IRC log for #gllug on 20081205

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02:24.36gw280moo
02:24.41gw280I blame wethrin
02:25.21gw280wethrin: so do you know what happened to mozrat? I haven't heard from him in years
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09:27.43j0nrmorning
09:46.05halimorning
09:53.58Armandmorning. :)
09:55.03Leedsevening!
10:01.27ArmandO_o
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12:59.42dick_turpinwethrin: Not here yet :-(
14:10.33wethrinoh well
14:13.53gw280death to wethrin
14:15.45wethrinGo away
14:15.47wethrinruns off to teach
14:27.13dick_turpintrips wethrin up
14:48.38kjsafternoon
14:51.47popeydick_turpin: I'm with you
14:51.51popeydick_turpin: I _hate_ forums
14:52.59dick_turpinpopey: ssh don't let people see you agreeing with me your cool factor will drop lower than whale pooh ;-)
14:53.19popeyi replied to your mail saying as such then figured it was too risky, someone might see
14:53.22popeyhence mentioning it here
14:53.33dick_turpinpopey: rotflmao
14:54.35dick_turpinpopey: I hate bullies and I also hate people who use others as a sort of "Get out of jail free" option
14:54.56dick_turpinpopey: I'd of had more respect if he had just said sorry directly
14:55.47popeyyeah
14:55.56popeytotally unnecessary to go of on one like that
14:57.22dick_turpinpopey: I was ignoring the thread TBH it was when I saw your name I looked at it and thought WTF so in fact its all your fault ;-)
14:57.38popey:)
14:58.03popeyanyone who thinks forums are better than mailing lists clearly has a shit mail client
14:59.11dick_turpinpopey: I bet you cant remember who educated me with regards Mail, clients, threading and top posting?
14:59.18popey:)
14:59.33dick_turpinpopey: No not you you numptey
14:59.34popeybet my gmail archive will tell me
14:59.52dick_turpinpopey: Sparkes
15:00.31dick_turpinNow there was a man who could rip into you, I miss him
15:00.33popeyhttp://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/wolves/2004-May/007782.html :)
15:01.29dick_turpinYay immortallity (Spelt wrong but I don't care)
15:01.53dick_turpinnuzzles in warmth of popey's archives
15:02.10popeyi have a habbit of wgetting the entire mbox for a mailing list i join
15:02.28popeyTRY THAT WITH FORUMS SUCKA!
15:02.33popeyahem
15:02.55dick_turpin2004 them was the days
15:05.33popeypre-ubuntu :)
15:07.57dick_turpinI miss Sparkes, I've tried mailing an old address I have but its dead so is his sites. Very sad
15:09.12dick_turpinHe used to kick my arse almost every day, looking back I deservid it but I did and do respect him
15:09.23dick_turpindeserved
15:28.03Armandlaters all
16:00.42ChoHagAnother name for a Windows tutorial is "crash course".
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16:56.57ChoHagThe printer has decided that using the duplexer is beneath it.
16:57.37ChoHagAlthough actually I'm more inclined to blame cups.
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18:33.59gw280CATALYST
18:34.08catalystHONEYBUN
18:34.13gw280shoots catalyst
18:34.14gw280WOOPS.
18:34.28gw280wethrin: go away? how RUDE
18:34.35catalystI'M GLAD YOU ONLY OWN A NERF GUN
18:34.45gw280catalyst: actually, i just bought a second rifle
18:34.46gw280two weeks ago
18:34.57gw280and it went all the way to southampton for a match
18:35.48catalystyou can probably buy matches down the newsagents, you realise? although I think modern rifles probably use a more reliable/efficient/faster firing mechanism now
18:36.08gw280http://vm.gwright.org.uk/rifle4.jpg
18:36.09gw280isn't it CUTE
18:41.45gw280catalyst: I hate you.
18:41.53catalystI can't think why
18:42.19gw280:D
18:42.28gw280maybe it's because you called me HONEYBUN
18:42.30gw280shoots catalyst
18:43.45catalystoh?
18:45.23gw280oh?
18:45.51catalystOH
18:47.01gw280yes, I'm an OH
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23:38.00*** join/#gllug mindbendr (n=run@94-194-128-38.zone8.bethere.co.uk)
23:38.11mindbendrhi
23:38.56mindbendris there anyone who loves freebsd
23:40.07wethrinYARRRR!
23:40.53mindbendrwethrin, so you love it?
23:40.56Nafallofreebeer?
23:41.10wethrinWell. I don't particularly love any software
23:41.13wethrinI quite like FreeBSD
23:41.16wethrinI prefer Open, though
23:42.01mindbendrwethrin, ok so here is my question
23:42.31antiphase"How do I tell my parents?"
23:42.32mindbendrwethrin, it doesn't identify any nic interfaces if there are 6 or more
23:42.40mindbendrports
23:42.53mindbendron freebsd 6.x but it seems ok with freebsd 7.x
23:43.06mindbendractually these are pfsense firewalls
23:43.16mindbendrso i'm trying to figure out because i can't use freebsd 7.x
23:43.19antiphaseI think you probably want to buy a "router"
23:43.38mindbendrantiphase, yeah
23:43.58mindbendrantiphase, the funny thing is my company already bought 2 of these and realised that's not what we want
23:44.08wethrinAh. I really don't know with 6 interfaces
23:44.08mindbendrso i'm trying to find a way to use them as a router/fw
23:44.11wethrinI think 4 is the most I've had
23:44.36wethrinWhy can't you use FreeBSD 7.x?
23:44.54antiphaseIf you have problems with real interfaces, there's always 802.1q
23:45.16mindbendrwethrin, the pfsense software on based freebsd7.x is alpha-alpha stage
23:45.35mindbendrwethrin, funny thought the provider sold us that firewall with a alpha-alpha release
23:45.36wethrinwould suggest OpenBSD+pf
23:45.37mindbendr*-t
23:45.48wethrinWell, then it's up to the provider to support it
23:45.58mindbendrwethrin, openbsd+pf is ok but they want a nice shinny web interface to manage it
23:46.10wethrinDon't.
23:46.11mindbendrantiphase, what is that?
23:46.15wethrinIt's a firewall
23:46.25wethrinIf you let morons use it, you'll get a moronic firewall
23:46.33mindbendrwethrin, that's why i am trying to stick with 6.x with a stable release
23:47.34antiphase802.1q is a standard describing tagging of packets on a LAN to provide Virtual LANs
23:47.34wethrinMight be worth asking on a FreeBSD mailing list
23:47.34antiphasetrunks, if you like
23:47.34wethrinYou'll need a switch that support VLANs, though, no?
23:47.34antiphaseFo shizzle
23:47.35mindbendri was showing a video to my colleages today, about SQL injection and in the end the other sysadmin came up saying `it's good we don't have ms sql servers` and I said `we have mysql? what does it have to do with sql injection`
23:47.42mindbendrso you can guess the rest
23:47.59antiphasewonders why you need a video
23:48.14antiphaseIt's not like children getting locked in old freezers or falling through thin ice
23:48.20mindbendrantiphase, it's a microsoft security guy explaning how to hack a network
23:48.32wethrinAh, a video presentation?
23:48.35mindbendryep
23:48.40mindbendrit's a good one if you guys wanna watch
23:48.46mindbendrit's funny at least
23:48.51wethrinThat saying. SQL injections have nothing to do with the database itself
23:48.56mindbendrit starts with sql injection which is not a big thing
23:48.56wethrinIt's to do with shoddy frontend coding
23:49.01mindbendrbut it goes throught nice things later on
23:49.05mindbendr-t
23:49.28mindbendrwethrin, we don't wanna use vlans
23:49.33mindbendrwethrin, on firewall
23:49.45wethrinAnd you really have 6 networks?
23:49.48mindbendrno
23:49.52antiphaseAnd then children get hooked on cigarettes and fly through a windscreen, and you shoudl have used Access
23:49.53wethrin(well, I assume 5 + internet)
23:50.12wethrinSo could you not take out some of the network cards?
23:50.15mindbendrwe don't need 6 networks but these stupid guys pushed the provider for 6
23:50.33wethrinAh. So management made a cock-up, and it's up to you to support it
23:50.37mindbendrwethrin, i will take out some but even so it will share irqs and we at least need 4 so i don't know how is it gonna cope with that
23:50.49antiphaseWork out your problem first
23:50.57wethrin4 isn't a problem
23:50.58antiphaseIt sounds like you don't have one
23:51.09wethrinshouldn't be a problem, anyway
23:51.16wethrinCertainly works fine with OpenBSD :)
23:51.18mindbendrantiphase, well it's not a bsd in the end, it's a chopped off firewall version so
23:52.03mindbendri will see on monday how is it gonna be with 5 or 4 interfaces but
23:52.15antiphaseWho cares what it is. If you can get by with ewhat it can do, there is no problem
23:52.15wethrinAha
23:52.18mindbendronly 2 interfaces are on board and i think the add-ons are causing the problem
23:52.25wethrinLooks like pfsense has basically ported pf into FreeBSD
23:52.40wethrinfails to see why they did that, rather than using Open
23:52.54mindbendrwell it's a fork from monowall project
23:53.04mindbendrthat must be the reason
23:53.10wethrinYou may need to do some IRQ twiddling in the BIOS
23:53.25wethrinIf cards are going to share IRQs, you might find the performance is slower than shitting tar
23:53.39mindbendri don't get it how does irq sharing cause an issue nowadays
23:54.07mindbendrdoesn't it work fine on linux
23:54.20wethrinIt's a hardware thing
23:54.22mindbendron the other hand, it works fine with freebsd 7
23:54.22antiphaseBSD is made by child molesters
23:54.50wethrinIf an IRQ is being serviced, anything else using that interrupt is going to be blocked
23:55.23wethrinYou're fine if you're doing things slowly, as the computer's fast enough to deal with the interrupt, then service the next one
23:55.38wethrinBut if you're trying to saturate the network connection....
23:56.14mindbendrwell if it's gonna be a firewall
23:56.26antiphaseBuy a firewall
23:56.28mindbendri would worry about irq sharing if it's not gonna cope well
23:56.43mindbendrantiphase, we think about it but i have no idea about firewalls, what do you recommend
23:56.43antiphaseWhat have you actually got it plugged into?
23:56.59mindbendrantiphase, plugged into where?
23:57.16antiphaseHave you got an OC-12, or aere you on ADSL-MAX?
23:58.00wethrinsees no problem with a dedicated computer running some form of Linux or BSD as a firewall
23:58.02antiphaseBesides that, what are your real requirements in terms of traffic types?
23:58.22wethrinIt's not like something you buy in from Juniper Networks or wherever is going to be all that much different
23:59.19mindbendrwe have got a 100 mbit line to be connected to this box and another 100mbit already
23:59.22antiphaseYou can make something equivalent with $OS + $software up to a point, provided you can work both adequately :)
23:59.43mindbendrwethrin, what do you mean about juniper?
23:59.44wethrinantiphase: The latter is true of high end kit too :)
23:59.54mindbendrthey were considering a few juniper and watchguard etc

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