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Blocking music on internet connection

Hi all, I have some internet users who listen to online radio stations. I have asked them not to do it, as I feel like it probably uses up a fair amount of bandwidth. Is this correct, or does it use very little? Also, other than purchasing and installing software, is there a way to block music?...

View Answer   |  Feb 27 2006  4:46 PM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by TheVyrys

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Blocking Music on Internet connection

Hi all, I have some internet users who listen to online radio stations. I have asked them not to do it, as I feel like it probably uses up a fair amount of bandwidth. Is this correct, or does is use very little? Also, other than purchasing and installing software, is there a way to block music?...

View Answer   |  Feb 27 2006  4:45 PM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by TheVyrys

  0 pts.

Allowing IE to Install Selected Software

When restricting users to non-Power Users settings, how do we allow a Web Browser Front End to an application to download and install: a) Active X-Controls b) Files c) Registry Keys. I assume that there are settings we can make via GPO?

View Answer   |  Feb 23 2006  0:52 AM GMT
Security, Servers, Application security
asked by mattblack

  0 pts.

User Auditing/Journaling

I'm new to security on the AS/400 (730). We need to have a record of what program a user calls through our ERP system or what objects are changed and who changed them. I've read some on journaling but not sure if that will work for what we need. Suggestions? Thanks Mark

View Answer   |  Feb 22 2006  9:39 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, AS/400, Security
asked by hllwyrs

  0 pts.

IPSec VPN Connection

Hi All, Let me explain my situation: Currently I am making use a PTPP VPN to connect to certain remote sites connected via dialup using VNC to access desktops for support issues. To do this I'm making use of dyndns dynamic ip service which allows me to map a hostname e.g. remotesite.dyndns.org...

asked by ladrick

  0 pts.

Virus scanning the iSeries IFS

Do you know of any products that will allow me to scan my IFS for viruses? If so, are you using the product(s) and are you satisfied with their performance? THANKS! for your help.

View Answer   |  Feb 7 2006  7:22 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by CMHIT1

  0 pts.

Fixing violation errors found with CHKOBJITG

I have just begun running the command to check object itegrity on my system. I have encountered 2 basic errors - BADSIG & ALTERED. Can you please explain how I now correct these errors? The objects are basic IBM supplied code (i.e. ADDTCPLNK in QTCP library). I have no idea how these objects...

View Answer   |  Feb 7 2006  7:19 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by CMHIT1

  0 pts.

In VPN Which protocol to be used......??

Hiiiii everybody..... I am Bala new member of this group I have got one small querry regarding VPN, in my organization i am trying to implement VPN for the remote access, in the bangalore office i wanted to install concentrator Cisco 3015 and in the bombay and pune office i wanted to configure VPN...

asked by Balasaheb

  0 pts.

Exam question Antivirus - VPN - related

Hi I would like to offer a sincere thank you for reading this far. Im in deep trouble and need to answer a theory question for a presentation and would really appreciate any thoughts you can offer me. I only have the below information to go on and need to explain and present a soultion for the...

View Answer   |  Jan 26 2006  9:11 PM GMT
Tech support, Networking, Network security
asked by sprogg2001

  0 pts.

messaging and collaboration

What is messaging and collaboration,how does it works,how to set it up ,where can it be implemented and how

View Answer   |  Jan 24 2006  8:40 AM GMT
Networking, Network monitoring, Network protocols
asked by eduado

  0 pts.

Internet Fraud, Schemes, Porn, Hackers and the like

Often times many consumers get these e-mails from Nigeria, Russia, China and so on purporting a long drawn out story about a deceased king and so on. They can be caught by looking at their headers, but I've been told sometimes they use fake e-mail addresses. Is their a fool proof way to identify...

View Answer   |  Jan 20 2006  12:40 AM GMT
Hardware, Servers, Spam
asked by Intelops57

  0 pts.

Deleting old userids

I used to display the last signon date on a specific user profile to know if it was still used, if it was older than 3 months, it was deleted. Now there are more & more user profiles defined to the system for other applications than the "green screen", like FTP, ISeries Navigator, ODBC, etc.......

View Answer   |  Jan 11 2006  5:55 PM GMT
Network security, Firewalls, Intrusion management
asked by hmonat

  20 pts.

data encryption/decryption

We are in the process of building encryption/decryption applications. We are using the IBM QC3ENCDT AND QC3DECDT API'S. I've starting testing against our database using apprx 3000 records to encrypt and then decrypt. Out of that 3000 records, there are 17 instances of failure to decrypt to clear...

View Answer   |  Jan 11 2006  10:39 AM GMT
Application security, Encryption, Database
asked by rigger

  0 pts.

Symantec Resources

Our company has just partnered with Symantec and being new to their products, I'm finding myself a bit overwhelmed. Are there any websites that offer mailing lists or online forums that can help with some of the issues I'm running into? This seems like an interesting concept for user-to-user...

View Answer   |  Jan 9 2006  10:14 PM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by SMSMVP

  0 pts.

Email encryption

Dear Colleagues: What is the best way of detecting whether email messages are transmitted as cleartext? I want to determine whether our company email messages are encrypted or not when they are transmitted within and out of the corporate network. Thank you very much!

View Answer   |  Jan 5 2006  8:26 AM GMT
Security, Application security, Encryption
asked by dyafrica

  0 pts.

Looking for good HIP.

Hi, I am looking for a good Host-based Intrusion Prevention System to be implemented on Intel Servers in my Company. Is there anything you would recommend...?

View Answer   |  Dec 21 2005  9:49 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by JakubK

  0 pts.

Outlook Express compacting

Hi All, I am currently facing a problem with outlook express compacting folders option. One of my colleague complained that last 3 months of emails are removed from Deleted Emails folder after Outlook Express finished compacting the folders. However there is no option is selected to delete the...

View Answer   |  Dec 15 2005  8:50 AM GMT
Tech support, Application security, Encryption
asked by inamhaque

  15 pts.

Encrypted files on External HD, host machine formatted but recoverable

Here is the lowdown, we have an external HD, and we backed up all the data needed too it. What i wasnt told was that the backup was being encrypted as it was being saved to the HD. So the pc was given to me to format and reinstall windows on. I did and now we get an access denied error when we...

asked by Trelleborg

  0 pts.

VPn solution required for remote IP telephony

We would like to have remote ip telephony connectivity for our office so that it will be helpful for our remote users and our Royal customers to have ip soft phone which will be connected to our network through VPN tunnel to our IP PABX and dial out locally. We are having ADSL modem connectivity...

View Answer   |  Nov 27 2005  11:40 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network security
asked by gobinatty

  0 pts.

e-mail disclaimer

How do I add an e-mail disclaimer to all outgoing e-mails ? I saw in Internet, using VBScript but I'm not programmer and I have undesrtand this. Please, give other option. Thanks

View Answer   |  Nov 23 2005  3:20 PM GMT
Instant Messaging, Exchange
asked by fmonroyo

  0 pts.

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