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Passwords

Hi all, What do you recommend for initial password issue, that is, provided a new user with a password for the first time without compromising it. I find the entire help desk giving password initially or sysadmins doing that is not save enough even though the user will be prompted to change it at...

View Answer   |  Jul 4 2006  8:11 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by bangim

  0 pts.

Port 1894

Hi, Our port scanner has detected '1894' as an open port. We know 1894 is an 'O2Server' port. Could you please throw some light on the port '1894'? Thanks kbs

View Answer   |  Jun 27 2006  8:02 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by hellokbs

  0 pts.

Laptop Security...

Hi, I am the head of my department and by the nature of the job I hold some confidential information on my laptop. How do I ensure that 1. Nobody can access any files on my laptop from the LAN or the internet (not even sys admins) 2. If somebody tries to access, can I find out /trace who it is or...

View Answer   |  Jun 24 2006  9:31 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by blackmagic

  0 pts.

Local LAN Vulnerabilities and Open Ports NAT

QUESTION: How someone would go about exploiting a vulnerability within a LAN sitting behind a router running NAT/NAPT...where would you start? Hacking the open port? Routing Tables? Accessing remote administration on the modem? (disable NAT)?? bah... MY SYSTEM/SETUP: I have 1 XP SP2 Machine...

View Answer   |  May 24 2006  7:43 PM GMT
Tech support, Networking, Network security
asked by ladrick

  0 pts.

Network Resource Allocation cum Planning cum Technical Problem

This is the real commercial problem face by my company. Well, the reason I ask this problem is I salute and respect all of you as I believe all of you are as good as network solution company out there, or even better!! Lets me rephrase the entire problem again. Company expand so fast that the...

View Answer   |  May 15 2006  10:17 AM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by hunkgym

  5 pts.

Design NEW network cum NEW IT infrastructure-2

Company expand so fast that the IT infrastructure is not fast enough to cater high volume of traffic; the initial design is not scalable. The number of new branch offices setup caused the company pay a high price in the leased line communication. Salesman and management staffs dial into company...

View Answer   |  May 14 2006  8:21 AM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by hunkgym

  5 pts.

Design NEW network cum NEW IT infrastructure

Company expand so fast that the IT infrastructure is not fast enough to cater high volume of traffic; the initial design is not scalable. The number of new branch offices setup caused the company pay a high price in the leased line communication. Salesman and management staffs dial into company...

View Answer   |  May 14 2006  7:54 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Networking, Network security
asked by hunkgym

  5 pts.

Group policy change - cannot get back into Group policy MMC

Recently implemented change to group policy recommended by software vendor by the below instructions: 1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Domain Controller Security Policy. 2. Click Security Settings. 3. Click Local Policies, and then click User Rights...

View Answer   |  May 5 2006  8:17 AM GMT
Tech support, Security, Servers
asked by FlyNavy

  0 pts.

route mail with fax service in sbs 2003

i have a sbs 2003 on my network and i configure him to get all the fax of my company, the only problem is that when i configure him to route all the incoming fax to some mail it does not seem to work, i check the event log and i get error 32083 and with this massage: Unable to route fax...

View Answer   |  Apr 26 2006  3:30 PM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Networking, Ethernet
asked by drorbenyosef

  5 pts.

Looking for application vulnerability scanner

My group is considering implementing an application vulnerability scanner to look for security holes in our Web sites. Can you recommend some products? Thanks

View Answer   |  Apr 20 2006  2:59 PM GMT
Software testing, Automated, Application security
asked by Coder627

  0 pts.

Laptop Security (Remotely)

Hi, I am an Information Security Consultant. We want to monitor all activities done by Laptop Users when they are working offline. Can somebody suggest a tool which can push all logs on server while a user is working offline. We have banned USB sticks in our office and also all email activity is...

View Answer   |  Apr 12 2006  7:20 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Network security
asked by Tarang

  0 pts.

SuSE Enterprise 8.2 YOU (YaST Online Update) error/issue

I'm a linux newbie (despite having been involved in IT for a dozen years or so - no holy warriors please), and have encountered a perplexing issue when attempting to run YOU on a freshly installed dual boot WinXP/SuSE 8.2 Pro installation. I posed this question at a different forum (non-Tech...

View Answer   |  Mar 22 2006  12:39 AM GMT
Networking, Storage, Linux
asked by poppaman2

  0 pts.

Server allows unauthorised access

I am trying to sort out a network using Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Pro The domain has been set up on the server, and it is possible to log in. But mostly the users don?t log into the domain. They log into the local machine, with usernames which are NOT known on the server. They get access...

asked by BillBald

  0 pts.

Explanation & remedy for Web-based Attack

Fully Patched fresh Windows 2003 with PLESK 7.5.6 Compromised again in 30 minutes after a CLEAN rebuild here is How attack occurs ========================== first we observe service.dll Nadeware.msi in system32 folder and a clone of srv-u FTP had run. then we observe an account named help added...

View Answer   |  Mar 7 2006  12:28 AM GMT
Network security, Firewalls, Intrusion management
asked by aalborz

  0 pts.

Information security questions

Hi everyone, I am new to this field as a 2nd career, previously was in mfg. engineering for alot of years. Need some help with the following questions for a class I am taking. Need to get feedback with professionals in the field to determine what issues they think are important for information...

asked by frankAZ

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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.

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.

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.

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