Doug... i feel ya pain read up on trusted computing and the palladium operating system.... trust me, b gates is going to hell... and when he gets his chance he's still going to hell... and all the other (religious) hells
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Doug Riddle wrote: > You get to play with very nice toys Tim. I promised my boss I would > play nice with the Windows network guys. Until after probation... > > Win2K has crashed on me every other day. I am not a patient man. > But then, it was my fault. I was actually using the software and > opening and closing files. I mean, what could I expect?! Silly me. > > I really hope B. Gates goes to hell and has one chance to get out, > and that it depends on using his software... And just to make it > interesting, it will partially third party software running on a > forced upgrade on hardware designed for the last release of his > bloatware... > > Save me a seat by the fire Billy boy, you'd be there forever! > > BSOD-- Demons poking Bill. Lockup -- Demons roasting Bill. Software > not responding. Demons booking Bill into a HoJo new the French > Quarter. > > Doug > > --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 05:13 PM 9/25/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >On 25 Sep 2002, Tim Fournet wrote: > > > > > > > I don't think this topic is totally irrelevant in terms of > > Linux usage. > > > > Given that the majority of Linux systems live on heterogeneous > > networks, > > > > and Linux can be utilized to protect against the Klez virus, > > it's > > > > important to be mindful of these issues. For example, by > > implementing a > > > > virus-scanning Linux SMTP server for inbound mail to your > > network can > > > > block this virus without ever having to touch a Windows > > machine. In > > > > fact, I'd suggest that a good topic for an advanced BRLUG > > meeting would > > > > be Linux Mail servers with virus scanning and removal. > > > > > >That sounds like a great topic! We are in the process of moving > > email off > > >of VMS to two Linux sendmail machines. One will be an SMTP > > gateway that > > >scans for viruses and spam (and other things) using MIMEDefang, > > >SpamAssassin, F-prot, then hands it off to the second system. The > > 2nd > > > > Cool. I'm working with a client now on a similar project. We > > decided to go > > with RAV. Did you check that one out? Sophos is another good one, > > but a bit > > pricey. > > > > >machine is just the message store that will hold users mailboxes > > and will > > >be the POP/IMAP server. They will be running Redhat Advanced > > Server in a > > >cluster configuration connected to a Magnitude SAN, so either box > > can > > > > Do tell. Are you using LVS? I assume so since you are working with > > Red Hat > > AS. Nice software. > > > > >failover and take on the duties of the other. The last cool thing > > is > > >we have 16,000 users and not one of them will be in /etc/passwd. > > All user > > >info (passwd, shadow, group) will be stored in an ldap database > > (Novell > > >eDirectory on linux) using padl's nss_ldap library. We have a > > prototype > > >mostly working now, while we wait for the new hardware to arrive. > > It is > > >very cool stuff... > > > > Details, details.. > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Puryear Information Technology > > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > ===== > Warmest Regards, > Doug Riddle > http://www.dougriddle.com > > ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the > Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
