Being on/. I didn't bother to go RTFA, but I really doubt they are using it as a method to get into Orbit. I know NASA is considering (developing?) using this for the Mars mission as a method to shorten it's round trip to something a little more reasonable than 6 years (IIRC that's what the round trip takes with current propulsion).
Cacti? ettercap/ethereal/whatever? Ran snort to see what kind of traffic is on your network?
You left out an awful lot of information. I'm assuming you are running switches, but who knows? You never said the speed of your network either. Whether this is all in one building or spread across many, with routers in the middle etc...
Without knowing any details I will suggest Cacti, and leave it at that.
That's because they try to do 2 things on mythbusters. The first being, replicating the myth, if it turns out busted they they move to the second, which is replicating the result. Hence the million pounds of explosives and a cement truck seperating like a catfish with an M80 in it's throat.
I'm replying to this comment but my response is directed toward the OP
I agree with madaxe42, First things first. Diagram the network. Figure out where hubs and switches are. Figure out where the firewalls are. Figure out how packets traverse the network(s). If it's a single network with a single point of access to the internet this should be (relatively) easy. If you are looking to save the day with linux what you could do is set the switches to use "port mirrors" to capture every packet on the network to snort DB. Read up on creating snort rules and you can capture literally everything that goes on. Also run samba with no password access and log everything to see what ip's are delivering viruses to your machine. Turn on snmp at every gateway and graph the network traffic. This should tell you what segments are most prone to excessive traffic (across networks).
Chances are with this combo you will find most virus, and especially the p2p abusers.
I've had to do this before and this works for me.
One of our remote sites has a T1 to the internet but also needs to access our financial system. It wasn't working. In theory they had plenty of bandwidth but the system was unstable they were able to connect...sometimes, but once they did it was almost unusable, and we're jsut talking about lightweight telnet (over a VPN) session. I initaially started with an mrtg graph on the router that is the last hop to the Internet. I saw normal traffic interupted by high periods of max bandwidth.
I've seen this type of pattern before..."Kazaa" I thought. I set up one of the company laptops with snort and mandrake linux and sent it down there with instructions to put it on a switch on the same network as the router with port mirroring so I could figure out which network it was coming from. Once I knew that I repeated the process and had them gradually move the laptop down the chain Until it was on the same subnet as the offender. 2 days later I had the IP and a list of mp3s that were being shared out and downlaoded from that machine.
All the while the VP of that location was harping on us that we needed to spring for a second T1 just to support their 12 users running telnet.
I returned to them with the information I had gathered and they responded with a "I know who that is". the traffic stopped immediatley and they have been runnign fine for over a year now with no hiccups.
Just think logically and you will have it figured out in pretty short order.
I was laid off once. I knew it was coming because I was in a meeting one morning and suddenly realized that they were interviewing me. I had worked there for two years. I decided what the hell, and when they did lay me off a month later, I took the summer off and drank.:-) I miss that summer.
Gee that smells a little bit of "Here let me prove how making music free for d/l can really work for artists. I got it for free, now let me buy it."
Maybe. OpenBSD is also free, and I buy that too.
When in reality, most people who d/l it for free will burn it ot CD. Not only is it cheaper, but it is more convenient then running to the store.
Ya maybe, something tells me this won't be a big hit on iTunes.:-)
More then likely, someone who really likes the group will try and see a concert or buy some shirts/posters/etc - very few (relative to our conversation) will spend the $10-$15 when they have it for free...especially in this day and age when people are switching to MP3 players -
Interesting, I have never even considered the effect on concerts.
Seems like it will work too. I probably never even would have noticed this album or heard it. I did download it, though. I'm currently listening to it, and I'll be damned...it's pretty good. I think I might have to pick up a copy.
You stole my post. Almost exactly, even the link to wikipedia. Well, if you do build a faraday cage just remember not to put the latch on the wrong side of the door like on a recent MythBusters episode.
here it is again with line breaks that make sense.
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You could install an active scanner, like mcaffee or norton, on all of the machines, though this can become a headache with the machines not updating often enough. This should be done anyway.
You could also use passive scanners that are stand-alone apps that you click on and run periodically to clean viruses. This is typically the cheapest, and also by far the least reliable as it requires users to do it every once in awhile (assuming of course that you don't ant to run around to all the machines yoruself).
You could also use clamav to filter just about anywhere. Squid has a plug-in for monitoring web-traffic, amavisd-new uses it for mail filtering, and Samba can use it for scanning incoming files on file shares (this catches a lot of viruses that try to copy themselves to available shares, ie Klez).
You could install an active scanner, like mcaffee or norton, on all of the machines, though this can become a headache with the machines not updating often enough. This should be done anyway.
You could also use passive scanners that are stand-alone apps that you click on and run periodically to clean viruses. This is typically the cheapest, and also by far the least reliable as it requires users to do it every once in awhile (assuming of course that you don't ant to run around to all the machines yoruself).
You could also use clamav to filter just about anywhere. Squid has a plug-in for monitoring web-traffic, amavisd-new uses it for mail filtering, and Samba can use it for scanning incoming files on file shares (this catches a lot of viruses that try to copy themselves to available shares, ie Klez).
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Being on /. I didn't bother to go RTFA, but I really doubt they are using it as a method to get into Orbit. I know NASA is considering (developing?) using this for the Mars mission as a method to shorten it's round trip to something a little more reasonable than 6 years (IIRC that's what the round trip takes with current propulsion).
Not usually, but that desk.....grrrrr
I get no satisfaction out of building that shitty IKEA furniture. 5 hours to of tinkering to get destroyed the first time you move...stupid desk.
oh, wait, there is no other news, it's christmas.
But if you don't write about yourself then it's not an "auto" biography.
Cacti? ettercap/ethereal/whatever? Ran snort to see what kind of traffic is on your network? You left out an awful lot of information. I'm assuming you are running switches, but who knows? You never said the speed of your network either. Whether this is all in one building or spread across many, with routers in the middle etc... Without knowing any details I will suggest Cacti, and leave it at that.
That's because they try to do 2 things on mythbusters. The first being, replicating the myth, if it turns out busted they they move to the second, which is replicating the result. Hence the million pounds of explosives and a cement truck seperating like a catfish with an M80 in it's throat.
I'm replying to this comment but my response is directed toward the OP
I agree with madaxe42, First things first. Diagram the network. Figure out where hubs and switches are. Figure out where the firewalls are. Figure out how packets traverse the network(s). If it's a single network with a single point of access to the internet this should be (relatively) easy. If you are looking to save the day with linux what you could do is set the switches to use "port mirrors" to capture every packet on the network to snort DB. Read up on creating snort rules and you can capture literally everything that goes on. Also run samba with no password access and log everything to see what ip's are delivering viruses to your machine. Turn on snmp at every gateway and graph the network traffic. This should tell you what segments are most prone to excessive traffic (across networks).
Chances are with this combo you will find most virus, and especially the p2p abusers.
I've had to do this before and this works for me.
One of our remote sites has a T1 to the internet but also needs to access our financial system. It wasn't working. In theory they had plenty of bandwidth but the system was unstable they were able to connect...sometimes, but once they did it was almost unusable, and we're jsut talking about lightweight telnet (over a VPN) session. I initaially started with an mrtg graph on the router that is the last hop to the Internet. I saw normal traffic interupted by high periods of max bandwidth.
I've seen this type of pattern before..."Kazaa" I thought. I set up one of the company laptops with snort and mandrake linux and sent it down there with instructions to put it on a switch on the same network as the router with port mirroring so I could figure out which network it was coming from. Once I knew that I repeated the process and had them gradually move the laptop down the chain Until it was on the same subnet as the offender. 2 days later I had the IP and a list of mp3s that were being shared out and downlaoded from that machine.
All the while the VP of that location was harping on us that we needed to spring for a second T1 just to support their 12 users running telnet.
I returned to them with the information I had gathered and they responded with a "I know who that is". the traffic stopped immediatley and they have been runnign fine for over a year now with no hiccups.
Just think logically and you will have it figured out in pretty short order.
I was laid off once. I knew it was coming because I was in a meeting one morning and suddenly realized that they were interviewing me. I had worked there for two years. I decided what the hell, and when they did lay me off a month later, I took the summer off and drank. :-) I miss that summer.
Make sure you grab the red stapler first.
I used to listen to music through iRate quite a bit...
Didn't we invade iRate?
Gee that smells a little bit of "Here let me prove how making music free for d/l can really work for artists. I got it for free, now let me buy it."
:-)
:-)
Maybe. OpenBSD is also free, and I buy that too.
When in reality, most people who d/l it for free will burn it ot CD. Not only is it cheaper, but it is more convenient then running to the store.
Ya maybe, something tells me this won't be a big hit on iTunes.
More then likely, someone who really likes the group will try and see a concert or buy some shirts/posters/etc - very few (relative to our conversation) will spend the $10-$15 when they have it for free...especially in this day and age when people are switching to MP3 players -
Interesting, I have never even considered the effect on concerts.
so it is no longer about "look at my cool CD"
Unless you are talking about Tools "Aenima".
heh, nono I meant *buy* a copy. You know, to support 'em and crap. ;)
Seems like it will work too. I probably never even would have noticed this album or heard it. I did download it, though. I'm currently listening to it, and I'll be damned...it's pretty good. I think I might have to pick up a copy.
I got modded as troll? Microsoft even admitted this.
Clearly Windows needs to be completely re thought with NO concern for legacy apps.
They tried with Vista, and broke it more.
I'd say use FIG's but I think that's the format that made all those hillbillies go blind. ;)
You stole my post. Almost exactly, even the link to wikipedia. Well, if you do build a faraday cage just remember not to put the latch on the wrong side of the door like on a recent MythBusters episode.
He could just animated gif's. Or perhaps that's underkill?
I noticed this interesting tidbit earlier. Maybe they should put adsense on their site? :-D
ya even slashdot uses them. I really don't see what the problem is here.
Ya I read the article and was like "BFD".
ya he must have been the one behind the site design of TFA. scrolling, scrolling scrolling scrolling scrolling, ....
oops, forgot to check "Plain old text"
here it is again with line breaks that make sense.
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You could install an active scanner, like mcaffee or norton, on all of the machines, though this can become a headache with the machines not updating often enough. This should be done anyway.
You could also use passive scanners that are stand-alone apps that you click on and run periodically to clean viruses. This is typically the cheapest, and also by far the least reliable as it requires users to do it every once in awhile (assuming of course that you don't ant to run around to all the machines yoruself).
You could also use clamav to filter just about anywhere. Squid has a plug-in for monitoring web-traffic, amavisd-new uses it for mail filtering, and Samba can use it for scanning incoming files on file shares (this catches a lot of viruses that try to copy themselves to available shares, ie Klez).
You could install an active scanner, like mcaffee or norton, on all of the machines, though this can become a headache with the machines not updating often enough. This should be done anyway. You could also use passive scanners that are stand-alone apps that you click on and run periodically to clean viruses. This is typically the cheapest, and also by far the least reliable as it requires users to do it every once in awhile (assuming of course that you don't ant to run around to all the machines yoruself). You could also use clamav to filter just about anywhere. Squid has a plug-in for monitoring web-traffic, amavisd-new uses it for mail filtering, and Samba can use it for scanning incoming files on file shares (this catches a lot of viruses that try to copy themselves to available shares, ie Klez).