- » Fix Slow External DNS Resolution in Microsoft/Active Directory DNS Server
Finding that solution was impossible on the Internet because of the super general terms: Slow DNS Resolution External Active Directory. Nothing really worked for me so hopefully this post will help others in the future.
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- Top 22 Mac OS X Products: Part One — Mac OS X Products — InformationWeek
ohn C. Welch picks 22 lesser-known applications that can make your Mac experience more productive and more fun
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- One Man’s Blog » How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords
Assuming the hacker has a reasonably fast connection and PC here is an estimate of the amount of time it would take to generate every possible combination of passwords for a given number of characters.
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- astralab’s bookmarks on del.icio.us
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- XBConnect – Xbox | Xbox 360 | XBC360 | Internet Gaming Evolved
XBConnect is software that runs on your PC and will let you play Microsoft Xbox/360 games and Sony PSP games with players from around the world.
- Foxconn WinFast 6100M2MA-RS2H — a Motherboard on NVIDIA GeForce 6100 (Socket AM2)
Contrary to the modern tendency, two IDE connectors are preserved, the number of SATA connectors is also reduced to two.
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Archives
links for 2007-04-07
- Auditor Security Linux 200605 : TheLinuxStore.ca, Leading source for Linux products
Auditor Security Linux 200605
links for 2007-04-06
- Solaris 10, gcc and VNC server
VNC is on the SUN Supplimental SFW disk for Soalris 10 system SFWvnc vnc – Virtual Network Computing. Here is my implentaion using dtlogin xdm login feature of broadcast, if any one comes up with a way to use sse, let me know!
- x11vnc: a VNC server for real X displays
Q-52: How can I use x11vnc to connect to an X login screen like xdm, GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, or CDE dtlogin? (i.e. nobody is logged into an X session yet). One time only. If the X login screen is running and you just want to connect to it once (i.e. a one-sho
- Sun Microsystems – Search
- Glue together two broadband links to make fat pipe
propietary IP-to-Phone voice over IP application
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- Voice Network Inc. – Unlimited Incoming Toronto DID’s / SIP / IAX
Q] What happens if I don’t have atleast 500 incoming minutes? A] Your monthly DID rate will be changed to $5.95 per month
- Solaris pkg-get tool
pkg-get is a tool to automate download and installation of binary packages from archive sites that support it. This tool simplifies fetching the latest version of a package from compatible sites to be as simple as # pkg-get install gcc
- Quick Guide to Solaris
Quick Guide to Solaris As an introduction, I must say that I know very little about Solaris, and what I saw so far doesn’t make me feel like learning any more than necessary. And I thought Linux was often a bitch to work with on a daily basis… If you wa
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- Unix Admin Corner: Quick Solaris 10 hints
export PATH=/usr/sfw/bin:$PATH
- Home & Home Office: UltraSharp 2407FPW 24.0-inch Wide Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand
Supports advanced features like PIP (Picture in Picture) and PBP (Picture By Picture)
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links for 2007-04-05
- VNC on Solaris
RealVNC supplied with the Solaris Companion CD
- VNC on Solaris 10
Installing and configuring VNC from the software companion CD
- Katalis Blog: Internet connection using PPPoE on Solaris 10
Internet connection using PPPoE on Solaris 10 This guide will help you how to make your computer connected to internet using PPP over Ethernet on Solaris 10. Requirements: – Solaris 10 Installed on PC (I am using Intel-based chip) – Network Interface Card
- Merlin Mann
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- Digg – How to build a killer linux broadband router with a cheap PC
^ PFsense can load balance 2 wan connections out of the box, its fairly automatic once its setup, which is easy. Ive been using PFsense on a 2U rack mounted P2-466/256megs, with a multi port Intel PRO server Ethernet card (because of acceleration and offl
- netnerds.net
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- Routing and Dual WAN
Dual WAN, 2 ISPs, no load-balancing
links for 2007-04-04
- VMTN Discussion Forums: vmware tools on Sun Solaris 10 …
Using xf86config is usually more robust when doing this. I have been using these instructions for sometime, sorry cannot find the original author: – Leave the VGA mode Xserver by selecting “Command Line Login” from the “Options” menu. – According to docs.
- Computing.Net – Solaris 10 network config
obviously make sure that your /etc/hosts and /etc/defaultgateway are set correctly after that, you make your /etc/resolv.conf file, and add these 2 lines nameserver (primary dns) nameserver (secondary dns) the 2 servers i use are 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 there
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- Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and OpenOffice for Solaris 8-10 for SPARC and x86
- The Kermit Project – Columbia University: Secure Scriptable Telnet, FTP, SSH Terminal Emulation and File Transfer Clients
Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Tru64 Unix, SCO, QNX, OS/2, VMS / OpenVMS, DOS, IBM mainframes,
(tags: network programming scripting kermit communication telnet development software)
- Sun Solaris and Unix System Administration Resources
- mcorrea’s bookmarks on del.icio.us
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- ironwood’s bookmarks on del.icio.us
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- shouldhaveducked’s bookmarks on del.icio.us
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- Freeware for Solaris
Celebrating 14 Years as the #1 Site for Free Software Packages for Solaris. Currently offering more than 30 Gigabytes of Packages for Solaris 2.5-10 and used by over 340,000 sites around the world.
(tags: solaris software unix SUN freeware opensource firefox useful tools)
- wxDownload Fast (or just wxDFast) – A great multithreaded and multi-plataform Download Manager
(tags: Download freeware downloader software opensource linux windows)
- :: ThinStation – a light, full-featured Linux thin client OS ::
Thinstation is a thin client Linux distribution that makes a PC a full-featured thin client supporting all major connectivity protocols: Citrix ICA, NoMachine NX, 2X ThinClient, MS Windows terminal services (RDP), Cendio ThinLinc, Tarantella, X, telnet, t
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links for 2007-04-03
- The Apprentice 6 Los Angeles Episode 11 Live Blog
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- » Testing Ping Times from an Outside Source
Shamit Patel’s blog suggested running start /w pkgmgr /iu:”TelnetClient” to install the client from the command line. Worked like a charm.. now to explore other options available with start /w pkgmgr.
- O’Reilly – Safari Books Online – 0596004648 – Active Directory Cookbook
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- FSB Software
# Added FacebookSync 1.1 (3/26/2007) # Added FacebookSync 1.0 (3/22/2007)
links for 2007-04-02
- What’s ASR in Windows XP/2003?
The ASR process allows to restore the system disk (usually the C: drive) including the Windows files, all Registry settings and all user programs and data, allowing to recover a completely crashed system. To use this procedure you must be able to boot the
- http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2052.txt
A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
- http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2136.txt
Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)
- VMTN Discussion Forums: Alternative to bridging …
The server has one network adapter, 2 IP addresses and runs Windows Server 2003. There is 1 instance of vmware server running on the machine and there is a private network between the host and the guest. What I would like to do is somehow route outside co
- » Run Windows Server 2003 R2 on Your MacBook!
- How to: Disable the Shutdown Event Tracker in Windows 2003
The idea behind the shutdown event tracker is that a server isn’t meant to be restarted or shutdown regularly. Therefore, when it is, Administrators should keep a log of exactly why the machine was powered down. Essentially, this can be a good thing sin
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- dig, a DNS query tool for Windows and replacement for nslookup
dig (dig for Windows g ) (dig is a powerful tool to investigate [digging into] the DNS system) (related article: how the DNS system works) Source of the binary is from ftp.isc.org Manual Page of dig, in the cryptic Unix style, for reference only.
(tags: windows dns tools Free freeware networking howto opensource sysadmin tool)
links for 2007-04-01
- Articles
MCSA/MCSE Exam 70-290 Training Guide: Managing Users, Computers, and Groups
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- Sam Spade (software) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- VisualRoute traceroute software, ping test, ip address location, trace route, tracert, ip locations
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- DNS Port(s)
DNS queries are usually, but not always, sent on UDP port 53. Some programs (dig, for ex.) send them on TCP port 53.
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- Mile2 ~ The Go2 for IT Security Training
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- Hack Attack: Turn your $60 router into a $600 router – Lifehacker
Today I’m going to walk you through upgrading your router’s firmware to the powerful open source DD-WRT firmware.
links for 2007-03-31
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the best way to learn about quickpar and par2 recovery volumes is to actually have a play with some test data.
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s include Linux-HA, HP ServiceGuard, Sun Cluster, Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) and IBM HACMP(tags: to_try)
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The X Multimedia System (XMMS) is a free software audio player very similar to Winamp, that runs on many Unix-like operating systems.(tags: software multimedia)
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The NOC has servers, consoles, and network monitoring software such as HP OpenView,
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There were many mainframe vendors such
as IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Univac, NCR, Control Data,
Honeywell, and Burroughs. Since then, data centers have evolved steadily.
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Benchmarks provide a method of comparing the performance of various subsystems across different chip/system architectures.(tags: benchmark)
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Posix regular expressions are used to match or capture portions of a field using wildcards and metacharacters.(tags: regularexpressions)
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A commonly
used tool on UNIX platforms is System Activity Reporter (sar). It
records the utilization of CPU, memory, swap, and disk I/O rate at
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Use automated OS install programs. They save time and effort. Popular
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Data migration is simple if you have a large downtime window or a small
data set for a non-database application. NFS mounts, common backup utilities
(such as cpio, dump, and tar on UNIX) and transfer programs (such as scp,
FTP, and tape backups) work w
links for 2007-03-30
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Tacit speeds up not only file transfers but DNS, DHCP, software updates, and printing. Email is set to be added this quarter, the vendor says.
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Exchange 2003 POP3 access and SMTP E-Mail transfer using the good old Telnet client.
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