Moving to a new ARP and MAC logging system

Posted on 2009-09-08 by Oliver Gorwits

To locate a node (workstation, printer, etc) on the network, you use a combination of the ARP logs from a router, and the MAC-port mappings from a switch. The ARP log translates IP to MAC, and the MAC-port log translates … Continue reading →

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OWL Phase 2 WAP, Oxpoints integration

Posted on 2009-09-07 by Guy Edwards

When OWL Phase 2 funding was given we were asked to quickly put together a database table and front end so that IT support staff could register access points. We were aware at the time that the schema was going … Continue reading →

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OUCS Data Centre Clean-Up

Posted on 2009-09-04 by Guy Edwards

This is just a minor post about our day to day background operations. Our team is currently making efforts to clear up our equipment and locations, spurred on by Having a new data centre manger Having IT support staff inductions … Continue reading →

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URIBL is back

Posted on 2009-09-02 by Andy Saunders

We had to remove Oxmail’s checking of URIs against the URIBL blacklist a couple of weeks ago after a change of licensing meant that we could no longer use it for free. JANET(UK) has now purchased a private datafeed and … Continue reading →

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