MovableType 3.33

I've updated this blog to MovableType 3.33, and if you use the same software, you should do the same, as there are some security holes in previous versions.

Shameless Begging

I have less than two weeks to meet my fundraising goal for the Multiple Myeloma Race For Research, and I'm only about halfway there!  If you can spare a couple bucks (any amount helps, really!) to move me towards my goal, it will be greatly appreciated!  You can keep your donation anonymous, and if you don't want to enter your credit card info via their web site, you can send money to me via PayPal or cash/check and I'll turn in the donation for you.

My fundraising page is here.

And, if by some miracle I make my goal, you can donate to one of the other team members here.

Anniversary

For those of you keeping track at home, today marks our fourth wedding anniversary, and things still look good for having a fifth. :)

Systems Administrator Wanted

UNI is looking to hire a SysAdmin:

NECESSARY QUALIFCATIONS: Bachelor's degree in management information systems, computer science, computer information systems or related field plus at least two years experience with systems administration required. Candidates must have knowledge of Windows Server 2003, Active Directory and Windows XP.

In the News

I'm quoted in an article in today's Des Moines Register, regarding rogue wireless access points at the state universities.  The quote is accurate, but the statement above it isn't.  I actually said we're using our new access points to detect and suppress rogue access points on our network, at least in the areas we have the new gear.  Approximately three-quarters of our gear is the older stuff that can't do that.  Also, it sort of leaves out our residential networks, which do have many rogue access points in them, but I don't police the dorms for that stuff, as we don't have any legitimate wireless access points there, and it'd be a Sisyphean task to attempt to police them manually.

The U of I is the only public university in Iowa doing a large-scale audit of wireless access points. The University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University respond to complaints about rogue connections, officials said.

Some newer computer software can find rogues and let administrators shut them down, said Seth Bokelman, senior systems administrator for UNI.

"I've only found one and that was a graduate student who had set one up in his office," he said. "We disabled it pretty quickly and referred it to his department head."