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TRG wins Third in a Row at ALMS Mid-Ohio Race
Spencer Pumpelly and Duncan Ended guided TRG's No. 66 Racer's Roast/Fox River Coffee Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car to the team's third consecutive victory in GTC class Saturday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Championships. It was Ende handing the car to Pumpelly for the final portion of the race where the Atlantan was challenged repeatedly by several teams, all of whom were never able to get by the veteran sports car driver.
TRG's No. 68 PR Newswire/South African Airways car piloted by Dion von Moltke and Marc Bunting had an absolutely stellar run and unfortunately was a victim of a mix up on the IMSA pace car situation. Bunting had driven an incredible first stint and had turned the controls over to von Moltke who had the race solidly in hand and was holding off the hard charging Leh Keen when it was assessed a disputed stop and go penalty, eventually finishing seventh in class.
The race ended under red flag after a three-car incident sent the Flying Lizards' Patrick Long off the track and into a gravel trap during a heavy rain. All cars were directed into the pits with about six minutes left in the race because of standing water on the track which was making driving conditions treacherous.
"It was a good win," said Pumpelly. "There was really not a lot of drama for us at the end except wondering if we were going to go green or not. The win was already ours when Duncan handed it over. He did a good job hanging on to the lead. And thanks to [winning GT Falken driver] Wolf [Henzler]. I was just following him most of the time. I was just lifting on the straight-aways because there was so much water."
"The TRG guys gave us a great car," said Ende. "During the race we had a bit of a mix up with a back GT car, but about 45 minutes into the stint I begin to feel it like we had the hardware to stand it."
I was just lifting on the straight-aways because there was so much water.
"This was definitely not the result we were hoping to have," said von Moltke "We struggled a bit on pace but the team worked extremely hard all weekend, and we found the pace we needed right in the race. I actually think we had a car to contend for a podium shot. We will take everything we learned, and take it to Road America where we will look to get back on form."
Teammate Bunting expressed similar sentiments: "The start did not go well after I inadvertently hit the pit speed limiter, and we went to the back of the field. After that I was able to gain back positions and turn the car over to Dion in first but with a three-minute penalty - the reason for which I am still am not clear - it became difficult to climb back."
The third consecutive win comes after Pumpelly and Ende's recent victory at Mosport. Its sister No. 68 car won at Lime Rock with vonMoltke. The victory increased TRG's lead in ALMS GTC class to five points over Black Swan Racing with four races remaining in the American Le Mans Series season. In addition, Pumpelly and Ende, who are in second place in the GTC driver standings, gained four points on Black Swan's Tim Pappas whose lead has been reduced to seven points.


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Institute of Astronomy
Bob Carswell's page
Bob Carswell
Institute of Astronomy
Madingley Road
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Office: Hoyle 16
Phone: +44.1223.337514
Switchboard: +44.1223.337548
Email: rfc (at ast.cam.ac.uk)
The main use for this page is to provide links various versions of a Voigt profile fitting program. The code is now fairly stable, though there are probably bugs in the more obscure corners of it. The downloadable gzipped tarfile also includes another program, rdgen, which may be used to set up files for vpfit, and generally looking at spectroscopic data.
The most recent fairly stable version VPFIT10.4 (here as a gzipped tarfile) has passed the standard tests so should generally be OK. The October 5 version was not quite - there was a bug which precluded fitting with linear column densities. Log column densites were fine. This bug has now been fixed (2 November). The documentation is included in the tarfile but is also available separately. This is the version which gets looked at if somebody reports a possible bug, or ambiguity in the documentation. If you want older versions (vpfit10.3, 10, 10. 9.5) then these still exist. Please ask, or, for now, look at vpfit.html.
A somewhat dated collection of data showing the redshift evolution of the Lyman alpha forest, covering redshifts up to z=6.3.
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Recent Congressional actions related to the NSF FY98 budget
The U.S. Antarctic Program External Panel published its report in April 1997, and its influence on U.S. antarctic policy is already apparent in Congressional actions related to the National Science Foundation (NSF) budget.
In the House Committee on Appropriations, the committee members, after reviewing the External Panel report, endorsed the conclusions reached by the panel and agreed with the principal recommendations. The Committee decided, however, that full funding for the AmundsenScott South Pole Station replacement and other improvements in Antarctica, rather than incremental funding, would lead to more efficient management of the refurbishment efforts. In the House version of the FY98 Veterans Administration (VA), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Independent Agencies Appropriations bill, which includes NSF's budget, $115 million was recommended for construction and refurbishment of facilities in Antarctica. When combined with program savings from logistics operations over the next 5 years, this amount will result in total funding of $145 million available for replacing the existing South Pole Station and infrastructure improvements at McMurdo and Palmer Stations.
On the other hand, in their mark-up of the budget, the Senate VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations committee members supported the External Panel recommendation to use the scaled-down version of a new station at the South Pole. Their FY98 budget backed the panel's recommendation that $25 million from this account be used to begin work on the replacement station. The committee also stated its intention to provide $90 million in additional funding over the next 4 fiscal years to complete the replacement station at the South Pole.
Final decision on funding will be made during the conference meeting between House and Senate representatives when Congress resumes its deliberations in September.
For the NSF budget request, see https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/bud/fy1998; for an NSF summary of House and Senate appropriations, see https://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/congress/105updat.htm; and for an NSF fact sheet, see https://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/media/fsfacil.htm.


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Hi there,
I know there is a flat rate $5 that you pay when you send a campaign. What if you wanted to resend that campaign to an additional fewer number? A client wants to use the system but isn't used to paying a delivery fee every time they send out emails. Has anyone else experienced this? What are ways around it?
It is $5 each time (unless it is to 5 or less people, when it is free) so you would need to make sure your clients are aware of that.
They may decide to just wait for the next full campaign, if the extra cost is not worth it for them.


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Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2014
A vice chairman of a top political body has come under investigation for "disciplinary violations", state media reported on Saturday, as authorities pursue a high-profile crackdown on official corruption.
Su Rong "is being probed for suspected disciplinary violations", the official news agency Xinhua said, citing the ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Such violations typically refer to graft, although details about Su's circumstances were not provided.
Su is one of 23 vice chairs of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a debating chamber that is part of the Communist Party-controlled governmental structure.
He took the post during a power handover in March 2013 which saw President Xi Jinping and many other new government leaders take office.
The CPPCC plays a largely symbolic role, with members meeting once a year to discuss social and economic policies, among them wealthy business leaders and members of powerful political families.
Communist Party leaders who took power in late 2012 have repeatedly pledged to crack down on widespread official corruption -- a source of deep public discontent -- vowing to go after both high-ranking "tigers" and low-level "flies".
A wide swathe of officials have since come under investigation, but analysts say that without systematic changes the effort is unlikely to root out corruption fundamentally.
Chinese police arrest prominent rights lawyer
Pu Zhiqiang, a prominent rights campaigner who has represented dissident artist Ai Weiwei, was arrested on suspicion of "creating disturbances and illegally obtaining personal information", according to a posting by the Beijing Public Security Bureau on its verified microblog.
The police added that a further investigation into Pu's "other alleged crimes" was under way.
Pu's lawyer, Si Weijiang, maintained that political reasons were behind the arrest.
"He's innocent. He hasn't committed these crimes," Si told AFP by phone Friday night.
He said that authorities had likely been incensed by critical statements Pu had made on his Sina Weibo microblogging account, which has repeatedly been shut down.
Chinese authorities routinely round up outspoken critics of the Communist Party in the weeks before key events, and Pu was among several people detained last month after attending a private seminar commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
More than 40 journalists, lawyers, scholars and activists were held under various forms of detention ahead of the June 4th anniversary, Amnesty International said, in a larger clampdown than in previous years.
Meanwhile a wider crackdown on dissent has been under way ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping took office last year.
The campaign has targeted even moderate critics of the Communist Party, alarming many Chinese activists and lawyers and drawing condemnation from the US, EU and international rights groups.
Prominent legal activist Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to four years in prison in January for backing demonstrations in which a handful of protesters held up banners calling for government officials to disclose their assets.
Concerns about Pu's condition began to mount days after the Tiananmen anniversary, when he remained in detention even as other activists and lawyers were released.
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On Monday, police denied bail to Pu, friends said.
Courts in China are controlled by the ruling Communist Party, and arrests typically lead to conviction.
Zhang Sizhi, a longtime rights lawyer, wrote in an online posting Wednesday that he was able to meet with Pu this week and that the detained lawyer has been subjected to daily interrogations lasting as long as 10 hours.
Several associates of Pu were also detained ahead of the Tiananmen anniversary including journalist Wu Wei and Xin Jian, a Chinese staff member of the Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei who recently interviewed the lawyer. Wu and Xin were released last week, according to campaign groups.
Amnesty International condemned Pu's arrest Friday night and called on authorities to release him.
"These are trumped up charges against Pu Zhiqiang," said William Nee, China researcher for Amnesty. "The Chinese authorities must end the witch-hunt against those championing the rights of others and immediately release Pu."
"The past month has seen a widespread campaign of repression with the authorities going further than in previous years, both in terms of who has been targeted and the harsh measures being used," he added.
As news of Pu's arrest circulated late Friday, Ai -- the dissident artist who repeatedly clashed with authorities and has been denied a passport -- made note of the arrest on his Instagram photo-sharing account.
He posted a photo of Pu, a news story about the arrest -- and a Chinese-language expletive in the comments section below.
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A Luru stone was a type of precious gem.
They were brilliant and multi-colored, and quite valuable because their main source, Coros III, was under a Prime Directive Interdict.
In the late 23rd century, a number of Orion smugglers stole a haul of Luru stones from the royal treasure house of the largest kingdom on Coros III. Twelve of these gems found their way to Barak the Gem Merchant on Daros IV. He was willing to sell them for 1500 credits each. (FASA RPG module: Orion Ruse)


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By Peter Andrew – ConservativeAmerican.org – Leading the way Right.
Rush Limbaugh was discussing today the news that weapons of mass destruction actually were found in Iraq. He was fuming mad, and rightly so, at anti-Tea Party establishment republican Karl Rove and Team George W. Bush for failing to promote this fact widely. Instead, republicans have been silent and took a huge beating. The Rove strategy simply did not work.
One thing Rush pointed out today was the never-ending tally Dan Rather and the rest of the democrat media kept of soldiers who had died in the war because of "Bush's Lie" about weapons of mass destruction (WMD's). It was the Bush Death Count, all designed to pretend that liberals actually gave a crap about the lives of these brave young men and women.
As we have pointed out many times, this was all a lie. The proof came when Obama won and all of the death counts, body counts, went away along with any pretend concern for soldiers. For that very reason, we created the admittedly absurd "Obama Death Count."


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they are not called hippies anymore, they are called liberals,
'Fox News Sunday' to Host Kentucky Senate Debate
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"Fox News Sunday" is heading to Louisville, Ky. Jack Conway, Kentucky's attorney general and the Democratic candidate for Senate , and Rand Paul, the Republican nominee and son of Representative Ron Paul, Republican of Texas, have agreed to a live debate on "Fox News Sunday" on Oct.3 at 9 a.m. (Eastern time).
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#77455 Jan 25, 2013
#77456 Jan 25, 2013
As Hillary would say, "who cares"!
#77457 Jan 25, 2013
What is Happening to Americas Cities?
Similiar to the Black Panter's criminal behavior and nothing was done to them. This only supports why no one wants to make Obama responsible for his socialist and unconstitutional acts against America.
The major news media still has not seen fit to tell the story of the two white reporters attacked by a black mob in Norfolk, Virginia. Bill OReilly is virtually alone among major media in reporting on this, and noting that the Norfolk area Virginia-Pilot did not see fit to cover the local story.
Denis Finley said it was merely a simple assault and his paper doesnt cover such, despite the attack taking place on two of their own reporters, who were out of work from injuries for an entire week, which the police classified as not grave injuries.
In case you missed the story, two white reporters Dave Forster and Marjon Rostrami had been stopped at a red light when their car was attacked by a black teen who threw a rock at the car.
When Forster got out of his stopped car to confront the rock thrower (and presumably stop further damage to his stopped car) the nearby crowd of 100 surrounded him and several started beating him violently.
When the female reporter got out of the car to try to help him she too was attacked. She managed to get a call off to police after four attempts and the police came to disperse the crowd.
It is a sad fact in America today that in many cities you dont want to be white and on foot in the bad neighborhoods.
Is this a joke? Is there anyone in America besides The Virginia Pilots Denis Finley who says what happened to the reporter is not a hate crime, and who thinks theres nothing noteworthy about this, nothing worth their reporting on?
In fact, if this is not noteworthy, if this is not worthy of a news story in the Norfolk newspaper or in any national media (except for The Blaze online and Bill OReilly on Fox TV) then it proves my first point.
It is nice to see that the police, after a few weeks of news silence on this story, did finally arrest a 16 year old for this crime and he is now an accused felon. He is on 35 day probation.
And, since the outcry generated from Bill OReillys Fox news report, the editor has at least attempted to make excuses. Finley wrote that he had (at last) discovered that race has entered the equation. You think?
And, the solicitous Finley also wrote that hed not reported on the story earlier because his two suddenly bashful reporters did not want their names in the news. One wonders if he is usually this solicitous with other crime victims?
Bill OReilly makes the point that Denis Finley denies: if this were a story in Norfolk, Virginia (or any other city in America) of a gang of whites attacking a nice, young couple who happened to have been stopped at a traffic light, wed have been seeing 24/7 news coverage of this on al the network news channels, radio stations and newspapers in America, for the last few weeks.
Far LESS of a racial motivation has been shown in the Trayvon Martin case in Florida, but the intensity of the media coverage has been incredible.
This blame the victim mentality of course, completely excuses the criminal. Of course it is true if they hadnt been in that neighborhood, and just drove off (including RUN THE RED LIGHT, ESCAPE!!!!), they would not have been hurt. But this blame the victim thing is pretty awful, in my view.
The liberal media operates on a double standard. Of course they are not going to cover a story like this. Liberals HATE stories like this because they think it plays into the hands of conservatives who are all male racists (according to them).
Since: Dec 11
#77458 Jan 25, 2013
You think a "trailer" is an insult?
Perhaps they OWN IT...and the land it's on.
You don't even own the crevice you hide in!
Someone turned on a light! Run little cockroach RUN!
Back to your crevice!
Little cock roach on HUD, in LIH!
#77459 Jan 25, 2013
Please forgive me, I know not what I do when posting to Liberals.
#77460 Jan 25, 2013
Just ask, Bill Ayres, perfect example of hippie.
#77462 Jan 25, 2013
..and this is why we are in trouble, deep trouble.
#77463 Jan 25, 2013
Who cares what these "Retired Military" people say about Global Warming, their forte was war.
#77464 Jan 25, 2013
lets see if we have this right,
no budget in 4 years, debt ceiling reached and threat of default, credit rating down graded, unconstitutional appointments, attacks on the second amendment, fast and furious weapons used against U.S. agents, benghazi 'doesn't matter', N. Korea getting ready to launch a missle capable of a nuc warhead, Iran doing the same thing, U.S. sending billions of $ and tanks and F16s to the mooslum brotherhood, hurricane sandy victims freezing after the photo op, UN and other organizations warning of a food crisis in 2013, some democrat wanted to mint a 1 trillion $ coin so he could spend it, Americans are selfish for not paying more in taxes, freedom of speech is radical if it supports conservative value, religious organizations being forced to pay for abortions and contraceptives, 506 people murdered in Chicago last year - most of them children, and the guns sitting in our closet under lock and key for the last 50 years are now part of the problem,
man am I glad we have liberal democrats running things, imagine just how much worse it would be under anybody else,
#77465 Jan 25, 2013
oh, and I fogot, the POTUS received 141% of the vote in numerous democrat controlled districts, BAAAAAAAAAA
Since: Oct 11
#77466 Jan 25, 2013
"UnReality" people like Ayers,and Abbie Hoffman DID NOT REPRESENT
Nice try though!Bill Ayres gee give it up already.
United States
#77467 Jan 25, 2013
Yes dear ...you criminal you...we should ask Eric Holder, maybe some gun still left from F&F? Huh!
Since: Oct 11
#77468 Jan 25, 2013
Bill Ayres Did not represent the peace movement!
Good grief!
#77469 Jan 25, 2013
United States citizens.
I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.
Since: Dec 11
#77470 Jan 25, 2013
Would this be a good argument for "High Capacity Magazines"?
(3) 30 mags would at the very least disperse the cowardly bastards!
Makes you think...RACISM FROM ANT point of origin is STILL RACISM!...just outnumbered...isn't that how cowards work?
#77471 Jan 25, 2013
I love it when you show your stupidity!! LMAO!!!
#77472 Jan 25, 2013
...still better than a republican at the helm
#77473 Jan 25, 2013
I read the first line then immediately discredited it due to lunacy
Since: Dec 11
#77475 Jan 25, 2013
Yes he did!
The bombings were a last ditch PR effort!
MSNBC and the Obama's may have attempted to "revise" history...and yet it remains!
Since: Dec 11
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I believe flirting with other women and checking them out while you're dating is considered cheating. I believe guys are supposed to make the first move when it comes to approaching a woman. They should pay for the first date and of course worst case scenario, a woman can help pay for the dinner bill. I've never been in a relationship or had sex. I'm 21 by the way. Am I too uptight? People tell me I am.
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I don't check out girls consciously, it just fucking happens. If the guy really wanted to be with someone else then why would they even be dating you? I agree that flirting is cheating unless its completely innocent, as in just joking around, but if you're gonna get mad at a guy because they looked at another girl then you have some issues you need to work on.21|10|0
I was with a girl one time anywhere we went it was like she would be like why you looking at her? You like what you see? We were at a buffet style restaurant and people serve the food, well there were women serving food, so when we got to the table, she asks well did you get their number, cause you was checking her out. Crazy I was ordering my food...
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Oh god yeah, you're wound up tighter than a toy solider in the hands of a jittery toddler.
The first part I can see somewhat, but I wouldn't call it cheating, I would call it inappropriate. I mean, given that logic, no woman can even look at a hot actor without cheating. We're just wired to be appealed by attractive people.
The whole "men make the first move" shit makes no sense to me because there's no law nor unavoidable biological consequence in men NOT making the first move. It's 2016, guys aren't all on board with having you chase you down like you're pray. Also, you're not an item so a man is not obligated to buy your affections with dates. You're a big girl, you can take care of half of the bill. You're not a child.
Women are not babies that need coddling and need everything done for them: they don't need to helplessly be chased and paid for. Sure if you prefer a guy to initiate but using your gender as your reasoning is a petty excuse that few people buy into anymore. I say lighten up and get with the times at least a little more.00|00|0


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The AP is reporting that the northern snakehead (Channa argus) has been discovered for the first time in Arkansas, but if you want the story behind the story, head over to the AgTalk forums, where someone has posted a series of photos, including a whole cooler full of fish pulled from a drainage ditch. Plus, here's a link to an earlier post by the same person, who looks to be the one who made the initial discovery.
Thanks to a member of the ALIENS-L listserver for posting a link to the AgTalk forums.
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The church is located on the corner of W State Street and McHenry Street in Burlington, Wisconsin. Parking is available on W State Street, McHenry Street, and in the lot on W State Street across the street from the church. If school is not in session, parking is also available in two other parking lots. One parking lot is located on the east side of St Mary School and the other is behind the school off of Randolph Street. 108 McHenry Street, Burlington, WI 53105.
The parish offices can be reached by walking down the sidewalk between the south side of the church and north side of the rectory. The entry into the parish offices faces north (toward the church) and is attached to the back (east side) of the rectory. When walking from McHenry Street, the door to the parish office will be on the right up a set of stairs. Office hours are Monday through Friday 8AM to Noon and 1PM to 4PM.
When school is in session, visitors should enter the grade school from the W State Street side of the school. Parking is available in the lot on W State Street across from the church, and on W State Street. If school is not in session, parking is also available in the lot behind the school which can be accessed from Randoph Street.
Entry into Heim Hall requires going down stairs. There are two sets of stairs (one on the right and the other on the left) just inside the main doors of the church, which face McHenry Street. There is another entry to Heim Hall through a set of doors on the outside of the church which face the Parish Offices. The door is on the south side of the church.
It is suggested to park in the lot behind St Mary School off of Randolph Street. If this lot is full, parking is also available on Randolph Street and McHenry Street. The entry doors to the main gym are on the south west side of the parking lot. Another entrance, to the main gym, is located on the McHenry Street side of the of Catholic Central. Keep in mind that there are two gyms on the campus. The larger one, which is usually used for grade school events, is best accessed from the Randolph Street parking lot.
Plays, concerts, presentations and other events are held in Topper Hall. The entrance to Topper Hall can be approached from either the Randolph Street parking lot, or from McHenry Street. Look for the electronic marquee sign on the high school building facing the old cobblestone church. Park either on McHenry Street or in the Randolph Street parking lot when school is not in session. Topper Hall can also be accessed through the MAC (concession and gathering area located between the main gym and Topper Hall.


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When I enter anything into the Search box to search for a particular asset, I get the "An Application Error Has Occurred" page.
This happens using either Firefox 3 or IE7. I have recently upgraded to Spiceworks 3.0, running on Windows XP SP3.
The link that opens when trying to search is "http:/
Oct 2, 2008 at 3:38 UTC
That did it...search is working now. Thanks for all the input.
To summarize, if your search is not working...
- stop spiceworks
- delete folder
C:\Program Files\Spiceworks\db\index
from a command prompt run
C:\Program Files\Spiceworks\bin\spiceworks.exe rebuild_index
restart spiceworks
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Jun 25, 2008 at 11:58 UTC
Check your Event Manager\Applications for more specific information.
There may be something there that will help diagnose.
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:22 UTC
Nothing in the event viewer for Spiceworks in the Applications section.
This is the Spiceworks error, not the Windows error (if I wasn't clear).
Jun 27, 2008 at 5:43 UTC
I'm getting the same thing when I use the search - Get an application error each time
Jul 1, 2008 at 6:56 UTC
yep, me too. Anything I search for results in an application error.
Did the instructions on that page and emailed them a package.
Jul 8, 2008 at 4:42 UTC
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Jul 18, 2008 at 8:32 UTC
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Jul 18, 2008 at 8:37 UTC
We're getting the same error as well.
Jul 18, 2008 at 8:55 UTC
BTW, has anyone taken a look at the Spiceworks logs under C:\Program Files\Spiceworks\log to see if the error is entered there? Try finder_watch.log, finder_child.log, or production.log
Generate the error first, then go to the bottom of the log file to see if there is a related entry.
Jul 18, 2008 at 9:37 UTC
I read over the logs and the only one that has updated data (based upon time), ended up being the production log.
[2008-07-18 10:36:19] Processing FinderController#application_polling
Completed in 0.01600 (62 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.01600 (100%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [http:/
[2008-07-18 10:36:24] Processing FinderController#application_polling
Completed in 0.01500 (66 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.01500 (100%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [http:/
[2008-07-18 10:36:25] Processing TicketsController#periodic_ticket_table_update
Completed in 0.01600 (62 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00000 (0%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [http:/
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:13 UTC
Yeah, that looks like scan results and database maintenance - not your error generating query.
Oct 2, 2008 at 11:35 UTC
I've upgraded, but still getting the same error...here is my error log:
[2008-10-02 11:32:44] Processing SearchController#ferret_search
Redirected to http://192.168.1.214:9675/search?query=camera
Completed in 0.09400 (10 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 302 Found [http:/
[2008-10-02 11:32:44] Processing SearchController#ferret_search
Performing scheduled reindexs: [[177, "2008-07-17 08:06:17"]]
IOError (IO Error occured:
Error reading the segment infos. Store listing was
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/ferret-0.11.5-x86-mswin32/lib/ferret/index.rb:736:in `initialize'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/ferret-0.11.5-x86-mswin32/lib/ferret/index.rb:736:in `new'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/ferret-0.11.5-x86-mswin32/lib/ferret/index.rb:736:in `ensure_reader_open'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/ferret-0.11.5-x86-mswin32/lib/ferret/index.rb:743:in `ensure_searcher_open'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/ferret-0.11.5-x86-mswin32/lib/ferret/index.rb:685:in `process_query'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in `synchronize'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/ferret-0.11.5-x86-mswin32/lib/ferret/index.rb:684:in `process_query'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_plugins-3.1.25624/acts_as_ferret/lib/local_index.rb:99:in `find_id_by_contents'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_plugins-3.1.25624/acts_as_ferret/lib/class_methods.rb:137:in `find_id_by_contents'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_plugins-3.1.25624/acts_as_ferret/lib/class_methods.rb:193:in `ar_find_by_contents'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_plugins-3.1.25624/acts_as_ferret/lib/class_methods.rb:187:in `find_records_lazy_or_not'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_plugins-3.1.25624/acts_as_ferret/lib/class_methods.rb:103:in `find_with_ferret'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_plugins-3.1.25624/acts_as_ferret_searchable/lib/acts_as_ferret_searchable.rb:274:in `find_with_ferret'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_plugins-3.1.25624/acts_as_ferret_searchable/lib/acts_as_ferret_searchable.rb:308:in `multi_search'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_plugins-3.1.25624/acts_as_ferret_searchable/lib/acts_as_ferret_searchable.rb:306:in `each'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_plugins-3.1.25624/acts_as_ferret_searchable/lib/acts_as_ferret_searchable.rb:306:in `multi_search'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_controllers-3.1.25624/search_controller.rb:40:in `ferret_search'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1158:in `send'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1158:in `perform_action_without_filters'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:697:in `call_filters'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:689:in `perform_action_without_benchmark'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:199:in `perform_action_without_caching'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/caching.rb:678:in `perform_action'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:33:in `cache'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:8:in `cache'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/caching.rb:677:in `perform_action'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `send'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:685:in `process_without_session_management_support'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:123:in `process'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:388:in `process'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:171:in `handle_request'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:115:in `dispatch'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:126:in `dispatch_cgi'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:9:in `dispatch'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.1.25624/server/handler.rb:58:in `process'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.1.25624/server/handler.rb:56:in `synchronize'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.1.25624/server/handler.rb:56:in `process'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/mongrel-1.1.3/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in `process_client'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/mongrel-1.1.3/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `each'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/mongrel-1.1.3/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `process_client'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/mongrel-1.1.3/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/mongrel-1.1.3/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `initialize'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/mongrel-1.1.3/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `new'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/mongrel-1.1.3/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/mongrel-1.1.3/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `initialize'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/mongrel-1.1.3/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `new'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/mongrel-1.1.3/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `run'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.1.25624/server/server.rb:33:in `start'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.1.25624/server/application.rb:36:in `load'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.1.25624/command/server.rb:17:in `run'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.1.25624/command/service.rb:29:in `run'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.1.25624/command.rb:13:in `run'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.1.25624/command.rb:12:in `each'
C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.1.25624/command.rb:12:in `run'
#<IOError: IO Error occured:
Error reading the segment infos. Store listing was
Rendering C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_public-3.1.25624/500.html (500)
[2008-10-02 11:32:47] Processing DashboardController#index
Rendering template within layouts/application
Rendering dashboard/index
Completed in 1.23400 (0 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.50000 (40%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [http:/
Oct 2, 2008 at 12:21 UTC
We are getting the same issue here as well, any ideas as to what is causing this or when or how to fix this?
Oct 2, 2008 at 12:28 UTC
@rgriffin you may want to follow these instructions to contact SW Support.
@duffeyjs - have you looked at the logs? Do you have the same message that rgriffin has posted? If so, then follow the same instructions. If not, post back and we'll see if we can help you sort it out.
Oct 2, 2008 at 12:58 UTC
I have tried to compile the Spiceworks.zip file but it is too large for me to email. We can only email out 10 megabytes of an attachment. I also cannot find an error.log file and nothing is mentioned of an error having to do with searching in any of the other finder....log files. We are very stuck, and appreciate your assistance.
Oct 2, 2008 at 1:06 UTC
I just found this in the FINDER_AR.LOG file, hopefully will shed come light on something.
Initializing C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks-3.0.23470/config/initializers/0_inflections.rb
Initializing C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks-3.0.23470/config/initializers/1_search.rb
Loading SQLite3 Extensions: C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/pkg/gems/spiceworks_lib-3.0.23470/sqlite3/spice_sql.win
Ignoring wrapped exception: Ferret::FileNotFoundError: File Not Found Error occured:
tried to open "C:/Program Files/Spiceworks/db/index/production/software/20080702200439\_1qc.fdx" but it doesn't exist: <No such file or directory>
Oct 2, 2008 at 2:31 UTC
You might want to rebuild your index. http:/
When was the last SW update you ran? You might try and let it reinstall over the current to see if it puts that file back. Otherwise, it's back to contacting Support and referencing this thread.
Oct 2, 2008 at 2:54 UTC
This is what I did. I did uninstall after backing up my databases. I then downloaded and re-installed the new spiceworks.exe. Then I re-installed and then replaced the database files. I still had the same issue. I then replaced file by file in the data and DB folders. I could search without getting the error but it would not find anyting in the database. I then replaced the files in the Device folder without over writing the files, and that got it. Thanks for everyone responding as quick as you could I appreciate the assistance. I really enjoy having this product, and use it frequently. We are getting ready to implement the online help desk and could not do it until the search function was working. Thanks again everyone.
Oct 2, 2008 at 3:11 UTC
this method for rebuilding indexes is the only one working for me:
Using the web browser only takes me to the search screen....
It's running now...I'll let you know if it fixes the problem....
Oct 2, 2008 at 3:38 UTC
That did it...search is working now. Thanks for all the input.
To summarize, if your search is not working...
- stop spiceworks
- delete folder
C:\Program Files\Spiceworks\db\index
from a command prompt run
C:\Program Files\Spiceworks\bin\spiceworks.exe rebuild_index
restart spiceworks
Oct 7, 2008 at 2:20 UTC
I have followed the steps outlined above and I am still having it fail by the next day. The search works for at least a day and then when I come in the next day I get the same "an application error has occured" message. Thanks in advance again.
Oct 24, 2008 at 1:18 UTC
Sorry to beat a dead horse. I have uninstalled, rebooted re-installed Spiceworks 3 or four times already, then re-imported the DB folder and the DATA foler over then re-indexed the database. I still have the same issue. Can anyone help?
Nov 7, 2008 at 8:06 UTC
I figured out what is causing my search function to break, or at least I have a really good hypothesis. The way we have our setup the clients have an executable that scans the client then reports back to the server whenever someone logs into their computers. I re-index the database and the next day after everyone gets in and logs in the search function breaks again. Over the weekend when no one is here the search function is fine. Anyone still able to help with this? Thank you again for everyone's help thus far.
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The David Gemmell Legend awards are open for voting on best 2011 fantasy novel, fantasy debut, and cover art. No registration required, just click to vote!
Anyone read any of the nominees for best debut?
The Unremembered by Peter Orullian
Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick
The Heir of Night by Helen Lowe
The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley P Beaulieu
Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper
The Emperor's Knife by Mazarkis Williams
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
The Whitefire Crossing by Courtney Schafer
Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
I read Among Thieves and think it worthy of a nomination at least. Several of the others are in my TBR mountain somewhere
I haven't read (or even heard) of any of them. How embarrassing!
shame on you, Chorecrat! Shame I say! :)
haven't read any, never heard of any, and no idea who David Gemmell Legend is either. But none of that will stop me from voting!
I've only heard of 3 of them- but I am reading Among Thieves at the moment.
MrAndrew - you may well be better served by seeking out some David Gemmell books then, rather than trying any of the nominees. Gemmell died 6 years ago aged 57 and left a legacy of 30(ish) excellent fantasy books - a very interesting man too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gemmell The awards are in his memory.
yes, but what about this David Gemmell Legend guy?
btw i never said that i was going to try reading any of the nominee's books. I just said that i was going to vote. There's no test, is there?
>9 MrAndrew: Why would you feel the need to vote in this award when you're apparently so ignorant of the whole fantasy genre, nevermind this year's debuts ?
Just to be contrary ?
I mean, David Gemmell, even if you don't think he was that good (wasn't too thrilled with what I read from him personnally), you must have been living under a rock for the name not to ring a bell.
I think MrA's trying to make a point about the validity of online voting competitions.
...yes... that's it. I'm making a hilarious, erudite and cuttingly perceptive statement on the inherent flaws in the democratic system. Or possibly just being a tool. It's best to just ignore me, please carry on.
btw, i have heard of Fantasy. It's a sex thing, right?
What's the other option ? Make everyone register somewhere and pay to receive some voter's package which content they might read, and/or pay even more to attend some in-person event for voting rights ?
There's a least one like this, but it's not foolproof, in fact you could probably find people willing to rant at some length on how biased it is, with strong statistical hints that just where the voting took place probably did influence previous winner choices.
While online "anonymity" may seem to make for easier ballot stuffing and encouraging drive-by votes by people not overly interested in the books, most people have better use of their online time than fill polls they don't care about, and one might hope some measures have been taken to spot instances of likely manipulation.
Jarandel - all true. I have a lot of time for the David Gemmell awards and none for the Hugos, but each to their own :)
And as someone with a PhD in what might be unkindly called statistics I can tell you that random voting generally constitutes white noise and the effects are usually negligible in a poll like this.
14 - Generally true. That said, I know some online polls do get votebombed by a determined set of people. It's rather unlikely to happen in this case, but in polls where politics, religion and social issues come up (which issues we won't discuss here - board policy) it's not uncommon to get a bunch of people who don't otherwise care to come by and vote multiple times (through proxies, etc. if necessary) to effect a desired result.
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#16 - And how's your book doing votes wise so far, Mark? Or can't you tell until it's all over?
#10 - Well, then. I guess I must be living under a great big rock. No bells were rung here. ;o)
Clam, if it makes you feel any better, that rock crosses several continental plates. There was a distinct absence of bells ringing here too ;-)
Yep, the rock goes this direction too. :) clammy, I can vividly seeing you open your clamshell and peeking out to say that. ;)
I know of Gemmell - I've never read any though. He writes epic fantasy along the line of Eddings.
#20 - Hee hee!
I do eat a pasta shape called Gemelli, though. Does that count?
#21, respectfully (having read both authors) I wouldn't tend to clump Gemmell and Eddings too closely together.
My personal take: Gemmell's work is a lot harder edged...
With regard to the discussion: while Gemmell's work may be fairly widely known in the fantasy field, I'd not presume 'everyone' here has heard of him - the reading tastes of the folks in the Green Dragon are way too eclectic in my observation, and not at all 'under a rock'.
#22 - Clam! LOL!!!
23 - I wasn't suggesting similar quality! As I said, I haven't read them, so I'm not able to judge that (especially given the subjective nature of judging quality). It was more the similar world-building that I was alluding to.
Just for some context about David Gemmell - here's his obituary http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/aug/02/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries
He died in 2006.
#24 - with appreciation for your response - actually, I said nothing about the quality of either author.
Only a gentle note to potential readers as a person who has read numerous works from the body of work of both the mentioned authors: the impression I wished to leave - in my opinion, Gemmell and Eddings are not that similar in story tone and content.
Gemmell's work is harder edged.
I was at GenCon with Bradley Beaulieu last year. Very nice guy. He'll (and I) will be at Origins at the end of May this year, too.
I have a signed copy of 'Winds' from him, but I am ashamed to say I have not yet read it.
The shortlists are up and voting continues until the end of May. No registration required.
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alan.harrison 270002QUNN Tags:  system_z racf zjournal zsecurity 2,722 Views
Here it is, my z/Journal article on the web.
zEnterprise is here
alan.harrison 270002QUNN Tags:  server zenterprise system_z mainframe znext 7,074 Views
At 17:00 UK time yesterday I jouned over 1500 people across the globe to hear the long-awaited announcement of the next generation System z server, formerly known as z11 or zNext and now revealed as zEnterprise. Its full name is the IBM zEnterprise System, and it was launched with the strapline "A New Dimension in Computing" and a degree of excitement that felt more like the recent iPad launch than a mainframe press conference. The session is still online here if you missed it but here are the highlights...
Tom Rosamilia, General Manager System z introduced Karl Freund, VP z marketing who revealed the zEnterprises key features:-
The stats are impressive, 50 BIPS, 3TB of memory, internal bandwidth of 288GB/sec (that's Gigabytes per second folks!) giving an ideal server for heterogeneous workloads, therefore perfect for data center consolidation or a private cloud.
That's the news, and you can read more all over the web, here, here and here for example, and here you can find the IBM announcement page here, for more information. But today I'm just going to look at a couple of things. Firstly the Security implications (as this is the zSecurity blog). And then I'll ask: "does this change everything"?
zEnterprise "Reduces risk by extending the reach of System z qualities of service". With a new Blade Center controlled by the System-Director-derived Unified Resource Manager and managed by the zEnterprise hardware console, your distributed systems should get a level of Resilience, Availability and Security approaching that enjoyed by System z for decades. The Unified Resource Manager will discover new components in the zBX and perform auto disaster recovery. And z/VM guests and blades will monitor themselves and log errors or call out an SSR.
Because your zBX is linked to the z196 by a short, enclosed, dedicated 10Gb/s network, there are no network cables to tap or sniff. And with capacity for 112 blades (which can be virtualised to many thousands of servers of course, plus you can have tens of thousands of Linux on z inside your z196, remember) you won't need servers all around your facility which need to be clustered, mirrored and locked down. Everything's in two boxes in your secure room being managed by the URM.
Data integrity is improved, with RAIM memory, yes RAID-style RAM with auto-correction of errors, and you can have CryptoExpress3 with up to 8 PCIe cards (like the z10EC) and some new SSL acceleration features, but of course URM makes all of this available to your AIX or Linux on System z blades too. So If your organisation runs highly available, highly secure applications on mixed architecture at the moment, then nothing else comes close to delivering zEnterprises levels of service.
Does this change everything?
It should. The old Mainframe versus Distributed war of words looks a lot like Microsoft versus Apple from a distance. Both camps have supporters with strong, entrenched, almost religious devotion to the platform and resistance to the alternative viewpoint. Some highly-paid analysts' ignorance of the recent development of System z borders on negligence, as I have blogged before. But this time feels different. Partly because this is no ordinary product upgrade. zEnterprise was developed over 3 years, costing USD5bn, and performed in concert with several large clients in Insurance, Retail, Finance and Healthcare, and Citigroup are an early adopter
And mostly because the obligation to choose between System z and Distributed architecture - between z* and Unix-like operating systems, between a monolithic mainframe and a collection of distinct, disparate systems each designed for a specific purpose and fulfilling a business need - has been eliminated at a stroke. Get zEnterprise and you get the lot, whatever you need. Traditional objections fall away, including the cost of porting apps to z from native *nix systems and the cost of z skills.
Joe Clabby was the 3rd speaker yesterday, an analyst and mainframe supporter (zPhile?) from Clabby Analytics and he suggested that the zEnterprise can jump you in front of your competitors by "at least five years". That's quite a statement, but clearly zEnterprise is not your father's mainframe. I've been suggesting for a while that we should perhaps stop using the term mainframe, and I tweeted a question a few weeks back asking for alternative terms for the latest System z machines. "Super Server" was suggested. But I think in time the generic term will become "Enterprise Server".
zNext - 1 day to go!
alan.harrison 270002QUNN Tags:  mainframe system_z hardware znext 4,143 Views
The announcement of the next generation mainframe, the "system of systems" is tomorrow. In IBM's recent 2nd Quarter results press release, under prepared remarks there were some more clues.
"This week IBM will announce the next generation of System z, the fastest and most scalable enterprise server in the industry. This server provides 40 percent more performance on a mix of workloads than the equivalent z10. Some workloads can achieve greater performance improvements such as Linux which has 60 percent better performance and 35 percent lower cost. This announcement is the foundation for IBM's first System of Systems, which provides the capability to manage 10 times the virtual machines of VMWare by extending mainframe governance to our other industry leading technologies." - Mark Loughridge, Chief Financial Officer.
This is the first evidence yet that IBM are specifically going up against VMWare with zNext, positioning it as virtualisation technology but with the resilience of mainframe hardware. If it's half as good as the hype, the Wintel/VMWare model is in trouble.
Documenting vulnerabilities
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Should we share mainframe vulnerabilities? I've been involved in an interesting discussion on LinkedIn recently and I've come to the conclusion that we should. But first let's discuss where we are and how I came to this decision. Security features built into the mainframe are second to none, leading many to claim that it is "unhackable" or at least has "never been hacked". This may be true if we take the term hack to mean externally-originating attacks which exploit code integrity issues in the operating system or infrastructure software. This is traditional hacking, seen very commonly on Windows and requiring strong perimeter defences, regular code patches and malware protection software unknown in the mainframe environment.
However this virtual immunity of the mainframe to external attacks on the code base might have led us into a false sense of security. There is more to security than malware attacks. Increasingly I find on my travels, when auditing mainframes with zSecure, that organisations don't know how to securely configure mainframe security and infrastructure software.
A typical System z security audit reveals a large number of vulnerabilities caused by poor configuration, management or maintenance practices. Excessive privileges, unprotected sensitive libraries or unmanaged "New Workloads" are par for the course. What's most surprising is that these errors could and should have been avoided, as mostly they are against common wisdom; in most cases best practice guidelines, or straightforward configuration instructions in the software have been ignored.
Often these issues could be exploited only by "staff" but we must remember that term is increasingly likely to include contractors, temps and workers for outsourced service providers. Factor in the high likelihood of being able to escalate your own privileges through Social Engineering in most organisations and it's clear that any complacency towards attacks on the mainframe is misplaced.
So what to do? If we limit ourselves to configuration errors - and by that I mean technical weaknesses such as RACF SETROPTS NOPROTECTALL, APF libraries with UACC(UPDATE) or privileged users who execute TSOPROCs from libraries with weak protection - and then we have a straightforward option open to us. Publically document correct configuration for optimum security, of operating system and common infrastructure software. One could reasonably object to this action on the grounds that putting such information in the public domain would be dangerous; that it would assist hackers at least as much as security professionals. However, this would be to assume that the hackers don't already know this stuff or that it is currently hard to find out. In fact as I noted before, I'm talking about common wisdom here, stuff that has already been revealed in IBM's and ISV's documentation, discussed on IBM-MAIN and RACF-L or published in white papers, best practice websites and IBM redbooks. A person with enough skill to mount an attack on one of these vulnerabilities would already know enough or be able to do the research now. Nobody need fear a public collection of vulnerabilities except those who trust deeply in Security through Obscurity, trust which is generally misplaced.
The benefits of enabling System z Security professionals to document, share and discuss common vulnerabilities can only lead to more secure software, while enabling Administrators and Auditors to self-audit and fix their own systems against an authoritative list of common configuration weaknesses can only lead to more secure systems. In turn this will help protect the reputation of System z, cement its position as the most securable platform, and bring us up to speed with other platforms with which System z is increasingly competitive.
And talking of other platforms, shouldn't we take a look at them? What happens in the Windows world, by far the most fertile ground for hackers any time in the last 20 years. Well Microsoft has a huge Security TechCenter which includes a link to "Threats and Countermeasures Guide" for Server 2008 and Vista - a 280-page doorstop that is both a Security Admin's Bible and a Hacker's 101. A new document is published for each new version of Windows, plus software tools to automatically analyse and fix insecure settings. Discussion is welcomed and continues on many forums including some hosted by Microsoft, and new vulnerabilities are published and discussed in places such as the SANS Internet Storm Center.
So we're not breaking new ground here. I feel that a culture of open discussion of mainframe vulnerabilities and countermeasures will be beneficial and is absolutely necessary as the platform becomes more interconnected, the perimeter of System z becomes more blurred and the threats once confined to remote distributed systems creep ever closer.
I propose a Wiki, which unsurprisingly forms the basis of Wikipedia, which could be edited by multiple persons. My favoured location is here on developerWorks, which is an IBM-hosted collaboration platform running on Lotus Connections. It is a rich-content fully-featured platform that gives us all we need to make this a success. To that end I have set up a "zSecurity" wiki here, as a placeholder for now. I welcome your comments.
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While I prepare a longer post on documenting vulnerabilities on System z, here are some links I find useful in my day job.
I'm also working on PCIDSS compliance, for which I've read cover to cover this piece from @sec which has been causing a bit of a stir on LinkedIn
Keep watching for a post on this also, and lots more besides.
The Future Runs on System zNext
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From Practically Secure, July 1st.
The hype is building for zNext, the next generation of IBM System z servers. z10 brought unprecedented power, resilience and versatility to the large server market. But the next generation - first dubbed z11 and more recently zNext - is rumoured to be a step change in architecture that some are suggesting will change the datacenter game completely.
We know some stuff already, that the processers will be down from 65nm to 45nm junctions and run around 5GHz giving up to 43000 MIPS [PDF] which represents about a 25% improvement on the z10. So far so impressive, but not earth-shattering.
But more recent rumours from Poughkeepsie have suggested something bigger is happening. The word "Hybrid" has been used in connection with POWER systems, suggesting that the new architecture will cross traditional platform boundaries. And one source told me that Teradata will be in the frame. A System z that also runs native AIX and Teradata right out of the box? Wouldn't that be groundbreaking?
IBM have now announced the reveal will be in a July 22 webcast to partners. If you can't make it, come back soon, I'll be blogging about it here shortly after. Follow me on Twitter, LinkedIn or by RSS feed to get the news first. Might this be the game-changer, the killer blow to IBM's high-end server opposition, and then some?
Welcome to the zSecurity blog.
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Greetings and welcome to zSecurity, my blog about all things System z with a focus on Enterprise Security. Here you will find out what I'm up to in the field including things like the zSecure beta program, Tivoli Security software for z/OS and for Linux on z, and of course all things RACF. You may know me from my Blogger output, notably my Practically Secure blog on the wider security landscape. Or you may have come here from LinkedIn, where I participate in Security and System z groups.
I'll be contributing my System z and IBM-related work to this blog on developerWorks, while continuing to write about InfoSec matters on Practically Secure. You can subscribe to either blog by RSS or you can follow me, @alanjharrison on Twitter to receive a tweet when my blogs are updated, and also to keep in touch. I try to follow the System z and InfoSec worlds and regularly tweet about what I'm reading and my own thoughts on the matter.
Thanks for coming and I hope you stay!
Alan Harrison, CISSP, System z Technical Specialist, System z Software "Top Gun".
Pirean Ltd, IBM Premier Business Partners.


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Update On The "weird" Cake...it's Done!
Decorating By ally38562 Updated 18 Oct 2009 , 5:03am by kricket
I had alot of buttercream problems with this one Wanted to thank everyone who helped me on this one. I wasn't too happy with it but the birthday girl LOVED it! She said it was exactly what she wanted, so thats all that matters!
Pic is in my photos, it won't let me upload it here It's too big.
which cake was it because i think that your cakes all look great!
The one with the skull, right? You did a great job. It's even "cute", as skull-cakes go (lol). Good job!
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