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by Andrew Hodgson 11 Jun '09

11 Jun '09

Hi Guys, Please can you ensure you post using the subscribed addresses? If you don't do this, the list software will hold the message for moderation until I can get at it. There have been several of these over the past few weeks. Thanks. Andrew.

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net screen and cisco pix questions
by Scott Granados 11 Jun '09

11 Jun '09

My appologies to the moderator, I posted from the wrong address. (please delete that message or ignore) Anyone familiar with netscreen firewalls. I have one to do some configuring on and un familiar. I'm wanting to do things like adding a rule and updating ACLs for specific ip / port combinations. I'm somewhat familiar with pix and very familiar with Cisco ACL expressions but this environment baffles me. I'd be open to a good pointer for beginner reading. or if someone's skilled in this but out of work I'd pay some cheese off list for your time for a primer. ( Cisco Pix as well) I'll probably have a fairly steady flow. I'm a carrier guy very solid on things like BGP and traffic engineering and I'm working for a company that's heavy on layer 2 and simple IP. The main issue is the people before me were extremely unskilled and left no documentation. I'm doing cool things now in the switching fabrick (802-1W + vrrp+ a logical VLAN design) but the firewalls baffle me because they aren't IOS. (I wish I could just do the whole thing around /24s or shorter and OSPF for loops only ; ) let bgp do the rest) Anyway I'm up for an on list discussion of Juniper Net Screen or contact me off list. I'm also up for a data exchange of pix / net screen for complex backbone traffic engineering including PFR if anyone needs it. Thanks Scott

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netscreen questions
by Scott Granados 11 Jun '09

11 Jun '09

Anyone familiar with netscreen firewalls. I have one to do some configuring on and un familiar. I'm wanting to do things like adding a rule and updating ACLs for specific ip / port combinations. I'm somewhat familiar with pix and very familiar with Cisco ACL expressions but this environment baffles me. I'd be open to a good pointer for beginner reading. or if someone's skilled in this but out of work I'd pay some cheese off list for your time for a primer. ( Cisco Pix as well) I'll probably have a fairly steady flow. I'm a carrier guy very solid on things like BGP and traffic engineering and I'm working for a company that's heavy on layer 2 and simple IP. The main issue is the people before me were extremely unskilled and left no documentation. I'm doing cool things now in the switching fabrick (802-1W + vrrp+ a logical VLAN design) but the firewalls baffle me because they aren't IOS. (I wish I could just do the whole thing around /24s or shorter and OSPF for loops only ; ) let bgp do the rest) Anyway I'm up for an on list discussion of Juniper Net Screen or contact me off list. I'm also up for a data exchange of pix / net screen for complex backbone traffic engineering including PFR if anyone needs it. Thanks Scott

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grml in a vm?
by Dave 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

Hello, Is anyone running grml in a vm? I've got vmware server and am trying to run grml in a virtual environment. At the boot prompt i enter grml swspeak and then the system boots, this is with the latest grml, then i get a distorted screetch from my sound card under the vm. Does grml have an issue with vmware server's default audio adapter? If so, is there a workaround? Thanks. Dave.

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upgrading from vmware server2 to workstation
by John G. Heim 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

I'm thinking of giving vmware workstation a try because I've heard that jaws works well in a virtual machine if you have vmware workstation. I currently use the free product, server2. Jaws does not work well with a Windows virtual machine created with server2. Specifically, the jaws cursor doesn't work. I believe that's because the video intercept driver won't install. Anyway, here are my questions: 1. Has anyone used jaws in a virtual machine in vmware workstation? Does the jaws cursor work? 2. I believe I need to have either fedora or Red Hat, not debian, on my machine to use vmware workstation. Is that correct? 3. Can I backup my server2 virtual machines and then restore them after I've upgraded to workstation?

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