Network Security Appliances Overview

Fahmi Rizwansyah says:

Network Monitoring
The purpose of network monitoring is the collection of useful information from various parts of the network so that the network can be managed and controlled using the collected information. Most of the network devices are located in remote locations and they usually don't have directly connected terminals. Hence specialized tools are required to facilitate the network management application to monitor their status easily.

Bandwidth management
Heavy downloading can take its toll on network performance. Congestion and lack of responsiveness are often the result of large amounts of traffic being used by a small number of users. Sometimes even a single user can bring an entire network to a crawl as the internet gateway gets flooded with network traffic. By using Bandwidth management tools, the administrator can have full control over the network using tools to allocate desired bandwidth to specified users for specified tasks.

Traffic Analysis
Traffic analysis is the Inference or deduction of useful intelligence from patterns of observable characteristics of data flow(s), even when the data is encrypted or otherwise not directly available. The characteristics used for the evolution of such patterns include the identities and locations of the source(s) and destination(s), and the presence, amount, frequency, and duration of occurrence.

Penetration Testing
The portion of security testing in which the evaluators attempt to circumvent the security features of a system. The evaluators may be assumed to use all system design and implementation documentation, that may include listings of system source code, manuals, and circuit diagrams. The evaluators work under the same constraints applied to ordinary users. Ethical Hacking of a commissioned system is an integral part of penetration testing.

Vulnerability Analysis
Vulnerability analysis is the systematic examination of an AIS (Automated Information System for acquisition, storage, manipulation, control, display, transmission, or reception of data etc.) or product to determine the adequacy of security measures, identify security deficiencies, provide data from which to predict the effectiveness of proposed security measures, and confirm the adequacy of such measures after implementation.

Network audit
It is the process of assessing the various components and the operating environment of a computer network for vulnerabilities and other loopholes that might occur in the process of installing, configuring, or securing the network. This process may range from a relatively simple Automated audit to check a network for known vulnerabilities in the operating system through a black box or even a white box or manual audit to determine the network's overall status as compared to the prevailing "best practice".

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Selamat buat Anandita Puspitasari, pemenang Bloggership Pesta Blogger 2008

Fahmi Rizwansyah says:

Anandita Puspitasari (23), seorang peneliti junior di salah satu LSM berhasil menjadi penerima Bloggership pertama di Indonesia yang diluncurkan pada Pesta Blogger 2008 lalu.

"Ini adalah sebuah amanat, untuk lebih mengoptimalkan sumber daya yang saya miliki supaya bisa memberi manfaat lebih untuk masyarakat. Sedari awal, saya langsung merasa `klik` dengan tujuan program ini," kata Anandita Puspitasari atau Dita dalam siaran pers yang diterima ANTARA di Jakarta, Selasa

Dengan blognya yang beralamat di www.nonadita.com, dia dipilih sebaga pemenang oleh panitia seleksi yaitu Microsoft Indonesia dan "bapak blogger Indonesia" Enda Nasution.

Empat kandidat yang dikalahkan Dita yaitu Aulia Halimatussadiah (25 thn, http://salsabeela.com), Bernardus Dian Adi Prasetyo (29, http://didut.wordpress.com), Calvin Michael Sidjaja (22, http://republikbabi.com) dan Siwi Piranti Rahayu (21 thn, http://chiw,.wordpress.com)

Sebagai pemenang, Dita berhak mendapatkan hadiah sebesar Rp 15 juta, smartphone Windows Mobile, serta perjalanan selama 6 bulan ke 3 propinsi dengan biaya ditanggung Microsoft Indonesia.

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Arsip-arsip Belanda di Indonesia Dibuka

Fahmi Rizwansyah says:

Sebuah situs arsip Belanda yang sangat menarik untuk Indonesia akan dibuka untuk para peneliti, demikian dilaporkan koresponden ANTARA di Belanda, Ronald Frisart, Selasa.
Arsip Belanda itu terdiri atas delapan puluh meter bahan arsip milik Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (NIOD, Institut dokumentasi perang Belanda).

Arsip yang dapat dibuka lewat internet itu (www.niod.nl) akan dipresentasikan pada tanggal 22 Januari di Amsterdam dan situs ini tidak hanya dalam bahasa Belanda, tetapi juga bahasa Inggris.
Dalam arsip-arsip di situs tersebut terdapat lukisan-lukisan, koran-koran Indonesia, dokumentasi pemerintah Belanda, buku harian dan catatan perkara.

Dokumentasi pemerintah Belanda dalam situs ini merupakan dokumentasi Belanda periode 9 Maret 1942 (kapitulasi KNIL/Belanda kepada Jepang), ketika tentara Jepang menguasai Indonesia sampai 15 Agustus 1945 (kapitulasi Jepang kepada tentara Sekutu).
Baca selengkapnya...

by antara.co.id
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Pandanganku tentang PRT

Fahmi Rizwansyah says:

Aku adalah penganut paham anti feodalisme. Ini pandanganku mengenai keberadaan PRT (Pembantu Rumah Tangga) di rumah.

1. PRT adalah manusia, sama dengan majikan.
2. Scope pekerjaannya harus jelas.
3. PRT yang telah melewati masa probation, maka harus diperlakukan seperti pegawai.
4. Jadwal dia bekerja, berlibur, mengambil cuti dan hak untuk bersenang-senang sebagaimana layaknya majikannya harus dihormati. PRT punya waktu privacy sendiri di luar jam kerja.
   
5. Bahwa hidupnya seorang PRT itu tergantung dia sendiri bukan tergantung majikannya.
6. Majikan hanya berhak menegur untuk kesalahan profesi dan majikan tidak berhak menggunakan anggota badannya secara langsung maupun tidak langsung menyakiti hati dan diri seorang PRT (sesuai dengan hukum UU KDRT dan Pidana)
   
7. Jam kerja PRT harus mengikuti peraturan Depnaker.
   
8. Majikan harus memberikan basic training dan tidak membiarkan seorang PRT mengerjakan sesuatu yang belum dia mengerti cara melakukannya. Dan majikan tidak berhak mengatakan bodoh kepada PRT untuk sesuatu hal diluar kemengertiannya. Kerusakan yang disebabkan oleh PRT harus dianalisa root causenya. Apakah karena lalai atau ketidaktahuan/ketidakmengertian.
9. Reward dan punishment harus diterapkan namun majikan tidak boleh menerapkan aturan denda financial kepada PRT, kecuali kerusakan materi yang disebabkan oleh kelalaian profesi.
10. Perlakuan lainnya adalah hal-hal yang sesuai dengan prinsip Pancasila dan UUD 1945.

Semoga pemikiran ini bisa membuka wacana pemahaman kebangsaan yang lebih luas dalam arti kita memperlakukan manusia Indonesia di dalam diri, keluarga dan masyarakat kita. PRT sangat bisa diterima sebagai profesi di luar negeri, dan tidak ada bukti PRT membuat bangkrut majikan.

Mana pandanganmu?!!!

Artikel frizzy untuk Gerakan Indonesia Bangkit
Didukung oleh www.MediaKita.info.ms

Cheers, frizzy2008.

How to hug

Fahmi Rizwansyah says:

Hugs are an important expression of affection. By hugging someone, you remind them that you care about them and support them.

Steps

• Approach the person. Depending on the person's relationship to you, you might want to approach differently:
  

1. Family Hug: Approach kindly, but not too emotionally.
   
2. Friend Hug (girls): Approach caringly, sometimes humorously, and smile.
   
3. Friend Hug (guys): Approach quickly, usually not looking them in the eye.
   
4. Crush Hug: Approach carefully, but do not seem shy. Smile slightly and perhaps say a caring word or two.
   
5. Lover Hug: It doesn't matter who starts this; either can make it just as romantic. When approaching, put your hands on their shoulders and look them in the eyes. Say you love them, how much you care for them, and how much you are loving every second with them. Then fall into each other and hug with all your heart.
   

• Embrace. Lean forward and wrap your arms around the person.

1. Family Hug: You can keep talking when hugging; it will not ruin the momentum. Where you place your hands is not important; the hugged won't think it over too much. Press gently; it is not necessary to have head-contact. Stroke your hands quickly across the top of the hugged's back. Smile when letting go.
   
2. Friend Hug (girls): Close your eyes and think about how much you love your friend when hugging. Press as much as you feel like. (But don't squish!) Do not clap the hugged on the shoulders or such; it's too masculine and some girls think you don't like them if you do it the guys' way.
   
3. Friend Hug (guys): Embrace strongly, and clap each other on the top of your backs. If it's an emotional moment, keep in the hugged position for a brief moment and do not clap each other's backs.
   
4. Crush Hug: Press the hugged warmly towards you. If you are a man, remember that it is more masculine and more protective to fold your arms under hers. Her arms should be around your neck, and you should be embracing her around the waist. When pressing her against you, you can lift her up a bit, pressing her chest and upper stomach against yours. Keep it in that position for a while, and then let go. Look her in the eyes when you separate and continue the conversation naturally.
   
5. Lover Hug: 1) Males: Carefully sliding your hands down from her shoulders, put them on her waist and slide them around her lower back. Put your head on her shoulder and press her towards you for as long as you like. If you want to, you can give her a small massage with your hands, and try to warm her. When separating, you can look into her eyes, smile genuinely and, if the situation is fitting, kiss her. 2) Females: Extend your arms toward him and hold them around his neck and shoulders. Lean as close as possible and press your torso against his. In situations of extreme intimacy, interlocking your leg in his is appropriate. Avoid holding your arms below his shoulders and/or embracing strongly and tensely.

• Don't hug too tightly. The best way to judge how tightly or loosely to hug is to let whomever you're hugging indicate what they want by how hard they squeeze. If they are soft, be soft back; if they like bear hugs and squeeze tightly, hug back the same way (but don't suffocate him/her).
  
• Don't let go too early. A hug is a powerful way to communicate your caring for another person, as it can feel great and greatly improve one's mood. If someone hugs you, they may want a long, loving hug (maybe they are upset or down), so just go along with it and hug them until they let go or loosen their hold.
  

Tips

• Be welcoming when you hug. If either of you requested the hug, then be warm and loving and just make it feel like the person you're hugging is safe from anything else and that the two of you are the only people that matter at the moment.
  
• Make sure you're clean and showered.
  
• Make eye contact, but also make sure to follow the movements of the other person, to avoid clumsy mishaps.
  
• In a "manly hug", it is common to pat twice on the back before disengaging.

Warning

• Do not confuse a lover hug with a friend hug. Things might get complicated and awkward.
  
• Unless you've hugged the person before, don't hug them without asking first. In addition, use your best judgment in choosing when and where to hug someone. There are certain situations where one might be embarrassed to be seen hugging someone else.
  
• Hug only when the person you want to hug has their arms out, they may not want to be hugged if their arms aren't out.
  

by wikiHow

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