RE: Slow spam day?
A few weeks ago, I couldn't believe the heavy amount of spam I was receiving, and then, for the last 2 weeks, it's like someone turned off the spiggit! Murray From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Slow spam day? Did someone pull the plug on Nigeria and China? Barely had any spam today. I'm getting worried about the hundreds of millions I'm losing in unclaimed dead Nigerian king accounts. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: script SSID for wireless configs
So you are telling me that there are tools that can see something that isn't being broadcast? I'm having trouble with that concept. If I tturn off the power altogether, can thesetools see my wifi? If the broadcast is shut off, how is it broadcasting? Finally, if these tools can see my SSID, can they also see the unencrypted password? I can tell you that Inssider tells me a lot about the wifi's it picks up including it's mac address along with the manufacturer of the wifi, and the channel in use. But my SSID displays as unknown. Either wifi is completely unsecure or it isn't. Please explain! Murray From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: script SSID for wireless configs Its false security. Mainly because anyone capable of hacking your network can see your SSID with their toolset (its still out there in the ether). Obscurity != Security And with that, let the soapboxing begin... -- ME2 On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: I've been lurking on this topic, and I have a couple of questions. First, I have a wifi at home and I have the radio broadcast turned off. I'm using INSSIDER software to look around my neighborhood from time to time. My SSID shows up as unknown. Obviously I have no problem connecting and if someone who has never connected previously comes over, I help them by telling them the SSID and password to connect. The next time they come over, they connect automatically. So, my questions. First, even if you know my SSID, you need to know my password or you're not going to connect. I figure that without the SSID, it is even more difficult for a stranger to connect. Oh, I'm using WPA2 security. I know I could use MAC filtering, but I'm comfortable that I'm secure enough. Can you guys explain to me how having the radio broadcast turned off makes the security lessened? Murray From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: script SSID for wireless configs No real input as their decisions are already made, but like I said, they are depending solely on non-broadcast of the SSID as their 'security', they do have other proper measures in place. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: script SSID for wireless configs The post was offered as a general comment, not a response to your question. That happens around here a lot. As IT consultant, do you not have any capacity to advise the agency on security matters? Or keep them from shooting themselves in the foot? I guess not... Carl From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: script SSID for wireless configs Thank you but that was not the question. To the agency, this is one layer of security, in addition to WPA, etc. The question is whether the wireless config could be scripted. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: script SSID for wireless configs
Thanks Micheal, that clears it up somewhat. It sounds to me that with the number of wifi's in my neighborhood, I don't have to be very concerned because the rest of the neighborhood are broadcasting and several use their family name. I'm going to assume that they would tend to draw the hackers more than my unknown wifi, and most of them are WPA whereas I'm WPA2. Thanks again. Murray From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: script SSID for wireless configs Technically speaking, its not that it isnt broadcasted. It's not advertised in the packets. This is a good short summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_set_%28802.11_network%29#Security_o f_Broadcasting_SSID -- ME2 On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: So you are telling me that there are tools that can see something that isn't being broadcast? I'm having trouble with that concept. If I tturn off the power altogether, can thesetools see my wifi? If the broadcast is shut off, how is it broadcasting? Finally, if these tools can see my SSID, can they also see the unencrypted password? I can tell you that Inssider tells me a lot about the wifi's it picks up including it's mac address along with the manufacturer of the wifi, and the channel in use. But my SSID displays as unknown. Either wifi is completely unsecure or it isn't. Please explain! Murray From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: script SSID for wireless configs Its false security. Mainly because anyone capable of hacking your network can see your SSID with their toolset (its still out there in the ether). Obscurity != Security And with that, let the soapboxing begin... -- ME2 On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: I've been lurking on this topic, and I have a couple of questions. First, I have a wifi at home and I have the radio broadcast turned off. I'm using INSSIDER software to look around my neighborhood from time to time. My SSID shows up as unknown. Obviously I have no problem connecting and if someone who has never connected previously comes over, I help them by telling them the SSID and password to connect. The next time they come over, they connect automatically. So, my questions. First, even if you know my SSID, you need to know my password or you're not going to connect. I figure that without the SSID, it is even more difficult for a stranger to connect. Oh, I'm using WPA2 security. I know I could use MAC filtering, but I'm comfortable that I'm secure enough. Can you guys explain to me how having the radio broadcast turned off makes the security lessened? Murray From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: script SSID for wireless configs No real input as their decisions are already made, but like I said, they are depending solely on non-broadcast of the SSID as their 'security', they do have other proper measures in place. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: script SSID for wireless configs The post was offered as a general comment, not a response to your question. That happens around here a lot. As IT consultant, do you not have any capacity to advise the agency on security matters? Or keep them from shooting themselves in the foot? I guess not... Carl From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: script SSID for wireless configs Thank you but that was not the question. To the agency, this is one layer of security, in addition to WPA, etc. The question is whether the wireless config could be scripted. Erik Goldoff
RE: script SSID for wireless configs
Of the dozen or so wifi's that I can see with inssider, one is WEP, my neighbor behind me is WPA2 and everyone else is WPA. Every now and then I see an unencrypted wifi, and I suspect it's a honeypot. I'm WPA2! Most of the neighbors have 2wire names, and I've been told that those are ATT Uverse users. Murray -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: script SSID for wireless configs If drive by intruders see either WPA or WPA2 they will most likely keep going. If they see WEP they might stick around after the 30 seconds it takes to crack it, and if it's open then they're golden. I'd be more worried about the 13-year old neighbor boy who is running Linux brute-forcing your network than someone outside of your neighborhood. That unkown SSID is more tempting than not. I use my street address as my SSID, FWIW. Kurt On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:47, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: Thanks Micheal, that clears it up somewhat. It sounds to me that with the number of wifi's in my neighborhood, I don't have to be very concerned because the rest of the neighborhood are broadcasting and several use their family name. I'm going to assume that they would tend to draw the hackers more than my unknown wifi, and most of them are WPA whereas I'm WPA2. Thanks again. Murray From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: script SSID for wireless configs Technically speaking, its not that it isnt broadcasted. It's not advertised in the packets. This is a good short summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_set_%28802.11_network%29#Security _of_Broadcasting_SSID -- ME2 On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: So you are telling me that there are tools that can see something that isn't being broadcast? I'm having trouble with that concept. If I tturn off the power altogether, can thesetools see my wifi? If the broadcast is shut off, how is it broadcasting? Finally, if these tools can see my SSID, can they also see the unencrypted password? I can tell you that Inssider tells me a lot about the wifi's it picks up including it's mac address along with the manufacturer of the wifi, and the channel in use. But my SSID displays as unknown. Either wifi is completely unsecure or it isn't. Please explain! Murray From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: script SSID for wireless configs Its false security. Mainly because anyone capable of hacking your network can see your SSID with their toolset (its still out there in the ether). Obscurity != Security And with that, let the soapboxing begin... -- ME2 On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: I've been lurking on this topic, and I have a couple of questions. First, I have a wifi at home and I have the radio broadcast turned off. I'm using INSSIDER software to look around my neighborhood from time to time. My SSID shows up as unknown. Obviously I have no problem connecting and if someone who has never connected previously comes over, I help them by telling them the SSID and password to connect. The next time they come over, they connect automatically. So, my questions. First, even if you know my SSID, you need to know my password or you're not going to connect. I figure that without the SSID, it is even more difficult for a stranger to connect. Oh, I'm using WPA2 security. I know I could use MAC filtering, but I'm comfortable that I'm secure enough. Can you guys explain to me how having the radio broadcast turned off makes the security lessened? Murray From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: script SSID for wireless configs No real input as their decisions are already made, but like I said, they are depending solely on non-broadcast of the SSID as their 'security', they do have other proper measures in place. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: script SSID for wireless configs The post was offered as a general comment, not a response to your question. That happens around here a lot. As IT consultant, do you not have any capacity to advise the agency on security matters? Or keep them from shooting themselves in the foot? I guess not... Carl From: Erik Goldoff
RE: script SSID for wireless configs
Ben, that explains things better. My password is 15 characters long withalpha, numbers and special characters, so I guess I'm reasonably secure. Thanks for the explanation Murray -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 4:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: script SSID for wireless configs On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: So you are telling me that there are tools that can see something that isn't being broadcast? It's still being broadcast. Normally, a wifi AP periodically transmits a beacon frame containing the SSID. Member nodes continuously listen for beacon frames. By doing so, they build up that list of local wifi networks. You have told your AP not to transmit those beacon frames, so you won't show up in said list. But in order to participate in a wifi network, member nodes must locate and associate with your AP. That is done in the clear. For example, suppose your network is named ALANET. Your laptop has to first ask, Are you there, 'ALANET'? Your AP will then say, Yes, I am 'ALANET'. They then proceed to negotiate encryption. All wifi receivers in the area will get those transmissions. Normally, other nodes will ignore your transmissions as unrelated. But sniffer tools will show the contents of those frames, or even present a list of them. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: ... the rest of the neighborhood are broadcasting and several use their family name. I'm going to assume that they would tend to draw the hackers more than my unknown wifi, and most of them are WPA whereas I'm WPA2. That depends. For someone just looking for a free Internet connection, yes, they will prolly go after the open networks. But some people see things like a so-called hidden SSID as a challenge. It's more fun to go after such targets. I am told that WPA2 is generally regarded as cryptographically strong, though. So unless there's some kind of unpublished attack happening, you're probabbly in good shape. Unless you have a weak secret, of course. If your WPA2 key is something like password, swordfish, 12345, letmein, or your SSID, then you could be in trouble. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Wireless Routers
Just a quick response to your Anti-Netgear attitude. I've had 2 Netgear WIFI's and they both work just fine. When I moved up to a Rangemax, I gave my old one to a friend and he reports no problems. Oh, that was more than 2 years ago. I've worked on other brands at work, but I'm very happy with my Netgear.I highly recvommend them. BTW, when friends and relatives come over with laptops, we have no problems connecting, and some of these people have MAC's. I'm using WPA2 and I always have radio broadcast turned off. Murray From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wireless Routers This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at a client's site (side job) trying to get their desktop to link up to their existing wireless router (Netgear.) I never succeeded and I was also unable to get my Dell laptop to talk to their wireless router. After fussing with it for over 2 hours, I went to Walmart and bought a WRT54GS2 Linksys wireless (same exact model I have at home) and hooked it up. Instant success. Long story short - if I ever have a job where I can't get the wireless to connect, and the user has a Netgear wireless router, I'm not even going to spend time on it, I'll just tell the client I'm going to go buy a different router that *will* work and get another Linksys. Just thought I'd pass this along for anyone who's looking for a new wireless router. J ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: Wireless Routers
As to the channel in use, 1,6 11 are the recommended channels for all wifi, but I've used all of them at one time or another. It seems that some of the newer wif's search for a quiet channel if there are a lot of units nearby. I have a dozen neighbors in my area that have wifi and several are always changing channels. I've been using 9 since that one ie rarely ever being switched to or being used at all. BTW, I'm using Inssider software to monitor my area. I've never noticed any difference among the channels, but I just prefer to be alone on a channel. Murray From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Actually this reminded me, I did have a client a year or so ago with a similar problem, and changing the channel the Netgear used solved the connection issue for him. I can't remember if we changed from channel 11 to 8, or 8 to 11 , but you get the idea. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers I had a similar experience with trouble shooting a friend's home network. She had a Netgear set up that was about a year and half old that included a router and additional access point. Nothing I did would get the Netgear to keep a consistent connection; including pushing the reset button(s). Changed to Linksys and everything came up fine. Bill Lambert Concuity Phone 847-941-9206 The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers I'm pretty sure the Netgear was an 802.11G router. The Dell laptop has a Dell Wireless Dual-Band WLAN card in it (on-board.) The Desktop machine had an Edimax EX-7128G 802.11 b/g card installed. Once I got the Linksys in, it connected right up and even got an IP address. Not to mention that the client said his Vista laptop had problems getting onto the internet that morning wirelessly. I've had problems with Netgear wireless routers before and that's part of the reason I will refuse to use Netgear wireless routers in the future. Wired, sure. Wireless, no. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Could be a dumb question, but what was the Netgear, 802.11A, 802.11B, 802.11G, and what was the wireless adapter in the user systems ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wireless Routers This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at a client's site (side job) trying to get their desktop to link up to their existing wireless router (Netgear.) I never succeeded and I was also unable to get my Dell laptop to talk to their wireless router. After fussing with it for over 2 hours, I went to Walmart and bought a WRT54GS2 Linksys wireless (same exact model I have at home) and hooked it up. Instant success. Long story short - if I ever have a job where I can't get the wireless to connect, and the user has a Netgear wireless router, I'm not even going to spend time on it, I'll just tell the client I'm going to go buy a different router that *will* work and get another Linksys. Just thought I'd pass this along for anyone who's looking for a new wireless router. J ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: Internet Policies
Well, as long as we're discussing IM, we don't allow it currently. But, I have trouble understanding how IM is better than either email or a meeting, or using a telephone to accomplish the very same thing as an IM. Can someone explain that to me. Oh, we've recently adopted social networking for our organization, but primarily for our membership. I'm having trouble understanding how social networking will help our members too! Murray From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Policies It all depends if there is a business or productivity reason for it. We use IM in some of the departments for meetings, quick conversations, etc. But if it is used for wasting time, I would not allow it. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:38 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: What restrictions, if any, do your organizations place on things like IM or social networking sites? I sent out a warning to the office personnel this morning regarding the new IM Virus and got an email back from the CEO basically stating shouldn't that be a violation of company policy anyway? and I had to tell him, I knew of no policies regarding that; and that in fact, my former supervisor was fully aware of at least one person (who's child is overseas in the military) who used IM on a semi-regular basis. For this reason, I'm working on coming up with a company policy. I've looked at the sample template from SANS as well as another one that someone sent me off-list. I'm planning on incorporating the best of everything I get, so if anyone has any suggested language regarding IM or social networking, please let me have it. J ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media
It sounds like the telephone may become extinct, doesn't it! Our organization is small, all in one bldg on one floor, so it's very easy to just walk down to an office. When I get a help desk call, I always walk to the requestor's office. The young man who works with me uses Remote Assistance and the telephone. Here, an email is just as fast as an IM. Murray From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media Agreed. As a department, we all use IM. I have coworkers in other physical locations that I interact with all day. No one answers their desk phones, because it's usually a vendor or sales call. J E-mail is great for communicating certain things that require a record, or are too long winded for IM, but IM is great for those hey can you look at server X? conversations. $.02 Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 2:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media IM is faster than email is faster than a meeting.Personally, I prefer email to IM, but I understand how and why people use it as a valid communications tool. It facilitates quick, informal exchanges that may not rise to the level of a full discussion. And both IM and email are easier to schedule than face-to-face meetings in many cases. Social networking is just a prevalent, but semi-closed network where you can interact with business partners, customers or prospective clients in a way where the recipient has some control over who reaches them and how they are reached, and the sender has access to some rich content without the fear of antispam interference. All of the above means of communications are useful to various organizations, even though abuse of them can waste time. But so can the abuse of any other communications vehicle, including meetings. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: Well, as long as we're discussing IM, we don't allow it currently. But, I have trouble understanding how IM is better than either email or a meeting, or using a telephone to accomplish the very same thing as an IM. Can someone explain that to me. Oh, we've recently adopted social networking for our organization, but primarily for our membership. I'm having trouble understanding how social networking will help our members too! Murray From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Policies It all depends if there is a business or productivity reason for it. We use IM in some of the departments for meetings, quick conversations, etc. But if it is used for wasting time, I would not allow it. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:38 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: What restrictions, if any, do your organizations place on things like IM or social networking sites? I sent out a warning to the office personnel this morning regarding the new IM Virus and got an email back from the CEO basically stating shouldn't that be a violation of company policy anyway? and I had to tell him, I knew of no policies regarding that; and that in fact, my former supervisor was fully aware of at least one person (who's child is overseas in the military) who used IM on a semi-regular basis. For this reason, I'm working on coming up with a company policy. I've looked at the sample template from SANS as well as another one that someone sent me off-list. I'm planning on incorporating the best of everything I get, so if anyone has any suggested language regarding IM or social networking, please let me have it. J ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: Internet Policies
I've just got to disagree with one comment, ...less disruptive then a phone call... The person receiving a phone call, an IM or email, not to mention a tweet is ALWAYS distracted. One thing we've done is put a Do Not Disturb button on our phones, so you know if a person is busy and doesn't want to be disturbed. The phone doesn't ring, just goes directly into voice mail. Getting back to social networking, the real problem is the fact that there doesn't seem to be a way to block non-business tweets. It's just another distraction, like IM and email from friends and family. Murray From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Policies IM isn't just chat. Especially if you have OCS installed. There are tons of things that can be dispensed with a quick 2-3 line IM session that would require waiting and delays for other things. With IM you can see if a user if actually present and can be contacted now. It's faster then email for yes/no questions and is less disruptive then a phone call. If I see a user status as 'Busy' then I don't bug them, but if they are listed as 'Available' then I can ping them on quick short questions. During phone conferences having the ability to contact people not on the line, (outage, check with engineers working the issue) to then relay information to the call is invaluable. Our help desk uses it. Our help desk is scattered over 4 physical locations and if there is a major issue, then they can't call the other locations because everyone is on the phone. Late night troubleshooting sessions from home that don't need a call means my boss isn't calling for status, he just checks me on IM. My wife and kids do not get woken up. It is often easier to arrange lunch, etc through IM rather then email. In a tightly controlled messaging environment it means less clutter in the archives. Once people actually start using IM for business reasons it's seriously addictive and helps substantially but it's one of those 'you have to experience it to understand it' type of things. Out of all the enabled IM accounts we have 3/4 signed on during business hours which is a huge buy in for us. We do not mandate people use it, merely make it available as a service. Steven Peck On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: Well, as long as we're discussing IM, we don't allow it currently. But, I have trouble understanding how IM is better than either email or a meeting, or using a telephone to accomplish the very same thing as an IM. Can someone explain that to me. Oh, we've recently adopted social networking for our organization, but primarily for our membership. I'm having trouble understanding how social networking will help our members too! Murray From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Policies It all depends if there is a business or productivity reason for it. We use IM in some of the departments for meetings, quick conversations, etc. But if it is used for wasting time, I would not allow it. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:38 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: What restrictions, if any, do your organizations place on things like IM or social networking sites? I sent out a warning to the office personnel this morning regarding the new IM Virus and got an email back from the CEO basically stating shouldn't that be a violation of company policy anyway? and I had to tell him, I knew of no policies regarding that; and that in fact, my former supervisor was fully aware of at least one person (who's child is overseas in the military) who used IM on a semi-regular basis. For this reason, I'm working on coming up with a company policy. I've looked at the sample template from SANS as well as another one that someone sent me off-list. I'm planning on incorporating the best of everything I get, so if anyone has any suggested language regarding IM or social networking, please let me have it. J ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media
Are you suggesting that IM is treated differently than email under the laws of evidence? Murray From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 2:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media Jon, I don't think that can constitute as Primary/Best evidence in a court of law, especially when electronic communications is usually considered Heresay, and therefore needs to be corroborated with other sources. Also: The evidence only shows a communication from the source communication to the destination computer, and doesn't accurately reflect the person or entity behind the communications ( Anyone can refute there Login ID was hacked, and it wasn't them that sent the communications) and I haven't seen many IM packages provide two factor authentication, that provide additional evidence that said user/entity is who they claim to be... Another item of interest with IM communications: Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 ( Updated in 2000) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Communications_Privacy_Act Possibly monitoring or intercepting the communications, via IM without the authorization for a wiretap could constitute a violation of existing wiretap laws: IM conversions are internet conversations. Telephone tapping (or wire tapping/wiretapping in the USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA ) is the monitoring of telephone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone and Internet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet conversations by a third party, often by covert means. While workplace communications are in theory protected an employer must simply give notice or a supervisor must feel that the employee's actions are not in the company's interest to gain access to communiqué. This means that with minimal assumptions an employer can monitor communications within the company. (Reason why you want these things in policy, and the users to sign off on the policy, either acceptable use, or a system specific or issue specific policy) Plus its a lot easier for information disclosure on unregulated IM that goes outside the organization, which raises the risk of insider threat, which makes you really think, was that IM project a good idea anyways? Why are the bossess still allowing IM from 3rd parties to carry communications and possibly the company secrets right out the door over networks they don't own to endpoints around the world. Just food for thought, PS: Disclaimer, this does not constitute in any way shape or form legal advice, consult your company legal departments for further guidance on these and all legal matters... EZ Edward Ziots CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 ezi...@lifespan.org From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media One advantage of IM over phone conversations is proof of what is said in the conversation. Some times it is quite useful when you need to CYA. Jon On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: It sounds like the telephone may become extinct, doesn't it! Our organization is small, all in one bldg on one floor, so it's very easy to just walk down to an office. When I get a help desk call, I always walk to the requestor's office. The young man who works with me uses Remote Assistance and the telephone. Here, an email is just as fast as an IM. Murray From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media Agreed. As a department, we all use IM. I have coworkers in other physical locations that I interact with all day. No one answers their desk phones, because it's usually a vendor or sales call. J E-mail is great for communicating certain things that require a record, or are too long winded for IM, but IM is great for those hey can you look at server X? conversations. $.02 Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 2:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Policies -- Benefits of IM and Social Media IM is faster than email is faster than a meeting.Personally, I prefer email to IM, but I understand how and why people use it as a valid communications tool. It facilitates quick, informal exchanges that may not rise to the level of a full discussion. And both IM and email are easier
RE: Ink toner cold callers
We're a small organization, and I purchase all toner ink. It's really no big deal here as I don't get many cold calls from toner venders, but I usually do take the time to explain that we're very happy with our current vendor and no intention of changing at this time. While we're on the subject of cold calls, I do have a technique for getting rid of cold callers. I admit that I used to be a salesman and I understand that they need to make a lot of calls to get a sale. I suggest that they might want to not waste their time on me but move on and make some other calls. That seems to cut off the really agressive types, and placates the less agressive types. It never takes more than a minute or so, probably less time than reading and responding to a listserv, if you catch my drift. As to calls that wind up in my voicemail, I listen for about 5 seconds and decide to just erase if I'm not interested, which is most of the time. Murray From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 12:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Ink toner cold callers I'm assuming most of you are like me and in charge of the consumables for your laser copiers/printers/fax machines. How do you have your people trained to deal with the cold-callers who try to get you to buy the toners? Mostly, my users are trained to refer the call to me, but it's starting to get old with upwards of 3 or 4 calls per week and having to tell them sorry, we're under a maintenance contract. Goodbye and hang up. It's 45 seconds to a minute I'd rather spend reading this list, etc. J I thought about emailing my users and telling them that there are only 3 people who order ink toner and if the caller doesn't ask for one of us by name, they aren't our supplier, and that I'd prefer the caller never get passed along; but I'm afraid that if I do that, someone might go ahead and order toner from someone other than our normal suppliers. (I don't have a lot of faith in my users J) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: Professional NetBooks?
Uh, what is middle age? I'm 71+ and I thought I was middle aged and I carry a 12 inch portable laptop, and yes it's a Dell! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 3:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Professional NetBooks? Hey now, I'm a middle age guy and thinking of getting one myself :P On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Nope. Don't think so. Even after customizing it more for business than gaming, it's still not what I'd want to give the VP. He's not into gaming, AFAIK. Plus, with the Latitude, I can get a port replicator, where with the Alienware, it's not an option and I'd have to buy it separately. :-) Besides, I think it might be hard to take a middle-aged man seriously when he's carrying an Alienware laptop. :-) -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Professional NetBooks? You know, I am sure he'd be happy with one of these... http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/alienware-m11 x?c=us cs=19l=ens=dhs~ck=mn You'd make a friend for life. It's less the $2k and Windows 7 pro is an option. A friend has one and is happy with it. :) Steven On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: Yah, can't quite wrap my head around the iBad either...for less money I can buy a netbook that runs almost everything (except crappy apps). Plus print. Read books, watch movies, etc, etc. Just doesn't make sense. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: scratches head I don't get it. How are you going to simulate a mouse on an iPad? /scratches head Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 3:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Professional NetBooks? I hear that Good Technologies is putting out an iPad client this month... Heh. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:03, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: I was just thinking that one of our senior sales managers is needing a new laptop relatively soon, and since we're primarily a Dell shop, I thought I'd see if I could get him a new Netbook instead of a full sized laptop. Unfortunately, it seems you can either get a Netbook with a Home o/s or you can get a laptop with a business O/S. Can't seem to find a Netbook with a Business O/S. L Any suggestions on a machine that's small enough to be easily portable, but still have a business O/S? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
DISK BASED BACKUP
We're a small shop and have half a dozen servers in use at present, but will be expanding. We currently sue 3 tape drives to back up our servers, and are using NTBackup on Windows Server 2003. We will be moving to Windows Server 2008 maybe next year, and I'm aware that NTBackup has been replaced. With that in mind, we're considering conversion to disk based backup media, and we want removable disks so we can send media off site regularly. I'd be interested in what devices and software are currently in use or at least what recommendations you might have. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: DISK BASED BACKUP
I do have multiple servers to be backed up, so I suspect that the USB interface may be too slow. Do you see any issues with backing up from other servers over the network? Murray From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DISK BASED BACKUP Go with the native tools in Windows 2008 and use disks instead. Depending on which 2008 you can do different things. R2 is better than the orginal. If the entire server is less than a TB then a simple USB drive. Jon On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: We're a small shop and have half a dozen servers in use at present, but will be expanding. We currently sue 3 tape drives to back up our servers, and are using NTBackup on Windows Server 2003. We will be moving to Windows Server 2008 maybe next year, and I'm aware that NTBackup has been replaced. With that in mind, we're considering conversion to disk based backup media, and we want removable disks so we can send media off site regularly. I'd be interested in what devices and software are currently in use or at least what recommendations you might have. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
SPEEDING UP WORKSTATIONS
From time to time, staff members complain that their workstations seem to be running slower. Many times, something as simple as defragmentation results in improvement, but not always. And of course I try to determine if the slowness is accessing the internet, or just accessing files on our servers. We're working on those issues. What concerns me is that as I move around doing updates from time to time, is the fact that while all our workstations are virtually identical configurations, they all do not seem to move equally fast when I do an upgrade locally. This is a small shop, so I am able to remember that it seems that it's usually the same machines that seem to move slower than others, and some even much faster than others when running local updates. Does anyone know of some software that might help me to determine what if any issues are slowing down certain machines? If anyone has suggestions as to possible causes and fixes, I'd sure like to have them. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: National broadband
I'm not sure I completely understand this static ip discussion. I haven't checked to see if my ip is changing, but since I never turn my modem off, I'm not sure that my ip is changing. I'll just have to start checking. Of course, I don't see how it would impact me as I don't really work out of my house except an occassional VPN connection to my office, and my computers are turned off when I'm not home. MMF -Original Message- From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Ha, Regional Cable Co in my little podunk town of 1000 (of when we've had DSL, Wireless, and Cable services for years) wants $250/month for a Business Plan with static IP's. Same plan I had for a remote warehouse with Comcast was $80. When I told them that they just said it's what we've always charged and isn't going to change. I just use DSL and no-ip to redirect my entire domain to my basement. Email, web, etc all work great. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband As Steven Caesare said it would be nice to have a static IP at a reasonable price without a whole bunch of restrictions. Unfortunately Windstream deems a static IP to be part of a business plan and wants me to pay over $100 / month just for DSL (NOT counting voice services, etc) for 3 useable static IPs (5 total, IIRC -- 2 of the 5 are for their use - one for the modem, I think and one for the broadcast.) -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only broadband option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access for the same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, though? Nope. I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for slower speeds. They recently filed for bankruptcy protection. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the same price I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an upgrade. :-) -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Geez! I'd be more than happy with 10-15Mbit speed, or even a true 6 Mbit. I don't have that option, AFAIK, with my ISP. -Original Message- From: hg [mailto:hgedr...@myrealbox.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I always wonder the same thing. I even mentioned to two family members that there was an even lower unpublished tier available that would save then $20/month and after they changed to it they mentioned there was no noticeable difference. Always on, reasonably low latency and a couple Mb speed works for a lot of folks. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I agree John. My big activities at home are playing MMOs, for the most part. My Comcast connection at 6-12 Mb is just fine for that. I'm not running a business out of my home or anything. What are people doing at home, for personal reasons, that would need 50 - 100 Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up? John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us 3/17/2010 11:08 AM I feel like such a neoluddite... I get 10-15Mbps at home via cable modem, and honestly that's plenty fast for 99% of what I do. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband From what I gathered from this site, they just want to release the capping the ISP's do on the available bandwidth for the customers, not necessarily allow Internet for all citizens. ISP's truly have a large amount of bandwidth available to consumers, yet to control pricing and overhead they cap speeds and gradually release them on an accounting-time-period-basis. I have ATT at my home, and the highest Mbps down available is 24Mbps, but compared to a year ago, its twice as fast. So it just happened to be available now instead of last year? If I were to pay $65/month for 100Mbps/50Mbps, I would gladly do it. So long as it's available. Knowing it's available yet being restricted is what is irritating. Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email:
RE: National broadband
I figured that was the answer, but I guess after all my years in computers and trying to secure them, I'm anul about denying outside access to my home computers. There are simply too many really clever people out there trying everything they can to get personal info. MMF -Original Message- From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband It affects us nerds who like to host things on our connections. -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I'm not sure I completely understand this static ip discussion. I haven't checked to see if my ip is changing, but since I never turn my modem off, I'm not sure that my ip is changing. I'll just have to start checking. Of course, I don't see how it would impact me as I don't really work out of my house except an occassional VPN connection to my office, and my computers are turned off when I'm not home. MMF -Original Message- From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Ha, Regional Cable Co in my little podunk town of 1000 (of when we've had DSL, Wireless, and Cable services for years) wants $250/month for a Business Plan with static IP's. Same plan I had for a remote warehouse with Comcast was $80. When I told them that they just said it's what we've always charged and isn't going to change. I just use DSL and no-ip to redirect my entire domain to my basement. Email, web, etc all work great. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband As Steven Caesare said it would be nice to have a static IP at a reasonable price without a whole bunch of restrictions. Unfortunately Windstream deems a static IP to be part of a business plan and wants me to pay over $100 / month just for DSL (NOT counting voice services, etc) for 3 useable static IPs (5 total, IIRC -- 2 of the 5 are for their use - one for the modem, I think and one for the broadcast.) -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only broadband option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access for the same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, though? Nope. I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for slower speeds. They recently filed for bankruptcy protection. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the same price I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an upgrade. :-) -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Geez! I'd be more than happy with 10-15Mbit speed, or even a true 6 Mbit. I don't have that option, AFAIK, with my ISP. -Original Message- From: hg [mailto:hgedr...@myrealbox.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I always wonder the same thing. I even mentioned to two family members that there was an even lower unpublished tier available that would save then $20/month and after they changed to it they mentioned there was no noticeable difference. Always on, reasonably low latency and a couple Mb speed works for a lot of folks. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I agree John. My big activities at home are playing MMOs, for the most part. My Comcast connection at 6-12 Mb is just fine for that. I'm not running a business out of my home or anything. What are people doing at home, for personal reasons, that would need 50 - 100 Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up? John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us 3/17/2010 11:08 AM I feel like such a neoluddite... I get 10-15Mbps at home via cable modem, and honestly that's plenty fast for 99% of what I do. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband From what I gathered from this site, they just want to release the capping the ISP's
RE: National broadband
And the telco went bankrupt? I'm in ATT and they are rolling out Uverse. As I understand it, since we have Comcast along with ATT, FIOS will not be allowed in at this time! MMF From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband The telco-the ones who refused to lower their prices despite the change to the competitive landscape. From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: National broadband Which one the telco or the cable company? Most people will not change just because they can. There has to be a difference greater than the pain to change will cause. How many people like to notify all of their contants that their email address has changed? I see it all the time but most will not change unless the pain to stay gets to be more than the pain to change. Jon On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:50 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only broadband option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access for the same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, though? Nope. I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for slower speeds. They recently filed for bankruptcy protection. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the same price I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an upgrade. :-) -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Geez! I'd be more than happy with 10-15Mbit speed, or even a true 6 Mbit. I don't have that option, AFAIK, with my ISP. -Original Message- From: hg [mailto:hgedr...@myrealbox.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I always wonder the same thing. I even mentioned to two family members that there was an even lower unpublished tier available that would save then $20/month and after they changed to it they mentioned there was no noticeable difference. Always on, reasonably low latency and a couple Mb speed works for a lot of folks. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I agree John. My big activities at home are playing MMOs, for the most part. My Comcast connection at 6-12 Mb is just fine for that. I'm not running a business out of my home or anything. What are people doing at home, for personal reasons, that would need 50 - 100 Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up? John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us 3/17/2010 11:08 AM I feel like such a neoluddite... I get 10-15Mbps at home via cable modem, and honestly that's plenty fast for 99% of what I do. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/ From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband From what I gathered from this site, they just want to release the capping the ISP's do on the available bandwidth for the customers, not necessarily allow Internet for all citizens. ISP's truly have a large amount of bandwidth available to consumers, yet to control pricing and overhead they cap speeds and gradually release them on an accounting-time-period-basis. I have ATT at my home, and the highest Mbps down available is 24Mbps, but compared to a year ago, its twice as fast. So it just happened to be available now instead of last year? If I were to pay $65/month for 100Mbps/50Mbps, I would gladly do it. So long as it's available. Knowing it's available yet being restricted is what is irritating. Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email: jay.d...@3-gig.commailto:kandy.luk...@3-gig.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and attachments, if any, or the information contained herein, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent:
RE: National broadband
Since you mention the distance from the equipment, I have some input on that. With ATT DSL, their fastest speed is 6Mbps, and that's known as Elite speed. I had that installed when it became available and my actual thruput per speedtesting was around 4.4. Then it slowed to 3.6 after several months. I called to complain and they sent a tech out to trouble shoot. His response was that I was nearly 9000 feet from the central office and that was too far and it should never have been installed. He told me he was going to adjust my speed down to the next speed which was the Pro speed or 3 Mbps. He didn't ask, he just went and did it. He came back in my house and we checked the speed and it was now 2.5, yet I had been getting 3.5, so logic says I should have been able to get at least 3.0. I inquired as to an alternative and he told me to call the Uverse dept. They told me that if I got Uverse 6.0, I would probably get 5.6 to 5.8 speed. I think I may have mentioned that they wouldn't install the modem on the second floor of my house where the DSL modem is located, Then I called into ATT customer service who told me that the tech was correct, I was too far from the central office for the Elite speed. Now I'm pissed off because I was getting higher speed and for only $5 per month more. Well a week or so later, I had to talk to ATT on another subject, and of course at the end of the conversation, the customer service lady goes into sales mode. She told me that I could have the Elite speed for just $5 more per month. I told her that a Uverse person told me I was too far away. Then she says she will speed me up to Elite speed but it will take 48 hours. Two days later, I'm back at 3.5 Mbps. Now, a question for anyone who may have the knowledge. If I'm unable to get the 6.0 speed on DSL, how come I can get it if I get Uverse. Yes, I know that they use fibre optic cable to the street curb, but then it's just standard cable going to my house. So, can anyone explain the difference to me? MMF From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I'm sure the telco had multiple reasons for going bankrupt, but losing customers to the cable company was probably a factor. Once the cable company started offering Internet, I contacted the telco before ditching DSL. I asked them if they planned on lowering their prices since I could now get much faster access for the same price from the cable company. They said no, and I immediately switched. I'm sure I wasn't the only one. The telco had spent a fortune building little communication stations all over the county so that they'd have the infrastructure for DSL (since users can't be more than whatever distance from that equipment for DSL to work). From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband And the telco went bankrupt? I'm in ATT and they are rolling out Uverse. As I understand it, since we have Comcast along with ATT, FIOS will not be allowed in at this time! MMF From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband The telco-the ones who refused to lower their prices despite the change to the competitive landscape. From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: National broadband Which one the telco or the cable company? Most people will not change just because they can. There has to be a difference greater than the pain to change will cause. How many people like to notify all of their contants that their email address has changed? I see it all the time but most will not change unless the pain to stay gets to be more than the pain to change. Jon On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:50 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only broadband option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access for the same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, though? Nope. I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for slower speeds. They recently filed for bankruptcy protection. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the same price I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an upgrade. :-) -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM To: NT
RE: National broadband
What are people doing at home, for personal reasons, that would need 50 - 100 Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up? I can say that I use my home connection for email and searches. I don't download music or movies. Now, this discussion seemed to home in on poor people having Internet Access. Poor people probably can't afford to legally download music and movies, so they really wouldn't need any significant speed. As an aside, I'm with ATT and they are pushing Uverse like crazy. I had them come out to install just Uverse Internet, and they couldn't do what I wanted. All I wanted was the connection point fed into my office on the second floor of our house. They said they couldn't do that, it could only be on the main floor. The reason I wanted the connection in my 2nd floor office is because then I could use my own wifi router and wouldn't have to make a number of changes, like move my wireless printer and wifi router to the first floor and get a wifi net card installed in my old desktop computer. Of course I could run a CAT5 cable from the first floor to the second floor, but that would also be a pita! All I wanted was a faster line. Currently I have the Elite package, rated at 6.0 and I'm only getting 3.5, but for what I do, that's plenty fast. Lately, I find that I'm waiting for websites to respond Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: National broadband
While I haven't tried to use Hughesnet or other satellite based IP communications, they advertise that if you have a clear view of the southwestern sky, you can have Internet Access anywhere. I have Directv for my television, and it has the best HD picture I've seen anywhere. It's rare to lose signal, but it usually is the result of snow buildup on the dish or very heavy rainstorms. I'm in Northern Illinois and in the 10 years or so that I've been on Directv, I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times that I lost signal. And of those caused by snow buildup on the dish, I just went out and brushed the snow off the dish. I'm working on a device to keep the dish snow free. I only mention this lest someone think that satellite is not a good choice in the middle of nowhere for Internet Access! Murray -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband The Average Joe has no clue what BitTorrent is, though. Streaming video is another story--YouTube and Hulu are more mainstream. Here's the thing... I live in the middle of nowhere--a very small town in a very rural area. The nearest shopping mall is an hour's drive away. Even here, though, we have multiple broadband options. Granted, some more rural areas of the county don't. But then, that's the price you pay when you choose to live out in the woods. If the FCC just has money burning a hole in its pocket, I'd rather see that money go towards improving cellular networks. We don't have 3G here, and signal coverage is spotty. Fixing that would do us a lot more good than running cable or DSL out into the swamp. John -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: National broadband What are people doing at home, for personal reasons, that would need 50 - 100 Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up? Bit Torrent, HD Streaming. NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: National broadband
Well, it seems to me that the Internet being a great tool which is available to be used as needed, WITHOUT government interference, it should be made available to everyone. HOWEVER, the great majority of people today have a telephone line in their home or a wireless cell phone, or BOTH! Why not internet access as well? I'd like to think that I/we are not paying for the telephones wired or wireless that poorer people have, but I suspect that one way or the other we are paying for it. We just aren't aware of that. Frankly, the biggest use of the internet according to the experts is porn, not to mention spXXm and virii! So as to the wonderful reasons mentioned, I sincerely doubt that internet access for the masses is going to have much of an beneficial impact. But everyone should have internet access.And we're going to pay for it whether we want to or not! Murray From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: National broadband I dont think that my tax dollars should go to giving everyone Internet access. -- ME2 On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:39 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Thoughts, comments? http://www.broadband.gov/ David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
NTBACKUP PROBLEM
We're using Windows Server 2K3 NtBackup to backup our servers to tape. From time to time, a backup job doesn't run, and in trying to get the backup to run, we ultimately have to reboot the server that runs the backup. I've even uninstalled and reinstalled the tape drive and it shows as connected. When the backup job runs, it gets as far as preparing to do the shadow backup and then times out. It senses the tape, but the job never gets past the preparing to copy stage. Invariably the server reboot solves the problem, but I don't like to have to do the reboot. Anyone here have any ideas as to the cause of the problem and a fix that won't require a reboot? Murray Freeman IT Manager Association of Legal Administrators 75 Tri-State International Suite 222 Lincolnshire, IL 60069-4435 847.267.1252 TEL 847.267.1329 FAX 847.267.1367 DIRECT mfree...@alanet.org www.alanet.org Your connection to knowledge, resources and networking ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: NTBACKUP PROBLEM
First, we have 3 tape units on 3 different servers. We are up to date on patches, and the problem has occurred on all three tape drives. When the cleaning light illuminates, we runn the cleaner tapes. Murray From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NTBACKUP PROBLEM Is the server up to date with service packs, etc? Anything in the Event Log? Is the tape drive's hardware driver recent? Has the tape drive been cleaned recently? Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NTBACKUP PROBLEM We're using Windows Server 2K3 NtBackup to backup our servers to tape. From time to time, a backup job doesn't run, and in trying to get the backup to run, we ultimately have to reboot the server that runs the backup. I've even uninstalled and reinstalled the tape drive and it shows as connected. When the backup job runs, it gets as far as preparing to do the shadow backup and then times out. It senses the tape, but the job never gets past the preparing to copy stage. Invariably the server reboot solves the problem, but I don't like to have to do the reboot. Anyone here have any ideas as to the cause of the problem and a fix that won't require a reboot? Murray Freeman IT Manager Association of Legal Administrators 75 Tri-State International Suite 222 Lincolnshire, IL 60069-4435 847.267.1252 TEL 847.267.1329 FAX 847.267.1367 DIRECT mfree...@alanet.org www.alanet.org Your connection to knowledge, resources and networking ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: NTBACKUP PROBLEM
Quantum DLT's Murray From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NTBACKUP PROBLEM What kind of tape device? From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NTBACKUP PROBLEM We're using Windows Server 2K3 NtBackup to backup our servers to tape. From time to time, a backup job doesn't run, and in trying to get the backup to run, we ultimately have to reboot the server that runs the backup. I've even uninstalled and reinstalled the tape drive and it shows as connected. When the backup job runs, it gets as far as preparing to do the shadow backup and then times out. It senses the tape, but the job never gets past the preparing to copy stage. Invariably the server reboot solves the problem, but I don't like to have to do the reboot. Anyone here have any ideas as to the cause of the problem and a fix that won't require a reboot? Murray Freeman IT Manager Association of Legal Administrators 75 Tri-State International Suite 222 Lincolnshire, IL 60069-4435 847.267.1252 TEL 847.267.1329 FAX 847.267.1367 DIRECT mfree...@alanet.org www.alanet.org Your connection to knowledge, resources and networking ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: NTBACKUP PROBLEM
Tried that too, no help! Murray From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NTBACKUP PROBLEM Sometimes restarting the Removable Storage Service (which is usually at Manual anyway) gets it running for several more days/weeks. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org http://www.aspca.org/ The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote on 03/12/2010 09:10:03 AM: We're using Windows Server 2K3 NtBackup to backup our servers to tape. From time to time, a backup job doesn't run, and in trying to get the backup to run, we ultimately have to reboot the server that runs the backup. I've even uninstalled and reinstalled the tape drive and it shows as connected. When the backup job runs, it gets as far as preparing to do the shadow backup and then times out. It senses the tape, but the job never gets past the preparing to copy stage. Invariably the server reboot solves the problem, but I don't like to have to do the reboot. Anyone here have any ideas as to the cause of the problem and a fix that won't require a reboot? Murray Freeman IT Manager Association of Legal Administrators 75 Tri-State International Suite 222 Lincolnshire, IL 60069-4435 847.267.1252 TEL 847.267.1329 FAX 847.267.1367 DIRECT mfree...@alanet.org www.alanet.org Your connection to knowledge, resources and networking ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
MOVING TO NEW COMPUTER
I'm well aware that if I purchase a new computer, it most likely will come with Windows 7 installed. I would like to be able to easily and quickly retain all my existing files and programs, and I know that I can't just move my old hard disk drive into the new machine and make it drive 0 and be up and running without some work. So, I'm thinking about just adding my old drive as drive D on the new machine and running the old programs off of that drive. I can always move files and non-program stuff to the new drive, or to a 2nd partition on the new drive but to reinstall my old programs will be a pain. Will my approach work? Also, if I choose to get a laptop to replace my old desktop, since I won't be able to install my old hard drive from my old desktop computer, can I just partition the drive and then do an image copy to the 2nd partition without any real issues? Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Home PC imaging
Ray is correct. We've had a couple of items that Malwarebytes didn't catch, but Hijack this found them. As to PC imaging, I'm using Acronis True Image and it's not free, but cheap, and it works great. Murray -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home PC imaging Did you try something other than malwarebytes? Or following all the instructions like http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-antivirus-live Or using HiJack this? -Original Message- From: James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home PC imaging If it's a Seagate drive you can use their free Disc Wizard software. It's basically just a cut down version of Acronis so it works quite well. You can take a whole image from within windows or by booting off a usb etc. http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-USname=DiscWizardvgnex toid =d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM10dd04090aRCRD -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, 5 February 2010 4:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Home PC imaging I need to rebuild my wife's PC this weekend, as she has managed to get the Antivirus Live malware. I've cleaned it probably half a dozen times, and it keeps coming back, so there's obviously something hidden somewhere that Malwarebytes isn't finding. I'd like to image her PC afterwards, so that if/when I rebuild it again, it won't take me all day. I know open source imaging stuff has been discussed here before, but what would you guys recommend that I use for this simple task? Thanks in advance, Joe ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Home WAP recommendations?
I've been watching this thread for a while, and here's my take. I had trouble with my first Netgear G router, so I went and upgraded to a Rangemax MIMO, and that solved all the problems except when my wife runs the microwave. My router is upstairs at the east end of the house and I'm usually on the first floor at the west end of the house. I've had this for 3 years at least without any real issues other than the speeds changing up and down. When I first got the Rangemax, I had only one neighbor behind my house with a WIFI, but now I'm picking up 11 or 12 every day. Since I have a Super G router, I've ordered a Super G laptop adapter and I'm going to see if that will consistanly get higher speed. Ultimately, I'll get a N router. I'm using WAP2 encryption, and no problems so far. Murray -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home WAP recommendations? Boy, this is complicated. :-) Guess I get to have fun playing :-) -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home WAP recommendations? DD-WRT supports bridging, repeating, WDS. There's a few ways to do this and a lot of overlapping terminology when googling. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home WAP recommendations? On a related note, I want to use several of these in repeater mode. I'm relatively new at wireless. I seem to recall there was something about bridged mode when setting up the wireless router I have here at the office. Is this the same thing as repeater mode? If so, what all is required, just make sure to have the signal overlap, or do I need Ethernet everywhere I have an access point? -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home WAP recommendations? I find the AP's to sometimes be more expensive than the wireless routers. I've been buying the WRT54GL's for a while, but as of a year or so ago the non L's no longer have removable antennas. So make sure you get the L. DD-WRT is supported on several Linksys N routers also. I just disable the firewall and DHCP on them then assign a static address. Even without DD-WRT any router you buy today should support WPA2-AES, et al. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home WAP recommendations? Yeah, I've been looking at DD-WRT and Tomato supported hardware, and trying to work my way backwards, but it seems that -N support is markedly absent from a lot of these. Given that all of my router/NAT/FW/etc... functionality I define in my OpenBSD firewall/router, all I want the thing to do is be simple AP that supports the latest encryption standards and is as fast as possible. It's annoying that consumer level documentation makes it near impossible to distinguish what does what. -sc -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 12:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home WAP recommendations? WRTG54-L - if you don't care so much about 802.11n, but want max flexibility. You can load tomato or any of several other distros on it that allow you to turn it into a really capable firewall/WAP. Or leave it as is, as it's fairly good with the original install. Kurt On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 07:51, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: So, my previous WAP just died. While everybody is home from work/school and toting their laptops around. It was a D-Link DWL-700. I?ve not paid attention to the home/SOHO WAP market, thus I turn to you, dear list, for recommendations for a decent home WAP? I have a separate interface on my firewall just for the wireless segment, so I?m not interested in any signficant firewall functionality in the device. Things I?d would be interested in however: -? External antenna connector (? this is a biggie) -? B/G/N support -? Ability to turn crap off (DHCP, port forwarding rules, yada yada) -? Latest wireless protocol security standards support -? Ability to operate as a bridge rather than a router a plus (but not necessary) Brand recommendations appreciated. Specific model recommendations appreciateder. Help me Obi Wan, you are my only hope? -sc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint
VIRUS INSTALLED ON RESTRICTED USER PROFILE
Yesterday, one of my users got infected with a trojan, and since all our users are restricted users, we were trying to figure out if perhaps the computer's local administrator permissions allowed this to happen. It turns out that a new profile was created named with administrative permissions, So, my question is how can a virus/trojan create a user while logged in as a restricted user? Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: VIRUS INSTALLED ON RESTRICTED USER PROFILE
Anti virus probe 2010 MMF From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VIRUS INSTALLED ON RESTRICTED USER PROFILE My bet is it didn't. It created it using an elevated service maybe. Or got hit it across the network from another machine..that is exactly how conflikr works. What virus is it? From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VIRUS INSTALLED ON RESTRICTED USER PROFILE Yesterday, one of my users got infected with a trojan, and since all our users are restricted users, we were trying to figure out if perhaps the computer's local administrator permissions allowed this to happen. It turns out that a new profile was created named with administrative permissions, So, my question is how can a virus/trojan create a user while logged in as a restricted user? Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
ANTI VIRUS PRO 2010
I should have said Pro instead of Probe. One other point, it only affected the user profile. When I logged in as an administrator, there were no problems at all, and everything acted normally. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: ANTI VIRUS PRO 2010
Well, I was interested in how it created a new user, and how it got admin permissions, but to cleanse the machine, we ran malwarebytes and gmer to completely get rid of it. No problems since, and it hit only one user. Murray From: Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 3:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ANTI VIRUS PRO 2010 I've found a combination of Vipre Rescue and then Malwarebytes will clean it. And trust me, I've had plenty of practice lately as cleaning this off campus computers seems to be all we are doing lately. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Definitely a nasty one. Seen it a lot recently. Must boot into safe mode to clean it completely. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 4:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ANTI VIRUS PRO 2010 I should have said Pro instead of Probe. One other point, it only affected the user profile. When I logged in as an administrator, there were no problems at all, and everything acted normally. Murray -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Firefox for corporate use?
I considered Firefox because I found IE7 just so slow to open, it was painful. So I downloaded several other browsers and settled with Firefox. I loved that it opened faster than IE7, but I found little else that impressed me. Just as I was about to recommend Firefox, IE8 became available and I installed it. Wow, it opened fast, and in fact much faster than Firefox. I continued testing both browsers both here and at home. Frankly, I'm not impressed with Firefox and have installed IE8 on all our workstations. Currently I have Chrome installed as well on my workstation, and it loads faster than FF, but about the same as IE8. As to increased productivity, that's subjective as far as I can tell. I know MAC users who claim they are more productive since switching to MAC. One is a professional writer, and I inquired as to whether his brain and fingers move any faster on a MAC then on a PC. He said NO, he just likes the MAC.But I'm at a loss as to increased productivity using one browser over another. The Internet is getting more bogged down every day and a browser can't change that! Murray -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Firefox for corporate use? I'm wondering if anyone here has changed their users default browser firm wide to firefox? If so, any issues to note? Any regrets? Thanks in advance, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Firefox for corporate use?
I'm not sure that Firefox automatically updates itself. While I was test driving it, I checked from time to time or read of updates, but I had to download and install them manually. Murray From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Firefox for corporate use? Can FF update itself if the users don't have admin privies? On 11/20/09, paul chinnery pdw1...@hotmail.com wrote: It's been my experience that FF will just update itself when it's necessary. I wish I could roll it out to my users but some software just won't work with FF. (Yes, I know, I could use the IETab add-on but then you have to train the users to load the page using that add-on.) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:46:22 -0600 Subject: Re: Firefox for corporate use? From: eric.wittersh...@gmail.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com I would like to give the users that option but I only have WSUS for patching and adding FF to the list of applications that needs to be patched manually is holding me back. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Ages ago. They love it. No regrets. They use many of the features, and I have found a few Extensions that have greatly increased their productivity. Sam Cayze Information Technology Administrator ROLLOUTS ONSITE * ON DEMAND LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/samcayze Facebook Profile http://www.facebook.com/samcayze -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Firefox for corporate use? I'm wondering if anyone here has changed their users default browser firm wide to firefox? If so, any issues to note? Any regrets? Thanks in advance, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727:: T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen:112009v2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Will Ntbackup Suffice?
Been using NTBackup for at least the last ten years or more. It works just fine in Server 2K and Server 2K3. We're backing up multiple servers and using multiple tape drives currently on both our Server 2K and Servers 2K3. We've been fortunate in not having many instances when we had to do restores, all partial, but they've worked every time. And we are using it to backup an Exchange Server as well. Have used it twice over the years to restore the Exchange Server without issue. The price is certainly right! Murray From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Will Ntbackup Suffice? Agreed my last gig they refused to upgrade the backup program they had been using so I switched to the 2008 backup software. It worked well but restores took longer. Jon On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Ben Schorr b...@rolandschorr.com wrote: Sort of depends upon your needs. In certain small installations we've used NTBackup before and it's been fine. It's not the fastest or the slickest or the sexiest but for basic backup/restore it does the job, it's even Exchange-aware, and you can't beat the price. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Will Ntbackup Suffice? In a small rack, 2 servers, will ntbackup to an external raided disk(s) suffice? I have never really used ntbackup, all my deployments have been at a much larger scale requiring a central service like BackupExec. BackupExec can restore ntbackup files... seems like a good setup to me. But there has to be some gotchas... I would have to monitor more closely, create my own reporting tool, Any others? Sam Cayze Information Technology Administrator ROLLOUTS ONSITE * ON DEMAND LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/samcayze Facebook Profile http://www.facebook.com/samcayze ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
Steve, it isn't the percentage of users that counts. It's the BANDWIDTH! A T1 line is more impacted than a T3. We have around 40 users, and if I had a T3, they could all probably stream without impacting the bandwidth, but if just 10% stream on a T1, it's noticible. We're a not-for-profit, so we can't afford a T3 line. Yet, if the entire office choose to make a phone call on our ATT lines, it goes unnoticed. Likewise, if everyone plugs in a radio or some other electric device, that too will go unnoticed. Finally, in my house, if my wife turns on the washing machine while I'm taking a shower, I notice a drop in pressure along with a lower temperature. It's all about the BANDWIDTH! LOL! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS It could sure. But if you have 1000 users, what percentage do you suppose would actually do it? I manage a net for ~1600 users. I'd guess maybe 5% actually opt to stream something. Like I say, weighted queues... -sc -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS If all of your staff plugs in a radio, does it prevent staff from turning on their lights? I'm guessing not. However, if all of your staff starts streaming radio, it can (at least in many environments) prevent staff from getting to internet resources they need to do their jobs. I can't speak for anybody else out there, but we have run into that kind of problem in the past when we couldn't effectively prevent unauthorized streaming access. May or may not be an issue for small shops, but when you have ~1000 users, it adds up. Bill Mayo -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS True, it's not a perfect argument, but here we do pay more for power than Internet. Just trying to change the perspective of the way we look at it. Sam -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS That is the same in wording only. The pipe electricity comes down is so much larger and cheaper than the pipe bandwidth for streaming radio comes down. That is exactly the apples and oranges conversation. Both are edible (play music), both are good for you (consume power or bandwidth), and both are not required (you could be working instead). -- From: Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS The company also provides power; can they plug in a radio and use your electricity? -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: You fire people for Streaming Radio? Yikes. FWIW: We haven't, but we do have it in our policy manual that streaming media without a business purpose is forbidden, and subject to disciplinary action. I have had to have a few people formally written up, but it's never gone beyond that. We also endeavor to block that stuff at the proxy server, but filtering is imperfect. If the network suffers, the whole business suffers - but that's IT's fault, not the person streaming a radio station. They get disciplined for flagrantly disregarding company policy, not for harming the network. We always stop it before it comes to harm. I've got no objection to streaming radio on principle; it's just a question of resources. The company isn't providing an Internet feed so people can listen to the radio on their PC, and we're not about to spend money upgrading it for that, either. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally,
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
As a NFP, it's difficult to justify ANY more expense these days, and particularly if some staff are using the corporate bandwidth for personal purposes. So, the bandwidth is just fine if people use it solely for BUSINESS! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS As with all things policy: YMMV. But 5-10% of 40 users is 2-4 streams. If 64-128Kbps is going to be a deal-breaker, than I'd suggest you are bandwidth starved anyway. Such is probably the case with many SOHO/non-profit institutions, and undoubtedly factors in. -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Steve, it isn't the percentage of users that counts. It's the BANDWIDTH! A T1 line is more impacted than a T3. We have around 40 users, and if I had a T3, they could all probably stream without impacting the bandwidth, but if just 10% stream on a T1, it's noticible. We're a not-for-profit, so we can't afford a T3 line. Yet, if the entire office choose to make a phone call on our ATT lines, it goes unnoticed. Likewise, if everyone plugs in a radio or some other electric device, that too will go unnoticed. Finally, in my house, if my wife turns on the washing machine while I'm taking a shower, I notice a drop in pressure along with a lower temperature. It's all about the BANDWIDTH! LOL! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS It could sure. But if you have 1000 users, what percentage do you suppose would actually do it? I manage a net for ~1600 users. I'd guess maybe 5% actually opt to stream something. Like I say, weighted queues... -sc -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS If all of your staff plugs in a radio, does it prevent staff from turning on their lights? I'm guessing not. However, if all of your staff starts streaming radio, it can (at least in many environments) prevent staff from getting to internet resources they need to do their jobs. I can't speak for anybody else out there, but we have run into that kind of problem in the past when we couldn't effectively prevent unauthorized streaming access. May or may not be an issue for small shops, but when you have ~1000 users, it adds up. Bill Mayo -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS True, it's not a perfect argument, but here we do pay more for power than Internet. Just trying to change the perspective of the way we look at it. Sam -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS That is the same in wording only. The pipe electricity comes down is so much larger and cheaper than the pipe bandwidth for streaming radio comes down. That is exactly the apples and oranges conversation. Both are edible (play music), both are good for you (consume power or bandwidth), and both are not required (you could be working instead). -- From: Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS The company also provides power; can they plug in a radio and use your electricity? -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: You fire people for Streaming Radio? Yikes. FWIW: We haven't, but we do have it in our policy manual that streaming media without a business purpose is forbidden, and subject to disciplinary action. I have had to have a few people formally written up, but it's never gone beyond that. We also endeavor to block that stuff at the proxy server, but filtering is imperfect. If the network suffers, the whole business suffers - but that's IT's fault, not the person streaming a radio station. They get disciplined for flagrantly disregarding company policy, not for harming the network. We always stop it before it comes to harm. I've got no objection to streaming radio on principle; it's just a question of resources. The company isn't providing an Internet feed so people can listen to the radio on their PC, and we're not about
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
Absolutely we can and in fact we have a bonded T1 at present. And we can add more T1's to the bond, but the cost is not justified nor are the funds available. We're just fine if people don't stream!!! Murray -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS We're a not-for-profit, so we can't afford a T3 line.' Can you bond anymore T1's? With our ISP you can add/remove as you please. Last I saw they were running a promo for 6Mbps (4-T1's) for $350/month with a 2 year term. That's probably cause our building is lit with Fiber; check with you building to see which ISP has your building lit. Sam -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS As with all things policy: YMMV. But 5-10% of 40 users is 2-4 streams. If 64-128Kbps is going to be a deal-breaker, than I'd suggest you are bandwidth starved anyway. Such is probably the case with many SOHO/non-profit institutions, and undoubtedly factors in. -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Steve, it isn't the percentage of users that counts. It's the BANDWIDTH! A T1 line is more impacted than a T3. We have around 40 users, and if I had a T3, they could all probably stream without impacting the bandwidth, but if just 10% stream on a T1, it's noticible. We're a not-for-profit, so we can't afford a T3 line. Yet, if the entire office choose to make a phone call on our ATT lines, it goes unnoticed. Likewise, if everyone plugs in a radio or some other electric device, that too will go unnoticed. Finally, in my house, if my wife turns on the washing machine while I'm taking a shower, I notice a drop in pressure along with a lower temperature. It's all about the BANDWIDTH! LOL! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS It could sure. But if you have 1000 users, what percentage do you suppose would actually do it? I manage a net for ~1600 users. I'd guess maybe 5% actually opt to stream something. Like I say, weighted queues... -sc -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS If all of your staff plugs in a radio, does it prevent staff from turning on their lights? I'm guessing not. However, if all of your staff starts streaming radio, it can (at least in many environments) prevent staff from getting to internet resources they need to do their jobs. I can't speak for anybody else out there, but we have run into that kind of problem in the past when we couldn't effectively prevent unauthorized streaming access. May or may not be an issue for small shops, but when you have ~1000 users, it adds up. Bill Mayo -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS True, it's not a perfect argument, but here we do pay more for power than Internet. Just trying to change the perspective of the way we look at it. Sam -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS That is the same in wording only. The pipe electricity comes down is so much larger and cheaper than the pipe bandwidth for streaming radio comes down. That is exactly the apples and oranges conversation. Both are edible (play music), both are good for you (consume power or bandwidth), and both are not required (you could be working instead). -- From: Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS The company also provides power; can they plug in a radio and use your electricity? -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: You fire people for Streaming Radio? Yikes. FWIW: We haven't, but we do have it in our policy manual that streaming media without a business purpose is forbidden, and subject to disciplinary action. I have had to have a few people formally written up, but it's never gone beyond that. We also endeavor to block that stuff at the proxy server
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
Yes. If it isn't business related, there's no reason for it to occurr. We have an excellent vacation program along with an extremely liberal paid personal time off policy. If they need to download movies or music, stay home and do it there. Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS I understand not flogging dead equine, but as a matter of interest, do you know what your line current usage is? Would you be philosophically opposed to creating a lower priority queue for such things? -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS As a NFP, it's difficult to justify ANY more expense these days, and particularly if some staff are using the corporate bandwidth for personal purposes. So, the bandwidth is just fine if people use it solely for BUSINESS! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS As with all things policy: YMMV. But 5-10% of 40 users is 2-4 streams. If 64-128Kbps is going to be a deal-breaker, than I'd suggest you are bandwidth starved anyway. Such is probably the case with many SOHO/non-profit institutions, and undoubtedly factors in. -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Steve, it isn't the percentage of users that counts. It's the BANDWIDTH! A T1 line is more impacted than a T3. We have around 40 users, and if I had a T3, they could all probably stream without impacting the bandwidth, but if just 10% stream on a T1, it's noticible. We're a not-for-profit, so we can't afford a T3 line. Yet, if the entire office choose to make a phone call on our ATT lines, it goes unnoticed. Likewise, if everyone plugs in a radio or some other electric device, that too will go unnoticed. Finally, in my house, if my wife turns on the washing machine while I'm taking a shower, I notice a drop in pressure along with a lower temperature. It's all about the BANDWIDTH! LOL! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS It could sure. But if you have 1000 users, what percentage do you suppose would actually do it? I manage a net for ~1600 users. I'd guess maybe 5% actually opt to stream something. Like I say, weighted queues... -sc -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS If all of your staff plugs in a radio, does it prevent staff from turning on their lights? I'm guessing not. However, if all of your staff starts streaming radio, it can (at least in many environments) prevent staff from getting to internet resources they need to do their jobs. I can't speak for anybody else out there, but we have run into that kind of problem in the past when we couldn't effectively prevent unauthorized streaming access. May or may not be an issue for small shops, but when you have ~1000 users, it adds up. Bill Mayo -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS True, it's not a perfect argument, but here we do pay more for power than Internet. Just trying to change the perspective of the way we look at it. Sam -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS That is the same in wording only. The pipe electricity comes down is so much larger and cheaper than the pipe bandwidth for streaming radio comes down. That is exactly the apples and oranges conversation. Both are edible (play music), both are good for you (consume power or bandwidth), and both are not required (you could be working instead). -- From: Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS The company also provides power; can they plug in a radio and use your electricity? -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: You fire people for Streaming Radio
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
Yep, that's the rules! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Well downloading movies/music != streaming a public radio broadcast. So no non-business related activity allowed during work hours, period? -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Yes. If it isn't business related, there's no reason for it to occurr. We have an excellent vacation program along with an extremely liberal paid personal time off policy. If they need to download movies or music, stay home and do it there. Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS I understand not flogging dead equine, but as a matter of interest, do you know what your line current usage is? Would you be philosophically opposed to creating a lower priority queue for such things? -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS As a NFP, it's difficult to justify ANY more expense these days, and particularly if some staff are using the corporate bandwidth for personal purposes. So, the bandwidth is just fine if people use it solely for BUSINESS! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS As with all things policy: YMMV. But 5-10% of 40 users is 2-4 streams. If 64-128Kbps is going to be a deal-breaker, than I'd suggest you are bandwidth starved anyway. Such is probably the case with many SOHO/non-profit institutions, and undoubtedly factors in. -sc -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Steve, it isn't the percentage of users that counts. It's the BANDWIDTH! A T1 line is more impacted than a T3. We have around 40 users, and if I had a T3, they could all probably stream without impacting the bandwidth, but if just 10% stream on a T1, it's noticible. We're a not-for-profit, so we can't afford a T3 line. Yet, if the entire office choose to make a phone call on our ATT lines, it goes unnoticed. Likewise, if everyone plugs in a radio or some other electric device, that too will go unnoticed. Finally, in my house, if my wife turns on the washing machine while I'm taking a shower, I notice a drop in pressure along with a lower temperature. It's all about the BANDWIDTH! LOL! Murray -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS It could sure. But if you have 1000 users, what percentage do you suppose would actually do it? I manage a net for ~1600 users. I'd guess maybe 5% actually opt to stream something. Like I say, weighted queues... -sc -Original Message- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS If all of your staff plugs in a radio, does it prevent staff from turning on their lights? I'm guessing not. However, if all of your staff starts streaming radio, it can (at least in many environments) prevent staff from getting to internet resources they need to do their jobs. I can't speak for anybody else out there, but we have run into that kind of problem in the past when we couldn't effectively prevent unauthorized streaming access. May or may not be an issue for small shops, but when you have ~1000 users, it adds up. Bill Mayo -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS True, it's not a perfect argument, but here we do pay more for power than Internet. Just trying to change the perspective of the way we look at it. Sam -Original Message- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS That is the same in wording only. The pipe electricity comes down is so much larger and cheaper than the pipe bandwidth for streaming radio comes down. That is exactly the apples and oranges conversation. Both are edible (play music), both are good for you (consume power or bandwidth), and both are not required (you could be working instead). -- From: Sam Cayze
INTERNET SLOWNESS
Good Morning. I'm trying to determine the cause of internet access slowness here. We are a small organization of fewer than 40 employees, and use a bonded T1 line (3.0) for internet access. Our staff has complained about internet access slowness to me and I've suggested tha the problem is with the Internet, not our access. We are not budgeted to increase our access, and I'm not sure that that is the answer. Using Internet Explorer 8, I can see by the status bar at the bottom the message waiting and the url involved. Am I missing something here? Are there some things I can do to speed up internet access, or is the Internet just too clogged with activity? Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
I do speed checks from time to time and we're usually in the 2800 to 2900 range. Murray From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS There's a chance you no longer have bonded T1's... Go online to find connection testers. See if your bandwidth is 1000 - 1500 rather than approaching 3000. This would indicate a failed T1 somewhere. Then, check your services router (where the two T1's connect), then possibly the building's NetPOP to check for lights. When this happened to us a few months back, we lucked out. The break was a bad cable between the wall jack and the router. (What we were dreading was to find that the long long cable between our server room and the building NetPOP was broken - that would have been slow and expensive to replace!) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org http://www.aspca.org/ The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote on 11/10/2009 09:44:57 AM: Good Morning. I'm trying to determine the cause of internet access slowness here. We are a small organization of fewer than 40 employees, and use a bonded T1 line (3.0) for internet access. Our staff has complained about internet access slowness to me and I've suggested tha the problem is with the Internet, not our access. We are not budgeted to increase our access, and I'm not sure that that is the answer. Using Internet Explorer 8, I can see by the status bar at the bottom the message waiting and the url involved. Am I missing something here? Are there some things I can do to speed up internet access, or is the Internet just too clogged with activity? Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
Thanks for the responses! I believe that our internet access is working properly and sufficient for the number of users. We have done some checking to see if people are streaming or downloading music and movies, and we caught one individual who thankfully chose to find employment elsewhere. I'm of the opinion that the problem is the internet itself along with websites that do not have enough bandwidth for the number of daily accesses. That's why I mentioned the waiting message on the status bar at the bottom of IE8. When I access our own website which is housed in a different state, I don't get the waiting message as often or for the delay time that I get when accessing some major websites. Can anyone confirm my suspicions? Murray From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS Aside from the previous suggestions, do you have content filtering on your firewall? Blocking streaming media/movies/ and so on and help reduce those staff members who are hogging all the bandwidth. Here we block the general streaming category and that's really helped to address complaints of slowness. Tom Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org 11/10/2009 10:44 AM Good Morning. I'm trying to determine the cause of internet access slowness here. We are a small organization of fewer than 40 employees, and use a bonded T1 line (3.0) for internet access. Our staff has complained about internet access slowness to me and I've suggested tha the problem is with the Internet, not our access. We are not budgeted to increase our access, and I'm not sure that that is the answer. Using Internet Explorer 8, I can see by the status bar at the bottom the message waiting and the url involved. Am I missing something here? Are there some things I can do to speed up internet access, or is the Internet just too clogged with activity? Murray Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
I haven't tried Chrome, but I have tried Firefox with the same results as IE8. Murray From: Walker, Michael [mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Murray, Just for the heck of it, try using Google's Chrome instead of IE and see what the difference is in accessing the different web sites. I have 30MB/2MB on my home network and IE is still slow sometimes. You can also try ping and traceroute tests. Even though your bandwidth tests fine, there might also be very high latency. Regards, Michael Walker Senior Network Engineer Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882 mwal...@mail.cvhp.org mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS I do speed checks from time to time and we're usually in the 2800 to 2900 range. Murray From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS There's a chance you no longer have bonded T1's... Go online to find connection testers. See if your bandwidth is 1000 - 1500 rather than approaching 3000. This would indicate a failed T1 somewhere. Then, check your services router (where the two T1's connect), then possibly the building's NetPOP to check for lights. When this happened to us a few months back, we lucked out. The break was a bad cable between the wall jack and the router. (What we were dreading was to find that the long long cable between our server room and the building NetPOP was broken - that would have been slow and expensive to replace!) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org http://www.aspca.org/ The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote on 11/10/2009 09:44:57 AM: Good Morning. I'm trying to determine the cause of internet access slowness here. We are a small organization of fewer than 40 employees, and use a bonded T1 line (3.0) for internet access. Our staff has complained about internet access slowness to me and I've suggested tha the problem is with the Internet, not our access. We are not budgeted to increase our access, and I'm not sure that that is the answer. Using Internet Explorer 8, I can see by the status bar at the bottom the message waiting and the url involved. Am I missing something here? Are there some things I can do to speed up internet access, or is the Internet just too clogged with activity? Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
NETWORK RUNS SLOW AFTER 5PM
We have an AWS (alternate work schedule) whereby if you choose you can work longer days such that you get a Friday off every other week. So, while our regular working hours are 8:30AM to 5:00PM, there are always a small number of people left in the building and thus the network after 5PM. Of these people, a couple have complained that after 5PM thenetwork really slows down, or at least they have delays printing and opening documents. One individual has told me that precisely at 5:17PM each evening, her workstation virtually comes to a standstill for about 20 minutes, and then goes back to normal. I've checked the event logs on the servers, and snothing special is going on. I'm going to hang around this evening and take a look at the task manager on the one workstation to see if I can see if any process isusing up all the CPU resources. I'll check the event logs on the workstation as well. We're running Win XP and Windows Server 2003. I have suspicians about something sinister like someone using our machines as bots, but it's more than likely an internal issue. Any thouhgts would be appreciated. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SANS Diary: Time to change your hotmail/gmail/yahoo password
I've got a couple of questions. First, I have an account with ATT and can access it thru Yahoo.com, I can also access it thru Windows Live. My question is, is this email account now in jeopardy? Is it necessary to change the password? Murray From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SANS Diary: Time to change your hotmail/gmail/yahoo password Yeah exactly, only goons who respond to phishing schemes were affected. - Original Message - From: Carl Houseman mailto:c.house...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:22 AM Subject: RE: SANS Diary: Time to change your hotmail/gmail/yahoo password It would seem this only affects accounts of those who've fallen victim to a phishing scheme. If you haven't entered your Live/Gmail/Hotmail password on a bogus website, there's no immediate need to change passwords. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SANS Diary: Time to change your hotmail/gmail/yahoo password Yes, I missed it too. Thanks for the post. Gotta run, I'm busy changing passwords From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SANS Diary: Time to change your hotmail/gmail/yahoo password I missed this yesterday, did you? http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7276: Microsoft has confirmed that thousands of Windows Live accounts have been compromised with their passwords posted online. Mainstream media such as the BBC are also carrying the story. Some information is posted here http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!41528. entry?wa=wsignin1.0sa=363915619 . UPDATE: Gmail and Yahoo are also affected by the compromise. Change all passwords on any of these popular webmail sites. Some does and don'ts: * Do change your passwords on a regular basis (every six months or so) * Do use long complex pass-phrases rather than passwords where you can * Do change all of your passwords if you notice something suspicious * Do take identity theft seriously * Do use up-to-date anti-virus and a firewall * Do NOT click on links in emails, ever * Do NOT use the same password at multiple sites -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Special characters in passwords
Don't laugh! I used to have a user whose password was 7 Murray -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Asterisks work just fine, actually. I noticed that most people's passwords are **. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number.
Klint, unless Caller ID blocking is in use, you could always make a call to your own cellphone and the number will display. Frankly, it can be slow getting an operator, and I'm not entirely sure they will always be cooperative. What could be simpler than calling your own cellphone...if you have one! LOL Murray -Original Message- From: Klint Price [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number. That may work for POTS lines, but is not as reliable if calling from a PBX, or a line that is tied to a toll free number. You can't even rely on the number written on the wall jack at the DMARC (as I found out yesterday). If you happen to know a field technician at the local telecom, they have access to other tools: http://www.docdroppers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Qwest_Field_Accessed_Ser vice_Tools or you could always http://www.ehow.com/how_941_determine-telephones-telephone.html Klint -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone number to tell you your phone number. On 11 Sep 2009 at 14:33, Phillip Partipilo wrote: In a previous life, I worked in telecom biz. There was this great phone number we used when we clipped a buttset up and you called this number, and a computer answered and told you the phone number you are calling from. That's all it did. We're in the process of going VoIP and our ancient phone system is a complete mess of spaghetti! Call your cell phone, read the caller ID. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number.
Interesting because if I make a call from my office, it gives the actual phone number of my direct dial line. Murray -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number. Murray, While it is true that a number will come through on Caller ID, it is not necessarily going to be the actual number from which a call was placed. If I make an outbound call from my company phone to my mobile phone, Caller ID shows it as coming from the company's main line not from my number. This makes it worthless for doing what the OP was requesting. Tim -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number. Klint, unless Caller ID blocking is in use, you could always make a call to your own cellphone and the number will display. Frankly, it can be slow getting an operator, and I'm not entirely sure they will always be cooperative. What could be simpler than calling your own cellphone...if you have one! LOL Murray -Original Message- From: Klint Price [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number. That may work for POTS lines, but is not as reliable if calling from a PBX, or a line that is tied to a toll free number. You can't even rely on the number written on the wall jack at the DMARC (as I found out yesterday). If you happen to know a field technician at the local telecom, they have access to other tools: http://www.docdroppers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Qwest_Field_Accessed_Ser vice_Tools or you could always http://www.ehow.com/how_941_determine-telephones-telephone.html Klint -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone number to tell you your phone number. On 11 Sep 2009 at 14:33, Phillip Partipilo wrote: In a previous life, I worked in telecom biz. There was this great phone number we used when we clipped a buttset up and you called this number, and a computer answered and told you the phone number you are calling from. That's all it did. We're in the process of going VoIP and our ancient phone system is a complete mess of spaghetti! Call your cell phone, read the caller ID. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number.
We're using a PRI here, and it displays the actual extension from which the call was made and not the master corporate number. BTW, while we have a master number xxx.xxx.1252, the wonderful ATT have us as xxx.xxx.0776, and that number if dialed will connect to xxx.xxx.1252. The 0776 never shows up anywhere except on our phone bill. Murray -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone number to tell you your phone number. TVK is correct in stating that you will get *a* phone number, not necessarily the one you expect. This is especially true for those using an ISDN PRI from a telco. The phone number that shows up on caller ID is set by the phone system that originated the call (or sometimes the telco themselves). That number could be anything at all. Most typically they are either set to be the company's main line or the direct dial number for the extension. Murray Freeman wrote: Interesting because if I make a call from my office, it gives the actual phone number of my direct dial line. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute
Well, there are at least 8 or 9 other wifi nets in my neighborhood, but I have my radio broadcast turned off. I know that won't stop an expert but it will stop some idiot trying to just have some fun. But, I am somewhat paranoid as many times, and I do mean MANY, cars stop after dark, right in front of my house, and with the motor running, they just sit in the car. I don't go out to look up close, but they do not have a cell phone glued to their ears and they are looking down as though typing on a keyboard. They don't just sit for a few moments, but rather 15 or 20 minutes at a time. So, am I being t anul, or are those people trying to hack into a wifi. All but one or two of the local wifi nets are protected, most are WEP or WAP except my backyard neighbor and I who are WPA2. Murray From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute Seriously, what are the odds someone in your neighborhood is lurking around with the technology/desire to break into your home network? I've seen guys post the my daughter could do it response, but really, where do you people live that you are that paranoid about your home network? I am NOT suggesting that you leave it open, but I'll be shocked if someone doesn't suggest that you run out and buy a new router so you'll be safe. I'm just wondering, safe from whom? On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Lee Douglas lee.doug...@gmail.com wrote: My home network is on an old D-Link DIR-635 (latest firmware but it hit end of life in 2007!) which only supports WPA personal and WPA Enterprise - but it only supports WPA Enterprise via a Radius Server. It's fast enough and works fine so i'm reluctant to trash it unless I have to. I have Windows Home Server, and several XP Pro computers. My question - should I set up a radius server - does a radius server and WPA Enterprise offer enough additional protection to be worth the hassle of setting up a Radius Server - on my Windows Home Server box or go out an buy a newer router? If a newer router, any recommendations? TIA! On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090827/tc_pcworld/newattackcracksco mmonwifiencryptioninaminute Summary: Use WPA2 and AES. Get off WPA and TKIP if you are still using them. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Good NT sysadmin list?
I've been on this list a long time, and I've always had an answer for people who complain about noise. If your keyboard doesn't have a DELETE key, get a new keyboard. I lurk most of the time, and infrequently contribute, but this is a good source of info. Usually, good use of the SUBJECT line is all that is needed to keep me from turning the volume down. When I've requested help here, it always comes quickly. I'm on the Exchange list as well, and while a little less noisey it's a good one as well. Long live both lists! Murray From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? Isn't there a 80's hair metal song called Tease Me, Please Me or something like that? Shook goes to new tab with Google Shook From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Good NT sysadmin list? Shook stop reading this message right now!!! Love Shookie baby, and I really LOVE to tease him. At the risk of shocking this list, Shook is actually a very nice guy, southern gentleman and all that. He's one of the few people from this list that I've actually had the chance to meet in person. Ok, I'll resume normal Shookie bashing now ;) Sometimes the banter and rabbit trails of threads going w OT is what keeps me sane on some days. I wouldn't want that to change at all. On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Jeff Brown 2jbr...@gmail.com wrote: I've been lurking here for a while and for the life of me I can't figure out if SHOOK is LOVED or HATED!!! But I think you are 100% correct. On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: +1 The banter, trash-talk, and comradery go hand-in-hand with a genuinely good group of people. I think the noise is far more worth than a sterile robotic forum. Plus, its sometimes makes for the lighter part of an otherwise dismal day! Conversation/thread-view is a *must* in forums like this. -- ME2 On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Bob Fronkb...@btrfronk.com wrote: I wouldn't want this list to change one bit. Sometimes I read the very OT stuff, sometimes not. We get to know each other on this list and most of us have never seen or spoken to one another. Truly, this thread is just more noise and the op is just adding to it by starting the subject in the first place. Sort by conversation and liberal use of DEL is all that is needed. I find much value in this group and hope to see it continue to prosper. From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 9:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? This list has always had its noise, it's unavoidable. It definitely seems to be higher during the Summer months when the traffic is low. That being said, it's an invaluable resource. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 1:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? I agree the noise here is far too high lately... But I don't delete the messages (takes time) or use conversation view; is it that hard just to ignore a thread, not read it, and move on? Read what's important. Most on topic questions get answered quickly and thoroughly imo. I think a little noise is needed to build a network and trust within the contributors. It gives my a good laugh too from time to time. Stu always seems to chime in at the right time to put things to a halt. -Sam From: Christopher [mailto:c.bo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Good NT sysadmin list? Yeah, thank goodness for Gmail's conversation sorting (it has its moments..). Althought I totally agree with Ben, you have to admit that the signal itself has been pretty low lately so it makes the noise seem a lot worse.. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@owa.smithcons.com wrote: If it weren't for OWA 2010's conversation view, I would've had to drop out awhile ago. Thankfully, the Exchange list isn't quite as noisy. The only other quality forums I know of also have high-noise. From: Ken Schaefer [...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? Personally I don't really want to wade through 100 messages deleting 75 of them. When you get 5-600 messages a day, pressing delete for 75% of them isn't scalable. I'm with Ben - can we
RE: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute
Another concer, but for people who don't have a WIFI, or who just like to mooch, is the fake Public WIFI that are 'default' and unsecured. I understand that these are used by unscrupulous people to capture personal info. Every now and then, I see one of those in my neighborhood. Murray -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Jeff Brown2jbr...@gmail.com wrote: Seriously, what are the odds someone in your neighborhood is lurking around with the technology/desire to break into your home network? For a home network, the biggest threat is probabbly someone looking to mooch Internet access. Possibly a criminal looking to cover their tracks. (How would you like kiddie porn being traced to your IP address?) These aren't targeted attacks; anyone will do. For this sort of thing, the best countermeasure is to have a neighbor with a less secure access point. Same principle as car alarms: Car alarms don't make it impossible to steal your car; rather, they just make it easier to steal the car parked next to yours. Targeted attacks seem a lot less likely for home networks. Certainly, some people/organizations scan for networks to break in to for data mining purposes. I'd guess the most likely attack here would actually come from someone looking for corporate networks (they typically are of higher value). In this case, enacting sophisticated countermeasures -- like turning off SSID broadcast -- might (*might*) actually draw attention: Attackers scanning the area might see that as a sign that your network has something to hide. I suppose someone could go looking for home networks to steal credit card numbers, etc., that might be stored on home PCs, but that seems unlikely. It's high risk (requires local physical presence) and offers little reward, and there are much easier alternatives (spyware). -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Good NT sysadmin list?
I'm on a number of other non-computer related lists, and for some reason people just don't understand or perhaps are too lazy to change a subject line when going off topic or just opening a new subject for discussion. Some people need training. I go into a lot of trouble on one list because a guy kept cutting and pasting without checking who had really made the statements in question. So I got full credit for some stupid comments that I had never made. I went off list and explained to the guy what he had caused, and he cleaned up his act, but he never made a post stipulating that I hadn't made the comments that I got credit for. Basically, if people just indicate in the SUBJECT what they are posting about if different then the ongoing discussion, all lists would be less noisey. To be honest, i never read nor respond to Friday Funny or other non-system related posts, because I'm not interested, but at least I don't bother to open the email. I certainly don't allow large numbers of postings to accumulate to be read after hours or at a later time. I check this list regularly several times each day and read what interests me and immediately delete the rest. I find no problem with this list, but maybe I should watch closer to find out what Shookie is all about. LOL Murray From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? The irony in all of this is that not a single person has addressed my *on-topic* question about clipboard behavior, but we've had a bazillion off-topic posts about not posting about off-topic subjects, as well as duplicate requests (one plain text, one HTML) to fill out a survey to vote for a product that many people don't even use. So I ask again, any ideas how to force the clipboard to not get cleared after certain operations? Thanks. -sc From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Good NT sysadmin list? SC would you post that OT discussion list again? Thanks ;) On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: I think the noise is far more worth than a sterile robotic forum. Since it seems that several people are having a hard time grasping this concept, I will clarify: It is not the noise but the relative fraction which I am complaining about. I agree completely that draconian rules on permissible discussion would kill this forum, and that friendly remarks are the essential grease in any communication. I'm not asking for topic fascism, and would object to it if proposed. All I am asking for is self-discipline and common courtesy. Hell, having even *half* the traffic be on-topic would be a tremendous improvement, given recent trends. Conversation/thread-view is a *must* in forums like this. I keep seeing this, too. Yah, thanks guys, I was using message threading before Microsoft had a mail client at all. That doesn't mean I think having to delete 75% of the traffic is a good thing. Especially when the noise is often in the same thread with the technical discussions. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute
While I'm not friendly with the neighbor directly behind me, they are nice people. So, a couple of years ago, I noticed one day that their Access Point was no longer secured. I called them on the telephone and told them and they asked for help. It seems they purchased a new laptop and when they got it home they couldn't get into their Access Point. They called in the Geek Squad and a tech went on site to their home and solved the problem. He shut off the WEP on the Access Point so the new laptop could connect. The people then restored the WEP on their Access Point and the next day I could see they were protected. Since then they have upgraded to WPA2, and we're the only 2 in our neighborhood who are. I just felt that I was doing them a favor, and so no reason not to help them out. Murray From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute I have 2 in my neighborhood that are open but I refuse to look when I go to someones home at what the neighbors are doing. I feel it is not my business to advertise that someone is unsecured. I do on the other hand try to keep my clients safe and I am very thankful that someone started this thread. I am looking at securing mine but doubt I will be able to as it is about 3 to 5 years old now and listed as EOL by the manufacturer. Jon On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: Another concer, but for people who don't have a WIFI, or who just like to mooch, is the fake Public WIFI that are 'default' and unsecured. I understand that these are used by unscrupulous people to capture personal info. Every now and then, I see one of those in my neighborhood. Murray -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Jeff Brown2jbr...@gmail.com wrote: Seriously, what are the odds someone in your neighborhood is lurking around with the technology/desire to break into your home network? For a home network, the biggest threat is probabbly someone looking to mooch Internet access. Possibly a criminal looking to cover their tracks. (How would you like kiddie porn being traced to your IP address?) These aren't targeted attacks; anyone will do. For this sort of thing, the best countermeasure is to have a neighbor with a less secure access point. Same principle as car alarms: Car alarms don't make it impossible to steal your car; rather, they just make it easier to steal the car parked next to yours. Targeted attacks seem a lot less likely for home networks. Certainly, some people/organizations scan for networks to break in to for data mining purposes. I'd guess the most likely attack here would actually come from someone looking for corporate networks (they typically are of higher value). In this case, enacting sophisticated countermeasures -- like turning off SSID broadcast -- might (*might*) actually draw attention: Attackers scanning the area might see that as a sign that your network has something to hide. I suppose someone could go looking for home networks to steal credit card numbers, etc., that might be stored on home PCs, but that seems unlikely. It's high risk (requires local physical presence) and offers little reward, and there are much easier alternatives (spyware). -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Gmail
How do I tell if I'm still in beta? I don't use my account very often and I don't remember any beta notification. Murray From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Gmail They are now collector's items. Put them on ebay. -sc From: Devin Meade [mailto:devin.me...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 1:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Gmail Refresh took mine out of beta. Hey I only have 96 gmail invites left. What happened to the bazillion I had? On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: I guess that shows what they think of you. -sc From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 1:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Gmail Mine still shows as Beta. Jon On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: Well, well, well... finally out of beta. -sc -- Devin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Faxing solution
Well, I'm impressed or should I be depressed that people are still using fax technology. We have a couple of fax machines, but it's rare that they get used what with something called email. When I started working here 13 years ago, the faxes got used a lot, but over the years it's been reduced to a minimum. We've found that most documents begin life on a computer, so there's not much benefit to using fax. Has anyone considered other alternatives to faxing? Murray From: Davies,Matt [mailto:mdav...@generalatlantic.com] Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Faxing solution GFI works for us as well, we have used it with a number of different fax cards, bri and pri cards from Eicon/dialogic and the Dialogic VOIP trunk integration with our Avaya PBX. Matt From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: 12 June 2009 21:27 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Faxing solution I've used both FaxMaker and RightFax in past lives. FaxMaker was great for both in and outbound faxing while RightFax was very expensive and comparatively a huge pain in the keister to administer. It did work though if you happen to have extra dollars that you feel you must throw around. YMMV TVK From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Faxing solution We use GFI FaxMaker. Never had any major problems with it, but when we did found the support to be good. We don't have that kind of volume, though, and only use it for outbound. The inbound features sound good, but we haven't used them. From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Faxing solution Hello all... We are currently faxing about 3000 pages a month and receiving around 1000. Most of the outbound faxes are documents that are printed first then faxed. I'm seeking a better solution and have talked to eFax but they seem pricey. Can you let me know what you use for a fax solution or recommend a vendor? Thanks! Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. This e-mail (including all attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately at h...@generalatlantic.com. Thank You. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
SERVICES HUNG IN STOPPING NEVER STOP
I'm having some issues with backups, and my research indicated that I should run a couple of regsvr commands on the VSS. It was suggested that I STOP the VSS, so I clicked on Stop and the service doesn't completely stop, and the status is stopping. Short of a reboot, is there any other way to completely stop that or any other service? And if anyone is using NTBackup in Server 2K3, it's timing out after it gets to the point of preparing to backup using shadow copy. The tape drive is tests good, so any suggestions would be appreciated on this too. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS
Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses. With the hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to up the thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus save some money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid 70's, and I'm concerned about higher temps in the server room causing servers to crash or at least reduce their lifetime. What od you think is the maximum operating temperature for a room with servers? We humans are not in the room that often, so it's strictly a case of a safe temperature for the hardware. There's no need to determine how many servers I have or how large the room is, just the temperature necessary to safely operate servers. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless
I agree, but I heard from Verizon that some new things are coming, like CDMA with sim capability. Murray From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless Personally, I wouldnt use a provider that didnt have phones with removable SIMs. But, I've been European like that for decades. -- ME2 On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: We are currently an ATT wireless customer. I have 400+ lines spread across most of the East / South. Another 200+ lines with various other providers such as Sprint / Alltel / US Cellular. Verizon just came and gave me their pitch. I currently have no real reason to move, but Verizon may make the recurring cost savings worth the effort. Just curious if any of you have the pleasure of handling your cell phone and wireless data and if you have moved from ATT to Verizon. The coverage area I need is pretty must East of the Mississippi. - Bob Fronk P Please print only as needed. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
As usual, these discussions go off topic, but I appreciate all the answers so
far. But as long as we're going back into history, I remember cutting my teeth
on IBM 604 machines, programming by wiring boards. then on to the more
sophisticated machines like the 7070 and the famous 1401. BTW, I still have a
Commodore 64 at home in storage. I guess I should add that I've been in the
computer field for nearly 50 years, so I'll just let you guys guess my age! LOL
Murray
From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
Oh man...prior to Interdata, he was at DG - at that time, he was designing the
boards being put in them.
Sean Rector, MCSE
From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
I'll never forget my first computer-related job and that room-long Data General
mainframe. Probably was x-times slower than most workstations today. I miss
reel-to-reel backup tapes...
J
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From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
Commodore PET CBM - that's how I rolled back in the day...
My 1st look at a computer was looking in on the Interdata main frame at my
dad's office. He was in sales at Interdata, and after they were bought out by
Perkin Elmer, he sold the computer that's in the Hubble Space Telescope.
Sean Rector, MCSE
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Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
Ti-994a..Thats how we rolled back then.
From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:51 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
I miss Commodore.
But don't get me started down Memory Lane...
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Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
Although... back in the day Amigas were the tool of choice.
_
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USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
I'm being asked to investigate the use of a few MAC's in our network. I know that it would be only used by a few of our staff for graphics and a few other apps. I'm concerned about the ability of a MAC to interface into our network and Exchange Server email.Obviously we would purchase new machines, so they could be dual boot machines. I'm also aware of virtualization, but haven't looked into that as of yet. Any suggestions, warnings or concerns from anyone with this kind of experience would be greatly appreciated. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
IE 8 SLOWNESS WHEN OPENING
I reviewed Firefox 3, and have been impressed when compared to IE7, so when IE8 became available in final release, I installed it. Initially, I was very impressed by how quick it opened, but in the last couple of weeks, it's ridiculouly slow. In fact, it not only takes forever, but it's near impossible to shut it down. When I go into task manager, I find 2 IEexplore processes, yet under IE7 there was only one IEexplore process. So, I terminate one of the IE processes and both close, yet my machine then locks up and sometimes I have to reboot. Anybody have any ideas as to what is going on here? I'm testing both IE8 and Firefox with the idea of seklecting one for our office. Initially IE8 was opening faster than Firefox, but now Firefox is opening faster. I'm concerned that perhaps it's something on my machine, so I do not want to make a decision until I have all the facts. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
Well, I've been unhappy for some time with the slowness of IE7 on my 2.8GHtz 2GByte Windows XP machine, so I installed Firefox and was impressed. Well, yesterday I downloaded and installed IE8 and WOW is all I can say. I'm loving IE8, it's even faster than Firefox 3. On the other hand, I've been using IE7 on my personal laptop at home, a 1.6 GHtz with 1.2 GBytes and it was flying. No problems at all. I installed IE8 and it's wortking fine, though I don't really see any real increase in speed. I'll play for a while before I recommend IE8 at work. Murray From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today Firefox Community Edition is what we deploy here. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Malcolm Reitz malcolm.re...@live.com wrote: I like Firefox myself; with the appropriate plugins, it fits my web browsing needs and habits much better than IE. However, it isn't an enterprise-manageable application, so it is a not anything I would consider deploying at my company. And, yes, we do struggle with the IE certification for applications as well. -Malcolm From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today I became a fan and user of Firefox years ago when it was the only browser to offer tabbed browsing. Just because IE now offers that, I still see no reason to switch back. Ironically, at my work, we still haven't implemented IE7 because of two enterprise applications that have not been certified on IE7 by the software companies for use with there web based interfaces. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: All good points.. really. However.. I disagree that it IS more secure.. For example.. a recent issue... http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. Okay, I'll bite... :) It's been a long week; this will be refreshing... :) I like Firefox better. It's faster and more flexible. Firefox tends to work they way I want. I can make it do what I want more easily. There are more useful extensions for Firefox Firefox works on all my computers, not just XP and Vista. Yes, we still have Win 2000 in production at work. I've got Linux at home and on my laptop. Firefox runs everywhere.. Extensions to MSIE, like IE7Pro, let IE catch up to Firefox in many ways, but Firefox has been doing more of what I want out of the box for years and years, when MSFT was still leaving us languishing with MSIE 6. Why should I go through the pain and effort of switching back now? The development community responds better and faster than Microsoft. See above. In practice, I think Firefox is more secure than MSIE. Web developers wanting to target MSIE are encouraged to use ActiveX, and downloading native machine code over the Internet into a browser is horrible idea and always was. NoScript blocks even JavaScript-based attacks. Permit Cookies lets me manage cookie permission easily. The fact that some sites *still* don't work right with anything but MSIE 6, and the fact that Microsoft *still( makes it unreasonably hard to run multiple versions of their browser, means that I can't even really try seriously newer releases. With Firefox, I can simply install to a different directory. It takes all of five seconds. I have zero issues using IE7 ... Zero.. EXCEPT ... That word you keep using. I do not think it means what you think it means. :) as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes ... Another thing I like about Firefox is that, since it hasn't been shoved into the OS core in an attempt to stifle competition (see Findings of Fact, US v. MSFT, 5 Nov 1999), I can easily shutdown, kill, and/or upgrade the browser without having to reboot my *entire computer*. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection
CRAP, now I've got to change the name of my network!!! It never occurred to me that someone would use Bongo!!! Murray From: Mark A. Ross [mailto:ma...@sdppayroll.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection Does anyone know of a piece of hardware or software that will allow you to pinpoint a WIFI connection? In other words, you are in a public location and your laptop detects 5 unsecure WIFI hosts. How do you know which house is using the network name Bongo (Couldn't think of a funnier name, sorry). Mark ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection
In my neighborhood, a couple of my neighbors are using their last name, so that's no problem, but there are 4 that were installed by Geek Squad because they use the name 2WIRE followed by 3 numbers, and there is no duplication. Then there's the idiot who has the name default, and of course it's unsecured. Finally there's one named FREE PUBLIC WIFI and it too is unsecured, and is not always turned on, so I suspect it's someone trying to steal info! The unsecured default is just asking for someone with wifi knowledge to log into his router and change the password and then the settings. I've been tempted, very tempted! None of my neighbors sees me because my radio broadcast is turned off!!! Murray From: Mark A. Ross [mailto:ma...@sdppayroll.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection Does anyone know of a piece of hardware or software that will allow you to pinpoint a WIFI connection? In other words, you are in a public location and your laptop detects 5 unsecure WIFI hosts. How do you know which house is using the network name Bongo (Couldn't think of a funnier name, sorry). Mark ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection
I'm well aware that someone with, as I said, wifi knowledge could see my router even with the radio broadcast turned off. But I get the distinct feeling that none of my neighbors has that kind of knowledge. I base that on the 2 neighbors who are using their family names, and the 4 neighbors who have 2wire as their network names, not to mention the poor idiot who is using the default settings that come up when you turn the router on the very first time. Murray From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection None of my neighbors sees me because my radio broadcast is turned off!!! Well... actually that may not be 100% true Kismet will show you the SSID of any AP with broadcast SSID disabled as soon as a client associates. http://www.kismetwireless.net From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection In my neighborhood, a couple of my neighbors are using their last name, so that's no problem, but there are 4 that were installed by Geek Squad because they use the name 2WIRE followed by 3 numbers, and there is no duplication. Then there's the idiot who has the name default, and of course it's unsecured. Finally there's one named FREE PUBLIC WIFI and it too is unsecured, and is not always turned on, so I suspect it's someone trying to steal info! The unsecured default is just asking for someone with wifi knowledge to log into his router and change the password and then the settings. I've been tempted, very tempted! None of my neighbors sees me because my radio broadcast is turned off!!! Murray From: Mark A. Ross [mailto:ma...@sdppayroll.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection Does anyone know of a piece of hardware or software that will allow you to pinpoint a WIFI connection? In other words, you are in a public location and your laptop detects 5 unsecure WIFI hosts. How do you know which house is using the network name Bongo (Couldn't think of a funnier name, sorry). Mark ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection - made OT
Let me only say that I have 2 neighbors behind me, with one somewhat closer to my house than the other. The house that's further away has a signal so strong, it actually has more bars than my own. The other neighbor, closer to my house, his signal is weaker than mine. Of course it's all about placement of the router within the house. Murray -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection - made OT While troubleshooting a wireless issue with a point to point network I had with a friend, we came across a neighbor who was unsecured. If you are walking, it is exceptionally easy to identify which house a given wireless is coming from. The signal strength meter is a fairly good indicator. As we knew and liked the family, we knocked on his door and asked him how he liked his high speed internet. He indicated it was fine and why? We suggested that since he had 3 computers (we could easily identify) on it did he mind sharing with the neighborhood. We fixed it for him (and quite co-incidentally changed his channel so he wouldn't be on ours). Just a community service and all As to printing out on someone else's system, you never know how people are going to react when startled or frightened so not something I would do. Steven On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Roger Wright rwri...@evatone.com wrote: I did exactly the same thing, however, my neighbor ended up doing it himself. No free lunch for me! Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection - made OT A guy I used to work with accessed his neighbors wireless, printed something out on the neighbors printer to the effect that if he wanted help securing his wireless network, that he would be glad to assist, for a small fee of course. His neighbor took him up on that offer. I think the payment was dinner. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Jeremy Anderson jer...@mapiadmin.net wrote: I have a SSID in my apartment complex called fish-tacos And when wireless was still new - we once drove through a subdivision and changed all the open access points to Star Wars characters. There was the Luke, Chewbacca, DarthVader, and Yoda networks. From: Mark A. Ross [mailto:ma...@sdppayroll.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection Does anyone know of a piece of hardware or software that will allow you to pinpoint a WIFI connection? In other words, you are in a public location and your laptop detects 5 unsecure WIFI hosts. How do you know which house is using the network name Bongo (Couldn't think of a funnier name, sorry). Mark -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only
As long as you're discussing this Partition software, I tried acouple of weeks ago, and it worked on my test desktop, but wouldn't work on the new HDD that I had just installed in my personal laptop. I found another freebe and it worked just like a charm. Murray -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only Ahh, bummer! GetRight had to restart the download a few times, but I got a solid copy. -- ME2 On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Well, there you go. I had downloaded it, but hadn't tried accessing the archive file. Sure enough, corrupted download. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only A friend with IE7 had to try to download it multiple times, and each time it resulted in a slightly incomplete download. -- ME2 On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Worked for me using straight IE8. Of course, I grabbed it earlier today so that may have something to do with it. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only http://maketecheasier.com/download-easeus-partition-master-for-free-24 -hours -only/2009/02/27/ The web site and download are getting slammed (naturally). Be prepared to wait/retry. A download manager that can handle username/password requirements (e.g. GetRight) is your best bet. -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only
That's the one I used. Murray -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only Been using Paragon Software's recently for merges and extends. Works great. -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 4:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only As long as you're discussing this Partition software, I tried acouple of weeks ago, and it worked on my test desktop, but wouldn't work on the new HDD that I had just installed in my personal laptop. I found another freebe and it worked just like a charm. Murray -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only Ahh, bummer! GetRight had to restart the download a few times, but I got a solid copy. -- ME2 On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Well, there you go. I had downloaded it, but hadn't tried accessing the archive file. Sure enough, corrupted download. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only A friend with IE7 had to try to download it multiple times, and each time it resulted in a slightly incomplete download. -- ME2 On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Worked for me using straight IE8. Of course, I grabbed it earlier today so that may have something to do with it. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Download EASEUS Partition Master For Free - 24 Hours Only http://maketecheasier.com/download-easeus-partition-master-for-free-24 -hours -only/2009/02/27/ The web site and download are getting slammed (naturally). Be prepared to wait/retry. A download manager that can handle username/password requirements (e.g. GetRight) is your best bet. -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
LIMITING NUMBER OF COPIES OF DOCUMENT TO BE PRINTED
We have a number of low volume printers and recently have installed some high speed/volume printers on our network. We would like to put a limit on the maximum number of copies of a document that can be printed on the low volume printers to force staff to use the high speed/volume printers. We have a MS Server 2K3 network and use print servers for our low volume printers. Is there some special software available to accomplish our goal? Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
WIFI SECURITY
To wrap this up, I appreciate all the suggestions. Here's what I've done. I changed my settings to WPA2-PKS (AES). Then I did some research on my own and found some additional info. First, there may be a bug that causes the balloon message. Second, apparently the connection times out and during reconnection the unsecured message occasionally will pop up. I could turn off the WZC service, and then I wouldn't time out, but then other issues will occur. I'm also leaving my SSID turned off at this time. Finally, my concern for being unsecured has to do with online banking and viewing some other personal online accounts. I hadn't originally thought about it, but when I sign into these online sites, it requires and uses secure sockets (HTTPS) and of course that uses encryption and thus I'm as secure as possible at this time. If anyone has any further suggestions or feels that I am still not as secure as I think I am, I'd sure like to hear from you. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
SECURING WIFI ROUTER
I hope this is on topic. I have a Dell 700m laptop and a Netgear rangemax mimo G router. I'm using WPA2, but from time to time, a baloon pops up from the icon in the systray stating that my connection is unsecure. If I right click and select view wireless networks it indicates that my network is in fact secured with WPA2. Any ideas why I get the baloon, and is there another way to insure that I am WPA2 secured in fact? I've noticed this for months now. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER
Thanks to everyone for your comments. I am using WPA2 and I do have my SSID broadcast turned off. This is a home network. On any given evening, I can see anywhere from 5 to 9 wifi signals of neighbors routers, and I figure that anyone looking to hack into a wifi won't waste their time looking beyond my neighbors routers. I have an 11 digit password, but I am not using PSK. I suspect I can change that this evening. But the point of my question is why am I getting the baloon with the message that my network is unsecured? Is that an error or is it correct. when i view the other wifi's in range of me, I'm always connected to my network, and all but one of the wifi's that I see are secured with WPA2, WPA or WEP. The one unsecured wifi that I see regularly is a very weak signal, and I've tried to connect, and can never do it. So, it's obvious that I'm connecting ONLY to my network. It's just the message that I'm unsecured that concerns me. A couple of people who responded to my initial post indicated that they have seen the same message on their laptops, but apparently haven't done any further research. Murray From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 2:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER No no no. Those recommendations should be dismissed, they are so yesterday's idea of security. For anyone who really wants to get in, working around MAC filtering and non-broadcast SID's is a piece of cake. Secure the router or access point with WPA2 and a strong PSK if you can't do 802.1x authentication. When properly secured, it doesn't matter if you're visible or whether your MAC is allowed or not. Further reading: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=43 http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=454 http://www.icsalabs.com/icsa/docs/html/communities/WLAN/wp_ssid_hiding.p df Carl From: Lee Douglas [mailto:lee.doug...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER In terms of securing, I've seen recommendations to NOT have the router broadcast its SID as well as using MAC filtering. I'm sure all can likely be circumvented, but they just add extra layers and make your neighbors that much more attractive.. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Webb, Brian (Corp) brian.w...@teldta.com wrote: I've seen the same message as well with an HP laptop going to a D-Link WIFI using WPA. The message seems to indicate that you are connected to unsecured network, but I've always been connected to my secured network when I've checked. -Brian -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 1:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER I've seen that happen too, with the plain old Windows wireless client. WPA2 in my instance, as well. I never did figure out what the problem was but I stopped using WIFI a year ago and just wired my house with CAT5e. At the time it was a Linksys WRT54GL with DD-WRT and an Intel integrated wlan card in a ThinkPad T60. - Andy O. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER Mmm... this doesn't sound like a popup that I am familiar with Windows being capable of generating. It won't even pop up that message with a Wide Open wireless connection (No password needed). Could it be the security center letting you know that the firewall is off, windows update is off, or that virus defs are old? If not that, I suspect it's your AV telling you something, or spyware. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SECURING WIFI ROUTER I hope this is on topic. I have a Dell 700m laptop and a Netgear rangemax mimo G router. I'm using WPA2, but from time to time, a baloon pops up from the icon in the systray stating that my connection is unsecure. If I right click and select view wireless networks it indicates that my network is in fact secured with WPA2. Any ideas why I get the baloon, and is there another way to insure that I am WPA2 secured in fact? I've noticed this for months now. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER
Yes MMF -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 4:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER Is this at home? For personal implementations, I follow Bruce's advice: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2008/0 1/securitymatters_0110 On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:33, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: I hope this is on topic. I have a Dell 700m laptop and a Netgear rangemax mimo G router. I'm using WPA2, but from time to time, a baloon pops up from the icon in the systray stating that my connection is unsecure. If I right click and select view wireless networks it indicates that my network is in fact secured with WPA2. Any ideas why I get the baloon, and is there another way to insure that I am WPA2 secured in fact? I've noticed this for months now. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
BACKUP DEVICES
We currently backup our data to tape drives. We are considering the use of hard disk drive based devices, both removable and non removable. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Acronis tech support?
Was it necessary to first install Windows and True Image 2009? I ask because I make only FULL backups with True Image, and then use a boot CD when I had to restore a system. It's quick and yes, since I only make backups once per month, I'm always slightly behind on some updates and patches. Murray From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Acronis tech support? An Acronis True Image follow-up: This weekend the HD in my home system suffered catastrophic failure - click, click, click. I purchased a new drive last night, put it in the box, installed XP Home w/no updates and the latest release of Acronis TrueImage 2009. Then plugged in my USB drive and began the restore of my previous system. The first full backup was from mid-October and it was restored and running in about 25 minutes. Then I pointed to the most recent differential from January 16th. That differential took about 2 hours to restore, but when I woke up this morning my machine was just as it was last Saturday morning. All-in-all, a more than satisfactory experience for me. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:adminli...@bytampabay.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Acronis tech support? Some of you may remember my struggle to get support from Acronis for a program bug I found the beginning of November. I finally got a response from them that I thought I should share: We apologize for the delay in response. As you have mentioned, that you were taking the back up of your system directly on DVDs, but it was not able to burn the last DVD. We would recommend you take the back up of your computer on your hard drive and split that back up and then burn that back up on the DVDs. Please make sure that the compression level of the back up is none. This would resolve your issue. However, if the issue still persists, please feel free to contact us. So, they're saying you can't back up to DVDs, even though we claim you can. Back up to your hard drive or a second one, then copy the files to DVDs. This has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard from any tech support. I ended up buying Paragon Drive Backup. Their user interface could be better, but the program does everything I want it to and does it well. And I've seen in the past that they actually provide tech support. I know Acronis used to be generally regarded as the best, but I'm afraid those days are long gone. Steve - Original Message - From: Steve Pruitt mailto:adminli...@bytampabay.com To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:43 PM Subject: Acronis tech support? A month ago, based on recommendations here, I downloaded the Acronis evaluation. I quickly found an apparent program bug when backing up to DVDs. The system created files named MyBackup1.tib, MyBackup2.tib, etc. but after creating them it tried to open MyBackup.tib. I used the chat to report the problem, and also opened a ticket. A week ago, having heard nothing, I opened another ticket. Still no response. In the meantime I bought an external hard drive to use for backups, but of course the 15-day evaluation period was over by then. How long does it usually take them to respond? I have to say I'm not impressed. Steve ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
I've been trying all day, and even typed in the link, but I couldn't get in. But your link got me in immediately. BTW, what is the trick to making wrap-around links work? I usually use tinyURL to solve that, but I'd prefer to use the wrap-around technique. Murray From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Here is 64 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0F DFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD. ISO Again in case: 32 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0F DFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.i so From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now X86. 64 bit is somewhere on lifehacker too. From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Sweet, the link is working for me now.. Question: is this the x86 or x64 link? If it is *not* the x64 link, does anyone have it? Klint Jim Majorowicz wrote: I think they hit the 2.5 million mark. Going through the Partner Portal (I'm just a SBSC Registered Partner), I can't use the key or the download links. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
So, is it available or not and what is the url? MMF -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From what I've heard, Win7 isn't too frustrating--so I'm willing to give it a look. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now oh dear! Then how-ever will I frustrate myself with an unfinished beta product!? -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
That's why I asked. I guess I'll try tomorrow! MMF -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Apparently not as I just logged in to my Technet plus account and no download available. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ -Original Message- From: Steve Moffat [mailto:st...@optimum.bm] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now It is available now on MSDN Technet. It is available to the public 12:00am your time Friday. S -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Anyone have any inside info? Are we talking 12:01am tomorrow, or more like 4:00pm in the afternoon? On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Public beta tomorrow. I'll have to wait as I don't have MSDN. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 08:17 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Enjoy Mike Mike Hoffman Drum Brae Solutions Ltd ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
NTBACKUP ISSUE
We're running Windows Server 2003, and use NTBACKUP to do our backups nightly. I'm trying to conserve space on our tapes, so I decided to use exclude certain folders from being backed up to tape, and it doesn't seem to be excluding the folders that I selected for exclude. I've done some research, and I believe I'm coding the exclude statement properly, so does anyone have suggestions as to why the exclude statement isn't working? Here's an example of my coding: c:\ c:\foldername\ /exclude There's a space between forward slash and backslash, but I've tried it without the space. Same result, no exclude message in the log. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR
We're trying to build a new Windows Server 2K3, and since our server has no floppy drive, we're using a USB floppy and while the BIOS recognizes the drive, Windoes Server can't find the file it's looking for. We have also used a USB thumb wheel which we formated to look like a Floppy Drive, and same result. Unfortunately, Windows Server 2K3 will only look for the Hard drive drivers on a floppy disk. We have a HP Proliant ML110 and were trying to set up a raid. Any ideas on how to get around the floppy issue? Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR
We've got lots of floppies, but the Server doesn't have a floppy interface, so we are using USB floppies. The Proliant recognizes the floppy, but the Windows Server 2K3 is having trouble recognizing the floppy. Murray From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR Can't temporally grab a floppy drive from another machine? Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 14:00 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR We're trying to build a new Windows Server 2K3, and since our server has no floppy drive, we're using a USB floppy and while the BIOS recognizes the drive, Windoes Server can't find the file it's looking for. We have also used a USB thumb wheel which we formated to look like a Floppy Drive, and same result. Unfortunately, Windows Server 2K3 will only look for the Hard drive drivers on a floppy disk. We have a HP Proliant ML110 and were trying to set up a raid. Any ideas on how to get around the floppy issue? Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR
Well, we have spent a lot of time on this, but we finally solved it, and I thought I'd share this with everyone. When we originally created the floppy disk with the drivers, we did it on a workstation with a standard floppy disk drive interface. We would then attach a USB floppy disk drive that we have to the new server, and that just wasn't getting the job done. So, we finally connected the USB floppy disk drive to our workstation and copied the necessary driver files to another diskette using the USB floppy disk drive. When we then connected the USB floppy disk drive to the new server, problem solved. I can't tell why this worked, but it did. Thanks for the suggestions. Murray -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR Check your Bios again. Just because it recognizes the Drive in the Bios you will still need to change the appropriate setting in the Bios to allow it to use the USB Floppy. At least that is what we have had to do on some of ours. -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: CREATING NEW 2K3 SERVER PROBLEM WITH LOADING FROM FLOPPY DR We're trying to build a new Windows Server 2K3, and since our server has no floppy drive, we're using a USB floppy and while the BIOS recognizes the drive, Windoes Server can't find the file it's looking for. We have also used a USB thumb wheel which we formated to look like a Floppy Drive, and same result. Unfortunately, Windows Server 2K3 will only look for the Hard drive drivers on a floppy disk. We have a HP Proliant ML110 and were trying to set up a raid. Any ideas on how to get around the floppy issue? Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution?
Well, I've been using Defender for some time, and it's NEVER reported that it found anything, so I have no idea if it's of any benefit, but the price is right. So I continue to use it in conjunction with other anti-CRAP software. On the other hand, the other software reports things, but at least I'm not aware that any CRAP has found its way on to any of our computers. Murray From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution? Hi folks, We are doing the Vista thing on new machines, as XP is getting harder to get a hold of. As a policy, should we use Windows Defender that comes with Vista, and is upgraded frequently through our WSUS server, or should we remove it, and use some other antivirus/antispyware solution(s)? Just curious what others are thinking/doing about this. Thanks. Mark Reimer; MCSE, MCSA, A+ Windows Servers Networking Prairie Bible Institute Box 4000 Three Hills, AB T0M-2N0 Canada 403-443-5511 www.prairie.edu http://www.prairie.edu/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: vpn issue
YES, the mistake we made was to use 192.168.1.X internally. ATT also uses this as a default, but more important is for your road warriors. Apparently many hotels, motels, etc haven't bothered to change the default that comes with virtually ALL router manufacturers of using 0 or 1 (mostly 1) as the third digit in the default IP address. Murray From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 11:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: vpn issue check your default gateway , AND because it's the same subnet as your own, you're probably not getting past the adjacency test ... when your IP stack goes to send a packet, first thing it'll do is check the destination IP and if it's on the same subnet as the machine you're sending from, just dumps it on the local wire (ARPs for mac for IP x) and then passes it on. You're never making it across the tunnel From: Jesse Rink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 11:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: vpn issue I thought this was odd, but maybe it's normal? My home network is on 192.168.1.0/24. I have a device at 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 (router and a network printer). When I VPN into another network on my Vista box, I am on their 192.168.1.0/24 network. They have a server I RDP into at 192.168.1.2, however, whenever I try to access that server, my Vista machine accesses the Printer I have at 192.168.1.2 instead of the server over the VPN. Is this normal behaviour? Just seems odd I have never run across this before in that 10-20 places I VPN into... No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1592 - Release Date: 8/5/2008 6:03 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: WiFi setup
This is interesting stuff. I was under the impression that if you turned off Radio Broadcast on your router, that it was invisable. Murray From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WiFi setup Glad you found that. I was going to tell the story my son told me, they tagged a bank at 5 miles. But since I had no real proof I didn't want to go out on a limb and debate itI have no details of how the bank was set up on their end. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WiFi setup indeed ... http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 Granted, the following excerpt describes a best case scenario of BOTH ends optimized for distance, but it gives you an idea of how much farther than the expected 300-500 foot coverage can be achieved: Apparently, antennas of comparable gain cost upwards of $150. Over a clear line of sight, with short antenna cable runs, a 12db to 12db can-to-can shot should be able to carry an 11Mbps link well over ten miles. From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WiFi setup Hmmm. - Original Message - From: Erik Goldoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:54 AM Subject: RE: WiFi setup really, it *depends* ... I've heard (but no first hand experience) of laptops with yagi antennae getting a signal 2000 feet or more from the wifi source ... (approaching a half mile) From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WiFi setup What distance would a High Gain antenna need to get a very weak signal? The building is in the middle of a field with parking all the way around. Secuirty 24/7 to keep the loafers off the premise. Visitors in a localized area. Trees and some small (10 ft high) mounds or hills outside the parking lot. Still not the best set up but the further I can push the cracker jackers away from the building the better I feel. - Original Message - From: Erik Goldoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:59 AM Subject: RE: WiFi setup Arh ... Directional antennae *can* limit the signal where you don't want it, but not *eliminate* it completely. Any wireless hacker/cracker with a high gain antenna (yagi, pringles can, etc) may still be able to latch on to your signal. From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WiFi setup The wireless isn't for Joe its for CEO and the like. Here's the bottom line. They want to have their Fantasy Football draft and Nascar draft in the office. No big deal they've been doing it for years. Now they want to do it with out anyone knowing it. So they are going to move around on the big day. That way everyone thinks they are working instead of, you know... Besides the obvious gaff to all the security I am putting in place I like what everyone has written and I am taken it all in. We will most like use Cisco POE products to go with our VOIP with Cisco we currently have in place. Has anyone ever used directional antenii or is that a pipe dream I keep having? Whereas the WAPs are directional instead of broadcast so the signal doesn't 'leak' out into the parking lot??? - Original Message - From: Christopher J. Bosak mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 11:19 AM Subject: RE: WiFi setup Agreed. But I'd personally keep the confidential data off the wireless all together. If Joe Employee needs his laptop to go on the internet, then he can hop on the
FW: WiFi setup
From: Murray Freeman Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WiFi setup One word.PARANOIA! The people with the talent (read that know how) aren't going to waste their time with individuals, they're going after the big fish! I've often told people, if you can think of it, it can be done Who needs to intercept wireless when it's not that difficult to attack thru the Internet! Right on, Ken. Murray From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 7/1/2008 6:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WiFi setup I disagree with this attitude. As you say, they haven't secured wired networks yet. Do you refuse to use them too? And Windows isn't secure either, nor any other OS. So, what do you use? An abacus? Security is about managing risks. You can use robust technologies, like 802.1x or IPSec to secure the traffic you're sending. Currently it's computationally infeasible to break that in any meaningful amount of time. Cheers Ken From: TJ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 2 July 2008 6:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WiFi setup I will never, ever use wireless. There is no security. If its in the air, it can be obtained. They havent been able to fully secure WIRED communications, what makes anyone think that wireless will ever be secure? US Government offices refuse to use wireless, that should tell you all something. Wired or bust. On 6/30/08, James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was messing around with cracking APs and its pretty easy to clone the MACs of devices connected to the AP to gain access when they are using MAC filtering. - Original Message - From: David W. McSpadden mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 10:08 AM Subject: Re: WiFi setup I have been getting the MAC's from all the other devices on the WAN. We are greating VLAN 127. It is the default vlan and will get to the internet only. If you don't have a MAC on the ACL you get a 127 dhcp address and pumped to the internet only. It isn't fully functional yet but it is coming. - Original Message - From: Steve Ens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 10:06 AM Subject: Re: WiFi setup And use MAC address filtering... On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Erik Goldoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and for security in a credit union environment, segment the wifi and use VPN from there to get in to the resources on the wired subnet (among other security measures) From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 9:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WiFi setup I get to build a whole new datacenter for the Credit Union. Yeah. I am pretty good on everything with the exception that the new datacenter will have to have WiFi built in I am looking at 802.11g for now but I thought n was coming out. Does anyone have any comments on how to WiFi a 4000sqft building with 3 floors? Data Security is everyone's responsibility. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.101 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1526 - Release Date: 6/30/2008 8:43 AM __ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are property of Indiana Members Credit Union, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying
FIREFOX VERSION 3
Well, I was using version 2.0.0.14 and I use Spoofstick and McAfee Site Advisor with it. I decided to download version 3 and it installed just fine, but I couldn't get spoofstick to work properly. So, my question is has anyone made spoofstick work, or is there another plug-in that does the same thing as spoofstick that works with version 3? McAfee Site advisor works just fine. Murray ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: I've *GOT* to share!!
This reminds me of a situation about 30 years ago when I was in business selling data terminal equipment. My business was in Chicago, and I had a customer about 2 hours ride from Omaha. The customer had a lot of electrical issues, and one enterprising lady used to unplug her terminal on weekends to protect it from surges. She went on vacation and forgot to tell someone that she unplugged the terminal. Come Monday, and I get a call from the customer that their terminal is dead. I didn't have a technician anywhere near them, so it was agreed we'd debug over the phone with their help. First we told them to check the fuse, and it was OK. Then we asked if the terminal was plugged into the wall socket, and it was. We were all at a loss, so they asked if I'd send a tech to fix the terminal. I told them I'd have to fly a tech in from Chicago, and they agreed to pay the airfare along with the rental car expense and our service fee of $95. We sent the tech, and after he got there late in the afternoon, he called to tell us that the electric cable was disconnected at the terminal, but it was plugged into the wall. This was a terminal with it's own built-in stand, and the electric cable was not hard wired, but quick disconnect and connected UNDER the stand. The woman always disconnected it at the terminal because it was too much trouble to disconnect at the wall. The customer thanked us and paid the $800 plus bill that we sent, with no questions asked. I hadn't thought about that for about 30 years. Thanks for the memories Murray ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
INTERNET SLOWNESS
Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open. At the bottom of my screen there is the statement, waiting for http://www.x; Anyone else noticing this? Is there a work around or setting in any of the various browsers? Murray ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
DONE that and I do it regularly! Murray From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Scan for spyware/scumware/Trojans. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: INTERNET SLOWNESS Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open. At the bottom of my screen there is the statement, waiting for http://www.x; Anyone else noticing this? Is there a work around or setting in any of the various browsers? Murray ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
It's happening a lot, and not necessarily the same sites, but 2 for sure are online versions of 2 Chicago newspapers. Murray -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS Some links? From the same site? What sites? Site-related issues do not necessarily reflect the state of teh Internets. I haven't had any problems on my end all day so far. If we knew what sites you were having issues with, maybe we could do some independent tests. On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Murray Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open. At the bottom of my screen there is the statement, waiting for http://www.x; Anyone else noticing this? Is there a work around or setting in any of the various browsers? Murray -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
I've checked a couple of different speed tests, and our bonded T1 line is running full speed ahead. Murray From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Speedtest.net Also, I wonder if your AV scanner integrates into your browser. Sometimes that can bring things to a crawl. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: INTERNET SLOWNESS Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open. At the bottom of my screen there is the statement, waiting for http://www.x; Anyone else noticing this? Is there a work around or setting in any of the various browsers? Murray ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
I actually tested that first when I noticed the slowness. Murray From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Try turning off the Phishing filter in the browser. I had an issue a while back where the Phishing filter caused slowness because the browser couldn't contact MS's phishing site. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS DONE that and I do it regularly! Murray From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Scan for spyware/scumware/Trojans. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: INTERNET SLOWNESS Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open. At the bottom of my screen there is the statement, waiting for http://www.x; Anyone else noticing this? Is there a work around or setting in any of the various browsers? Murray ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
I appreciate the suggestions, but is anyone else here noticing the same thing? Murray From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS DNS Poisoning? - Original Message - From: Murray Freeman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:40 PM Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS DONE that and I do it regularly! Murray From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Scan for spyware/scumware/Trojans. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: INTERNET SLOWNESS Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open. At the bottom of my screen there is the statement, waiting for http://www.x; Anyone else noticing this? Is there a work around or setting in any of the various browsers? Murray __ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are property of Indiana Members Credit Union, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
Running McAfee Virusscan, and most sites these days run script/flash/images. Murray -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS Are they heavy with script/flash/images etc? Which antivirus/anti-malware software are you running? On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Murray Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's happening a lot, and not necessarily the same sites, but 2 for sure are online versions of 2 Chicago newspapers. Murray -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS Some links? From the same site? What sites? Site-related issues do not necessarily reflect the state of teh Internets. I haven't had any problems on my end all day so far. If we knew what sites you were having issues with, maybe we could do some independent tests. On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Murray Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open. At the bottom of my screen there is the statement, waiting for http://www.x; Anyone else noticing this? Is there a work around or setting in any of the various browsers? Murray -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS
To be honest, I suspect that the Internet is extremely busy or my IP has a problem. The only other thought is the latest updates to IE7. Maybe i should start using Firefox. Murray From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Somebody's surfing too much internet porn. Really if somebody is plugging up your internet connection and you want to find out who, install OpenXtra Ntop on a system, set its port in the switch as the monitoring port for the port your router is plugged into, fire up Ntop and let it collect some statistics for a few minutes, go to http://systemname:3000 - All Protocols - Thoroughput - click header Current to sort by that field. Then go all BOFH on them. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: INTERNET SLOWNESS Recently I've noticed that when I click on some links, it takes nearly forever for the web page to open. At the bottom of my screen there is the statement, waiting for http://www.x; Anyone else noticing this? Is there a work around or setting in any of the various browsers? Murray If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6NjU1MDk5N zg1OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
