Relax, Read ... non tech fun
I like to use Google Book Search sometimes: what a great offering this digitized 'library' is. Certain books are open to the public. Do an advanced search for full view only ,and a plethora of public domain books show, e.g.
"The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (vol. IV)", from 'Harvard College', 1894: interesting letters about foreign affairs, barbary pirates, taxes and much more.
New England Legends & Folk Lore : Neat book. I visited Block Island, off the coast of RI (where I grew up) in 2007, and on page 403 is a grim, but compelling, legend about the island of New Shoreham.
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Technical Resources
These resources roughly complement the Help Documents contained in the right frame.
Help Net Security (up-to-date security news, covering all platforms; handy tools and warez as well)
Packet Storm: Topnotch Security Site (In their own words: "Packet Storm offers an abundant resource of up-to-date and historical security tools, exploits, and advisories. We are a non-profit organization comprised of security professionals that are dedicated to providing the information necessary to secure networks on a global scale.")
Trend Micro (They have the 'antivirus.com' domain, so it's got to be good, right? Excellent Enterprise solutions, for gateways, workgroups, e-mail servers, etc.)
McAfee "ePolicy Orchestrator" (Server-side anti-virus Push solution I'm working on, because some users insist on opening strange .exes & not scanning!)
McAfee Anti-Virus Support Site (General .AT updates- Viruses are a fact of life- even if exaggerated at times)
Newsgroups Archive (Google Usenet Archive, used to be Deja.Com; if you can't get it fixed, there's a good chance someone else can assist somewhere in newsgroup land)
Microsoft Technet Newsgroups (MS Technet's web-based newsgroups; you don't need a newsreader!)
Windows NT/2000 FAQ Site ("Answers to frequently asked questions about Windows NT, Windows 2000, SQL Server, Exchange Server and Outlook, IIS and more!")
Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups (Same as above, but is more geared towards Product Support)
Microsoft Downloads (you know, for 'bug fixes''; good updates, both critical and not)
Dell's Support Page (If you have a Dell, this is a must visit: drivers galore)
Nvidia Video Cards (Makers of fine video cards; can locate NT/2000/Linux video drivers here and much more)
Tom's Hardware Guide (Everything you need to know about hardware is located here)
Webopedia.Com (And you thought you knew what "URL" was really an acronym for?)
Linux Documentation Project (Mirror sites link: locate link of your choice, and find heaps of Linux documentation)
Linux "freshmeat" (Unix open source software, updated continuously)
FreeBSD Home Page (Definite viable alternative to Windows, and Linux)
Samba Home (For when Windows and Linux just want to be friends)
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This is Riguy's Technology Support and document pages. Herein lie some general Windows and UNIX-related documents. Many of these documents have been created as a result of work on a home SOHO LAN. I am hosting from home via Windows IIS 6.0, with my multihomed Windows 2003 Server providing internal (.local) and external (.com) name resolution, web services (i.e. FTP, E-mail), and some internal TCP-IP services too (i.e. DHCP, DDNS, etc.). I have a Windows 2000 and a Windows 2003 Server, and in addition, an Exchange Server 2003 for "Riguy" e-mail. I have a MacIntosh iBook and a Fedora Core 5 system set up as well. I also recently added Windows Vista to the mix. I try to document as much as possible using them all (Vista coming soon).
The purpose is threefold:
1. to provide some hopefully useful tips to the outside world
2. to document various tech-related steps taken so I can review as needed at a later date
3. to practice, have some fun, and document what I practice along the way.
Windows Server Technology, SonicWall Firewall, Exchange Server, IIS, and more: |
PC, Software, OS Upgrades, VPN, Network + Study Guide, Tools and more: |
NEW!! ** SQL Server 2008 (Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Arrives!)
NEW!! ** SonicWall Firewall (I set up a SonicWall Firewall TZ 180 on my network- here is a review) **
** Windows Server 2003 (Observations on Microsoft Server 2003, from the mundane to the more serious. 3 Parts) ** |
** Upgrading to Windows Vista?! ** (Upgrade preparation for Windows Vista )
** Using TCPDUMP **NEW! (Sniffing packets via TCPDUMP on a Windows 2003 Server) |
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** Connecting Apple to a Windows 2003 Domain**NEW! (My Apple iBook talks to my Windows 2003 based Domain)
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Microsoft Exchange Server GAL (Maintaining the Global Address List versus local Contacts, and other Exchange Server fun) |
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Microsoft Exchange/Outlook 2000 Offline (Working off-line in Outlook 2000, with the assistance of Exchange Server 5.5) |
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McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Server-Side Solution (I implemented NAI's ePolicy Orchestrator on a Windows 2000 member server) |
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Microsoft IIS 5.0 (Windows 2000 Server Internet Services, including Web Server, Telnet, & FTP) |
UNIX World: |
TCP/IP Configurations for Windows 98 (Pertinent network configurations) |
Samba Server Configurations
(Setting up and Configuring Samba Server to work spotlessly in a Windows 2000 environment! According to my web logs, these pages are very sought after on or via search engines) |
Our Friendly Windows NT Network (Simple Overview of the NT Domain) |
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Defragmenting those Hard Drives (Guide to keep those hard drives healthy!) |
Galeon Web Browser (It's for Linux as of now, and you need Mozilla and Gnome installed too. But it is well worth it, and is very smooth)
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Printers: |
Galeon Flash Plug-ins (Simple instructions for getting those nifty Flash programs to work in the Galeon web browser) |
Installing Hewlett-Packard LaserJets on Windows 2000 Pro
(Printer installs via IPP- Internet Printing Protocol)
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Red Hat OS Updates (Simple instructions for updating RH Linux)
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Installing HP Printers - 4000XX Series) (Simple instructions for installing HP LaserJets)
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Miscellaneous: |
Ricoh Aficio Color Printer Install (Simple instructions for installing this color printer model)
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What do those silly BIOS strings mean? (A little tidbit I did for a Micro Computer Hardware class) |
Etcetera: |
DSL Types/Comparisons (Research for a class I did; comparisons of the different types of X_DSL) |
*** Just for hell of it:
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