If you followed my recent Cisco Catalyst rate-limiting post, you already know that policing traffic on a Cisco Catalyst switch requires a bit of thought. Mainly, you have to do a bit of calculating to determine the best bucket size for your application. The good news is that achieving the same affect on [...]

Categories: Networking

Luca 2.5.7 - An Accounting System for Mac OS X Users - Someone was recently asking me about accounting packages for Mac OS X. This one is very interesting.
The lighttpd Web Server - I’ve been a supporter of lighttpd for a while. It’s nice to see it getting more recognition.

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OmniGraffle Web Design Template - If you aren’t using OmniGraffle, you’re doing it wrong.
Cisco Field Notice: Field Notice: FN - 62854 - Cisco IOS - Performance Degradation and Reloads Possible When Using Quality of Service Features in Version 12.4(11)T - The worst problem is reloads, but you might see a reduction in packet could be [...]

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If you need to limit the inbound bandwidth of a switch port on a Cisco Catalyst, the key is in the QoS configuration. Rather than going into an depth discussion of QoS and how it works, let’s skip that (check out Cisco’s QoS site for that level of detail) and jump into the configuration [...]

Categories: Networking

Sun Microsystems announced two new security updates today.

A Security Vulnerability in lbxproxy(1) may Allow Unauthorized Read Access to Files
Security Vulnerability in Solaris 10 BIND: Susceptible to Cache Poisoning Attack

Categories: Security Updates