Comments for Techhawking http://www.royans.net/rant @royans.net Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:34:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Detecting Phishing sites by IKnowHowPassmarkWorks http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/03/02/detecting-phishing-sites/#comment-2388 IKnowHowPassmarkWorks Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:07:50 +0000 http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/03/02/detecting-phishing-sites/#comment-2388 You may want to read up a little bit more about Passmark before posting information about it. Even if you successfully guess a user's username, you will not just be presented with the passmark image. You will be challenged before any images are displayed if passmark does not recognize the device (i.e. computer) you are connecting from. Without a successful challenge/response, passmark will not give up the user's image. You may want to read up a little bit more about Passmark before posting information about it. Even if you successfully guess a user’s username, you will not just be presented with the passmark image. You will be challenged before any images are displayed if passmark does not recognize the device (i.e. computer) you are connecting from. Without a successful challenge/response, passmark will not give up the user’s image.

]]> Comment on Skype PBX is here : Good or bad ? by Alex Androncik http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/03/09/skype-pbx-is-here-good-or-bad/#comment-2119 Alex Androncik Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:55:15 +0000 http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/03/09/skype-pbx-is-here-good-or-bad/#comment-2119 IndustryDynamics is a North American distributor of ZipCom Skype-PBX solutions. Please visit us at <a href="www.industrydynamics.ca" rel="nofollow">www.industrydynamics.ca</a> and see what benefits Skype integration offers your business. IndustryDynamics is a North American distributor of ZipCom Skype-PBX solutions. Please visit us at http://www.industrydynamics.ca and see what benefits Skype integration offers your business.

]]> Comment on Dzone: Digg for developers by Rick Ross http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/08/16/dzone-digg-for-developers/#comment-1682 Rick Ross Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:57:08 +0000 http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/08/16/dzone-digg-for-developers/#comment-1682 Thanks for your very kind posting. It is a pleasure to hear that our attempt to provide focused, higher-quality links for developers is working for you. That's why we built dzone! Cheers, Rick Thanks for your very kind posting. It is a pleasure to hear that our attempt to provide focused, higher-quality links for developers is working for you. That’s why we built dzone!

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]]> Comment on Sun AMD V20z hardware problems by tom http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/06/18/sun-amd-v20z-hardware-problems/#comment-1674 tom Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:49:49 +0000 http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/06/18/sun-amd-v20z-hardware-problems/#comment-1674 Hello again, It seems that I'm lucky, because it was a problem with SecurePlatform NGX HFA_03, not with servers. After HFA_04 installation it works ok. Hello again,
It seems that I’m lucky, because it was a problem with SecurePlatform NGX HFA_03, not with servers. After HFA_04 installation it works ok.

]]> Comment on Writely is taking new accounts by Robins http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/08/18/writely-is-taking-new-accounts/#comment-1439 Robins Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:27:19 +0000 http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/08/18/writely-is-taking-new-accounts/#comment-1439 And its a pretty neat piece of software. Most of my non-critical writings that I need to edit / work on from multiple places, are almost always here now... !!! And its a pretty neat piece of software.

Most of my non-critical writings that I need to edit / work on from multiple places, are almost always here now… !!!

]]> Comment on Sun AMD V20z hardware problems by john http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/06/18/sun-amd-v20z-hardware-problems/#comment-1189 john Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:40:35 +0000 http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/06/18/sun-amd-v20z-hardware-problems/#comment-1189 we bought 20 v20zs, and so far 3 have rebooted themselves. Sun is playing dumb with us about replacements (reminds me of 3500 issues in the past). we're setting up syslog services to hopefully record the root cause(s). Anyone have any system messages prior to the reboots? we bought 20 v20zs, and so far 3 have rebooted themselves. Sun is playing dumb with us about replacements (reminds me of 3500 issues in the past). we’re setting up syslog services to hopefully record the root cause(s). Anyone have any system messages prior to the reboots?

]]> Comment on The Blue Pill - 100% undectable malware by Steve http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/08/09/the-blue-pill-100-undectable-malware/#comment-1171 Steve Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:47:35 +0000 http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/08/09/the-blue-pill-100-undectable-malware/#comment-1171 Undetectable Malware, this is scary stuff! I am from, www.rootkitshield.com, and we are developing a community to help prevent and detect these kinds of rootkits. Please visit us and let us know your comments. I appreciate your article. Thanks Steve Undetectable Malware, this is scary stuff!

I am from, http://www.rootkitshield.com, and we are developing a community to help prevent and detect these kinds of rootkits. Please visit us and let us know your comments.

I appreciate your article.

Thanks
Steve

]]> Comment on Sun AMD V20z hardware problems by royans http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/06/18/sun-amd-v20z-hardware-problems/#comment-1031 royans Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:40:55 +0000 http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/06/18/sun-amd-v20z-hardware-problems/#comment-1031 Its been months and we still have no confirmed solution. The best current guess is that the V20Z's are very very very sensitive to the type of memory in it. Seems like one o fthe problem is that all the memory banks require to have the same exact model and manufacturer. Sun has been replacing memory modules for us and it seemed to have fixed a few of the boxes. However we still have a few which are unpredictable. And thats just hardware... I still have a story about java support call which I made the other week. Its frustrating as hell. Its been months and we still have no confirmed solution. The best current guess is that the V20Z’s are very very very sensitive to the type of memory in it. Seems like one o fthe problem is that all the memory banks require to have the same exact model and manufacturer. Sun has been replacing memory modules for us and it seemed to have fixed a few of the boxes. However we still have a few which are unpredictable.

And thats just hardware… I still have a story about java support call which I made the other week. Its frustrating as hell.

]]> Comment on Sun AMD V20z hardware problems by tom http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/06/18/sun-amd-v20z-hardware-problems/#comment-1025 tom Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:42:23 +0000 http://www.royans.net/rant/2006/06/18/sun-amd-v20z-hardware-problems/#comment-1025 Hello, I have similar problems with my 2 v20z :( Maybe any solution? Hello, I have similar problems with my 2 v20z :(
Maybe any solution?

]]> Comment on Problems in Loadblancing by loadbalancer http://www.royans.net/rant/2000/12/03/problems-in-loadblancing/#comment-1006 loadbalancer Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:21:34 +0000 http://www.royans.net/logs/2000/12/03/problems-in-loadblancing/#comment-1006 It always amazes me how poorly designed certain so called 'enterprise applications' actually are. Every blue print for enterprise applications I have ever seen has definitively stated that the application layer must preserve it's own state. You won't catch Google/Msn/Slashdot or any other high performance web site using something as privative as a load balancer for preserving state. Persistence will be built into the application from the ground up taking into account all the performance issues surrounding that and dealing with them. It is a trivial task to implement persistence for web applications on any platform apache or IIS (using a combination of URL/Cookie/Database). When you need to scale you just stick a fast pair of layer 4 load balancers on the front of the farm and grow. It really shouldn't matter what IP address people are coming from and on a properly designed site it never will. It always amazes me how poorly designed certain so called ‘enterprise applications’ actually are. Every blue print for enterprise applications I have ever seen has definitively stated that the application layer must preserve it’s own state.

You won’t catch Google/Msn/Slashdot or any other high performance web site using something as privative as a load balancer for preserving state. Persistence will be built into the application from the ground up taking into account all the performance issues surrounding that and dealing with them.

It is a trivial task to implement persistence for web applications on any platform apache or IIS (using a combination of URL/Cookie/Database).

When you need to scale you just stick a fast pair of layer 4 load balancers on the front of the farm and grow. It really shouldn’t matter what IP address people are coming from and on a properly designed site it never will.

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