On 14/02/2010 02:40, TS Lura wrote: > Thank you all for the replies. > > I might do a lecture on my own, presenting OpenBSD. > > If I where to do that it, as a subsection, would be cool to give references > to other institutions that are using OpenBSD and why they are using it. > > Why one would use OpenBSD, over eg. GNU/Linux. > Now I would site preemptive security, code correctness, it's easy to use; > enable daemons through rc.conf, pf, openssh, possibility for zfs in kernel?, > good documentation, jailing of daemons. > > It would also be cool to highlight any specific snazzy functionality. > Something that would get (MSc/geeky) people to think. "ooh, that's > cool" particular in relation to networking. > eg. I think the scrubbing of packets in PF is kinda cool, pftop, see > the interruptcounter for the nic and serial console. :P > > Maybe something related to cryptography, or general network gear(routers, > switches) , or any new cool feature in PF or something > that's expensive with Cisco but cheap and good with *BSD. ipsec?, VoIP? cool > feature in OpenSSH. > > > .tsl >
When I did A-Level computer Science quite a few years ago (I don't know what the non-English equliveent of the A-Level would be, I don't even think there is an eqivilent in the American system as we have GCSE's then A-Levels then Uni in england...so here is a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_level ) I had people in my class who couldn't program and knew very little about firewalls and such like...it was a shock that very few of them had even built a computer and really understood things. I was no expert back then, but I had coded PHP, bits of C, knew bits of Linux, window server how DNS worked and such like. I had two teachers and one was off for 8 weeks with an operation and our other teacher just said carry on doing your work in his lessons, I usually ended up teaching the other people in the class what I thought they should learn. Many of them had trouble grasping ideas like Database normalisation and pascal was the language of choice and had trouble understanding little bits. I helped them through it and showed them bits of PHP and how it was similar to other languages and how they can move on to C and such like. Over the last few years I've been out with a few girls who are in one uni or other (I really should learn to not get involved with girls at uni) and whenever I meet their friends who are doing IT related degree's I always mention they should check out OBSD et al and give them tips on how to get in to the industry, what would look good on their CV. Of all my friends that go to uni to do IT related degrees, I don't think any of them know of OpenBSD...they get taught Linux in a module but hardly much. My point is, if you know something, share it. This isn't banking or finance,you don't hold "the keys" to get one up on people...talk to your class, hold something outside of normal lectures/seminars etc "help a brother out" as my friend would say. I dont think the "you have one up on your fellow students" argument is a good one, in fact I think that's rather shit. Share it, give your opinions...chance's are (in my experience) they will appreciate it but always remember to back off, if they want you to.
