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An Excellent documentary on Steve Jobs and Apple
Recently, I've got really interested to learn more about Jobs and below is an excellent documentary by BBC that I want to share. I would say he's one of the very few people by whose death I have been very much moved. RIP Steve! BBC Documentary: Steve Jobs - Billion Dollar Hippy - YouTube
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Question about home folder
Silly question but my co-worker and I have a small discussion about home folders and moving them to other server without copying the files over. Basically I say we have to copy them over the new server before we change the users home folder re-direction. He says we can change the home folder and everything will just copy…
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Defcon 21 Role Call
Who else is going to Defcon this year? Edit: Argh... mess up in the title. I meant "Roll Call"
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Network Inventory Management
What tools are you guys using for asset management? We're using Cisco Prime for a lot of our management, and the inventory reports it spits out are great. The problem is that it doesn't maintain any historical data, which is really what we need. According to our Cisco rep, the chances of having it added as a feature are…
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Book Recommendation: Cyber Storm
I highly recommend this book, it was a great read! Written by Matthew Mather, who is a pretty smart dude and involved in the InfoSec community. Only 2.99 on your kindle: Amazon.com: CyberStorm eBook: Matthew Mather: Kindle Store
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Cisco switches vs Dell
I'm looking for switches to purchase. My office is pretty much a big Dell equipment user but I'm Cisco certified and looking into playing with more Cisco equipment but every time I look to price some things out, particularly switches, I find Dell's products significantly cheaper and probably just as efficient. We have…
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Asus - Nexus 7 vs ME301T
I'm trying to decide between the new Nexus 7 and an Asus ME301T (10" screen). I use an older Nexus 7 on a regular basis that i borrow, but leaning toward a larger screen. I like the Nexus, but any opinions on the Asus?
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One of our vendors is mass email bombing us every day several times during the day...
How would you handle this situation? It happens to us every day and causes latency on our spam filters big time due to the volume of email coming in all at once.
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That is one heck of a dangerous VMware bug
Pre vSphere 5.1b virtualization.info | Release: vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1b Scary ..........
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iPad Cloud App?
I am looking for a way to have iPad users view PDF files, but not keep on stored on the iPad. Anyone have any recommendations? A lot of cloud apps out there (and there are tons) download to the device, which I can't have.
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Exchange 2007 - Bandwidth per mailbox ?!?
I have been asked to check what bandwidth is used per mailbox. Not sure there is even a way to find that out without using third party tools monitoring the server over a given time. But does anyone know of a way to get the bandwidth used on a per-mailbox basis ?
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wow - our secrutiy guy IS on the ball
Had a DC trip for a blade enclosure ILO failure. Went to the DC, connected screen / keyboard and made a picture of the post error message to be send to HP. Once arrived in the office I got called into the management office. Snr Manager / Security questioning me why I was there, what have I done and what picture have I…
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SOHO Router Hacks
Definitely eye opening. Hacking and Rooting SOHO Home Routers
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Java app integrate with AD
Hi all, I need to create an java app daily password generator to change one of the AD admin accounts password to the formula generated by the java app. I know how to calculate the formula, but how can I output the generated password to the AD account? Thank you in advance.
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I 'love' VMware support
Really day of a rant today. Me :"VAAI on build number xyz does not work, but downgraded build number abc, does" VMware :"Please disable VAAI to fix this problem". Really ?
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How long to stay at a job for?
How long would you stay working for one job if your fte? I was a contractor for 1 year then got hired on as a FTE, i have been a fte a little over a year. Technically i've been doing my job for 2 years 2 months. I am working towards getting my MCSA 2012, is it ok for my to apply for another position w/in my company after…
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What would life be like without microsoft?
I have been pondering lately what life would be like without the ubiquitous glimmer of the microsoft corporation and everyone ran, god forbid, linux/unix OS. Sure, on a side note, you'd still have apple and its cute, snuggalicious hardware designs, but still everything would be unix/linux based. Would you commit suicide?…
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What was the worst network like that you inherited when starting a new gig?
Curious about what some of you veterans will respond with. For instance, have you ever started a job working on a network where the former engineer used static routing exclusively for no reason?
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Websense = FAIL
So, I basically just want to rant about how much I hate websense. I had a nice setup here at my office: 2 Linux Boxes running SQUID, one for the Standard Proxy and one for the Admin Proxy (used for caching and webfiltering). Of course, corporate wanted a more streamlined setup so they pushed websense appliances to all…
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SkyDrive to be renamed after M$ loses case to UK brand
SkyDrive to be renamed after Microsoft loses naming court case First it was Hotmail to Outlook, then it was the "Metro" to "Modern UI" and now SkyDrive to ??? What else could they name it? I liked the SkyDrive name...too bad they had to steal it.
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Stream to TV
Hey all! Been a week or two as I was on vacation and searching for an apartment. I need your technical expertise for a home project if you please. I do not intend on purchasing Cable TV for this new apartment and instead plan on going internet only. I will have a desktop that acts as a meda server for HD video (avi, mkv,…
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How much do you make?
For those willing to share.. Job: Experience: Certs/School: Location: Annual pay: Thought this could make for an interesting thread and give others an idea on what certain positions pay. Again, only if you don't mind sharing, I realize some people take this subject kinda personal. Me.. Job: Military IT Specialst, E4 pay…
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Moving apps to the cloud
I just had a client drop on me that they want to move their server to the cloud, so far they haven't specified exactly what they want moved but I'm assuming the database and file storage. I have no idea how to accomplish this, can I get a AWS account and just start up a windows VM? I doubt it's that easy.
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Hardware question: Cloud data center upgrade in Ireland
Anyone know what the new hardware is called that they used to upgrade their cloud data network recently? I recently helped unload and install them (into place) but have no idea what the actual names of the hardware are called. Tried google, and the boss doesnt know either.
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Centos / redhat tutorials guides (request)
Apart from the official redhat and Centos documentation. Does anybody know of any decent sites or guides I want to learn more about how to get a server up and running. I need it to cover the basics such as ssh, package management, vnc, FTP I came across a site called Linux Academy has anyone used it? Much appreciate and…
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Do you have a physical or a virtual lab?
If you have a virtual lab, what's your technology or setup like? If physical, how many PCs? I'm using VMware Workstation and soon will install Vmware Server.
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Lytro - Camera
Hey ! Has anyone used the Lytro. View at Lytro - Home Any reviews would be appreciated. I intend buying it this month. Regards, Chanakya
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Has anyone ever legitimately used APIPA?
You know, that addressing assignment that takes place when the DHCP process fails. Has anyone got a network that runs on addresses the 169.254.0.0/16 range?
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TechNet shutting down
Microsoft to shut down TechNet subscription service | ZDNet I've never used the service because I could always get free copies through school or the CyberPatriot program but I've known a lot of people who did.
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Net Flow help
Hi any one with net-flow experience? The back story is that this rouer was set up to export net flow to the collector 10.1.1.1 using the #IP flow-export destination 10.1.1.1 9999, and #ip flow ingress configured under each of three interfaces. I then decided to test the flow record / flow monitor and flow exporter to a new…
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Small scale ticketing systems
I am looking for a tracking tool for incidents that can scale a little bit and has some work flow functionality. It should be able to email a requestee and requestor via email when the ticket moves from one queue to another or one person or another. It would need to be simple to set up and manage. Light reporting would be…
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Information Systems Degree has highest unemployment rate
Am I surprised by this? No. Ok relax I know I'm in Canada and the research is from the US, but maybe those south of the border can comment. By the way, Workopolis is one of Canada's highest job sources, similar to Dice, so they're pretty credible. Was studying worth it? The university degrees with the highest (and lowest)…
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*New* Nexus 7 - Your thoughts?
Just curious what others are thinking about the new tablet. I finally found a 32gb model yesterday (most places sold out, backordered, etc). Haven't had a whole lot of time to play with it yet, but so far I am impressed. Good color on the screen, quick reaction to what ever gestures Im trying. Wish the sound could have…
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Is it really worth while?
Is it really worth while to make a linkedin account if i'm not going to have any "connections"? Just curious, thanks in advance.
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One for the gods of Microsoft
Is there a way to create a Universal XP Image which can be deployed on any hardware, I want the image to contain Driver packs, Windows updates straight out of the box no messing. What are the downfalls? I remember trying stuff like this in the pass and ending up with numerous BSOD's on different hardware is there a easier…
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camp Arifijan / Kuwait
All, I am considering a clearence position on this base and wanted to see if anyone here has first hand experience at this post or one similar. 1. What are the living conditions like for IT contractors specifically with ITT? Is it tents? Barracks? Apartments? Do you live with another contractor or military? 2. What is the…
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Live CD Benchmark Tool
Does such a thing exist? I am looking for something you can boot up independently of a O/S and run a suite of Benchmarks to push the Processor I need the tool to be able to tell me temps and to basically kick the ass out of a processor i.e if a overheating problem exists making it reach the overheat limit. Know of any…
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HDD testing: Replacement for DFT?
Does anyone know of a good replacement for Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test (DFT)? DFT, while very convienient for being bootable, often doesn't detect drives unless the SATA config is set to compatability/IDE, and we seem to be getting more false positives lately via DFT. We like Western Digital's Data Lifeguard (and SeaTools…
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Names for my employers new intranet?
I work for Vertex, a utilities solutions company based out of the UK, and there is a contest going on to name our newly redesigned intranet. I could win a $100 gift card. Sweet deal, right? Anyway, I thought I'd fish for ideas here.
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what degree would you choose?
I recently decided to go back to school to finish a degree, I started many years ago. I looked and talked to many online schools. After a long debate I went with devry, because it had the degree i was looking for and the person i been working with is awesome to deal with. I decided to go with Electronics & Computer…
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What would life be like if you had not got into IT?
Someone elses post made me think of this, thought it would be interesting to see what other paths people where following... I would most likely still be working as superintendent on a golf course since my actual degree is in turf grass. Have to say its not a bad gig getting off every day at 2:30 ( start at 6am) and playing…
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Barnaby Jack died
Crazy, he's so young. It's a shame and a loss. Infosecurity - ATM Hacker Barnaby Jack Dies at Age 35
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"Sitting is the new smoking"
Considering how much us tech people sit, either at work, or labbing at home, or just kicking back with tv or a game, seems like we would be at a high risk of what some of this research is warning against. I have moved to a rigged-with-boxes standing desk at home, and try to be sure to get up at least once an hour and walk…
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Why hacking is way too easy
Interesting article. Thought I'd share. Hacking Is Way Too Easy | Security, Cyber Sabotage
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Do you learn best from books or videos?
I often find excellent training videos only to find myself enjoying a nice sleep after 15 minutes :) . In a way I like books, but maybe the best way is to mix books, video and most important doing things practically. What's your method of effective and efficient learning? Maybe you can share your 'Einstein' way of learning!
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Will you buy new Final fantasy games?
What do you think about new final fantasy game ? (FFXV) to be honest i miss good ff game. ( and good rpg).
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Ipad shows updates needed, but wont display
Ipad2. Main screen shows 8 new updates, I click on it and the update page displays nothing. Any idea on how to get it to display again?
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Looking for way to transfer application programs to new PC
Both PCs have Windows XP but the one in use is old and on its last legs. It has a few programs that I can't get the original discs for (they still use these) and they don't want to fork out money for another office install either (they still have office 2000 on here). Looking for ways to transfer the programs themselves to…
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free ebooks from microsoft
Sorry if its a report, looked around and did not find such thread. Microsoft has tons of e-books for free to download, in various formats:…
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Stumped on potential phone call with Regional Director
I managed to get a reply from a high-level person, who is the Regional Director of an established company in NYC. He is free to chat with me this Thursday or Friday morning since he is traveling. I have created questions to ask him on entering the networking field as an NOC tech. or Jr. Network Eng. but yet doesn't feel…
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What type of cell phone do you use?
Whats your current phone and what OS are you using on it?
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Changing a computer name that's joined a domain.
So I know you can just 'change' the name. But here's the problem that i've encountered: Things break. Let me explain... Remoting to unrelated computers won't work, and go to another computer instead. Pinging a computer will ping a different computer. I'm guess DNS problems. So I guess the other method is to leave the…
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Getting on "Learning Rollercoaster"; Working hard is hard
There are two ways I can learn. One is to learn sporadically; the other is to focus all my energy and learn with intensity. I'm no YouTube/Social network junkie, so I can focus. But I need one piece of feedback. How do you handle getting mentally tired after a few hours of studying (aside from sinking into beer, coffee,…
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Happy System Admin Appreciation Day!
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Network Teams / Departments - You aren't wizards !
Possibly a rant, but in the last few years I have been through several companies which usually had their dedicated network teams. My roots are in MSPs where I was usually responsible for the end-to-end implementation of vSphere cluster. From ordering kit, configuring APCs, taking Cisco kit out of the box and configure the…
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Ubuntu Edge
Are you going to fund this device?
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Recommendations for a relocation city for IT work
Greetings, more then likely I will be separating from the US Army early. I have no intentions of moving back to Omaha. There is no IT there, except for dead-end call centers/help desk type of work. I am looking at moving to a different and bigger city to find better IT work. Right now I'm looking at Texas (Dallas and/or…
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Looking For Some Good Perl Tutorials
The security company I'm interning for is developing a training site for people looking to break into the IT security scene. We're looking for a few good online resources when it comes to learning Perl. Any good book references would also be beneficial.
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How to get over the fear of moving on?
How do you get over the fear of moving to another company? I know that a lot of people are in different situations and hoping someone has the same feelings I am having now. To summarize recently I evaluated my career and it isn't going the way I wanted it to go. I got moved to our cloud department and I haven't even had a…
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Is it possible to rollback an applied Kernel Update on a RHEL5 server?
Recently one of the system administrators did a yum update of the servers which applied the newest kernel for the system, but the new kernel is not working well with what the servers are designed to do. Is there a way that you can roll back the changes made to the previous version? Thank You for any help.
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Worlds biggest hacks and breaches
Don't think this had been posted before. World's Biggest Data Breaches & Hacks | Information Is Beautiful might take a moment to load but interesting to see and this is just the tip of the iceburg.
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NetApp question
Question for those of TE working with NetApp. Is there a reason to disable dedupe when NetApp is leveraging flash cache?
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Enabling/Disabling a Service w/a Program?
Hi there, I'm a new person seeking out an answer for a problem I'm having. There is a process/service that is always running (EasyRedirect), from Windows Boot to the end of the day. It really only needs to be running when I open up the application that uses it (Easy-Hide-IP). I've looked all over the internet for a working…
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Free year of Xbox Live with the purchase of Office 365
For anyone who is interested, see this Ars Technica link for the details. Available to the US and the UK as far as I can tell. Seems like an odd tie in, but still nice for anyone who uses live who might have been on the fence for O365.
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Netgear router issue
Hey everyone, I have a Netgear R6250 wireless AC router that just started having some issues that I had never seen before. The issues started about 2 days ago and no major changes were made. Here's what's happening: I noticed when I woke up a few days ago I couldn't get on the internet so I power cycled the router. It then…
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Cisco to aquire Sourcefire
Cisco has just announced the acquisition of Sourcefire, a company that creates cybersecurity products to protect companies from attacks. The purchase price is $2.7 billion, or $76 per share in cash plus retention-based incentives. Source: Cisco Bolsters Security Strategy with Agreement to Acquire Sourcefire
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Question about extending my wifi coverage.
I am looking to get my wifi from my house to my garage, ~350 feet. I have LoS from an upstairs window to a mount point on the garage. I would ideally like to have wifi in the garage and the option for hardwired access. Speed isn't super important, I'd like to be able to stream music as well as general web browsing, and…
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Validation for Clustered Data ONTAP platforms // NetApp - somewhat shocked
So to implement Cluster-Mode you need to go through a validation process with NetApp which takes a few hours. Now after getting a bleeding phone-ear, I have to say, I am shocked how limited Cluster Mode actually is ... A lot of "basic" features aren't supported which makes me wonder who can actually afford changing ..…
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skylanders wireless usb receiver question
Is this device proprietary? I wouldn't think it is, but I thought I'd ask. I found a wireless power portal and 2 characters for the Wii at Goodwill today for $4, so I grabbed them, but the usb receiver was not included. This should work with any universal usb wireless receiver, much like a wireless mouse, right? basically…
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Starting at WGU - BSIT-Security Program
I'm really excited about starting the program May 1st but the estimated time for all courses has me graduating in 2016! I work F/T, have kids' after-school activities, and am trying to carve out as much time as possible so that I can finished by December 2014! For anyone who's graduated from this program, is this doable???…
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New Laptop Advice Required
Hi Guys, I want to buy myself a laptop (as a treat to myself for my upcoming b/day). I don't have a laptop at the moment - only a desktop which does everything. The laptop would be used for the usual stuff (I'm not a gamer) plus some GNS3 stuff. I'm therefore thinking 15.6" or 17" screen with a core i5 processor and maybe…
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Proxy ARP... Urgent Please Help!!!
Dear All, I am trying to implement a proxy ARP within our networks. Any lessons learnt from partical implementation would be extremely useful to know. Also, found bits and pieces of information on some website about Proxy ARP. But an overview of senarios where it is advisable to use proxy ARP and the ones where its not…
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Business Systems Analyst to Replace Systems Analyst/Help Desk
I've been discussing with the Analytics Manager a concept I had recently read about in a book and that we've discussed here. Basically, you lose your help desk and replace them with Business Systems Analyst. At my college (unit within the university is a college) there is two of us on the help desk and for the most part…
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GoDaddy dns
Question: I have a Godaddy domain that i bought so I could practice exchange if i point the "@" to my dns on my server (external IP) at home do I just need to make changes on my dns server?
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How is your journey in the IT industry
Just want to here from you guys how are finding it in the IT industry? 1. What position are are in right now compared to when you were just starting out? 2. Where do you want to be in the nearest planned future? 3. Are you satisfied with your jobs, is it what you always hoped for from a point where it was only just an…
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Initial thoughts from my hands-on with the Surface Pro
I played with the Surface Pro today on the way home from work and made a little video of it: Surface Pro in store - YouTube My initial thought was that I was very impressed. It was a nice weight, very fast and very responsive to touch. I know it's supposed to be a half pound more than the RT but it didn't feel like it. I…
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What is the practical use of mounted drives
Hello all. I'm studying for my A+ and am to the point in the Exam Cram that discusses mounted drives. I get the concept of mounting drive and removing them, but I don't understand why someone would need to do this. The example in the book is the DVD drive being mounted to a folder on the HDD, but why? What practical…
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SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked
With Defcon and Blackhat approaching we will start seeing many of these being published. "Security researcher Karsten Nohl says some SIM cards can be compromised because of wrongly configured Java Card software and weak encryption keys" Source: SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked, And The Flaw Could Affect Millions Of…
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Cell Phone headset?
Anyone have a recommendation for a good headset for a cell phone? I have the Samsung Galaxy Note II. I dont want one of those things that clip to your ear. I would like a full on headset like I would have at my desk at work. I have started taking and hosting a lot of conference calls, and sometimes I am at home, and I…
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Any recommendations/tips for buying a domain name?
I'm interested in purchasing a domain name for my blog, so it can take on a bit more of a professional appearance. This is the first time that I have though about buying a domain name. I looked at godaddy.com, however I'm sure there are members on here who can pass on some knowledge to help in avoiding pitfalls.
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Ubuntu forums hacked
Not sure if this was covered here yet. Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu operating system, has suffered a massive data breach on its forums. All usernames, passwords, and email addresses were stolen. Source: Ubuntu forums hacked; 1.82M logins, email addresses stolen | ZDNet
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It has been a year
http://mashable.com/2013/07/19/surface-rt-failure/ Did it fail? I like the post about the user community having to endure the buggy, bulky, virus infected OS for over 10 years. That made me chuckle quite a bit. (It's true)
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Anybody here ever used PickMeApp ?
It's an application for transferring programs/applications from one pc to another without doing a reinstall. Haven't tried it yet and was wondering how well it worked.
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Building a capture the flag challenge
I was wondering if anyone has any experience with building or implementing a capture-the-flag (ctf) challenge environment for training security professionals? I'm looking for something that could give me a head-start in building something in a contest setting. I'm aware and familiar with the usual kits out there like…
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I don't like MAC, but OSX is the best overall operating system.....
I had plenty of hate for MAC, blindly. Once I used OSX Snow Leopard I was like goodness; I tried so many linux distros. This is exactly what I need..... I got 2 old imacs now(to fix - video card crapped out on both).... I feel dirty lol.
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Offline MSDN / Technet Artiles
Given that Technet is being shutdown and some articles are due to be deleted (SQL 2000 March 2014 for example), it might be worth downloading what you need :) Not sure if this has been posted already, but this old tool enables you to download the lot (you can select what you want) and export it to help files for example…
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Need some Ubuntu/Apache help
Disclaimer: My Linux skills are 2 out of 10 so go easy on me. Having said that, I have an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS box where I installed apache 2.2 and php 5.3.10 using apt-get. The issue that I have is that the owner of the box needs Apache to be at least 2.4 and PHP to be above version 4. It can be 4.x or 5.x. I added ppa:…
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Wierd AD lockout issue
All, The last couple days one particular user has been experiencing windows authentication lockouts daily on his machine and when he tries to remote desktop. According to him, he changed his password and this problem started. Keep in mind this is a programmer and one of those users that knows enough to be dangerous but…
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hard travel case with wheels
ok I guess no suggestion, I edit out by
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Feds warned to stay away from Defcon
Jeff Moss, the owner of the premier hacking convention, Defcon, has decided to ask Feds to stay away from Defcon this year in the wake of the revelation of the Federal government's surveillance programs: DEF CON To Feds: We Need Some Time Apart — Krebs on Security I find this very, very disappointing. Moss (a.k.a. "The…
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Lancope Questions
We are looking into using this security system at work and wondered if anyone has anything good or bad to say about this and how it compares to other more well known monitoring solutions.
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Switching ISP's
Hey guys, The company I work for is looking at switching from their current T1 to AT&T Fiber Broadband bundle which includes a 23 chan pri and 10M fiber connection. Anyone had any experience with ATT fiber? Anything I should watch out for or be aware of? We have a BCM 50 currently running off analog card so I plan on…
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Quine-relay
Check this out: https://github.com/mame/quine-relay
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Going from C++ to C
Hi guys, I want to learn C but I have no experience whatsoever in it. As one of my professors says - I'm some kind of a badass when it comes to C++ :D So that probably helps. At the university we started straight from C++ and I was never really interested in C. So my question is, has anyone made that transition? Any tips…
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Why don't web browsers play well with Teredo?
1. When I nslookup the name of a site with an IPv6 address only, I see their quad-A (IPv6) record, no problems. 2. When I ping that site, the ping goes over IPv6, no problems. 3. When I open that website in IE/Firefox/Chrome using their IPv6 address, I see the website, again no problems. 4. When I open that website using…
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Layer 2/ Layer 3 Switch Real World Scenario
Greetings, I was just curious about a real world scenario on when to use a layer 2 switch and when to use a layer 3 switch, and why? Thanks,
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Network tester recommendations wanted
With some of the work I've done lately (and some I've turned down because of improper tools) I need a cable tester/probe cat 5/6 check cables, length, tone generator/probe. All I have now is cheap tone gen/probe. I've seen a few that look ok but can't afford $300-400.
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What Rack Mounted Server for Home Rack
Hello all I am beginning to prepare for the MS Server 2008 exams and would to setup a decent lab. I will either be using VMware or Hyper-V. I would like to use a rack mounted server for everything since it would go nicely with my CCNA equipment and rack and perform better. Preferably 1U. I've been looking at some Dell…
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Principle of Least Privilege / Service
Hey all, I have started going through SCCM and other such configuration tools at a mile high level and have run into a rather baffling trend regarding Least Privilege / Service and user convenience. The stronger I make my Least Privilege and Service practices, the harder computing appears to become for my "End User" which…
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How difficult is graveyard shift?
I am thinking of working graveyard shift within my company I would basically work 2300-0800 and have Friday Saturday off My only worry is sleep - Fiance will probably be going back to school so she will know not to bug me, this wont happen until octoberish but I'm wondering if it's not that bad I'm mainly doing it so I can…