It just depends on your definition of "hack" I've heard the "There has never been a virus on an AS400" argument all too often. However - the definition of a virus/hack goes something like: "Process or person who alters data when they should not be able to". Do we agree? So... while not being an...
hi, could you please tell me which command in cisco routers prevent them from being ping from outside networks. and also how can i prevent terminals inside a network to ping outside ips(group policies etc??). thanks
In windows 2000/2003, Can we restrict a BuiltinAdministrators member to have just enough rights so that he/she can only create/delete domain Trust. The requirement that we have is to be programmatically create trust with all the domains in a given forest. The other part of the requirement is to...
A short time ago, author Wes Noonan wrote some tips for SearchWindowsSecurity.com about <a href=http://searchwindowssecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid45_gci1007026,00.html>deperimeterization</a>. He explained how security is always pitted against business needs, and...
I have potential security issues on my wireless LAN because my equipment is older and I can?t use WPA. I'm worried that my data is vulnerable. If I increase my WEP key length from 40 to 128 or greater, will this help?
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I am graduate student at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University and am conducting research to gather empirical data on the subject of information security. My goal is to gain a better understanding of what IT professionals believe is an adequate level of information / network...
As the editor of SearchWindowsSecurity.com, I often speak with users about their Windows security responsibilities. One senior systems analyst in particular sent me an interesting note recently... To give you some background, he's in charge of configuring and administering desktop systems...
Hi All, Symantec recently discovered Trojan.ByteVerify on my computer. I run system checks weekly and am always cautious about the e-mails I open, the web sites I go to and what I click on, so I was pretty surprised to find I had a Trojan. It was quarantined and removed, but I'm worried about what...
Hello, I'm the Assistant Editor on SearchWindowsSecurity.com. I'm looking to start a discussion about what browser people are using and why. Also, is anyone considering switching from IE to Firefox, or are your plans to stay with IE? Here's some food for thought... As of Feb. 2005, an...
*This question is from a SearchWindowsSecurity.com reader: I'm in a position to redesign our IT systems (network, servers, PCs, software, etc.) this summer, and I am undecided on which path to take. I'd like to disconnect our systems from the Internet so that we don't have to deal with all of the...
I'm an IT administrator with a little over 500 end users, running Windows 2000 and XP. One of our users is experiencing a problem with her Internet connection suddenly dropping for no apparent reason. When she restarts her computer, everything works fine for awhile, but then the connection drops...
Do you hear that question or something similar too often? We're taking an informal survery on SearchSecurity.com to find out what the most common security-related user questions are. Results will be compiled into a question and answer tip that you will be able to post or handout to your users. ...
According to articles in today's Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, Congress is considering legislation to ban the sale of Social Security Numbers for commercial purposes, unless individuals give their permission. The Post article went on to opine that there appears to be a growing...
If it turns out, as I believe, that enemies of the United States are behind a lot of the major ID thefts in the US, that would mean that a lot of money is going to our enemies. Can we therefore surmise that those who mishandle our identity information, by means of their poor stewardship of our...
Hi... We are a Cdn Govt agency involved in Satellite Operations with a commercial partner based across the country. We will need to build/buy a small secure web service application for reporting purposes that will require minimal IT experise to build or maintain, and will deliver maximum...
Hi... We are a Cdn Govt agency involved in Satellite Operations with a commercial partner based across the country. We will need to build/buy a small web service application for reporting purposes that will require minimal IT experise to build or maintain. The back end RDBMS engine is built with...
This is more of an FYI. I just posted a perl script that I use to generate a daily report of all Workstations and Servers located on our LAN. This report is sorted by domain/workgroup membership and includes any visible shares on the machine. If anyone is interested you can read it here: ...
I am currently searching for the best application or service to provide end to end security for delivering encrypted emails from one company to another accross the Internet. I need the solutions to provide Smime, PGP, TLS, SSL, etc. My goal is to some how have the app or user decide if the email...
Hello all: I will apreciate any help about this problem. I am a system administrator (mainly Active Directory) now dealing with this ISeries Client Access Problem in my 400 workstations. There are e few applications in the company, developed in FoxPro and Visual Basic, accesing the AS/400 (now...
The CISO of ChoicePoint says the theft of private information on 145,000 from its databases isn't an information security issue because conmen used fraud, not hacking tools or techniques, to get the information. Anyone agree with that? Check it out:...


