Re: Novice sysadmins (was: Suggestions for a more privacy conscious email provider)

Back in the day, only Ph.D's used the internet, so they were the sysadmins. These days, I recommend that system administration be only allowed for card-holding responsible people who have proven their technical abilities. Then, when you get awarded your Ph.D, they can take your sysadmin card

Re: Suggestions for a more privacy conscious email provider

I run my own mailserver... ​ On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Grant Taylor via NANOG wrote: > On 12/04/2017 03:47 PM, Brad Knowles wrote: > >> The concept is sound, but attempting to use your $5 VPS as your outbound >> mail relay is only going to end in pain and tears -- your

Re: students questions

You can use Google Domains to register a domain and then use that as your email within GMail. https://support.google.com/domains/answer/3251241?hl=en On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 9:11 AM, sam wrote: > Hello if this is not appropriate for this list please excuse me and >

Re: sub $500-750 CPE firewall for voip-centric application

ing, VPN timeouts, etc. I don’t know if PFsense meets these > requirements, as they don’t say so on their site. Companies like Dell > publish white papers on their compliance with each regulatory organization. > > > > -mel > > > > > > On May 6, 2016, at 11:05 AM

Re: sub $500-750 CPE firewall for voip-centric application

; -mel > > > > On May 6, 2016, at 9:24 AM, Nick Hilliard <n...@foobar.org> wrote: > > > > amuse wrote: > >> +1 to a "Can you substantiate that claim please?" sentiment here. I've > >> used it for years and found it to be reliable, flexible,

Re: sub $500-750 CPE firewall for voip-centric application

+1 to a "Can you substantiate that claim please?" sentiment here. I've used it for years and found it to be reliable, flexible, feature-filled. And having the BSD CLI fully available has been a godsend. On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > On 6/May/16

Re: sub $500-750 CPE firewall for voip-centric application

What PFSense currently lacks in brand name recognition, they can make up with by the fact that they offer paid support at very affordable levels. I'd go with https://store.pfsense.org/SG-2440/ ($499 each) and a quote for professional services (

Re: Why the US Government has so many data centers

I can confirm this. I was working at NASA when the last "data call" was put out. We had a room with a flight simulator in it, powered by an SGI Onyx2. The conversation with the auditor went like this: Auditor *points at Onyx2* "Is that machine shared?" Me: "Well yeah, the whole group uses it

Re: Issues with Gmail

As a government-employed computer security guy who has never owned or worn a suit OR tie, I feel entitled to ask... WTF? Nick Hilliard wrote: On 01/09/2009 21:01, Jim Wininger wrote: Anyone else seeing issues with gmail? Down, definitely down. Call the White House! It should be clear

Re: Ready to get your federal computer license?

Perhaps it's intended to be a workaround to the current problem with a lot of government IT Security: The (big) contractors are told to follow IT security guidelines, at which point they point back to their contract and say That's not in the statement of work, lets renegotiate the contract

Re: Happy Sysadmin Day

Patrick: If you're surprised that someone is conflating 'Happy sysadmin day! with Hey by the way can you help me figure this out? then you haven't been a sysadmin long enough! ;) (yes, I know, you weren't surprised, just taking a lighthearted shot at the guy) Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:

Re: OT: Voice Operators' Group forming

I second the idea of google groups or some other group provider; Yahoo groups are known within many circles for having long email delays. Charles Wyble wrote: Hiers, David wrote: Hi NANOG, I'd like to announce the formation of a NANOG-knockoff group for voice operators, the Voice