User: keithy

uPnP should be off in router anyway!!

On: Windows XP SP3 Causing Router Crashes

If theres not yet any malware around that uses uPnP to 'drop' the defences of the routers firewall, there will be one day!!

Why don't we....

On: Blue Security Gives up the Fight

just Slashdot pharma master !

I'm setting up an IT workers union!

On: Tech Workers of the World Unite?

I was thinking of calling it the commercial union of networking technicians

whaddayathink ;)

worth delaying for WPA support alone

On: Mark Shuttleworth Proposes Delaying next Ubuntu

Except, I don't believe, that's on the cards

Considering that Dapper is going to be a major release, oriented towards gaining the business market, not supporting WPA is a big mistake!

I hope I'm wrong

Help for windahs users

On: Providers Ignoring DNS TTL?

Treewalk - brilliant - foolproof (well almost)

run your own caching DNS server and bypass the problems of slow and incorrectly configured ISP's DNS servers!

http://www.ntcanuck.com/

HTH

monty python

On: Appropriate Music for Callers 'On Hold'?

one company i used to call a lot had a long loop of monty python sketches as their hold "music". I could have put up with being on hold for hours!!!

why not just rely on spinrite

On: Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver?

www.grc.com

now does NTFS. Linux and just about any other filesystem you care to mention! ;)

Do the right thing

On: Solutions for Avoiding Traffic?

Ride a bike ;)

gets rid of that lardy arse (an ass is a donkey!) too!