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RE: [Wlug] LTSP as a means of recycling old PCs...

by Martin, Eric

Any body else have a problem getting to the article? Eric *********************** There's a post on Slashdot talking about LTSP... (Yeah, I posted it... <g>) The link is http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/22/223425&&mode=thread&tid=126&tid= 137&tid=163&tid=187 There's one comment that really drives the point home: #9227112 ... Anyway, I know that there was a recent WLUG meeting about LTSP, so I thought this might be of interest. -- William Smith wsmith(a)chezsmith.com Fall River, MA -----Original Message----- From: Bill Smith [mailto:wsmith@chezsmith.com] Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 8:22 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] LTSP as a means of recycling old PCs... _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 2, 2004

WLUG Meeting Feb 11th 2021! Topic: Good question!

by Chuck Anderson

Correct, Keith's server is not configured to current best security practices. His server has what is called "upward referrals" turned on. https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/articles/upward-referrals-considered-harmful I believe what you want at a minimum is: additional-from-cache no; Also, it sounds like you are using your DNS server for two functions: caching for internal clients, and authoritative for your domain name(s). If so you probably should isolate both functions: "If your nameserver is both authoritative and caching, you really should separate the two functions. Caching nameservers are susceptible to poisoning and other types of attacks. You don't necessarily need separate hardware for each. You might need to use separate IP addresses, or possibly configure the authoritative nameserver to use an external address while the caching nameserver uses an internal address." See also: https://kb.isc.org/docs/bind-best-practices-authoritative and: https://kb.isc.org/docs/bind-best-practices-recursive On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 10:08:21AM -0500, Robert N. Evans via WLUG wrote: > That is not what I see when I query one of the major name servers. I would guess your server is configured differently... > > rne@P5:~$ dig @1.1.1.1 isc.org > > ; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> @1.1.1.1 isc.org > ; (1 server found) > ;; global options: +cmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 31866 > ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 > > ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: > ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232 > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;isc.org. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > isc.org. 9 IN A 149.20.1.66 > > ;; Query time: 24 msec > ;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) > ;; WHEN: Thu Feb 11 10:03:30 EST 2021 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 52 > > > -BE > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > >Sent: Feb 11, 2021 1:04 AM > >To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > >Cc: wlug(a)lists.wlug.org, Andre.Lehovich(a)gmx.com, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > >Subject: [WLUG] Re: WLUG Meeting Feb 11th 2021! Topic: Good question! > > > >Andre Lehovich via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > >>> dig @66.92.74.188 isc.org > >> > >> Here you go, hope it's useful... > > > >Thank you. That's a lot of information. > > > >> quetzal:~ al$ dig @66.92.74.188 isc.org > >> > >> ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @66.92.74.188 isc.org > >> ; (1 server found) > >> ;; global options: +cmd > >> ;; Got answer: > >> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11995 > >> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 27 > >> ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available > > ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ > >That looks good. > >I don't want to be doing recursion for you (nothing personal). > > > >But where did all the rest of that come from? > >I've never seen anything like that! > >Did my server send all that? Why?? > > > >> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: > >> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 > >> ;; QUESTION SECTION: > >> ;isc.org. IN A > >> > >> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > >> . 348191 IN NS c.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS d.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS e.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS f.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS g.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS h.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS i.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS j.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS k.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS l.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS m.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS a.root-servers.net. > >> . 348191 IN NS b.root-servers.net. > >> > >> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: > >> a.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 198.41.0.4 > >> a.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 > >> b.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 199.9.14.201 > >> b.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:500:200::b > >> c.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 192.33.4.12 > >> c.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:500:2::c > >> d.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 199.7.91.13 > >> d.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:500:2d::d > >> e.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 192.203.230.10 > >> e.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:500:a8::e > >> f.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 192.5.5.241 > >> f.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f > >> g.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 192.112.36.4 > >> g.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:500:12::d0d > >> h.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 198.97.190.53 > >> h.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:500:1::53 > >> i.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 192.36.148.17 > >> i.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:7fe::53 > >> j.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 192.58.128.30 > >> j.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:503:c27::2:30 > >> k.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 193.0.14.129 > >> k.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:7fd::1 > >> l.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 199.7.83.42 > >> l.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:500:9f::42 > >> m.root-servers.net. 348191 IN A 202.12.27.33 > >> m.root-servers.net. 348191 IN AAAA 2001:dc3::35 > >> > >> ;; Query time: 150 msec > >> ;; SERVER: 66.92.74.188#53(66.92.74.188) > >> ;; WHEN: Wed Feb 10 20:31:08 PST 2021 > >> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 819

Feb. 11, 2021

VNC performance

by Brad Noyes

Hi All, I remember some time ago talking with Andy, and others about VNC performance at a wlug meeting. I remember that setting the depth 8 will help performance, as well as disabling the wallpaper. I am running the server on windows, and the client on a linux machine. VNC's site has info for disabling wallpaper, but it seems to involve editing a registry file. When i try to do so, i get an access denied message, because that file is read only. Can someone help me out here? I really know very little about windows. On the client side, the option '-depth 8' doesn't seem to do very much i get '16 bits per pixel'. If anyone knows of any other methods for speeding up VNC, please post. Thanks, --Brad

Dec. 3, 2001

RE: [Wlug] BBC cd

by Skip Gaede

Doug Waud wrote: > > Hi all > > A few meeting back, Andy gave out some BBC-Linux cd's. I decided to > try one and got hung up. > If you want to be adventuresome, check out http://sorcerer.wox.org Tou can download an 80 MB bzipped iso image, which will get you up and running with only a kernel compile. After that you can install anything you like. At last count, they had between 700 and 800 packages you could install. Iy's dependency based, so if you say you want to install kde, it will install X and a bunch of other stuff so you can run kde. You still need to know a bit about what you're doing, but it's a very promising distro. --Skip

Jan. 30, 2002

Re: [Wlug] OpenWrt

by Matt Higgins

I run OpenWrt at work and at home, it is a very nice piece of work, never had a lockup. If you have some more dough I recommend net4801 http://www.soekris.com/net4801.htm The one I have is currently running OpenBSD but is of course Linux friendly and you can do a lot more with it. -Matt On 12/23/05, Mike <mwp(a)sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > At the last meeting we briefly discussed building a Linux Router from a > single board computer. I was poking around the net and found the OpenWrt > project. I'm curious if anyone has any experience with OpenWrt? > > Happy Holidays, > Mike > > OpenWrt: http://wiki.openwrt.org/FrontPage > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Dec. 29, 2005

GIMP tutorials

by E Johnson

A couple of WLUG members had been interested in GIMP a few months back. A presentation I gave to the group last Fall may have been effective that it could have been, since we couldn't get the big monitors working in the meeting room. But now while looking for one piece of info, I came across this in article Linux Haxor: "50 Tutorials To Get You Started With Gimp." http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2009/02/09/50-tutorials-to-get-you-started-with-g… Some of these tutorials seem to be concerned with specific special effects, but others, such as "Using and Manipulating Layers with Gimp" and "Retouching hair and eye (video)" might be of interest to non-artist persons, and to those who want to work with photos they have uploaded from digital camera. Enjoy, Liz J

Feb. 14, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Looking for a home - 2 sparc classics

by desdinova＠soupforare.net

On 21 Jul 2002 at 12:42, stoffel(a)lucent.com wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I'm cleaning the garage and I want to get rid of stuff. I've got a > pair of sparc classics, probably installed with Linux, plus about 8 or > so brand new sun keyboards, somce mice and maybe other stuff. > > First one to email gets it all. I can try to bring it to the next > meeting, or we can arrange a pickup off list. I could use them, if they're not already gone Thanks, James KB1FJQ > John > stoffel(a)lucent.com > john(a)stoffel.org > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 21, 2002

reboot problem

by Gregory Avedissian

At the meeting before last, I asked about a problem I'm having with the computer occasionally going to a black screen with no disk activity on reboot, right after the grub menu goes away. Overnight memtest showed no errors, I put a different vid card in, and still had the black screen problem. One of the things someone mentioned was to test the power supply. Recently, I had a few hard lockups and a couple of spontaneous reboots. So, how do I test my power supply, other than replacing it and seeing if the problem goes away? Or is that evidence enough to change it ASAP? According to lm-sensors, voltages are fine, and I've even sat and watched gkrellm for long periods of time - they look stable. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Greg

Oct. 29, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Refreshments and snacks...

by Frank Sweetser

Those sound like good choices to me. On November 6, 2014 11:57:51 AM PST, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >My wife has offered to pick up the refreshments / snacks for the >meeting. >Does anybody have any preferences? > >I was thinking of bring Water / Coke / Cookies (likely Newman O's) > >We will be gorging ourselves on pizza right after so we don't have to >go >too crazy... > >Thanks, >Tim. > >-- >I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >constituents as "consumers". > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Nov. 7, 2014

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meetings - topic proposals

by Scott Venier

A VPN is a good idea. PPTP, however, isn't. I highly recomend using some other VPN setup, if at all possible. PPTP on linux doesn't excatly give you a rock solid network conneciton. But, if you have no other options, there are both a client and a server for linux. The server is called PoPToP. Search freshmeat for it. The client lives at http://merced.needsabeating.com/pptp.html. Scott Maintainter of the PPTP-Linux client. On Mon, 7 May 2001, Tom Martinson wrote: > Hello. > > I am new to this LUG. So I would like to say hello. > > Peter said that his wife has to connect to his SaMBa server from UMass. > > When I have had similar situations What I did was to setup a VPN using > PPTP. That way you can block All SMB traffic to the outside world. > Connect to the PPTP termination point with your client. Setup up the > Tunnel and then the SMB information is passed on the inside of the > tunnel. Thus keeping the integrity. Also this gives a smaller > "signature" for your firewall/server to the real world. > > Just a though. > > Peter Gutowski wrote: > > > Well, so far it's not been a problem, although I keep a close watch on suspicious activity. (You'll notice entries for hosts allow and hosts deny. So far that seems to be pretty effective, although I do notice twits trying to access and being denied): > > > > hosts allow = 192.168.3.0/255.255.255.224 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 > > 128.119.216.0/255.255.255.0 216.175.212.192/255.255.255.240 > > hosts deny = all # <- no other machines can access > > > > Perhaps you could suggest conf options that allows [incoming] connections, but don't broadcast availability (i.e. is 'invicible' to all but people that know that that machine is a smb server). As I said, I'm not samba expert! (BTW, my wife accesses the system from her computer at UMass) > > > > On Monday, May 7, 2001 11:01 AM, Keller, Tim <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: > > > >> Hey I was looking at the sample smb.conf file (and I've set up a bunch of > >> samba servers as well) and I saw something odd (well odd for > >> me) > >> > >> -- start cut -- > >> # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces > >> # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them > >> # here. See the man page for details. > >> interfaces = 192.168.3.1 24.91.122.146 > >> -- end cut -- > >> > >> >From a home network point of view, why would you want samba to bind to your > >> external (24.xx...) address? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? > >> > >> I personally add rules to my firewall to block outgoing and incoming SMB > >> traffic to the outside world. SMB as a protocol goes (if you could call it > >> that) tends to tell the world more then one would want... > >> > >> Tim. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

May 7, 2001

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