FOSS Meet NITC 2008 Ideas: Difference between revisions
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4. A workshop on Internet Relay Chat | 4. A workshop on Internet Relay Chat | ||
5. A workshop on Wireshark/Ethereal. | |||
Ethereal is by far the best Network Traffic analysis tool in todays scenario. Networking is one domain where FOSS holds a huge edge over most alternatives because of the thriving developer community and free availability of Network Adapter Driver source code. A simple look at an Ethereal dump will impart a whole lot more networking knowledge to a student in a University, than a whole week of studying networking protocols from a textbook. | |||
6. FOSS.NITC website | |||
Last two times, we had difficulties in maintaining the server for the website, which used to go down frequently at many crucial times. So, this year, if there is still difficulty to get good server at NITC, it will be a better idea to purchase some webspace for the FOSS.NITC domain (at the earliest) | |||