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Security of important files connected in LAN

I have central server in which all our projects files are kept. All PCs are connected through LAN. Everyone access/modify/create files from the server PC. Offlate i have noticed files are moved /deleted. I need to know how to develop security to my files wherein people can just modify/create...

View Answer   |  Aug 23 2008  9:14 AM GMT
Network security, LAN, LAN Security
asked by Pia289

  5 pts.

Network Topology Help

Currently, I am in the process of reqiring our entire network. Previously, this organization has had the 7th floor switches pour into the 6th, the 6th into thr 5th, and so on and so forth until they got to the main backbone and into the server room. I am converting this into a star topology,...

View Answer   |  Jul 21 2008  7:34 PM GMT
Networking, Network security, Switches
asked by Schmidtw

  10995 pts.

Network access control security problem

Hi everybody, I am not a security expert nor an IT specialist but having a network of 7 terminals, some users are limited account others are administrators, some having XP OS others 98 and 2000.All the 6 terminals has to log on using a user name and a password when trying to click on any of the...

View Answer   |  Jul 19 2008  10:29 AM GMT
Network security, NAC, Network Access Control
asked by Gaf

  5 pts.

I.T Security procedure

how can secure may network

View Answer   |  Jul 8 2008  7:45 AM GMT
Security management, Network security, Security
asked by Xxxdimagiba

  5 pts.

IT Security

With all the talk about security certifications and working in IT security being hot right now and in the future, I was wondering if it would make more sense to try and get the Security + certification before trying to get another IT certification such as the MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems...

View Answer   |  Jun 16 2008  2:47 PM GMT
Security management, Networking, Network security
asked by Davemd

  10 pts.

How to remove the password off a computer

How do you remove the password prompt off a computer if I don't know the password? Is there any way to resolve this?

View Answer   |  Apr 28 2008  4:01 PM GMT
Network security, computer, Password authentication
asked by NetworkingATE

  1445 pts.

security provided to routing protocols

whether double authentication scheme can be applied to distance vector routing protocols

Answer Question   |  Apr 10 2008  7:00 AM GMT
Network security, Security, Routing protocols
asked by Sabi

  5 pts.

Statefull firewalls

Okay, let me start of with i "googled" my question but i didnt really get a good answer. so im going to give it a shot here. can someone please explain to me what is statefull firewalls, and whats the different between statefull and not-statefull firewalls?

View Answer   |  Apr 9 2008  10:51 PM GMT
Network security, Firewalls, Stateful firewalls
asked by Tafiela

  55 pts.

Hacking and sabotaging

Recently I have noticed that my computer will randomly loose connection to the network. Today it happened three times, when I looked in the event viewer this is what I found: `The DHCP Client service was successfully sent a stop control.` This done by another user in my office and on my network....

View Answer   |  Apr 9 2008  9:04 PM GMT
Network security, Security, Hacking
asked by Trapdoor3

  5 pts.

Samba Folder Access

I want to allow permission to a specific folder, the scenario is: A) I open exchange server with samba as the domain controller B) I access via windows xp like: //servername/foldername My question is, how can I allow five users (full permission), groups (read only). Kindly tell me what steps i...

Answer Question   |  Apr 7 2008  3:49 PM GMT
Network security, User Permissions, Samba
asked by Chunter

  110 pts.

Locked out of Cisco Router - Password reset doesn't work

do work for a local non-profit group. Apparently some prior network admin left under unhappy circumstances and did something to the cisco router(s) there. We had no password access, so I went through the password recovery/reset procedure. Everything seemed to be fine except for two little...

View Answer   |  Mar 10 2008  4:34 PM GMT
Network security, Cisco, Routers
asked by Bobkberg

  895 pts.

How to allow outside access to internal pc securely

Hi all, I need to allow an outside service engineer connect to a machine tool (PC attached) to run diagnostics on my network. What's the best way to allow him temperorily access to this internal pc? This will probably only happen a few times a month, so access doesn't have to be enabled...

View Answer   |  Mar 9 2008  0:58 AM GMT
Networking, Network security, Firewalls
asked by Pandub

  115 pts.

How can I prevent users from deleting files?

I have two or three remote users that come into my network on a VPN and map to a shared folder. I need to give them the ability to read, write and modify files and folders while at the same time preventing them from deleting those files and folders. Is there any way to do this?

View Answer   |  Mar 5 2008  3:04 PM GMT
Network security, Windows Security, User Permissions
asked by Windows Security ATE

  160 pts.

My current network Challenge

Hi everyone, The following is my current task. 1) set up a network with 6 computers 2) must have file and printer sharing 3) internet access Things to consider 1) SECURITY - some computers will be laptops (wireless) and some desktop (hardwired) 2) Connectivity - at least one of...

View Answer   |  Feb 25 2008  3:06 PM GMT
Network security, Security, Network
asked by Ithlete

  5 pts.

How solve Spam Attacker problem

1. We currently using windows server 2003 and Maedmon as our corporate mail server with the macfee entreprise edition but we are still receiving over 500 spam email everyday so pliz assist on how to curb spam at the server level so that the boss and clients could not receive any spam anymore. 2....

View Answer   |  Feb 18 2008  10:21 AM GMT
Network security, Outlook 2003
asked by OMARI

  5 pts.

Dissertation/Theosis Topic Help

Hello, I am currently in the middle of deciding a topic for my dissertation (theosis) for my Masters degree in Computer Networks. I've spent the past week searching all the emerging topics and looked for research holes in the field of network security. I am interested in the security in wireless,...

Answer Question   |  Feb 10 2008  2:11 PM GMT
Network security
asked by Techy

  10 pts.

Traffic monitoring on SUSE 10.1/Nagios

I would like to monitor the bandwidth usage per IP address going through my firewall. I'm running SUSE 10.1 with Nagios installed. Anyone have an idea of how someone would go about doing that?

View Answer   |  Feb 8 2008  6:39 PM GMT
Network security, Firewalls, Servers
asked by Mrbartelby

  5 pts.

Restict SOme File Extension

Dear all, is it possible in window 2003 server that We can place some Restriction on the share folder that only certain types of Files to be save or place in these folder. The Problem is that i want to restrict *.Dat,*.wav etc files extension to be place on the Share folder because Some user place...

View Answer   |  Feb 7 2008  9:50 AM GMT
Network security, Windows Server 2003
asked by Muhammad usman

  125 pts.

Retain Deleted Files From Network Drives(Share Folder)

Hello all. I am using Window 2003 domain server. I share three folders on the domain controller for sharing files Between different departments.i have maped these share folders on all client machine. The problem is that whenever a user delete some files from the network sharing folder it does n't...

View Answer   |  Jan 26 2008  5:52 AM GMT
Network security, Windows Server 2003, Domain Controller
asked by Muhammad usman

  125 pts.

Need to Restrict View of network computers on wirelss router

I work for a small business. I have enough knowledge to set up a basic wireless system on our network. We have a Server. It gives out all IP addresses. We have a Lynksys Router. It is setup to NOT give out IP addresses. We want to use the wireless router to ALLOW CUSTOMERS access to the...

View Answer   |  Jan 26 2008  2:18 AM GMT
Network security, Router configuration
asked by Bsliwowski

  5 pts.

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