Remote printer service pose security risk?
The IT auditors have pointed some of my boxes (SUSE, Solaris 10 and AIX) have [strong]remote printer service[/strong] running and that is a potent security violation. I am confused what is remote printer service and how do I disable the same. I need the help. A prompt response is appreciable.
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| February 13, 2011 7:08 AM
AIX, Remote Printing, Security Audit, Solaris 10, SUSE Enterprise Linux
The IT auditors have pointed some of my boxes (SUSE, Solaris 10 and AIX) have [strong]remote printer service[/strong] running and that is a potent security violation. I am confused what is remote printer service and how do I disable the same. I need the help. A prompt response is appreciable.
Advice about upgrade Hard Drives from 250Gb each to 2Tb each in DELL PowerEdge2900
Hello World; At the business we looking to upgrade hard drives for DELL PowerEdge2900, currently having 8 hard drives SATA @250Gb each (used only 7) under RAID5 (one hard drive not configured) Client wants to upgrade Hard Drives to SATA 2Tb each for the 7 drive without killing RAID5, and without an outage in the [...]
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| March 1, 2011 10:29 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 2900, SATA, SATA Hard Drive
Hello World; At the business we looking to upgrade hard drives for DELL PowerEdge2900, currently having 8 hard drives SATA @250Gb each (used only 7) under RAID5 (one hard drive not configured) Client wants to upgrade Hard Drives to SATA 2Tb each for the 7 drive without killing RAID5, and without an outage in the [...]
Open IT Forum: Security Worst-Cases
Have you had rogue employees deploying to the cloud without your knowledge, that is, until something went wrong? Share your worst-case experiences including how you rectified the situation. We want to hear your security horror stories to help other members and potential rogue employees avoid the same pitfalls. The best stories get 200 knowledge points [...]
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| February 17, 2011 5:57 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Have you had rogue employees deploying to the cloud without your knowledge, that is, until something went wrong? Share your worst-case experiences including how you rectified the situation. We want to hear your security horror stories to help other members and potential rogue employees avoid the same pitfalls. The best stories get 200 knowledge points [...]
Control-M quality assurance in IBM mainframe
I’m looking for guidance on quality assurance plan guidelines for Control-M in IBM mainframe.
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| February 9, 2011 5:14 PM
CONTROL-M, IBM, IBM Mainframe, Quality assurance
I’m looking for guidance on quality assurance plan guidelines for Control-M in IBM mainframe.
For VoIP Server recruitment.
[strong][em]i have got a problem soon after shifting my VoIP server to the Rack which is in server room but it fail to respond while it was operate before on my work bench.is there any different may be because is ready configured and working problem is started after shifting to another place.[/em][/strong]
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| February 11, 2011 5:26 AM
HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant servers, HP ProLiant Troubleshooting, VoIP, VoIP services
[strong][em]i have got a problem soon after shifting my VoIP server to the Rack which is in server room but it fail to respond while it was operate before on my work bench.is there any different may be because is ready configured and working problem is started after shifting to another place.[/em][/strong]
asus mother board Chassis intruded – Fatal Error … .System Halted
i have some problem Chassis intruded - Fatal Error … .System Halted on asus motherboard…
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| February 9, 2011 2:18 AM
ASUS, Hardware devices, Motherboards
i have some problem Chassis intruded - Fatal Error … .System Halted on asus motherboard…
What are your favorite cloud security blogs?
You told us what your favorite IT blogs are, now we want to get a little more specific. Do you have any security blogs or cloud security blogs that you go to for the latest threats and solutions? Share your pick by Wednesday, February 9, 2011, and we’ll give you 50 knowledge points!
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| December 30, 2011 8:43 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, Security bloggers, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
You told us what your favorite IT blogs are, now we want to get a little more specific. Do you have any security blogs or cloud security blogs that you go to for the latest threats and solutions? Share your pick by Wednesday, February 9, 2011, and we’ll give you 50 knowledge points!
Free IT Book: Drupal’s Building Blocks
Today’s free IT book is an essential addition to any developer’s library: Drupal’s Building Blocks. Learn how to quickly build web sites with CCK, Views, and Panels, all by answering one of five questions and posting the link to your answer in the discussion area below. A particular IP range cannot access internet through ISA [...]
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| February 7, 2011 3:35 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Drupal, Exchange, Giveaways, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Today’s free IT book is an essential addition to any developer’s library: Drupal’s Building Blocks. Learn how to quickly build web sites with CCK, Views, and Panels, all by answering one of five questions and posting the link to your answer in the discussion area below. A particular IP range cannot access internet through ISA [...]
Disable SNMP in Solaris 10
What is process to disable SNMP, finger, tftp, cmsd in Solaris 10.
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| February 4, 2011 10:14 AM
SNMP, Solaris, Solaris 10, TFTP
What is process to disable SNMP, finger, tftp, cmsd in Solaris 10.
Sendmail in SunOS
The sendmail configured in the SunOS server is capable of sending and recieving mails. I want to block the port 25 use and want to stop the incoming facility of the sendmail. Please advise what should be doing for that. Should I stop the sendmail service.
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| February 5, 2011 8:35 AM
Port 25, Sendmail, SPARC, SunOS
The sendmail configured in the SunOS server is capable of sending and recieving mails. I want to block the port 25 use and want to stop the incoming facility of the sendmail. Please advise what should be doing for that. Should I stop the sendmail service.
VPN solution for deploying endpoints quickly
What is an easy vpn solution for deploying endpoints quickly, cost effectively and easily? All types of operating systems from solaris to windows servers.
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| February 7, 2011 8:28 PM
Solaris, VPN, VPN design, VPN software, Windows Server
What is an easy vpn solution for deploying endpoints quickly, cost effectively and easily? All types of operating systems from solaris to windows servers.
Replicating virtual machine to an offsite data center
We want to replicate a virtual machine to an off site data center it is running on a vmware server. How can we set this up as a daily backup to an identical machine?
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| February 4, 2011 7:56 PM
Data Center management, Replication, Virtual machine manager, Virtual Machines, VMware, VMware Server
We want to replicate a virtual machine to an off site data center it is running on a vmware server. How can we set this up as a daily backup to an identical machine?
Open IT Forum: Tell us your must-read IT blog or Twitter feed & earn 50 knowledge points!
We’re always looking for great resources to share with the community, so here’s your chance to share what’s in your own bag of tricks! Share your favorite IT blogs or Twitter personalities, what they write about, or a link to a post that taught you something you’ll never forget. Don’t have a favorite tech blog? [...]
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| August 23, 2011 4:25 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
We’re always looking for great resources to share with the community, so here’s your chance to share what’s in your own bag of tricks! Share your favorite IT blogs or Twitter personalities, what they write about, or a link to a post that taught you something you’ll never forget. Don’t have a favorite tech blog? [...]
Earn 50 knowledge points by tweeting out our iPad contest!
We’ll give you 50 knowledge points for sending out a tweet about our iPad contest, happening now through February 16th! Spread the word, earn points, and qualify yourself for an iPad or Amazon.com gift card! Contest details at the Community Blog.
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| February 3, 2011 3:51 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, twitter, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
We’ll give you 50 knowledge points for sending out a tweet about our iPad contest, happening now through February 16th! Spread the word, earn points, and qualify yourself for an iPad or Amazon.com gift card! Contest details at the Community Blog.
New IBM monitors not created
I’m trying to create a message monitor, setup works fine with no errors but when I click the OK button the monitor isn’t listed in the window. I don’t see the monitor anywhere, I don’t get any messages, and there isn’t anything in the joblog that even hints at an issue. I also tried a [...]
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| June 23, 2011 4:10 PM
IBM, Management Central, Monitors, V5R3
I’m trying to create a message monitor, setup works fine with no errors but when I click the OK button the monitor isn’t listed in the window. I don’t see the monitor anywhere, I don’t get any messages, and there isn’t anything in the joblog that even hints at an issue. I also tried a [...]
iPad versus netbook for enterprise hardware upgrade
Question to all one of my clients thinking to upgrade /update hardware mobile workforce. his in house IT recommended Ipad I recommend Acer Netbook dual core … in my opinion Ipad is not ready for wide Ent. road warrior adoption… any one have experience with 150 to 200 ipads got successfully implemented for the mobile [...]
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| March 25, 2011 4:31 AM
Acer, Enterprise Administrator, Hardware Upgrade, iPad Application Compatibility, iPads, Netbooks, Open IT Forum
Question to all one of my clients thinking to upgrade /update hardware mobile workforce. his in house IT recommended Ipad I recommend Acer Netbook dual core … in my opinion Ipad is not ready for wide Ent. road warrior adoption… any one have experience with 150 to 200 ipads got successfully implemented for the mobile [...]
Free IT Book: Computer Incident Response and Product Security
This week’s free IT book is a practical guide to building and running incident response and product security teams. To win Cisco’s Computer Incident Response and Product Security answer one of these five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Good luck! Mitigating cloud server risks during DDoS attacks [...]
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| February 1, 2011 5:18 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
This week’s free IT book is a practical guide to building and running incident response and product security teams. To win Cisco’s Computer Incident Response and Product Security answer one of these five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Good luck! Mitigating cloud server risks during DDoS attacks [...]
Why would you choose cloud hosting environment over managed server hosting?
Interested in arguments for either side and pros/cons on cloud hosting versus managed server hosting.
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| February 3, 2011 3:48 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Cloud Services, Hosted servers, Managed Services, Server Hosts
Interested in arguments for either side and pros/cons on cloud hosting versus managed server hosting.
C:D glossary
not sure if anyone can help me with this, but at my job we use C:D and am wanting to get the definitions on what some of the terms are, here is a part of the log, the asterix are there because of the sensitivity of my job, ty S20110111.091:STAR=20110111 13:47:37|PNAM=CDIXMOVE|PNUM=5230|SSTA=20110111 13:47:36|STRT=20110111 13:47:36|STOP=20110111 13:47:37|STPT=20110111 13:47:37|SELA=00:00:01|SUBM=******@PPCK|SBID=*****1|SBND=PPCK|SNOD=****9-****01|CCOD=0|RECI=RTED|RECC=CAPR|LNOD=S|PNOD=PPCK|MSGI=XSMG402I|MSGT=RUNTASK [...]
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| March 10, 2011 3:59 AM
Connect:Direct, FTP, IBM
not sure if anyone can help me with this, but at my job we use C:D and am wanting to get the definitions on what some of the terms are, here is a part of the log, the asterix are there because of the sensitivity of my job, ty S20110111.091:STAR=20110111 13:47:37|PNAM=CDIXMOVE|PNUM=5230|SSTA=20110111 13:47:36|STRT=20110111 13:47:36|STOP=20110111 13:47:37|STPT=20110111 13:47:37|SELA=00:00:01|SUBM=******@PPCK|SBID=*****1|SBND=PPCK|SNOD=****9-****01|CCOD=0|RECI=RTED|RECC=CAPR|LNOD=S|PNOD=PPCK|MSGI=XSMG402I|MSGT=RUNTASK [...]
RAID On Home PC
I was just wondering if anyone of you does RAID to your home pc? If yes what RAID (1,5 or etc) do you guys do?
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| February 28, 2011 3:07 PM
Data storage management, Hardware, RAID, RAID 1, RAID Array
I was just wondering if anyone of you does RAID to your home pc? If yes what RAID (1,5 or etc) do you guys do?





