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Yes the "e" is gone. I don't know what format my Blackberry is sending as.
Thanks, George
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maybe because I am sending in plain txt and maybe george is in HTML or some other format? Is the last character gon
Yes, I have HTML format enabled. No carriage return this time, George
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maybe because I am sending in plain txt and maybe george is in HTML or some other format? Is the last character gon
Thanks for your note. The "d" is missing. Thanks, George
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Dennis alerted me to some issues they had routing support calls to the 1-800-387-5757 number. Apparently this has caused a little frustration for callers so if you have a support call that is still open and is not being resolved as expected, give Dennis a call or drop him an email and he will take care of it.
A revised netter version of the doc email for you. Please look
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Welcome to newSRSnews Issue 1! You asked for more information on the new Student Records System, and in response this is the first issue of a newsletter to keep you up-to-date on the latest reports, training news, and what the newSRS can do for you. Please visit our constantly updated web-site, with its on-line glossary and much more. In this first issue we would like to share the results from the needs assessment survey conducted in December 1997.
Welcome to newSRSnews Issue 1! You asked for more information on the new Student Records System, and in response this is the first issue of a newsletter to keep you up-to-date on the latest reports, training news, and what the newSRS can do for you. Please visit our constantly updated web-site, with its on-line glossary and much more. In this first issue we would like to share the results from the needs assessment survey conducted in December 1997.
Welcome to newSRSnews Issue 1! You asked for more information on the new Student Records System, and in response this is the first issue of a newsletter to keep you up-to-date on the latest reports, training news, and what the newSRS can do for you. Please visit our constantly updated web-site, with its on-line glossary and much more. In this first issue we would like to share the results from the needs assessment survey conducted in December 1997.
Welcome to newSRSnews Issue 1! You asked for more information on the new Student Records System, and in response this is the first issue of a newsletter to keep you up-to-date on the latest reports, training news, and what the newSRS can do for you. Please visit our constantly updated web-site, with its on-line glossary and much more. In this first issue we would like to share the results from the needs assessment survey conducted in December 1997.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CERT(sm) Summary CS-97.01 February 26, 1997
The CERT Coordination Center periodically issues the CERT Summary to draw attention to the types of attacks currently being reported to our Incident Response Team. The summary includes pointers to sources of information for dealing with the problems. We also list new or updated files that are available for anonymous FTP from ftp://info.cert.org/pub/
The next scheduled nwadmins meeting will be at 10:30 AM this Friday in Rotman Centre (between Harbord and Bloor, east side of St. George) Room 147. I promise this is a nicer room than the last one... (easy promise to keep).
I don't have a formal topic list but there should be some discussion of the survey (which you ALL filled in and sent to David Shewchuk <[log in to unmask]> by now I am sure...)
Some users want some sample application source from an old SGI cdrom for another project. The source is in an inst format file. I can't install it because (1) it would overrride the newer version and (2) the *software* on the cd is incompatible with this machine or IRIX version. I can get around (1) to some extent by using the -r option to inst, although it seems to open a can of worms about prerequisites, but inst provides no apparent way of getting around (2).
Our SGI 4D340GTX died (power supply failure). We are going to dispose of the carcass. If anyone is interested in any parts, please call me.
Rosemarie Drummond. Dept of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, M5S 1A7 Tel (416)-978-8218 Fax (416)-978-8905 email: [log in to unmask]
The first Academic Advisory Committee meeting that I attended was held on January 22, 1997. The meeting agenda and information was sent to me late and I only received it on the morning of the day of the meeting so I was unable to supply any information to this group about the meeting or get any input from you for the meeting. Below is a summary of what happened at the meeting.
Hi. We (the UTCNS unix group) are now doing regular network sweeps of our own systems. A few months ago we spoke to Norman Wilson and offered to help revive the volunteer campus security sweeps. We're now in a position to invite other campus groups or departments to take advantage of the sweep service.
So ... if anyone is interested in having their systems swept, please feel free to contact <[log in to unmask]> to make the necessary arrangements.
> So ... if anyone is interested in having their systems swept, > please feel free to contact <[log in to unmask]> to make > the necessary arrangements. > > We've started with the sweep software originally gathered together > by Norman Wilson and Steve Kotsopoulos (with many thanks to both for > all their effort).
Hello. Just a quick follow-up. We've also copied over the sweeps web pages originally maintained by Steve and Norman. The new URL is http://www.utcs.utoronto.ca/sweep.html To anyone interested in having their systems swept: please try out the steps outlined under that URL. Thanks in advance. pk.
We've been using SONY data cartridges for our exabyte tape drive. Our supplier (Grand & Toy) is nolonger stocking SONY tapes. Anyone know where to get SONY tapes at a decent price. Or a good alternative to SONY tapes...
We always order data cartridges from Misco Computer Product Catalogue. We use Exabyte EY73083 (8mm 112M 2.5GB) $17.49/each, $16.27 for 20+
They have Sony too. Ask them put you in their mailing list they will send you the catalogue every month. Their phone number is (905)477-4055
Jun
Philip Poulos wrote: > > We've been using SONY data cartridges for our exabyte > tape drive. Our supplier (Grand & Toy) is nolonger > stocking SONY tapes. Anyone know where to get SONY > tapes at a decent price. Or a good alternative to > SONY tapes... > > phil@ecf
If "ordinary" 8mm Sony tapes (as opposed to "data grade" ones) are OK (I've used them for years, without incident, though the collected folk wisdom advises otherwise), Honest Ed's is a good source. Last time I bought them they were around $7 each, lots cheaper than other standard sources. (I've occasionally found them even cheaper at various fly-by-night places on Spadina.)
>>Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 14:05:17 -0500 >>From: [log in to unmask] (Eric Ng - Sales) >>To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], >> [log in to unmask] >>Subject: SPECIAL PROMOTION: Sun's Ultra Workstation >>Mime-Version: 1.0 >>Status: >> >>............Here we go again.............. >> >>Even better than last year's Ultra Promo >> - Two systems to Choose From >> - Even Greater Savings >> >> >>******** SUN WORKSTATION PROMOTION ***** >>************ ULTRA 1 MODEL 170 ********* >> >>******** 20" Trinitron Monitor ******* >>******** 24-bit Creator Graphics ******* >> >>******** 128MB, 2.1GB DISK ****** >> >>************** $8,995 ************ >>************** ************ >> >>*********** 68% OFF LIST PRICE ********* >>*********** ********* >> >>*******
Just for your advance info, there is another e-mail hoax calling itself 'NaughtyRobot' in circulation, which apparently sends mail like:
> This message was sent to you by NaughtyRobot, an Internet spider that > crawls into your server through a tiny hole in the World Wide Web. > > NaughtyRobot exploits a security bug in HTTP and has visited your host > system to collect personal, private, and sensitive information. > > It has captured your Email and physical addresses, as well as your phone > and credit card numbers. To protect yourself against the misuse of this > information,
Anyone got any small ( 100 or 200 Mb) 3.5" SCSI drives that need a new home? I am willing to part with a small amount of cash in exchange....
Russell P. Sutherland Voice: 416.978.0470 UT/CNS Network Development Fax: 416.978.6620/3787 4 Bancroft Ave. Room 102 Email: [log in to unmask] University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5S 1C1
The public discussion of the fallout from Dave Wortman's message is out of control; let's cut it off now, without worrying about who gets the last word, OK? If you want to keep talking or arguing or whatnot (as I do, in fact), let's stick to private e-mail among interested parties instead of broadcasting to a hundred mailboxes. ut-admins is too important a resource to waste on petty arguments.
>Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 17:51:51 -0400 >From: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask] >Subject: CASCON '96 >Status: > >From: Don Aldridge >Subject: CASCON '96 > > > CASCON'96 Meeting of Minds > November 12-14, 1996 > Toronto, Canada > > FINAL CALL FOR DEMONSTRATIONS > > Sponsored by: > IBM Toronto Laboratory > National Research Council of Canada > >The annual CAS Conference (CASCON) is a forum which brings together >Research and Industry to share ideas and experiences and
>From [log in to unmask] Tue Aug 27 14:17:37 1996 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 11:11:31 PDT From: Tom Perrine <[log in to unmask]> Cc: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Trouble at your Site
Thanks for your message concerning suspicious usage of your FTP site.
I am responsible for security at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. You may verify my identity and position via the PGP signature and CERT, or by calling the switchboard of SDSC at the number below.
Last night, someone connected to our ftp server and spent four hours fetching 1100 files. There is no obvious purpose behind the collection, unless it was to fetch everything easily in reach (though not every possible file was fetched).
I'd be interested to know whether anyone else has logs of unexpected fetches from the same place, or knows who they were. The calling host was weber.external.sdsc.edu; the caller identified himself to anonymous ftp as [log in to unmask] I've sent an inquiry to both organizations.
Norman Wilson writes: > > Last night, someone connected to our ftp server and spent four hours fetching > 1100 files. There is no obvious purpose behind the collection, unless it > was to fetch everything easily in reach (though not every possible file was > fetched).
<Sigh.> Me too.
19193 files to weber.external.sdsc.edu for [log in to unmask] from ftp.cs.toronto.edu between 01:45:45 and now, and still going.
I've been investigating an educatonal licenses for the Oracle Database package. It turns out that Oracle has a fairly generous package that provides educational access to almost all of their software. See details below.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN FORMING A CONSORTIUM TO GET THIS SOTWARE AT UofT, please identify yourselves.
Dave Wortman, Department of Computer Science [log in to unmask] 978-6055
> P.S. If you are wondering why I'm doing this instead of > UTC Licensing folks, it's because they don't have a clue > about educational licenses for Oracle and the commercial > license they were trying to sell me would have cost about $40K.
Dave,
Was the P.S. really necessary? The UTC Licensing folks consist of two people who work their butts off with limited resources. Instead of making comments about cluelessness, you might have offered to share this information with them as you have with us.
> P.S. If you are wondering why I'm doing this instead of > UTC Licensing folks, it's because they don't have a clue > about educational licenses for Oracle and the commercial > license they were trying to sell me would have cost about $40K.
They may not currently have the educational license, but am quite sure that they are not clueless, and my experience with them is they are interested in hearing about new software licenses where there is sufficient interest to warrant it.
Dave, As a member of the Academic Computing Advisory Committee I would have expected you to work towards change in a more constructive manner.
Derek McCammond
>I've been investigating an educatonal licenses for the >Oracle Database package. It turns out that Oracle has a >fairly generous package that provides educational access >to almost all of their software. See details below. > >ANYONE INTERESTED IN FORMING A CONSORTIUM TO GET THIS >SOTWARE AT UofT, please identify yourselves. > >Dave Wortman, Department of Computer Science >[log in to unmask] 978-6055 > >P.S. If you are wondering why I'm doing this instead of >UTC Licensing folks,
>Dave, > As a member of the Academic Computing Advisory Committee I would >have expected you to work towards change in a more constructive manner. > > Derek McCammond
Lighten up guys, this is ut-admins.
Dave gave an opinion, which I didn't believe was derogatory at all.
Derek, you want to castigate Dave, try another forum.
I have tried to keep quiet the last several weeks, but I am afraid, although I did hope otherwise, I still can be provoked. It's obvious that despite the fact that UTC has been proclaimed "dead", the unholy hate war between the "UofT" and UTCS/UTCC/UTC continues.
The people who work in central computing are as everyone else. Most are smart and dedicated, some by now are fed up and discouraged. There is no respect shown whatsoever to any of them. The ones who do not care, and don't deserve respect, strive and are promoted. The ones who do care are
>Now I finally get to the adjective "clueless". I have no idea where Tom >Glinos was brought up, it was not the sys-admin school I attended for >sure, and I protest his implied statement that "sys-admins" and "public >insults" go together.
Anna read Daves email VERY carefully. He implied no insult, and neither do I. He just said that they were ignorant of the details on Oracle licensing in an academic environment. There was no dispersion on anybodies abilities.
I have taken over for Alan Milner in the Faculty of Law as of today. Could you please add me to the "ut-admins" mailing list so that I can be informed of issues that might affect us.
Here's some background for anyone who might be interested in me: I am from outside of the University. I was the manager of Information Services at SCO Canada, a UNIX based OS developer on intel processors. I held that position for 10 years. SCO Canada closed down its development centre in March 1996. I have been doing contract work since then. My
Xref: utgpu comp.security.announce:203 Path: utgpu!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!newsfeed.pitt.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!nntp.sei.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cert-advisory From: CERT Bulletin <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroups: comp.security.announce Subject: CERT Vendor-Initiated Bulletin VB-96.14 - SGI Date: 21 Aug 1996 20:25:35 GMT Organization: CERT(sm) Coordination Center - +1 412-268-7090 Lines: 428 Approved: [log in to unmask] Distribution: world Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] NNTP-Posting-Host: why.cert.org Keywords: security CERT Originator: [log in to unmask] Originator: [log in to unmask]
Nobody seemed to have a genuine T1000 manual, though a number of people offered me the loan of manuals for other Telebit models. Terry Sanderson gave me the data I needed, though; quick-reference cards for a number of Telebit modems are available in Telebit's WWW server. Thanks to all who responded.
In the aftermath of Tuesday's mysterious zone transfers from netcraft.co.uk, and following up on a suggestion from Russ Sutherland, I changed my named.boot to admit zone transfers only from my own network and from the official U of T secondaries:
I picked up a cheap, but apparently working, Telebit T1000 at a surplus store recently. Anybody got a manual for that model that I can borrow to browse and copy? I have documentation for other old Telebit modems, so the general principles are clear; it is just the model-specific details I am after.
In message <[log in to unmask]>you write: >Last night someone in the UK did a zone transfer to fetch our name >server data. This is not a normal name server operation unless the >fetching system is one of your secondaries, and unless U of T has >made new arrangements, this system isn't; it is, however, sometimes >a sign of a bad guy trying to gather data to aid in an attack.
Last night someone in the UK did a zone transfer to fetch our name server data. This is not a normal name server operation unless the fetching system is one of your secondaries, and unless U of T has made new arrangements, this system isn't; it is, however, sometimes a sign of a bad guy trying to gather data to aid in an attack.
I was just wondering if any of you out there may know someone, or have first-hand experience building the X11R6.1 libraries.
I'm working on a Solaris 2.4 system. Everything seems to work fine, except that I get errors when trying to link the `xterm' executable. I have a feeling that I'm missing stuff from the terminfo or maybe the termcap files, OR maybe I need to link with the libucb.a library. The install notes mention something about the tic utility.
Some versions of FrameMaker come with a license server that allows ordinary users to change the permissions of any file on your system to allow reading and writing. The bad guys know about this bug. Allegedly it happens only if fm_fls is set-userid root, and the workaround until your vendor supplies a patch is to remove the set-userid bit from the permissions for that file.
expreserve, the helper program for vi that recovers the file you were editing when your connection dropped or the machine crashed, has been discovered to offer yet another opportunity for someone with an ordinary login on your system to overwrite any file on the system (and hence to become super-user as well). I'm not sure if this is a new botch, or just a rerun of an old one; expreserve has been serving up security holes since at least 1983.
In case you haven't seen this one - take a break and enjoy.
Mike.
> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:00:55 -0500 > From: Monte Ohrt <[log in to unmask]> > To: Network Operations Center <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Network speed > > Network Operations Center wrote: > > > > Due to the slowness of the internet lately I have decided to do the > > annual lubricating of the network. I bought a can of netlube and will be > > pouring it into the ethernet later today. This could result in dropletts > > of lubricant seeping
Xref: utgpu comp.security.announce:200 Path: utgpu!utcsri!rutgers!news.iag.net!news.sgi.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!nntp.sei.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cert-advisory From: CERT Bulletin <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroups: comp.security.announce Subject: CERT Vendor-Initiated Bulletin VB-96.13 - hp Date: 13 Aug 1996 19:06:08 GMT Organization: CERT(sm) Coordination Center - +1 412-268-7090 Lines: 188 Approved: [log in to unmask] Distribution: world Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] NNTP-Posting-Host: why.cert.org Keywords: security CERT Originator: [log in to unmask] Originator: [log in to unmask]
I'm trying to obtain a fibre expansion port for an IBM 8224 hub. My purchase is on back order unfortunately; I need it now. Anybody have a spare one of these I could borrow?
Thanks,
Mike
Mike Wiseman, Rm. 4026, Sidney Smith Hall, Dept. of Psychology, System Administrator University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [log in to unmask] M5S 3G3 (416) 978-3948 fax (416) 978-4811
A note on best-of-security reports a problem with mount and umount on `all current distributions of Linux': a local unprivileged user can execute arbitrary commands as super-user, by taking advantage of a buffer overflow bug (similar to the hoary old fingerd problem). The recommended workaround is to remove the set-userid bit from the permissions of /bin/mount and /bin/umount.
I will be leaving ECF at the end of August to take a position at Border Network Technologies, developers of the BorderWare Firewall Server.
I have enjoyed my time here, but look forward to experiencing the 'real world' in a software development position.
If anyone wants a security sweep done, you should submit your requests in the next couple weeks. If you would be interested in taking over or helping with the sweeps, contact [log in to unmask] (Norman and I).
If you're using ssh, you should be aware that someone has recently figured out that if you can write in someone's home directory, you can set up a key for them, so that you can log in as them. This means that if ssh is installed on your system, an ordinary user who can write in someone else's home directory can also run commands as that user.
Xref: utgpu comp.security.misc:31791 Path: utgpu!utcsri!rutgers!news.sgi.com!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpbs2500.boi.hp.com!hpax!secure From: [log in to unmask] (Security Alert) Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Subject: Security Vulnerability in elm Date: 8 Aug 1996 21:36:54 GMT Organization: Hewlett Packard Cupertino Site Lines: 100 Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpcugsya.cup.hp.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0.9]
There was some trouble with the ONet routers beginning earlier this afternoon - the External Networking Group is in the process of bringing the routers back up.
Does anyone know of a 3rd party source for SGI parts. We have a dead Indigo - I am guessing the power supply has gone since it is totally silent when turned on.
Rosemarie Drummond. Dept of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, M5S 1A7 Tel (416)-978-8218 Fax (416)-978-8905 email: [log in to unmask]
Xref: utgpu comp.security.announce:199 Path: utgpu!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!news.mcgill.ca!mcrcim.mcgill.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!nntp.sei.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cert-advisory From: CERT Advisory <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroups: comp.security.announce Subject: CERT Advisory CA-96.17 - Vulnerability in Solaris vold Date: 6 Aug 1996 13:21:23 GMT Organization: CERT(sm) Coordination Center - +1 412-268-7090 Lines: 204 Approved: [log in to unmask] Distribution: world Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] NNTP-Posting-Host: why.cert.org Keywords: security CERT Originator: [log in to unmask] Originator: [log in to unmask]
Xref: utgpu comp.security.announce:198 Path: utgpu!utnut!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!nntp.sei.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cert-advisory From: CERT Advisory <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroups: comp.security.announce Subject: CERT Advisory CA-96.16 - Vulnerability in Solaris admintool Date: 5 Aug 1996 14:19:54 GMT Organization: CERT(sm) Coordination Center - +1 412-268-7090 Lines: 162 Approved: [log in to unmask] Distribution: world Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] NNTP-Posting-Host: why.cert.org Keywords: security CERT Originator: [log in to unmask] Originator: [log in to unmask]
I have done a very rough sampling of traffic on the backbone IP traffic this morning (9:30 am Fri 2 Aug 1996) using our sniffer. Here are the results based on 9036 ethernet frames:
Has ntp.astro gone bonkers, or what? It seems to have a different concept of the time of day (by 100 seconds or so) from what various other NTP servers do. Have I been under the mistaken misimpression that ntp.astro was supposed to a reliable time source?
The following:
date ntpdate 128.100.77.35 >/dev/null date ntpdate 128.100.102.10 >/dev/null date
>Has ntp.astro gone bonkers, or what? It seems to have a different >concept of the time of day (by 100 seconds or so) from what various >other NTP servers do. Have I been under the mistaken misimpression >that ntp.astro was supposed to a reliable time source?
Yup, bonkers. It will be unreliable for another week or so. Trying to straighten out the software. There unfortunately isn't any way of testing out the software without "polluting" the environment.
>> If people follow the ntp docs, they should NEVER trust any single >> source for reliable time.
Right, but for a long time I've been polling two servers (ntp.astro and madhaus.utcs). What I don't understand is the behaviour of the ntpdate command if two servers are queried, and the times reported differ by a lot: It turns out that all of the following ...
According to Mark Bartelt: > From usg-owner Fri Aug 2 06:09:12 1996 > Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 06:08:06 -0400 > From: Mark Bartelt <[log in to unmask]> > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: what time is it? > > So this brings up the obvious question: Besides the seemingly-reliable > madhaus.utcs, and the perhaps-someday-reliable ntp.astro, is there some > third system on campus that it would make sense to add to our lists of > NTP servers to poll? > The most reliable ntp server on campus seems to be gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca. I been tracking the performance and reliability of
> Right, but for a long time I've been polling two servers (ntp.astro and > madhaus.utcs). What I don't understand is the behaviour of the ntpdate > command if two servers are queried, and the times reported differ by a lot
I'm not sure if it would be able to figure out which one was wonky if you only query 2 servers. I'd think you'd need at least 3 in order to figure out that one of them was bad.
In message <[log in to unmask]> Mark writes: >> So this brings up the obvious question: Besides the seemingly-reliable >> madhaus.utcs, and the perhaps-someday-reliable ntp.astro, is there some >> third system on campus that it would make sense to add to our lists of >> NTP servers to poll?
There are two stratum 1 time servers on campus (ntp.on.canet.ca -- Lee preferred that people not sync to this one) and ntp.astro. There are a couple of stratum 2 servers that peer to both on and off-campus servers (ferut.sys and madhaus.utcs, I believe). At CDF, we sync with the two stratum 2 servers I
> The most reliable ntp server on campus seems to be gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca. > I been tracking the performance and reliability of npt.astro for the last > one year or so and think that its lacking a lot. Gpu tracks two primary > servers including ntp.astro (because it claims to be the only primary in > the campus) and two secondaries. Heres a peer list: > >remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset disp >============================================================================== >*ntp.on.canet.ca .GPS. 1 u 304 512 377 24.80 -1.465 10.13 >+MERCURY.CS.UREG ncar.ucar.edu 2 u 318 512 377 137.01 2.489 11.83 > ntp.astro .WWV. 1
Correct w.r.t. madhaus. It gets its time from ntp.on.canet.ca. In addition it has the multicast option turned on. So if your machine has multicast support, and you are connected directly to the campus backbone you can configure the xntp daemon the listen to the chimes.
On a somewhat related multicast note, how many of you have users that are interested in the MBONE? I have a test router configured on the backbone that should allow any machine (assuming your kernel supports multicast) which is on a stub network (directly attacher to one of the campus backbone routers). What
According to Tom Glinos, x4302: > > P.S. If that's the peer list for gpu then it's probably wrong. > As I understand it madhaus gets its time from ntp.on.canet.ca > There's no point in getting time twice from the same source. > Sure. xntpd is smart enough to account for these duplications. madhaus is added as a backup - times when ntp.astro is down?
The best on-campus secondary that I know of is ferut.sys; it makes an effort to get time from a bunch of primary and secondary NTP servers. Unfortunately it's currently running NTP version 2 instead of NTP version 3, although I may get a chance to update that.
I think it would be good to have another campus secondary that took time from a number of stratum 1 sources; the current ones I could spot only take time from two stratum 1 sources (ferut.sys currently talks to six stratum 1's and I want to increase it).
> From: [log in to unmask] (Norman Wilson) > Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 05:35:48 -0400 [ ... ] > Since doing that, I have also received (and my named has > rejected) zone transfer requests from these systems: [ ... ] > Why are these systems doing zone transfers?
> 128.100.102.252 gated.gw
Dunno. I believe this is one of Russ Sutherland's testbeds.
In message <[log in to unmask]>you write: >Here's what the perpetrators say (as I now see I should have guessed >from their domain name). > >It's for the Web Server Survey
Poor utoronto.ca. Their web servers won't be counted. <sniff!> :-) :-)
Here's what the perpetrators say (as I now see I should have guessed from their domain name).
It's for the Web Server Survey
http://www.netcraft.com/survey/
Every month, we publish the Netcraft Web Server Survey which is a survey of the number of web sites that we can find on the Internet, and the software used by these sites.
John DiMarco writes: > > >Has anyone else seen any unexpected zone transfers lately? > > > >The offending transfers happened at 2242 for hprc.toronto.edu and > >2305 for utirc.toronto.edu, and came from 194.72.238.4, which is > >ns0.netcraft.co.uk. > > CDF's came at 2231. It's the only recorded suspicious zone transfer in > our logs since Jul 2.
As for the CS Lab, they asked us *twice* about a whole bunch of domains. >From bay.cs:
At 12:53 PM 7/9/96, Russell P. Sutherland wrote: >Before I make this thing known to the entire UofT community >I have made some changes (MIME capability) and would like >some willing people to test them out. > >I have cooked up some html documentation: > > URL: http://madhaus.utcs.utoronto.ca/~russ/email2fax.html > >Take a gander and then a test drive. Any comments >(on either the documentation or operation) will be >much appreciated.
>From: "Russell P. Sutherland" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask]
>I have done a very rough sampling of traffic on the backbone IP traffic >this morning (9:30 am Fri 2 Aug 1996) using our sniffer. Here are the >results based on 9036 ethernet frames:
> From: P Kern <pkern> > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 17:39:16 -0400 > Subject: Re: dual DNS domains revisited... > > Just to add a further note, with the last release of BIND (4.9.3-REL) > it's now pretty simple to support twin or multiple domains. > > For an example of how to go about doing this, check out > ftp://ftp.utoronto.ca/distrib/ut-nsdata/Templates
Actually, we here at HSC are on the other end of the stick. We used to be sickkids.toronto.edu, but upon moving to ONet, we were forced (I am told) to go to sickkids.on.ca. Oddly, the OCI managed to keep oci.utoronto.ca.
For a number of reasons, mostly accessing U of T-limited services, it has become increasingly attractive to us to be tri-domained. We would like to come 'back in' to the toronto.edu/utoronto.ca domain, while not losing sickkids.on.ca, as everyone's business cards now read @sickkids.on.ca.
> In actual fact not every name server is performing > this mirroring task. Specifically the following subdomains > do not respond with toronto.edu type requests: > > botany > sid > rw > esc > pgb > geology > itdc > law > mgmt > oise > osm > phm > playfair
A rather short list, considering the number of zones at UofT. Are there any subdomains that do not respond with utoronto.ca requests?
