RE: sunbelt IRC channel/Server

2010-05-11 Thread John Hornbuckle
IRC? I feel like I just stepped out of a time machine and back into the 20th century! ;-) John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.ushttp://www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:08 PM

RE: Wireless Routers

2010-05-11 Thread John Aldrich
Windows firewall was not enabled on my laptop or the client's desktop. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Ken Hoegeman [mailto:ken.hoege...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireless Routers FYI - I have 4 year old laptop with Windows 7

RE: Wireless Routers

2010-05-11 Thread John Aldrich
Well, the desktop and laptop I was referring to are Windows XP machines, so unless the bug or whatever affects XP machines as well... :-) -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Small business/SOHO accounting

2010-05-11 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Quickbooks expensive? Don't they give that away when you buy their tax software? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Small business/SOHO accounting Why on EARTH would you waste your time energy

Re: Small business/SOHO accounting

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: Quickbooks expensive?  Don’t they give that away when you buy their tax software? I don't think so. Their website says that TurboTax for Small Business can import data from QuickBooks, but says you have to already

RE: Small business/SOHO accounting

2010-05-11 Thread Maglinger, Paul
It seems to me around tax time they gave you some kind of rebate or discount for Quickbooks when you buy TurboTax. Maybe they don't do that anymore. -Paul -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Small business/SOHO accounting

2010-05-11 Thread Andrew S. Baker
They tend to give away (or at deep discount) Quicken, not QuickBooks, at tax time. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: It seems to me around tax time they gave you some kind of rebate or discount for Quickbooks when

Re: Small business/SOHO accounting

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: I know a SOHO who generates $300,000 annually in profit, so again, it's all a matter of perspective. True enough. You hadn't described budgetary requirements, except to say that Quickbooks is expensive. Good

Re: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: How to bypass almost all AV software http://www.matousec.com/info/articles/khobe-8.0-earthquake-for-windows-desktop-security-software.php Sophos's response:

RE: Small business/SOHO accounting

2010-05-11 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I stand corrected. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Small business/SOHO accounting They tend to give away (or at deep discount) Quicken, not QuickBooks, at tax time. -ASB:

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
You can also read the blurb on San's ISC page also, some vendors say its important, and of course Mcafee discredits it, not that suprises me. But it is an attack vector to consider. Controling the execution of code on your system is the difference between keeping your systems clean and getting

Re: Wireless Routers

2010-05-11 Thread Ken Hoegeman
Thanks, I looked at that article, but the DHCP server is Win2003 Ken On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.comwrote: On 10 May 2010 at 21:25, Ken Hoegeman wrote: FYI - I have 4 year old laptop with Windows 7 Nod 4 security suite. At some of my clients I

Re: Small business/SOHO accounting

2010-05-11 Thread Richard Stovall
A whole lot of the decision should be based on accounting needs. Payroll done internally? If so, is it important to have it done in the software, or can/will someone do it all by hand including all the local, state and federal filings. What about inventory for parts and finished goods? Does it

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Right now I'm still not too keen on McAfee's credibility... -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 8:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Life just keeps getting better You can also read the blurb on San's ISC page

RE: Wireless Routers

2010-05-11 Thread RM
My Blackberry WiFi is flaky when used with my Netgear and it won't work at all with my old D-Link. One more data point. No, I haven't tried it with a Linksys. RM On Mon, 10 May 2010 10:31 -0400, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: I’m pretty sure the Netgear was an 802.11G

RE: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

2010-05-11 Thread Alex Eckelberry
Fwiw, we are implementing such a system (basically, by creating an additional layer between the engine and the detection, so if a detection starts to spin, it will get stopped). We have been testing it and the results look quite promising (it will take some time to get into the engine, though,

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
I am sure that goes for a lot of their customers, we are doing double QA because of the last debacle... and we aren't alone in this approach. Mcafee's QA failure has just turned the cover back on the risk that all business are having when they have blind faith in the vendors of the products they

RE: sunbelt IRC channel/Server

2010-05-11 Thread Alex Eckelberry
We don't use IRC alas. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 6:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sunbelt IRC channel/Server IRC? I feel like I just stepped out of a time machine and back into the 20th century! ;-) John

Re: Small business/SOHO accounting

2010-05-11 Thread Jonathan Link
Now we're getting somewhere. Since they're manufacturing, they have labor. How is/will payroll handled? Once you get into payroll situations your accounting system is now at the mercy of the vendors. You have to maintain updates for payroll tax tables. Trying to manually keep up with them is a

Re: RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Just as IPS products are maturing to the point that signatures are only a small part of the arsenal, so AV will have to mature. The players that de-emphasize signatures for blacklisting purposes will flourish. See: http://bit.ly/bv8dpO -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola

RE: RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Nice article on your blog Andrew, reading it now, sent you a slide-deck offline for review... Z Edward Ziots CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 ezi...@lifespan.org From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
How is whitelisting or blacklisting going to help? Answer: it's not. The problem is thread pre-emption and storing values in user-mode memory space where it can be altered (assuming you can get the timing right). But, if your AV was any good, it would detect the problem on access Cheers Ken

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
On Access, most of the rootkits on the systems have hidden themselves from AV, therefore rendering its On Access detection useless. Its not whether AV is good or not, its just a race not worth running anymore trying to fight common threat vectors with signature techniques. Been using CSA here for

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Just to amplify 6.0 is also discontinued. This last release a few weeks ago 6.0.2 is the last. It supports 64 bit and windows 7. Server up to 2008 but not R2. No other future operating systems will be supported. They will not say if any future service packs will be supported but if they break

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
I also have a presentation in PDF form that talks about what Jim is speaking with Trend-Micro. If you want to review it for yourselves to make a informed decision accordingly. Ping me offline, Z Edward Ziots CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA Network Engineer Lifespan Organization

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
-Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Subject: RE: Life just keeps getting better On Access, most of the rootkits on the systems have hidden themselves from AV, therefore rendering its On Access detection useless. How does a rootkit manage to hide

Re: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: [re: vulnerabilities in AV software, especially How is whitelisting or blacklisting going to help? Answer: it's not. Whitelisting is not directly going to address the problem of vulnerabilities in anti-virus software.

Re: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
based on recent events, I shudder to even mention this, but McAfee has acquired Solid Core their whitelist solution ( http://www.solidcore.com/ ) and is slated to have the new version be managed via ePO console On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote:

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Ken, Personal experience with dealing with r00ted systems that have bypassed AV controls has shown me a lot about how nefarious these attacks can be, and I am still learning a lot about the infector vectors and how to provide controls to prevent them. If AV doesn't have a signature for the

Re: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Peter van Houten
Why take it offline? If you have something to say about a subject and it is relevant to this forum, please say it here; I'm sure it is of interest to all subscribers to the list. -- Peter van Houten On the 11 May, 2010 17:12, Ziots, Edward wrote the following: Ken, Personal experience with

RE: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

2010-05-11 Thread Phillip Partipilo
Good write-up, thanks for providing that. I am curious however, 75000 new pieces of malware daily? Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -Original Message- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 9:30

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
Personal experience with dealing with r00ted systems that have bypassed AV controls has shown me a lot about how nefarious these attacks can be Once code is running as system, it's irrelevant what system you try to put in place to prevent it. Whitelisting is not going to help, because the

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
Agreed. This is not a flamewar. How rootkits work are well known (there's even a book you can buy from Amazon that delves into this). Windows kernel is also well documented (Window Internals, Debugging Windows etc.) Given the attack documented at the start of this thread (by Kurt), can someone

RE: sunbelt IRC channel/Server

2010-05-11 Thread Matthew W. Ross
I still use IRC. It's extremely useful for developers who are geographically separated from each other, especially for open source products. It's also useful for when a specific problem arises with said open source program, and I can go ask the people who actually use/develop the software

RE: sunbelt IRC channel/Server

2010-05-11 Thread Jim Holmgren
I gotta say, usually the open source community has the faster, more accurate support at 3am for free... compared to some commercial company's slower, read from a script support at 3pm for a fee. True - but the open source community can also simply shrug and say I don't know, sorry dude at 3:00

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
In the context of simple whitelisting systems I agree, but in the case of something like CSA unless your fake Notepad has specific permissions to modify scvhost (for example) it will get denied. By specific I mean VERY specific. That process started by a specific user from a specific path has

VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Cameron
Good day all! Win 7 (patched) Cisco VPN client version 5.0.01.0600 connecting to Cisco VPN concentrator Connection - Wireless Internet Stick The VPN client connects and authenticates, but does not allow pinging within the corporate network. Obviously this means that no applications that need to

RE: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread David W. McSpadden
I thought you had to move to AnyConnect for Windows Vista and 7 to work? _ From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VPN issue Good day all! Win 7 (patched) Cisco VPN client version 5.0.01.0600

RE: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Win7 32 or 64bit ? -sc From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VPN issue Good day all! Win 7 (patched) Cisco VPN client version 5.0.01.0600 connecting to Cisco VPN concentrator Connection - Wireless

RE: sunbelt IRC channel/Server

2010-05-11 Thread Matthew W. Ross
That's funny, I've gotten the same answer from a commercial support vendor that I paid for! Sm:)e. (That's not to say that I can't hold their feet to the fire, cancel support, Call the Better Business Bureau, etc... It's just well worth a giggle.) --Matt Ross Ephrata School District -

Re: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Cameron
Win 7 32bit. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.comwrote: Win7 32 or 64bit ? -sc *From:* Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 11, 2010 12:14 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* VPN issue Good day all! Win 7

Re: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Damien Solodow
Windows 7 is only supported with version 5.06+ so I would upgrade the Cisco vpn client first. -- Sent using BlackBerry From: Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tue

RE: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Rohyans, Aaron
Cisco just released (as in a few weeks ago) a 64-bit version of the older IPSec client. It is in BETA and not supported... it's just there so users are forced to move if they don't want to/can't. Aaron T. Rohyans Senior Network Engineer CCIE #21945, CCSP, CCNA, CQS-Firewall, CQS-IPS, CQS-VPN,

Re: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Kurt Buff
+1 75000 new pieces of malware *DAILY* - and that will probably only increase, never decrease, because the automation for morphing malware will only get better. LUA + base installs + whitelisting is the only reasonable stance I can see. Layer in other protections as necessary, including HIPS,

Re: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Kurt Buff
I wonder if they're using this: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8236 Kurt On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 08:10, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: based on recent events, I shudder to even mention this, but McAfee has acquired Solid Core their whitelist solution (

Re: 24 hour time format

2010-05-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 6 May 2010 at 13:26, joseph palmieri wrote: Can anyone provide assistance in setting up Windows XP workstations so that all users who login receive the time in 24 hour format? We do not use AD For all current users, you can change their time format by applying this .REG file:

R: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread HELP_PC
Go to the registry Services -TCPIP- linkage -Bind and move up the WAN connection before the other GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Inviato: martedì 11 maggio 2010 18.14 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: VPN issue Good day all! Win 7 (patched)

Re: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Cameron
And of course we don't have any Cisco support.. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Damien Solodow damien.solo...@harrison.edu wrote: Windows 7 is only supported with version 5.06+ so I would upgrade the Cisco vpn client first. -- Sent using BlackBerry

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Alex Eckelberry
But Mr. Zoits is right, AV is pointless. It is a signature race and you wll lose that race sooner or later no question about it. Behaviour based HIPS is the only thing that will win this fight. CSA's was the best there ever was at doing this. Virtually bullet proof if implemented correctly, but

Re: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread John Cook
Mr Ziots is right as well. - Original Message - From: Alex Eckelberry al...@sunbelt-software.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tue May 11 13:19:28 2010 Subject: RE: Life just keeps getting better But Mr. Zoits is right, AV is pointless. It

Re: RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Alex, the emphasis is currently on identifying known bad. Yes? No matter what the specifics of that approach, it is more fraught with peril than tracking known good for any given environment. Zero-day (new code) is meaningless in such a context. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from

RE: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread David W. McSpadden
Some of the admins here had freeware vpn clients that would work. They talked about them within the last two months. _ From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VPN issue And of course we don't

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Let's not ignore the first Conficker infection while we wait for the next. CSA was the only thing that stopped it dead from day zero. Not a single CSA customer was infected in the entire world win conflicker. Most of the tradtional AV companies were many hours behind on that one if not days,

RE: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
Shrewsoft is what I use. It has some minor weirdnesses (it doesn't like bridged network connections or having multiple active routes to the Internet [e.g., one wired, one wireless]). Otherwise, it seems to work pretty well. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP

$RECYCLE.BIN Folder

2010-05-11 Thread Joe Heaton
Sorry if this is a duplicate, but I'm not seeing messages I've posted today. Server 2008 x64 Does this folder keep a copy of all items deleted? I have multiple Recycle Bins under this folder, all with different sizes if I right-click and go to Properties, some of these having Gigs of size.

Touch Screens

2010-05-11 Thread James Kerr
I have a software called QDS. It is a questionaire software and we have made a questionaire that you answer by clicking on buttons. We would like the folks taking the questionaire to be able to just touch the buttons on the screen. Can anyone tell me how I would go about this? I see some touch

RE: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Shrew VPN client Free, and works with 64-bit too. -sc From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VPN issue Some of the admins here had freeware vpn clients that would work. They talked about them

Re: Touch Screens

2010-05-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
hopefully your touch screen has a mouse-simulator driver so you'd need do nothing more. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:41 PM, James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com wrote: I have a software called QDS. It is a questionaire software and we have made a questionaire that you answer by clicking on buttons. We

Open and close multiple files on NFS share

2010-05-11 Thread Travis Robinson
Hello, We are testing some new antivirus software and need to open and close multiple files. The software is configured to scan on read/write access, but we've only seen 20 reads/writes in the last day. Does anyone know of a program I can use to connect to the share, open a file and then

Vista login screen

2010-05-11 Thread John Aldrich
Is there any way to go back to the “classic” login screen on Vista like we had on XP, or are we stuck with the Vista login? First Vista computer in the company and I’m a bit unsure of how much I can change. I looked in the “usual” spot (control panel →users) but didn’t see anything about changing

Re: $RECYCLE.BIN Folder

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Joe Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: Does this folder keep a copy of all items deleted? Yes, for some values of deleted. More accurately, it contains the files dragged to the Recycle Bin in Windows Explorer, or otherwise moved there through equivalent menu

RE: Vista login screen

2010-05-11 Thread Carl Houseman
Nope, it is what it is. What is so objectionable? Carl From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vista login screen Is there any way to go back to the “classic” login screen on Vista like we had on XP,

Re: Vista login screen

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
2010/5/11 John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com Is there any way to go back to the “classic” login screen on Vista like we had on XP, or are we stuck with the Vista login? I looked into this a fair bit, and as far as I was able to tell, we're stuck. You can't even change the desktop

Re: Vista login screen

2010-05-11 Thread Steve Ens
I know in 7 you can change the background...let me see what I did. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/11 John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com Is there any way to go back to the “classic” login screen on Vista like we had on XP, or are we

Re: Vista login screen

2010-05-11 Thread James Rankin
You can do this sort of voodoo in Win7... http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/03/15/windows-7-to-officially-support-logon-ui-background-customization/ On 11 May 2010 19:01, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: I know in 7 you can change the background...let me see what I did. On Tue, May 11,

Re: Open and close multiple files on NFS share

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Travis Robinson travis.robin...@octanner.com wrote: Does anyone know of a program I can use to connect to the share, open a file and then close it so we can ensure we’re getting the correct scanning? I'm not sure I really understand your question. You don't

Re: Vista login screen

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: I know in 7 you can change the background...let me see what I did. I read that was a new feature in Win 7. curmudgeonSo they release an upgrade which removes a feature, then put it back in the next release and call that

RE: Vista login screen

2010-05-11 Thread John Aldrich
I dunno about the login screen color, but I know you can change the desktop background. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vista login screen You can do this sort of

Re: sunbelt IRC channel/Server

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Jim Holmgren jholmg...@xlhealth.com wrote: True - but the open source community can also simply shrug and say I don't know, sorry dude at 3:00 a.m. with no financial repercussions or escalation options. Yah and that never happens with commercial companies.

Re: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:29 PM, David W. McSpadden dav...@imcu.com wrote: Some of the admins here had freeware vpn clients that would work.  They talked about them within the last two months. We use OpenVPN. I can talk more about it if anyone cares. (You all know I love the sound of my own

Re: $RECYCLE.BIN Folder

2010-05-11 Thread Joe Heaton
I just had a user empty his recycle bin on our major file server. He had over 600GB in it... and they wonder why the free space is running low. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

Re: $RECYCLE.BIN Folder

2010-05-11 Thread James Rankin
When users delete stuff from network locations isn't it deleted immediately? Or has he logged on to the file server locally to delete stuff? Or is he using a roaming profile stored on the file server? On 11 May 2010 19:15, Joe Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: I just had a user empty his recycle

Re: Small business/SOHO accounting

2010-05-11 Thread Bill Humphries
+1 Quickbooks only benefit is its devotion to the lowest common denominator as far as accounting skills. And that seems to be what most companies like. Peachtree is the best alternative to QB and offers some accounting features that you can't get with vanilla version of quickbooks. Richard

RE: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
But that doesn't meet the OP's need of being able to connect to a Cisco device, does it? (I spent 3 minutes on the website, so I could be wrong - please correct me if so.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From:

Re: $RECYCLE.BIN Folder

2010-05-11 Thread Joe Heaton
RDP into the box, to do file operations. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

Re: $RECYCLE.BIN Folder

2010-05-11 Thread Don Kuhlman
  I'm not sure how to empty the Recycle Bin for all users, so to speak. I believe you can just delete everything in the folder and when the users drag or put something else in their recycle bin, it will recreate their recycler folder... Don K - Original Message From: Ben Scott

Re: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Cameron
Update. I installed the latest version of the Cisco VPN client (removed the orig first) and it does connect to the concentrator (I can see the session). I'm thinking this is a Windows 7 thing as it shows connected to a public network (which it is, and I can surf). I cannot ping to any device on

Re: $RECYCLE.BIN Folder

2010-05-11 Thread James Rankin
Not regular users then, I was wondering. On 11 May 2010 19:24, Joe Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: RDP into the box, to do file operations. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- On two

RE: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread David W. McSpadden
Do you still have ipv6 running? _ From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VPN issue Update. I installed the latest version of the Cisco VPN client (removed the orig first) and it does connect

Re: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Cameron
Yes. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM, David W. McSpadden dav...@imcu.com wrote: Do you still have ipv6 running? -- *From:* Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:27 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: VPN

Re: $RECYCLE.BIN Folder

2010-05-11 Thread Joe Heaton
Nope. Regular users don't have access at all. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread David W. McSpadden
Maybe stop it and just use the ipv4 and see if it works? _ From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VPN issue Yes. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM, David W. McSpadden dav...@imcu.com wrote: Do

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Ken, If you have a rootkit, GAME OVER PERIOD, we both accept that. NO control discussed is going to save you from that. Malware/Malcode, basically same thing, you say tomato, I say tomato. We both agree on if the box is rooted then it doesn't matter what you have in controls, they are all

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Correct, CSA did stop Conficker DOA, again one of those times it saved the company bacon Z Edward Ziots CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 ezi...@lifespan.org -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim

Re: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: ... OpenVPN But that doesn't meet the OP's need of being able to connect to a Cisco device, does it? D'oh. Whoops. No. No cookie for me. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

RE: $RECYCLE.BIN Folder

2010-05-11 Thread Charlie Kaiser
When I run into this (not uncommon) I just hard delete the folders and they recreate... *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** -Original Message- From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Joseph Heaton
We have to keep in mind that whitelisting/blacklisting is just another layer; another tool in our arsenal. I don't think anyone is suggesting that AV go away all together, simply suggesting not relying on it completely. Joe L. Heaton Windows Server Support Group Information Technology Branch

RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Rod Trent
Gartner actually put a blog post out about this today... http://blogs.gartner.com/neil_macdonald/2010/05/11/application-control-white listing-interest-is-growing-rapidly/ -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:00 AM To: NT

best windows fax app?

2010-05-11 Thread Greg Farber
Hello. Sort of a low-tech question here... We have a need to deliver pdf documents to some of our customers' fax machines. We are testing Windows Fax on a Dell Optiplex with an OEM fax board: Broadcom BCMv.92 56k modem the drivers have been updated recently. The problem is that when we fax a

RE: best windows fax app?

2010-05-11 Thread Sam Cayze
How about a real fax machine with Desktop Integration. I think Dell sells a MFP for like $300 that can do this. Or eFax. Sam From: Greg Farber [mailto:gregfar...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: best windows fax app? Hello.

RE: best windows fax app?

2010-05-11 Thread Rod Trent
Best.is probably just to utilize Fax.com. From: Greg Farber [mailto:gregfar...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: best windows fax app? Hello. Sort of a low-tech question here... We have a need to deliver pdf documents to some of our

RE: best windows fax app?

2010-05-11 Thread John Aldrich
Agreed. We're using a Kyocera MFP here with a fax board installed. Works great! J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: best windows fax app? How about a real fax machine with

Re: RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Kurt Buff
+1 Here's one of my favorite rants from one of my favorite computer security writers (in 1995!): The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/ See #2 Kurt On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:27, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: $RECYCLE.BIN Folder

2010-05-11 Thread Steven Peck
We set our server Recycle Bins to 0. If you delete it's gone. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org wrote: When I run into this (not uncommon) I just hard delete the folders and they recreate... *** Charlie Kaiser

Re: best windows fax app?

2010-05-11 Thread Phil Brutsche
A couple ideas: A) Use a real fax board instead of some random piece of s$* modem. Common cards are: Mainpine IQ Express (http://www.mainpine.com/products_IQE.html) Dialogic (formerly Eicon) DIVA analog boards: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2wq9g3o Brooktrout TRUFAX, made by the current

Re: best windows fax app?

2010-05-11 Thread Don Kuhlman
Right - brooktrout boards with Rightfax software in a server box... - Original Message From: Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tue, May 11, 2010 2:34:29 PM Subject: Re: best windows fax app? A couple ideas: A)

Re: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Andrew S. Baker
*Once code is running as system, it's irrelevant what system you try to put in place to prevent it.* True. *Whitelisting is not going to help, because the rootkit can simply report that it's notepad.exe (or whatever) to your whitelisting software.* I think we have a very different

Re: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Ben, I agree with the position that Sophos has taken. Although your point about them being a not-quite-disinterested party is well noted, the fact that they believe that they personally aren't impacted, doesn't mean that they had to give their competitors a pass. It's not like they took they

Re: RE: Life just keeps getting better....

2010-05-11 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Bookmarked. Thanks!! I had seen this before, but not in quite a while. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Here's one of my favorite rants from one of my favorite computer security writers (in 1995!): The Six

RE: VPN issue

2010-05-11 Thread Carol Fee
Can you resolve names on the LAN ? What does a tracert to devices on the LAN look like ? CFee From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VPN issue Update. I installed the latest version of the Cisco VPN client

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