Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Dismisses the Importance of Privacy

This statement by Google’s CEO is quite indicative of how they really feel about your personal information.
Yesterday, the web was buzzing with commentary about Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s dangerous, dismissive response to concerns about search engine users’ privacy. When asked during an interview for CNBC’s recent “Inside the Mind of Google” special about whether users [...]

Verizon Refuses to Provide Complete IPv6

Verizon Refuses to Provide Complete IPv6

Telstra Cable Repair

An inside look at what goes in to repairing a major cable cut.

AUTHORIZE.NET Claims Redundancy During Outage

There was an electrical fire this morning at Fisher Plaza in Seattle (“the only mission-critical business community in the Northwest” according to their Google search summary as fisherplaza.com is down) resulting in a full outage. The news reports a vault fire, while another source on NANOG says generator transfer switch fire. Could be both as [...]

Portmaster 3 as a T1 Router

Once in a while I need to use point-to-point T1 links to connect two sites. Even in today’s world of broadband, a T1 still has lower latency and a higher “upload” rate than VPN over broadband accounts. Here’s how to configure two old Portmaster 3’s to connect back to back:
Side A:
set line1 t1
set line1 clock [...]

Linux Firewall Helper

I never really managed to wrap my head around Linux iptables. I can understand pf in BSD without trying too hard, but iptables is in a world of its own. Since I spend most of my time using Cisco routers, there’s not any real incentive for me to learn iptables for the once in a [...]

Xen + VLAN on Debian

Here’s how I put a Xen DomU on a VLAN in Debian.
eth0 is connected to a trunk port on the switch, and the untagged vlan is used for dom0 connectivity. You shoud already know how to do this part. Tagged VLANs are assigned to bridge groups on the dom0. In your /etc/network/interfaces do the following:
# [...]

IPv6 on a Cisco 877W

I have an 877W that I was learning the ins and outs of configuring IPv6 for the first time on. Sadly, I managed to brick the poor thing and left myself without internet at home (until I get the smartnet rma). Anyway, I posted my tale to the cisco-nsp list and received this helpful config [...]