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At home network lab
I'm looking to expand my knowledge in the networking field. It interest me and I would like to have a job managing servers and being able to set everything up. I recently got my A+, and I know I'm just a beginner when it comes to networking, but I like learning about networking related topics. And I would like a home lab…
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Unsure about IT career.
Hello, I have both the Sec+/Network+ certificate, and would like to know in someones experience what sort of job can I get with these two certs, or do I need something more. I kind of don't feel like IT is really my thing anymore, and want to really understand from someones perspective what it's like working as an IT…
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IPAM windows server 2012 RC2 Any good?
Has any one got this running in a production environment? Just wondering what its like for IP address management compared to some of the more established players, and if there is any user base at all around using it.
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Network montior tool
Hi i am looking for a Network montior tool that i can fire up any time and see what type of traffic is going to and from where and how much it is slowing down the network. I am fine with buying some thing. Please advice on what you use. Thanks
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Zero Day Exploit: Every Version of Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer bug lets hacker control your PC - Apr. 28, 2014 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/zero-day-internet-explorer,news-18697.html No version of IE is safe from the threat; oo joy!
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1800 posts in nearly 10 yrs
This post makes 1801 and i just noticed 1800 with the prior post. so thinking in the 10 yrs I have been here seen amazing growth, made some friends and earned a few certs.
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EMC Isilon Simulator free
Saw this on twitter this morning. Good stuff if you want to play around. Personally I think NetApp should make theirs free as well. Great learning tools. I'm not an EMC or Isilon customer nor have I used this yet so YMMV. http://lnkd.in/bs6J-Da
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Firewall - Am I Thinking Correctly?
At work we are getting ready to move away from one product to another and this has opened up a bit of a can of worms as it were. Basically, the idea is we will have a server at eight different locations (completely different networks all unrelated to each other) who will need to connect to us in order to send data. We need…
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Recommendation for Access Server for a Network Rack?
So I've got all of my Cisco routers/switches out of storage and gonna put them in a rack, where they belong. As my last job, we had access servers, such as ones made by MRV Communications (see this example here), where I believe I had a physical connection via serial port to this and from there could get access to devices…
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Best way to setup traffic utilization logging on a router?
I am tasked with setting up logging of traffic utilization that will be expected to run probably for several days to analyze slow dips in a customers network, and I'm wondering if anyone has experience in this that could suggest any particular method? I found something on configuring netflow on the router, and configure…
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IXIA IxNetwork In Our Lab / Test Network
Hey! I've recently been tasked with learning, standardizing, documenting & fully operating the IXIA ixexplorer, ixchariot and ixnetwork tools for my companies R&D labs and test data centers. Very $$$ tool, very fun. I'm a Senior Network guy tasked with being the SME for our network validation (pre-sales, post-sale),…
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Target Hires Top Security Consultant
Interesting News..... Target hires top security consultant - San Antonio Business Journal
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tax deductions?
Are lab gear and courses tax deductible? I am not a business owner, but I am a full time student at the moment. My plan is to purchase CCNA Sec/CCNP lab gear and enroll in the elearnsecurity course. If I could claim these on my taxes it would be great.
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Strange issue pinging a remote device
Hi can any one explain this? I have set up a remote wireless access point that I am trying to manage via its WLAN interface. (this works for other similar devices) So I cant ping it from my desk top so I tried from the core switch (router for the two networks in question) ASH_6506#ping 172.20.255.110 Type escape sequence…
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OpenLDAP replication help
Disclaimer: my Linux skills SUCK! I'm playing with Symas OpenLDAP on Ubuntu 14.04 and trying to get replication working. I can't for the life on me figure this out. Looking at OpenLDAP Software 2.4 Administrator's Guide: Replication. It says to add the following lines to slapd.conf on the provider: overlay syncprov…
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Free MS win8.1 Security Class
Looks kinda cool: Defense in Depth: Windows 8.1 Security
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IT Response Wheel
I could use one of these! IT Service Desk Wheel Of Responses | Geeks are Sexy Technology News
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Welcome To The Internet Helpdesk
There seems to be quite a few new people on the forums these days looking to get into the IT field. This is how it works:D Welcome To The Internet Helpdesk - Official Version - YouTube
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References
Would just like some of your thoughts on my scenario. As I've been applying for positions recently, 3-5 references seems to be a normal request during the application process. I work in a Help Desk position and my boss (Network Administrator) is the only other IT person in the organization. Coming up with 3-5 professional…
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Another Vet looking to becoming a Civilian again
Hello everybody, I took a long break from this site as well as my studies after achieving my A+, N+ and CCENT while on my second tour in Afghanistan, now I am back at home getting ready to go to Korea... Right now I am in the middle of some life decisions, but I do know after this next adventure I am done with the Service.…
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Anyone have any issues registering at promtric?
I am trying to register a profile and have filled everything out, but it wont let me register, it just goes back to the original page with all my information. I have tried IE and chrome and both fail, wtf! I make sure everything is filled out before i hit next too, wtf
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PluralSight
My company just gave me a membership to PluralSight, and it seems there are absolutely tons of courses on here... Does anyone have any experience with PluralSight? What's your opinion about it? Pros/Cons? Thanks in advance!
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Linux job market heats up
Linux job market heats up | ZDNet Good time to have Linux skills!
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LinkedIn's groups
Are you member of a group where actually there are discussions rather than blog links?
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Knowledge Base for Cisco Networking equipment.
I've pondered this repetitiously. I have wondered if their is a knowledgebase for various issues on installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Cisco routers/switches of various models. Kind of like Microsoft TechNet which helps technicians out in resolving various windows issues. I'm not asking for strictly an official…
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Python For Network Engineers 10-Week Program
Sorry if this has been posted already, so please close if it has. A couple of CCIEs got together, including Ethan Banks from Packet Pushers, to organize a 10 week python training program for network engineers. The first week email was recently sent out and I must say I am very impressed. The emails contain hidden youtube…
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Alternative to Google Maps
Been at this problem for over a week and haven't quite found a solution. Currently we have a Google Map that drops pins showing where people are when they try to log in. This was provided by a vendor for demo purposes and management just loves it. The problem is the vendor doesn't want to continue to pay for it as it was…
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What is the content of a final paper?
I just passed the first phase of an ISACA event in which the winner is going speak at a conference. In the second phase, I have to provide them with the final paper of my presentation, but as I have never sent a paper to any CON I don't know what is the expected content. Is that an index? a description about everything?
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Solorwinds
Any one use it, any thoughts? I was liking the look of it for a medium scale deployment, but does any one have horror stories using it, it looks nice and stright forward interface and moduler so only get what you need. Just doing my homework and market research before I add it to the short list. Cheers
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Scariest fact about Hitachi HUS-VM SANs ...
... must be the OS the internal Management Software runs on
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VLSM in BIND DNS reveser look up zones?
Can any one help me with configuring reverse look up zones in Bind that are non class full? I created an entry in named.config zone "0/19.x.x.x.in-addr.arpa" { type master; file "zone.0-19.x.x.x.in-addr.arpa"; allow-query { any; }; }; and the file is just a copy of another reverse zone with out any hosts in it. I can load…
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Apple's 802.11AC Airport Extreme/Time Capsule needs updating for HeartBleed
Apple Fixes Heartbleed Bug in AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule For those that have those devices, just an FYI.
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2014 dbir
Enjoy! http://www.verizonenterprise.com/DBIR/2014/reports/rp_Verizon-DBIR-2014_en_xg.pdf
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Geeks are so funny!
I love the comments from George Takei! Dear Geeks: You Are Hilarious - Business Insider
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Any recommendations for Key Mapping Software?
I was wondering if anyone could recommend some freeware or cheapware to remap a few keys on my keyboard. Thanks!
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Cat 5/6 Ethernet cabling
Hi guys, i'm wanting to practice making my own ethernet cables with a crimping tool I just bought and some RJ45 connectors for £3.95 on Ebay (steal!). What's the difference between Cat5 and Cat6 cabling apart from performance, are they different in how you make them at all? Thanks
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Very odd verisign issue
Hello, I have been looking at an issue at work with a verisign certifcate we have. Basically when our iPads connect to the internal wireless network and browse to a interal web page that is signed with a verisign cert it rejects it (says it can't be verified etc) yet if I connect to the external wifi it will go to same…
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1 core runs at 100% ASA842 in GNS3 Help bring it down
I just got my ASA running in gns3 but 1 core runs at 100%. I can't aford to damage my PC, any known fix? Thank you
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Best Practices Anyone?
Hello TE, I am moving into a role that deals with Business intelligence and Best Practices. Anyways, my job will primarily be finding best practices, both for internal use (Applying it against our company) and applying it against our clients (close ports, reset default router passwords, enforce password expiration, etc).…
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"This computer can't verify the identity of the RD gateway"
MS strikes again. Today I'm trying to help a relative access her work computer via RDP after their DC was upgraded to either 2008 or 2011 Small Business Server. Upon Trying to RDP, I get the message "This computer can't verify the identity of the RD Gateway <hostname>. It's not safe to connect to server that can't be…
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Knows blogs accepting posts
Do you know known blogs about information security that are accepting new entries from others as contributions?
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Breaking the RAID... Help
I have two raid contoller cards. Both arrays are setup with raid 0. I want to break the raid and have the drives show up as individual drives with no raid. Is this something that can be done with the contoller cards? I feel this is something simple but Im just not getting it.
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Job/Work Question - Internal Promotion
Recently I applied for a position in my department that is one level above me and feel pretty confident that I'll get the job. I've been with the company 8yrs (3yrs in my current position). That being said I also know what the pay range was for this level 2 position back in 2010 and I have a feeling that it might be the…
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Are satellites layer 2 devices?
Hi Everyone, Besides orbiting the planet and having solar panels, are communications satellites considered layer3 or 2 devices? Do they do 'smart' routing? Just wondering.
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Google Glass and corporate policies
For those in InfoSec positions (especially those higher up in the chain who deals with policies): Have you guys started writing policies for your workplace for Google Glass yet? If so, want to share what you are doing (banning it completely or creating acceptable policy, etc.)? If you haven't thought about it yet, I urge…
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Finally! Fixed a Nagios Issue
This has been burning me for literally months and today I finally "fixed" it! The issue I ran into was when testing to see if an external server was up. Obviously, a simple ping would do it, but a number of the servers block ping. Nagios has a command (check_tcp) which allows you to designate a port to check to see if it…
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Auto truncate file names?
I have a user with a 10 GB my docs folder that contains many file names over 260 characters, which is making backing it up almost impossible. Anyone have any ideas on how to cut these names down with a script of some kind?
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Is electricity part of Networking?
We have a course in my program (Networking) called Electricity for computer systems. It teaches about watts, current, decibels, resistors, etc. My question is, will this stuff come back again when I'm on the job? Or is this even related to the Networking field?
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Tales from the helpdesk....
I thought it would be interesting to share some stories from your helpdesk/hardware troubleshooting experiences. I have only been in this situation about 2 months but I already feel like I have "seen it all" lol. I just had a ticket request for "a new keyboard, as this one has had a liquid spilled in it". Device location:…
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Developing an interest for Computer Networking
Hi, How do you develop an interest for the subject in general ? What are some good basic books, websites, videos etc. that help develop a taste and insight(s) for/into it ? Any input would be highly appreciated. Thank You :)
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Microsoft Abandons Windows 8.1:Take Immediate Action Or Be Cut Off Like Windows XP
Err what Microsoft Abandons Windows 8.1: Take Immediate Action Or Be Cut Off Like Windows XP - Forbes
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Favored Linux Distro?
I started using Kali for an ethical hacking class I'm taking at my college. In my Linux classes we used the Fedora and Ubuntu distros to learn Linux sys admin. I eventually want to install a Linux distro on one of my extra laptops to keep up those skills and wanted an opinion as to which is your preferred distro and why.
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Any Synack researchers?
I read an article the other day and stumbled upon www.synack.com, a crowd-sourced vulnerability assessment/penetration testing start-up. Pretty much (as I understood it. I was in a hurry), they have a private community of security professionals that have access to a bulletin board which says what is allowed to be attacked,…
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Next-Gen Advertisements
Has "digital paper" finally arrived?
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Runtime '6' overflw Error Windows 7
Hello, This one has me baffled a bit. I need to install this older (2011) program to a Windows 7 Pro SP2 x64 PC, and as soon as the installation starts I get a Runtime '6' overflow error. I have this program working on multiple PC also running the same version of Windows. I've check around, and all of my searches send me…
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Social Engineering book recommendation?
Which books do you recommend? Beside the Art of Human Hacking.
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Heartbleed affects some Cisco and Juniper Routers
Now this is interesting Heartbleed Affects Routers, Too
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collaboration and project tracking apps
I am looking into collaboration/project tracking apps for a team, and would like to get some input on what do you guys use. Have you used or still use any of the bellow ?* https://www.azendoo.com/ * https://www.kona.com * https://trello.com/ * https://www.dobambam.com I need to ensure that projects don't fall of the wagon…
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How many of you still do programming?
I am an infosec professional working largely in a SOC enviroment, my daily duty is to monitor for traffic, both in compliance and attack, as well as to document the procedures down for investigation, explanation and analysis for both audit and understanding purposes. Recently I had decided to move back to programming due…
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Guess someone at Dropbox was too keen
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Sysadmin & DBA
Hello everybody, I will be graduating college soon and hope to get into the work force once I get out. At the moment I would like to work as a sysadmin or DBA. I know these are not typically entry level positions. They are positions I would like to aim for in the future. Right now I'm taking a class that is helping me…
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Critical OpenSSL Vuln
Not good: Heartbleed Bug
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Any recommended reading material for User Stories?
Kind of a niche request, I was curious if anyone on this forum has read a book that they felt was solid about User Stories. If this is too niche, software requirements gathering and design would be great. I was thinking about going to my local library and seeing if they had anything related to this. Thanks!
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Sourcefire Acquired by Cisco
Pretty interesting news for those of us in security. It'll be interesting how they integrate them into their current security offering.More info: Cisco Completes Acquisition of Sourcefire - Cisco Systems Edit: I just heard about this, maybe this is old news...
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Debugging Windows
So I'm trying to learn how to debug Windows and analyze **** files, but I'm have trouble understanding symbol table files. Does anyone have a simple explanation?
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So I bought a new laptop
I decided to completely ditch Apple computers. Sold my Mac mini and Macbook within a week of each other. If anyone cares to know why just ask and I'll explain. Moving along ... I bought an HP Envy 15-j171nr. If you look at the specs on that page is makes no mentioned of an SSD, nor does it give an SSD option in the build…
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Kaspersky Cyberthreat Real-time Map
I put this up on an overhead monitor where I work because it looks cool (plus there was space). http://cybermap.kaspersky.com/
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NewEgg Global Store - Now shipping to the UK & Australia...
Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, LED LCD TV, Digital Cameras and more! Thousands of Newegg Products Now Available in the United Kingdom and Australia | Newegg Unscrambled I had a check around for some products and they didn't have a lot in stock for the UK and when they did - when you include…
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CVE-2014-0160 ( HeartBleed bug)
There was a new vulnerability posted recently pertaining to OpenSSL. The attack will allow a remote attacker to read up to 64kBytes of system memory from your system per attack attempt. The attack works against servers as well as against clients. Sadly yahoo.com and even Eff.org are vulnerable. Here is a site to test if a…
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Kickstarter Anyone used?
So I was looking for pet food when I somehow stumbled on this website called kickstarter. Its a crowd funding website, anyone ever use it? Its kinda cool how you can basically try and fund anything.. This is the site I landed on lmao pet treats made with CRICKETS!…
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Vishing attack at work
Yesterday I received a funny phone call. I answered it like any other call I get at the help desk. It went as follows (not exactly word for word but very close): "IT this is Ronnie" "Yes this is the computer guy. I've been helping you with your computer for the past few months." "I'm sorry, who are you looking for?" "I'm…
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Veeam Replication
What is the difference between a Veeam Backup and Veeam Replication? I know that a Veeam backup is a backup of the entire VM but I'm confused about that is replication backup.
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Question about XP updates
So the day has come, XP dies today! However, does it mean that older updates cannot be installed anymore? That is, is Microsoft closing the updates repository?
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Need some quick iPad network settings help!
I have a client that is having some trouble with browsing speeds using their iPads. For troubleshooting I need to be able to statically set the DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 but also keep the IP address as DHCP. I know I can do this in Windows but does anyone know how to do it with an Apple device (specifically iPad)?
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My Computer is being HACKED
I transferred money into my bank account and within 20 minutes it was gone. I called the fraud department and they replaced it instantly. Less than 24 hours later it was taken again. What can I do to make sure I am not being stalked and hacked and prevent it from happening again?
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Bill gates the Post Miicrosoft years.
When he was running Microsoft I often wondered what really drove Gates, just a need to make more money, beat his rivals or just to be be the best tech firm. But even before he left in 2006 I was starting to warm to him as I read more and more about his charity work and donations. In this TED talk Bill and Melinda talk a…
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Free Virtual Desktop
Could anyone tell me what they think is the best free 'virtual desktop', and why?
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Best IT/Technology Magazines (paper/digital)?
Which IT/Technology magazines (paper/digital) do you guys subscribe to and like the most? why?
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Cisco Live 2014 - San Francisco....Who's going?
Anybody going to be at Live in SF in a few weeks? I got the word that work is sending me. I'm pretty excited as it's my first convention, and I'd be interested in meeting people from the forums in person, if they are going to be there as well.
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Out of hours work
I was curious if anyone in the US worked for German companies. Or if any one here works in EU countries that have similar labour restrictions about working out-of-hours. In the US, the concept of banning out-of-hours work is exceedingly rare unless you are a union or non-exempt employee. But I was recently wondering if any…
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SAM Database files (Windows server / systems)
Hello All, I am trying to refresh my memory on something. In Active directory when users gets created and all that their passwords are hashed and stored in the SAM database file. To my knowledge when Windows is online you cannot move or edit this file at all because the file system protects it. Could you view it as a…
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Question about VPN
Lets say if i connect to my company's cisco ASA firewall via remote access VPN. Am i using their ISP connection? For example we have 100/10 mbps line and i have 15/5 mbps line for my home connection. Am i going to be getting 100/10 mbps throughput?
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Cisco Live 2014: Thoughts, suggestions, etc.
Has anyone attended this event in the past and if so, what are your suggestions in regards to this? Is it worth the price to take this trip? Thanks! I have heard that you can take a free test on-site? Can anyone confirm or deny this? Cisco Live US 2014 - San Francisco, CA - May 18-22, 2014 | Networking Event | Network Event
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Accepted a new position!
I know I've been quiet here due to having so much going on, and it has really panned out. Yesterday I accepted a new position. I'm extremely excited to be a senior cryptographic analyst with National Security Agency! I feel extremely fortunate and, frankly, a little surprised. The truth is, I was slightly underqualified.…
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OneNote
I am using OneNote as my printer/ notebook. However, when I print to it, the copy doesn't show active links from the original. I am having to copy and paste the link from the site. Is there something I can do when printing to OneNote that will make the links live?
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UNMAP on Thin ISCSI disks on Server 2012R2 necessary ?
Just wondering if there is such as thing as UNMAP on ISCSI targets located on Server 2012R2 ? I am not using it at the moment so I cannot really check the status via ESXi ...
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Speed reading and memorisation training
Just wondering if as done any of these courses or training methods.. Did it work and has it helped you in life and in particular with your studies? I just got the 'become a super learner' course on udemy for 35$ and am going to give it a crack over the next few months to help me with retention of information.
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Security Conventions 2014
Is anyone planning to attend any conferences this year? If so, what training will you be taking?
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Microsoft OneNote 2010
Could someone please tell me how to make OneNote my default printer?
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Use Case Diagram help
Hi guys, I am drafting up my first use case diagram and need to know if it is correct. It is for a music collection library app that allows users to add, delete, edit and search their music collection. They will only be one user managing their music collection. I have attached a copy of what I have done so far.
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Open Source Concerns
I work for a state agency and as with most state governments funding is always an issue. Now, we're a bit of a special case as we aren't funded by tax dollars, but funding is still an issue. We're doing some big things and honestly open source software is the reason we can. The concerns that have been creeping into my head…
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Best way to mitigate a cryptolocker virus on a file server?
Just curious if anyone had real world experience or recommended articles. Thanks
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Python...LOVE IT!
For the first time at work they are looking to automate basically everything we do. Our current project involves a lot of pieces, but once completed the insight we'll gain will be game changing (as noted by our consultant, if successful we will have done something no one else does). For my part, I needed to write a program…
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Looking for some networking forums
So what do you guys recommend? Right now I work help desk, but it is 80% network administration, 20% help desk calls, so quite a variety that I love. The lead lets me do little projects as I see fit so I am looking for input. Right now, I'd love to setup Snort on a Linux box and run that on the network to see what is going…
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High bandwidth (1-2gb+) IDS
Anyone running IDS on links that sustain 1.5gb+? If so, what are you using? Thanks much!
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Anyone read BOFH?
Original stories can be found at Bastard Operator From Hell Official Archive with the newer ones on The Register: Sci/Tech News for the World Only stumbled across it recently and working my way through the old ones, quite funny.
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Masters Degree in Computer Networking?
Before I proceed with my questions I figured it would be wise for me to share a bit of my background with you all. I am a Computer Science major at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX and I am projected to graduate this May 2014. I have become very interested (thanks to a friend) in computer networks (hardware…
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Unblock-Us
Has anyone used Unblock-Us? I'm looking to use it to get around the MLB "blackouts". It's only $5/month and I don't have cable...plus MLBtv is subject to the blackout rules so I couldn't watch the O's game last night even when the stadium is 2 miles down the road
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Server Wiring Hell
My apologies if this has been posted before. Server Room Cabling Hell: 15 of the Worst Server Wiring Jobs Ever!
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Exhange Server
In case we have to rebuild our Exchange Server, where can I find the CALS? Can I view it somewhere? Any help is much appreciated We are running 2008 server R2