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Bengie writes:
From what I know about networks, you can't find out the MAC of an IP across a router. At some point I stumbled across a program that does just this. The only google hits I get talk about Netbios. Being able to do this would help out IT dept because our back-up registration page pulls MAC info from our DHCP server, but the DHCP database only syncs with our back-up database every 24 hours. If we build a new computer to replace an old one, our registration page can't get the new MAC for the Wake-on-LAN info until 24 hours later. We could use netbios if we had to, but that's kind of shady and won't work for our Mac computers since they don't have netbios. Is there a way of resolving the MAC of an IP across routers?
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dustman81 writes:
The ACLU is objecting to the Springdale, Ohio police department using an automated license plate scanner on their patrol cars to locate stolen vehicles or those who's owners are wanted on felony warrants. The scanner can read 900 license plates an hour traveling at highway speeds.
So far, the scanner has located 95 stolen cars and helped locate 111 wanted felons. The locations of the license plates scanned are tagged with GPS data so when the data is downloaded, it can cross-referenced on a map. If the plate is wanted, the times and locations of where it was scanned can be referenced.
This system is also in use in British Columbia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENGY1CD9y_4
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236689
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gurubert writes:
Contractors and government employees are sharing hundreds of secret documents on peer-to-peer networks.
236609
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alee writes:
Over the last several weeks, Valueweb has been sending email reminders of a pending data center migration (moving the Valueweb servers to Hostway's Tampa data center). The data center migration plan emailed to customers indicated:
"The 12-15 hour outage will take place beginning this Friday July 27th at 8 PM EDT. The outage time will be incremental for customers. Therefore, if your server is taken off line at 8 PM EDT, you should expect your server to be back on line between 8 AM and 11 AM on Saturday July 28th."
That downtime has now exceeded 36 hours. Of the 5000+ servers being moved, Hostway has admitted that currently only 50% of them have been brought online, with no ETA. Support hold times according to their phone queue system show hold times exceeding 3 hrs to talk to a CSR. There are thousands of legitimate businesses hosted at Valueweb that are at the mercy of some of the worst data center migration planning I've ever seen.
While there is no worthwhile SLA to mention as part of the hosting contract, is an email indicating that downtime won't exceed 12-15 hrs considered an addendum to an SLA?
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DontScotty writes:
Besides losing your alleged privacy of movement, now here's a real threat to tuck under your aluminum covered baseball cap. But, this one will be hitting your virtual wallet. For those using EZ Pass electronic toll systems, be wary of the "orphan exit". If the system fails to scan you out of traffic — you pay NOT for the road driven, but the maximum daily (aka lost ticket) rate.
