Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

I don't remember that part, but it is a dev build, not even beta. I thought the part where Steve was longing for the 'bing' app and she said, 'skip it' which I thought was pretty funny. Having been involved in a demo once where one of the parts broke the day before the demo and we had to step pas

Re: RDS Q - Webster?

Its all relative.. :D On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Sean Martin wrote: > C'mon now, it warmed up a bit later this afternoon. > > - Sean > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manag

Re: RDS Q - Webster?

C'mon now, it warmed up a bit later this afternoon. - Sean On Sep 13, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Webster wrote: > Greetings from Anchorage, Alaska where it is cold and wet. > > > > My apologies, I do not use RDS and have never set it up beyond what is > necessary to install XenApp 6 or XenApp 6.5.

Re: RDS Q - Webster?

further info http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2009/08/11/introducing-web-single-sign-on-for-remoteapp-and-desktop-connections.aspx http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverTS/thread/a7c106c3-67fa-41bf-9f43-b1296bf266e5 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource h

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

I quit watching when she couldn't get IE working and had to change machines... I lol'd. But seriously, there is some cool stuff going on in Windows 8 so far. I was really impressed. The memory footprint is smaller, the boot times are insane... -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:ma

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Steve Ens wrote: > I streamed it today.  Pretty impressive Oh? Do tell. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: ht

Re: Early Friday funny

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: >> The voice synthesizer those videos use makes my brain hurt. >> Seriously, my eyes start twitching after ten seconds or so. I can't >> stand it and have to stop, every time. > > And yet you try -- every time. :) Yah, I can't tell what

RE: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

This is the target of my download shortcut for Reader: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?platform=windows&product= 10 Carl From: Jim Dandy [mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 6:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adobe Reader 10.1

RE: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

And, I guess they stuffed it in the MISC folder: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.1/misc/ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Adobe Reader 10.1.1 MSP: http://www.adobe.com/support

RE: Windows 8 dev preview video

ISOs are avail: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/ From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 8 dev preview video For those under a rock. Here's the video http://www.buildwindows.com/

RE: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

MSP: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5241 Note, it's a quarterly update so we can update Admin Points. Release notes: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83708.html From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:56 PM To: NT

Re: Folder search by date.

LOL -- Espi On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Webster wrote: > Andrew is Michael’s son. Don’t know if Saint Michael’s son is into > PowerShell yet! J > > ** ** > > Carl Webster > > Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional > > http://www.CarlWebster.com

Re: RDS Q - Webster?

Sounds like my wife... -- Espi On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Webster wrote: > Greetings from Anchorage, Alaska where it is cold and wet. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage sub

RE: Adobe Reader 10.1.1

I haven't tried but you should be able to extract the .exe file. Trying using 7-zip. You should see the MSI in there? From: Jim Dandy [mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adobe Reader 10.1.1 It looks like Adobe R

Re: Windows 8 dev preview video

I streamed it today. Pretty impressive On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Steven Peck wrote: > For those under a rock. Here's the video > http://www.buildwindows.com/ > > I believe they said dev downloads would be available tonight I could be > remembering it wrong. > > > ~ Finally, powerful

Re: RDS Q - Webster?

I think you will find that as you are connecting from a user/machine that is already domain authenticated (NTLM) to those credentials are transparently submitted to the webpage When connecting externally, you need to log into the website and then (depending on the certificates you use) at least onc

Re: Early Friday funny

And yet you try -- every time. :) * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Ziots, Edward > wrote: > > OMG I think I am going to cry, too funny

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

I have a SD converter for a microSD chip that has write protection bought it at Radio Shack. I also have an SD chip to USB converter so if I ever get into a crunch I have a way to do this now. Jon On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:12 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > There are USB sticks with a switch that is

Windows 8 dev preview video

For those under a rock. Here's the video http://www.buildwindows.com/ I believe they said dev downloads would be available tonight I could be remembering it wrong. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: Early Friday funny

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > OMG I think I am going to cry, too funny. > IPAD2 vs the Library. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0UZDOFiHyQ&feature=relmfu The voice synthesizer those videos use makes my brain hurt. Seriously, my eyes start twitching after ten seconds

Re: Unix Backups

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > Um, whoever owns the guns owns the means of production. You confuse ownership with control. I expect you also confuse "can control" with "does control". -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: RDS Q - Webster?

Greetings from Anchorage, Alaska where it is cold and wet. My apologies, I do not use RDS and have never set it up beyond what is necessary to install XenApp 6 or XenApp 6.5. Sorry Webster From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Subject: RDS Q - Webster? My RDS servers are part of our in

Re: Q about AD sites

We're working hard to get an MPLS solution in that will keep latency down and up the bandwidth considerably. However, it's going to be quite costly, and we won't be able to make the justification on the price of DCs alone. Centralizing Exchange will be a chunk of that, though, and we may find other

RE: Q about AD sites

Well, RPC doesn’t jive real well with latency so GP application is where you're likely going to pay if you don’t have a DC in that site. Bandwidth is more of an issue depending on saturation or number of PCs at the site logging on concurrently. I'd look at what you're going to pay for the DC e

Re: Unix Backups

Um, whoever owns the guns owns the means of production. Mao was correct on that point. Kurt On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:26, Jonathan Link wrote: > Yes, technically that could be a dictatorship or any sort of despotic > government. > > In socialism the state own or control the means of production

Re: Q about AD sites

Isn't that what Brian's books are? :) On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 13:07, Michael B. Smith wrote: > Forget the manuals. Buy Brian's book. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b.

Re: Early Friday funny

I don't care. -- Espi On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > OMG I think I am going to cry, too funny. > > ** ** > > IPAD2 vs the Library. > > ** ** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0UZDOFiHyQ&feature=relmfu > > ** ** > > Z > > ** ** > > Edward E. Zio

RE: Q about AD sites

Forget the manuals. Buy Brian's book. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Q about AD sites

Re: Q about AD sites

Clearly it's time to break out some manuals and update my knowledge. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 18:13, Brian Desmond wrote: > Well, if the subnet is linked to a site which does not contain any DCs, the > Auto Site Coverage process will kick in, and AD will look at site link costs > and so forth to

Re: Q about AD sites

Will this improvement obtain in high-latency and/or low-bandwidth sites? Our US and UK offices have sucky (that's a technical term, ya know) bandwidth. The UK office has a consumer grade ADSL link (128 down, IIRC) and the AU office has a 4mbit SDSL, but latency is horrid. Kurt On Mon, Sep 12, 20

Re: Unix Backups

Yes, technically that could be a dictatorship or any sort of despotic government. In socialism the state own or control the means of production. They may or may not determine who owns the guns, too, but that is separate from the govenmental authority over enterprises. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:2

Re: Unix Backups

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > Socialism requires that some folks have guns and that others can't. Incorrect. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscrip

Re: Early Friday funny

Now I *have* to look. :) - WJR On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 13:56, Jonathan Link wrote: > NSFW! > > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > >> OMG I think I am going to cry, too funny. >> >> ** ** >> >> IPAD2 vs the Library. >> >> ** ** >> >> http://www.youtube.com/wat

Re: Early Friday funny

I was lucky I had headphones in. The f-bomb dropped at like 4 seconds or some other riduclously short interval. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Sherry Abercrombie < sabercrom...@nhdallas.com> wrote: > Thanks for the warning Jonathan! > > ** ** > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...

RE: Early Friday funny

Thanks for the warning Jonathan! From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Early Friday funny NSFW! On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Ziots, Edward mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org>> wrote: OMG I think I am goi

Re: Early Friday funny

NSFW! On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > OMG I think I am going to cry, too funny. > > ** ** > > IPAD2 vs the Library. > > ** ** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0UZDOFiHyQ&feature=relmfu > > ** ** > > Z > > ** ** > > Edward E. Ziots > > CISSP, Netw

Early Friday funny

OMG I think I am going to cry, too funny. IPAD2 vs the Library. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0UZDOFiHyQ&feature=relmfu Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 ~ Finally, powerfu

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

We don't use RW media A Microsoft package is creating the scanner so it's a moot point no matter what media you're putting it on, if it's compromised (however unlikely) it's compromised John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Off

Re: Unix Backups

No, the only fail here is memory. It's hell getting old... Kurt On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 17:08, Jonathan Link wrote: > Perhaps it's an example of von Mises theories in action?  Free software > cannot continue to be free, since it is socialistic in nature.  It must > inevitably fail. > > On Mon,

Re: Unix Backups

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 16:59, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>Amanda, now known as Zmanda, might fill your bill. > > Amanda is not "now known" as Zmanda. One is the Open Source project, the other > is the commercial offering based on it. Sorry - it's been quite a while since I looked a this stuff, and

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Not if you only use that disk to create the scanner, how is the virus going to get on there if the Windows application monitors the burn process, surely it does checksum comparisons. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Wouldn't that apply to a virus on the optical disc as well? -sc From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks? You're telling me that a virus on the USB drive can't infect the boot

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

"My point exactly - a CD/DVD is 100% safe" What if you accidentally use a CD-RW? What if the payload is already present in the image? ;) -sc From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Anti-virus

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

As do I (philosophical discussions about how to do the work). But, I always check the switch, and while I am capable of doing multiple things at one time, I find that if I want something done well (without having to redo it or wondering if I got it done) I generally have to slow down and pay atten

Re: Unix Backups

[aggregate reply to multiple messages] On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Cameron wrote: > IBM P520 - 2 LPARs - 1 - AIX 5.3, 2 - AIX 6.1 > Need to backup approx 80GB (roughly 40GB per LPAR) > > I was using BE2010 to backup (to tape) my Windows boxes as well as the Unix > clients but I don't *have*

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

I'm with you guys. I tried it on a flash drive over the weekend and it worked well. BTW, the target machine came back clean. Later found the hard drive was on its' way out. If my understanding is correct, then even a badly infected machine wouldn't infect the flash drive since the code on the

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

I love these discussions! But seriously, the time it takes to create/read/write a DVD is really trivial, I'm usually doing 3 other things at the same time. I don't have the luxury of being on the server team or the storage team - I AM the team and am also human so a mistake is not out of the rea

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Ken Schaefer wrote: >> You are booting into a completely different OS and not launching any >> applictions to do this scan. I am not sure I understand the level of >> paronoia. > > Entirely possible that during a scan of the drive, the virus exploits a > buffer o

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Thanks Ben, this is exactly where I was heading. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:41 AM, John Cook wrote: > > My point exactly – a CD/DVD is 100% safe. I can’t tell you how many times > > I’ve had users call in telling me their wireless isn’t worki

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:41 AM, John Cook wrote: > My point exactly – a CD/DVD is 100% safe. I can’t tell you how many times > I’ve had users call in telling me their wireless isn’t working on their > laptop only to find out they’ve accidentally hit the slider on the side of > the computer that

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

As long as you're 100% sure that the write function is turned off then no danger. I simply don't have to consider this step with a DVD. And yes I'm paranoid, I get to work on random peoples computers from time to time so I never know what they have been exposed to. Apparently they keep making be

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Entirely possible that during a scan of the drive, the virus exploits a buffer overflow in the AV application. This then causes the AV application to then write something to the boot sector on the USB drive, or do something else to the USB drive. Most likely improbable, given that the virus woul

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Exactly... You shut down the PC in question, disable writing on the Flash Drive (moot point, but still...for those paranoid people out there *grin*) boot off the flash drive and do your scan. Where's the danger??? From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

You're telling me that a virus on the CD/DVD can't infect the boot sector of the HD on the machine if the drive is visible to the PE environment? On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:56 AM, John Cook wrote: > You’re telling me that a virus on the USB drive can’t infect the boot > sector of the HD on the

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

You're telling me that a virus on the USB drive can't infect the boot sector of the HD on the machine if the drive is visible to the PE environment? John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

You do not understand this level of paranoia. We just all think you do. :-) On 13 September 2011 16:51, Steven Peck wrote: > You are booting into a completely different OS and not launching any > applictions to do this scan. I am not sure I understand the level of > paronoia. > Steven Peck > ht

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

You are booting into a completely different OS and not launching any applictions to do this scan. I am not sure I understand the level of paronoia. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:41 AM, John Cook wrote: > My point exactly – a CD/DVD is 100% safe. I can’t tell you

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

My point exactly - a CD/DVD is 100% safe. I can't tell you how many times I've had users call in telling me their wireless isn't working on their laptop only to find out they've accidentally hit the slider on the side of the computer that turns it off. It happens, even to IT people (especially w

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

These are hardware switches on the USB device, iirc, and thus anything on the USB stick should be readable/executable but if there was a virus on the say the PC it should not be able to copy itself onto the USB stick (or do anything bad(tm) to the contents of it). Even a virus on the USB stick

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

I believe the write-protect switch typically goes to the write-enable pin on the memory chip itself and unable to be bypassed by a virus. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subj

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Well, I guess if it's read-only, a virus would have a hell of a job copying itself to it. But if the virus is already present when you set the switch to read-only, then it will still execute, I should think. On 13 September 2011 16:28, John Aldrich wrote: > I have never used a flash drive with a

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

I have never used a flash drive with a write-protect switch. Does anyone on the list have any experience with those and know whether or not a virus would be able to bypass that? Just curious how effective it would be in keeping viruses at bay. That being said, if you're booting off it, I don't real

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Quick check of Amazon.com seems to show: 2GB drive for $10 http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Drive-write-protect-switch/dp/B005KL31E6 8GB drive for $20.99 http://www.amazon.com/RiDATA-Flash-Drive-Slider-Drives/dp/B000RGDA5E/ref=pd_cp_e_4 32GB drive for $57.99 http://www.amazon.com/Ritek-Ridata-Twister

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Honestly, just burned a DVD on the Microsoft tool and worked just fine for bootup etc etc to scan one of my systems ( and it caught some of my hacking tools) Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3

RE: Unix Backups

Not sure about AIX, but can you add a -v and then pipe the result to a text file? From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Unix Backups It's a combination of Pro Isam/Oracle databases and our ERP appli

RE: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: Linux AD Authentication - Bayesian Filter detected spam

Hi Ben thanks for the reply. In answer to your questions: RHEL 5.3 id shows all membership groups from AD Doesn't matter if the file is pre-existing or not, same error -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday 13 September 2011 14:31 To: NT System A

Re: Unix Backups

So, how many support cases have you had to open on your AIX system, with Symantec? If licenses are perpetual, then just keep using the product that works for you, and hit the forums for support. I've had better response from the Symantec forums, than I have from support, it seems. >>> Cameron

Re: Unix Backups

It's a combination of Pro Isam/Oracle databases and our ERP application and a few other apps...however, I don't need to backup the Oracle databases themselves as there are cold backups being done every night and I can backup those. Am I reading correctly that with 'tar', if you wanted to exclude di

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Sure they are, but boot times are significantly less on flash than cd/dvd , too. IIRC, the last time I booted UBWINCD on a DVD took like 8 minutes. With a flash drive it was maybe a minute... 7 minutes of time recovered (especially as a consultant) is not inconsiderable. And the write protect fla

Re: Unix Backups

LOL * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Jonathan Link > wrote: > > Sure. I understand, and in the process they create a socialistic > >

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

They are lots more expensive than CD/DVDs, however. Not that this is automatically a non-starter, but it speaks to Mr. Cook's earlier point. I'd sooner get a USB DVD drive, even though they are slightly less portable. * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Techno

Re: Unix Backups

So, what are you backing up on the AIX box? And what are you wanting to do? Tar to a windows shared folder which is then backed up by your BackupExec infrastructure could work. Don't know if that's sufficient for your needs, though. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Cameron wrote: > *sigh*ap

Re: Unix Backups

*sigh*apologies all...it was a LONG daylet me try this again. Good morning all, Backup Exec 2010 no longer supports any version of AIX.sI need to find an alternative. IBM P520 - 2 LPARs - 1 - AIX 5.3, 2 - AIX 6.1 Need to backup approx 80GB (roughly 40GB per LPAR) I was using

Re: Unix Backups

LOL that a good one on VON mises, Ludwig would be happy.. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > Perhaps it's an example of von Mises theories in action? Free software > cannot continue to be free, since it is socialistic in nature. It must > inevitably fail. > > > On Mon, Sep

Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Yes, these do exist. I've run into a few from time to time. I don't recall brands, though. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:12 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > There are USB sticks with a switch that is supposed to make them read-only > until you flip the switch again. I don't know how that works or how well

Re: Linux AD Authentication

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Robert Jackson wrote: > Are there any Likewise Open users out there? Not me, but I have used Samba to integrate with AD. > I’m having some issues around trying to add domain > users to a local Linux group. Standard questions apply regardless of OS: What OS a

Re: Unix Backups

I KNOW! On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Jonathan Link > wrote: > > Sure. I understand, and in the process they create a socialistic > > environment to develop the product. :-) > > Yah, it's even worse than a bunch of techies sharing their

Re: Unix Backups

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Jonathan Link wrote: > Sure.  I understand, and in the process they create a socialistic > environment to develop the product. :-) Yah, it's even worse than a bunch of techies sharing their time and knowledge for free on a public mailing list. -- Ben ~ Finally

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

There are USB sticks with a switch that is supposed to make them read-only until you flip the switch again. I don't know how that works or how well, but I know that there are flash drives with a write-protect switch on 'em. You can find 'em on NewEgg and probably elsewhere. I just checked on NewEgg

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Did not and here's why - I have yet to hear about any guaranteed way to make a USB drive unwriteable on any machine you plug it into short of having a manufacturer burn the data to one and ship it to you in which case you're paying 25x more for the same effect a non rewritable CD/DVD gives you.

Re: anyone else seeing Hiloti malware zero day ?

thanks ... or could just be normal malware churn, and I've the the lucky one 3 times in 3 days :) On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > Could be I haven’t heard anything through the underground yet on this > fact, but if I do I will post. > > ** ** > > Z > > ** ** >

RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks?

Thanks, anyone tried this on a USB stick? Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 3:18 PM To: NT System

RE: anyone else seeing Hiloti malware zero day ?

Could be I haven't heard anything through the underground yet on this fact, but if I do I will post. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]

RE: Synching workstation system clock with domain server

W32tm /config /syncfromflags:DOMHIER W32tm /config /update W32tm /resync /rediscover Let the time service take care of the rest, its going to be as good as the SNTP protocol allows. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org

Re: Synching workstation system clock with domain server

Sorry about this! Our domain is Windows 2008 R2 and our clients are running Windows XP Pro (SP3). Thanks for the links. Will take a look at them. Cheers Pierre ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ ---

Re: Synching workstation system clock with domain server

Has the list taken on a recent vow of secrecy, such that as little information as possible should be conveyed? What workstations? What servers? http://KB.UltraTech-llc.com/?File=~MoreInfo.TXT In a properly configured domain, domain clients will try to realign themselves several times a day. If

Synching workstation system clock with domain server

Hi all How can I get my users' workstations to synch their clock with our domain server's clock more frequently during the day? Thanks Pierre ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subsc

RE: anyone else seeing Hiloti malware zero day ?

Last I saw qakbot was about 2 years ago, this was a new variant … wonder if maybe there’s a new malware construction toolkit out … Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@life

Linux AD Authentication

Are there any Likewise Open users out there? I'm having some issues around trying to add domain users to a local Linux group. So at the moment my /etc/group file looks like: locgrp:x:500:locusr,\\ > What I'm finding is the ADUSER can log in to the Linux server and have its credentials a

RE: Q about AD sites

Auto site coverage will take care of this (assuming 2003+) provided the site link costs are setup correctly. Or the subnets can be added to a hub site for a manual way of achieving the same. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 13 S