You messed up with your Computer! No Worries!!!

The Techies may be knowing that Backups are an important part of Disaster Recovery Planning... A Network Administrator should thus emphasise priorly on a proper backup plan, so as to Backup all the client side data and the server database as well. The following Official Documentation for Amanda 2.5.0, by Stefan G. Weichinger will help you establish a central backup server for mitigating some worries When Disaster Strikes...

Enemy is at the Gateways... We need Firewalls!

Here is the link to the most important tutorial which could help us in a long way in securing our Linux Boxes. It is from the NetFilter Official Website. The Iptables Tutorial 1.2.1. So Get... Set... and Go... tighter on security side.

Resumé - - - from Here...

Adil Amean Rathore
H. No. 13, Arshid Manzil, J. P. Nagar, Bangalore - 560 078
Phone: +91 (990) 059-3249
Email: aadilrathore@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
Use my knowledge, experience, and professionalism to perform all functioning aspects of a system administrator in a multiplatform environment and strive for a highly productive work atmosphere through leadership and strategic thinking skills.
SYSTEMS
HCL, IBM NetInfinity, IBM ThinkCenter, HP Proliant, HP Pavillion, PC Compatibles
LANGUAGES
Basic, Bourne Shell, C++, Perl, Visual Basic, JavaScript
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Linux 2.6.20, Solaris 10, Windows 2000/XP/Server 2000/Server 2003, Windows NT
SOFTWARE
Security: COPS, TCP Wrappers, Tripwire, Windows Personal Firewall, Symantec AntiVirus
Backup: Veritas, Legato, Amanda, SAMBA, dump, tar, cpio
Admin Tools: vmstat, top, traceroute
Networking: Active Directory, OpenLDAP, NFS, NIS/YP, DNS, Sendmail, ifconfig, HTTP, ftp, netstat, Telnet, TFTP
WWW Servers: Apache, Tomcat
WWW Clients: Elinks, Netscape, Explorer
DEVICES
CD-ROM drives, 8mm/DAT/DLT tape drives, hubs, modems, raid storage arrays, routers, server switches

EDUCATION
Indira Gandhi National Open University - Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, Bachelor of Information Technology in Computer Science - Jun 2006
Higher National Diploma, (Integrated with the above degree)

SEMINARS
Foundation in Information Technology, Basic Topics in System Administration, Mail Servers, Information Systems Security, Internet Technologies, Creating markets on the Internet

PROJECTS
COMPUTER IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS
Advanced MS Access Project - Design a computer based system for managing student database in Microsoft Access for IGNOU Regional Center.
Deliverables
· Research and review areas of interest
· Select and appraise the feasibility of the chosen project.
· Identify structure and develop a list of user requirements relevant to the chosen project into a project specification.
· Produce an appropriate computer-based plan for the project including time scales, deliverables, milestones etc for a Software Engineering project
Advanced Multimedia Project - Design a multimedia application for managing student database for IGNOU Regional Center.
Deliverables
· Consider alternative design methods/techniques and environment which could include the use of structured design, object design, real time design, graphical displays, storyboarding, data analysis etc.
· Review, select and use suitable software to implement the project.
· Document all stages to agreed standards.

PLUS UNITARY PROJECTS IN THE FOLLOWING STREAMS:
Artificial Intelligence, Visual Programming, Component Programming, Relational Database Management Systems, Information System Security and E-Commerce

CERTIFICATIONS
Linux Learning Centre, Hanumanthnagar, Bangalore - RedHat Certified Technician - Sept 2006
Indian Institute of Hardware Technology, Jayanagar, Bangalore - Microsoft Certified System Engineer - July 2006

EXPERIENCE

Apr. 2005 Micropower Engineers Inc., Dalgate, Srinagar
To IT Executive/Applications Engineer
Oct. 2006
Perform duties as an applications engineer and technical support executive for the organizations by providing the following functions:
· Preserve the connectivity of all LAN workstations throughout using various gateways and routers
· Providing software, hardware support and installations to the end users.
· Implement and support for custom programs used in the computing environment,
· Training company-wide end users for the use of Office applications.

Doesn't it look Scripty!!!

Recently i was craving to find a book about Scripting on the net. And the prerequisites were that it should be based on the Korn Shell. Luckily, and (as well as the fruits of my my ever tyring searches) today I found a beautiful book on Shell Scripting on the Internet. It is titled Learning the Korn Shell, Second Edition, by Bill Rosenblatt and Arnold Robbins. The book has been published in April 2002. The month in which my birthday comes to be...