SUCS issueshttps://projects.sucs.org/sucs/sucs/-/issues2020-02-27T14:02:45Zhttps://projects.sucs.org/sucs/sucs/-/issues/37SUCS needs a new switch2020-02-27T14:02:45ZLaurence Sebastian Boweselbows@sucs.orgSUCS needs a new switchThe old switch is frankly shit
Any suggestions for what we could get?The old switch is frankly shit
Any suggestions for what we could get?https://projects.sucs.org/sucs/sucs/-/issues/34Drop MySQL on silver2020-02-27T15:47:50ZImran Hussainimranh@sucs.orgDrop MySQL on silverWe currently offer members MySQL database access on silver.
Unlike PostgreSQL we can't use peoples uids for auth so that means we make members a mysql user and generate them a separate password. It's all very clunky and disjointed.
...We currently offer members MySQL database access on silver.
Unlike PostgreSQL we can't use peoples uids for auth so that means we make members a mysql user and generate them a separate password. It's all very clunky and disjointed.
I say we drop it from silver, and if members want a MySQL db they can make a VM.https://projects.sucs.org/sucs/sucs/-/issues/33ZFS in SUCS2020-02-27T15:10:50ZImran Hussainimranh@sucs.orgZFS in SUCSUse ZFS for /home on silver and /backup on backup.
We could benefit from things like:
* deduplication (saving space)
* file checksumming
* snapshotting
* compression
Also backing up could be done easier by using zfs send/rece...Use ZFS for /home on silver and /backup on backup.
We could benefit from things like:
* deduplication (saving space)
* file checksumming
* snapshotting
* compression
Also backing up could be done easier by using zfs send/receive.https://projects.sucs.org/sucs/sucs/-/issues/32Stop running a web proxy2020-02-27T14:05:28ZImran Hussainimranh@sucs.orgStop running a web proxySo we currently run a transparent web proxy in sucs.
All outbound HTTP connections from SUCSNet go through squid running on silver. All HTTP connections from guestnet go through squid on silver as well.
We don't do anything to HTTP...So we currently run a transparent web proxy in sucs.
All outbound HTTP connections from SUCSNet go through squid running on silver. All HTTP connections from guestnet go through squid on silver as well.
We don't do anything to HTTPS traffic.
As more and more of the internet becomes ssl enabled I really don't see the point of us running the proxy, think about all the web browsing traffic in the room, how much of that is https? We can't see/log any of that with our current setup.
There's an argument for redeploying squid in such a way that we can deal with HTTPS traffic but I don't think we should be doing that at all.
I say we drop squid and the idea of a proxy altogether. that means there's one less thing to debug, and there's less crazy nat rules in the firewall.https://projects.sucs.org/sucs/sucs/-/issues/27Flash is dead2020-02-27T15:47:02ZImran Hussainimranh@sucs.orgFlash is deadFlash is pretty much on it's way out and we still use it.
We need to
* Stop outputting .flv
* Stop using flash based web video players
I've played around with us throwing out H264/MP4 before but it didn't end well (see my banan...Flash is pretty much on it's way out and we still use it.
We need to
* Stop outputting .flv
* Stop using flash based web video players
I've played around with us throwing out H264/MP4 before but it didn't end well (see my bananas for what happened)
The following people might be able to shed some light/give us some hints, seeing as they setup a lot of the current streaming infrastructure @eclipse @tswsl1989 @kais58 https://projects.sucs.org/sucs/sucs/-/issues/22SUCS IPS?2020-02-27T15:19:17ZLaurence Sebastian Boweselbows@sucs.orgSUCS IPS?I think we should have more of an active network monitoring tool (snort, for example)
Thoughts?I think we should have more of an active network monitoring tool (snort, for example)
Thoughts?