Uh oh, some of those port scans are coming from your yard. It is amazing though isn't it? My 512K security log on my firewall dates all the way back to 7:45 AM this morning. Boneheads. Patch the stupid PCs.
Doug --- Dennis Rowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, the LSU Help Desk people have been > receiving linux training > for several years. The help desk has been > supporting Redhat for the > same period of time, even if its not been > advertised. :-P > > Also, look at this page: > http://www.bae.lsu.edu/infections/tcpdump_port_445.out > Its a fun dump of port 445 on my linux computer at > LSU. > > Dennis > > On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 00:33, Doug Riddle wrote: > > Oh Yeah, I almost forgot! Add in the recent > purchase > > of the Site-Wide Redhat License annouced today via > the > > IT-Forum list to the rest of the noise... If we > have > > a site-wide license for Redhat, they can hardly be > > planning to go all MS. I think my Libranet/debian > > boxen are safe. Would the La Board of Regents > coughed > > up the bucks for a site-wide Redhat License if LSU > was > > going all and only MS? > > > > The site-wide license begs a question thought > doesn't > > it? Hey Dennis, who they gonna call? You think > Billy > > and company at the Helpdesk are going to be able > field > > those calls? > > > > "I got an Unmet Dependancy error when I was using > RPM. > > What do I do now?" > > > > Quick, name five people in the AgCenter IT group > at > > large, ourselves included, that could field that > > question. > > > > I'd forward that email to your boss and ask for a > > raise. > > > > > > --- Doug Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dennis: > > > > > > Allow me to play the Devil's Advocate for a > minute. > > > > > > This is a growing trend. A college requires the > use > > > of computers, and the administration consider > them > > > in > > > much the same catagory as the text books, > software, > > > and other equipment they require students to > > > purchase > > > such as specific calculators. From their point > of > > > view allowing a PC to connect to their network, > and > > > use their backbone to access the internet, makes > > > them > > > responsible for the actions (or irresponsible > > > inaction) of the computers connected via their > > > network. > > > > > > In an ideal world they could push patches and > virus > > > scanner signitures and updates to every PC on > their > > > network. This would, in theory, be a good > thing. > > > > > > However, in the real world, they lack the > manpower, > > > resources, money, and apparently the expertise, > to > > > bring this concept to fruition. I am getting a > port > > > scan every few seconds on my group at the > AgCenter. > > > All but a very few are from computers the LSU > A&M > > > campus IT group supports. The problem is that > the > > > A&M > > > campus is not equally supported. Each college > or > > > department gets the level of support they can > pay > > > for > > > in cold hard cash. Where the tires meet the > > > pavement > > > there is a tragic disconnect. > > > > > > Laying LSU A&M ideals aside, taking the tools of > > > choice away from the geese that lay the golden > eggs > > > simply isn't going to happen. What OS you get > to > > > use > > > in your department will be decided the same old > way > > > as > > > always - If your department has the research and > the > > > stroke, you will do as you darn well please. I > > > suspect you are quite safe Dennis. Let's be > honest, > > > in a Microsoft Shop, if you weren't good, and > your > > > faculty wasn't happy, your > > > long-haired-OSS-hugging-bearded-self would have > been > > > skidding down the sidewalk sometime ago, no? > > > > > > You were in the last meeting sitting next me. I > > > asked > > > specifically, is their a policy against OSS, > > > shareware, freeware, or any other software. > Hell, > > > they don't even care if we give bandwidth away > to > > > commercial distributed computing projects. They > > > allowed they ought to care about the last, but > don't > > > have anything against it. > > > > > > You also have NIH (Not Invented Here) on your > side. > > > AgCenter IT instinctively distrusts LSU A&M > Computer > > > Services, because none of their ideas were > invented > > > here. Change from the outside is resisted > > > instinctively by every human on the planet. IT > > > shops > > > are exceptionally prone to this syndrome. To be > > > honest, LSU A&M Campus is not a lot of help in > most > > > cases, or Kappie would not have to waste three > hours > > > a > > > month in a meeting bitching at them. > > > > > > Trust me, you're golden - you hippiefied, > > > unix-hugging, Linux-loving, freak. Who would > they > > > blame for problems if you weren't there? > > > > > > I like Kappie. No bullshit from her. She > answers > > > her > > > eamil and gives you her unvarnished opinion. I > do > > > not > > > always agree, but I appreciate her frank, open, > and > > > no > > > BS approach to IT. > > > > > > I understand your complaint, but if you want a > > > service, in this case an education, from some > > > entity, > > > then you pay the piper. They call the tune, you > > > dance, or go home. Life is not fair. If you > are > > > lucky, you at least get what you pay for. > > > > > > My 2 cents, US. > > > > > > As Always, Your Friend, > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > --- Dennis Rowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 22:02, Shannon Roddy > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This was taken from an LSU posting today: > > > > > > > > > > > >> IT-Folks, > > > > > >> > > > > > >> For the benefit of my own department, I > > > > prepped a very brief set of > > > > > >> notes > > > > > >> (attached) to summarize today's meeting. > > > > > > > > > > > > <I snipped this from his notes> > > > > > > > > > > > > Topic: Laptop program > === message truncated === ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle An opptimist thinks the glass is half full. A pessimist thinks it is half empty. A realist knows that someone is going to have to wash the glass. I am a realist. I buy plastic drink cups. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! 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