News from PANUG/BizNix - April 4, 2003
http://panug.org - http://biznix.org

MOAD
by Ed Sawicki - Accelerated Learning Center / Tailored Computers

I've started project MOAD - the Mother Of All Demos. The goal
is to build a demonstration network that consists of computers
running Linux, Windows, NetWare, and Mac OS X (perhaps others)
and show how all of these platforms can communicate with one
another. For example, any client computer running Linux,
Windows, or OS X can access a SMB (Windows) share running on a
Windows, Linux, NetWare, or OS X server.

In addition to file server applications, we'll interconnect
printing, databases, email, web, instant messaging, DNS,
and other protocols/services. The ultimate aim is to show
people that they can still get their work done regardless of
which operating systems they choose and that moving to other
operating systems is not as risky as they might otherwise
believe. The network will also be used for learning and
research.

Students from my PCC classes have volunteered for the project
and anyone else is welcome to join us. Since we don't have
dedicated physical space, we're going to keep the number of
computers to a minimum by using virtualization software such
as Linux UMLs, VMware, etc.

You can help by donating a computer. We'll need a few
computers with a bit of horsepower - 500 MHz processors or
better. Intel or AMD is fine. 

Contact me at ed@alcpress.com or 503-635-6370


DNS CACHE POISONING

Chuck Quessenberry submitted a link to an article that says
this:

"The likely hacking technique, called "DNS poisoning," fools
so-called domain name servers across the Internet and is
relatively difficult to defend against."

Ed Sawicki explained at a recent PANUG meeting that DNS
cache poisoning is very easy to defend against no matter
what DNS server software you're using. 

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/27/sprj.irq.aljazeera.hacked.ap/index.html


THE SECOND SUPERPOWER

Here's an article that covers a lot of interesting ground.
It's mentioned here for those who have an interest in blogs,
not for its ant-war theme.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30087.html


ODE TO DA SPEL CHEKER

Eye halve a spelling checker 
It came with my pea sea 
It plainly marques for my revue 
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. 
 
Eye strike a key and type a word 
And weight four it two say 
Weather eye am wrong oar write 
It shows me strait a weigh. 
  
As soon as a mist ache is maid 
It nose bee fore two long 
And eye can put the error rite 
Its rare lea ever wrong. 
  
Eye have run this poem threw it 
I am shore your pleased two no 
Its letter perfet awl the weigh 
My checker tolled me sew. 


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