Quiz

12Mar07

70% on the quiz. 2 of the questions I got wrong I changed my answer at the last minute – obviously the information is going in, I just need to consolidate it better. The others were written responses with no feedback, so I am unsure if I was completely wrong, or if I used the [...]

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Newsgroups

12Mar07

Ok – I have managed to set up a public newsreader on Outlook – it definitely took me awhile to figure that out – I thought the public readers were something I had to download, like the telnet or FTP tasks. Then I thought I needed to call my ISP and ask them for a [...]

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The Showdown – Email Lists Vs Discussion Boards

12Mar07

- Most people check email more diligently (for most read: me) than a discussion board, and lists also only send out new messages when there are some – a discussion board you may monitor only to find it only gets posts every few weeks – potential time waster.
- However…..with a discussion board you can choose [...]

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Question Time

12Mar07

What information about a user’s email, the origin of a message, and the path it took, can you glean from an email message?
- userid
- domain
- date/time sent
- if it’s a fw/re: (if it hasn’t been altered)
At first I was unsure about the path it took, however seeing as we were being asked I figured we [...]

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Email Tutorial

12Mar07

I tried the Lycos People Search – I have a friend in the US that I searched for. I found my friend, and it lists previous addresses – enough for you to know it is the correct person – but for further information you must pay. Besides whitepages.com.au I am unsure if there is such [...]

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Telnet – Revisited

06Mar07

After further research I found I was incorrect in assuming the telnet was a direct link – the telnet software used is in fact terminal emulation software so it FEELS like a direct link. However it still requires a TCP/IP network (ie the internet). Also, this is a type of remote control, so once you [...]

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FTP

06Mar07

Ok – so FTP is a step up from telnet. You still establish a direct connection with the remote host, however you may copy and send files. It is quicker and easier than web based email, as the information does not need to be up/down loaded through a server – just sent and received between [...]

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Telnet

06Mar07

I tried typing the telnet address into my Firefox browser window, and it opened up a session for Terminal. I never knew what Terminal was for before, tending to shy away from it as it said it was a link to typing commands for unix – which I know runs my system – no way [...]

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Traceroute – network-tools.com to curtin.edu.au

03Mar07

134.7.179.10 is from Australia(AU) in region Oceana
TraceRoute to 134.7.179.10 [curtin.edu.au]
Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address – Host name
1 1 0 0 66.98.244.1 – gphou-66-98-244-1.ev1servers.net
2 1 0 1 66.98.241.16 – gphou-66-98-241-16.ev1servers.net
3 0 0 0 66.98.240.12 – gphou-66-98-240-12.ev1servers.net
4 2 2 2 129.250.11.129 – ge-1-11.r03.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
5 2 2 1 129.250.2.22 – 8xe-0-1-0.r20.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
6 38 37 37 129.250.4.112 – p64-1-3-0.r21.lsanca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
7 37 [...]

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Thinking Out Loud – Internet Basics

03Mar07

When I connect to the internet, I am on a client computer (however once I am connected i may serve as a remote server for my ISP also). My ISP is the first server I go through to connect to web pages. When I type in an address my server looks up the target IP [...]

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