damn it's nice living with a cop. My number is unlisted because of that and if anyone gives it out without explicit permission faces the wrath of the State of Washington (yes they take those kind of things seriously).
No telemarketers calling, no military recruiters calling, nothing, nada, zip.
Ever heard of securing an IIS server properly in the first place so you don't have to install all those dammned patches in the first place (hint - remove all mappings in IIS EXCEPT the ones you need and you won't get hit by the majority of the exploits out there).
Answer this, would you stick a default install of linux live on the net without securing it first? Or any operating system for that matter? Just as with linux, you have to secure Windows before putting it live. Unfortunally, quite a few winadmins are poorly trained and do not realize this.
That and Microsoft is now making reboot-less patches now for Windows 2000 Server, and for those rare ones that require a reboot, you can qchain them together and reboot once.
About the hackers (I assume you mean crackers), ever heard of a firewall, I hear they are good for defeating most of the script kiddies out there. DoSing, in reality, no server can withstand a major one. Go read up on them, Wired has an article here, and an admin at UW has some more articles here.
Oh yea, what the hell are you doing surfing the net on a server in the first place, that's what workstations are for.
Go work in a IT department with Windows 2000 before you go shooting your mouth off. Adminning your home linux box does not make you an expert in Windows 2000 administration.
I can't stand typing on a ergo keyboard, they're too soft and squishy, not to mention that dammned break is different on every model. Give me a good old clicky-click IBM Model M any day.
They're also fun to mess with the minds of hunt-and-peck typists when you switch a few keycaps.
DAMN YOU IBM!! why did you have to stop making Model M's and give in to making cheap rubber-dome keyboards.
Dave Wickert - Tacoma Tribune, K-12 enterprise and higher education Reporter dave.wickert@mail.tribnet.com
Jim Szymanski - Tacoma Tribune, East Pierce County Schools Reporter jim.szymanski@mail.tribnet.com
Eric Stevick - Everett Herald, Education Reporter stevick@heraldnet.com
Alma Sharpe - Olympian (Olympia), Education Reporter asharpe@olympia.gannett.com
Marietta Nelson - The Bremerton Sun, Education Reporter mnelson@thesunlink.com
If you only pick one off the list to contact, I'd say try the Bremerton Sun. I used to live there and they have the balls to print things the Seattle papers won't touch with a ten foot stick.
at a school district in Washington State to end the P2P problem. Well first of all, there's higher ups who understand the legal implications of running a P2P program, so we got those type of programs banned by the administration. Then we gave the teachers a week to remove the programs from the machines in their classrooms. After the week was up, we made it clear that if the programs were found running on the network without permission first, they'll get in some serious trouble.
Problem solved and our bandwidth usage dropped by half.
My suggestion is to get some news articals online about Microsoft smacking down school districts and show them to the administration and point out if your teachers download an XP program that "calls home" and trys to register it and Microsoft traces it to your district's IP, the school had better hope they have some serious bucks to pony up to Microsoft.
I'm not sure what it is like over on your area, but here in Washington State, according to the K-20 AUP (the state-wide telecommunication network), one may not use the K-20 network for illegal activites, and I would assume trading warez and MP3s would consitute illegal activites. So I would contact whomever provides your bandwith and see if there are any AUPs that ban those kind of activites.
Dell: the motherboard on my boss's latitude died, got on the phone with dell, went through a a quick test to see if it was really the motherboard. Tech ordered a replacement mobo and I also told him the hinges were a little loose, the tech said no problem, we'll throw new hinges in also. A few days later a Dell tech showed up to replace it.
Gateway: School order around 200 desktops. Nic's died on a few of them (nic's built into the board). Called Gateway, told them the nic was dead, gave them the machine model and a new mobo arrived a few days later with a shipping label to send the dead one back, no questions asked.
Microsoft: I won't go into details since it is a long one, but if you ever have to deal with mSexchange problems and have to call Microsoft, the Exchange group with Microsoft support is the greatest to deal with, they actually know their stuff, and will, at least in my experiance, go to great lenghts to helping you through fixing your problem.
For those who are curious, here is a map of the PNW gigapop connections that shows where research.microsoft.com and www.microsoft.com is on the internet. Microsoft is on the left, and I2 is on the right.
And for the poster who said Microsoft was not on I2, here is a press release stating that Microsoft was joining I2 in 1999.
Bill probably does still use vi, there's a binary for vi in the NT resource kit in the posix folder along with the source code to a couple of other commands.
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damn it's nice living with a cop. My number is unlisted because of that and if anyone gives it out without explicit permission faces the wrath of the State of Washington (yes they take those kind of things seriously).
No telemarketers calling, no military recruiters calling, nothing, nada, zip.
Well here goes my karma...
Ever heard of securing an IIS server properly in the first place so you don't have to install all those dammned patches in the first place (hint - remove all mappings in IIS EXCEPT the ones you need and you won't get hit by the majority of the exploits out there).
Answer this, would you stick a default install of linux live on the net without securing it first? Or any operating system for that matter? Just as with linux, you have to secure Windows before putting it live. Unfortunally, quite a few winadmins are poorly trained and do not realize this.
That and Microsoft is now making reboot-less patches now for Windows 2000 Server, and for those rare ones that require a reboot, you can qchain them together and reboot once.
About the hackers (I assume you mean crackers), ever heard of a firewall, I hear they are good for defeating most of the script kiddies out there. DoSing, in reality, no server can withstand a major one. Go read up on them, Wired has an article here, and an admin at UW has some more articles here.
Oh yea, what the hell are you doing surfing the net on a server in the first place, that's what workstations are for.
Go work in a IT department with Windows 2000 before you go shooting your mouth off. Adminning your home linux box does not make you an expert in Windows 2000 administration.
I can't stand typing on a ergo keyboard, they're too soft and squishy, not to mention that dammned break is different on every model. Give me a good old clicky-click IBM Model M any day.
They're also fun to mess with the minds of hunt-and-peck typists when you switch a few keycaps.
DAMN YOU IBM!! why did you have to stop making Model M's and give in to making cheap rubber-dome keyboards.
Screw the letter to the editor section, tip off the reporters. Below is a list of a few k12/educational reporters for Puget Sound area newspapers.
Richard Martin - Seattle Times, Assist. Metro Editor, Education
rmartin@seattletimes.com
Rebekah Denn - Seattle PI, Reporter (Seattle Schools)
rebekahdenn@seattlepi.com
Debera Carlton Harrell - Seattle PI, Reporter (K-12 Education)
deberaharrell@seattlepi.com
Gregory Roberts - Seattle PI, Reporter (K-12 Education)
gregoryroberts@seattlepi.com
Lisa Stiffler - Seattle PI, Reporter (Education)
lisastiffler@seattlepi.com
Mary Lane Gallagher - Bellingham Herald, Education Reporter
mgallagh@bellingh.gannett.com
Kris Sherman - Tacoma Tribune, Gig Harbor city and Schools Reporter
kris.sherman@mail.tribnet.com
Debby Abe - Tacoma Tribune, Schools Reporter
debby.abe@mail.tribnet.com
Dave Wickert - Tacoma Tribune, K-12 enterprise and higher education Reporter
dave.wickert@mail.tribnet.com
Jim Szymanski - Tacoma Tribune, East Pierce County Schools Reporter
jim.szymanski@mail.tribnet.com
Eric Stevick - Everett Herald, Education Reporter
stevick@heraldnet.com
Alma Sharpe - Olympian (Olympia), Education Reporter
asharpe@olympia.gannett.com
Marietta Nelson - The Bremerton Sun, Education Reporter
mnelson@thesunlink.com
If you only pick one off the list to contact, I'd say try the Bremerton Sun. I used to live there and they have the balls to print things the Seattle papers won't touch with a ten foot stick.
at a school district in Washington State to end the P2P problem. Well first of all, there's higher ups who understand the legal implications of running a P2P program, so we got those type of programs banned by the administration. Then we gave the teachers a week to remove the programs from the machines in their classrooms. After the week was up, we made it clear that if the programs were found running on the network without permission first, they'll get in some serious trouble.
Problem solved and our bandwidth usage dropped by half.
My suggestion is to get some news articals online about Microsoft smacking down school districts and show them to the administration and point out if your teachers download an XP program that "calls home" and trys to register it and Microsoft traces it to your district's IP, the school had better hope they have some serious bucks to pony up to Microsoft.
I'm not sure what it is like over on your area, but here in Washington State, according to the K-20 AUP (the state-wide telecommunication network), one may not use the K-20 network for illegal activites, and I would assume trading warez and MP3s would consitute illegal activites. So I would contact whomever provides your bandwith and see if there are any AUPs that ban those kind of activites.
Dell: the motherboard on my boss's latitude died, got on the phone with dell, went through a a quick test to see if it was really the motherboard. Tech ordered a replacement mobo and I also told him the hinges were a little loose, the tech said no problem, we'll throw new hinges in also. A few days later a Dell tech showed up to replace it.
Gateway: School order around 200 desktops. Nic's died on a few of them (nic's built into the board). Called Gateway, told them the nic was dead, gave them the machine model and a new mobo arrived a few days later with a shipping label to send the dead one back, no questions asked.
Microsoft: I won't go into details since it is a long one, but if you ever have to deal with mSexchange problems and have to call Microsoft, the Exchange group with Microsoft support is the greatest to deal with, they actually know their stuff, and will, at least in my experiance, go to great lenghts to helping you through fixing your problem.
For those who are curious, here is a map of the PNW gigapop connections that shows where research.microsoft.com and www.microsoft.com is on the internet. Microsoft is on the left, and I2 is on the right.
And for the poster who said Microsoft was not on I2, here is a press release stating that Microsoft was joining I2 in 1999.
I dug out my copy of the 2K resource kit cd, and located in the posix folder is the following:
cat.exe, chmod.exe, chown.exe, cp.exe, find.exe, grep.exe, ln.exe, ls.exe, mkdir.exe, mv.exe, rm.exe, rmdir.exe, sh.exe, touch.exe, vi.exe, wc.exe
and in the source folder, you can find:
ar, bsdpsx, cat, cc, chmod, chown, devsrv, elvis, find, grep, include, ld, ln, ls, lstlib, make, man, makedir, mk-rules, mv, pax, rm, rmdir, sh, term, touch and wc.
Bill probably does still use vi, there's a binary for vi in the NT resource kit in the posix folder along with the source code to a couple of other commands.
Wonder if the tree huggers will protest and try to ban "ozone damaging supernovas"