Notes from the Net 2012 06 14

Finished up the RHCSA. On to the SecurityTube Python Scripting Expert course.

This months notes:

Routing:
The IP Routing Process - Step-by-Step Analysis
http://www.firewall.cx/networking-topics/routing/181-routing-process.html?goback=.gde_123120_member_110099489


Tools:
Smoke ping

http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/doc/smokeping_install.en.html

Cloud Performance Analysis (Large Scale)
http://dsl-wiki.cs.uchicago.edu/index.php/Cloud_Performance_Analysis_%28Large_Scale%29

RT: Request Tracker
http://bestpractical.com/rt/

Keypass Password Safe
http://keepass.info/index.html

Top 5 (mostly free) tools for monitoring bandwidth
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/222989-top-5-mostly-free-tools-for-monitoring-bandwidth


Productivity:
Some really great tools for time management (inc. a typing app, location tracking, email organization, etc.) :
http://www.inc.com/ilya-pozin/time-management-tips-how-to-save-an-hour-every-day.html


Linux:
Tuning your system with Tuned
http://servicesblog.redhat.com/2012/04/16/tuning-your-system-with-tuned/

Intro to Linux Shared Libraries
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/06/linux-shared-libraries/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGeekStuff+%28The+Geek+Stuff%29

Linux tgtadm: Setup iSCSI Target ( SAN )
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-setup-linux-iscsi-target-sanwith-tgt.html

SELinux tutorial
http://hackinglinux.blogspot.com/2007/05/selinux-tutorial.html

15 Examples To Master Linux Command Line History
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/08/15-examples-to-master-linux-command-line-history/


Windows:
Reading HFS+ drives on Windows (this is the Windows driver):
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=95be5f9ff95000712b712472950e730e&showtopic=183351&view=findpost&p=1769690

New Windows 8 Task Manager
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx

Active Directory 70-640 Free Video Course
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBBA04BF566F0E0D6

 
Clustering:
dealing with HPC (Beowolf) clusters
http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1242501


Storage:
ISCSI vs. Fibre Channel SANs
http://www.cuttedge.com/files/iscsi_vs_fiberchannel_explain.pdf

Dell SAN training
www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Moon-Experience-Remaster/dp/B005NNUKF4/ref=tmm_msc_title_0

SNIA SAN foundation training
http://www.angelbc.com/snia/snia_buy2_EW.html

Quantum StorageCare Learning
http://www.quantum.com/ServiceandSupport/StorageCareLearning/Catalog/Index.aspx

EMC Information Storage and Management v2 (ISM v2) FAQs
https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-16510


Education, Career, & Certification:
Realtime Nexus Digital Library (a free resource for IT Pros)
http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/

How to land a cybersecurity job
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/050312-cybersecurity-tips-258931.html

Notes from the Net

So, I do a good bit web browsing research and figured I would post some of the links and things I find of interest. Hopefully this can be something ongoing that I can find time to do.

Storage:
A wealth of information from the USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies 12:
http://static.usenix.org/events/fast12/tech/

Certifications:
Quite possibly a complete list of certifications (updated as the author gets new info):
http://www.itcertificationmaster.com/list-of-all-it-certifications/
 

Managed File Transfer:
A managed file transfer ROI calculator:
http://www.filetransferconsulting.com/roi/

Linux Tools:
NFSping - a great tool for testing response times of your NFS server:
https://github.com/mprovost/NFSping


OS X:
A good explanation of OS X 10.7's Versions and Auto Save:
http://jacobonline.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/mac-os-x-lion-10-7-deep-dive-versions-and-auto-save/

Deploy studio for deploying OS X to workstations:
http://www.deploystudio.com/Home.html 

Deploying Eset Antivirus Business for OS X supported on a network:
http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN2565&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1335313017719


Learning:
A free course from Udemy on Operational Management:
http://www.udemy.com/operations-management/

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