Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Yea but, this is an admin list. -- ME2 On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Phil Brutsche wrote: > #1: You are talking about something that is well beyond the skill set of > 99.9% of end users ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread Phil Brutsche
Unfortunately, that is not always feasible. #1: You are talking about something that is well beyond the skill set of 99.9% of end users #2: Outside of wireless routers capable of running DD-WRT 99.9% of the cheap $&#*() crap @ Best Buy, Fry's, Office Max, Office Depot, etc are incapable o

Re: WIFI SECURITY

2009-02-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 20 Feb 2009 at 16:02, Murray Freeman wrote: > ... 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

Re: Fwd: potentially nasty Adobe zero day

2009-02-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 21 Feb 2009 at 3:10, Peter van Houten wrote: > For readers not subscribed at Shavlik: > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2631 > > Impacts Adobe Reader and Acrobat version 9. > > No patch available yet. > > Workaround - disable Javascript in the Adobe application. More here: ---

Re: Autoplay / Autorun on Truecrypt USB

2009-02-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 20 Feb 2009 at 19:00, Kurt Buff wrote: > And here I am, preparing to turn off Autorun/Autoplay on every machine > I touch, because of conficker... I'm with you here. Requiring someone to open a TrueCrypt batch-file isn't that much of a hassle IMHO. Cleaning out infections is. -- Angus Sco

OT: Remote reset switches

2009-02-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
Two inexpensive solutions for those who need remote-reset capabilities on balky servers which need resetting every so often: ITAPPMONROBOT - The Daily WTF http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/ITAPPMONROBOT.aspx The Son of ITAPPMONROBOT - The Daily WTF http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Son-of-ITAPPM

Re: Autoplay / Autorun on Truecrypt USB

2009-02-20 Thread Kurt Buff
And here I am, preparing to turn off Autorun/Autoplay on every machine I touch, because of conficker... Still, that is interesting. On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 18:10, Peter van Houten wrote: > While several posts have been submitted to the list concerning the > dangers of allowing USB sticks to auto

Re: Autoplay / Autorun on Truecrypt USB

2009-02-20 Thread Jeb Barger
Thank you so much much for a very informative post. Jeb On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Peter van Houten wrote: > While several posts have been submitted to the list concerning the > dangers of allowing USB sticks to automatically run programs, I have the > necessity of carrying encrypted USB s

Autoplay / Autorun on Truecrypt USB

2009-02-20 Thread Peter van Houten
While several posts have been submitted to the list concerning the dangers of allowing USB sticks to automatically run programs, I have the necessity of carrying encrypted USB sticks and prefer that they start automatically when inserted whether the host PC has Truecrypt installed or not. As the

Re: OT: Incorporate, LLC, or ???

2009-02-20 Thread Len Hammond
Currently a sole proprietor but headed for the LLC. I had been thinking about going to LLC and had talked with a lawyer but the cost was higher than I wanted to spend. My accountant also suggested that I get there sooner rather than later and suggested that using an online mechanism was the wayto g

RE: Group Policy Custom Administrative Template Issue

2009-02-20 Thread Brian Desmond
Ah ok - didn't know that. Did you copy/paste the setting out of the 2007 ADM? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Barsodi.John [mailto:john.bars...@igt.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 7:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Group Policy Custom Adminis

RE: Group Policy Custom Administrative Template Issue

2009-02-20 Thread Barsodi.John
Not for OLK2003(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896515 -talks about it a bit) You can remove the menu items, but not set the DisablePST setting. I have it implemented via the MS Office ADM files for OLK2007. - John Barsodi From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Friday, Febru

RE: Error on Trust

2009-02-20 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
Yes, we did that and from each side we can ping domain.com and domain2.com and we get a reply from the DC on the other side. On my side I can run nltest and see his pdc/gc/kdc but from his side he gets no domain was available. Not sure, we tried removing the wins/lmhosts and redoing it, nbtstat -c

RE: Group Policy Custom Administrative Template Issue

2009-02-20 Thread Brian Desmond
Just a thought, but is this setting not included with the ADMs that ship with the Office Resource Kit download? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Barsodi.John [mailto:john.bars...@igt.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 7:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

Group Policy Custom Administrative Template Issue

2009-02-20 Thread Barsodi.John
I'm trying to create a custom adm file to set the DisablePST registry setting for OLK 2003. I created the user based adm file without issue, but my machine based(copied below) one doesn't work properly. I can add it fine, creates the category, but when you click on Microsoft Office Outlook 200

Fwd: potentially nasty Adobe zero day

2009-02-20 Thread Peter van Houten
For readers not subscribed at Shavlik: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2631 Impacts Adobe Reader and Acrobat version 9. No patch available yet. Workaround - disable Javascript in the Adobe application. --- When posting or replying to messages on this list, please send all emails in plain

RE: Using Group Policy to force Vista's Remote Registry service to ON

2009-02-20 Thread Brian Desmond
Sure why not? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: RM [mailto:r...@richardmay.net] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 6:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Using Group Policy to force Vista's Remote Registry service to ON Is this kosher? I know that doing so

Using Group Policy to force Vista's Remote Registry service to ON

2009-02-20 Thread RM
Is this kosher? I know that doing so with Automatic Updates on XP was likely to screw-up the service's ACL and stop it from functioning properly. Ever since then, I've been hesistant to manipulate services with Group Policy... RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog!

RE: How to only allow wireless if secure?

2009-02-20 Thread Malcolm Reitz
No, you don't need a 2008 DC. Once you apply the schema extensions, however, you need to do all your GPO management from a Vista or 2008 Server computer. -Malcolm -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 3:21 PM To:

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Jeremy Anderson
If you have a laptop with LAN And WIFI connections, depending on the binding order, doesn't it occasionally register the "Wrong" IP address in DNS? So your wired connection is on the Network with the proper address, and the WIFI link is connected w/ an APIA address, and WIFI is set first in the

RE: Folder Redirection: A Cautionary Note

2009-02-20 Thread Jim von Stein
I've seen this issue, but it's related to DFS, not Folder Redirection. If you have an existing directory, and you add it as a DFS target, it takes all of the pre-existing contents of the directory and moves them into a new subfolder called DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory. Your existing "pr

WIFI SECURITY

2009-02-20 Thread Murray Freeman
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 rec

RE: Incorporate, LLC, or ???

2009-02-20 Thread Michael B. Smith
You can be an LLC and a sole-proprieter. Both my accountant and my lawyer advised me to become an LLC. While I do have a (usually) silent partner, the advantages of incorporating vs. the disadvantages made it clear that incorporating could wait until (if) we decided to bring on employees (as oppo

Re: OT: Incorporate, LLC, or ???

2009-02-20 Thread winsysadmin
I'm in Canada. I'm incorporated Nationally and in the province I work in. It only cost me $200 CAD online and being incorporated is a requirement of most consulting firms here. Mark On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > How many of the consulting types here on the list ar

Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
+1 -- ME2 On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > IMHO such people should set up two networks, then, one insecure for the legacy > devices and one secure for real use. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: How to only allow wireless if secure?

2009-02-20 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Aw man... Requires Win 2008 Domain Controller? :( -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:ang...@geoapps.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 3:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How to only allow wireless if secure? On 20 Feb 2009 at 9:39, Free, Bob wrote: >

OT: Incorporate, LLC, or ???

2009-02-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
How many of the consulting types here on the list are incorporated, how many of you are LLCs, and how many are just sole-proprietors or members of a partnership? If you're incorporated, are you an S-corp or a C-corp, and why? Feel free to answer off-list, I'll tally results and post the answer

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Ziots, Edward
I hear ya Za, But in these times nobody is safe from theft and its going to get worse before it gets better. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: ezi...@lifespan.org Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + -Original Message- From: Vue,

RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 20 Feb 2009 at 9:01, Mike Gill wrote: > People that have a Nintendo DS, or other legacy devices that aren't capable of > anything newer. IMHO such people should set up two networks, then, one insecure for the legacy devices and one secure for real use. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security

RE: How to only allow wireless if secure?

2009-02-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 20 Feb 2009 at 9:39, Free, Bob wrote: > There are GPO extensions. http://technet.microsoft.com/en- > us/magazine/2007.04.cableguy.aspx > > They involve a schema extension. http://technet.microsoft.com/en- > us/library/bb727029.aspx Looks like there may actually be a reason to install SP3 on

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Cameron Cooper
Wow... of all the people that you wouldn't expect to steal. ___ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Vue, Za
Thanks for some of the suggestions. We are beginning to test some of these applications. At the same time all classrooms now have security locks on them. This machine was not a laptop but a heavy mid-tower that sits along with all the other AV equipment in the classroom. I was two days late in

RE: Folder Redirection: A Cautionary Note

2009-02-20 Thread John Hornbuckle
We experienced slow logins/logoffs with roaming profiles because every time a user logs in the profile is copied from the server, and every time he logs out the profile is copied back to the server. As profiles grow, so do login/logout times. The biggest consumers of profile space were the My D

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Ziots, Edward
You really should be also looking into lock-jack type software for your laptops. Here are the other issues from a hacking prospective: 1) They have an authenticated account and password to your network. Depending on the credentials they can use this to do all kinds of havoc: (Terminate the acco

Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
That doesnt actually equate to a network based intrusion at all. You cant simply see through a port and identify valuable data on the other side. An intrusion still has to take place. -- ME2 On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Eric Brouwer wrote: > Actually, your shade example is a good one.

VCB Concepts

2009-02-20 Thread Sam Cayze
Calling any VM gurus... Ok, I am trying to decipher the VCB Manual right now. I am wanting to make sure I am correctly grasping the concepts and sequences of events that occur during a VCB Backup that utilize Custom Quiescing Scripts. Let me see if I have this right: Example VM: Exchange

Re: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Peter van Houten
Neotrace (now McAfee Visual Trace): http://tinyurl.com/32j26y -- Peter van Houten On the 20/02/2009 20:08, Vue, Za wrote the following: Track it down so the SOB can he lock up. J -Z.V. -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:peter...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 20

Re: resize system partition

2009-02-20 Thread David Baca
I have used disk director on occasion and it works great. I believe i have re partitioned both raid 1 and 5 drives with this tool. Raid 1 for sure. Regards, David From: "Leedy, Andy" To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:05:44 AM

Re: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Kurt Buff
Let me get this straight: 1) The machine has been stolen 2) The machine is set for autologon 3) The machine also has VPN access 4) Whoever has possession of the stolen machine has Internet access, and 5) Therefore when the machine is turned on, it does its autologon, and connects to your netwo

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Vue, Za
Track it down so the SOB can he lock up. :) -Z.V. -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:peter...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 1:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Question Are you trying to identify the machine or *where* it is geographically?

RE: Folder Redirection: A Cautionary Note

2009-02-20 Thread Cameron Cooper
Have you experienced any network speed issues with the roaming profiles? ---___ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'

Re: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Peter van Houten
Are you trying to identify the machine or *where* it is geographically? -- Peter van Houten On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 08:37, Vue, Za wrote: Windows 2003 AD: A machine with a private IP address is using my DNS server for name resolution. How do I capture the MAC? -Z.V.

RE: Load Balance recommendations.

2009-02-20 Thread Jacob
Radware -Original Message- From: Mathew Shember [mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Load Balance recommendations. Greetings, I have a remote access setup and am in need of load balancing. It involves connecti

Re: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Kurt Buff
If the machine is on the same subnet, 'ping 192.168.1.11 && arp -a | findstr 192.168.1.11' will give it to you. If the machine is running Windows, and you have administrative access to the it, 'psexec \\192.168.1.11 ipconfig /all' will work even when the machine is not in the same subnet.

RE: Load Balance recommendations.

2009-02-20 Thread Martin Blackstone
I think F5 is still the industry leader. -Original Message- From: Mathew Shember [mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Load Balance recommendations. Greetings, I have a remote access setup and am in need of load

RE: How to only allow wireless if secure?

2009-02-20 Thread David Mazzaccaro
I will check it out. Thank you! From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How to only allow wireless if secure? There are GPO extensions. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine

Load Balance recommendations.

2009-02-20 Thread Mathew Shember
Greetings, I have a remote access setup and am in need of load balancing. It involves connecting to a web server that is currently using a round-robin approach. One thought was a hardware load balancer. Any recommendations on that? Thank you! Mathew ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security t

RE: How to only allow wireless if secure?

2009-02-20 Thread Free, Bob
There are GPO extensions. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.04.cableguy.aspx They involve a schema extension. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727029.aspx From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:25 AM T

RE: Backupexec and VMs

2009-02-20 Thread Craig Gauss
1GB/Min I would be happy. I am around 400MB/min Craig Gauss, Technical Supervisor/Security Officer Riverview Hospital Association Phone: 715-423-6060 ext. 8572 From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:21 AM To: N

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Vue, Za
DNS management snap-on. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 12:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question Where are you seeing this private IP address listed? -Bonnie From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Friday, Febru

RE: Outlook only shows plain text (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-02-20 Thread Kent, Larry CTR USA IMCOM
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Benjamin: What happens when you log into those machines (provided you've set up an Outlook profile)?. Search the registry for 'ReadAsPlain' and where ever you find it set it to '0' Larry -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...

RE: Folder Redirection: A Cautionary Note

2009-02-20 Thread John Hornbuckle
In our case, we moved to it because roaming profiles were too slow. Folder redirection allows you to use central storage for files, but with quicker logon/logoff times. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Thomas Gonzalez
What do you have at the DMZ? Look at the traffic as it is connecting inbound, and look for that private addee and hopefully you can capture the chatter. -Original Message- From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE

How to only allow wireless if secure?

2009-02-20 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Is there a way (GPO or 3rd party software) to only allow my laptop users to utilize their wireless if they are connecting to a secure (WPA/WPA2) wireless network? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Unified Communications

2009-02-20 Thread Cameron Cooper
We would like to setup a unified communications solution in our environment, Windows Server 2003 and currently only have one Exchange server running ES03. We would like to be able to set this up where internal communication would become more efficient and at the same time limit our users to who th

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
Where are you seeing this private IP address listed? -Bonnie From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Question Windows 2003 AD: A machine with a private IP address is using my DNS server for name resolution. How do I capt

RE: Outlook only shows plain text

2009-02-20 Thread Terry Dickson
But even if that was the case it would say This message was converted to Plain text in a line(probably Blue) at the top of the email. If you click on that line it will then open the HTML. It sounds like it is not even saying that? -Original Message- From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:gene

RE: Outlook only shows plain text

2009-02-20 Thread Gene Giannamore
Try http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831607 Gene Giannamore Abide International Inc. Technical Support 561 1st Street West Sonoma,Ca.95476 (707) 935-1577Office (707) 935-9387Fax (707) 766-4185Cell gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com Fro

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Vue, Za
It was a classroom machine so we set it to auto logon. The classroom account has no admin access. The machine has not been renamed either. -Z.V. -Original Message- From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Que

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Vue, Za
Remember the stolen Dell? DNS entries are hardcoded on my machines, but IP addresses are released through DHCP. The machine showed up last night on my DNS server with a private IP. I tried to get some information about it but only got "TTL expired in transit" from the border router. If I can ge

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Jason Morris
>From the DNS server, type netstat to see what's connected, then arp -a to get the mac to IP translation. From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question Let's say you hardcoded DNS server entries and take h

RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread Mike Gill
People that have a Nintendo DS, or other legacy devices that aren't capable of anything newer. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 5:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER WEP? Who

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread David Mazzaccaro
Then it is probably NOT an address on your local network segment. -Original Message- From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question I did that already. No ARP found. -Z.V. -Original Message- From:

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Vue, Za
Let's say you hardcoded DNS server entries and take home your laptop. At home and using Comcast with a router, your laptop shows up on your DNS entries at work as 192.168.1.10. I want to capture the MAC at work. -Z.V. From: Thomas Gonzalez [mailto:tgonza...@girlscouts-swtx.org] Sent: Friday, Fe

Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread Eric Brouwer
Actually, your shade example is a good one. Your closed shades would stop the random, wanna be burglar from taking a chance on breaking into your house, and finding nothing. They can't see that you have "stuff" through your windows. They just want quick cash, so they walk next door and s

RE: Folder Redirection: A Cautionary Note

2009-02-20 Thread Vue, Za
In labs. You may use one account to log into all machines. Student types paper, saves work, walks away, and comes back and use another machine to open the same document. Student deletes work from one machine and deletes it from all machines. -Z.V. From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.c

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Can you outline the situation in more detail? Is this an internal client of yours? Or are you talking about a remote client coming across the Internet and hitting a DNS server in your DMZ? If this is all internal you can use the GETMAC resource kit utility. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/li

RE: Folder Redirection: A Cautionary Note

2009-02-20 Thread Cameron Cooper
This might be a stupid question... but what are the benefits of setting up folder redirection? ---___ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com ~ Finally, powerful endpo

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
arp -a 192.168.1.1 , replacing the private address for the one you want to resolve Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Question Window

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Vue, Za
I did that already. No ARP found. -Z.V. -Original Message- From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Question 1. Ping the address 2. In a command console, enter "arp -a"

Re: Question

2009-02-20 Thread David W. McSpadden
arp it - Original Message - From: Vue, Za To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:37 AM Subject: Question Windows 2003 AD: A machine with a private IP address is using my DNS server for name resolution. How do I capture the MAC? -Z.V.

RE: Question

2009-02-20 Thread Thomas Gonzalez
Za, how do you know that there is a machine using your DNS Server? If so, look at DNS console and look for the record that was assigned from DNS From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Question Windows 2003 AD:

Re: Question

2009-02-20 Thread RichardMcClary
1. Ping the address 2. In a command console, enter "arp -a" -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org "Vue, Za" wrote on 02/20/2009 10:37:09 AM: > Windows

RE: Sony Laptop automagically sending emails and opening documents

2009-02-20 Thread Bill Songstad (WCUL)
I've had a cell phone cause interference with a peripheral input device that caused the cursor to do all sorts of crazy things for a few minutes. Might check to see if you are getting interference from another electronic device. Bill From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org]

Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
My final rebuttal is this: There is no value in an aspect of security or security process that can not be quantified. To do so is therefor meaningless, and therefore has no value - other than some human oddity that makes you personally feel good about doing it. Im going to go pull the shades dow

Question

2009-02-20 Thread Vue, Za
Windows 2003 AD: A machine with a private IP address is using my DNS server for name resolution. How do I capture the MAC? -Z.V. This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and pri

RE: Backupexec and VMs

2009-02-20 Thread Roger Wright
I got a price of about $3k per host machine for the BE VM agent. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backupex

RE: Folder Redirection: A Cautionary Note

2009-02-20 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
Interesting... and other than Glen, it might also have been me making the suggestion. Although we don't have Vista in wide use, we do have it within our tech department. I recently finished our migration to DFS, including using our redirected folders, for the exact same reason, so could be in

RE: Backupexec and VMs

2009-02-20 Thread Sam Cayze
+1. I still use BE Agents to back up my VMs, and the speed did not suffer one bit. I average about 1GB/Min The BE 12.5 Integration with VCB is slick too - might be worth taking a look at. I think the VI Agent license is pretty spendy though :( From: Sherry

Re: change dns name server

2009-02-20 Thread Len Hammond
Sean, Thanks for the help. Last evening the setting changes took and I was able to upload my website and have it work. Looks like all I needed to do was change the Name Server setting and wait for propagation to occur. Finding the "right" spot to make the changes was the hard part Thanks again. L

Re: resize system partition

2009-02-20 Thread MarvinC
I vote Acronis as I've used it for the same reason. It's easy to setup and allows you to resize and move on to more important issues. .02 On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:49 AM, SMREKAR, JACK wrote: > I have been doing so research into products that will allow me to resize my > system partition (c Driv

Re: McDonald's vs. Starbucks

2009-02-20 Thread wjh
How about some David Lynch coffee? http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-alias=grocery&field-brandtextbin=David%20Lynch%20Organic%20Coffee&page=1 Steve Ens wrote: > I try to buy me beans within a few days of them being roasted...not > sure if Fry's would get the month/year old "specials", but

RE: resize system partition

2009-02-20 Thread Leedy, Andy
BootIt NG. Is cheap under $40 works with any OS, workstation or server including 2008, and will it can create and restore images like Ghost. From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@ibcschools.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: resize sys

RE: McDonald's vs. Starbucks

2009-02-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
I seriously doubt they'd pass the one week fresh test, but they are very good, one of the more consistent, better tasting dark roasts, especially for that price Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday

RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER (UNCLASSIFIED)

2009-02-20 Thread Kent, Larry CTR USA IMCOM
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE his = Shook's -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:peter...@gmail.com] Sent: 2009-02-20 9:16 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER I think that's why Martin [with his tongue firmly in his cheek] said "bac

Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread Jonathan Link
I think you misunderstand my contention. My comment was not meant to be within the context of wireless security, it was to exercise what is a pet peeve of mine, and to attempt to educate other professionals that discounting any tool which can be used to enhance security is limiting the security yo

Re: McDonald's vs. Starbucks

2009-02-20 Thread Steve Ens
I try to buy me beans within a few days of them being roasted...not sure if Fry's would get the month/year old "specials", but that is a good price for beans. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Erik Goldoff wrote: > Not sure if you prefer dark roast or light roast, but the Fry's near me > has a g

RE: ServerSupply.com

2009-02-20 Thread gsweers
Used them for a motherboard and powersupply. Equipment worked. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 5:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ServerSupply.com I've used them for Compaq hard drive replacements. Roger Wright

RE: Error on Trust

2009-02-20 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
Is this an external trust? I always need WINS or lmhosts entries whenever I have to work with this. Here is an example of the lmhosts file on DC1. DC1 is in Domain A and DC2 and DC3 are in domain B. DC2 would also have a similar file pointing back to Domain A. x.x.x.1 " DOMAINBNAME\0

Re: Backupexec and VMs

2009-02-20 Thread Klint Price - ArizonaITPro
what does your disk layout and network connectivity look like? Jason Morris wrote: We use vRanger from www.vizioncore.com. It is dependent on running a VI server though. There are quite a few others that would depend on what your storage platform is as well. If you're looking for something that

RE: Backupexec and VMs

2009-02-20 Thread Nigel Parker
Hi we had similar problems; in the end we used scheduled tasks on each server to backup to a file store then backup the file store with all the vm`s on it, Of course getting the timing for the backup of all the machines is critical and we now dont have a centralised backup console but for the

Re: Backupexec and VMs

2009-02-20 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
You might want to reinstall the remote agent. I backup a lot of virtualized servers (not the vmdk files, but the data on the servers) with no performance issues at all using BE. On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Craig Gauss wrote: > Looking for some advice. It seems as if since we virtualized se

RE: File replication query.

2009-02-20 Thread Jake Gardner
robocopy does hang on locked files. You can use the /r and /w switches to reduce the amount of retries (default is 1million I think) and wait time between retries. I almost always add /r:3 /w:5 3 retries at 5 second intervals. Thanks, Jake Gardner TTC Network Administrator Ext. 246

RE: Web Based File Server Proxy

2009-02-20 Thread John Cook
Perhaps a Page Viewer web part? Add web part > Page viewer > edit > choose folder > enter URL 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,CompTI

RE: Backupexec and VMs

2009-02-20 Thread Jason Morris
We use vRanger from www.vizioncore.com. It is dependent on running a VI server though. There are quite a few others that would depend on what your storage platform is as well. If you're looking for something that is storage agnostic, that's a good place to start. Good luck, Jason -Original Mes

RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread René de Haas
One of my neighbors does :-) René -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SECURING WIFI ROUTER WEP? Who in the good lord still uses it and thinks they are secure? WPA2 TKIP + MIC

RE: Backupexec and VMs

2009-02-20 Thread Cameron Cooper
Do you perform a full backup every day/night? If so, you can try running an incremental backup every night and then a full backup over the weekend. ___ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo..

Backupexec and VMs

2009-02-20 Thread Craig Gauss
Looking for some advice. It seems as if since we virtualized several of our file servers the backup speeds are ridiculously slow. Does anyone have any advice for backing up VM data? Craig Gauss, Technical Supervisor/Security Officer Riverview Hospital Association Phone: 715-423-6060 ext. 8572

Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER

2009-02-20 Thread Peter van Houten
I think that's why Martin [with his tongue firmly in his cheek] said "back in the day"... -- Peter van Houten On the 20/02/2009 15:37, Ziots, Edward wrote the following: WEP? Who in the good lord still uses it and thinks they are secure? WPA2 TKIP + MIC or Certificates for authentication.. Z

Re: File replication query.

2009-02-20 Thread Tom Miller
Doesn't robocopy halt on open/locked files? I use it for non-user accessed files but have had problems on using it for files users access such as Word, Excel or databases. I use rsync on my Netware servers but it does have issues with directories with many files. I didn't know it was made

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