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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.

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.

Group Policy Management

Has anyone looked into Group Policy Management products (outisde of the functionality provided by Microsoft's Active Directory)? I'm trying to choose a product, and wanted to compare based on what current users thought (rather than what the sales departments tell me). The products I've been able...

View Answer   |  Nov 21 2005  2:54 PM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by techSpaght

  0 pts.

AOL Spammer IP Identification

Concerning the ever increasing amount of received spam, to battle this I have a program with which I can extract the IP address from the sender for reporting purposes, however, I have been receiving an increasing amount from AOL proxy server for which I cannot aquire the senders IP address. Is...

View Answer   |  Nov 19 2005  11:56 AM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by Eyecatcher55

  0 pts.

SPAM

I am running Exchange 2003 and Win2k3 servers. we get a ton of spam, and I want to stop it. What in your opinion are the best SPAM softwares and why? (such as strong points and weak points) let's hear it....

View Answer   |  Nov 10 2005  11:11 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Networking
asked by TheVyrys

  0 pts.

layer 2 & layer 3 switch

Hi All, what is the basic difference between layer 2 & layer 3 switch. how can configure layer 2 & layer3 managable switch

View Answer   |  Nov 10 2005  6:50 AM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by psharma1176

  0 pts.

Company policies on protecting personal data

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...

asked by copleydt

  0 pts.

regarding vpn

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.

View Answer   |  Nov 6 2005  10:08 PM GMT
Network security, Firewalls, Intrusion management
asked by nirmala2005

  0 pts.

Copying Windows RAS Properties to Different Users

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...

View Answer   |  Nov 4 2005  11:23 AM GMT
Tech support, Security, Servers
asked by whiteboy444

  0 pts.

User circumventing security

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...

View Answer   |  Nov 3 2005  8:04 AM GMT
Security, Application security, Encryption
asked by mouse333

  0 pts.

E-mail filtering service thinks zip file is infected with W32/Bagle virus

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...

View Answer   |  Nov 1 2005  12:22 AM GMT
Security, Current threats, Viruses
asked by DKoch67

  5 pts.

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