Re: OT: voip conference call

2006-08-22 Thread Amos Shapira
On 22/08/06, Nitzan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes but unless your server is very close to one of the participants you put> extra hops on the way, don't you? I expect I'd rather send packets twice> directly on the shortest path instead of once to a longer one. >> BTW - where does multicast on the

Re: [OT] digital crimes and investigation

2006-08-22 Thread Nitzan
That is correct. sometimes... i did it a long time ago and i managed to get the remote side IP, a test i have done a few months ago was not successful as the file was still being transferred via MSN (i only tested MSN) servers. same thing for Voice call. in any case, why not just block the user

Re: [OT] digital crimes and investigation

2006-08-22 Thread Yehoshua (Shay) O'Hayon Suchar
> Btw, > IM Messages are routed via the IM servers, so not way to find the IP, > just block the bastard user. > False, there are possible ways to make dicrect peer-to-peer connctions within users, like for exmaple voice calls and webcam. one cheap trick would be sending a file, or requesting th

Re: [OT] digital crimes and investigation

2006-08-22 Thread Yehoshua (Shay) O'Hayon Suchar
> Btw, > IM Messages are routed via the IM servers, so not way to find the IP, > just block the bastard user. > False, there are possible ways to make dicrect peer-to-peer connctions within users, like for exmaple voice calls and webcam. one chip trick would be sending a file, or requesting the

Re: [OT] digital crimes and investigation

2006-08-22 Thread Yehoshua (Shay) O'Hayon Suchar
> Btw, > IM Messages are routed via the IM servers, so not way to find the IP, > just block the bastard user. > False, there are possible ways to make dicrect peer-to-peer connctions within users, like for exmaple voice calls and webcam. one cheap trick would be sending a file, or requesting th

Re: [OT] digital crimes and investigation

2006-08-22 Thread Nitzan
Why not just to contact the police? SkypeOUT is originated from VoIP but somewhere its going over traditional phone lines, specially when its entering the country via one of the international carriers. technically it is possible for any carrier to trace back the origination of the call and event

[OT] digital crimes and investigation

2006-08-22 Thread Miki Lewinger
Hello, The teenager son of a friend of mine is been plagued by a digital hassler for a couple of weeks now, including Instant Messaging, and recently several dozen phone calls (per hour !!!) placed through skypeout. I'd be happy to assist him track the bastard, but I think he needs an exper

Re: Backup advice

2006-08-22 Thread Ami Chayun
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 11:26, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > On Monday 21 August 2006 11:54, you wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would like to get some advice for a backup utility with the following > > capabilities: > > > > 1. Be able to snap-shot directories and databases (not the entire file > > system). > >

Re: Backup advice

2006-08-22 Thread Sagi Bashari
On 8/21/06, Ariel Biener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday 21 August 2006 11:54, Ami Chayun wrote:> Hi all,> I would like to get some advice for a backup utility with the following> capabilities:>Try rsnapshot ( http://www.rsnapshot.org)You may also want to try BackupPC, http://backuppc.sourcefo

Re: OT: voip conference call

2006-08-22 Thread Nitzan
Yes but unless your server is very close to one of the participants you put extra hops on the way, don't you? I expect I'd rather send packets twice directly on the shortest path instead of once to a longer one. BTW - where does multicast on the public Internet stand today? I Don't think there

Re: Backup advice

2006-08-22 Thread Tzahi Fadida
On Monday 21 August 2006 11:54, you wrote: > Hi all, > I would like to get some advice for a backup utility with the following > capabilities: > > 1. Be able to snap-shot directories and databases (not the entire file > system). You need to specify what databases. Most databases need to be closed

Re: OT: voip conference call

2006-08-22 Thread Amos Shapira
On 22/08/06, Nitzan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. As far as I understand each client sends its output to each of the> > others. I want each client to send once to a server, which will mix all> > inputs and send the result to each client. >>> Why do you care? IMHO direct sending between the clie

Re: OT: voip conference call

2006-08-22 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 09:59:02AM +0300, Nitzan wrote: > i would use GSM codec (G711 will eat about 80kbit of your bandwidth) > with any IAX softphone out there (or SIP) or if you are willing to put > some money into it, buy a softphone with G729 and on the Asterisk > install the G729 with Educat

Re: OT: voip conference call

2006-08-22 Thread Nitzan
> 1. As far as I understand each client sends its output to each of the > others. I want each client to send once to a server, which will mix all > inputs and send the result to each client. Why do you care? IMHO direct sending between the clients will utilize the network much better and shorten