Why would you want the default to change? The problem is not a standard default
password. Heck, I'd prefer if the default password on everything was the same.
The problem is people not changing it. I'd find it rather unlikely for someone
to know what the DRAC is for, hook it up to an unsecured
Do the compliance mandates require an AV solution that uses black-listing? Why
doesn't a white-listing solution qualify as AV?
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 10:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: My sons IT learning..
I see that AV
Very nice. All well stated.
-Original Message-
From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 10:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: My sons IT learning..
Not sure if you guys know this, but I wrote a whitepaper about whitelisting a
I'd tend to be wary also, but I have done similar things. It's always worked
ok, but it just seems a little sketchy and makes me nervous. What I've done
lately instead is move some of the content to a different drive/lun and then
mount that as a folder in the current namespace instead of a
Feed: Schneier on Security
Posted on: Friday, October 05, 2012 1:25 PM
Author: schneier
Subject: When Will We See Collisions for SHA-1?
On a NIST-sponsored hash function mailing
listhttp://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/hash/email_list.html, Jesse Walker (from
Intel; also a member of the
Ahh, finally :)
http://nivot.org/nivot2/post/2012/09/12/Emulating-Bash-GNU-Readline-with-PowerShell-30.aspx
-Original Message-
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Powershell Tab Completion
I'm
Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market...
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Crawford, Scott
crawfo...@evangel.edumailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote:
Ahh, finally :)
http://nivot.org/nivot2/post/2012/09/12/Emulating-Bash-GNU-Readline-with-PowerShell-30.aspx
-Original Message
So cool.
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 10:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Fwd: [ISN] Virtual machine used to steal crypto keys from other VM on
same server
I've long known something like this was going to happen.
Kurt
I'm betting everything works as expected from an elevated command prompt.
-Original Message-
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 8:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Anyone have an idea on this one
Already tried that, I turn off
gymnastics.
-Original Message-
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 7:25 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Anyone have an idea on this one
I'm betting everything works as expected from an elevated command prompt.
-Original
:)
-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 9:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Anyone have an idea on this one
peachily I'll have to add that to my tech lingo..
-Original Message-
From: Crawford, Scott
Might check this out. We had similar issues because the computers didn't have a
DHCP lease when the drives were mapped so the mapping failed.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2459530
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:33 AM
To: NT
Interesting. So, did it auto negotiate at 100mb? I thought cat5 would work at a
gig, but just have a degraded signal resulting in dropped packets and
interference.
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re:
For quite a while ETrade was limited to 6 characters.
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 10:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: -1) All your passwords are belong to us
And I have seen applications that are financially based can fields
System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: -1) All your passwords are belong to us
Yep, my point exactly,
Z
Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network +
Security Engineer
Lifespan Organization
ezi...@lifespan.orgmailto:ezi...@lifespan.org
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Tuesday
Don't have it right off, but you basically just want to wrap this line in an if
block
CheckFolder oFSO.GetFolder(sSource)
Something like:
If oFSO.GetFolder(sSource) is not read only
CheckFolder oFSO.GetFolder(sSource)
End If
That first line isn't correct syntax, but there
I'm glad someone asked. I always assumed I was missing something. We've got lab
computers for a couple thousand students and have any issues to speak of.
Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Brian Desmond
Sent: 1/6/2013 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE:
documentation scripts
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Crawford, Scott
crawfo...@evangel.edu
wrote:
I want to see some of your early batch files J
@ECHO OFF
ECHO Hello, world!
;-)
-- Ben
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
http
Yes.
Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Ben Scott
Sent: 1/31/2013 7:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2 TB disk size possible problem
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a raid 5 “disk” that is just under 2
The windows 8 PRO discs we get from MS as part of our enterprise agreement come
with their own product key. I've used one to do a clean install on a dell
ultrabook that came with windows 8 HOME. It automatically used the key embedded
in bios and installed as home, not pro.
Sent from my Windows
upgrade
from Home edition.
Tim
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 8:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Dell windows 8 COA
The windows 8 PRO discs we get from MS as part of our enterprise agreement come
with their own product key. I've used
Would be tough to verify terabytes of data didn't have any errors ;)
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 1:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability
Yeah I have to agree, never had a problem with Robocopy and the mirror command
I thought you had bat for that.
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 2:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Robocopy reliability
Not nearly as flexible.
Try to use COPY to copy only the new files of a multi GB/TB share...
ASB
And I think I need to trademark your new slogan: There's a bat for that.
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 2:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Robocopy reliability
Not nearly as flexible.
Try to use COPY to copy only the new files of a
here aren't you? :)
He's been saying that since at least 1998 or 1999...
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 5:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability
And I think I need to trademark your new slogan: There's a bat
. Heck, to be
sure, you'd want to check the platters inside a different drive.
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 4:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability
There is a switch for that.
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo
you choose with a config
file.
ASB
http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBakerhttp://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker
Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the
SMB market...
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Crawford, Scott
crawfo...@evangel.edumailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote:
I
, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Crawford, Scott
crawfo...@evangel.edumailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote:
Would be tough to verify terabytes of data didn’t have any errors ;)
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.orgmailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 1:23 PM
To: NT System Admin
... odd that...
or
what a great way to collect passwords...
-
Sub ubi semper ubi
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote:
If you don't mind typing your password into a web form, this is a pretty nice
indicator of strength.
http
...
Plus, are you *sure* your browser is not giving away username info?
ASB
http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBakerhttp://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker
Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the
SMB market...
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Crawford, Scott
crawfo
You could interpret that sentence two ways:
A: We didn’t have it installed on the compromised systems.
B: It was installed, but did not protect them.
B says the software doesn’t work. A says there was simply a mistake made.
Phrasing it like they did, allows B to be true, while implying A.
FTFY
From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup to cloud?
But I read it on the InternetCloud...!
Bonjour...
Regards,
Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology
Enterprise Directory Messaging
Start the calculation one step further back. Maybe it costs 2.8 million to run
those 4 sessions per year for them to break even. In an attempt to lower the
bar, they’ve already cut the cost in half and eaten the 1.4 million. If so,
they’ve chosen a pretty fair split – MS pays half; candidate
+1
Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Michael B. Smith
Sent: 2/16/2013 5:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Petition Requesting Microsoft to Renew Forefront TMG
It would be great if a few hundred of you would sign this petition asking for
Microsoft to
Plus, it sounds like there's a fair bit of bureaucracy being paid for for that
135.
Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Andrew S. Baker
Sent: 2/18/2013 5:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: MCM certification
I doubt that they get 1000s of applications
Total guess coming :)
It seems like -Command would be used when you just want to run a one liner by
passing the command directly, but -File is used when you want to run a .ps1.
That being said, I just did a quick test from cmd and all 3 of these are
equivalent (at least when the ps1 contains
And one more note:
Powershell get-process
Powershell -command get-process
both dump the process list, but
powershell -file get-process
fails.
-Original Message-
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
nice
As long as we build systems that are vulnerable to the worst case, raising the
average case won't make them more secure.
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: I almost always
Cool.
Has me wondering if amateurs could tune in to the broadcasts from Voyager.
Also, I'm not sure how much instruction it receives, but it seems like there
could be some interesting hacking opportunities. How secure could 35 year old
technology be?
From: Andrew S. Baker
of 30+ meter
dishes lying around.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Network
-sc
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Space and Beyond:
Cool.
Has me wondering if amateurs could tune
Nice. Thanks for the post back.
From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 12:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Set security on a symbolic link
Quick follow-up, I was using icacls for another issue today and noticed it has
a /L option
Nice post.
Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Ken Schaefer
Sent: 4/6/2013 3:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Analysing process dumps
If you want to use WinDBG, this is probably a good start:
Clever
Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Mark Boersma
Sent: 4/9/2013 10:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: .ZIP file e-mail attachments
My policy is to block zip files by size. If you block all zips smaller than
500k you’ll stop all the viruses.
I'll just tack on a general thanks for all the powershell help. Nice to have
such expertise available for free :)
Clues are a great option. They encourage learning and enable quicker answers.
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Saturday,
checksum
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote:
Just came across this site. It's pretty slick.
http://md5online.info/
I gotta believe that doing hashing in JavaScript is slower than just
downloading a binary utility for the appropriate OS. :-)
-- Ben
I think that's the very definition if questioning his choice. :)
(still waiting for a lumia on sprint)
Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Michael B. Smith
Sent: 4/27/2013 9:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: _Lumina_822_phone
Not questioning your choice
+1
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 6:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION
To my mind, it's all the difference...
Email comes to me. I see it all in my inbox, and can read and
:)
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 7:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION
Did you just top post?
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Kurt Buff
kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
To my
Also, might be nice to subscribe Rod's list to the GFI list so all messages to
GFI go to both places in the interim.
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:16 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: [NTSysADM] Re: End of month plan B for list shutdown.
Yeah, I found a few lists I liked. Thanks Rod.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 11:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: So where is this new list signup?
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Kennedy, Jim
: [NTSysADM] Re: End of month plan B for list shutdown.
Since the GFI list is as yet imaginary would it be an imaginary subscription?
From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 9:25 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Re: End of month plan B for list
:) entertaining as usual.
Why'd you change the subject line?
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 4:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: IIS Question
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Daniele Bartoli
ahh
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 5:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: IIS Question
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote:
Why'd you change the subject line?
I didn't, OP
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