[cisco-voip] callmanager 6 + opera = better gui performance

Matthew Saskin matt at saskin.net
Wed Dec 19 14:30:50 EST 2007


You know this, I know this, we all know this.  Doesn't mean the security 
architects (or whomever is in charge) do.  Yes, I've worked at some 
fairly irrational places :)

-matt

Eric Pedersen wrote:
> It's not a big risk because they come in through meeting place so you
> can keep an eye on what TAC is doing and then disable the root access
> account when they are done.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Saskin
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:05 AM
> To: Jonathan Charles
> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] callmanager 6 + opera = better gui performance
> 
> I was going to say, I've worked in and with many organizations where 
> vendor remote-access is a big security no-no.
> 
> -matt
> 
> Jonathan Charles wrote:
>> Actually, I have had them send me the root password and then it is
>> functional for 30 days or so...
>>
>>
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> On Dec 19, 2007 10:41 AM, Erick Bergquist <erickbee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> You need to contact TAC and they have you set up those remote support
>>> accounts then meetingplace in to your network and do the super secret
>>> root access stuff themselves, then do the fix it work, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 19, 2007 10:16 AM, Erik Goppel <egoppel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> How dit you get the root access?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 19, 2007 4:47 PM, Wes Sisk <wsisk at cisco.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yep, CSCsg09337.
>>>>> A dev pack install did not reload the parameters.  TAC assistance
> will be
>>>> required.
>>>>> Get root access
>>>>> su - informix
>>>>> /usr/local/cm/bin/installdb -x /usr/local/cm/db/xml/xml Wait for
> cpu to
>>>> calm
>>>>> down
>>>>>
>>>>> Had a customer who had to add ..before the command to get it to
> take. If
>>>> the
>>>>> above command doesn't work try:
>>>>>
>>>>> ../usr/local/cm/bin/installdb -x /usr/local/cm/db/xml/xml
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> /Wes
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Philip Walenta wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Just curious if anyone's ever seen where Enterprise Parameters and
> Service
>>>> Parameters are empty in any browser under CCM6?
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>  From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
>>>> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net ] On Behalf Of Wes Sisk
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:24 AM
>>>>> To: Jonathan Charles
>>>>> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] callmanager 6 + opera = better gui
> performance
>>>>> tab?  enable it under preferences. I actively use tabs in safari.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan Charles wrote:
>>>>> Yeah, I noticed better performance using Safari... However, its
>>>>> inability to tab makes it mostly worthless as a browser...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 18, 2007 8:24 PM, Ronald Joseph <rjoseph0001 at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> i am new to the mailing list, so forgive me if this has been
> covered
>>>> already.
>>>>> i installed cm 6.0 today for the first time, having only used 4.x
> before.
>>>> i noticed the gui slowness seen by others. i use firefox 2 on linux.
>>>>> i initially thought it was platform-related (as others have), but
> dug a
>>>> little deeper. i looked at the cm web code, and then compiled
> firefox for
>>>> debugging. after a number of tests, it definitely appeared that the
>>>> javascript engine (spidermonkey) was causing the slowness.
> spidermonkey has
>>>> performed poorly for me in the past on other web applications i have
> tested.
>>>>> so i looked for javascript engine performance optimizations, and
> came
>>>> across this page:
>>>>> http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/
>>>>>
>>>>> this page tested javascript engine implementations and found that
> opera
>>>> 9.5 was the best by a large margin. so i installed opera 9.5 on my
> linux box
>>>> and cm performance is MUCH snappier.
>>>>> i hope this information is helpful. for firefox fans, i do not
> think
>>>> javascript performance will get better until the tamarin engine goes
> into
>>>> production next year. we'll have to wait and see.
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