Re: Fun with routes

2004-03-17 Thread Rich Puhek
aCaB wrote: I was trying to figure out a cheap solution to increase upload speed for one of my customers (currently using ADSL). I soon realized that dedicated lines such as CDN, HDSL etc are too expensive in respect to common ADSL and come up with a brain-dead idea of bounding various ADSL lines t

Re: Fun with routes

2004-03-17 Thread Rich Puhek
aCaB wrote: I was trying to figure out a cheap solution to increase upload speed for one of my customers (currently using ADSL). I soon realized that dedicated lines such as CDN, HDSL etc are too expensive in respect to common ADSL and come up with a brain-dead idea of bounding various ADSL lines

Re: off subject - ip & bandwidth management

2004-02-25 Thread Rich Puhek
Gregory Wood wrote: Problem 1: I have a couple of sites, one with 30 users, another with 500 users. The switches are unmanaged. Occasionally, someone won't be able to log in or they will loose a network printer. I suspect one or more PCs are soaking up the bandwidth. Problem 2: I work with a local

Re: How do you deploy a new system ?

2004-02-23 Thread Rich Puhek
Marc Haber wrote: See the bugs I have filed against mondo regarding this, and notice that they are a few months old without any reply by the package maintainer. Greetings Marc One little quibble/question about this: should issues like this be reported to the Debian maintainer, or just reported to

Re: Bayes filter at ISPs

2004-02-19 Thread Rich Puhek
W.D.McKinney wrote: We liked SA but was very tired of the perl usage on the MTA. Se we searched and found the Barracuda. Now we have Bayesian and more and a very nice solution, not on the MTA. I have not looked back. Regards, Dee Why didn't you use spamc/spamd? Allows moving the perl (and all

Re: protecting mail server from DOS

2004-02-17 Thread Rich Puhek
Lucas Albers wrote: Just recently I had my mail server swamped by a single virus machine that kept resending a virus message, ignoring my 5xx rejection code. Is it possbile to block this via an iptables smtp max connection throttle code? How do you handle this? Via iptables?, or via qmail/postfix/e

Re: protecting mail server from DOS

2004-02-17 Thread Rich Puhek
Lucas Albers wrote: Just recently I had my mail server swamped by a single virus machine that kept resending a virus message, ignoring my 5xx rejection code. Is it possbile to block this via an iptables smtp max connection throttle code? How do you handle this? Via iptables?, or via qmail/postfix/

Re: 2.6 kernel network interface assignment order

2004-01-29 Thread Rich Puhek
Eric Sproul wrote: On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 14:55, Franz Georg Köhler wrote: This occasionally happens with new kernel releases. I'd like to know why. Swap your configuration... Again, I'd like to know *why* it happens rather than blindly changing configs. What if I had 3 interfaces, what would ha

Re: 2.6 kernel network interface assignment order

2004-01-29 Thread Rich Puhek
Eric Sproul wrote: On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 14:55, Franz Georg Köhler wrote: This occasionally happens with new kernel releases. I'd like to know why. Swap your configuration... Again, I'd like to know *why* it happens rather than blindly changing configs. What if I had 3 interfaces, what wou

Re: Sendmail & Queuing

2003-12-12 Thread Rich Puhek
Jason McMullen wrote: Good Day All, I'm running into an odd issue. We have 2 servers that act as "front-end" MX hosts running Sendmail. These servers then smarthost all mail back to a main server. This works well at keeping the main server unloaded due to dictionary attacks and whatnot. The pr

Re: Sendmail & Queuing

2003-12-12 Thread Rich Puhek
Jason McMullen wrote: Good Day All, I'm running into an odd issue. We have 2 servers that act as "front-end" MX hosts running Sendmail. These servers then smarthost all mail back to a main server. This works well at keeping the main server unloaded due to dictionary attacks and whatnot. The

Re: Automated solutions for a small ISP

2003-10-15 Thread Rich Puhek
ram where you could use it for free with under 100 customers. The biggest advantage we found with Optigold, which should apply to any similar system, was the integrated billing. A dedicated system worked much smoother than Quickbooks, especially once our account base passed the 1K user point. --Rich

Re: AntiVirus + MAIL

2003-10-08 Thread Rich Puhek
y what you want an AV system for, anyhow. --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Sugesstions building a rather big mail system.

2003-10-07 Thread Rich Puhek
orm a snapshot... --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: named + virtual domains

2003-10-03 Thread Rich Puhek
want to point an A record for "example.com" to your web server, I believe you must use an A record. In that case, you have to live with some noise from dlint/nslint. --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing

Re: ..fixing ext3 fs going read-only, was : Sendmail or Qmail ? ..

2003-09-12 Thread Rich Puhek
your primary priority should be to avoid the hardware problems in the first place. - Ted -- _ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: raid controller & debian

2003-09-05 Thread Rich Puhek
linking light on the chassis! Thanks for any pointers! --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- To U

Re: Sobig Worm/Virus (was Re: Approved)

2003-08-21 Thread Rich Puhek
x27;s a mutated/broken Sobig.F out there, or that something else is happening. --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [

Re: semi-remote net

2003-07-09 Thread Rich Puhek
eapest and easiest option. At 600 m, you might not even need dish antennas. --Rich -- _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: semi-remote net

2003-07-09 Thread Rich Puhek
eapest and easiest option. At 600 m, you might not even need dish antennas. --Rich -- _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: order enquiry

2003-04-16 Thread Rich Puhek
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Re: Advice on remote kernel changes?

2003-03-27 Thread Rich Puhek
I'm wrong. --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: Advice on remote kernel changes?

2003-03-27 Thread Rich Puhek
I'm wrong. --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Mail server

2003-02-24 Thread Rich Puhek
he filesystems (including /var) on the other? Just asking because I have a similar setup to yours (one big HW RAID-5) and have been wondering if that's the best way to go. --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East

Re: Weakest point of a server?

2003-02-06 Thread Rich Puhek
e die at 25C, I've lowered the temp to 22C, so now there's only a 1/y chance". --Rich _ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: kernel version

2003-01-13 Thread Rich Puhek
Donovan Baarda wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 08:33, Rich Puhek wrote: I used to do this, but now I find the binary kernels in the distro better than good enough. They are fully modular initrd kernels so it doesn't matter if they have every device available... if they are not used, they ar

Re: kernel version

2003-01-10 Thread Rich Puhek
st" kernel. I grap the source from kernel.org, and use the Debian tools to build (very nice, keeps you from breaking things badly). See the following link for info on Debian's tools for custom kernels: http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.en.html#s-customkernel --Rich __

Re: Unexplained rebooting

2002-12-13 Thread Rich Puhek
e it imposes on the input. --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. 2125 1st Ave East Hibbing MN 55746 tel: 218.262.1130 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [HELP] RAID5 IN DEBIAN

2002-04-01 Thread Rich Puhek
ig difference in the necessary approach. --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RAID 0 risky ?

2002-03-19 Thread Rich Puhek
something like a web cache. > > Thus, it would be less risk to use RAID 0 or better RAID 1 than RAID 5. Absolutely not. RAID 0 is the highest risk. RAID 0 is actually higher risk than a single drive. --Rich _

Re: Exim + POP3 + quota problems

2002-03-17 Thread Rich Puhek
y enable quotas on /var/mail. If you've got any load on the server, you'll want /var/spool, /var/log, and /var/mail on seperate drives for performance anyhow. -- _ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: byte counts differ

2002-03-14 Thread Rich Puhek
or ascii mode as appropriate... --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Upgrade a mail server

2002-02-18 Thread Rich Puhek
problem - i don't like the idea of having SMTP > down at all...i won't tolerate it and my users certainly wouldn't. > Actually, external SMTP should be fine, as long as it's less than 4 hours (typical default setting for queue warning). Local users' SMTP co

Re: Upgrade a mail server

2002-02-18 Thread Rich Puhek
Craig Sanders wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:02:38PM -0600, Rich Puhek wrote: > > Craig Sanders wrote: > > > i'd love to convert it over to Maildir/ but haven't yet found any way > > > that doesn't involve many hours of downtime while conve

Re: Upgrade a mail server

2002-02-18 Thread Rich Puhek
problem - i don't like the idea of having SMTP > down at all...i won't tolerate it and my users certainly wouldn't. > Actually, external SMTP should be fine, as long as it's less than 4 hours (typical default setting for queue warning). Local users' SMTP co

Re: Upgrade a mail server

2002-02-18 Thread Rich Puhek
Craig Sanders wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:02:38PM -0600, Rich Puhek wrote: > > Craig Sanders wrote: > > > i'd love to convert it over to Maildir/ but haven't yet found any way > > > that doesn't involve many hours of downtime while conve

Re: Upgrade a mail server

2002-02-18 Thread Rich Puhek
fire off a script to convert the mailboxes. Good luck! --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _

Re: Upgrade a mail server

2002-02-18 Thread Rich Puhek
fire off a script to convert the mailboxes. Good luck! --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: BIND exploited ?

2002-01-05 Thread Rich Puhek
trusion, the effects of the intrusion, and the tools/methods used. --Rich _ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _

Re: BIND exploited ?

2002-01-05 Thread Rich Puhek
trusion, the effects of the intrusion, and the tools/methods used. --Rich _ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: Reload one domain in caching DNS server

2001-08-21 Thread Rich Puhek
the DNS > server builds up quite a history and I think e-mail etc takes a bit of > a knock after a reload. > > (New domains are not a problem, just updates to old ones) > > Ian > -- _ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Force DNS zonetransfer regardless of serial ?

2001-08-14 Thread Rich Puhek
aily use, but I occasionly have a situation > where this is required. > > Any ideas beyond manually deleting the db-file? > > tia, Marcel > > -- >__ > .´ `. > : :' ! Enjoy > `. `´ Debian/GNU Linux >`- > > -- -- ___

Re: Router machine falls into APM sleep :(

2001-07-06 Thread Rich Puhek
he Simpsons" will recognize that idea :-) --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _

Re: Router machine falls into APM sleep :(

2001-07-06 Thread Rich Puhek
he Simpsons" will recognize that idea :-) --Rich _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Finding the Bottleneck

2001-06-08 Thread Rich Puhek
. --Rich Russell Coker wrote: > > On Friday 08 June 2001 05:47, Rich Puhek wrote: > > In addition to checking the disk usage, memory, and the other > > suggestions that have come up on the list, have you looked at DNS? > > Quite often you'll find that DNS lookups

Re: Finding the Bottleneck

2001-06-08 Thread Rich Puhek
/spool. --Rich Russell Coker wrote: > > On Friday 08 June 2001 05:47, Rich Puhek wrote: > > In addition to checking the disk usage, memory, and the other > > suggestions that have come up on the list, have you looked at DNS? > > Quite often you'll find that DNS lookups

Re: Installing 2.2 on a large memory system.

2001-06-07 Thread Rich Puhek
And are you sure the memory is the trouble? I had an awful time with a > Dell RAID controller. > > Pete > -- > http://www.elbnet.com > ELB Internet Services, Inc. > Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting -- _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _

Re: Finding the Bottleneck

2001-06-07 Thread Rich Puhek
use a different file cache setting (each email being from 1K to > 10K on average)? > > Thanks in advance! > > Sincerely, > Jason > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- _ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _

Re: Installing 2.2 on a large memory system.

2001-06-07 Thread Rich Puhek
> And are you sure the memory is the trouble? I had an awful time with a > Dell RAID controller. > > Pete > -- > http://www.elbnet.com > ELB Internet Services, Inc. > Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting -- ______

Re: Finding the Bottleneck

2001-06-07 Thread Rich Puhek
use a different file cache setting (each email being from 1K to > 10K on average)? > > Thanks in advance! > > Sincerely, > Jason > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subjec

Re: Kernels 2.4.x for ISP ?

2001-05-18 Thread Rich Puhek
7;ve decided to > take the second - because of the kernel support. > Adaptec seems to ignore linux - on their web page I've found drivers for > 2.2.14 :| > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _

Re: Kernels 2.4.x for ISP ?

2001-05-18 Thread Rich Puhek
7;ve decided to > take the second - because of the kernel support. > Adaptec seems to ignore linux - on their web page I've found drivers for > 2.2.14 :| > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "uns

Re: Accounting Software

2001-05-02 Thread Rich Puhek
nyone have any > recommendations? Thanks. > -- _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _

Re: Accounting Software

2001-05-02 Thread Rich Puhek
ne have any > recommendations? Thanks. > -- _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian 2.2r2

2001-03-29 Thread Rich Puhek
gt; Is it any security hole in this Debian 2.2r2 > and bind 8-2.2p7-1. > > Will appreciate any help. > > Thanks. > > Abu Umair > > -- _____ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _

Re: Debian 2.2r2

2001-03-29 Thread Rich Puhek
gt; Is it any security hole in this Debian 2.2r2 > and bind 8-2.2p7-1. > > Will appreciate any help. > > Thanks. > > Abu Umair > > -- _______

Re: sendmail is slow for mass mail

2001-03-28 Thread Rich Puhek
inistrator > > CarbonMedia, Inc. > 114 East 25th Street, Eighth Floor > New York, NY 10010 > Phone: 212.253.7180 > Fax: 212.253.8467 > http://www.carbonmedia.com/ > > For my PGP/GPG public key: > `finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > >Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- _ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _

Re: sendmail is slow for mass mail

2001-03-28 Thread Rich Puhek
inistrator > > CarbonMedia, Inc. > 114 East 25th Street, Eighth Floor > New York, NY 10010 > Phone: 212.253.7180 > Fax: 212.253.8467 > http://www.carbonmedia.com/ > > For my PGP/GPG public key: > `finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > >

Re: Dell PERCraid 3/Di

2001-02-01 Thread Rich Puhek
modules.conf (alias block-major-8 percraid) but no luck. > > I have managed to get *one* Red Hat pre-compiled kitchen sink kernel to boot > (2.2.14-5.0smp) but nothing else. > > Any suggestions? > > Pete -- __