May 2010 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Telephony systems
by Andrew Hodgson 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Hi all, Our current Call Manager 4.x servers are creaking under their age, and we are looking at replacing this either with a new Cisco telephony system or a completely new system altogether. The system has to use IP as the connection to the handsets, as we don't want to add in more cables. Has anyone any experience in deploying a new Call manager setup, or a similar telephony system, and how was the accessibility? Thanks. Andrew.

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] data format.
by John G. Heim 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

This is a frequently asked question on linux lists. It usually generates quite a bit of debate because the military doesn't usually tell people what they can do so you can only speculate on what it would take to destroy the data so that even the military can't recover it. Certainly, if you destroy the platter physically by doing something like hitting it with a hammer, that should do it. But most people believe that just wiping the disk a dozen or so times will do it. You can do that with the dd command lie this: Dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda Thats if your disk is a sata drive. For IDE drives, the command would be: Dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/had Those commands write random digits over the entire drive, wiping out the boot sector, partition table, and all data. You would have to do that several times because the read/write heads might not line up exactly right to destroy every single bit if you do it just once. -----Original Message----- .From: "Ibraam Wahib"<ibraam.wahib(a)gmail.com> .Sent: 5/17/10 4:38:19 AM .To: "Blind sysadmins list"<blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> .Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] data format. . .hello friends: .need quick help please, .how can I format a hard disk which can not be recovered forever by any means? )data destroyed( .the hard was have windows format then formatted and now have Linux, I need to delete all partitions and delete any data to be unusable anymore even via military means. .can we do this? .for further information contact me off list. .thanks .ibraam ._______________________________________________ .Blind-sysadmins mailing list .Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org .http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins .

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Reminder: Coming Up on Main Menu in a Little Under 9 Hours - CAPTCHA!
by Darrell Shandrow 13 Jun '10

13 Jun '10

Hello Everyone, This announcement represents a friendly reminder for all of you to listen to an important, two hour live Main Menu coming right up later today. Coming up on an exciting two hour live program, we hear from a panel of technology industry experts all about CAPTCHA (visual verification) and other forms of visual authentication, accessibility challenges to existing visual verification systems, the balance between human rights and security, existing solutions for providing reasonable accomodations to visual authentication and emerging accessibility solutions. We are proud to introduce an impressive panel of experts and their primary areas of focus: * Matt May from the Adobe Systems Accessibility Team will discuss his 2005 W3C note on the inaccessibility of CAPTCHA. * Luis von Ahn from ReCAPTCHA at Carnegie Mellon University will describe their accessible solution. * Steve Dispensa from PhoneFactor will tell us all about an innovative, telephone based two-factor authentication system. The accessibility of CAPTCHA (visual verification schemes on the web) and other similar forms of visual authentication is a topic of utmost importance to the blind, visually impaired and others with print reading disabilities. Real, universally accessible solutions are going to require significant amounts of effort, good will and out-of-the-box thinking. We encourage active participation by the blind community, members on all sides of the issue from the mainstream technology industry and those sighted people who care about what happens to us. Here is how to participate in the show: The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333. You may email your questions to: mainmenu(a)acbradio.org You may also interact with the show via MSN (Windows Live) Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID to add is: mainmenu(a)acbradio.org Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is: main-menu-subscribe(a)googlegroups.com Come join an already lively group of users. Would you like to subscribe to podcast feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are: Main Menu - http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu Main Menu Live - http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive Main Menu can be heard on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal (GMT) on Wednesday mornings on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel. Follow this link to listen to the show: http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_… Jeff Bishop and Darrell Shandrow The Main Menu Production Team

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] portable ssh/sftp program?
by John G. Heim 31 May '10

31 May '10

I have openssh installed on a thumb drive. It works with both jaws and nvda. I have nvda on the same thumb drive so I don't need to install anything on a borrowed computer if I need to do some work. -----Original Message----- .From: "David Mehler"<dave.mehler(a)gmail.com> .Sent: 5/28/10 7:19:11 PM .To: "blind-sysadmins"<blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> .Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] portable ssh/sftp program? . .Hello, .I'm going to be taking a trip this holiday weekend. I'd like to do .some web development and testing while i'm gone. I'm wondering if .anyone knows of a portable/accessible ssh/sftp client so i can send .files to my test server and/or edit them on the server? I'm also .looking for a notetab like editor or other portable editor something .with a little more kick than standard windows notepad. The box these .apps will be running on is running xp and has jaws on it although i'm .wanting to try system access, is there a demo of it i've heard it's .remote features are quite good? .Any help appreciated. .Thanks. .Dave. . ._______________________________________________ .Blind-sysadmins mailing list .Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org .http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins .

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portable ssh/sftp program?
by David Mehler 29 May '10

29 May '10

Hello, I'm going to be taking a trip this holiday weekend. I'd like to do some web development and testing while i'm gone. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a portable/accessible ssh/sftp client so i can send files to my test server and/or edit them on the server? I'm also looking for a notetab like editor or other portable editor something with a little more kick than standard windows notepad. The box these apps will be running on is running xp and has jaws on it although i'm wanting to try system access, is there a demo of it i've heard it's remote features are quite good? Any help appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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FreeNX
by David Mehler 24 May '10

24 May '10

Hello, Has anyone ever used from a windows client a program called FreeNX to access a linus server? I know about ssh, but just heard of FreeNX. Thanks. Dave.

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My first recording
by chris hallsworth 18 May '10

18 May '10

Hello all, I have made my first professional recording demonstrating a JAWS Tandem session, as part of my project. If you are interested, here is the link. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1625623/JAWS_Tandem_Demo.mp3 Enjoy. -- Mr Technician E-mail and Facebook: christopherh40(a)googlemail.com MSN: ch9675(a)hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40

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My Project
by chris hallsworth 17 May '10

17 May '10

Hello all, I'm a university student, and I have finished all my coursework for my computing course. I am therefore writing to offer you a copy of my project report. As you will see the project is based on a technical support system I plan to set up in the future, using JAWS Tandem to remotely assist somebody in using a computer. If any of you would like a copy, please let me know off list, so I can possibly attach it or upload it somewhere. Note it's 23 pages in length, and it's in Microsoft Word 2007 format. I can, however, convert it if required. Thanks, and I look forward to any offers. From Chris -- Mr Technician E-mail and Facebook: christopherh40(a)googlemail.com MSN: ch9675(a)hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40

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data format.
by Ibraam Wahib 17 May '10

17 May '10

hello friends: need quick help please, how can I format a hard disk which can not be recovered forever by any means? )data destroyed( the hard was have windows format then formatted and now have Linux, I need to delete all partitions and delete any data to be unusable anymore even via military means. can we do this? for further information contact me off list. thanks ibraam

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Any Accessible Way to do Cisco Router Simulation
by Matt White 07 May '10

07 May '10

GNS3 is supposed to be a great tool for this. -----Original Message----- From: Nehemiah Hall <nrh_lists(a)n-republic.net> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 1:34 PM To: Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Any Accessible Way to do Cisco Router Simulation I fear I know the answer to this, but I'd rather not assume. I'm working on my CCNA course, and am curious if there's any way at all to do router simulations of any sort without having a physical device. While I can use the devices at where I'm taking the class, there are times I want to try something without having to wait to go in and use them. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Nehemiah Email/MSN: nrh(a)n-republic.net Twitter: miahtech Skype: trekky-techie AIM: NehemiahRepublic _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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inaccessible stuff
by John G. Heim 07 May '10

07 May '10

All, I am President of an organization called the International Association of Visually Impaired Technologists. One function of the group is to work with technology vendors to advise them on how their products could be made more accessible. I am currently seeking volunteers to help generate a list of companies to contact and to compile a list of accessibility issues with those products. I am interested in the products which most impact your ability to perform your job and the accessibility issues with those products. I would like to have specific details about the accessibility problems so that I can mention them when contacting the manufacturers. I'm assuming I will not personally have used many of the products other technologists are struggling with so I am seeking both comments about accessibility problems as well as volunteers to serve as technical resources about the products. Please send your comments to me at jheim(a)math.wisc.edu.

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Any Accessible Way to do Cisco Router Simulation
by Nehemiah Hall 06 May '10

06 May '10

I fear I know the answer to this, but I'd rather not assume. I'm working on my CCNA course, and am curious if there's any way at all to do router simulations of any sort without having a physical device. While I can use the devices at where I'm taking the class, there are times I want to try something without having to wait to go in and use them. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Nehemiah Email/MSN: nrh(a)n-republic.net Twitter: miahtech Skype: trekky-techie AIM: NehemiahRepublic

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Imaging Windows 7
by Barry Toner 06 May '10

06 May '10

Folks, What are you either in work or at home imaging your win 7 boxes with? That you can restore, I know I know, that's always the killer, without sighted help. I was using True Image for XP back when, but have found it very crashy under Win 7 and accessibility appears to be broke in it's latest version. The Windows 7 backup tool, despite having an Imager scares me. I'm not sure if it's a true sys image, and also it's throwing all sorts of annoying errors up here when I point it to a backup drive I have in a USB hub. So I'm looking a backup tool that will do Images, and if I have access to the OS will let me log in, and run the backup, it reboots and comes back up after a period with a re-imaged screen. True Image would do this and do it very nicely. Thanks, Barry. Barry Toner BCS Belfast Branch YPG Representative & Disability Group http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.10444 Contact me @ Professional: barry.toner(a)bcs.org.uk Personal Email: barry(a)barry-toner.co.uk MSN/Live: djpaddy(a)djpaddy.co.uk AIM/FB: barry(a)barry-toner.co.uk TWITTER: dj_paddy Skype: djpaddy Mobile: (UK) +44 (0) 7921 611 253 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5086 (20100504) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

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connect remotely?
by romance's prince 05 May '10

05 May '10

hello friends: I need to use remote desktop or any another good remote software, to manage and fix computer via jaws. how? can I use in mine jaws or NVDA and use the narrator on another? to transfer audio? I think as a help desk will not able to run jaws on all company computers to able to manage, but narrator is found in all XP and windows 7 by default. thanks beero

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ACLS on Cisco routers
by Andrew Hodgson 04 May '10

04 May '10

Hi all, Have any of you seen performance degradation when using a large access list on a Cisco router (actually layer 3 managed switch)? I am getting connection dropouts under high load to various database servers in a VLAN managed by these ACLs, and want to discount this. Thanks. Andrew.

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VPN connection before login
by Troy Hergert 03 May '10

03 May '10

Is there a way to have a Windows XP machine which logs into a Server 2003 domain, first connect to a VPN before the login to Windows, or at the same time? Thanks. Troy

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ACLS on Cisco routers
by Andrew Hodgson 03 May '10

03 May '10

Hi all, Have any of you seen performance degradation when using a large access list on a Cisco router (actually layer 3 managed switch)? I am getting connection dropouts under high load to various database servers in a VLAN managed by these ACLs, and want to discount this. Thanks. Andrew.

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Re-joined due to problems
by chris hallsworth 03 May '10

03 May '10

Hello all, I re-joined as I accidentally set myself to digest, which I didn't want. For ease's sake I unsubscribed and re-subscribed, hopefully without it being in digest mode. Glad to be back, even though it was a short departure! -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail and Facebook: christopherh40(a)googlemail.com MSN: ch9675(a)hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40

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Hi
by chris hallsworth 03 May '10

03 May '10

Hello all, I've just joined this list. As I hope to be a professional technician when I graduate from a computing course at my university I thought I'd see what this list is like and try to learn or even help out. Thanks for having me on here. From Chris. -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail and Facebook: christopherh40(a)googlemail.com MSN: ch9675(a)hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40

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