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remmers
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response 528 of 547:
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Dec 21 20:51 UTC 2003 |
I would find http useful.
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bhoward
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response 529 of 547:
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Dec 22 01:21 UTC 2003 |
As a general principal, I agree with #527.
Taking a quick look at what's currently running on nextgrex, I would turn off
tcp and udp ports:
daytime (13)
time (37)
auth (113)
I don't see any particular need for any of these to be running.
Leaving ssh, www, 8080, https, smtp open should be fine with the caviat that
we may want to populate /var/www/htdocs with something closer to the real
grex html files before opening it generally.
I would turn off "submission" (587) in the sendmail cf files beneath /etc/mail
as we don't currently offer that on old grex.
finger (79) is currently off but presumably you will want to turn that on later
at somepoint since we do offer that on old grex.
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gelinas
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response 530 of 547:
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Dec 22 03:41 UTC 2003 |
auth/ident should be left open, I think. It's one we've traditionally left
open.
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janc
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response 531 of 547:
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Dec 22 04:52 UTC 2003 |
http and https should be OK to leave open. I've already configured those
(https with a self issued certificate). /var/www/htdocs is no longer ht
document root. The document root is /usr/local/www as on the traditional
Grex, and it currently contains only a place-holder index.html and some
backtalk images. I should probably delete /var/www/htdocs, or symlink it
to /usr/local/www.
I'm not exactly sure how to schedule the move. I'd pretty much have to do
it at night. Wouldn't hurt to have someone else around to help.
Anyone know what IP addresses are free in the pumpkin? I suppose it would
be save to use the old grease IP address.
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carson
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response 532 of 547:
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Dec 22 14:21 UTC 2003 |
(Jan, if you just need physical help in moving, I can be available.)
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janc
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response 533 of 547:
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Dec 22 14:49 UTC 2003 |
Don't think I really need physical help. It's not a heavy computer. I don't
suppose I really need help at all. Figuring out how to get it onto the
network, getting it configured, moving junk around to make space for it,
someone to hold door while someone else carries it...it'd be pleasanter with
two people, but it'll work with one, and the difficulty of scheduling time
in advance means one is probably the best choice. I guess I'll tentatively
aim at moving it this evening, sometime after the kids are in bed.
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gull
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response 534 of 547:
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Dec 22 16:05 UTC 2003 |
The only security problem with ident that I'm currently aware of is it
can be used to determine what username servers are running under. It's
probably worth running it on Grex because it lets other sites inform us
of which of our many users is causing them trouble, in the event of
abuse.
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janc
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response 535 of 547:
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Dec 23 01:16 UTC 2003 |
I'm aborting the plan to move Next Grex to the pumpkin tonight.
I just released that I haven't got a monitor for it. Right now it's on the
secondary inputs of my dual input monitor. The only monitor we have free in
the pumpkin not a VGA monitor. (Monochrome CGA, I think.) To set it up in
the pumpkin I'd need to borrow the monitor and keyboard from gryps. I could
do that, but it's not a very satisfactory solution. I think we should let
the move wait till we have a monitor and keyboard. The reasons to do it
now are not all that strong and a monitor should not be all that hard to find.
People all over town are paying money to get rid of them.
I think I have a spare keyboard someplace. I'd have to dig around a bit.
I think Dan Gryniewicz (dang, if you must have a last name like that, I wish
you'd get a unique first name so I wouldn't have to type the last one all the
time) had offered the donation of a monitor. I don't know if he's even in
town right now.
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janc
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response 536 of 547:
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Dec 23 02:04 UTC 2003 |
Steve Weiss says he has a monitor. Maybe I'll grab that and make the move
tommorrow night.
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davel
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response 537 of 547:
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Dec 23 02:28 UTC 2003 |
We bought all the hardware & didn't get monitor & keyboard?
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gelinas
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response 538 of 547:
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Dec 23 02:44 UTC 2003 |
Right. See reponses 43 and 48 of this item:
As for random hardware peices, I'm willing to use things like
donated monitors and keyboards, because if they fail the system
won't be affected (STeve Andre, #43).
and
You'll notice that I omitted the keyboard and monitor from the
list of things to buy. This is because of either fail, they
won't affect the running of Grex immediately. We can boot the
system up without a monitor (indeed, nost of my OpenBSD machine
have only had a monitor on them during the initial install and
upgrades), and we have spare keyboards in the pumpkin already.
So those are of a nature where a failure means we have to drag
something over to Grex and use that instead (STeve Andre, #48).
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kaplan
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response 539 of 547:
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Dec 23 03:55 UTC 2003 |
Jan,
I can lend a 15" monitor to the cause. It's easy for me to swing by
your house on my way to or from work (before 9:00 or after 6:00)
tomorrow. Call me to arrange a time (unless you want to hold out for a
bigger screen).
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jep
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response 540 of 547:
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Dec 23 04:01 UTC 2003 |
It's exciting to see that things are starting to move again. Thanks
Jan and the rest of the staff!
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janc
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response 541 of 547:
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Dec 23 14:01 UTC 2003 |
A small screen is fine. I'll call Jeff.
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gull
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response 542 of 547:
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Dec 23 14:02 UTC 2003 |
I've got some monitors here at work that the company is going to have to
pay to get rid of anyway. Grex would be welcome to have one. They're
14". The tubes are worn enough that the display contrast is a bit low
for Windows, but they'd work fine for text consoles. Just thought I'd
offer one in case you don't come up with something better.
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keesan
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response 543 of 547:
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Dec 23 16:26 UTC 2003 |
We have 12 or 13" mono VGA monitors unless Jim threw them out. Do you need
color? These are easier to move around.
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janc
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response 544 of 547:
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Dec 24 01:35 UTC 2003 |
Jeff dropped off his 15" today. I'll use that. Thanks to all other offers.
I can temporarily loan a keybaord. My plan is to move it tonight.
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janc
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response 545 of 547:
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Dec 24 03:27 UTC 2003 |
OK, it's in the pumpkin.
We have a UPS issue though. The UPS in the pumpkin is at capacity, so I
couldn't plug it into that (didn't try, actually). So it's on wall power,
which is reputed to be none to clean. I don't really know what to do about
this, so I'll just hope that someone else solves the problem.
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gull
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response 546 of 547:
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Dec 26 14:30 UTC 2003 |
I would recommend Grex buy an inexpensive UPS if you're going to be
running the system for any length of time. It would cost under $200 and
could be used as a spare later if we ever have to take our main UPS down
for servicing again.
APC makes okay small UPS's. Stay away from Cyberpower.
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jesuit
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response 547 of 547:
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May 17 02:14 UTC 2006 |
TROGG IS DAVID BLAINE
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