Talks & Presentations

Summary page for various talks and presentations given by Jeremy Mates. These talks are available online for reference purposes. Unless otherwise noted, all copyrights on these talks have been disclaimed: they are in the public domain.

Centralized Printing (April 2001)

Why and how to setup a centralized printing architecture using LPRng, Netatalk, and Samba for consistent print queue availability in a heterogeneous client environment (Mac OS, Microsoft OS, and unix).

Central Logging (August 2004)

Thoughts on centralized logging, including why to centralize logs and how to log, with attention to the old syslogd and newer syslog-ng daemons. Also discussion of logfile analysis, covering examples, tips, and various custom utilities.

Conducted User Management (May 2006)

Overview of user management software for small to medium sites. Decentralized, but conducted: somewhere between unmanaged chaos and a Directory Service. Runs under CFEngine, supports Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Extensible to other platforms, flexible user customization by system or class.

Improving Productivity (LISA 2002)

A short Work-in-Progress (WiP) talk written and presented at LISA 2002 on how to improve daily productivity through scripting and automation of common daily tasks.

Introduction to the World of Perl (February 2003)

Introduction to Perl. Focuses on finding documentation, getting help, the care and feeding of Perl, and various coding practices.

KickStart & CFEngine (April 2005)

Presentation on maintaining RedHat Linux systems with KickStart and CFEngine.

Practical XML (December 2002)

Overview of and practical uses for the Extensible Markup Language (XML). Various XML standards and tools are covered, including the Extensible Stylesheet Language for Transformations (XSLT), a language for transforming XML. Two real-world uses of XML are surveyed: as content for a website and for giving presentations.

SMTP AUTH and STARTTLS in the Sendmail MTA (Junuary 2002)

Introduction to the SMTP AUTH and STARTTLS mail protocols. Setup and configuration instructions of the said protocols for mail servers using Cyrus SASL, OpenSSL, and the Sendmail Mail Transport Agent (MTA).

SMTP Practices (November 2003)

Some anti-spam and anti-malware tips and practices for e-mail servers.

SSH Uses and Users (June 1999)

Setup and usage notes for the old ssh1 release by Tatu Ylönen.

Using CVS (March 2001)

Getting started usage notes for Concurrent Versions System (CVS) users.