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BPP Related:

• Petitions on-line hosted at no/low cost:  http://www.petitiononline.com/
• Mailman Configuration Details re "Reply Goes to ..."   <Reply> and <Reply-To-All> handling in MS Outlook Express in response to Mailman listserv server options for "Where are replies to list messages directed?"  <Conclusion: use reply-goes-to-poster>.
• Mailman GNU Site
• Mailman Documentation
• Email controls for HTML pages - How to include subject lines, how to include email forms (both Java based and HTML). 
• List of Email Discussion listservs - A complete listing of all the email discussion lists hosted at the Buffalo Peace People site.  As of 20030101, only a few of them have been activated.
• Links that open new browser windows. 
              Include <target="AuxWindow"> in the href as:
              <a target="AuxWindow" href="http:// >title </a>
• HTLM Resource sites.
• Catagorized List of WebDev Resources - Seton Hall University.
• WebDev Depot Home - Seton Also see their How-To Index at http://tech.shu.edu/webdev/how.htm
• IGC another alternative for activist Web hosting.  Services look exquisitely excellent but are commensurately priced.  The IGC home page is at http://www.igc.org/
• Redirects:
  • http://gertrude.anglia.ac.uk/webteam/tips/html/ssi_redirect.htm
  • http://www.echoecho.com/ubb/viewthread.php?tid=2203
  • http://www.webz4u.com/Sections-article35-page1.html
• Collaboration Support
  • TIKIWIKI Content Management System (CMS) - I've been keeping an eye on this for awhile now and keep coming back.  Partly because it's GNU freeware and partly because it appears on surface to be comprehensive, well designed/developed, and attractively easy to use. 
  • VNC -- a remote control and remote desktop sharing tool from AT&T available under the GNU license:  http://www.realvnc.com/

  • VNC, GNU license remote control, first from AT&T labs: 

    • http://www.realvnc.com/ is the "official home"

    • http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ is a good alternate but they allege that they only track major changes.

    • http://www.tightvnc.com/ is a new find -- a site with enhanced VNC and a number of tools that look interesting and useful. Among the enhancements is support for dual PW's: one for read-only and another for full remote control.

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• Web forms, email signatures, etc
  • Email forms in PHP:   http://www.webreference.com/programming/php/phpemail/2.html
  • Email Content Preset Tests: www.BuffaloPeacePeople.org/prototypes/emailpreset
  • Reply to "help" request from Mailman at bpp-temp-request@buffalopeacepeople.org (click to generate your own).

  • UCC Web Tools page -- looks good -- lots to chase:  http://ucc.org/tips/web2.htm

• Managed Email Discussions and Newsletters
  • Topica managed email newsletter distribution services, used by EPIC, $300/yr to 10K eamils /month, includes interest categorization for subscribers for differential distributions.  Looks good at an attractive price.  http://www.email-publisher.com/signup/

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Other & Un-Sorted Finds:

• Worthy security products: http://www.eeye.com/html/
• Cisco Catalyst Switch Docs:
  • Password Recovery
  • Trouble Shooting
  • Configuration Documents
  • Cisco Switch IP Change
• OpenExtra Basics - free sniffer/analyzer:  http://openxtra.com/
• Worthy review of Panasonic DMR-HS2 video & DVD recorder:  http://www.geocities.com/glcraig2002/dvd.html
• UB Wings Information Provider Guide:  http://www.cit.buffalo.edu/wings/ipguide.html
• Whois domain look-ups http://www.paulsadowski.com/whois.htm
• DLink DVC-1000, $299 323 endpoint - http://www.dlink.com/products/multimedia/dvc1000/
• CGI programming course: http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/

• Netmanage ECCO links and info:   http://www.scaevola.com/eccobasics/

  • September, 2002 --  Netmanage posts the latest version of Ecco to its open ftp site.  Check here for the last build 4.01.363 of the install file -- setup32.exe -- at ftp://ftp.netmanage.com/support/pub/utilities/EC401/Ecco32/.  Use of this file is subject to whatever restrictions Netmanage places on it, and I have no information and can assume no liability about that

  • July 30, 2002 - Wow! Two new Ecco pages in one week, five years after development was canceled!  Now comes a great new page called www.eccorocks.com.  Roger Peters has set up the most ambitious page yet, with downloads, copies of the documentation files and Easy Ecco newsletters, and the longest list of downloads I've seen!

  • July 28, 2002 - There's a new page devoted to ecco at http://www.compusol.org/  with a couple of downloads including the update32 program.  

  • May 11, 2001 - I've now posted links to two very useful pages by John Buckman -- one an overview of Windows Outliners and PIMS, and another a page with a utility for reformatting Ecco outlines for use in email programs.

  • February 24, 2001 -- With the gracious consent of Nick Gordon, I have posted his FAQs on the limits to the size of Ecco files, and on the utility for monitoring that size:  Watchdog.exe.  The FAQs are on the FAQs page and Watchdog is on the Utilities page. 

• InternetSeer.com - Web site monitoring for real-time reports of problems:  http://InternetSeer.com

• NASA Tech Briefs: http://www.nasatech.com/  NASA's Photonics Tech Briefs: http://www.nasatech.com/Briefs/photonics.html  And, of course, their store:  http://www.nasatech.com/store/

• How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/

• ThumbsPlus, the best little image management package I've ever seen, complete with database management, lightweight image editing built-in to a lightweight viewer, lightweight slide-show an Web page creation tools, and so on.  An absolutely first-rate package at a very attractive price.  Also, produced by a first class group that grew out of a simple garage start-up.  http://www.cerious.com/

• Server Technology, remote controlled power management:  http://www.servertech.com/

• Absorption Refrigeration: 

  • http://geoheat.oit.edu/bulletin/bull19-1/art62.htm

  • http://geoheat.oit.edu/pdf/tp51.pdf [pdf version of same]

  • http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/mpons/pricyc.htm

  • http://www.nh3tech.org/absorption.html

  • http://www.nh3tech.org/arti.html

  • http://www.eng.fsu.edu/ME_senior_design/2000/team07/absorpti.htm

• UB Multicast page: http://www.oss.buffalo.edu/Services/multicast/index.html#LINKS

• Intel Motherboards - 20030609: http://developer.intel.com/design/nav/motherboards.htm

• Stratasys - 3D Fused Deposition Modeling - 3D prototype production machines: http://www.stratasys.com/

• Engage, a polyolefin elastomer from DuPont-Dow: http://www.dupont-dow.com/Products/Engage/engage.asp

• Dewetron - industrial/scientific portable computers and data logging systems including video capture: http://www.dewamerica.com/

• PC Magazine's review of personal video recorders: http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,4148,906268,00.asp

• SnapStream video recording and streaming software:  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,906280,00.asp

• Motorola GMRS Radios:

  • T5820 AA Radios: http://commerce.motorola.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=248022&prmenbr=126&twoway_cgrfnbr=9&zipcode=

  • T5820 AA Radio Accessories:  http://commerce.motorola.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/acc_sub_results_2way.d2w/report?type=248021&search_string=228129,32,33,31&cgmenbr=126&cgrfnbr=30

• Versa Laser, CO2 industrial lasers and laser manufacturing systems with  PC-based controls:  http://www.versalaser.com/

• LogiCube - hardware based disk drive cloning with forensic applications: http://www.logicube.com/ 

• DVD Video File Conversions -- stumbled on this, replete with "Litigation Support, Electronic Evidence Gathering & Forensic Data Recovery" --  http://www.ndci.com/  

• DVDRHelp.com -- good portal for DVD info.  Possible leads for DVD-video file conversion.  http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ 

• Password Recovery Systems for most WinTel applications: http://www.lostpassword.com/ 

• Intel Download Finder page, 20030711:  http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Support_Intel.asp

• DigitalAntenna, cellular telephone antennas and amplifiers: http://www.digitalantenna.com/  DigitalAntenna distributors: CellAntenna: http://www.cellantenna.com/

• Windows XP WUGNET Shareware: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/wugnet.asp 

• Windows XP Powertoys:  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp 

• Microsoft Protect your PC page - security: http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp

• ViDe Videoconferencing Middleware Cookbook and other worthy docs:  http://metric.it.uab.edu/vnet/

• Internet Archive Site:  http://www.archive.org 

• Avocent IP and analog KVM switches, datacenter grade gear:  http://www.avocent.com/web/en.nsf/Content/Products  

• Sunbelt Software's LANHound $600 sniffer; plans to decode H.323 in Ver 1.5:   http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=925  

• Institute for Security Technology Studies (ISTS) at Dartmouth College:  http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/ISTS/index.htm  Also see the proceedings of the Federal Advanced Distributed Learning Task Force:  http://iml.dartmouth.edu/ADL/  Also see 9/2003 report, "Survey and Analysis of Security Issues in the U.S. Banking and Finance Sector": http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/ISTS/ists_docs/secfin0903.htm

• PC World Download site:  http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/index/0,00.asp 

• Good technical overview of firewalls and related security components and issues:  http://www.boran.com/security/

• ViDe Videoconferencing Cookbook: http://www.videnet.gatech.edu/cookbook4.0/ see also http://www.videnet.gatech.edu/cookbook4.0/toc.html

• Internet2 K-12 & University Music Collaboration:  http://k20.internet2.edu/view_project.php?id=24&submit=Full+Project

• Galil Motion Control: Ethernet based motor controls: http://www.galilmc.com/products/econo/dmc21x3.html 

• Abilene Observatory: on-line network performance data on the Abilene Network:  http://abilene.internet2.edu/observatory/

• Editable event calendar, GNU licensed, Windows based and requiring MySQL, php scripted:  http://www.ikemcg.com/scripts/pec/index.html 

• Visual Verification

  • CNet article on visual verification:  http://rss.com.com/2100-1032_3-5103639.html 

  • ZDNet article without many useful references:  http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39117715,00.htm

• Measuring Visual Quality of Images:

  • Verification of the resolution capability for equipment used in Visual Testing: http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt00/papers/idn300/idn300.htm 

• Frames:

  • http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/frames.html 

• PC Cases:

  • ► http://www.xoxide.com/allcases.html 

  • http://www.colorcases.com/cases/cases.html

  • http://www.computercasesandcables.com/ccc/ATX827-B.html

  • http://www.skyhawkusa.com/

    • http://www.skyhawkusa.com/galaxy_case.htm

  • http://www.coolcases.com/

  • http://www.antec-inc.com/us/

    • http://www.antec-inc.com/us/pro_details_enclosure.php?ProdID=15138 

• High performance PC systems for gamers, video editing, etc: http://www.alienware.com/ 

• PC Tachometer -- a real tachometer to display CPU utilization.  Cool:  http://www.xoxide.com/pctachometer1.html 

• A desktop streaming solution:  http://www.screenwatch.com/

• H.323 Beacon:  http://www.itecohio.org/beacon/ 

• Polycom Viewstation MAC addresses:  http://eknowledge.polycom.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=59,E=0000000000000600943,K=7100,Sxi=8,Case=obj(1335) 

• OSS L2 Tracert Tool:  http://netop.cc.buffalo.edu/NetworkManage.html

• OSS Phone List: http://int.oss.buffalo.edu/IUO/ossphone.html 

• OSS DHCP Service Description Page:  http://www.oss.buffalo.edu/Services/DHCP/dhcp.html

• UB DHCP Registration Page:  http://dhcp.cit.buffalo.edu/

• UB Network Traffic stats:  http://netop.cc.buffalo.edu/gateway/index.html 

• Internet2 Detective, a network capabilities analysis package:  http://detective.internet2.edu/

• Multicast Tuneling Solutions:  

  • http://if.anu.edu.au/SW/rcbridge.html

  • http://if.anu.edu.au/SW/rcb-forward.html

• Cisco 2950 Switches - changing the switch IP address:  

  • Cisco commands for changing the ip address and gateway of your switch as it is configed....
    Get console on switch and get in enable mode.
    then type....
    
    config t                                                                (enters configuration mode)
    no ip default-gateway 128.205.10.254             (removes old gateway)
    ip default-gateway 128.205.xx.254                    (new gateway where x is subnet)
    interface VLAN1                                                 (puts under vlan1 config)
    no ip address 128.205.10.64 255.255.255.0       (removes old address)
    ip address 128.205.xx.yy 255.255.255.0             (inserts new address where
                                                                                      x=subnet, y=host)
    
    Notes, you need to remove the gatway as you can have more than one, having
    more than one might work to your advantage but it is cleaner to remove it.
    You might be able to type the new ip address with removing the old one as I
    think you can only have one under the interface..but my way will work.
     

• Top network-related tools, by public survey.  Excellent source: http://www.insecure.org/tools.html 

• Blaster Worm Detection and Removal tool from Microsoft, 20040112:  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e70a0d8b-fe98-493f-ad76-bf673a38b4cf&displaylang=en

• FreeDOS - a free version of DOS.  Now being used by Intel for BIOS updates!  Looks great:  http://www.freedos.org/ 

• UB Software download site:  http://wings.buffalo.edu/computing/software/

• Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative - tools page:  http://e2epi.internet2.edu/tools_list.html 

• Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative - network weather maps page:  http://e2epi.internet2.edu/tools02.html 

• Great Plains Network test facilities.  Great collection of on-line interactive network tools including ping, tracert, and Iperf,  http://noc.greatplains.net/measurement/ 

• Polycom Bandwidth Meter, an on-line remote-to-you test for available bandwidth:  http://www.polycom.com/common/scripts/band_start.html 

• SST Trace Plus sniffer based  measurement and analysis tool:  http://www.sstinc.com/ethernet.html  Check for academic pricing.

• Network Instruments Observer:  Observer®: A network monitor and protocol analyzer for Ethernet, Wireless 802.11b/a/g, Token Ring and FDDI networks. Observer provides metrics, capture and trending for both shared and switched network environments. 
  
  Observer is a cost-effective, software-only, Microsoft Windows-based network monitor and LAN troubleshooting tool. Observer can monitor single-segment LANs/802.11 networks and with the addition of Probes, Observer can be upgraded into a full distributed product for monitoring multi-segment LANs, 802.11 networks and WANs. Observer offers both real-time monitoring and troubleshooting, as well as a complete trending and baselining collection system to view historical data collected for days, weeks, months
  
  http://www.networkinstruments.com/products/observer.html 

• Free Sniffer Code - Ethereal.  Now including H.323 (RTP, and RSVP unk) with lots of others and very promising.  http://www.ethereal.com/

• D&H Intel distributors to resellers.  Possible source for Sandbox components:  http://www.dandh.com/scripts/cgiip.exe/dh.w?Request=include&page=Intel   Home page at:  http://www.dandh.com/html/nshtml/NSFront.asp

• Nero CDROM burning package.  Apparently in the same category as Roxio/EastCD:  http://www.nero.com/us/

• Virus alert page scripts:

  • Symantec:  http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/cgi-bin/syndicate.cgi 

  • Sophos:      http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/infofeed/  

• Gel bicycle seats using thermoplastic elastomers, TPE's: 

  • Gel bicycle seat reviews:  http://www.searchathome.com/results/gel_bicycle_seat.html 

  • Schwinn and Diamondback

  • Tricosports Memoflex, TricoSports, Inc., 13541 Desmond Street, Pacoima, CA 91331  http://www.tricosports.com/contact.html

  • Saddle reviews, specs & pricing:  http://www.mtbreview.com/reviews/saddle/  and  http://mtbr.com/reviews/Saddle/product_122683.shtml 

  • AMS Raw Saddle Gel:  http://www.amspecialtiesusa.com/shop/index.php?shop=1&cat=2 

  • Machine Design site, engineering information and supplier sources:  http://www.machinedesign.com/ASP/strArticleID/56186/strSite/MDSite/viewSelectedArticle.asp 

  • Plastics.com Directory:  http://www.plastics.com/tradenames.php 

  • Versaflex and Dynaflex are tradenames of GLS Corp: http://www.glscorp.com/home.html

  • Injection Molding Magazine:  http://www.immnet.com/index.html  

• Mozilla Thunderbird Mail Project - and alternative email client:  http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/ 

• Remote IP Consoles and KVM switches: 

  • Search string:  "KVM via IP"

  • Dell/Avocent: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=619711-4&c=us&l=en&cs=04&category_id=4011&page=external

  • Network Fusion Review article:  http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2002/0819feat2.html

  • Minicom Advanced Systems, Smart IP Link: http://www.minicom.com/kvm_smartiplink.htm

    • Smart IP Extender FAQ:  http://www.minicom.com/faq.htm

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• MS Windows XP "How-To" site:  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/default.asp  

• CERT - announcement of new CERT subscription services including some for home users: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/index.html 

• Radmin - remote control solution recommended by CD:  http://www.radmin.com/radmin/ 

• How to monitor Windows NT from Unix: http://www.aplawrence.com/Reviews/NTSyslog.html  

• JBoss, professional open source with licensed support available --  Java servers, portals, CMS etc: http://www.jboss.org/index.html 

• Digital photos on DVD, software packages to create DVDs of digital photos:  http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/AnchorDesk/4520-7298_16-5120420.html 

  • MemoriesOnTV 2.0.10, free trial, $39.95 license, excellent reviews, 15325 downloads, 5+MB: http://zdnet.com.com/3000-2204-10248451.html

    • Source mfctr: http://www.picturetotv.com/photodvd.htm?a=8765 

  • NVDVD 2.0, NVidia Corp., free trial, 39.95 license, excellent reviews, 4555 downloads, 6.91 MB: http://zdnet.com.com/3000-7970-10169770.html

    • Source mfctr: http://www.nvidia.com/page/home  

• LEO broadband services, 20 ms versus 500 ms path latency: :

  • Search string <LEO broadband> 

  • ► Review article/table, excellent:  http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/6.10/satellite.html 

  • ITU article on SkyBridge: http://www.itu.int/newsarchive/press/WRC97/SkyBridge.html

  • ORBComm, appears to be low bandwidth messaging: http://www.orbcomm.com/home.htm

  • ► Satellite Industry Links, excellent set of industry links, review articles, etc:  http://satellite-links.co.uk/ 

  • Teledesic -- promising but not there yet and apparently tied to Irridium:  http://www.teledesic.com/default.htm 

  • Globalstar, apparently telephony and 9.6Kbps data only:   

• Megaconference Jr., the first annual student megaconference, planned for May 6th, 2004:  http://megaconferencejr.cciu.org

• ScenalyzerLive (short: ScLive) makes capturing video and selecting useful scenes from your DV-tapes very easy, comfortable and FUN! Sclive is the "missing link" between the Camera and your editing-program.  http://www.scenalyzer.com/main.html 

• Digital video file size table:  http://stream.uen.org/medsol/digvid/html/D7_howmuchfit.html 

• DV file conversion software from FOCUS/FireStore: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/focus-enhancements-firestore-dv-conversion-suite-10_20_03.htm  

• Dogpile.com multi-search engine - follow-up & review:  http://www.dogpile.com 

• Polycom ViaVideo behind Firewalls

  • How to configure a ViaVideo to work with a network access translation (NAT) (Ver 3 only??)?:
    http://eknowledge.polycom.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=75,E=0000000000000106223,K=2886,Sxi=7,Case=obj(5406) 

  • How is Viavideo connected to a network that is using NAT (Network Address Translation)?:
    http://eknowledge.polycom.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=75,E=0000000000000106223,K=2886,Sxi=7,Case=obj(2227) 

  • How does ViaVideo connect to a network that is using a Firewall?:
    http://eknowledge.polycom.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=64,E=0000000000000106209,K=2886,Sxi=7,Case=obj(4757) 

  • How to configure a firewall to work with ViaVideo? (Version 3.0 only):
    http://eknowledge.polycom.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=64,E=0000000000000106209,K=2886,Sxi=7,Case=obj(5300)

• SurfNet Detective - IP Path impairment diagnostic tool:  http://detective.surfnet.nl/en/index_en.html 

• Department of Commerce, Technology Opportunity Program (TOP), grants & tools: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/top/grants/briefhistory_gf.htm  and http://www.ntia.doc.gov/top/grants/onlinetools.html 

• Information & Computer Security Resources:  http://www.sans.org/resources/ 

• CIT Services for Students:  http://www.cit.buffalo.edu/students/ 

• StarBack - H.323 to streaming server:  http://www.starbak.com/ 

• VBrick - FREE TOOLS:  http://www.videoalive.com/ 

• IP Telephony Cookbook from TERENA:  http://www.terena.nl/library/IPTELEPHONYCOOKBOOK/ 

• Darfur Webcast, TrueMajority and FaithfulAmerica, 20040825 on the crisis in Sudan: http://www.truemajority.org/darfur_webcast.cfm 

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