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Google Analytics – update

by | Nov 17, 2005 | blogging, evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Lots of people commenting that Google Analytics is suffering under the load. My data is pretty slow coming in.

Tecosystems, Tim Bray and a few more.

Even Google acknowledges the additional load:

Update: 11:28 AM PST. Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

Currently, report updating for Google Analytics is experiencing delays. As a result, you may not be seeing any data in your reports even after implementing the Analytics tracking code.

We are currently in the process of updating all reports. You should be able to see these updates in several hours. While this is going on, you may notice different reports updating at different rates. Once this process has completed, all data should be restored to your profiles. Please be assured that this update process has no effect on data collection.

We apologize for any inconvenience. This reporting delay is associated with unexpected demand for Google Analytics. Under normal circumstances, the data in your reports will be at most six hours old.

IBM Redbook – Linux File and Print

by | Nov 17, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Linux, Uncategorized

A great read from IBM – the Redbook on File and Print services on Linux.

The focus is heavily on NT4 replacement – but there are some good notes and worked examples of Windows 200x and Active Directory migration.

One area that would be interesting (for Novell customers) is replacing the LDAP components of this Redbook with eDirectory; for more comprehensive management of this space Novell Open Enterprise Server would also be a great choice.

ZENworks 7 Desktop Management training

by | Nov 16, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized, ZENworks

A quick turnaround from Novell Education – the ZENworks 7 Desktop Management training is live:

ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Administration
Novell is pleased to announce the availability of ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Administration
(Course 3062 v1.0) to all customers worldwide.

Product Description
ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Administration (Course 3062 v1.0) explores many key management features in Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management. Ideal for NetWare administrators—even those without prior ZENworks experience—this course focuses on basic administrative tasks, including the installation and configuration of ZENworks 7 Desktop Management services on Novell Open Enterprise Server—Linux.
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Google Analytics

by | Nov 16, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Google Analytics is live – that’s been blogged elsewhere.

I’m used to trawling my Apache logs and building my own reports on visitors; this takes away the pain and delivers some seriously heavyweight features.

Best of all – the service is free (as in beer). I am impressed with how Google have used the technology from their acquisition of urchin.

ssh DDoS?

by | Nov 16, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Linux, Uncategorized

My servers have been subjected to extra ssh traffic in the last few days:

Nov 16 13:25:14 gc-blog sshd[6625]: Illegal user admin from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:16 gc-blog sshd[6628]: Illegal user test from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:19 gc-blog sshd[6631]: Illegal user guest from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:26 gc-blog sshd[6637]: Illegal user webmaster from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:36 gc-blog sshd[6645]: Illegal user oracle from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:38 gc-blog sshd[6647]: Illegal user library from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:41 gc-blog sshd[6650]: Illegal user info from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:43 gc-blog sshd[6653]: Illegal user shell from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:50 gc-blog sshd[6658]: Illegal user linux from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:53 gc-blog sshd[6661]: Illegal user unix from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:25:55 gc-blog sshd[6664]: Illegal user webadmin from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:26:05 gc-blog sshd[6672]: Illegal user test from ::ffff:[IPaddress]
Nov 16 13:26:09 gc-blog sshd[6678]: Illegal user admin from ::ffff:[IPaddress]

SANS also had a post – http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=846

I’m keeping an eye on behaviour – I think my sshd are configured reasonably well.

MSIwisdom

by | Nov 16, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized, ZENworks

I was sent a link to a great new blog – MSIwisdom.

There are some great resources, hints and tips on this site – obviously focused on Windows application deployment using MSI packages.

Very useful for ZENworks Desktop Management.

Novell public wiki

by | Nov 13, 2005 | evilzenscientist, that book, Uncategorized

I am working with my colleague, long-time friend and collaborator Ted Haeger (Reverend Ted) to get some of my content hosted and posted on a Novell community wiki.

Specifically I’ve got two pet projects:
– ZENworks 7 Linux Management how to/lab guide
– ZENworks 7 Desktop Management how to/lab guide

This will be cool to open up to the wider community. Watch this space.