Re: New SSL beast Attack

2012-09-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Thanks, Z * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: BEAST creators develop new SSL attack - The H Security: News and Features:

RE: Did y'all know...

2012-09-07 Thread David Lum
“If these policies are retained, then there will be a systematic vulnerability window. Microsoft will patch Internet Explorer, and then a week or two later, Adobe will reveal a raft of new Flash security flaws when it patches Flash. Windows users will then have to wait several weeks for

RE: Did y'all know...

2012-09-07 Thread Ken Schaefer
I’m pretty sure there’s a direct line between the Adobe Flash people and the Microsoft IE people… From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, 7 September 2012 11:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Did y'all know... “If these policies are retained, then there will be a

Re: Did y'all know...

2012-09-07 Thread Jonathan Link
Your confidence in Microsoft amazes me... On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: I’m pretty sure there’s a direct line between the Adobe Flash people and the Microsoft IE people… ** ** *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] *Sent:* Friday, 7

RE: Did y'all know...

2012-09-07 Thread Ziots, Edward
NUTS! No Win8 for me J Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.org From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 10:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Did y'all

RE: Did y'all know...

2012-09-07 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
Yeah. Like two tin cans and string. :) Daniel On Sep 7, 2012 9:37 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: I’m pretty sure there’s a direct line between the Adobe Flash people and the Microsoft IE people… ** ** *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] *Sent:* Friday, 7

Re: Did y'all know...

2012-09-07 Thread Jonathan Link
Bears repeating. Your confidence in Microsoft amazes me. On Friday, September 7, 2012, Daniel Rodriguez wrote: Yeah. Like two tin cans and string. :) Daniel On Sep 7, 2012 9:37 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'k...@adopenstatic.com'); wrote: I’m pretty

RE: Latest flash

2012-09-07 Thread Ziots, Edward
Is there another download site for Adobe Reader with the versions on 1 site? Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.org -Original Message- From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012

RE: Latest flash

2012-09-07 Thread David Lum
www.ninite.com shows they are distributing Flash version 11.4.402.265, which seems later than 11.3 -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 7:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Latest flash Is there another

RE: Latest flash

2012-09-07 Thread Kennedy, Jim
You can't see the FAQ because your Flash is out of date. ;) There is just one installer now for 64/32so one for 64/32 plugin and one for 64/32 IE. Not sure what version that changed at, it was fairly recent since I still remember it. -Original Message- From: Glen Johnson

RE: Did y'all know...

2012-09-07 Thread Mathew Shember
You mean a telephone line or a line in the sand? From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 6:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Did y'all know... I’m pretty sure there’s a direct line between the Adobe Flash people and the Microsoft IE people…

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread Ziots, Edward
Most times it’s a keylogger or other malicious code downloaded from multiple sources that will hook processes inject into other processes (legit) and try to remain persistent. If you can disable java invocation in the Internet Zone, which will stop the drive-by’s for the time being. Z

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread David Lum
Thanks. If a user gets a message from the Java updater, should they accept it if it’s verified from Oracle, or is that potentially an exploit? From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 8:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Java vulnerability Q

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread Kennedy, Jim
And then phone home with the loot. netstat for odd outgoing connections. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Java vulnerability Q Most times it’s a keylogger or other malicious code downloaded from

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread Ziots, Edward
I would semi-trust the java updaters, but honestly, I would be pushing java 7 version 7 if you have a centralized platform for software updates. And if you don’t need java on your systems for functionality, remove it altogether. Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread Ziots, Edward
I see these on my IPS, and add to my firewall block list so those nets are dead to us going forward. Again I posted a list of sites in which you can look up these domains/IP networks that are usually most virtulent and do a full block egress/ingress. I currently have 500+ networks blocked

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I am betting you intentionally skip over the hidden tidbit in his question. “If a user gets a message from the Java updater, should they accept it…” What kind of user can install a Java update? ☺ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 11:54 AM To: NT

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread David Lum
I have an SMS package (two, actually) and Shavlik and am pushing with both. I still get some users asking about the Java updater and since our main product here uses Java (and our outsourced HR stuff uses it) , I can’t really pull it off anything… I’m getting to the Windows machines, the Mac’s

RE: OTish Adobe Reader issues.

2012-09-07 Thread Stephen Holtz
Yes. Starting to move to a new platform for reading PDF’s Stephen L. Holtz, MCSE, MCT Director of Information Technology Addison Reserve Country Club 7201 Addison Reserve Blvd. Delray Beach, Fl. 33446 Ph: 561-455-1220 Cell: 561-441-0646 http://www.addisonreserve.cc/ www.addisonreserve.cc

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread David Lum
Thanks. Kind of what I was afraid of. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 8:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Java vulnerability Q The exploit is used to drop code on the target. That is how most of the exploits that you hear

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread David Lum
I my environment, anyone, because they’re all local admins. I don’t think it’s entirely my fault, but it’s not because I haven’t tried to change it….the Service Desk guys are unwilling to make the effort and neither is management…I’ve vented about that here before. From: Kennedy, Jim

APP-V for 2008R2 terminal services

2012-09-07 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
I'm trying to understand why a previous vendor (who no longer supports them) at one of my customers had setup a 2008 R2 terminal server to use MS APP-V. The environment consists of 25 thin client devices in a school/lab setting. The ONLY software used on the terminal server is Office 2007 and

Re: APP-V for 2008R2 terminal services

2012-09-07 Thread Rankin, James R
App-V let's you run the software without installing it, speaking simply, so it can get around a lot of conflicts due to the isolation it offers, but if there are no conflictstotal overkill. For a small setup the simple overhead of creating and updating app sequences makes it unsuitable.

Re: APP-V for 2008R2 terminal services

2012-09-07 Thread Webster
Because they were either stupid or just didn't know what they were doing (or both). Office 2xxx belongs in the base image. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com http://www.carlwebster.com/ On 9/7/12 12:55 PM, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com

Re: APP-V for 2008R2 terminal services

2012-09-07 Thread Rankin, James R
Agreed, unless you've got really poor Office add-ons that can't co-exist ---Blackberried -Original Message- From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 17:15:49 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread Derek Harris
That’s scary. One of the first things I did when I started here 12 years ago is take away local admin from everyone. I got some pushback, griping, and even threats initially, but we haven’t had any malware since, and we can directly control what gets installed on PCs. The result is that the

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread David Lum
Preaching to the choir, brother ☺. Environments under my full control don’t have users as local admins, but %dayjob% isn’t one of them. From: Derek Harris [mailto:dhar...@panoramaortho.com] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Java vulnerability Q

RE: Java vulnerability Q

2012-09-07 Thread Jon Harris
As you are well aware some organizations are not as security aware as others. I just had to remove Java 7 v 7 from my daughters machine as her University secure(?) connection would not work with Java 7. Jon Subject: RE: Java vulnerability Q Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:40:57 -0400 From:

Azure?

2012-09-07 Thread Ryan Finnesey
Has anyone been deploying VMs on Azure? I need to role out SharePoint, XenAPP, AD, System Center , Dynamics CRM and Dynamics AX. I was thinking of completely using Azure. Cheers Ryan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Azure?

2012-09-07 Thread Richard Stovall
No, I haven't, but I'll gladly pay your first year's fee for blog hosting if you'll do it first and describe the entire process in detail. :-) On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Ryan Finnesey r...@finnesey.com wrote: Has anyone been deploying VMs on Azure? I need to role out SharePoint, XenAPP,