Re: Server team, desktop team, and me in the middle..

We don't back up workstations. Period. Full Stop. End Of Story. So, I've written a script with robocopy in it, and let the devs modifiy it to sync their machines as they wish, backing the directories they specify to their home directories on the file server, via a scheduled task. They can schedule

RE: Possibly interesting security tool

Roger you are right to be skeptical about BLADE being fool-proof. It is simplistic technology much in the same way that most of the white listing technology becomes absolutely useless as they are NOT stopping malicious code execution but rather the side effects (malware being downloaded and exec

Re: Server team, desktop team, and me in the middle..

Multiple backup solutions is generally a *BadIdea™* It's expensive and can cause conflicts with agent overlap, etc. The problem you're described seems organizational and operational, not necessarily technical. Someone higher up in your org needs to want to see this work out better/faster/cheaper

Server team, desktop team, and me in the middle..

Looking to see what other orgs of about 400-500 users do. We're effectively a software developement shop, so we have a couple hundred servers (of which about 30 are in my arena, ton of dev ones that only developers maintain)), plus about 450 workstations. The issue we're how best to miantain the

RE: ConnectWise

May I ask why you stopped using it and did you switch to another solution? I'm working with the Hosted solution - was that what you used? Thanks! Jay From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ConnectWise >Fr

Re: Home server system

I started comparing them this afternoon. Didn't look at the hardware compatibility lists yet. -ASB On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Eldridge, Dave wrote: > I had a co-worker who got the 459pro. He looked at the 419 but didn’t > like the HD compatibility list of the 419. So he went with the

Re: Home server system

For home, that's a trade-off I can live with. I have no desire to lose that much storage. :) -ASB On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Phil Brutsche wrote: > QNAP boxes are very nice. The more expensive PRO units support the iSCSI > SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation feature needed by most failover clu

Re: iPhone and Exchange 2003

haw-haw! -- ME2 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Steven Peck wrote: > That's like saying getting to work is much better now that I have upgraded > from walking to a skate board. :) > > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Brian Desmond wrote: > >> *Agreed however it’s gotten much better (speaki

RE: Home server system

I had a co-worker who got the 459pro. He looked at the 419 but didn't like the HD compatibility list of the 419. So he went with the 459. Have you looked at both? dave From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 4:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Sub

Re: iPhone and Exchange 2003

That's like saying getting to work is much better now that I have upgraded from walking to a skate board. :) On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Brian Desmond wrote: > *Agreed however it’s gotten much better (speaking as an iPhone user). * > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *br...@briand

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

OK, I'll give you that it's possible to exclude Windows 7 embedded. But Itanium and XP embedded are not separate categories that can be un-checked. Carl From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 17 u

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

By using that filter WSUS does that for me :) Even easier. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 5:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 17 updates Weee!!! You don't even have to download everything via WSUS. Just pick the categorie

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

You don't even have to download everything via WSUS. Just pick the categories that are relevant to your environment. *-ASB* On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Carl Houseman wrote: > +1 and "embedded" is another search keyword to decline a category of > XP/7 updates that aren't needed by most.

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

+1 and "embedded" is another search keyword to decline a category of XP/7 updates that aren't needed by most. Carl From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 5:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 17 updates Weee!!! I find that number c

Re: Home server system

QNAP boxes are very nice. The more expensive PRO units support the iSCSI SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation feature needed by most failover clustering solutions. My only complaint is they support RAID1, RAID5 and RAID6, but not RAID10. On 10/12/2010 5:07 PM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > Hey!! I'm looking

Re: Home server system

I have a single disc model running hosting my VMWare datacenter at home John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Andrew S. Baker To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tue Oct 12 18:07:38 2010 Subject: Re: Home server system Hey!! I'm

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

+1! Only download what you need! Use the Filter "Unapproved" AND "Needed" to see your new updates that are pending approval. Then approve, and make sure your WSUS is setup to only download Approved updates. From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@sembee.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, October 12,

Re: Home server system

Hey!! I'm looking at that and the TS-419 right now. :) So far, the reviews look very favorable, as does the price. *-ASB* On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Eldridge, Dave wrote: > ++ > > > > Slight diversion. Anyone used any NAS boxes from QNAP? In particular I am > looking at the TS-459 pro

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

I find that number can often be reduced by declining all of the Itanium updates (just search for Itanium then decline the lot) Unless you happen to be the one of the small numbers of shops with Itanium version of Windows installed. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Sembee Ltd. e:

Re: BES 4.0 - 5.0

If you have T support they'll issue you a new SRP, just ask. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Simon Butler To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tue Oct 12 17:43:39 2010 Subject: RE: BES 4.0 - 5.0 You can’t have two Blackberry

RE: BES 4.0 - 5.0

You can't have two Blackberry servers running with the same SRP. I think they will lock the SRP out and block both servers from connecting. Get a trial of BES, that will give you an SRP that is good for 60 days. Then move everything across. Once done, you can change the SRP back to your live one.

RE: iPhone and Exchange 2003

Agreed however it's gotten much better (speaking as an iPhone user). Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 5:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: iPhone and Exchange 2003 the iPhone's

RE: Home server system

++ Slight diversion. Anyone used any NAS boxes from QNAP? In particular I am looking at the TS-459 pro for home use. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home server system Yeah, it's funny how

Re: Home server system

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > Yeah, it's funny how quickly people at home start demanding > SLAs and become intolerant of any downtime.  :) Funnier still how they don't want to pay for it. Wait, "funny", I think this is wrong word. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful end

RE: Home server system

+1 As a (non-techie) friend of mine put it when I was helping her select a PC, "I don't care how it works. All I can tell you is that I want it to be "Click, Bang!" fast." Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.commailto:%20jr

Re: Home server system

Yeah, it's funny how quickly people at home start demanding SLAs and become intolerant of any downtime. :) *-ASB* On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Steven Peck wrote: > Mines been solid all this year. I found that for each system I have a user > account created for it and that solved the passw

Re: ConnectWise

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Rod Trent wrote: > It works, but will give you fits. Hell, you just described most of IT. :-p -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptio

Re: iPhone and Exchange 2003

the iPhone's implementation of ActiveSync is ... well ... not feature rich or complete. It's in the 'just enough' to say it works category. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:13 PM, S Powell wrote: > Getting it to work with Exchange is easy, the one issue we've > identified is that unlike our old black

Re: Home server system

Mines been solid all this year. I found that for each system I have a user account created for it and that solved the password issue (since each system is mostly for one person it works out fine). I also use it as the print server for everyone so that is nice as well. While there are times when

Re: BES 4.0 - 5.0

The Transporter assumes you're moving users from one SRP ID to another, not sure it works when it's the same SRP. On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Level Five - List wrote: > Thanks Greg, I thought about that and dug into it, the former admin had > deleted all the shortcuts but I went in and found

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

Sorry but ASB has put in a bid of 85 updates from Oracle. Webster From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Subject: RE: 17 updates Weee!!! Naaa try the Oracle update that is coming, I think there is 82 different fixes in that big Bastage J ~ Finally, powerful endpo

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

15 on my Win7 Pro x64 PC. Do I hear 14? Going once, going twice. Webster From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: 17 updates Weee!!! 16 on my laptop. My workstation showed fully patched yesterday, so Im not sure why the 17 for it. I'll have t

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

Naaa try the Oracle update that is coming, I think there is 82 different fixes in that big Bastage J Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

16 on my laptop. My workstation showed fully patched yesterday, so Im not sure why the 17 for it. I'll have to do a comparison. -- ME2 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Rod Trent wrote: > 17? Only 16 have been reported. > > > > *From:* Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] > *Sent:*

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

I believe the number is 85. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.html *-ASB* On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:11 PM, James Rankin wrote: > Was it about 49 on the way from Oracle I saw somewhere? Or 89? > > > On 12 October 2010 20:51, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > >> As more

Re: Home server system

I ran Home Server for ~ 2 years on an HP Media Center PC. I understand it's based on Server 2003, dumbed down a bit. It mostly worked OK, but had some strange quirks - for instance, it would complain if the password on a PC was not the same as the user account on the server. It would still work, it

OT: Wow -- a *personal* response from a mass-mailing vendor

I received an email from a staffing agency this morning wanting to sell me their services. Naturally I reported 'em and this afternoon, I *just* received a personal response from their bulk mail provider apologizing and advising that the account in question had been suspended pending an investigati

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

Was it about 49 on the way from Oracle I saw somewhere? Or 89? On 12 October 2010 20:51, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > As more products are added to the mix, the list gets larger and larger. > > I can't wait to see how many fixes Oracle will release in its next > quarterly update, given all their rec

Re: Home server system

My direct needs are for storage only, but I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to try and get some of the extra bells and whistles that Home Server or the like provides. As my kids get a bit older, obviously some of the backup and multimedia functionality that users can utilize would be

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

News from the Patch Management list is that a Java update is on the way as well. -- ME2 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Speaking of which, one from Adobe came in for me... > > -- > ME2 > > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Glen Johnso

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

I got a notification on my workstation... -- ME2 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Roger Wright wrote: > Has Adobe release this week's updates yet? > > > > Roger Wright > ___ > > When it's GOOD there ain't nothin' like it, and when it's BAD there ain't > nothin' like it! > > > > > On Tue, Oct

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

Speaking of which, one from Adobe came in for me... -- ME2 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Glen Johnson wrote: > Wait till MS buys Adobe, if that ever happens. Add reader and flash to > the monthly update cycle and we’ll be needin terabytes just for the > updates. ;) > > > > > > *From:* A

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

Has Adobe release this week's updates yet? Roger Wright ___ When it's GOOD there ain't nothin' like it, and when it's BAD there ain't nothin' like it! On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Glen Johnson wrote: > Wait till MS buys Adobe, if that ever happens. Add reader and flash to > the mon

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

Wait till MS buys Adobe, if that ever happens. Add reader and flash to the monthly update cycle and we'll be needin terabytes just for the updates. ;) From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 17 updates

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

As more products are added to the mix, the list gets larger and larger. I can't wait to see how many fixes Oracle will release in its next quarterly update, given all their recent acquisitions... *-ASB* On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

Yep... ours grabbed 188 updates! Roger Wright ___ When it's GOOD there ain't nothin' like it, and when it's BAD there ain't nothin' like it! On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Miller Bonnie L. < mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu> wrote: > My WSUS server is downloading over 4GB… > > > > > > *From:

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

My WSUS server is downloading over 4GB... From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 17 updates Weee!!! 17 here for me. -- ME2 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Rod Trent mailto:rodtr...@myi

RE: OT: Scanning OCR Software

Jackpot, little more expensive but you get what you pay for. Thanks From: Charles Whitby [mailto:charles.whi...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Scanning OCR Software I think SimpleIndex can do this.

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

17 here for me. -- ME2 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Rod Trent wrote: > 17? Only 16 have been reported. > > > > *From:* Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:19 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: 17 updates Weee!!! > > > >

Re: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

... Including 1 for servers and 2 for desktops that SANS rates "PATCH NOW!" Ain't we got fun this week, boys and girls? -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

17? Only 16 have been reported. From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 17 updates Weee!!! Thanks for the reminder. Ugh! Sean Rector, MCSE From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:micheales

RE: 17 updates.... Weee!!!

Thanks for the reminder. Ugh! Sean Rector, MCSE From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 17 updates Weee!!! -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog!

Re: iPhone and Exchange 2003

Getting it to work with Exchange is easy, the one issue we've identified is that unlike our old blackberrys there is no way to do a remote passcode reset. (resetting the passcode to allow access to the phone). If they forget their passcode they are locked out of the phone until they get back in th

RE: ConnectWise

>From my experience (stopped using it in February) it is a very buggy product. It works, but will give you fits. From: Jay Dale [mailto:jd...@unetek.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ConnectWise Hey all, We are about to utilize ConnectWis

Re: OT: Scanning OCR Software

I think SimpleIndex can do this. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:52 PM, N Parr wrote: > Anyone know of a package you can tell to OCR a specific area of a > document and then name the document based on text found in that area? > Already tried Omnipage and it can't handle this. But their sales staff >

Re: IT Solutions for a tiny Deployment

Lotus Sametime maybe... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftw

ConnectWise

Hey all, We are about to utilize ConnectWise and wanted to find out if anybody currently uses them or know of anyone that uses them. We are utilizing their hosting implementation and have a 120 day trial period. We are a small IT business of about 6 people but have a clientele of 100 or so bu

Re: Most manageable and useable corporate smartphone?

Pulling the SIM card will provide the same results. I assume putting the phone in "Airplane Mode" would as well. Someone who stole the phone with the purpose of pulling data from it is probably aware of the loopholes in security. Those who stole the phone just to steal the phone, probably don't ca

OT: Scanning OCR Software

Anyone know of a package you can tell to OCR a specific area of a document and then name the document based on text found in that area? Already tried Omnipage and it can't handle this. But their sales staff doesn't have any problems telling you it can. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that

RE: Most manageable and useable corporate smartphone?

That's why the iPhone is more secure than most - try pulling the battery on one of those :-) We're a Blackberry shop now, but I'm keeping an open mind as I'm not too happy with RIM selling out their encryption and security to India/UAE/etc. Maybe Microsoft can figure out how to make a decent, usab

Re: iPhone and Exchange 2003

http://www.good.com On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 01:13, Mark Robinson wrote: > Hello all, > > > > I’ve been tasked with synchronizing our Microsoft Exchange with Apple mobile > devices.  I imagine that this has already been a hot topic on this forum in > recent times so forgive me if I’m covering old

RE: Most manageable and useable corporate smartphone?

Honestly, With the lack of security controls available for the smart phones. Remote Wipe ( Not forensically sound) (Can be defeated by just pulling the battery) Encrypt the device ( you are still storing the keys local to device) (will take time, but keys can be recovered and there goes the da

RE: Most manageable and useable corporate smartphone?

Yeah but it's entirely dependent on the phone enforcing them. Windows Mobile devices do but all the third party ones are a total crapshoot. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c   - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: OTish Phone to email phish.

I basically don't give them any information, if they aren't the Account rep I have on file, and if its for a new project we have initated with them. I have basically seen the same on my end also, with the amount of HP hardware we got here. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + N

Re: OTish Phone to email phish.

I have had phone based phishing attempts several times in the last few months. Usually they call as a member o four HP Accounts Team and our referred them to me to get further information. We do have an HP Account Team with a TAM and other support people (We have 4 HP Superdomes and a decent siz

Re: Home server system

On 12 Oct 2010 at 11:32, Matt Plahtinsky wrote: > Check out freenas. +1 -- I ran a FreeNAS box as a backup server for a while until I moved my office. One of these days I'll fire it up again and update it from 0.6.x to the current (I think it's now at 0.7.1). It had encrypted disks so I coul

Re: OTish Phone to email phish.

On 12 Oct 2010 at 9:22, Kennedy, Jim wrote: > I messed up. I should have created the email address real quick to see what > the payload was. If you ever need an instant throw-away email address, use one of these domains from Mailinator.com: = Included Stuff Follows = M

RE: Most manageable and useable corporate smartphone?

Exchange 2010 gives some pretty good controls for you on your phones. >>> Brian Desmond 10/12/2010 8:48 AM >>> The BlackBerry devices are going to give you the most control via a BES server. They're also going to be the most expensive when it's all added up. You can apply fairly granular contro

Re: Home server system

I have a HP Windows Home Server. It 'just works'. It does nightly imaged based backups of my families computers. It has saved me from some data lose when my wife accidentally deleted some pictures, we were able to find and restore them from the image based backups. We centralized my music and m

RE: Most manageable and useable corporate smartphone?

The BlackBerry devices are going to give you the most control via a BES server. They're also going to be the most expensive when it's all added up. You can apply fairly granular controls over native Windows Mobile devices with Exchange but still not nearly to the level as BES provides. Thanks,

Re: Home server system

Check out freenas. On 10/12/10, Steve Hanna wrote: > Just one small note on the HP Media Smart boxen. To do anything more than > what is provided via the HP console you need to RDP in to the box. HP will > not support *anything* that requires or that is configured by RDP ing in to > the home serv

RE: P4000 Owners - Multi-Site Question

No-one? From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 09 October 2010 15:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: P4000 Owners - Multi-Site Question Those of you with a P4000 and vSphere setup that is split over two sites, can I get a breakdown of how you have things configur

Most manageable and useable corporate smartphone?

I'm asking both lists as I guess Exchange compatibility is just as important as general management. So, which smartphones would you choose assuming things like mobile network coverage weren't an issue. I've no direct experience of Blackberry, I have (sadly!) too much Nokia experience, and i

Re: OTish Phone to email phish.

:) *-ASB* On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Kim Longenbaugh wrote: > If you have cats at home, I’m sure you’ll find plenty of suspect stuff in > that sandbox. > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:38 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues

RE: Home server system

We've supplied some of the Tranquil PC boxes and use one internally in the office here. Do you need storage or redundant storage? What else do you want from it? Remember that Home Server is SBS 2003 core underneath, and has a bit of sharepoint thrown in. There are some changes approaching with

Re: Home server system

What do you intend to do with this server besides provide storage? Your topic says server, but your comments imply NAS. Home Server seems okay, but I would think you could do just as well with a more direct configuration. I built a nice virtual host server for my home network for under $1500, a

RE: OTish Phone to email phish.

If you have cats at home, I'm sure you'll find plenty of suspect stuff in that sandbox. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OTish Phone to email phish. Not I. :) I figured someone would summari

Re: Home server system

It depends on how much you want to risk, but I would recommend securing with what you know, and building a VM to practice what you don't. *-ASB* On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Manuel Santos wrote: > Securing a Linux box might be even easyer than securing a Windows box, even > though it takes

RE: Home server system

Just one small note on the HP Media Smart boxen. To do anything more than what is provided via the HP console you need to RDP in to the box. HP will not support *anything* that requires or that is configured by RDP ing in to the home server. (I worked support for HP Media Smart for a wee while) -

RE: OTish Phone to email phish.

Ditto, Also there has been an increase of phishing/spear-phishing via view contacts on Linked-in and other professional groups, basically with all that we are putting on our Linked In profiles is giving the phishers plenty of ammo about us our companies and what we do and who we are, it might no

Re: OTish Phone to email phish.

Not I. :) I figured someone would summarize it in due time, if it was worthy. At home, I have a sandbox for looking at suspect stuff. *-ASB* On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:55 AM, wrote: > > OK - 'fess up! How many of us clicked that just now...? > > "Don Guyer" wrote on 10/12/2010 08:32:16 AM

RE: iPhone and Exchange 2003

It is fairly simple and the iPhone/iPad devices actually work pretty well with Exchange. Here are a few links I found useful: http://www.expta.com/2010/02/how-to-securely-deploy-iphones-with.html http://www.sysadminlab.net/activesync/iphone-os-4-and-exchange-activesync-po licies-what-really-wo

Re: Home server system

Securing a Linux box might be even easyer than securing a Windows box, even though it takes a bit of a time to learn how to do it. 2010/10/12 James Rankin > That's the bit that worries me. I can secure a Windows box in my sleep. > Linux - I'm a total noob. And to be perfectly honest, there'll be

Re: Home server system

That's the bit that worries me. I can secure a Windows box in my sleep. Linux - I'm a total noob. And to be perfectly honest, there'll be a lot more stuff on my home network I'd be worried about exposing then anything I've ever dealt with in work. On 12 October 2010 15:21, wrote: > > Think ESX w

Re: Home server system

Look at some of the QNAP SOHO NAS/SAN Boxes. Have lot of built in software for media sharing and server capabilities, and a lot more you can download. Graeme On 12 October 2010 15:00, Manuel Santos wrote: > Would you consider the use of a Linux system? Its cheap, quite stable and > easy to im

Re: Home server system

Think ESX with GUI options. (You can also elect to not install any GUI, or disable it later.) There are numerous flavors of Linux and similar (let's see - FreeBSD came from BSD, as did Apple Os-X) distro's available. Some even feature a "Live CD", which lets you boot into the OS to see if thi

RE: OTish Phone to email phish.

My bad, should of pointed out that that is not the actual phish. It's a warning about it that the Univ of Hawaii posted up when they started receiving it. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct:

Re: Home server system

If it was any way similar to ESX, which is where my *nix experience starts and ends, I could probably put up with it :-) On 12 October 2010 15:00, Manuel Santos wrote: > Would you consider the use of a Linux system? Its cheap, quite stable and > easy to implement and manage. > > 2010/10/12 Ames

RE: OTish Phone to email phish.

I must be missing something, how's that a phishing attempt? From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OTish Phone to email phish. OK - 'fess up! How many of us clicked that just now..

Re: Home server system

Would you consider the use of a Linux system? Its cheap, quite stable and easy to implement and manage. 2010/10/12 Ames Matthew B > WHS has tjhe potential to be a lot more than a NAS. Wiki covers is > features pretty well > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server > > A NAS would

RE: OTish Phone to email phish.

But, but, but... the link pointed to Hawai'i!!! I thought maybe I had won a trip! I don't normally click on random links, I promise! Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.commailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.comhttp:

RE: OTish Phone to email phish.

OK - 'fess up! How many of us clicked that just now...? "Don Guyer" wrote on 10/12/2010 08:32:16 AM: > FYI > > Not phone, but I received this phishing attempt overnight: > > http://www.hawaii.edu/technews/notice.php?id=141007 > > Don Guyer > Systems Engineer - Information Services > Prudenti

Re: Possibly interesting security tool

I like to concept and the YouTube Video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9emHejh8hWE) looks convincing, but... "foolproof"? I doubt it... Roger Wright ___ When it's GOOD there ain't nothin' like it, and when it's BAD there ain't nothin' like it! On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:55 AM, James Rankin

RE: OTish Phone to email phish.

FYI Not phone, but I received this phishing attempt overnight: http://www.hawaii.edu/technews/notice.php?id=141007 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-

RE: Home server system

WHS has tjhe potential to be a lot more than a NAS. Wiki covers is features pretty well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server A NAS would have lower power consumption though. From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: 12 October

RE: OTish Phone to email phish.

Social Engineering trick, but very very crafty, they are trying anything these days... Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: T

OTish Phone to email phish.

Never heard of this one before, very interesting. Working a little late the phone rings with someone looking for one of my co-workers. It is 'Chase' that wants to confirm his shipping address, they have a fed ex package for him. They give me the correct address and say they want to email him th

Home server system

Any recommendations for a reliable and hopefully fairly cheap server system for the home? One of my colleagues recommended the HP MediaSmart ex475 coupled with Windows Home Server, are there anything else people can recommend? Also, does Windows Home Server offer any particular software or benefits

RE: Setting SPN's on Clustered SQL (2005)

Kerberos ticket will be encrypted by the DC. The DC doesn't know which actual node is going to decrypt the service ticket. So, you will need: a) to use an account on both machines that have the same password, so that either node can decrypt the ticket b) register the SPNs needed under that acco

Possibly interesting security tool

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=9976 -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Fina

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