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The mass storage menagerie
by Montana Quiring 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

>From the recent discussion about flash storage some may find this informative: http://www.cieonline.co.uk/cie2/articlen.asp?pid=1486&id=15807 -Montana

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Re: [RndTbl] help! data recovery
by Dan Martin 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

Thanks so much Colin! Exactly what I needed - PhotoRec is gleaning files off the memory card right now ... There have been times in the past when I could have used TestDisk to fix my corrupted Partition Tables. Downloaded it as well. Colin Stanners wrote: >http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec GPL. > > > > -- -Dan Dr. Dan Martin, MD, CCFP, BSc, BCSc (Hon) GP Hospital Practitioner Computer Science grad student ummar143(a)cc.umanitoba.ca (204) 831-1746 answering machine always on

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Fluendo -- link
by Scott Balneaves 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

Hello all! For people who were interested at the Toodlesday meeting: http://www.fluendo.com/press/releases/PR-2007-01.html The link to the web store's in there. By the way, what was the name of the bootable distro that did the hard drive wipe? Cheers! Scott -- Scott L. Balneaves | "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die Systems Department | even the undertaker will be sorry." Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

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[Fwd: ISC Bulletin #1]
by John Lange 16 Feb '07

16 Feb '07

Some on this list may find the following information interesting. Note that the root name servers are protected by "anycast" and they are crediting that with resisting the attack. John -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Sue Graves <Sue_Graves(a)isc.org> > To: bind-announce(a)isc.org > Subject: ISC Bulletin #1 > Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:49:41 -0800 > > This communication is intended for anyone interested in more information > on the DDoS attack of last week. > > As you are probably aware, there was an attack on several of the root > nameservers early Tuesday morning of last week. ISC operates > f.root.servers.net (F-root), one of the 13 root nameservers that was > targeted. The attack was a 'distributed denial of service' (DDoS) > attack, in which attackers tried to disable root DNS service by > overwhelming the network paths to the root servers with malicious > packets meant to pass as legitimate DNS traffic. Overall, root name > service as provided by F-root was not compromised. The distributed > F-root architecture includes a mix of global and local anycast nodes. > The global nodes and the local Asian nodes showed some degradation > during the first two hours, but others were unaffected. David Knight, of > ISC's Operations group, made a brief presentation at the North American > Network Operators' Group (NANOG) conference the next morning. The > slides, which include some technical detail on the attack, can be found > at: http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0702/presentations/knight.pdf > > ISC began using anycast in a single location in 1998. Wider deployment > began in Madrid in 2002. We're pleased to report that anycast worked > just as expected. Anycast deployment helped counter this attack by > fragmenting it into smaller pieces that were easier to deal with, as > well as isolating the effects into the area of greatest concentration of > sources of the attack. This left other regions far from the sources with > a completely unaltered service. Overall, the increase in aggregated > network bandwidth, CPU power and service capacity helped make this > attack non-disruptive for the Internet at large. > > As a customer of ISC, you are well aware of our software development > skills, however, you may not be aware of our additional expertise in DNS > operations. The F-root nameservers answer over 15,000 queries per second > globally. F is deployed at 40 sites in 32 different countries. Anycast > makes sense for us, it might make sense for you. You can learn more > about F-root at: http://www.isc.org/ops/f-root/. Specifics about > anycast can be found at: http://www.isc.org/pubs/tn/?tn=isc-tn-2003-1.html. > > You may not be aware that we offer secondary hosting on a best-effort > basis at no charge to many xxTLD's, ISC customers and non-profits. If > you're interested in learning more about whether anycast would be of > benefit in your network, or in our secondary hosting, please contact us > at info(a)isc.org. > > If you'd like to learn more about DNS issues on a global > scale, you should consider OARC (http://public.oarci.net/) ISC's OARC > (Operational Analysis and Research Center) played a key supportive role > during the attack. OARC facilitated a coordinated response via secure > real-time communications between root and top-level domain server > operators and other OARC members. > > Post-attack, OARC is using its infrastructure and working with members > to gain understanding of the attack's source and impact. This includes > uploading data using OARC's DSC and PCAP tools from affected server > operators to our NSF-funded 4TB data repository. From there it is > available for analysis by members and the research community, to gain > further understanding of the causes and how to prevent future such attacks. > > OARC membership and resources are open to all large-scale DNS operators, > implementers, active researchers and law enforcement agencies. OARC also > provides a number of tools and mailing lists open to DNS operators of > all types. Please contact OARC Programme Manager Keith Mitchell > <admin(a)oarc.isc.org> for more information.

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FON Wifi
by Bill Reid 08 Feb '07

08 Feb '07

I just found out about this at the Asterisk Users meeting. FON, the world's largest WIFI community, is celebrating their first birthday. They are giving away 10,000 free routers. http://www.fon.com/1yearold/ The routers allow you to share your Internet connection in a secure controlled way. You do need a userid/password to access the router. By sharing your Internet you have access to the 1,000s of routers arouind the world I ordered my yesterday. Not sure if the supply has run out. -- Bill

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Fwd: UG News--February is Web Design and Development Month at O'Reilly
by Shawn Wallbridge 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

> From: "Marsee Henon" <marsee(a)oreilly.com> > Date: February 7, 2007 11:56:09 AM PST (CA) > To: shawnw(a)muug.mb.ca > Subject: UG News--February is Web Design and Development Month at > O'Reilly > > Hi, > > Can you share the following with your members if you think they > might be interested? > > It's Web Design and Development Month here at O'Reilly and we just put > together a special resource page dedicated to web development > essentials > including books, PDF Short Cuts, articles, and author events: > http://www.oreilly.com/go/webdev > > > Don't forget your members can receive 35% off any of these titles when > they use discount code DSUG on our site. There's also free ground > shipping in the US on orders over $29.95. > > Happy FebWeb, > > Marsee > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://ug.oreilly.com/creativemedia/ > ================================================================

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Web Design and Development Month at O'Reilly
by Sean Walberg 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried their downloadable material? They've got shortcuts which are 40-60 focused documents, and roughcuts which are prereleases of the book. A couple of the shortcuts look interesting. Sean >From O'Reilly: It's Web Design and Development Month here at O'Reilly and we just put together a special resource page dedicated to web development essentials including books, PDF Short Cuts, articles, and author events: http://www.oreilly.com/go/webdev Don't forget your members can receive 35% off any of these titles when they use discount code DSUG on our site. There's also free ground shipping in the US on orders over $29.95. -- Sean Walberg <sean(a)ertw.com> http://ertw.com/

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Linux courses
by schwartz 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

Do a Google of Red River College Continuing Education choose Explore RRC Continuing Education choose Part-time Programs scroll down to Systems Integration choose Courses and Descriptions Linux Client E22C156 Linux Server E22C160 Both night couses are two nights a week for about two months and cost about $400 at the Princes Street campus. RRC courses are usually challenging. Both are aimed for CompTIA. If your lucky, Mr Krywy will be the instructor. He's excellent and is a great Linux fan.

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Re: Roundtable Digest, Vol 26, Issue 2
by Kevin Scott 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

I'm not sure, I don't have any info on them, but may also check out Computer Boulevard's Linux course, supposed to teach Comptia's Linux+ exam. Somebody else coment on this? Kevin > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:26:06 -0600 > From: Kevin McGregor <kmcgregor(a)shaw.ca> > Subject: [RndTbl] Linux courses > To: roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca > Message-ID: <cc939fe265c6.45c7306e(a)shaw.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Does anyone know of any Linux intro/administration courses (1 to 3 days long) being offered locally? > > __________________________ Stops spam 100% for your email accounts or you get paid. http://www.cashette.com

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MUUG Meeting, Feb 13, 7:30pm -- Syslog to a Database
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 13. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Syslog to a Database Kevin McGregor had a common problem: He could generate lots of interesting system logging data and direct it to a common logging system to be recorded, but he wanted to perform more sophisticated analysis than could be done with text files and grep. Also, managing log rotations and old data was a concern, as was automatic report generation for management. This month, Kevin will explain how he put together the combination of syslog-ng and PostgreSQL to solve this problem. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required to show photo ID at the security desk. Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $3.00 for the evening. Bicycle parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located behind the building on Webb Place. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Also note that MUUG maintains two mailing lists, called "muug-announce" and "roundtable". If you're not already on these lists, we encourage you to subscribe now: http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/ The "muug-announce" list is used for monthly meeting announcements (such as this one) as well as other important announcements of interest to MUUG members. The "rountable" list is meant to be a forum for follow-ups to topics discussed at the meetings, or for round-table-style discussion on other topics that come up between meetings. Of course, for this to be effective, we need to reach a certain critical mass. So, please subscribe, and stay involved! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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