I feel so late to the game on this! I must be losing my geek edge...
Best of luck in all your new endeavors. Many thanks to Rob and Jeff for everything they've done to make Slashdot what it is and what I hope it will continue to be.
The problem with the UMD adoption has been the freaking price! I am not going to pay $20-$30 for a UMD movie when I can pay $15 for the DVD and rip it to my memory stick. The approach they should have taken would be to bunlde the UMD with the DVD for an extra $5. When you buy the movie, you have paid for the rights to view it privately. The UMD is just another piece of $5 media.
I spent COUNTLESS hours playing Sierra's Space Quest Series, Kings Quest Series, even Leisure Suit Larry 1. I also enjoyed Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist as well as Willy Beamish from Sierra's sister company, Dynamix. Also can't forget Diablo/Diablo II and the Wing Commander series.
I know my company provides services like that. We can do remote IT Administration for a nominal fee. The website is Axigent Technologies Group, Inc. - Check us out or email if you have questions! It's what we set out to do as a company. We mostly do on-site admin, but doing it remotely is not a problem.
You are exactly right. I want all the functionality of having multiple users connect to a non-windows server in a multi-user environment to run a GUI Java Application (Or whatever else). All the clients are remote, running Windows, so a Linux client with X+SSH would not work either.
I have been using Asterisk for several months, and I am extremely impressed with the capabilities it has. As I use it more and more I am always amazed by the features that it as compared to other PBX systems that cost thousands of dollars. I own a small business and without Asterisk we wouldn't have been able to afford a phone system. We have also been fortunate enough to be able to work with a few local businesses looking at the possibility of deploying Asterisk systems. I look forward to developing for Asterisk in the future (when time permits) as well as continuing to explore the vast array of services that it provides. Kudos to Mark and the gang for an excellent piece of software.
You can configure your apache webservers to only allow each connection a limited amount of bandwidth depending on which IP the connection is coming from. It can be setup to allow more bandwidth for your customers or less from connections outside your network. This can be configured for the entire site or just for the file that is getting hit hard. This is a simple and inexpensive solution.
A friend of mine, who works for a UK telecom and my company, Axigent, have setup a connection between our two asterisk systems that has proven fairly reliable and "secure".
I would say with everything we've gone through to make the connection functional, the author of this column left out a lot of the details as far as full implementation of an Asterisk PBX.
A helpful site, or at least one of the more helpful sites I've come across is the wiki at www.voip-info.org, which the author neglected to reference in his article.
Knowing someone that works at a Telecom is a plus, I think the cost from both ends as far as equipment has been fairly minimal and the return on the time invested as far as learning what VoIP is capable of has been huge.
All of the calls that are made back and forth have been clear. It's pretty impressive to call overseas at no charge.
I have one of these fine units running Firmware v2.02.7. I got to poking around with this 'exploit' and noticed the following items:
When you are on the LAN with the device, you *are* able to access the Administration page from the WAN IP address on both ports 80 and 443.
When you are on a remote network and you make an attempt to access the WAN IP on either port 80 or 443 (with no forwarding turned on) you get nothing. No admin page, no prompt for a password.
This is just the behavior I have seen. That isn't to say that somewhere out there this problem isn't happening, but I am just curious how many people have tried it from outside the networks they are seeing this on.
I have had this happen on more than one occasion. I have *5* static IPs on a co-located server. Each time, I contact the ISP and they see to the removal of the netblock(s) that are listed on the MAPS lists.
If your ISP is unwilling to have their own netblocks removed from MAPS lists, then you need to consider a new ISP.
I guess this just goes to show *again* the kind of folks behind Infinium labs... I can't believe they are even still around, with all the negative press they get, just give up and go home!
Of course, I guess if you're raking in millions of dollars and have no scruples, keep it up...
In the US there is a "Lemon Law" for automobiles. After 3 major defects you can return your car and get a new one.
I've always been of the opinion that there should be a similar law for electronics/computer systems. Sometimes you just get a bad equipment and the best course of action is to replace the entire thing.
I used to be a die-hard build from source person myself back when I ran slackware. Since that time I have gained more experience with production Linux systems. When it comes to managing production servers, I use Debian and typically only install programs that are in the stable tree. Every once in a while I have to build a deb from source, but only in rare circumstances.
Now, when it comes to my development systems I am more likely to compile from source rather than rely on the packages to supply me with the latest and greatest.
It really all just depends on what kind of stability vs. "new" features you need as well as ease of managment. Installing a package takes 30 seconds vs. compiling/installing from source can take longer and requires more hands on.
The ClamAV client is great for scanning email, but it is best used with another scan engine, such as amavis-ng.
I own a company that uses the ClamAV+Amavis-ng configuration internally and implements the solution for clients. We've never seen a virus come through the system yet.
When you combine these tools with SpamAssassin you have a fairlyy "safe" email system.
I've used The Troubleshooter on numberous occasions and can attest to its ability to pinpoint most hardware related problems. It's a great program for anyone that does a lot of hardware maintenance.
Has anyone done a review of Linux TCO vs. the above competitors. It would be interesting to see how a "Linux Technician" stacks up with Windows and Mac techs.
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I feel so late to the game on this! I must be losing my geek edge...
Best of luck in all your new endeavors. Many thanks to Rob and Jeff for everything they've done to make Slashdot what it is and what I hope it will continue to be.
The problem with the UMD adoption has been the freaking price! I am not going to pay $20-$30 for a UMD movie when I can pay $15 for the DVD and rip it to my memory stick.
The approach they should have taken would be to bunlde the UMD with the DVD for an extra $5. When you buy the movie, you have paid for the rights to view it privately. The UMD is just another piece of $5 media.
Oh well, I'll just keep doing what I'm doing.
I spent COUNTLESS hours playing Sierra's Space Quest Series, Kings Quest Series, even Leisure Suit Larry 1. I also enjoyed Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist as well as Willy Beamish from Sierra's sister company, Dynamix. Also can't forget Diablo/Diablo II and the Wing Commander series.
Those were the days....
I know my company provides services like that. We can do remote IT Administration for a nominal fee. The website is Axigent Technologies Group, Inc. - Check us out or email if you have questions! It's what we set out to do as a company. We mostly do on-site admin, but doing it remotely is not a problem.
You are exactly right. I want all the functionality of having multiple users connect to a non-windows server in a multi-user environment to run a GUI Java Application (Or whatever else). All the clients are remote, running Windows, so a Linux client with X+SSH would not work either.
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Follow the link and click on "Popper"
means more funding for the soccer clubs too.
GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!
First Paper!
I have been using Asterisk for several months, and I am extremely impressed with the capabilities it has.
As I use it more and more I am always amazed by the features that it as compared to other PBX systems that cost thousands of dollars. I own a small business and without Asterisk we wouldn't have been able to afford a phone system. We have also been fortunate enough to be able to work with a few local businesses looking at the possibility of deploying Asterisk systems. I look forward to developing for Asterisk in the future (when time permits) as well as continuing to explore the vast array of services that it provides.
Kudos to Mark and the gang for an excellent piece of software.
You can configure your apache webservers to only allow each connection a limited amount of bandwidth depending on which IP the connection is coming from. It can be setup to allow more bandwidth for your customers or less from connections outside your network. This can be configured for the entire site or just for the file that is getting hit hard.
This is a simple and inexpensive solution.
For those who like to live on the bleeding edge Firefox 1.0RC2 is available.
Get it while its hot!
A friend of mine, who works for a UK telecom and my company, Axigent, have setup a connection between our two asterisk systems that has proven fairly reliable and "secure". I would say with everything we've gone through to make the connection functional, the author of this column left out a lot of the details as far as full implementation of an Asterisk PBX. A helpful site, or at least one of the more helpful sites I've come across is the wiki at www.voip-info.org, which the author neglected to reference in his article. Knowing someone that works at a Telecom is a plus, I think the cost from both ends as far as equipment has been fairly minimal and the return on the time invested as far as learning what VoIP is capable of has been huge. All of the calls that are made back and forth have been clear. It's pretty impressive to call overseas at no charge.
Will you be the next Ken Jennings?
The parafoil didn't deploy... no fault of the helicopter pilots. Just an accident.
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I have one of these fine units running Firmware v2.02.7. I got to poking around with this 'exploit' and noticed the following items:
When you are on the LAN with the device, you *are* able to access the Administration page from the WAN IP address on both ports 80 and 443.
When you are on a remote network and you make an attempt to access the WAN IP on either port 80 or 443 (with no forwarding turned on) you get nothing. No admin page, no prompt for a password.
This is just the behavior I have seen. That isn't to say that somewhere out there this problem isn't happening, but I am just curious how many people have tried it from outside the networks they are seeing this on.
I have had this happen on more than one occasion. I have *5* static IPs on a co-located server. Each time, I contact the ISP and they see to the removal of the netblock(s) that are listed on the MAPS lists.
If your ISP is unwilling to have their own netblocks removed from MAPS lists, then you need to consider a new ISP.
I guess this just goes to show *again* the kind of folks behind Infinium labs...
I can't believe they are even still around, with all the negative press they get, just give up and go home!
Of course, I guess if you're raking in millions of dollars and have no scruples, keep it up...
In the US there is a "Lemon Law" for automobiles. After 3 major defects you can return your car and get a new one.
I've always been of the opinion that there should be a similar law for electronics/computer systems. Sometimes you just get a bad equipment and the best course of action is to replace the entire thing.
I used to be a die-hard build from source person myself back when I ran slackware.
Since that time I have gained more experience with production Linux systems.
When it comes to managing production servers, I use Debian and typically only install programs that are in the stable tree.
Every once in a while I have to build a deb from source, but only in rare circumstances.
Now, when it comes to my development systems I am more likely to compile from source rather than rely on the packages to supply me with the latest and greatest.
It really all just depends on what kind of stability vs. "new" features you need as well as ease of managment. Installing a package takes 30 seconds vs. compiling/installing from source can take longer and requires more hands on.
Then Quantum Leap. Where will Scott Bakula show up next??
You'd hope that with something that large it would be able to go deep...
huh?
The ClamAV client is great for scanning email, but it is best used with another scan engine, such as amavis-ng.
I own a company that uses the ClamAV+Amavis-ng configuration internally and implements the solution for clients. We've never seen a virus come through the system yet.
When you combine these tools with SpamAssassin you have a fairlyy "safe" email system.
I've used The Troubleshooter on numberous occasions and can attest to its ability to pinpoint most hardware related problems. It's a great program for anyone that does a lot of hardware maintenance.
Has anyone done a review of Linux TCO vs. the above competitors. It would be interesting to see how a "Linux Technician" stacks up with Windows and Mac techs.