There was a recent post on regarding security courses. The poster was kind enough to reply back to the list with a list of responses to his question. I've included some of that list below.. my hands hurt from typing all day, so I don't feel like typing out the rest. Maybe I will tomorrow..
Around 3 years ago, I started dating a girl I met on IRC. I lived in California, she lived in Missouri.
We spent thousands of dollars over the first 6 months in phone bills. I was living with my parents, so it's not like I needed my money for anything. When we reached that 6 months, she flew out to spend the summer with me. We had a wonderful time, and I flew out to Missouri at the end of the summer to meet her family and return her home.
6 months later, she moved out to California to live with me and my dad. It was kinda rough for a while, my dad and I were both really used to being bachelors. 6 months after that, a year and a half into the relationship, we moved out and got our own place. It was great, and we were "on our own" for a year. But without a stable roommate, and the high prices of Silicon Valley living, we decided to move out to Missouri to see her family and find a cheaper place to live. Me being a computer tech, I knew I could find decent work anywhere.
We're currently living with her parents in Missouri, me making as much as I was in Silicon Valley, her finishing school, paying off debts and getting ready to start our lives together.
All because of an IRC channel. And yeah, we're getting married next fall. =)
I'm a computer geek. I geek all day long on as many systems as possible. I currently have 4 at my desk at work, and the first thing I did to the house when we moved in was string CAT 5 everywhere and purchase a few NICs for the machines without them.
She's not a computer geek. She uses PhotoShop and Illustrator and some of the other graphics programs to make some kewlie artwork. She chats on IRC and ICQ. But she's not a geek. She has a life.
Our differences have caused an occassional argument. We've both talked about things, and made some decisions. We're both very happy now, I feel my life is going somewhere, and I have someone to share it with. Couldn't be happier right now.. =)
(Well, unless someone wants to send me a VARserver or something.)
When I worked for one of the bay area school districts, there was a company called "Crayons For Computers" I believe, that did something similar. I have not been able to find any reference to them on the web, and am not sure if they still exist. You may want to look them up if you're in the San Francisco bay area and have some equipment to donate.
Promise (and most likely, other companies,) makes a port expander card. This is an older card, but still does the job. EIDE compatible, no UDMA on this one. This will give you 4 IDE channels (most modern motherboards have 2 built in, this gives you an ADDITIONAL 2 channels.) It can be found here. Note: This is an ISA card.
Promise also makes their Ultra33 expander card. This card supports UDMA33, and once again, adds an additional 2 channels. It can be found here. Note: This is a PCI card.
For those who really want speed, once again, Promise comes through with their Ultra66 expander card. This card supports UDMA66, and, like their previous cards, adds 2 channels, leaving your original 2 free for other devices (or more hard drives). It can be found here. Note: This is a PCI card.
By giving your machine 4 IDE channels, you will have the option of connecting up to 8 IDE devices, including hard drives, cd-rom drives, and the like. You should (if I'm thinking correctly..) be able to read/write from 4 of these devices simultaneously (one device from each channel). This is probably what the HOWTO or whatever is talking about (needing 3 controllers/channels/whatever). Accessing 2 devices on the same channel will be somewhat slower.
For those of you in the San Francisco bay area, the Fremont General Cinema will be playing Ghostbusters at their weekly "Midnight Movies" showing this Friday. The theatre is located in the Fremont Hub shopping center, near Montgomery Wards. From highway 880, take Mowry Avenue East, make a right on Argonaut, and the theatre is located at the sharp curve in the road.
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Oops, forgot something in that first sentence..
"There was a recent post on ms-focus@securityfocus.com regarding security courses."
Don Head
Linux Mentor
There was a recent post on regarding security courses. The poster was kind enough to reply back to the list with a list of responses to his question. I've included some of that list below.. my hands hurt from typing all day, so I don't feel like typing out the rest. Maybe I will tomorrow..
http://www.isc2.org/
http://www.brainbench.com/
http://www.robertgraham.com/
http://www.r00tabega.com/
http://www.sans.org/
http://www.csc.com/
http://www.ey.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/
http://astalavista.box.sk/
http://neworder.box.sk/
http://blacksun.box.sk/tutorials.html
http://www.prosofttraining.com/
Don Head
Linux Mentor
Around 3 years ago, I started dating a girl I met on IRC. I lived in California, she lived in Missouri.
We spent thousands of dollars over the first 6 months in phone bills. I was living with my parents, so it's not like I needed my money for anything. When we reached that 6 months, she flew out to spend the summer with me. We had a wonderful time, and I flew out to Missouri at the end of the summer to meet her family and return her home.
6 months later, she moved out to California to live with me and my dad. It was kinda rough for a while, my dad and I were both really used to being bachelors. 6 months after that, a year and a half into the relationship, we moved out and got our own place. It was great, and we were "on our own" for a year. But without a stable roommate, and the high prices of Silicon Valley living, we decided to move out to Missouri to see her family and find a cheaper place to live. Me being a computer tech, I knew I could find decent work anywhere.
We're currently living with her parents in Missouri, me making as much as I was in Silicon Valley, her finishing school, paying off debts and getting ready to start our lives together.
All because of an IRC channel. And yeah, we're getting married next fall. =)
I'm a computer geek. I geek all day long on as many systems as possible. I currently have 4 at my desk at work, and the first thing I did to the house when we moved in was string CAT 5 everywhere and purchase a few NICs for the machines without them.
She's not a computer geek. She uses PhotoShop and Illustrator and some of the other graphics programs to make some kewlie artwork. She chats on IRC and ICQ. But she's not a geek. She has a life.
Our differences have caused an occassional argument. We've both talked about things, and made some decisions. We're both very happy now, I feel my life is going somewhere, and I have someone to share it with. Couldn't be happier right now.. =)
(Well, unless someone wants to send me a VARserver or something.)
Don
When I worked for one of the bay area school districts, there was a company called "Crayons For Computers" I believe, that did something similar. I have not been able to find any reference to them on the web, and am not sure if they still exist. You may want to look them up if you're in the San Francisco bay area and have some equipment to donate.
Promise (and most likely, other companies,) makes a port expander card. This is an older card, but still does the job. EIDE compatible, no UDMA on this one. This will give you 4 IDE channels (most modern motherboards have 2 built in, this gives you an ADDITIONAL 2 channels.) It can be found here. Note: This is an ISA card.
Promise also makes their Ultra33 expander card. This card supports UDMA33, and once again, adds an additional 2 channels. It can be found here. Note: This is a PCI card.
For those who really want speed, once again, Promise comes through with their Ultra66 expander card. This card supports UDMA66, and, like their previous cards, adds 2 channels, leaving your original 2 free for other devices (or more hard drives). It can be found here. Note: This is a PCI card.
By giving your machine 4 IDE channels, you will have the option of connecting up to 8 IDE devices, including hard drives, cd-rom drives, and the like. You should (if I'm thinking correctly..) be able to read/write from 4 of these devices simultaneously (one device from each channel). This is probably what the HOWTO or whatever is talking about (needing 3 controllers/channels/whatever). Accessing 2 devices on the same channel will be somewhat slower.
For those of you in the San Francisco bay area, the Fremont General Cinema will be playing Ghostbusters at their weekly "Midnight Movies" showing this Friday. The theatre is located in the Fremont Hub shopping center, near Montgomery Wards. From highway 880, take Mowry Avenue East, make a right on Argonaut, and the theatre is located at the sharp curve in the road.