thats true of any os.
a floppy/cdrom based settup is just another step closer to being secure.
If your webserver has a hole in it you have worse problems than what
firewall your running.
Im curious there is a shutdown executable
in bin or sbin of the distros i
looked at there isnt in floppyfw
I will have to attach a keyboard to my firewall
and see if shutdown -h now works without
shutdown being installed.
As far as dos attacks if you dont have your routers
configured properly to deny them your screwed no matter what os you run.
If your referring to the windows oob attack that
can be caught at the firewall
level on windows or at the router.
security isnt a one step process you
have to do the whole settup with security
in mind it is no stronger than the weekest link.
and a soft cloth old t-shirt ect.
remove keys wipe down well reassemble enjoy:}
Im curious how does one get a keyboard to last 5 years? Iv never had one last more than 1 year even an ibm springy tank killer keyboard.
can do the same thing with about any os
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setup nat
have no exploitable services on the firewall box
install tracking software
go one step beyond and use a floppy firewall settup see
http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/
that way there is no way to save permenent changes
if it was comprimised .
The key being nothing running to
exploit and no tools or room for tools if it is.
could even be done using winblows problem is its allot harder to strip
windows down of all unsecure services/software.
Are these going to be worstations or servers?
What type of servers? on workstations with default installs im always running out of
room in /..as far as swap goes settup a test box with the configeration you want monitor memery usage and load it down 2x the load your expecting and set your final swap to 1.5 times this size. For logs it sounds like your setting up a dedicated machine which is good so use as much space as you have. The worst thing you can do on a server is do a default install of most linux distros install the least amout of stuff possible then add what you need. Then on your test system see how much room each one uses and add a little to each for future upgrades and take it from there.
my box?
3gig /
~7gig/home
128meg swap
not ideal but it works
You said they were in talks with the author wait and see what comes of those talks. If they do go ahead with trying to rip the author off. Then you have to do what will allow you to sleep at night. What would i do? start looking for another job I have found out the hard way that a company that rips one person off tends to do it to everyone that has contact with them eventualy. On my last day id contact the author and let him/her know what was being done.
um let me tell you this im basing this on real world experence. We do allot of consulting work for Law offices and lawyers for the most part dont care about computers. They are also the worst customers to have if something goes wrong because 1: there always in a hurry 2: it dont cost them much to sue your butt off 3: they are the worst one for demanding that you run over because they turned java off and cant play there web games at yahoo.com and dont care that your in the middle of trying to restore a server for a customer that is losing thousands of dollars an hour but is too cheap to put rebundant servers in or replace there 486 netware server that has been dieing for 6 months so imho anything you can do that keeps a program they can mess up away from a lawyer the better,,, hence use web based email
email clients on the desktop are a nightmare on any platform to support. Im about bald from having to support 500+ installs of outlook lol.
Advantages of webmail... =central point for scanning for viruses ect. =central point for security. =less support needed instead of having to run around to each machine to fix things all the time you have =one point to manage =ease of adding and removing users =Users like the ability to bring up an email on another machine when they are working in a group setting.
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We do this all the time for clients. We get allot of sales by setting up new computers for 85hz refresh rates. Often the user comments that there headache went away with the new settup then they ask us what the difference is. Now everyone wants a high refresh rate. Well allot of cheap pentium systems its impossible to get a decent refresh rate and the monitors dont support it anyway. So they start screaming for new systems and often get them:}
High refresh rates
and properly adjusted monitors.
Teach everyone how to adjust there monitors
because there isnt any one setting that is best for everyone.
With monitors mostly you get what you pay for go high end.
Most of all no florescent lights!!!!
I would tell them to go play in the street and
find another place to work.
I do not like being pigeonholed.
It should be illegal for employers to require
this type of test.
I am me I am not some four letter acronym.
This kind of crap leads to persecution like happened
after Columbine to anyone that is different.
Having seen the cluelessness of so called
mental health professionals first hand
iv seen that they dont know anything
and like to play God with peoples lives.
My answer to a request to take this kind of test
would be shove it up your stove pipe.
and another one on the desk which is only on for reading papers,,,,,
in a room with no windows of course....
from: http://www.netexpress.net/~parallax/serial_killers .html
Arthur Shawcross
Repeatedly threw a kitten into a lake until the kitten drowned from exhaustion.
Killed a young girl. Then, after serving 15 and 1/2 years in prison, killed 11 more women
11 women would have lived if they had fried his butt in the chair for the first murder
cuz i log into a pop3 server to get it
but when i send it its smtp-mail for the same reason
any old 486 or pent* system will do...i ndex.html
/. for articles on securing linux
if you need dialup use a minimal linux install
likely slack or debian on a 200-500 meg hd...
http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/
firewall settup:
http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/
also search
use it for a while and see if there is an app
that you like but it needs some work.
Then contact the peaple working on it
and ask them what they need.
this is a win win situation you get a better app
they get what they need to produce it:}
and if you dont do anything else make it known
that your company uses and has had success
with it. Hopefully on the senior management
front that is where it will do the most good.
If a geek askes his boss if they can go with a linux solution and
the boss has just talked to someone last week about the success your company
has had with it he/she will be more likely to
allow it to be used.
http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.htmla .cfm\
i ce/
http://www2.psy.uq.edu.au/~ftp/Crypto/
http://www.intertrader.com/library/SSLeay/no_rs
http://www.lobocom.es/~roiz/ssleay/sslapps.html
http://yellow.netsurf.net/doc/ssleay/demos/maur
and hundreds more await your visit to
www.google.com
the world sux when you cant even have a digital vcr.
It dont look good for vcrs being around for long after digital tv comes out
if propery cooled motherboards cpus and memery
will last allot longer than most peaple think.
my take on it...
replace the fans and the harddrives and install linux.
Its probably time to give them a good gunk removal also.
Some of our clients are still running 386 novell setups.
-mostly as a secondary system because the cost of converting the data over to a modern format is $$$$-
its called scsi why reinvent the wheel?
Porsche? no way i can buy a house for what they cost
my 90 horizen suits my needs.
have you speced out a $400 system lately?
you have to build it yourself but you can get lots of power for $400
a few reasons:
1: Drivers sux
2: no multi os support
3: todays greatest is tomorrows junk
4: its way over priced im not paying $400 for a graphics card i can build a computer for that
5: it rarely lives up to the hype
6: im not a consumer to be swayed by flashy
fud filled adds
7: my 4 systems fill my needs
compitition makes for better code!
Just look at windows for an idea of what happens when the compitition is not there. Gnome will force kde to be better and
kde will force gnome to be better:}:}
The users win!!!!!!!!
Linux/gnone/kde will force windows to be better
and who wins? The users:}
I sent in a ask slashdot on this but havent got a response.
Here is my take on it why dont we have a
webserver distro a ftp server distro a samba distro a gamers distro.
Your sayin huh? about now.
Think about it,,,
need a file server grab the samba linux distro
install it run some simple settup scripts and
your done, Get some of the samba develpers to help with the
initial tuning and settup of the distro.
Cut out everything that isnt needed.
Why?
simple it would be more secure take up less space
and be faster to settup.
and its tuned with more tuneup tips provided by the pros.
This has been done for routers and firewalls,
How about moving the idea into other services?
http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/
other option linksys router iv used both
if you need a small hub buy the 4 port switch version
it isnt allot more than the 1 port and
not allot more than a decent hub.
I prefere a linux box it is more versitile
and i trust its security more than the
closed source linksys.
both work aok:}
ymmv
you have a point...
but thats true of any os.
a floppy/cdrom based settup is just another step closer to being secure.
If your webserver has a hole in it you have worse problems than what
firewall your running.
Im curious there is a shutdown executable
in bin or sbin of the distros i
looked at there isnt in floppyfw
I will have to attach a keyboard to my firewall
and see if shutdown -h now works without
shutdown being installed.
As far as dos attacks if you dont have your routers
configured properly to deny them your screwed no matter what os you run.
If your referring to the windows oob attack that
can be caught at the firewall
level on windows or at the router.
security isnt a one step process you
have to do the whole settup with security
in mind it is no stronger than the weekest link.
and a soft cloth old t-shirt ect.
remove keys wipe down well reassemble enjoy:}
Im curious how does one get a keyboard to last 5 years? Iv never had one last more than 1 year even an ibm springy tank killer keyboard.
setup nat
have no exploitable services on the firewall box
install tracking software
go one step beyond and use a floppy firewall settup see
http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/
that way there is no way to save permenent changes
if it was comprimised .
The key being nothing running to
exploit and no tools or room for tools if it is.
could even be done using winblows problem is its allot harder to strip
windows down of all unsecure services/software.
Are these going to be worstations or servers? What type of servers? on workstations with default installs im always running out of room in / ..as far as swap goes settup a test box with the configeration you want monitor memery usage and load it down 2x the load your expecting and set your final swap to 1.5 times this size. For logs it sounds like your setting up a dedicated machine which is good so use as much space as you have. The worst thing you can do on a server is do a default install of most linux distros install the least amout of stuff possible then add what you need. Then on your test system see how much room each one uses and add a little to each for future upgrades and take it from there.
my box?
3gig /
~7gig /home
128meg swap
not ideal but it works
You said they were in talks with the author wait and see what comes of those talks. If they do go ahead with trying to rip the author off. Then you have to do what will allow you to sleep at night. What would i do? start looking for another job I have found out the hard way that a company that rips one person off tends to do it to everyone that has contact with them eventualy. On my last day id contact the author and let him/her know what was being done.
windows 2000 would actualy be as fast
as linux is on a 486 if it did
this is a joke for those who have had
there funny bone removed
um let me tell you this im basing this on real world experence. We do allot of consulting work for Law offices and lawyers for the most part dont care about computers. They are also the worst customers to have if something goes wrong because 1: there always in a hurry 2: it dont cost them much to sue your butt off 3: they are the worst one for demanding that you run over because they turned java off and cant play there web games at yahoo.com and dont care that your in the middle of trying to restore a server for a customer that is losing thousands of dollars an hour but is too cheap to put rebundant servers in or replace there 486 netware server that has been dieing for 6 months so imho anything you can do that keeps a program they can mess up away from a lawyer the better,,, hence use web based email
email clients on the desktop are a nightmare on any platform to support.
Im about bald from having to support 500+ installs of outlook lol.
Advantages of webmail...
=central point for scanning for viruses ect.
=central point for security.
=less support needed instead of having to run around to
each machine to fix things all the time you have =one point to manage
=ease of adding and removing users
=Users like the ability to bring up an email on another machine when
they are working in a group setting.