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securing sensitive info ( SS number, credit card number, etc) on an on-line member application form

My client (a University Club) wants an on-line membership application form. Right now the form contains name, address, age, social security number, credit card number, and telephone number + a bunch of other information. The Club administrator is going to get the data and enter the information...

View Answer   |  Mar 15 2007  3:13 PM GMT
Servers, Application security, Encryption
asked by wschaepe

  0 pts.

Assessing Security Appliances

We have several appliances performing specialized tasks in our environment. I've been asked to perform an audit of these appliances. Since most of these appliances run a version of Linux/Unix I've decided to audit in a two phase process. First looking at the OS/Kernel and then the application. My...

View Answer   |  Feb 23 2007  4:36 PM GMT
Application security, Encryption, Database
asked by LeSure

  0 pts.

What is NAT port forwarding?

Describe in brief how you would set up port forwarding on a NAT router to allow a PC on the LAN to publish its web to the internet.

View Answer   |  Jan 31 2007  6:23 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network management software
asked by 111110

  0 pts.

Email Delivery Errors

Hello All, Someone is having problems sending emails to us which did not exist before. Our email server (Unix based) did not list his domain as spam according to our email technician. Also for troubleshooting purposes i've asked him to send to my hotmail account which resulted in the same manor...

View Answer   |  Jan 27 2007  4:47 AM GMT
Security, Current threats, Viruses
asked by maryam82

  100 pts.

malformed packet alert

I get this message from my router every 2 minuets or so. I tried blocking to ports that it attacks and the IP but the major issue is that, that IP is a broadcast IP, so i don't know where it is coming from. What my question is, is how do is stop these alerts (short of removing my e-mail from the...

View Answer   |  Jan 10 2007  1:28 AM GMT
Network security, Firewalls, Intrusion management
asked by Carnage6669

  0 pts.

Moving into the InfoSec role

I work at a company that currently does not have a position dedicated to information security. I come from a background in networking with a good portion of my focus on firewalls and other security related technologies. I am interested in positioning myself into the role of InfoSec Admin at my...

View Answer   |  Dec 12 2006  1:36 PM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by kushalp

  0 pts.

Authenticating a Domino application using LDAP

Hello, I have an online training application that allows users to connect anonymously but then requires them to authenticate with their Notes username and password after completing required courses. About 8% bomb because they enter their network username and password instead of the Notes username...

View Answer   |  Dec 12 2006  10:52 AM GMT
Application security, Encryption, Database
asked by mHanson

  20 pts.

convert public folder IPM.POST to IPM.NOTE

i have an sbs 2003 with exchange runing on it and gut a public folder that i've created for general mail to the employee's. i've routed all mail to that folder from specific account, the problem is that the mail's arrived as a IPM.POST format mails and not like the traditional mails that is more...

View Answer   |  Nov 30 2006  6:56 PM GMT
Networking, Security, Servers
asked by drorbeny

  0 pts.

hi all

last day i installed one new xp theam on my xp system. recently i noticed that "RUN" option deleted from my start menu. can anybody help me in this problem ? thanks in advance

View Answer   |  Nov 21 2006  2:29 AM GMT
Tech support, Administration, Hardware
asked by squibc4

  0 pts.

Blue Socket Gateway and Certificates

We are currently attempting to implement a Blue Socket Gateway in order to authenticate our wireless clients. I have been instructed by Blue Socket that the certificate used by them will not work through a NAT translation and that I should put this device on the outside of my ASA firewall. ...

View Answer   |  Nov 7 2006  5:05 PM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Networking, Active Directory
asked by skepticals

  0 pts.

hi all

hi all i need ur help , i need to trace a ip address from IM chat is there any chance for that ? thanx in advance

View Answer   |  Nov 7 2006  7:50 AM GMT
Networking, Network management software, Security
asked by squibc4

  0 pts.

How to prevent XSRF attacks

I've been hearing more about XSRF (cross-site request forgery) attacks. (Netflix most recently had to fix a flaw related to this.) I'm wondering how you can prevent this type of attack. Do Web application firewalls work?

View Answer   |  Nov 2 2006  3:10 PM GMT
Servers, Application security, Encryption
asked by Coder627

  0 pts.

security problem

Hello, I have small workgroup having 10 computers in my office. I do some personal work in office like using yahoo messenger, checking personal e-mails and some online banking site. But how does one of my senior knows it? I do everything lonely and securely so that nobody in the office knows it....

View Answer   |  Oct 31 2006  3:44 AM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Networking
asked by BinooDas1234

  10 pts.

accessing password protected hd

Hello everyone. Computer A crashed unexpectly. It turned out to be the motherboard but what im concerned with is the hard drive. I put the hard drive from computer A into a spare IDE slot on computer B. I booted computer B with computer B's own hard drive and attempted to grab the files i...

asked by whobettrthankyle

  0 pts.

accessing a password-protected hd

Hello everyone. My brother sent me his hard drive becuase his motherboard crapped out and he needs the data from his hard drive. I plugged it into my computer through an IDE connection and i can see most of the files on the computer. However, the data he needs resides within his "documents and...

asked by whobettrthankyle

  0 pts.

R2

does anyone know if windows server R2 is compatible with exchange 2003?

View Answer   |  Oct 20 2006  3:51 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by wolfden

  0 pts.

Dos attack

I have been receiving security alert messages from our firewall nearly everyday. e.g TCP Packet - Source:144.120.8.89,39341 Destination:192.168.1.1,25 - [DOS] TCP Packet - Source:210.7.0.36,3473 Destination:210.7.12.23,135 - [DOS] Thu, 2006-10-19 16:30:03 - UDP Packet -...

View Answer   |  Oct 19 2006  4:36 PM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by 9222099

  0 pts.

Running Syantec Antivirus on a Windows Domain Controller

I am currently in the process of deploying Symantec AntiVirus Corporate edition in my Windows-based network. In the manual it states, Do not install the primary management server on the following: Miscrosoft Exchange Server, Web server, or programs that prevent you from restarting the computer at...

View Answer   |  Oct 4 2006  9:53 AM GMT
Networking, Security, Servers
asked by skepticals

  0 pts.

Best practices involving admin rights for user on user system

We are currently in the middle of figuring out the approach we are going to take in regard to a user having admin rights on their system. Typcially we set up a new user as an administrator on their system when they are logged into the domain. They don't have a local admin account on the system,...

View Answer   |  Sep 26 2006  4:23 PM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by kevins74

  0 pts.

SECURE FTP SITE ON Windows 2003

We have a Windows 2003 IIS server setup behind our firewarll which is a PIX firewall. What is the best method to establish a secure FTP site on this IIS server? I have reviewed this topic on the internet and actually talked with somebody from IPSWITCH and the best method available is to purchase...

View Answer   |  Sep 1 2006  8:22 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Networking
asked by mconfer

  0 pts.

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