Hi All, what is the basic difference between layer 2 & layer 3 switch. how can configure layer 2 & layer3 managable switch
I'd like to know what policies other companies have in place to protect personal data of employees, customers, etc.(data such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and the like) For example, is encryption required for transfer outside the company? How about inside the company? It is...
hi , i have to do project in vpn using l2tp.i have to test it between two linux machines. can anyone give me the steps to do that ? It will very useful for me if u give the websites regarding to that. thanks in advance. with regards, Nirmala.
I have a user who uses a dial-up connection to perform her daily duties. She is getting ready to go on maternity leave and their is someone who will be filling her position temporarily. The new user needs to be able to use the same dial-up or RAS properties as the full-time employee. The dial-up...
We have a rogue user who knows more than she should. She can grant herself and other users the authority to access files that are supposed to be secured. Does anyone know of how we can monitor her activity or go back and review what she has done or anything that we can do. We think she may be using...
One of our employees is having difficulty receiving e-mails from a vendor. The vendor is zipping up two text files and e-mailing the zip file to us. The Zip file is identified as a virus by our on-line e-mail filtering service and the e-mail is deleted before it hits our mail server. If the...
Recently, Manish, a SearchSAP.com user, sent in the following question on SAP SEM. <p> "Apart from standard SAP help, does anyone know of a SEM-BCS step-wise configuration guide? <p> Is there anything I can order online? I want to start on SEM-BCS as soon as possible." <p> Do...
Hi!! Good Morning. I have a simple question for you today. I intend to have a penetration testing done for all of my 3 sites - My US Office, My India Office & My US Datacenter. Can you suggest any trustworthy site which can offer me a free reliable scan? Also, I would like to have you...
I need advice on where I can find information on how to secure a Domino web server on the internet. We are running on a Windows 2003 server. Is there a checklist or script I can work through to lock down my Domino configurations? Is there some way to know what I can uninstall or remove from the...
Hi All, I am an IT Security Administrator of my company. i need to audit more than 100 Windows servers for systems logs, event logs , anti virus server logs almost every month. I am looking out for automated tools that can help me make my work easier. A product with a good reporting tool will be...
Hi !! Heres the scenario: I have a webserver which is running windows 2003, IIS 6 & SMTP service. It has a public IP address assigned to it - 69.59.X.X I have a .net application which generates email and sends out the same using the my SMTP server on IP address 69.59.X.X During the pre-release...
How can a fingerprint reader be used to disable/enable a user account?? Could I use a VBscript to do this?
We have recently purchased LC5 to perform password audits to discover weak passwords. The documentation indicates to use PWDUMP3 to extract password hashes from the Active Directory. I have looked everywhere and cannot find a legitimate site to download this tool nor can I find documentation. Has...
How can I hack my own e-mail address? Is there software available for this (commercial or freeware)?
In this ever expanding world of network security I am seeking a software or appliance to block HTTP file uploads or post. The problem in a nutshell is I cannot block all of the HTML based Email providers. I also cannot block all of the web sites that support HTTP file posting. I am seeking a...
I am working on a Windows 2000 Active Directory and am trying to achieve the following: 1. Users are not allowed to logon to more than 1 PC 2. The PCs must autoshutdown after some idle time, even during logoff 3. Keep track of each user's login duration 4. All logon accounts should be disabled on...
I would like to tighten desktop security by replacing/renforcing the login passwords with fingerprints. The userID must be matched to the user's fingerprint for logon authentication. My USB fingerprint scanner already has software that enrolls, verifies and stores fingerprints in a database in the...
Hi, I'm in the process of hardening the DB2 in Linux and I'm looking for a checklist to help me make sure I don't miss anypoint. Since I'm not an expert on DB2 I would like to have a starting point. I'm looking to make sure I don't leave open doors and also I want ot make sure I don't get an...
I have been given the task of developing user awareness 1-pager fact sheets to be distributed on a monthly basis in our company newsletter and posted on our intranet. I can write these from scratch but was hoping not to have to reinvent the wheel. Help?
Hi There, I have a strange problem in a customer. He connects their laptops over IPSec into the corporate LAN and the firewall/VPN server assigns IP addresses from the IPSec Address Pool (different from LAN subnet). There are some Packet Filter rules on the firewall that allow traffic from this...


