Re: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD

Brian explained this properly a few posts back: applications built around generic LDAP must figure out the user's DN based on username/email/UPN that the user typed in, before an attempt to validate the supplied credential can be made. That's where the service account comes in... it just has to se

Re: video surveillance software recommendations

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Thomas Mullins wrote: > Does anyone have a recommendation for some video surveillance software? I can tell you *not* to buy anything from Honeywell or from Stanley Convergent Security. Beyond that, I dunno. Let me know if you find something good, so far it's

Re: Favorite switches anyone

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Tom Miller wrote: > I need some small 1 GB POE switches here for a separate wireless network. > 12-16 ports per switch is all I need. HP ProCurve. Rock solid. Cost effective. Warrantied and supported forever. So far, ProCurve support has avoiding turning int

Re: Fiber splice question

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Thomas Mullins wrote: > The original piece of fiber was multimode.  The local school had an outside > company splice the damaged section.  This company made the splice with > single mode fiber. As others have said, (1) that won't work, and (2) never use that comp

Re: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Crawford, Scott wrote: > RE: This is a fairly common model and there’s not really anything wrong with > it. > Why is it such a common model? I see it a lot too, and it always frustrates > me that they don’t simply use the credentials supplied by the user to > attem

Re: Something hilarious to start your weeks off.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:15 AM, David Lum wrote: > Which somehow reminds me of a story of someone who wished he > could name a troublesome server “mypants”, so when it went down…well… (Some versions of) SunOS/Solaris, by default, when told to ping a host XYZ, just report "XYZ is alive" if it ge

Re: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

On Mon October 3 2011, you wrote: > On 3 Oct 2011 at 16:14, John Aldrich wrote: > > We don't have a mail server here. Our ISP hosts our email for us, so > > yeah, we do allow SMTP out. I wonder if there's a way to force all > > port 25 traffic to one IP in the firewall? > > There's usually a way

RE: video surveillance software recommendations

Thanks Matthew, We have the cameras. I will check this product out. Shane -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 4:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: video surveillance software recommendations I am assum

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

Thanks, Tammy! My thought was that it would be easy to find in the Cisco ASA logs... yeah, right! :D -Original Message- From: Tammy Stewart [mailto:copper...@personainternet.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 4:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infec

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

Create an internal SMTP relay (any Windows/Unix server will do) and block all outgoing smtp trafic to all except this server. -Message d'origine- De : Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Envoyé : 3 octobre 2011 16:42 À : NT System Admin Issues Objet : Re: Torpig/Anseri

RE: video surveillance software recommendations

Thanks Rebecca, I will check this out. Shane From: Rebecca Westhoff [mailto:rebec...@performancedesigns.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 4:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: video surveillance software recommendations We just installed EZ Watch Pro http://www.ezwatch.com/. Supe

Re: video surveillance software recommendations

I am assuming you need an IP camera solution. If I am incorrect in my assumption, I apologize. We have used the Milestone XProtect product with good success for the past year. Cost is a concern for us, so we went with the "Essentials" edition, which basically boils down to $50 per camera licens

RE: video surveillance software recommendations

The biggest problem we are having is cameras showing up in the Monitor Station. Many times, either the analog or IP cameras will drop out. Another big problem is, if you password protect the IP cameras, one or more of the IP cameras fail to show up in the Monitor Station. Many cameras just dr

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

On 3 Oct 2011 at 13:05, John C Owen wrote: > We are looking at SpiceWorks as it has a helpdesk function built in > > We are just scratching the scratching the surface here but comes > recommended for less than 1000 users My biggest problem with Spiceworks is its inability to handle

Re: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

On 3 Oct 2011 at 16:14, John Aldrich wrote: > We don't have a mail server here. Our ISP hosts our email for us, so yeah, we > do allow SMTP out. I wonder if there's a way to force all port 25 traffic to > one IP in the firewall? There's usually a way to limit port-25 traffic to only one IP. It

RE: video surveillance software recommendations

Curious. What bugs are you seeing? Do you have IP cameras or analog to ip converters? We have a mix. What brand cameras if they are IP. I've heard some cameras work better than others. All our IP cameras are various model Axis. We are running ver 4.3.0.30 x32 with 85 cameras and it works well.

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

If Vipre does not find the culprit John, don't be shy to shoot us a support ticket request. We'll help find it. Support request page: www.gfi.com/supportform Indicate you need security response & ticket will get to us faster. Tammy -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hu

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Thanks. On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Cynicalgeek wrote: > Only cloud based. It allows you to attach images to tickets, even from the > iPhone (it may on Blackberry but I'm not sure.) > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:13 PM, justino garcia wrote: > >> Is ZENDESK only CLOUD Based, or can it be us

RE: video surveillance software recommendations

We are using Video Insight. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 4:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: video surveillance software recommendations What are you using now? ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technolo

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

You really don't want to be doing that, or if you must do it at least only allow it outbound to the IP of the mail server your PC's are supposed to be using. Looking at the CBL listing it appears they list you for activity other than SMTP traffic, so it may well be other traffic that's got you

Re: video surveillance software recommendations

What are you using now? * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Thomas Mullins wrote: > Good afternoon everyone, > > ** ** > > Does anyone have a recommendation for some video surveillance sof

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

I've got a deep scan scheduled for tonight. Hopefully it'll catch it, but according to the information on the CBL, it's not commonly caught that way... "Pay very close attention: Most of these trojans have extremely poor detection rates in current Anti-Virus software..." I did scan the "likely susp

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Only cloud based. It allows you to attach images to tickets, even from the iPhone (it may on Blackberry but I'm not sure.) On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:13 PM, justino garcia wrote: > Is ZENDESK only CLOUD Based, or can it be used in my own environment? > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Cynicalge

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

We don't have a mail server here. Our ISP hosts our email for us, so yeah, we do allow SMTP out. I wonder if there's a way to force all port 25 traffic to one IP in the firewall? -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 4

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

Looks like they are now listing you for non-email related "bad" activity. http://cbl.abuseat.org/lookup.cgi?ip=66.44.212.162&.submit=Lookup From: Kennedy, Jim [kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: 03 October 2011 9:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: R

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Is ZENDESK only CLOUD Based, or can it be used in my own environment? On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Cynicalgeek wrote: > http://www.zendesk.com/product/blackberry > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:00 PM, justino garcia wrote: > >> Anyone using http://www.webhelpdesk.com/index.html, currently? >>

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

you *should* be able to do virus scan of your network and identify the culprit. Shauna Hensala > From: jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > Subject: RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection > Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 14:58:42 -0400 > > I did not receive notific

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

This is very interesting, can't wait to see that answer. I doubt it was on port 25, that Trojan looks to phone home with credentials of the infected user, it is not an email bot as far as I can tell. And the two open questions will be; 1) No matter what port it was on how did CBL know 2) When did

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

Jus to confirm, you don't allow outbound SMTP from anything other than your corporate SMTP boxes do you? From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 03 October 2011 7:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

http://www.zendesk.com/product/blackberry On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:00 PM, justino garcia wrote: > Anyone using http://www.webhelpdesk.com/index.html, currently? > How is your experience been from tech side, if you have used it? > Does It offer good Knowledge Base? > > Anyone Recommend any other

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Have anyone seen a use for the blackberry integration? On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Kennedy, Jim wrote: > Pretty outstanding. You can get to the coders and the owners if you need > to. > > ** ** > > *From:* justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2011

RE: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Pretty outstanding. You can get to the coders and the owners if you need to. From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support How is syaid Support? On

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

How is syaid Support? On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:40 PM, David Lum wrote: > +1 been using Sysaid at %NotDayJob% since v4. Picked it up initially for > the inventory pieces and started using HelpDesk later. > > ** ** > > *From:* Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] > *Sent:* Monday, Octob

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

I *do* have ASDM, but the log file does not seem to go back a very long ways, and this infection apparently only attempts to check-in every few hours as best I can tell from the frequency of the reports. From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 3:10 PM T

Re: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

Are you using ASDM? Can't you filter the builtin realtime log viewer in a way that might show you the infected machines? (It's been a long time since I've used ASDM...) On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:59 PM, John Aldrich wrote: > Email blocklist: cbl.abuseat.org for "attempting to make contact to a >

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

Not yet. I can do so though. John-AldrichThread-Count From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection Have you kicked off a VIPRE deep scan on these machines? Roger Wright __

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

Email blocklist: cbl.abuseat.org for "attempting to make contact to a Torpig Command and Control server at 91.20.221.209, with contents unique to Torpig C&C command protocols." From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:54 PM To: NT System Admin Is

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

I did not receive notification from my ISP. I found out about it when I was corresponding with someone from work on my personal email address and the email kept getting held. I looked at *why* it was being held and the info was that it was being held by the CBL.ABUSEAT.ORG block list. They in turn

Re: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

Have you kicked off a VIPRE deep scan on these machines? Roger Wright ___ My short term goal is to make it through the day. My long term goal is to string a bunch of short term goals together. On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:22 PM, John Aldrich wrote: > So, our external IP is blacklisted because

RE: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

+1 been using Sysaid at %NotDayJob% since v4. Picked it up initially for the inventory pieces and started using HelpDesk later. From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 10:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tic

Re: Outsourcing Exchange

I agree. And although we've also been using OST files all along, we have close to 100 laptops deployed here, all using PGP WDE, never a hint of an issue. I think the vendor has some broken widgets they haven't identified yet, though that's just an instinct. On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Jame

RE: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

RHE - is another web based...Rhesolution - not sure if it will meet all your criteria - used it in a previous job. Shauna Hensala Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 14:05:50 -0400 Subject: Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris

RE: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD

Thanks. At least I can be righteously indignant. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 12:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD Yeah pretty much. I've had a few ISVs that I've worked with to make their integrat

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Thanks, So no one has ued webhelpdesk.com? On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Cameron Cooper wrote: > +1 We did the trial of SysAid Pro and liked the overall functionality > and ease of use (for end users) that we purchased it. Don’t know about the > importing or moving from your current syst

RE: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD

I meant that the credentials are clear text in some .ini file. From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 12:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD Clear text only if your not secure ldap:) It is silly for all e

RE: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD

Ahh. That makes sense. But, I'm still allowed to be annoyed that I have to hard code clear text credentials in some config file, right? From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 10:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Migrating OpenLDAP users into

RE: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD

Yeah pretty much. I've had a few ISVs that I've worked with to make their integration work right but they're few and far between. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Monday, October 03, 201

RE: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD

Clear text only if your not secure ldap:) It is silly for all except some unique and rare setups where a bind user is the only one with the perms needed to extract some info that will later be utilized. I have seen this... From: Crawford, Scott [crawfo...@evangel

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

Can you expand on "blacklisted"? Which blacklist and for what type of traffic? From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: 03 October 2011 6:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection So, our external IP is blacklisted b

RE: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection

How many machines are we talking about here? All local or some in remote locations? The ISP did not provide the IP of the device that was misbehaving? Shauna Hensala From: jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Torpig/Anserin/Mebroot infection Date:

RE: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

+1 We did the trial of SysAid Pro and liked the overall functionality and ease of use (for end users) that we purchased it. Don't know about the importing or moving from your current system to SysAid. Coop From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011

RE: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Try HelpSpot at http://www.helpspot.com/ De : Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Envoyé : 3 octobre 2011 13:33 À : NT System Admin Issues Objet : Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support Take a look at http://www.revelationhelpdes

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Take a look at http://www.revelationhelpdesk.com. This was the most complete free system I could find. I have their free Cloud edition configured and it includes a knowledgebase. Though we haven't fully implemented it yet. the system is pretty easy for users and techs. Roger Wright ___ "Campin

RE: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

No, our previous system, especially the inventory, was so bad we just dumped it into the bit bucket. From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Did you migirate your tickets from another system (we want to migrate database from trackit)? Thanks On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Kennedy, Jim wrote: > I threw some huge hardware at SpiceWorks and never could get it to run at > a decent speed when we tested it. Especially in the inventory se

RE: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

I threw some huge hardware at SpiceWorks and never could get it to run at a decent speed when we tested it. Especially in the inventory section. From: John C Owen [mailto:jo...@innovativefoto.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ticket System: Recomm

RE: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Yes, it asks at every closing if you want to add it to the knowledge base. It is a very solid well rounded product. We looked LONG and HARD to find one that did helpdesk and inventory together that didn't break the bank. It is an outstanding product from our perspective. They will hook you up w

Re: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Does SysAid include a knowledge, so for example a tech resolved a OUTLOOK issue, we can look at the knowledge base in the future, to help support troubleshoot other users with same issues, or problems, or that user himself. On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Kennedy, Jim wrote: > Very happy with Sy

RE: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

We are looking at SpiceWorks as it has a helpdesk function built in We are just scratching the scratching the surface here but comes recommended for less than 1000 users From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subj

RE: Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Very happy with SysAid here. They have apps for BB, Droids and Iphones. However, we have no experience using those apps we still just use the web based part of it. From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Tic

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

Yeah.particularly with something as comprehensive as ConfigMgr, take it slow. Roll out and use a single component at a time. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

Using sccm for a SINGLE thing is fairly easy. It's just when you try to use the entire platform that things get complicated... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 03,

Ticket System: Recommendations, Blackberry App Ticket Support

Anyone using http://www.webhelpdesk.com/index.html, currently? How is your experience been from tech side, if you have used it? Does It offer good Knowledge Base? Anyone Recommend any other Ticket System, that include a knowledge base, supports blackberries (for Help Desk Tech, to open and close t

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

Thanks Rod, I've seen their website crop up before. No mention of pricing though which always has me wary. It looks interesting as we have ForeFront CALs under our licensing scheme, but I have no desire to rush into, or learn SCCM right now simply to take advantage of them. Problem is if a 3r

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

Truesec has an product that you can use to manage Forefront clients without SCCM http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/links/lite-management-solution-for-forefron t-endpoint-protection From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 12:43 PM To: NT System

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

Do you have SCCM in place already? That's probably the biggest barrier IMO as it's not a "next, next, done" job and is, arguably, overkill if you just want to deploy Forefront. From: Stefan Jafs [stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 October 2011 4:34 PM To: NT System

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

We switched to Forefront from Eset about 3 years ago and have had no complaints. It is easy to install and monitor and it stays relatively hidden to our users which we prefer. TVK From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

Lots of folks are migrating and getting positive results. From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection Is anyone using MS Endpoint protection, I'm thinking about switching from

RE: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD

AD doesn't require it but generic LDAP directories usually do require a DN to bind with. ISVs use one code path to support AD and *LDAP (for better or worse) so that's why you get this. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Crawford, Scott [ma

RE: Load Balancers?

+1 for Radware. Cost some $$$ though. No complaints with their products. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 7:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Load Balancers? Netscalars are my current favorite from a price/performance standpoint. A

RE: Favorite switches anyone

We use (and I prefer) Cisco switches as well. For client switches, we are currently using the 3560's. Not sure if they have a sub-24 port version or not. -Original Message- From: Thomas Mullins [mailto:tsmull...@wise.k12.va.us] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 11:30 AM To: NT System Admi

Re: Favorite switches anyone

Many years ago, before the cost of POE switches were sane, we purchased some Netgear FS726TP switches to power our POE IP Cameras. While Netgear is not HP or Cisco, I am happy to report that all 4 of these switches are still working without issue. Also, the lifetime warranty they offer isn't ba

Re: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

I'm using it here, but in a pretty limited scope for the time being. We're migrating from Novell to Windows AD, and we have SCCM setup in the new domain, along with about 30 or so servers, all with FEP installed. Client installation is extremely quick and painless, once the SCCM client gets in

RE: MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

We've rolled this out to probably 30-50K seats in the past 18 months or so across quite a few customers. It's gone well in each case and has generally saved a lot in terms of costs with customers who already have it as part of their licensing deal with MS. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmo

RE: Migrating OpenLDAP users into AD

RE: This is a fairly common model and there's not really anything wrong with it. Why is it such a common model? I see it a lot too, and it always frustrates me that they don't simply use the credentials supplied by the user to attempt to bind to AD. If it fails, obviously the credentials are wron

RE: Favorite switches anyone

We use AdTran switches for our POE needs. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Thomas Mullins [mailto

MS Forefront Endpoint Protection

Is anyone using MS Endpoint protection, I'm thinking about switching from ESET, for 325 users. Anyone happy / unhappy, recommend not recommend? -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ ---

RE: Favorite switches anyone

We have some 8 port Cisco switches we have used in few cases. They have two port PoE. The model number is SD208P. Shane From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Favorite switches anyone Folks,   I need some s

RE: Fiber splice question

Thanks Bill, I thought so, but I do not work with fiber very often. Shane From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 11:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Fiber splice question Agreed. You can't switch fiber types in the middle of the chain. I

RE: Fiber splice question

Thanks Joseph, I doubt they tested it. I am checking with the principal to see who made the splice. Wireless should do a great job here. The field house is across a parking lot, almost perfect line of sight. Shane From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2

Re: Load Balancers?

:) * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Webster wrote: > I knew there was a reason I liked you ASB! J > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Carl Webster > > Consultant and Citrix Technology Profes

RE: Favorite switches anyone

Okay I'll call them. Oh wait, the main number is no longer in service! But I will stick with HP I guess. >>> "Scott Schneider" 10/3/2011 10:40 AM >>> +1 From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: October-03-11 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Favorite switches any

RE: Fiber splice question

Agreed. You can't switch fiber types in the middle of the chain. I can't even imagine any company that does fiber doing something like that. From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 11:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Fiber splice question

Re: Fiber splice question

Ya, I don't think that's going to work. Not even sure how they were able to do that. Did they test the fiber before you (someone) signed off on the job? I'm thinking you're going to have to either break it again and splice with the same type of fiber, or run a whole new run. Personally, I'd

RE: Load Balancers?

F5 is the brand that I prefer, they're also generally the most expensive. The Kemp's do a good job and are priced very competitively. If all you're doing is Exchange and nothing complex I can't imagine why you'd need high end devices. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.143

RE: Load Balancers?

I knew there was a reason I liked you ASB! :) Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Load Balancers? Netscalars are my current favorite from a price/perform

RE: Favorite switches anyone

+1 From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: October-03-11 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Favorite switches anyone HP. On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Tom Miller wrote: Folks, I need some small 1 GB POE switches here for a separate wireless network. 12-16

Re: Load Balancers?

Netscalars are my current favorite from a price/performance standpoint. Also check out Radware. * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Tom Miller wrote: > I'm about to purchase two Citrix Netsc

Re: Favorite switches anyone

HP. On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Tom Miller wrote: > Folks, > > I need some small 1 GB POE switches here for a separate wireless network. > 12-16 ports per switch is all I need. > > Anyone have any favorites? I've used 3COM/HP here for years. But...I > tried to call HP for pre-sales suppor

Favorite switches anyone

Folks, I need some small 1 GB POE switches here for a separate wireless network. 12-16 ports per switch is all I need. Anyone have any favorites? I've used 3COM/HP here for years. But...I tried to call HP for pre-sales support, and the 800 line on HP's web site is disconnected. My reselle

Re: Load Balancers?

I'm about to purchase two Citrix Netscalers for load balancing our Share Point farm, and Exchange when we go to that. It may be overkill though unless you have a Citrix infrastructure. Can't hurt to take a look. Pricing is based on the features you use. >>> Paul Hutchings 10/3/2011 8:48 AM >>

Re: Outsourcing Exchange

Did this issue show itself when they tested the outsourced solution on your first lot of guinea-pig users? or has it just shown up since a full migration? I'm still disinclined to believe that the PGP product is simply "incompatible". Have they managed to prove this beyond a reasonable doubt yet?

RE: Outsourcing Exchange

" Other than outsourced Exchange, what else has changed?" Nothing. At. All. We've followed their recommendations and given some uses new machines with SSD drives, i5 processors, etc, no change. I have been forwarding your guys' comments to our team that's working this, so I really appreciate you

Re: PowerShell script to document a Citrix XenApp 5 Farm

Thanks for the thanks! On 3 October 2011 11:32, Webster wrote: > Since I have gotten numerous requests for this from people who found the > original e-mail via search engines, decided to send another e-mail for the > final product. > > ** ** > > I released today to the Citrix community my

PowerShell script to document a Citrix XenApp 5 Farm

Since I have gotten numerous requests for this from people who found the original e-mail via search engines, decided to send another e-mail for the final product. I released today to the Citrix community my PowerShell script. The article is here: http://carlwebster.com/documenting-a-citrix-xe