Totally agree on the Netscreens - started putting them into my company 4 yrs ago & there are no signs of stopping. As the parent poster says, 2 static IPs is all you need (one for the tunnel itself & 1 for external management). You CAN do it with one central system on static IP & multiple remote sites on dynamic IP, but that works for "hub-&-spoke" & we really need fully meshed. The biggest problem I have is that we've got to the point where the number of devices is becoming unmanageable by manual means, but the management system that Netscreen (now Juniper) sell is not Microsoft based (it's an applicance based on Sun gear). So that won't fly here, more's the pity. We may have to move to Checkpoint to get the MS-based functionality.
One of the nice things about REXX was the way it interfaced with (in my case) the mainframe's network functions. Back in 1989 (bloody hell that makes me feel old) I wrote a multi-user-dungeon in REXX one boring nightshift.
I agree: the only thing that stops me playing Warcraft more is the fact that I can't get it to work on an IP-based network - the networking is all IPX-based. Anyone know of a way to get around this? It's a common problem, early Delta Force releases (certainly up to Land Warrior) need IPX too.
The superb BBC News website has used Linux for some time now. Netcraft stats here. It's just a shame that all their online multimedia content seems to be based around Real Audio:-(
From the nunber of crappy rips, files with the wrong titles, etc, that I've seen on Kazaa before now, I'd say that this wouldn't work because it's obvious that there are an *awful* lot of people out there who seem to just be collecting files without actually checking their quality and/or content!
The last time I saw an online catalogue for Maplins, they seemed to have moved from what used to be a decent shop selling electronic components to just another high-st tat retailer. Does anyone have suggestions for places that sell components any more? As far as I know, RS only sell to companies?
As I write this, I'm sitting at an Internet Cafe in London Heathrow aiport. I just tried to log on to our company SSL VPN/portal which is based on Citrix's Nfuse product.
The reason I'm now on Slashdot is that the portal needs to download a small applet onto the desktop, I believe it's Citrix's ICA client - and the browser here is locked down so tight I can't run the app! So, buyer beware!!
(sorry if my post above is a little redundant - I didn't read the question properly)
At the risk of talking to myself here - I just noticed the caching pool question - I understand that we can set up "sister" caches that cut down the amount of requests to upstream caches, thus sharing the load over a cluster of Squids whilst providing a larger "virtual cache".
>If you want a Windows solution then ISA is the way to go
Squid is also available for Windows - I have an issue where my company will not under any means run Linux servers, however, they have agreed that I (network manager) can run certain Open Source apps.
Under Windows, Squid seems to work ok - I'm running the test server on a Celeron 333, with 128M of memory & 2 gig of cache under Windows 2000 Professional (i.e. it doesn't need a Windows server). It's currently handling about a dozen pilot users perfectly adequately, but I have pushed about 900 users through it in early testing & it held up OK.
Could you elaborate on your BT comment please. I work for BT here in the states & would like more info on how we are in the 'home market'
Slightly OT, but this is a prime example of why BT has the reputation it does in the UK (not generally good, for those of you not in the UK..). BT's just too big. Remember the dinosaur with a brain in it's head and another in it's back (ok, ok, a sacral ganglion) ?? Well BT is like that dinosaur - whenever you call, you never seem to get the same person, different departments control different parts of your order, etc etc. So I'm not surprised that BT America doesn't have visibility of things going on in the UK.
I have my own crackpot theory on the reason that Concorde stopped flying, whether it's true or not is debatable..
There was a glimmer of hope for Concorde, in that Richard Branson wanted to purchase them for his Virgin airline. Reportedly, British Airways refused. But what would they have to lose, if Concorde was losing as much money for them as they said it was?
I believe the issue really boils down to the Certificate of Airworthyness. This was granted to British Airways by..guess who? Airbus. Virgin Atlantic are already a large buyer of Airbus planes, perhaps Airbus have a design in the offing (eg the "superjumbo") that Virgin might not buy, if they had Concorde?
In the early days of our VC implementation we did some network tests with NetMeeting, and found it was extremely inefficient when it came to transmitting video. Not so much of a problem when it comes to the LAN, but you mention VPN so you must have WAN links too. I think the problem was that the compression algorithms were bad. It all depends how good an "image" (pun intended) you wish to project. We eventually decided on Polyspan FX and they are superb, but very expensive! I'm currently testing a Polyspan ViaVideo unit and it's not too bad, no zoom or autofocus, but the picture quality is very good, I think because of the hardware compression used and the corresponding drop in the bandwidth usage. Matt
What you're describing is called eugenics, the betterment of mankind through reproductive control. It was a commonly held notion a century ago and it lingered on in the popular imagination for a number of decades, until the implementation of eugenics by
various fascist regimes (and the horrible consequences) proved to most people that the idea was not only barbarous and cruel, but also deeply flawed at its core (not to mention its implementation).
A Godwin's Law invocation nicely sidestepped there!! I'm impressed!
I was working in the town at that time (I live there now) and I didn't take part in the trial. I seem to recall they were proposing a charge for using the service - what was the point, I thought, when using cash is free?
If they had perhaps said "we will invest the money in the system to run it and therefore make it free to use" then I might have considered giving it a go.
I had thought of using Knoppix as an "appliance" distribution - I hadn't considered Apache, I was thinking for things like Squid, NTOP, Nagios, etc. Config information could be held on a floppy or flash drive.
A colleague of mine found a Fuji Finepix in a river in Wales last year. Whilst the camera was damaged beyond repair, the smartmedia card was fine. According to the pictures the camera had been in the water for 3 months.
The article makes a salient (if subtle) point -- the twin worlds of real and simulated are converging. The bytes on a stick of RAM, the packets flung across Cable TV lines -- these coalesce into a spatial world depicting personality and (in this case) lending illustration to a personal article.
Slashdot Mirror
..like a Russian Doll, open it up & there's another moon inside!
Totally agree on the Netscreens - started putting them into my company 4 yrs ago & there are no signs of stopping. As the parent poster says, 2 static IPs is all you need (one for the tunnel itself & 1 for external management). You CAN do it with one central system on static IP & multiple remote sites on dynamic IP, but that works for "hub-&-spoke" & we really need fully meshed.
The biggest problem I have is that we've got to the point where the number of devices is becoming unmanageable by manual means, but the management system that Netscreen (now Juniper) sell is not Microsoft based (it's an applicance based on Sun gear). So that won't fly here, more's the pity. We may have to move to Checkpoint to get the MS-based functionality.
One of the nice things about REXX was the way it interfaced with (in my case) the mainframe's network functions. Back in 1989 (bloody hell that makes me feel old) I wrote a multi-user-dungeon in REXX one boring nightshift.
Matt
Don't be so sure - if that was the case, they'd be streaming their current content using MPG or perhaps OGG. As it stands, they use Real!!
Matt
I agree: the only thing that stops me playing Warcraft more is the fact that I can't get it to work on an IP-based network - the networking is all IPX-based. Anyone know of a way to get around this? It's a common problem, early Delta Force releases (certainly up to Land Warrior) need IPX too.
Matt
You are the long-lost John Katz and I claim my $5.
>Wow, this Swindon place must be pretty bad.
It's not great..
But we do have the Magic Roundabout
The program was called "Crafty Tricks of War" and was shown on BBC2 earlier this year. Very entertaining.
>BBC seems to be very in favor of Linux, lately.
:-(
The superb BBC News website has used Linux for some time now. Netcraft stats here. It's just a shame that all their online multimedia content seems to be based around Real Audio
Matt
From the nunber of crappy rips, files with the wrong titles, etc, that I've seen on Kazaa before now, I'd say that this wouldn't work because it's obvious that there are an *awful* lot of people out there who seem to just be collecting files without actually checking their quality and/or content!
Matt
The last time I saw an online catalogue for Maplins, they seemed to have moved from what used to be a decent shop selling electronic components to just another high-st tat retailer. Does anyone have suggestions for places that sell components any more? As far as I know, RS only sell to companies?
Locustworld.com
As I write this, I'm sitting at an Internet Cafe in London Heathrow aiport. I just tried to log on to our company SSL VPN/portal which is based on Citrix's Nfuse product.
The reason I'm now on Slashdot is that the portal needs to download a small applet onto the desktop, I believe it's Citrix's ICA client - and the browser here is locked down so tight I can't run the app! So, buyer beware!!
Matt
(sorry if my post above is a little redundant - I didn't read the question properly)
At the risk of talking to myself here - I just noticed the caching pool question - I understand that we can set up "sister" caches that cut down the amount of requests to upstream caches, thus sharing the load over a cluster of Squids whilst providing a larger "virtual cache".
>If you want a Windows solution then ISA is the way to go
Squid is also available for Windows - I have an issue where my company will not under any means run Linux servers, however, they have agreed that I (network manager) can run certain Open Source apps.
Under Windows, Squid seems to work ok - I'm running the test server on a Celeron 333, with 128M of memory & 2 gig of cache under Windows 2000 Professional (i.e. it doesn't need a Windows server). It's currently handling about a dozen pilot users perfectly adequately, but I have pushed about 900 users through it in early testing & it held up OK.
Matt
Could you elaborate on your BT comment please. I work for BT here in the states & would like more info on how we are in the 'home market'
Slightly OT, but this is a prime example of why BT has the reputation it does in the UK (not generally good, for those of you not in the UK..). BT's just too big. Remember the dinosaur with a brain in it's head and another in it's back (ok, ok, a sacral ganglion) ?? Well BT is like that dinosaur - whenever you call, you never seem to get the same person, different departments control different parts of your order, etc etc. So I'm not surprised that BT America doesn't have visibility of things going on in the UK.
I have my own crackpot theory on the reason that Concorde stopped flying, whether it's true or not is debatable..
There was a glimmer of hope for Concorde, in that Richard Branson wanted to purchase them for his Virgin airline. Reportedly, British Airways refused. But what would they have to lose, if Concorde was losing as much money for them as they said it was?
I believe the issue really boils down to the Certificate of Airworthyness. This was granted to British Airways by..guess who? Airbus. Virgin Atlantic are already a large buyer of Airbus planes, perhaps Airbus have a design in the offing (eg the "superjumbo") that Virgin might not buy, if they had Concorde?
I heard of a company where, if you were wearing a red baseball cap, that was the signal for "do not disturb".
quick someone think of something new and witty.
you're new round here, aren't you?
Bugger, that's no good either!
In the early days of our VC implementation we did some network tests with NetMeeting, and found it was extremely inefficient when it came to transmitting video. Not so much of a problem when it comes to the LAN, but you mention VPN so you must have WAN links too. I think the problem was that the compression algorithms were bad.
It all depends how good an "image" (pun intended) you wish to project. We eventually decided on Polyspan FX and they are superb, but very expensive! I'm currently testing a Polyspan ViaVideo unit and it's not too bad, no zoom or autofocus, but the picture quality is very good, I think because of the hardware compression used and the corresponding drop in the bandwidth usage.
Matt
A Godwin's Law invocation nicely sidestepped there!! I'm impressed!
I was working in the town at that time (I live there now) and I didn't take part in the trial. I seem to recall they were proposing a charge for using the service - what was the point, I thought, when using cash is free?
If they had perhaps said "we will invest the money in the system to run it and therefore make it free to use" then I might have considered giving it a go.
Matt
I had thought of using Knoppix as an "appliance" distribution - I hadn't considered Apache, I was thinking for things like Squid, NTOP, Nagios, etc. Config information could be held on a floppy or flash drive.
Matt
A colleague of mine found a Fuji Finepix in a river in Wales last year. Whilst the camera was damaged beyond repair, the smartmedia card was fine. According to the pictures the camera had been in the water for 3 months.
The article makes a salient (if subtle) point -- the twin worlds of real and simulated are converging. The bytes on a stick of RAM, the packets flung across Cable TV lines -- these coalesce into a spatial world depicting personality and (in this case) lending illustration to a personal article.
You are John Katz and I claim my five dollars.