The OSPF Default Mysteries “In this article, you’ll see how the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol uses default routes and how various OSPF-generated default routes interact in typical network scenarios.” Key differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 “Web 2.0 is a buzzword introduced in 2003-04 which is commonly used to encompass various novel […]
iamcal.com – Parsing Email Adresses in PHP That is one crazy regex. Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years “Why is everyone in such a rush? Walk into any bookstore, and you’ll see how to Teach Yourself Java in 7 Days alongside endless variations offering to teach Visual Basic, Windows, the Internet, and so on in […]
Renesys Blog: Cogent Becomes Transit-Free “Cogent (AS174) has established a direct connection to the America Online Transit Data Network (ATDN) (AS1668). This long-awaited connection completes Cogent’s effort to directly connect with every transit-free network in the world.” WWoIT – Wayne’s World of IT: Find VM snapshots in ESX/VC “Find snapshots of VMs in ESX and […]
Oil Price Fallout: Jobs Coming Home? Sometimes cheap labour isn’t enough… As the cost of shipping continues to soar along with fuel prices, home-grown manufacturing jobs are making a comeback after decades of decline. Virtual Geek: Answers to a bunch of questions… I got a lot of questions on the 10GbE post, which is great. […]
Marcus Ranum – The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security Read this some time back but a mailing list post reminded me of it. “Let me introduce you to the six dumbest ideas in computer security. What are they? They’re the anti-good ideas. They’re the brain damage…” Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle, […]
CT3 – Disable optional IOS features on high CPU load “The applet monitors the average one minute CPU load on the router (using the cpmCPUTotal1min SNMP variable) and disables optional features when the CPU load exceeds predefined value.”
Transcoding MTS/M2TS AVCHD Video Into AVI Files with Free Software | fsckin w/ linux. “When I opened it, the first question in my head was not atypical of a Linux users’ train of thought: ‘Is it compatible with Linux?’” I have a Panasonic HDC-SD9 and trying to convert the MTS files. It would be faster […]
Economist.com – The future of the European Union “…a case can be made that EU treaties are too complex to be readily susceptible to a simple yes/no vote. 11 EU governments promised such referendums on the constitution, and ten of them have been dishonest in pretending that Lisbon is wholly different” Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s […]
CT3 – BGP default route “BGP default route origination, advertisements and propagation. This article describes the functionality and caveats of BGP default routing.” VM /ETC – Matrix to Determine VMotion Compatibility by Processor “Dell’s paper titled VMware VMotion and 64-bit VM Compatibility Matrix for VMware Infrastructure 3 and Dell PowerEdge Systems contains a VMotion and […]
Cowboy 2.0 – Salesforce.com No Longer Playing Nice “I guess it was inevitable, but I did not want to believe it could happen. Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com founder, chairman and CEO) was apparently lying to us all along.” Cisco IOS hints and tricks: Display locally originated BGP routes “Displaying the BGP routes originated in the local […]