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Banning P2P for RIAA or bandwidth savings?

Banning P2P for RIAA or bandwidth savings?Throttle P2P traffic, don't kill it!Ohio University has the simple option to throttle P2P traffic. I can't stand it when network administrators decide to completely cut off certain services or ports because they are too incompetent to manage the traffic effectively themselves. ...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), NETWORKING, Ohio University, Debian, P2P, P2P Traffic, RIAA

Discussion threads 2007-05-01

Banning P2P for RIAA or bandwidth savings?

Last week, ars technica reported that Ohio University banned peer-to-peer file sharing, removing file sharers from the network until they contact the universitys help desk. Ohio University maintains that bandwidth concerns drove the decision:"Left unchecked, P2P applications can consume all available network bandwidth," said Ohio University CIO Brice Bible....

Tags: Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-01

Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flaws

Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flawsZombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flawsWhy did they even bother to write this tool? It will have no effect. Both Symantec and Windows have been patched for months. Plus both do automatic updates so there is no burden on...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Patches, Ohio University, Microsoft Windows, antivirus, Windows antivirus flaw, Windows Antivirus, zombie tool make, tool make, flaw, tool

Discussion threads 2006-11-29

The nanopowers of spinach

Ohio University physicists have used a simple molecule of chlorophyll taken from spinach to develop a complex nanobiological switch. They used a scanning tunneling microscope STM to image chlorophyll-a and then injected it with a single electron to manipulate the molecule into four positions. The researchers say this biological switch...

Tags: conformation, Ohio University, molecule, scanning tunneling microscope

Blog posts 2006-09-09

Universities rocked by data breaches

In what can only be called an epidemic of high-profile data security breaches, Ohio University has been hit five times since March 2005, leading to the breach of more than 300,000 student records. The latest theft reveals the precarious state of security at colleges, as institutions attempt to balance the...

Tags: Ohio University

Blog posts 2006-06-27

Ohio University suffers at least three security breaches

Ohio University suffers at least three security breacheswhat OSAny idea what OS was the server running on??Message has been deleted.Stop using SSNs for identification!I see some have been asking what OS was compromised in the attack. It wouldn't be out of the question for it to have been Windows machines....

Tags: Operating systems, Operational accounting, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, operating system, social security number, Linux, Social Security, security breach, security, Ohio University

Discussion threads 2006-05-11

Kernel Density Estimation for an Anomaly Based Intrusion Detection System

This paper presents a new nonparametric method to simulate probability density functions of some random variables raised in characterizing an Anomaly Based Intrusion Detection System ABIDS. A group of kernel density estimators is constructed and the criterions for bandwidth selection are discussed. In addition, statistical parameters of these distributions are...

Tags: Ohio University, Intrusion Detection System, Research & Development, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Security, Business Operations, Networking

White papers 2006-04-09

Additional Resources

Pigskin Ohio State for iPhone 1.2 (Mobile)

With Pigskin Ohio State for iPhone follow the Ohio State University Buckeyes football team in their quest for the 2009 BCS National Championship. This application, for both the iPhone and the iPod Touch, includes up-to-date schedule information and news from your favorite Ohio State news sources.

Tags: Apple iPhone, Team, Mobile, Ximii, Smart Phones, Team Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Ohio State University Map 1.0 (Mobile)

With Ohio State University Map explore Ohio State University. Find locations within Ohio State University, popular buildings, halls, restaurants, housing, and services. The map and information are stored on your device. In addition to finding different locations, you can browse them too or even show all the locations, such as...

Tags: Mobile, Ohio State University, PacMaps, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-23

OSU Map 1.0 (Mobile)

OSU Map is a navigation application for college students, faculties or anyone who is visiting the Ohio State University campus. It features effectively locate current user location, complete list of all lecture halls, labs, fields, dorms, and parking locations, Choose from walking, driving, and public transit directions, and time of...

Tags: Mobile, Location, Logical Dimension, OSU Map

Software downloads 2009-09-16

Researcher: Pee power in our energy future

Don't waste that bodily waste, convert it. That's the system suggested by Ohio University researchers. They are converting urine into hydrogen for fuel cell fuel. Are we really flushing away a great source of energy? The team of engineers are using a nickel-based converter that...

Tags: Researcher, Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Students create portable device to detect suicide bombers

According to latest reports, improvised explosive devices IEDs, the weapons of suicide bombers, are responsible for about half of soldier casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. To help contain this urgent threat, specialized contractors are being called in to provide services like counter IED training and technologies like...

Tags: Student, Portable Device, Corporate Communications, Handhelds, Networking, Marketing, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Macs on the front lines tracking Influenza A(H1N1) virus

The biggest news item in the news these days is the outbreak of the Influenza A(H1N1) virus (formerly "Swine Flu"), which the World Health Organization described as an "imminent pandemic." It's almost impossible to open a Web browser, RSS reader or Twitter without being bombarded with information...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Outbreak, Virus, Ohio State, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Ohio Dominican University Writes a New Security Curriculum

Ohio Dominican University spans more than 64 beautiful acres in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1911 as the College of Saint Mary of the Springs, Ohio Dominican University's liberal arts curriculum teaches skills valuable throughout life and any career - critical thinking, proficient writing, and clear communication. It experienced a security...

Tags: Qualys Inc., Ohio Dominican University, Security

Case studies 2009-04-01

Material found in pencils may hold key to faster computer chips

Move over silicon because graphene, the sheet-like form of carbon found in graphite pencils, may hold the key to smaller and faster electronics. In a paper published in the journal Advanced Materials, engineers at Ohio State University describe a technique for stamping many graphene sheets onto...

Tags: Silicon, Computer Chip, Electronics, Sheet, Computer, Chip, Nitin Padture, Graphene Sheet, Semiconductors, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-03-31

Is Google slowly alienating the Microsoft cloud market?

Both Queensland University for Technology QUT and Ohio State University OSU have now signed up to Live@edu, Microsoft's online cloud suite designed for students, including Hotmail, SkyDrive and Workspaces. Over 100,000 students from these two universities are now using Live@edu, after extensive testing resulted...

Tags: Google Inc., Student, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, E-mail Providers, Public Relations, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-03-17

iGeneration 2008 in review

I started on this blog, a nervous and precarious young man, and remain somewhat a young man. To be honest, I'm surprised I've been here this long, let alone seconded onto another blog. Still, it's been an interesting year and I'll run through some of them in a minute. So...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Post, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-12-18

Chinese...How's that for a 21st Century Skill?

Chinese...How's that for a 21st Century Skill?Not a needed skillMany Chinese people are learning English from an early age.Imagine a situation in which a person with some Chinese in school is in a meeting with a Chinese person who has spent decades working on fluency in English. How likely...

Tags: Chinese People

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

SonicWALL Case Study: Cedarville University

Nestled in the verdant countryside of southwestern Ohio, Cedarville University is an accredited Baptist university of arts, sciences, professional, and graduate programs. The challenge was to deliver reliable high-performance gateway firewall protection for over 3,000 university students using multiple concurrent Internet connections. University deployed SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance NSA...

Tags: SonicWall, Firewalls, Leadership, Processors, Networking, Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Case studies 2008-09-01

China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'

China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'Learn from M$, Google and YahooThey cooperated with the local bully, they were allowed to run business over there. Don't p*ss of their government, that's the key in China. Yahoo went so far they handed in evidence to China government to help...

Tags: Tibetan family, Han, census, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2008-08-22