Comments for The Fluffy Admin http://thefluffyadmin.net The life and times of the fluffy systems administrator Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:49:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Computer Room Cleanup and re-cabling Pics and Movies by Secret Admirer http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=340&cpage=1#comment-467 Secret Admirer Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:33:49 +0000 http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=340#comment-467 You are very cute!!! You are very cute!!!

]]> Comment on Security: Linux vs Windows, administering Windows over telnet by Anders http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=35&cpage=1#comment-465 Anders Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:14:34 +0000 http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=35#comment-465 I know this is an old post, but anyway. I am a Unix/Linux admin, so it is fun to see MS Windows going to power tool, that was claimd that it wasn't needed :) Better late than never though. By the way, a tip. Never, ever use the telnet protocoll, your password will fly in clean on the network, and you are subject to MIB attacks. Esp. as MS hasn't implemented DNSSec yet. Use ssh protocol instead. It do lots of stuff right, like encrytion, secure login without password (use certifactes) protect from MIB etc etc. There should be a SSH service for MS Windows, at least. Yes, try Ubuntu installed in MS Windows or in VirtualBox. As an application in MS Windows, you have dualboot without needing to repartition your machine. Easy to remove later too, just uninstall Ubuntu from MS Windows and all are gone (even your photos and stuff, so do move them over to your MS Windows partitin first). Any way, good luck with Ubuntu, if you havn't started yet. :) I know this is an old post, but anyway.

I am a Unix/Linux admin, so it is fun to see MS Windows going to power tool, that was claimd that it wasn’t needed :) Better late than never though.

By the way, a tip. Never, ever use the telnet protocoll, your password will fly in clean on the network, and you are subject to MIB attacks. Esp. as MS hasn’t implemented DNSSec yet. Use ssh protocol instead. It do lots of stuff right, like encrytion, secure login without password (use certifactes) protect from MIB etc etc.

There should be a SSH service for MS Windows, at least.

Yes, try Ubuntu installed in MS Windows or in VirtualBox. As an application in MS Windows, you have dualboot without needing to repartition your machine. Easy to remove later too, just uninstall Ubuntu from MS Windows and all are gone (even your photos and stuff, so do move them over to your MS Windows partitin first).

Any way, good luck with Ubuntu, if you havn’t started yet. :)

]]> Comment on Lenovo T500 Wont PXE boot by Rogier http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=653&cpage=1#comment-450 Rogier Mon, 10 May 2010 09:47:55 +0000 http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=653#comment-450 Only reasons for it to fail I can imagine are: - the NIC doesn't support PXE (but I am pretty sure you already checked that ;)) - the NIC does support PXE but is b0rked (bad firmware) - the Laptop is not in the same subnet as the DHCP server. - The PXE config is not supported. (although I've never seen that happen before) PXE is not horribly complicated; it's pretty much modified DHCP and TFTP. The sequence is: - laptop NIC broadcasts an PXE extended DHCPDISCOVER - DHCP proxy broadcasts a extended DHCPOFFER - laptop NIC uses info to send DHCPREQUEST to boot server - Boot server responds with information where to get the network bootstrap program, supported PXE types and TFTP config. Only reasons for it to fail I can imagine are:
- the NIC doesn’t support PXE (but I am pretty sure you already checked that ;))
- the NIC does support PXE but is b0rked (bad firmware)
- the Laptop is not in the same subnet as the DHCP server.
- The PXE config is not supported. (although I’ve never seen that happen before)

PXE is not horribly complicated; it’s pretty much modified DHCP and TFTP. The sequence is:

- laptop NIC broadcasts an PXE extended DHCPDISCOVER
- DHCP proxy broadcasts a extended DHCPOFFER
- laptop NIC uses info to send DHCPREQUEST to boot server
- Boot server responds with information where to get the network bootstrap program, supported PXE types and TFTP config.

]]> Comment on My Android app’s and finally a decent Jabber client: Jabiru by Till Klocke http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=620&cpage=1#comment-448 Till Klocke Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:25:46 +0000 http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=620#comment-448 If you are looking for a decent Jabber/XMPP client then look out for Jabbroid. It has some nice features (MUC, full avatar support, some PEP stuff, geoloc and some more) and is pretty stable for an alpha version. Check it out at http://jabbroid.akuz.de or search for Jabbroid in Android Market. If you are looking for a decent Jabber/XMPP client then look out for Jabbroid. It has some nice features (MUC, full avatar support, some PEP stuff, geoloc and some more) and is pretty stable for an alpha version. Check it out at http://jabbroid.akuz.de or search for Jabbroid in Android Market.

]]> Comment on The Gillmor Gang Podcast - temp RSS feed and other stuff by PlayclePymn http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=626&cpage=1#comment-443 PlayclePymn Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:29:36 +0000 http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=626#comment-443 where did you read this? where did you read this?

]]> Comment on Installing Windows Update client error 0×8007041d by Luke http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=289&cpage=1#comment-439 Luke Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:52:05 +0000 http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=289#comment-439 We had this issue a Windows Server 2003 64bit and deleting the follow registry value solved it: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv WOW64=0x1 <-- Delete this We had this issue a Windows Server 2003 64bit and deleting the follow registry value solved it:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv
WOW64=0×1 <– Delete this

]]> Comment on “Multiple Connections” error when importing a Physical machine into VMware by usbishnik http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=644&cpage=1#comment-354 usbishnik Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:08:16 +0000 http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=644#comment-354 угу..... угу…..

]]> Comment on My Android app’s and finally a decent Jabber client: Jabiru by Josef Halicek http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=620&cpage=1#comment-320 Josef Halicek Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:48:45 +0000 http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=620#comment-320 Uh, i forgott the link :D http://www.jabbim.com/android/ Uh, i forgott the link :D http://www.jabbim.com/android/

]]> Comment on My Android app’s and finally a decent Jabber client: Jabiru by Josef Halicek http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=620&cpage=1#comment-319 Josef Halicek Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:48:25 +0000 http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=620#comment-319 Jabbim Team from czech republic finally showed first version of its Jabbim jabber client for Android. We will see... Jabbim Team from czech republic finally showed first version of its Jabbim jabber client for Android. We will see…

]]> Comment on Android XMPP/Jabber xep-0045 support, and the Talkonaut team on why Android sucks by Joe S http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=621&cpage=1#comment-133 Joe S Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:41:30 +0000 http://thefluffyadmin.net/?p=621#comment-133 imov Messenger for android supports xep-0045. imov Messenger for android supports xep-0045.

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