You are a west sider, right, Bob? On Tuesday 01 January 2002 12:55 pm, you wrote: > "der.hans" wrote: > > [...] > > Even just a listing of others ( especially security-oriented distro ) > > would > > > be cool. > > Hmm. I'd be game for doing a future session on system recovery using a > couple of these tools. A colleague just used LNX-BBC to salvage files off > of a Win2K notebook that had gone bad (OK, it was born that way, but you > get the idea :). I knew we were getting studly when we began using ssh to > pipe files to tar running on a remote box with no other file sharing. I > need to try to remember the details. It was pretty intense, and highly > educational. > > We've also convinced the guys at work to save $75K or so on NAI Sniffer > software and use Ethereal on LNX-BBC instead. They were amazed when I was > able to walk up to pretty much any desktop, boot that CD, set up the > network and launch X, all without touching the hard disk. Ethereal meets > 95% of the needs they have for troubleshooting (they can't tell me what the > other 5% is), and mtr and the other tools just blew them away. > > - Bob > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Jim Freedom is worth fighting for