On 02/07/03 13:04 -0700, Chris Berry wrote:
> >From: Paul Hawkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Chris didn't mention that he was talking about the AVG free edition. We
> >are running AVG on our servers and workstations. It is really a great
> >piece of antivirus software.
>
> That part must have gott
From: Paul Hawkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Chris didn't mention that he was talking about the AVG free edition. We
are running AVG on our servers and workstations. It is really a great
piece of antivirus software.
That part must have gotten snipped out because what I was originally talking
about i
license at www.grisoft.com after you click "Download
>AVG Free Edition".
>
>Not only is it limited to non-networked boxes, you can't use it in a
>commercial environment either. The "Professional" edition is pretty
>reasonably priced though. This is a very cle
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Chris,
What do you mean when you say ;
"There are a number of free scanners, but nearly all of them
(including AVG) are not legal to run in a networked environment"
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> Chris,
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> What do you mean when you sa
INSTALLED IN ANY NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT!
NO TECHNICAL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE WITH AVG 6.0 Free Edition.
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> Then, start on policies that help with passwords on post-its and such,
> you could certainly start that step off in parallel with the firewalling
> issue. I always had fun "Post-It hunting" in my office(s). Each
> Post-It costs $50 for a return.
Use the $50 fees to fund purchases of equipment
From: Paul Hawkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Chris,
What do you mean when you say ;
"There are a number of free scanners, but nearly all of them
(including AVG) are not legal to run in a networked environment"
I wasn't aware that it was "Illegal" to run AVG in a networked
environment. What do you mean
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Steve Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hey everyone,
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> Ok... I am in a bit of a jam here and I was hoping to
> get some feedback from some of you with appropriate
&g
Alex and Steve,
I would not do what Alex recommends. You cannot go in like a commando and
start changing everyone os, desktop configuration, apply dhcp/dns, without
doing an impact analysis on current application and LAN connectivity
requirements the current users have. The last thing you want t
I would have to bring up the point that depending on
what type of Government office your working for they
are probably governed the Department of Commerce. The
Department of Commerce created NIST, for the purpose
of dealing with IT and IT security, as well as other
matters. You will find approved
Tony,
You right. I was just not really expecting him to go out and do
it like that! I was just not getting into detail ('> I know it's
not very detailed, and lacks in more specific info;'), just pointing in
the direction I would go.
Careful analysis is ALWAYS necessary! If not, you'll find just
If I were start on this assignment, I would do the following.
1. Write up a risk assessment
2. Develop a plan of action documents based on templates from SANS website
3. Develop a good working relationship with someone in the senior management and
get their buy-in on this. (You m
Believe it or not, I really envy you. There's nothing like a total mess to
clean up to teach you something. You know, experience is the best teacher
yada yada yada.
It seems to me you need two things: an organizational policy, and a plan.
Here's how I would approach it...
Since it is a gove
a start in the right direction.
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> -Sanjay
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> From: Steve Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: Oh Dear, Where to start?!
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> Hey everyone,
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> So basically, if you had to start from nothing, where
> would you start first? What would you consider to be
> the most important things to be implemented? I am
> literally working from ground zero here... heh!
Ahhh... the joys of being a sysadmin :-)
If I were you, I'd first of all put a lock
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:55:46AM -0700, Steve Frank wrote:
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> Hey everyone,
>
> Ok... I am in a bit of a jam here and I was hoping to get some feedback
> from some of you with appropriate experience in the field of network
> security and policy development.
>
ok.
> I am an senior at RIT stu
Greetings,
Well, I've been in your situation. And it should not be a very
difficult task. First of all you want to know what kind of level of
Security your Org need.
First i'll check the Ciritical applications..
- Are they in a DMZ
- Are they securely configured and installed.
- Do a Backup
> So basically, if you had to start from nothing, where
> would you start first? What would you consider to be
> the most important things to be implemented? I am
> literally working from ground zero here... heh!
Sounds familiar, I took on the same challenge but it was at a global
organization...
From: Steve Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hey everyone,
Ok... I am in a bit of a jam here and I was hoping to
get some feedback from some of you with appropriate
experience in the field of network security and policy
development.
I am an senior at RIT studying (essentially) systems
administration. My m
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Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:56 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Oh Dear, Where to start?!
Hey everyone,
Ok... I am in a bit of a jam here and I was hoping to
get some feedback from some of you with appropriate
experience in the field of network security and policy
development.
I am a
On Wednesday 25 June 2003 06:55 am, Steve Frank wrote:
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> What I need advice on is the following: If you were
> introduced to a mixed network (literally all versions
> of windows since 3.1 and mac systems) that have no
> updates, backups, or patches installed...
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Subject: Oh Dear, Where to start?!
Hey everyone,
Ok... I am in a bit of a jam here and I was hoping to
get some feedback from some of you with appropriate
experience in the field of network security and policy development.
I am an senior at RIT studying (essentially) systems adm
rs by using VLANs.
This is going to patience and time as the song goes.
Good luck
Des
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From: Steve Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 25 June 2003 12:56
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Subject: Oh Dear, Where to start?!
Hey everyone,
Ok... I am in a bit of a jam here and
Chris Meidinger
Tullastrasse 70
79108 Freiburg
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Hey everyone,
Ok... I am in a bit of a jam here and I was hoping to
get some fee
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Okay wow,
Sounds like your in a mess of trouble...
For policies, I recommend reading http://www.sans.org/resources/policies/
this will give you a great start.. this is what most of my policies are
based off, and I've yet to run into any trouble with them.
Next
anjay
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From: Steve Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:56 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Oh Dear, Where to start?!
Hey everyone,
Ok... I am in a bit of a jam here and I was hoping to
get some feedback from some of you with appropriate
experience i
> So basically, if you had to start from nothing, where
> would you start first?
A good place to start would be
http://www.sans.org/resources/policies/
Has policy information, links, and sample policies...
> wouldnt be so bad normally I guess, but there is
> virtually no budget allocated to h
Steve,
I would start with looking at ISO17799.
Jessica
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From: Steve Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:56 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Oh Dear, Where to start?!
Hey everyone,
Ok... I am in a bit of a jam here and I was hoping to
Hey everyone,
Ok... I am in a bit of a jam here and I was hoping to
get some feedback from some of you with appropriate
experience in the field of network security and policy
development.
I am an senior at RIT studying (essentially) systems
administration. My main focus and priority has been
comp
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