Re: [lopsa-discuss] Tethering vs. MiFi vs. ????

2015-05-22 Thread Brian Mathis
e of these plans. Older unlimited plans were specifically not part of the ruling for some reason. ❧ Brian Mathis @orev On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Craig Cook wrote: > >These are only available through Android as Apple does not allow > tethering apps in their app store. > > IO

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Tethering vs. MiFi vs. ????

2015-05-21 Thread Brian Mathis
n old unlimited account, but you won't have one of those if you're a new customer switching over to them. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/31/verizon-can-no-longer-charge-for-tethering-fcc-declares/ ❧ Brian Mathis @orev On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Matt Lawrence wrote: > I'

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Disposable email addresses

2014-11-12 Thread Brian Mathis
f web sites which prevent you from using the + in an email address, and usually that's done as a javascript check. A quick "inspect element" and changing the handler to "true" disables that, and once the address is in the system, I've not had any problems. ❧ Brian

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Disposable email addresses

2014-11-12 Thread Brian Mathis
they can do what they want, and of course that is true, but that doesn't change it being ugly. ❧ Brian Mathis @orev On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) < lop...@nedharvey.com> wrote: > So, in the past I used a catch-all address and I would never give out

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Drive cloning / resizing

2014-05-09 Thread Brian Mathis
rive when you're done, go into Disk Management, right click on the drive and expand it. ❧ Brian Mathis On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Morgan Blackthorne wrote: > My wife is getting a new 500G SSD to replace her 240G SSD, and is looking > to do so without having to reinstall. I'm a bit

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Security Questionnaires

2013-10-30 Thread Brian Mathis
I see these a lot as well and most of them seem to come from ISO 27000. ❧ Brian Mathis On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) < lop...@nedharvey.com> wrote: > At a 3rd party communication service vendor where I work, we > occasionally (borderline regularly) s

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Unix/Linux antivirus software

2013-02-17 Thread Brian Mathis
nst this are perceived as "the difficult IT people are being difficult again", as opposed to any type of logic. This is a business issue, not a technical one, and business issues are not always ruled by logic. ❧ Brian Mathis On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 3:44 PM, jrmailgate-lo...@yahoo.co.uk

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Problem with protecting and/or moving Oracle 10.0 G DB content and some SQL help ...

2013-01-10 Thread Brian Mathis
the same data around on disk. I think it would be better to create a separate Oracle instance for each job that needs to be performed, and when the job is done, shut down the instance and archive the database files directly. If you really want to, you could dump the data using data pump to ma

Re: [lopsa-discuss] IP KVM and PDU Recommendations

2012-12-01 Thread Brian Mathis
device input, as the Lantronix only has 1 USB connection. I think newer KVMs should probably support that. I also use a serial console where possible, even on servers. For that we have WTI and Opengear. ❧ Brian Mathis On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Martin James Gehrke wrote: > We have

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How do you backup your VMs

2012-05-07 Thread Brian Mathis
etc.). On Rackspace, if I didn't have too much data, I'd probably backup to > Cloud Files (plus something else) with a script like > this: http://libcloud.apache.org/docs/storage-examples.html > > Side note, MySQL replication isn't backup, you still need to backup

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Bring Your Own Device: Security Solutions

2012-02-24 Thread Brian Mathis
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Ryan Frantz wrote: > - Original Message - >> From: "Brian Mathis" >> To: "LOPSA Discuss List" >> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 11:54:37 AM >> Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Bring Your Own Device: Securi

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Bring Your Own Device: Security Solutions

2012-02-24 Thread Brian Mathis
I've heard a lot of good things about Packet Fence (open source). I am looking to implement it, but have not as of yet. http://www.packetfence.org/home.html ❧ Brian Mathis On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Ryan Frantz wrote: > List, > > My company is expanding fast and the

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Conference Internet negotiations

2012-02-15 Thread Brian Mathis
avid Lang Also, the high price may be high for a reason -- the hotel doesn't want to deal with it, so they are giving you an economic incentive to handle it another way. ❧ Brian Mathis ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Conference Internet negotiations

2012-02-15 Thread Brian Mathis
ly dependent on how many people are attending, but if the conference could in any way be considered "large", anything you duct-tape together will probably fall down. I would suggest you look into a company that does this sort of thing and get a quote. Many hotels allow

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Datacenter Surveillance System

2012-01-06 Thread Brian Mathis
l use zoneminder/dvr if you want to send video to a remote location. ❧ Brian Mathis On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Rhys Rhaven wrote: > That obvious eh? Let me just say compliance; politics. Zoneminder isn't bad. > Just would prefer something that has a single pricetag attached. > &

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Email list and IRC channel for LISA

2011-12-01 Thread Brian Mathis
st is really high, those people can be ignored. The problem with too many lists is that you dilute the number of people on each list so much that you don't reach a critical mass to have useful discussions. I don't think any of these lists get enough volume to warrant splitting them up at

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Password demands and recently-ex employees

2011-11-11 Thread Brian Mathis
y about scenarios if they refuse the password until after that has actually happened -- then it's up to the business to weigh the risks, not you. If there's personal stuff on there, just don't look at it, same as if you were supporting a cu

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Thoughts on Certifications?

2011-10-07 Thread Brian Mathis
and to hopefully reduce the noise as much as possible. -☙ Brian Mathis ❧- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-09-07 Thread Brian Mathis
h this, but it seriously hurts everyone else in the industry and contributes to the perception that IT provides low value to a business -- mostly because you are allowing the Business guys to get away with it. -☙ Brian Mathis ❧- ___ Discuss mailing list Disc

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Budget Cooling

2011-08-23 Thread Brian Mathis
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Tracy Reed wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 09:52:36AM -0400, Brian Mathis spake thusly: >> Also, you could improve the airflow by running a small fan in the >> corner of the room; just something to move the air around a bit.  Even >> on low

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Budget Cooling

2011-08-23 Thread Brian Mathis
bably going to cover you quite well. Nick mentioned a temp/humidity sensor which is also a good idea. You might be able to get something the connects to a server and use it to send out alerts. Also, you could improve the airflow by running a small fan in the corner of the room; just something to

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Maintaining an SLA level

2011-08-10 Thread Brian Mathis
ere's no amount of pointing to a contract that's going to prevent the client from being upset when your service is down, even if you meet your numbers on a yearly basis. It's during the downtime that the client will form judgements about you as a provider. For that, see: Vel

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Maintaining an SLA level

2011-08-10 Thread Brian Mathis
of those goals. -☙ Brian Mathis ❧- On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:53 AM, carlo wrote: > This may be irrelevant to some of you. > A former CTO once told me that SLA's don't mean shit.   He meant it > inregards to getting refunds for SLA assurances in contracts, because one > c

[lopsa-discuss] Maintaining an SLA level

2011-08-08 Thread Brian Mathis
asy to think of ways to "make things better", by adding redundancy, etc..., but how do you quantify what you need to reach a certain level? -☙ Brian Mathis ❧- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mail

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Datacenter move post-mortem

2011-07-25 Thread Brian Mathis
box vendors, though they are obviously an issue real people deal with. -☙ Brian Mathis ❧- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How do you relieve your "Sysadmin back pain?"

2011-07-22 Thread Brian Mathis
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Luke S. Crawford wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:09:14PM -0400, Brian Mathis wrote: >> The upper-middle part of the screen should be at eye level, so most of >> the screen is level with your eye line or slightly down.  Otherwise >> you n

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How do you relieve your "Sysadmin back pain?"

2011-07-21 Thread Brian Mathis
because they are don't sit at their desk for an extended period of time -☙ Brian Mathis ❧- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How do you relieve your "Sysadmin back pain?"

2011-07-20 Thread Brian Mathis
away. General (not caused by injury) back pain is caused by weak muscles, so this really is the key. There are all sorts of products out there promising you miracle cures, but they are just a patch on top of the real problem and don't help to actually fix it. -☙ Brian Mathis ❧- On Wed, Jul 20,

Re: [lopsa-discuss] VMware ESXi. Install to internal USB SDHC or disk RAID set?

2011-07-13 Thread Brian Mathis
I do not operate ESXi this way, but I can tell you that the system runs in a ramdisk after it's booted. AFAIK, the only access to the storage occurs once an hour when it performs a backup of the config files to the storage. -☙ Brian Mathis ❧- On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Rob Cherry

Re: [lopsa-discuss] video recording equipment for NYC LOPSA talk

2011-06-08 Thread Brian Mathis
resentation. I recently watched something where they kept zooming in and out on the presenter and missed a bunch of slides because the camera guy thought he was recording a music video. -☙-Brian Mathis ❧- On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Doug Hughes wrote: > I'm wondering. How ma

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Security architecture standard

2011-05-25 Thread Brian Mathis
to hire a security > consultant > for that? A good starting point it the NSA guides: http://www.nsa.gov/ia/guidance/security_configuration_guides/operating_systems.shtml and the DoD guides: http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/ // Brian Mathis ___ Discuss mailing lis

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Why Do Linux Admins Seem To Be So Much More Involved in the Community?

2011-02-01 Thread Brian Mathis
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Mark McCullough wrote: > > On 2011 Jan 31, at 20:24, da...@lang.hm wrote: >> on a desktop you may want to allow users to install things themselves (but >> then again you may not, it depends on the organization), but on servers you >> almost never want to allow t

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Why Do Linux Admins Seem To Be So Much More Involved in the Community?

2011-01-31 Thread Brian Mathis
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Michael Ryder wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Brian Mathis > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Michael Ryder >> wrote: >> > I too agree with David for the most part. >> > >> > The

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Why Do Linux Admins Seem To Be So Much More Involved in the Community?

2011-01-31 Thread Brian Mathis
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Michael Ryder wrote: > I too agree with David for the most part. > > The vast majority of my systems are Windows-based, though I've dabbled in > Linux (to setup Nagios, for example), and in general it seems... > > It seems that Windows "just runs" right out of the

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Software engineering concepts in system administration (was Re: Awakening the activist wing of LOPSA?)

2011-01-10 Thread Brian Mathis
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:28 PM, wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Brian Mathis wrote: > >> I'm far from an expert in Windows automation, but I believe the >> problem with this specifically is that people try to apply unix-style >> automation to a Windows environment

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Software engineering concepts in system administration (was Re: Awakening the activist wing of LOPSA?)

2011-01-10 Thread Brian Mathis
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 2:17 AM, Greg R wrote: > On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:23:23 -0800, Robert Au wrote: > >> I've been pondering submitting an IT or paper proposal for LISA'11 about >> what system administrators can learn from the field of software >> engineering. > > [...] > >> At this point, the i

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Survey - UNIX/Linux certifications

2010-10-27 Thread Brian Mathis
I'm curious what people who are consultants for a living, as opposed to employees, feel about this topic. A consultant usually has a lot less time to land a gig, and they also have to do it much more frequently. Does having a cert in this case help more than for someone looking to be full-time? _