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Bits sysadmins should know
Bits sysadmins should know is a great article, should be read by anyone interested in a career as a sysadmin as well as those already in the industry. I sub to the site and the other articles are worth a read/watch too.
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New GNS3 v1.0 is out
For all of you that paid for it, it's out and available to try :) Though it's probably not a great sign that it crashed as soon as I loaded it for the first time
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Want to become a successful cyber-criminal? Get an MBA....
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/05/29/want-to-become-a-successful-cybercriminal-get-an-mba/
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PHP on IIS 7.5 problem
So I've been given the task of migrating all web applications on Windows 2003 servers onto one single Windows 2008 server. I need to migrate a PHP based application, IPPlan to be specific, some of you might know what it is. So I installed PHP on the server and created the application pool. I am able to open the default…
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Just got an ipv6 address from TWC today
I'd never thought that TWC was ever going to roll out ipv6 anytime soon. I noticed earlier today that my router rebooted. I decided to check out what was going on and behold I now have a public ipv6 address. I just went to a ipv6 connectivity test website and it confirmed that I now have public ipv6 connectivity! I did get…
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Avaya to be a big runner up to Cisco?
I don't know if this is a rumor or not, but as some may know, Juniper is the big one trying to get out there these days, offering free vouchers to certain companys' employees (And with a cheap voucher price as well). I've heard a few things here and there about Avaya potentially becoming another in the network…
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Kindle vs Books
Hi, not sure if this has been asked before but studying for my mcitp and my books are piling up. does anyone know if you can get these on a kindle as it would be SOOOOO much more convenient. if so what kindles do you guys use...looking to get one if this is an alternative
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Good article on why you hate work
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/opinion/sunday/why-you-hate-work.html?_r=0&referrer= I found this to be fairly interesting. Hope you enjoy.
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Do you expect to enter the 4G network time?
Do you expect to enter the 4G network time? 4G network will affect our lives? What affets can 4G network take us?
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Vmware certified IT Academy in toronto
Anybody know any certified academy by vmware who offer vshpere 5.5 course . or anybody know abt Private Career College Mississauga and Toronto | Private Career College thanks
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Transparent Firewall help...
Ok so I have a question hopefully someone can help me with. We are upgrading one of our sites internet connections to a T1 from a traditional cable connection. With this we need to purchase our own router to translate the T1 (1941 already purchased). My question is would the easiest way be to setup the firewall in…
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secure remote access help
Need some help. Done searches on google for this type of stuff but am unable to come up with a solution. I want to be able to remotely access (not remotely control) my home PCs from the company I work for as well as other places which may or not have secure networks. So basically I'm using another PC which doesn't belong…
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deja vu all over again..laid off!
I am trying not be so aggravated about this.. Anyway, the contract between the Army and my work got modified. Among the many things that got modified was my job! I wish they could have realized this 7 months ago when they advertised for the job. Back pounding the pavement.
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SCSI hard drive question
Can a hard drive that has been degaussed be formatted and have a new os installed on it or is it trashed?
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To consolidate or not consolidate is the question
I remember giving advice ( or actually my opinion ) a few weeks back on whether to consolidate or not. For example - If you worked for a place for 5 years and kept changing roles, year to year would you list your last job title and roll up your years of service into one job or break them out? I don't think there is a hard…
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Automation Nation
Anybody at Automation Nation in Orlando want to meet up for a beer tonight?
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Help with IP camera
Hi I'm getting myself a fairly cheap IP camera from foscam and have read that it is possible to use programs like ispy and yawcam to upload images on motion detect to the likes of dropbox. This would need the PC to also be powered on As I'm energy efficient and don't leave my PCs on when i leave home, does anyone know of a…
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script for domain trust relationship??
Hi, Does anyone know of a script (preferably with powershell) that when we add a PC to the domain that it will use the admin/password automatically, thus always having a constant trust relationship. We just had a guy quit, so now we're getting a bunch of trust issues on the PC's he added to the domain. Thanks!
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Ideas for Graduation Project.
Hi All, I need Ideas for my Graduation Project, I am studying in the Arab Open University / The Open University, my Major is computer science. The project should be a desktop application as I already know some VB.net I was thinking about doing an IT asset management system, but this type of projects have been done many…
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If you are a maintenance staff, when you see this scene, how would you feel?
If you are a maintenance staff, when you see this scene, how would you feel?
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Not to familiar with Python
I am currently enrolled in a Data Science course through Coursera. I will be using SQL and R which I am familiar with, however I am not very familiar with Python. Does this seem a bit much for a entry level data science course? Anyway from what I can tell Python doesn't look to bad. Reminds me of VB a little. I am using…
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.ninja TLD opens today
Go get your new .ninja domain - still a bunch left.
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Reliable email provider
Was wondering which email providers people use here. Gmail has the most ugly user interface I've ever seen and I'm looking for a good alternative. outlook.com seems interesting, any thoughts?
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Best books about ESB/ SOA's
I learn from reading so what are the best books on designing a ESB/SOA? -Phil
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Current Events in IT
How do you keep up with current events in IT? So many options out there. I use a combination of twitter, rss feeds, newsnow.net, and some other random websites.
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Monitoring Tools
We currently use Host Monitor as our monitoring tool at work. We would like to add a new one that will be installed on a Linux server and free if possible. I was just wondering what you guys use at work or what you have used in the past that worked great for you.. looking for suggestions :D
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Do you use custom email for personal use?
Increasingly, I see more people using emails like john.doe@john.doe.com or me@john.doe.com and the like. I'm wondering whether you're using this kind of custom email (@name), or still you're relying on Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo... for personal use. If you have you own domain, why are you using it? What benefits do you have…
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Exclusive: U.S. companies seek cyber experts for top jobs, board seats
Interesting story, I think the change in thinking is long past due I just hope expectations are kept realistic. Exclusive: U.S. companies seek cyber experts for top jobs, board seats
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Truecrypt
Strange things are afoot with truecrypt: “TrueCrypt is not secure,†official SourceForge page abruptly warns | Ars Technica
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Is Cisco Back (as an enterprise security leader)?
Is Cisco Back (as an enterprise security leader)? Of particular interest to me: "Cisco is also jumping into the managed security services market with both feet. For example, it now offers a big data security analytics managed service for incident detection, investigations, and forensics. While Cisco uses a physical Hadoop…
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Need suggestions on an anonymous employee feedback system.
One of the lines of business I support wants to have a mailbox or system set up to receive anonymous employee feedback. They don't want to use an outside survey vendor, they want an in-house solution. I can't meet all of the requirements because they also want the feedback to be anonymous from system/network admins and I…
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Apple confirms it's 3 billion deal for beats electronics
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/technology/apple-confirms-its-3-billion-deal-for-beats-electronics.html?_r=0 Wow - speechless and interesting at the same time.
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Certification Logos on Business Cards
I am thinking about starting an IT consulting business, and was wondering what are your opinions on putting certification logos on the business cards. Is it even worth it to place the CCENT along the CCNA logo? My general design would be to place the Cisco logo/s first, then CompTIA, and when I get Microsoft certified I…
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Configuring 5510 ASA with TP-Link and Dynamic IP Address
Hi all, This is a first time for me I have only worked with static IP addresses before. And, you can say I am not as keen as most of the networking guys/girls in here. But, I am studying a lot and trying to figure it out. This is for a flat network of 192.168.10.101-200 (workstation scope) name-server 192.168.10.100 I have…
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Who's going to buy Google Glass today?
Today only, for $1500! https://glass.google.com/getglass/shop/glass I want the tangerine one.
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Student checking in, Need advice enrolled in BTM Program
Hello! First time poster was referred to this site from a friend. I am not sure if I am wasting my time in this program or not to secure a junior IT/systems analyst/business analyst job in the future, but currently enrolled in "Business Technology Management Program" over in a University in Ontario. The job prospects are…
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Is it me or does Cisco Products have star wars references during a boot?
I was booting up a WS-X45-SUP6-E and noticed the name of the controllers looked like star wars references. I noticed it on other models as well. Are the Cisco software developers naming internal hardware after the star war universe? ex: Darkside controller 0x0B46ED76..0x0B47D128 original size:0x00012092# Tatooine…
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Crystal Reports
Hey guys, I may be starting a new position soon, and they use Crystal Reports for their database software. Does anyone have any experience with this, and if you do could you point me in the right direction as how to go about teaching myself this software. Thanks for your help, Gene
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VMware Partner Central woes
Does anyone know how to assign a person to a partner to gain access to his / her certifications / accreditations etc. ? I know you can add a user, or a user signs up to your company, using an email address with that particular TLD. Following scenario Company Wibble hires Random John. Random John got an email address…
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Need help with Office 365
I am using the trial version of the SMB suite and i am having trouble setting it up on my outlook. I looked online and couldn't find any resource that would help me. What i am trying to do is setup my office 365 email on my outlook 2010. I am using microsoft's default domain that they give you ("onmicrosoft.com"). Do i…
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TFTP server connection issue
Alright guys so this is the sitrep: Doing an IOS ver 15 upgrade. I did a copy tftp flash on a 3750X and had the copy no problem (Using Solarwinds' TFTP server). Now, I am attempting the same thing on a 3750V2 and I am able to get a copy for about 5 minutes, and then in the middle of it, I get a Timed out message before the…
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What if...
Imagine the following scenario, for the next 365 days all of your responsibilities, bills, everything, are handled. You are given unlimited energy and focus and told you can learn whatever you want over the next 365 days. You are given access to any class, and any person you need to support your learning. What would you…
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Follow-Up to my What If Question
So many of you answered my Thread on "What If?". My follow-up question is, what are the three things, that are holding you back from doing the What If scenario you posted about? For me, it's* ADHD and lack of focus * No clear end goal in mind * Lack of clear prioritization.
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NMap
Hey, does anyone know where I can buy Frydor's NMap book in eBook format? Amazon doesn't have it but I don't want to carry it around with me. And yes, I do know about the MAN pages in the NMap program, just wanted the printed reference book in eBook format, ANY format (pdf/mobi/epub) is fine...
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Thoughts on deep diving into one area or spreading out?
I have asked this question in the past, but instead of digging up a post from 2011, I thought I would bring back up the topic. I realize there is no one set answer for this, but I was curious to gather the opinions from the TE community. Some variables come into play IMO* Where you are in your career * Attention span *…
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Can't Create Account for Prometric
Hello! I have been trying for hours to create an account to take my state license test on Prometric. I get to the page where it wants me to allow cookies and enable JavaScript and I do both of those things. I also have been using Internet Explorer each time. Then when I click create, it tells me that I'm using the correct…
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Pocket Tools?
What are some general pocket tools one would expect an IT Specialist or Desk side Tech to have on them at most times? What are some things that can prepare the tech for the environment? How should a desk side tech dress?
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How does one show they've gathered a lot of book and lab knowledge on a resume?
If the knowledge hasn't really been applied at their jobs yet and there are no certifications to speak of?
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Input Required: Primary Subgroups of IT
I had a spur of the moment idea about coming up with some data visualizations for the IT job industry. I'm trying to segment all of the different sub-groups of IT with as little overlap as possible. Please let me know if you can think of any more to add to the list. * Development * Database Management * DevOps * Help…
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Poor management of IT Security Team and Program.
I recently got a job as a security analyst in the Payment Card Industry. I work in a team of four, the work environment is fast paced and somewhat stressful. After being here for a month I can definitely say the manager has no plan where he wants to see the department in the next 2 years or so. We are due for a PCI audit…
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What keeps YOU up at night?
Edit, guess I should actually post the article- http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=2013&p=1 I read this article and want to know the opinions of others who are in the trenches. Do you agree with the authors stance on how understaffed InfoSec is? Do you think your in a company that's a ticking data breach time bomb?…
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What would make you leave your industry?
Another thread got me to thinking... what industry trends/regulations would make you quit your current job/switch to an different industry? (staying in tech, obviously, just supporting a different market) If tattoos were frowned upon, would you quit the entire industry, for example? What if you were required to wear a…
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Maltego Book
Today I installed and played with Maltego for about 20 minutes. Very nice product and I know I've only scratched the surface with it. Of course I went to see if there was a book and was disappointed to find there is literally only a book here or there with a chapter devoted to it. The product has been around for quite…
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Affordable Server motherboard (ATX / EATX)
I got a lot of spare E5520s and tons of 8GB DDR3 ECC Registered Dimms from decomissioned servers I could keep. Motherboards had to be given back so I am left with RAM, CPU, disks and raid card :p I had a look at Supermicro, as this is what we are using, but don't really fancy paying that much at the moment. Bear in mind -…
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So Why Import Foreign High-Tech Workers? (to America)
Interesting article that seems to be making some splash regarding immigration and visas for IT workers. I have seen it referenced on many websites along with articles referencing it the past few days. For those of you in the IT world I would love to hear your experiences or opinions. America Has More Trained STEM Graduates…
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Calculating hosts ip
Hello For some reason, I have to calculate a hostadress. I have for example4.0.0.0, and it is /eleven. I want to know the 1593th host of the eleventh subnet Can someone try to explain how i can calculate this.. I tried to read stuff about it, but can't find out how to calculate a host. Only how to calculate subnet,... /16…
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Checkpoint and dns lookups
Anyone know how Checkpoint products do their DNS lookups? Quite often I can look at a log, see an IP-name and then go do a lookup online and the name-ip pairings are different. so it will say a user visited google.com (191.32.16.2) when I do a lookup online of google.com it resolves to 74.125.228.199. So what is checkpoint…
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Is cbtnuggets a good learning source for Cisco exams?
If it's good, I'm considering to subscribe to it to enhance my Cisco exam preparation. Anyone here find that it's useful? Thanks in advance :>
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Surface Pro 3
Anyone watching the live stream? This thing looks ace. 12in screen/i7/800g. Looks like an incredible device. Would be great for an IT Pro.
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MPLS and VRF
I was told a couple of days ago that I need to familiarize myself with these protocols and that I will be using them at work within the next couple of months. I am going to take ICND2 next month and I am understanding EIGRP and OSPF pretty well already. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations for learning these new…
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Who Else Works on BAS or ICS Systems
At times I feel like to odd one out in the technology sector. Do any of you work on BAS or ICS systems? Bonus points if your focused on ITSEC related to BAS or ICS. -Phil
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Outlook 2013 Receiving new email issue
Hi All, I am stumped with an issue that is happening in Outlook 2013. I have a user who receives new email only when she closes and reopens outlook. After she reopens outlook, then all the emails she receives come in in bulk. I have tried recreating her profile, deleting her ost file and still the same issue. I have not…
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Image Deployment with SCCM fail at Emory University
Well maybe it wasnt so much of a fail but that it worked too well. start reading from the bottom Emory LITS: Information Technology | Windows 7 incident
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Leaving certifications off your resume that are active but not currently in use?
What are you thoughts on this? I find it interesting that you may at one time had a use for a certification which aligned with the role you had at one time. Now you are on job 3 since you certified and either the certification hasn't expired or doesn't expire, my question is do you keep it on your resume or omit the…
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Good items that you scored on the way to the ****?
I've think I've hit the jackpot this week. I got a hold of a Dell PowerEdge 1800 with two dual-core processors installed, 4 GB of ram , redundant power supplies, and 3 SCSI hard drives. It's not the latest and greatest, but with a bit of cleaning out, it looks almost new. I also got a few external hard drives. I first…
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Netflow Question
Quick netflow question. In what cases would you get a flow where the source and destination IP's are different, but the source and destination ports are the same? I have a theory, but was hoping someone could throw up a few alternatives as well.
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What's the longest you want to stay at a job?
I realize this is very subjective, but from your view point how long do you want to stay at a job? 1 year, 2 year, 3 year? I asked a similiar question a few months back but it in actuality it was very different. I asked what's the shortest you want to stay at a job and I believe most people said one year. So on the flip…
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Local Admin Frustration
I work at a company that is IT focused and has only been around for less than two years. We have been building the IT infrastructure and policies as we go, like building an airplane while flying it. Early on we had a lot of requests for Local Admin rights on machines because people said they needed it to do their jobs.…
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Windows Server Backup and corrupted backup catalog
Hello everyone, I'm getting extremely frustrated with this utterly useless piece of crap called Windows Server Backup. I did a backup of a Domain Controller running Windows Server 2008 SP2. The backup was saved on the network to \\nas\backup\WindowsImageBackup\DC. The folder contains a bunch of XML and VHD files. I can…
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VLANs not coming up after reboot (Nas4Free)
Here is a copy / paste of my post from their forums, maybe someone here can help me with this : I am new to NAS4Free, and FreeBSD in general, so maybe someone here can give me a pointer. I got a little bit of an issue. In installed Nas4Free on two physical servers. Each server is pretty much identical. Only difference is…
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Keeping Skills fresh!
So you just got certified or graduated from college however due to one reason or another you have not started work for about 6 months. This thread is for ideas that Texamians (<--- like the ring to that huh) can adopt to keep the technical skills fresh whether from CCNA, MCSE, CISSP, or BS Computer Science. My first idea…
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Comcast.....
....is killing me right meow. I just wanna know why my interwebs is so slow
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Resource Booking
Afternoon all... the company i work for has grown rapidly in the last 2 years. im now finding it difficult to keep tabs on everything that's borrowed (Laptops, Phones etc) what do you use in your company to manage pool hardware? thanks
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Mental Exercise in Ethics
I am relatively new to this forum, I have been a silent stalker for years but just recently decided to start participating. I am glad I have as the community has been great with advice and general know how. About a year ago I went down the path of being self employeed because of an issue I had with my former employer. I…
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What does your company use for privilege management?
I've been tasked with setting up privilege management. Right now all of our users have administrator rights. I've seen PowerBroker, but it's expensive. Any suggestions?
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IT Silos?
Is your org highly siloed in regards to IT? I know there is a tread to try to break down the IT silos, but anyone work for a place that has been successful in going from a highly siloed environment to one that is not? Had a meeting the other day with like 5-6 teams, all needed to kick off a small POC. Just seems like a…
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AD Password Expiration - script.
AD guru's. I'm not a guru of AD myself - I know A LOT about AD, but when it comes to scripting, I'm not that great. Does anyone know of any type of script I can run to find out when a particular AD account is going to expire? I'm running a mixture of 2003 and 2008, so it would be helpful if the command will run on both…
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Amalgamate free courses into a CS curriculum!
These nice folks have gathered free courses available into a near Computer Science degree: aGupieWare: Online Learning: A Bachelor's Level Computer Science Program Curriculum (Updated)
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Cyber Security related TED Talks?
Have you ever watched any TED Talk about information security? Post the link here.
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Do You Monitor Your Home Network?
So do you monitor your home network? If so to what extent? Full tilt? Netflow, IDS, etc?
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2 minute video on : Whats the future of the Internet ?
I have been asked to make a 2 minute video on what is the future of the internet for a role. I have to be imaginative and different from other candidate to wooo the recruiters. I am going to base the video on 1.Cloud computing/Virtualisation 2.IPV6: 3.Making our lives easier/ by being truly connected Any help would be…
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How do you find out what the session limit is like?
For example, is it possible to examine a packet in wireshark to figure out the session limit? IE when you go to a bank account, sign in if it will time out within a certain amount of time, usually within 10-15 minutes or less in the packet?
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Shipped voucher to wrong email
Hi everyone, Last night I finally got enough money to purchase my A+ voucher. I have been ready for this exam for over a year and a half, however, I just have not had the money. Well, I finally had the money last night and was beyond excited, ordered the voucher, but made a very careless mistake. Evidently I typed the…
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[Work Advice] Network Renovation: Collapsed Core
Hi all~ Our company has pretty much outgrown it's original network design and is looking to renovate it. At the moment, its 4~6 subnets are connected together by a FreeBSD router... This doesn't give us much flexibility in either L2 or L3... I'm hoping to introduce a collapse core design (with either HP IRF or VRRP) for…
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New Laptop!!
The wait is killing me. Gets here on Thursday ASUS G750-JX-9 Intel i7 4700HQ 2.40-3.40 GHz GTX 770m 3GB DDR5 32GB RAM(4x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD@ 7200RPM Other stuff that isn't relevant. FTW!
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Udemy 10.00 courses
Looks like Udemy has over 150 courses on sale for 10.00 each, with coupon code BEST10. Saw some Server 2012 training, CEH, Python for beginners, etc. If interested, check out link below:…
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Is your main computer a PC or a laptop?
Just wondering about what do you use mainly. In my case, it's a PC.
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Amateur pentester exploits client vulnerability, gets his door kicked in by FBI
This is why they say that the number one rule of pentesting is to get senior management approval in writing. In his words: How a whitehat hacked a university and became an FBI target | Ars Technica Basically, a guy who worked as a developer (for a company that had the University of Maryland as a client) realized that the…
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A Crisis of Confidence Among Security Pros
Would love to hear the community's thoughts on this article: Full story here.
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Course Review: Advanced Network Defense: ShowMeCon 2014
Hi all, i'm posting a day-by-day review of this course over at EthicalHacker.net i'd like to share it with you. It's posted over there, but in case you dont have an account over there (get one, you might win some free training like me ;) ) Feel free to comment and ask questions here.…
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Symantic: AV "dead" and "doomed to failure,"
Antivirus pioneer Symantec declares AV
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What kind of useful things can one create/automate with Powershell in a small office?
Greetings, I'm looking for any ideas in regards to anything I can have automated in a very small (20 person) office. I want to better familiarize myself with Powershell and scripting in general, so its more out of convenience/experimenting than necessity. Thanks!
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50-60% of all O'Reilly ebooks and videos
I'm not sure where the appropriate place to post this is, but O'Reilly is having a sale today on ebooks and videos. 50-60% off at O'Reilly Media - Tech Books, DRM-Free Ebooks, Videos. Deal expires at 7AM PST on May 7th, using code DRM2014. No Starch Press is also having a sale today, 50% off ebooks using code RIGHT2READ.
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Student loan forgiveness?
Hello All I am sure a lot of us have student loans, being a highly educated bunch of gents. Anyone have any info on student loan forgiveness? Recommendations? I have a good amount, and I am trying to find a way to pay off good ole Sallie Mae as quickly as possible. Thanks for your replies in advance!
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6 years and 1000 posts later
Well this will mark my 1000th post on techexams. I have to say that I still enjoy coming to this site and all the people on here. Here is to another 6 years and many more posts! I found this site looking for Linux+ questions to see who out of my co-workers and myself knew the most about Linux. I stayed because of the…
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Linux or Windows as main OS
Wanted to know what everyone here have as main OS i have been thinking of replacing windows for Linux but office still has no good alternatives Suggestions? Win inside of a vm running on Linux seems like too much of a hassle
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Considering buying Alienware laptop, any opinions or input?
My Asus N56JR is running into some graphics driver issues when cranking high end games, so I am thinking about exchanging it to get an Alienware 17, and wondering if there's any weird caveats or considerations with the laptop build. What is really attracting me is it is right in the starting range for laptops expandable to…
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Unable to get Network connection via Ethernet cable
Hi All, I currently have a Windows 7 machine with custom group policies. I'm trying to connect to the internet so I can download Windows updates. Right now, I can't get internet connection when I plug in the Ethernet cable -- The IPV4 Properties are sent to "Obtain an IP address automatically". Does anybody know the group…
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Banner/notification software solution
Does anyone use any kind of banner/notification software, e.g., that would display on a user's monitor? We have between 65 and 75 branches, and communicating is difficult in regards to outages, downtimes, other important notifications, etc. without bombarding users with oft-ignored emails. Just looking for ideas.
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Deploying Windows 7 image to multiple computers
Hey Guys, I currently have a computer with a certain group policy settings and applications. I need to copy an image of that computer and deploy it to 20 computers within the same LAN. What is the best way to go about this? I obviously can't have the same computer name and MAC address on 20 computers. Also, what will…