You can get a "Firebox" VPN/Firewall/Router pretty cheap on ebay. They are running about $75.00US for the Firebox 1200/2. The "/2" part means it has 2 WAN ports and you can load balance across both, it is setup to be redundant, so if one goes down, it moves all traffic to the other automagically. I use one and it works like a champ. There are more expensive solutions, and probably "Roll your own" solutions, but as most of us know, that can provide months and months of aggravation!
I know...you don't really want to learn to use a router, however, your need for QOS (or want) determines that you need further education and a much better router. That said, you should give Vyatta a shot. It works really well in this type of application, and of course, is open source and there is a free (community) version.
Hacking Exposed, Owning a Continent. One of the best hacks I use as a security pro. is owning companies PeopleSoft installs when they use self signed certs. I can setup a proxy, copy their self signed cert, and capture usernames and passwords ALL DAY LONG! I recently seen a article here on the dot about how insiders are less of a threat now-a-days than outsiders...completely FALSE!
Think Tom Cruise staring in "The Firm"!!! I worked for them for a short time, and things were just a bit to cozy for me. I would point out a security flaw, and they would start with the Jedi Mind Tricks(R), "This is not a flaw you see" and "Do What is good for the company, not Microsoft". I am just sayin'.
I agree with the sexist statement. We all know that women and a lot of men think that men are lazy disgusting troglodytes, but I have known some women who were far more lazy and disgusting...for example, I had a girl friend who was so lazy and disgusting, rather than get up out of bed to take her morning wiz, she would grab the "Big Gulp" cup from the bed side table and piss in it...now I know that is disgusting!, I was there and seen it.
Hows about you go fuck your self with a chainsaw? It was an attempt at humor, obviously wasted on you. Where do you get off calling someone stupid that you don't even know anyway? Fucking dork.
Smoking reefer with all the Apple guys, Doing acid with all the Apple guys, Eating Peyote with all the Apple guys, Drinking enough alcohol to sink a battleship with all the Apple guys, and then stealing all their good ideas!!
1.)???
2.)???
3.)Profit!
I ran an ISP for several years, and now I run a hosting company. We provide email via Zimbra on Grid based servers. Using the grid has eliminated hardware bottlenecks and using Zimbra has eliminated issues with email. When I owned the ISP email was the bane of our existence. If the server went down, EVERYONE screamed like little gurlz yelling about how they depended on our free email to do business. My infamous quote was...if you depend on email to do business, you need a business class email server, not some free add on provided by your hosting company or ISP.
Have you actually used their services? It cost me $18.00 per day to run a single instance of CentOS 5.x with approx 1 core and a gig of ram. I can do MUCH better, not to mention that unless you subscribe to S3 services as well, you lose your data anytime you have to reboot. Granted the scaling is great, and the availability of resources at your whim is a wonder, but be prepared to pay for it, it is NOT cheaper than a dedicated server if you run it 24/7.
I worked for a energy (natural gas) company, and we used these quite alot at remote sites in LA. where there was not even dial up. Of course when you go to SSL or use a VPN connection, it will slow down due to the type of compression used, but it works very well nearly anywhere.
http://www.techonweb.com/products/productdetail.aspx?id=D02150&src=FG
Amazon Mechanical Turk. That said...I own a hosting company and will gladly offer hosting to a few FOSS projects...if you can figure out how to get ahold of me.:o)
Barracuda costs about $800.00 US. They do a great job, and you can delegate the releasing or deleting to your users. It has a decent web interface, and with a little training, you can go on to other more important things.
My bad. but still...how long do you suppose it would take the average tax payer to earn that kind of money? Does the government care where the money comes from?, sorry, I can answer both of those questions, if was more for effect...it still in infuriating!
Sounds to me more like a WHOLE SHIT LOAD of incompetent employees! How about we hold someone responsible like they would in the Corporate world...how much did they lose on Enron?, does this compare? In my opinion it does, just because it was negligent does not make it ok. GEEEZUS!!
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You can get a "Firebox" VPN/Firewall/Router pretty cheap on ebay. They are running about $75.00US for the Firebox 1200/2. The "/2" part means it has 2 WAN ports and you can load balance across both, it is setup to be redundant, so if one goes down, it moves all traffic to the other automagically. I use one and it works like a champ. There are more expensive solutions, and probably "Roll your own" solutions, but as most of us know, that can provide months and months of aggravation!
I know...you don't really want to learn to use a router, however, your need for QOS (or want) determines that you need further education and a much better router. That said, you should give Vyatta a shot. It works really well in this type of application, and of course, is open source and there is a free (community) version.
I am waiting for "Mushroom Stamp" motion calling...I have a whole category of dipshits I want in that calling speed dial list!!!
Hacking Exposed, Owning a Continent. One of the best hacks I use as a security pro. is owning companies PeopleSoft installs when they use self signed certs. I can setup a proxy, copy their self signed cert, and capture usernames and passwords ALL DAY LONG! I recently seen a article here on the dot about how insiders are less of a threat now-a-days than outsiders...completely FALSE!
Think Tom Cruise staring in "The Firm"!!! I worked for them for a short time, and things were just a bit to cozy for me. I would point out a security flaw, and they would start with the Jedi Mind Tricks(R), "This is not a flaw you see" and "Do What is good for the company, not Microsoft". I am just sayin'.
I agree with the sexist statement. We all know that women and a lot of men think that men are lazy disgusting troglodytes, but I have known some women who were far more lazy and disgusting...for example, I had a girl friend who was so lazy and disgusting, rather than get up out of bed to take her morning wiz, she would grab the "Big Gulp" cup from the bed side table and piss in it...now I know that is disgusting!, I was there and seen it.
My Bad...that makes it all better, now I can take the bandaid off of my boo-boo. :o~
Hows about you go fuck your self with a chainsaw? It was an attempt at humor, obviously wasted on you. Where do you get off calling someone stupid that you don't even know anyway? Fucking dork.
How do you remove firmware from software? I am thinking someone needs to poke the editor with a CMOS chip for leaving that in.
Uh...you do know that Microsoft developed OS2 for IBM, right? That might explain some similarities between windows 95 and OS2...maybe...
Smoking reefer with all the Apple guys, Doing acid with all the Apple guys, Eating Peyote with all the Apple guys, Drinking enough alcohol to sink a battleship with all the Apple guys, and then stealing all their good ideas!! 1.)??? 2.)??? 3.)Profit!
Novell, eh? I ran into the same problem with them.
I ran an ISP for several years, and now I run a hosting company. We provide email via Zimbra on Grid based servers. Using the grid has eliminated hardware bottlenecks and using Zimbra has eliminated issues with email. When I owned the ISP email was the bane of our existence. If the server went down, EVERYONE screamed like little gurlz yelling about how they depended on our free email to do business. My infamous quote was...if you depend on email to do business, you need a business class email server, not some free add on provided by your hosting company or ISP.
Have you actually used their services? It cost me $18.00 per day to run a single instance of CentOS 5.x with approx 1 core and a gig of ram. I can do MUCH better, not to mention that unless you subscribe to S3 services as well, you lose your data anytime you have to reboot. Granted the scaling is great, and the availability of resources at your whim is a wonder, but be prepared to pay for it, it is NOT cheaper than a dedicated server if you run it 24/7.
I beg to differ...I seen it run at Defcon... http://pics.defcon.org/showphoto.php?photo=53&cat=512
At $1500.00 each, I don't think the adopters are going to be on slashdot! Or at least not the ones who I know!
Let us not forget the Flying Spaghetti Monster! Even tho he is omnipotent, he still is one...
It looks like the NSA site is taking a good slashdotting...it is mighty slow loading.
I worked for a energy (natural gas) company, and we used these quite alot at remote sites in LA. where there was not even dial up. Of course when you go to SSL or use a VPN connection, it will slow down due to the type of compression used, but it works very well nearly anywhere. http://www.techonweb.com/products/productdetail.aspx?id=D02150&src=FG
Amazon Mechanical Turk. That said...I own a hosting company and will gladly offer hosting to a few FOSS projects...if you can figure out how to get ahold of me. :o)
Barracuda costs about $800.00 US. They do a great job, and you can delegate the releasing or deleting to your users. It has a decent web interface, and with a little training, you can go on to other more important things.
My bad. but still...how long do you suppose it would take the average tax payer to earn that kind of money? Does the government care where the money comes from?, sorry, I can answer both of those questions, if was more for effect...it still in infuriating!
Sounds to me more like a WHOLE SHIT LOAD of incompetent employees! How about we hold someone responsible like they would in the Corporate world...how much did they lose on Enron?, does this compare? In my opinion it does, just because it was negligent does not make it ok. GEEEZUS!!
Yeah...so it is EXACTLY like an Apple store!! I can see it now... "But I paid you for the car, why did you go out of business?"
You know...they probably off shored it to China, I hear you need really small fingers to sort those .PST files manually!!!