Cisco Flaw - New Threat- September 8, 2005 Cisco has just posted this, time to go remediate ! Summary The Cisco IOS Firewall Authentication Proxy for FTP andor Telnet Sessions feature in specific versions of Cisco IOS software is vulnerable to a remotely-exploitable buffer overflow condition. Devices that do not support, or are not configured for Firewall Authentication Proxy for FTP andor Telnet Services are not affected. Devices configured with only Authentication Proxy for HTTP andor HTTPS are not affected. Only devices running.http://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000269.html Well, it has happened, A Coastie is now in operational control- September 7, 2005 Well, the one thing I had hoped came true today (only a few hours after this posting, hmm wonder if someone is listening). A Coastie has been chosen to take on "operational control of the search-and-rescue and recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast. " "Coast Guard's Chief of Staff To Assist FEMA Head Brown By Josh White Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, September 7, 2005; Page A23 With Michael D. Brown, the embattled public face of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, taking harsh...http://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000268.html USCG Sector New Orleans- September 7, 2005 Just a couple of weeks before Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, on Aug 18th, there was a Change of Command ceremony in New Orleans. "NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 18, 2005)- Capt. Frank Paskewich speaks to those in attendance at the ceremony here today to establish Coast Guard Sector New Orleans. Paskewich, the former commanding officer of Coast Guard Marine Safety Office New Orleans, will continue his duties as Captain of the Port New Orleans in addition to his duties as Commander, Sector New Orleans. The...http://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000267.html Pictures from rescues- September 7, 2005 Very cool pictures of people rescued by the Coast Guard (Taken by official USCG Photographer) There are not many pictures around, as all hands are being directed at rescues, and not picture taking. But these photos give you an idea how cramped a Helicopter is, and how many trips it must take to recues the thousands of people in New Orleans. - -http://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000266.html Oil Rigs in Gulf Area could be back at 90%.......- September 7, 2005 According to a press release by US Minerals Management Service "Despite this damage, about 90 percent of Gulf oil production could return to the market in one month, if refineries, processing plants, pipelines and other onshore infrastructure are in operation to receive, prepare and transport it to the consumer, said Watson." The big IF is all those other pieces of the puzzle....the refineries, processing plants, pipelines, etc. I think we should seriously start kicking some money towards...http://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000265.html Coast Guard communications- September 7, 2005 More information for the post below. The Coast Guard has almost fully recovered all IT Infrasctructure taken down by Katrina (except for New Orleans itself) but its most important link, the VHF radio system, is almost 100% back up. Lots of Electronics Techs and Radiomen were probably working their asses off to get this working. Hats off to you. This VHF system is THE primary way of ships sending distress signals, and communications with the Coast Guard. Without it, rescues would not be...http://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000264.html US Coast Guard in the Washington Post- September 7, 2005 With all of the bad news about the response the local city government, the state and the federal government has given in the past week to people in the Gulf Coast region, it was nice to hear more about how the Coast Guard is surprising many. (not me though, I knew it all along) Yes the other services are there, probably in greater numbers even. But somehow the USCG shines through them all in their professionalism. Maybe Congress will see what the USCG has done, with limited personnel and...http://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000263.html Kids affected by Katrina....how you can help- September 4, 2005 My kids this weekend are putting together a backpack. This backpack is for a child, who we dont know, who is going to start school in a new city, in a state he or she has probably never been in before. This child was displaced along with their family from New Orleans to Houston. I found the site called Do Something and more specifically, instructions on you and I can help these kids. They have nothing at all, leaving all their possesions back in the flooded areas. Go here and help themhttp://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000262.html Finding a lost friend- September 4, 2005 After a few frantic days of trying to find a friend of my wifes who lives in New Orleans, I managed to realize I had skipped over the easiest way of finding someone. This after spending too much time just using Google to search for relatives of the friends husband, and then calling for 2 days to a Chevron 800 number (it was continuously busy) set up for their employees to check in. I finally got through on the line, and asked if they could tell me if an employee had called in or not. the...http://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000261.html Pictures of missing people in Gulf Coast Area- September 4, 2005 This site has a many many many pictures of people who are missing in the Gulf Coast, posted by relativesfriendsetc. Also there are postingscomments on the site. Good complement to places like Earthlink Finder or Craigslist in New Orleanshttp://www.jamesmcmurry.com/archives/000260.html |