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FireEye acquires Mandiant
Source: Cybersecurity forces align as FireEye acquires Mandiant | Security & Privacy - CNET News
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connecting mails from 2 different servers that are connected by a router.
so i have 2 workstations on the first mail server and same 2 pc on the other mail server. each pcs connected are using the mail server. i can send/receive emails from pcs that is connected to the same server but i cannot seem to send an email from pc in the first server to the pc in the other server pls help me how to…
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Question about Exchange
It is recommended by Microsoft that the internal domain name is different from the external. I have a test lab where i have my internal domain name as globomantics.local and external as globomantics.com. The problem is that when outlook auto configures, it uses the domain .local. Is there a way i can use .com without…
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all on TE. Wishing you all a wonderful, prosperous and great 2014!
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Firewalls CLI or GUI?
I'm just getting into firewalls (ASAs) and I wondered about those of you who manage your own firewalls, do you use the CLI or GUI? As I'm learning I'm finding that whilst GUIs allow you to easily set stuff up but they also present you with too many options, which to me as a beginner are confusing as "I would prefer to know…
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Christmas gifts
Anyone get anything cool for Christmas? I got a few nice IT/INFOSEC related that I had on my Christmas list: * DNS and Bind by Liu and Albitz * We are Anonymous by Parmy Olson * Kingpin by Kevin Poulsen
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802.3ad fault tolerance?
Just though I'd check with the networking gurus out there. 802.3ad doesn't seem to actually failover if the speed of the links are different. I noticed I could ping out from the server but couldn't ping the server itself from another system but this could just be the result of the way our networking guys have things set…
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Via Twitter
SecurityRamblings.com: 2013 InfoSec Tweet Awards
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Wifi profile/password issue
Our wifi password here changes every 60 days. The issue I have with this is having to manually change it across many laptops and mobile devices. Users never remember how to do it. And the devices never tell you "your password is suddenly wrong, enter correct one" it just won't work unless you go into the profile in Windows…
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Have you guys ever had an ARP issue like this?
We have a Wireless Lan Controller with 6 APs attached to it. The WIFI in the building stopped working last week. Investigating it, I found that the IPs that belong to the WLC had the MAC address of a servers ILO port associated with it in our core switches ARP cache. I cleared ARP cache on the core and everything cleared…
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Need some advice on what to learn
I am trying to learn windows server since there are a lot of jobs that are looking for this skill in my state (NY). Should i learn Windows Server 2008 or Windows 2012?
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Any programs that hide information in disk sectors by marking the sectors as bad???
Hi, I am new to this forum. I am currently doing my Masters in Forensics. I am doing a analysis in fake bad sectors which are used for hiding information. Currently is there any automated tools or programs available for creating fake bad sectors and hiding the information or it needs to be done manually... Thanks in Advance
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Coding or IT Certs?
I'm deciding whether to focus on networking or programming (Python). I already have a technical support diploma and CCNA but no programming experience. Long term, what would be the pros and cons of each?
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the_Grinch 1 Nagios 0
I've been placed in charge of getting monitoring up for various sites that we regulate. We are using Netflow and Nagios for this purpose. I had Netflow experience, so that wasn't a big issue (albeit I do have to deal with a ton of vendors to get everything setup). But Nagios I've never touched and aside from knowing what…
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Signs of a script kiddie
So I was reviewing some IIS logs for a customer and noticed some attempts at malicious activity...I got a chuckle out of the calling cards. 2013-12-17 03:15:51 X.X.X.X GET /w00tw00t.at.blackhats.romanian.anti-sec - 80 - 203.171.229.184 ZmEu 404 0 2 250 2013-12-09 01:40:59 X.X.X.X GET /muieblackcat - 80 - 37.77.7.238 - 404…
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sharing a folder in windows 7
hi friends i am facing a problem in windows 7 network. i have 10 computers all connected to wifi router and i have shared a folder. all the computer can see the share folder and exchange the files but only one computer when i try to access the shared folder the windows asks for the password ..... i have turned off the…
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Server room design
So my company is looking at moving and I need to come up with some rough estimates for what the new server room will cost. I’ve never built one from the ground up before and I don’t want to base much off of our existing room because it is so over-sized and poorly designed. This won’t need to be too big; there are currently…
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Question about Active Directory
What is the point of a Home drive if you can setup folder redirection?
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Serving my VMs?
Anyone have a good solution to serve up my VMware Workstation VMs over the LAN to a tablet running Windows 8.1? Ideally, I could access my lab VMs on the tablet, while someone else is using the VM host computer for something else. Doable? edit: I should clarify, I mean access them as if I was sitting at them, I know I can…
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How many combinations of 15 digits can me made?
Just some random thought surrounding the whole Target issue had me thinking about numbers. I believe the number was around 40M card numbers were compromised and I thought, "What if they had to cancel all of those and reissue cards to that many people? What eventually becomes of those card numbers and how big is the pool of…
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RDP Issues
HELP! I am having some strange issues with RDP on a specific computer. I am a Local admin on all computers used in this situation. I have elevated access rights on all computers allowing for RDP (domain). However, when I remote into the PC in question from any other PC, the session terminates. This device is the only one I…
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What are the roles/features that you would normally configure in an AD environment?
Domain services, DNS, DHCP, DFS, Printer manager, GPO, Home drive, Documents folder redirect, share drive and dial in service . Am i missing something else? I am building a lab to learn Active Directory and to mimic a real life production network.
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Merry Christmas!
To those who have already had their Christmas, those currently going through theirs, and those os us in the states who still have a few hours to go. I hope the time spend with your loved ones was better than any gift they could have provided for you. Here's hoping 2014 is an awesome year!
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Blockless / Unblock-Us and the sorts
I am just wondering how that actually works. A client has approached us whether we would be able to offer a similar service as they need to simulate streaming connectivity coming from the US to the UK and they have used services like that and also virtual machines acting as proxy. They also rent virtual machines from us in…
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Target investagating data breach
Could be in the millions of cards exfiled: Sources: Target Investigating Data Breach — Krebs on Security
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Sguil for Windows
Is anyone familiar with this? I installed it last night, despite the documentation being extremely out of date, If anyone wants to shoot me instructions for makinga an online youtube video, i'd love to make a tutorial... Anyway, I can connect to the demo server, but I don't have any instructions for connecting Sguil to my…
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VPN Standards
At the company I work at now (a disaster recovery facility) I have to setup A LOT of business to business IPSEC VPN connections. I've created a document that I use a lot, and seems to really streamline the process of getting the tunnel up and going with little issue. Figured I'd throw it up here for anyone that would like…
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Level 2 support
So I'll be starting a new job in a few weeks that will involve using exchange 2010 and active directory and server 2008 which I don't have much hands on experience with. I'm looking to get a head start and start learning these technologies before I start. With the exams for those technologies I imagine there is a lot of…
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University of Illinois Blue Waters Super Computer - Pictures from Petascale Day!
On National Petascale Day (October 15) the University of Illinois Blue Waters Super Computer was opened to the public for limited tours. I thought I would share the pictures I took there that day. Apologies all of these pictures were taken with an iPhone 5. Upon entering the second floor of the facility where the computing…
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Draytek <-> Cisco VPN Query
Morning All, As I sit here in the middle of a nightshift, I am scratching my head regarding a problem with a Draytek <-> Cisco VPN where the Draytek is on a dynamic IP. I'm hoping someone can offer some pointers. So at one end I have a Cisco 837 on a static IP. At the other, a Draytek 2820 on a dynamic IP. The objective is…
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Your current security setup?
I started thinking again today, at setting up a multi-layered defense at home. Not out of any real need, but just a desire. I've always wanted to try out some good combos, combining software to make a near unbeatable home security combo. So does anyone have any suggestions? Security software reviews are out, so feel free…
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Auditing NTLM passwords?
Hey, what procedures are you all using in regards to auditing NTLM passwords for compliance? I have done some password cracking and I have a couple python scripts to help do some analysis, but I am struggling with the easiest, repeatable by less technical people, way to mange the process end to end. Something like the way…
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Cisco IP Phone 7960, help.
We have a closed network, 2 core switches, 2 firewalls, 5 servers. My management has recently planned to give the reception guards an IP phone, the reception is approx 300meters from the core servers. Although, there is a shack near by the front reception, we put a switch there, and ran a Cat6 cable to the reception,…
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SANS Holiday Challenge 2013
Well with someone of us slowing down at work, I thought this might be a fun exercise for some to do. SANS Network, IT Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking Training Courses Download the pcap, and analyse the data to answer these questions:
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Linkedin
HI. Long time Lurker who finally decided to post something for a change. I was thinking about posting a LinkedIn referral page. Long story short, I applied to a internship and was told I needed a LinkedIn page with about 20 people. Instead of randomly sending friend requests to about 7 billion people that I have and will…
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Just had fraudulent activity on my banking account.
This all happened within the last 30 minutes or so. I was at home watching basketball when I received an email notification on my phone from newegg.com thanking me for updating my shipping address. Immediately after, I received another email notification thanking me for my order. I recently had an order from newegg lost in…
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NSA's secret deal with RSA to get backdoor access.
From the latest Snowden leaks.. Exclusive: Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer | Reuters No wonder NSA just crack in everywhere. I wonder what this spells for the future of RSA?
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Cisco router connection problem
Dear all: This is my first post here.Hope can get my answer. I have a connected question about huawei switch and cisco router.This is the case: my broader router is cisco 2900, I just bought 2 units Huawei switch S3700. Huawei s3700 switch uplink to cisco 2900 router. My config is just like this: huawei s3700:trunk,vlan…
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Oh Powershell...
Loving Powershell more and more every time I use it. A few weeks ago I wrote a script to go to a website, copy the text into a text file, and then convert the text file to a csv. From there (for now anyway) I copy a column into a master spreadsheet to compare values to look for changes. Now this script has literally worked…
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Free Stanford Crypto Course Beginning In January 2014
For those who are interested, Stanford University is offering a free online crypto course beginning in January 2014. https://www.novainfosec.com/2013/12/20/free-stanford-crypto-course-beginning-in-january/ "The course will include written homeworks and programming labs. The course is self-contained, however it will be…
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Question about linux rename command
I realize that this is a very basic question, but i'm stuck about the syntax on the rename command. I understand the command syntax except for one thing in it. The syntax is rename 's/OLD/NEW' FILES. My question (and i can't find the answer anywhere) is what does the "s" represent in the command? A simple question, but…
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Advanced Networks Masters - Past Exam Questions (Routing)?
Hi, First time poster here. I am currently doing an advanced networks maters but have very little experience with respect to this module of the course. I'm looking for a few answers for some past exam questions, any help will be greatly appreciated. So, to begin: Question #1 (EIGRP). A network administrator has been…
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How do I create a signature for these forums?
I see lots of people have signatures with the classes they are working on/completed. I can not find anywhere in my profile settings to change this. Can someone point me in the right direction.
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It's not how much you know it's how fast you can learn.
It's not what you know it's how fast you can learn. Or I'll take someone who has very little experience who has a strong aptitude over someone experienced with an average aptitude. I keep hearing this and I wanted to bring it up for the forum to analyze. I can see both sides loud and clear. This was brought up once again…
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Access Management Policy Template
Does anyone have a Policy template for Access Management they can share?
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Digital SLRs / Photography
Anybody share interest in photography? Just ordered the following - Canon EOS 40d: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V5QV4S/ref=s9k2a_c1_at1-rfc_g1-3237_p?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0QMS06HCCV3EF1J7YDPQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383351&pf_rd_i=507846 Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 Lens:…
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Powershell Questions
Hello TE, I have a few questions regarding PS. First off, whats the big deal about it? Should we, as IT's, begin moving (or retrograding) back to the old black screen with white letters in place of GUI's and fancy gadgets? Why is it becoming a huge trend now? I'm just curious, because it seems like all the buzz is about…
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Hacker fined with $183,000 for just one-Minute of DDoS attack!!!!
thehackernews.com Eric Rosol, A 38-year-old hacker who joined an Anonymous hacker attack for just one minute has been sentenced to two years of federal probation and ordered to pay $183,000 fine. Yes you read right! $183,000 fine for just 1 Minute of DDoS attack. In 2011, Eric participated in a distributed…
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Question about Active Directory Domain
Is it necessary to register a domain or can i have something like company.com and not have to buy the domain? Also, in what situation would you use a .local domain?
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Office 365
Have any of you tried it? For $6.00 a month per user it's pretty good deal. It includes SharePoint, Exchange (Outlook and OWA), and the online Office Apps. I will likely purchase a plan after my eval lapses.
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Need help for expanding network...
Hey all, So I have a question for my companies new remote office, its small, maybe 1-3 users at most and up to 5 devices. The new building is a warehouse type, it does not have any ISP network going to it, then we have a house that is roughly 80 to 100 ft away. it has DSL. What would be the simplest way to get the network…
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SFTP help needed with EFT and WSFTP
We're running 'EFT Server' for SFTP and something odd happened without any changes being made. Two other remote servers running WSFTP as a client would connect to it from an outside network and for a long time, transfers were successful. Suddenly, one day they stopped connecting and now we're getting a "Network error:…
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Best Replication Software for Replicating VMs and/or Standalone Servers
I'm working on a disaster recovery solution, and previously, I've used Doubletake for disaster recovery. It is a good product, and it allowed me to easily migrate my servers, and move office, but, it does have a few niggling issues. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding software to replicate Virtual Machines (in…
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Applied NSM Book
Thought it was a really good read, even left a review on Amazon. Focus is Open Source tools, enough info to get you started if you are new, and some stuff to extend your pratice if you are already doing some IDS work. The section on SiLK was most useful to me, as I have started working with that on a near daily basis.…
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Practical penetration testing with Kali
I just ordered this book Hacking with Kali: Practical Penetration Testing Techniques: James Broad, Andrew Bindner: 9780124077492: Amazon.com: Books Should be here in a couple of days. Has anyone read this yet?
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Tablet recommendation?
Hey all, I'm starting my certifcation process and I hate lugging around these 900 page books. I much prefer reading off of my laptop but I was hoping to find something less weight that I can hold in my hand, etc. I looked at the Kindles and they are pretty nice, except there are way too many bells and whistles that I don't…
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2013 Highlights
2013 is on it's last dying days now pretty soon we will be starting a journey with 2014. looking back into this year, what were the highlights that stood out for you? What have you achieved and if you never achieved anything what was your goal for this year in building in your career and how are you aiming to improve…
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What single book has helped you the most in your career?
If I had to pick one it would of been John Walkenbach's 101 Ready Macros, this saved my rear early on when I was struggling with some solutions to overcome some nasty data situations. There have been others but you can only pick one and that one had to impacted your career thus far. Not potentially or in the future.
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Free Online Classes for those looking for a little something extra
I just passed the CISSP and I'm always looking for more on the topics I cover in a particular exam. i came accross this class on www.coursera.org called Information Security and Risk Management in Context. 10 week course that JUST started. If anyone is in the InfoSec field and either studying for an exam or just wants some…
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Does anyone here actually make use of the different OSPF stubby area types?
I understand how they work but I am thinking of different scenarios and I can't think of when it'd be necessary. I am thinking of how they could be of use on our network at our shop which probably isn't very large (about 500 routes). Perhaps they have no place on our network. I suppose I could put every branch in a totally…
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PoSH script help
I am trying to get back into PoSH scripting and need to write this script that needed to be ran last week :) , and I cannot figure it out. Here is what I am trying to do: One our file server, we have job folders with "Archive" folders inside of the individual job folders. These archive folders need to be moved off the…
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PowerShell is coming to town
This is truly awful. But misery loves company, I suppose. PowerShell is Coming to Town - YouTube
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Cisco Live - cali
Any one going to this coming up in May I think? Looks like I may get a free ride from the company this year, might be cool to do a meet up have some drinks and talk tech or just shoot the breeze. I am sure there will be more threads like this closer to but figured I would put some feelers out.
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smart-net vrs 3rd part support?
At the moment I have support from a CISCO partner who's in house engineers deliver 1st, 2nd 3rd line support and then back of the rest to CISCO as needed. I get partnership access to Cisco.com and I have 3 CISCO certified engineers assigned to us who have knowledge of the company network. But people keep trying to sell me…
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SSD primary Drive or Intel SRT??
So my laptop has finally arrived as well as my mSATA SSD. I was thinking of using the SSD as my OS boot drive but I also have the option to use Intel's SRT. What would be the better method for speed?? What are the advantages and disadvantages when you compare the two methods??
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Voltage concerns for Cisco Equipment...
I know is a weird question to ask, but I just found out that I have orders to go to Korea!! :) Since I am going overseas, I was wondering if I will be able to ship my Cisco equipment overseas and not have to worry about frying my equipment when I plug them in. Does Cisco rate their equipment for Universal power sources, or…
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New to the server game. Looking at these to add to homelab.
I am really interested in learning and playing with vmware and even some Microsoft server. I also want to play around with CUCM more (I have the image from work already). I just need help evaluating these servers from a local post to see what I need. Notorious 16 Cores ($400) -poweredge R715 32gig 6x 160gig satadrives 2.5…
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Anti-Virus
What anti-virus are you using for your companies PC's? I currently have AVG on all and the contract just expired. Trying to convince my higher ups to let me remove it and go with SCCM end point protection since it would be free. What are yall using. We absolutly need it because we have special users that like to click…
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Wake On Lan not working Over UDP
I wrote two simple programs in C that send the magic pattern for WOL. One of the programs sends the magic packet straight over ethernet and that one works. The other sends it over UDP and I am using UDP port 9. I have tried several ports but the machine does not wake up using UDP. I know the packet is getting to the PC as…
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What features would you like to see added to your home router?
I'm currently working on a paper focused around the future of home networking, etc. As an end user, what types of features would you like to see included in your home router provided by your ISP? Built-in Network IPS/IDS, IPSec, 802.11 AC, home automation integration, etc?
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Spidering the web for information
I have a requirement to find restaurants that serve a paticular dish. I was thinking about making this a little programming exercise but am not completely comfortable where to start or what's legal etc. I suppose utilmatly what I would like to do is spider through the internet collecting webpages which looked relivant and…
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Worth using G.I. bill to pursue some IT certifications?
Hi all, I am looking for some advice. I am in a situation where I have been using the post 9/11 GI bill and have achieved my Bachelors in IT Systems and I am currently pursing my MBA as well. I will have 1-2 months to spare on my GI bill if I continue on my MBA route at the pace I currently am at. I am thinking of using my…
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Whats next for me ?
I have just finished my degree in BSC computer networks and security, i have got a job, as a Technical support engineer. The pay is not so good, however i am very frustrated as there is not that much technical support at all. Supporting very basic products wifi/routers/switches. I was looking for a junior network engineer…
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Studying with an iPad, or any other tablet
Hey guys, So Christmas is coming up real fast and I'm very tempted to buy myself an iPad Air, mainly for the use of taking it with me and studying through the rest of my CCNP. Just want to know if anyone else is currently using a tablet to study? Is it worth spending the money? Either way, I'm sure I'll have fun with the…
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What is your "school" book list for this semester/year?
I was pleasantly surprised today when I was notified that these will be my "required" reading for the next semester :) Just about all of it stuff I would have bought on my own! [h=1]Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts[/h]Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts: Harm J. de Blij, Peter O. Muller, Jan Nijman:…
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VMWare Fusion 6 or VMWare Professional?
Looking to add VMWare to my MacBook Pro, and not sure which one would be best. Right now it is for personal use, so no real heavy VM use (Win 8.1, some Linux, etc). So I turn to the gurus for their recommendations.
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Fortinet FWs
I was just wondering whether anyone here had worked with their firewalls. Are there any resources out there to learn about them? Or are they hard to come by? Any recommendations on books? I need to het familiar with them. First time I have been confronted with their products
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Finding Stale Computers in AD forest
Does anyone know of a way to report the last logon user and date they logged on for each computer in a domain?
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Programming How To Start?
If you guys could pick a programming language as a starting point what language would it be? I am new to programming and programming concepts, The syntax needs to be easy to understand and noob friendly. I running Linux quite alot and often dabble with the command line. Am looking at ways of automating things I.e back up…
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10+ year Linux systems admin/engineer, ask me anything!
Hey all, I'm Jeff! Found this site while searching for info on WGU, stayed after reading/answering a ton of threads! I've been doing this stuff for over a decade now, and got my start in the field as a dial-up ISP support technician making 10 bucks an hour. I'm now a DevOps engineer on a cluster of Linux systems, I've…
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Current century creators
We are living in the world where our lives are simplified by technology and in the world where our lives depend on technology, one perfect example is electricity and sanitation, we all know that electricity plays an important role in our daily lives there also are many more creations that play a vital role in our lives and…
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HP Server Automation Standard same as OpsWare?
Position I want to apply for (system admin) requires knowledge of Opsware, is this the same thing? I can download a free trial but wasn't able to find "HP opsware"
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Ports on Cisco WS-X4516-10GE supervisor
I just bought a new Cisco Catalyst WS-C2960-24TT-L switch to power my new Access Points. This model has the POE plus feature. The power cord that came in the box has a three prong circular "twist lock" end. Do I need to use this power cord, or can I swap it with a regular NEMA 5-15P?
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Console Gaming nerds
I could use some help :) I use a 23" monitor for console gaming (more comfortable for my eyes, easier to pick up details in FPS, better colors than my plasma). It has a DVI & VGA for input. My Xbox one (Xbone) uses HDMI as the output. I have already ordered a HDMI > DVI cable, it will be arriving soon. My problem is that I…
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Comfortable headphone recommendation please
I picked up 6 courses from Udemy (CB's CCNA courses, Linux stuff, AWS stuff) with that 70% discount code awhile back and have just got around to working through them. I currently use some mildly busted Plantronic gaming headphones (w/pink duct tape that my wife put on them to "fix" them). Even when they weren't busted they…
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Can someone help me with a basic, yet frustrating routing issue?
For months i've been trying off and on to set up a guest wireless network at work. I have the WLC config all set, i get an ip from the dhcp pool when i connect, but i cant get to the internet. heres the basic, which i'm sure could be done in a more efficient manner... End user -->(Router and FW plugged into this) switch…
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IT phone calls/service
How do you handle people calling for "free" IT consulting/service over the phone? What I mean is, I run a small mobile computer repair business. Sometimes people will call me on my cell phone and want to know how to remove a virus or browser hijacker or whatever. Normally I would be happy to help a customer that has…
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Trainsignal thoughts
Hi Guys, I've looked at trainsignal today for some videos and I see they have this new $49 a month thing, has anyone used this? You have a 3 day trial so I will try that, I just would like to know what you guys think. Regards
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Migrating (best practices)
I am planning out my first server migration, I am moving from Windows Server 2003 to 2008. I cant go to R2 because our accounting software will not play nice with R2 without a pricey upgrade that only offers compatibility with R2 (and nothing else). The same goes for 2012, its not officially supported according to the…
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3com / CISCO migration issue
Hi, We have a mitle phone switch that we moved to the new cisco core. Now phones struggle to pick up DHCP but once up and running are fine and communicate with the mitle switch as expected. the 3 com config was interface GigabitEthernet2/0/5 port link-mode bridge description Mitel 3300 Controller port link-type hybrid port…
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Cisco Live 2014
Does anyone have a pre-drafted letter to submit to their boss about attending Cisco Live? My bosses are open to the idea but need justification for sending myself and another network engineer.
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Old certification books
I have many older books on Windows Server 2000, Server 2003 and other books from the era. Most of them are certification books. Is there any good place to sell or donate these books so they do not just become recycled paper?
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Cisco 2851s worth getting?
Not sure if this is the right section to post it in but through work we have a few 2851s that have been collecting dust. I asked about them and the sales guy said he would sell them to me for $21 a pop but to double check with my boss as he may just give them to me for free. I know Cisco is moving away from the ISR gen 1…
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Cannot Connect to the network
Hi guys, i have a laptop Windows 7 that cannot connect to the internet through wireless.. I have to plug the cable to get online. The wireless network adapter seems to be working properly in the device manager.. But t shows these messages" no network available", "network capability is turn off". i turn the wireless antenna…
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Tools to monitor server performance
Hi, we have a server which takes upto 4 hours to reboot. I have a feeling it maybe the checkdisk. I cannot afford to reboot the server to test as it may take upto 4 hours to reboot. Are there any tools I can use to monitor or test performance? Thanks
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Got my laptop, great deal on Lenovo W530
Just wanted to give everyone the heads up that TigerDirect has the Lenovo W530 for $980 right now. They screwed up the specs on their website. If you look up the specs of the 24384BU, you will see that the screen has a resolution of 1600x900 and it has both Intel graphics as well as a Nvidia K1000m discreet card. On their…
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GÉANT network
I was curious how many people on this forum work in institutes that link to the big research networks such as the networks that make up GEANT or Internet? I know a few people work in MOD and corporate companies, just curious how many research/academic based engineers frequent these forums.
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HDMI cable with Anti-Virus - new level of marketing BS
There is me thinking my idea in selling cables with VLANs built-in is silly :D
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Your Start in Security
As most of you know I've gotten my first start in a security (like) role. Initially, it was a lot of software testing and then it began to flow into auditing for regulatory compliance. The regulatory compliance side will be continuing for the length of my career. But now I am weaving into the actual hard security side of…
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Printer will only print pdfs in color not regular docs
As stated above, what the heck could be going on here? If I print from word or assumedly the web docs will not print color. When I print a colored pdf it will. We've checked the printing settings for documents, it should be printing in color. also I can say that there is an option in the printer control panel under…