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Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  1:29 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Ubuntu, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server

Preventing root kits on Windows Server 2008
Is there any new technology to prevent against root kits on Windows Server 2008?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  2:09 PM
Rootkits, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Security

Windows firewall exceptions
Can we enable our application to add an exception to the Windows firewall automatically while prompting the user to accept/deny the request.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  2:01 PM
Firewalls, Windows administration, Windows firewall, Windows Firewall Integration

Free remote access desktop application?
is there is any free remote desktop access application

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  4:54 PM
Desktop administration, Desktop management, Remote access, Remote access policies

Windows Firewall Advanced console
Can we get the Windows Firewall Advanced console on Windows Server 2008 on Windows 7?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:33 PM
Firewalls, Windows 7, Windows firewall, Windows Security, Windows Server 2008

IPsec monitoring on a network
What can I use to monitor IPSec on our network? Is their a console or event log for it? Windows 2003.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:26 PM
Event logs, IPsec, IPsec VPN, Network Monitor, Windows Server 2003

Route add problem in Windows Server 2008 R2
Hi. I installed TMG firewall on operating system windows 2008 r2 edition. I have 2 LAN. 1 for internet service provider and second for local users. I add route to Operating system (route is right, i checked it onather server, worked) but not worket. I opened all service and port on TMG firewall, bur still [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  5:31 AM
Firewalls, Forefront TMG, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Free IT Book: Development with the Force.com Platform
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Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  1:53 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Developers, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server

Do I have hackers?
I have recently noted what appears to be “suspicious acitivity” on my computer.  In doing so, I went to the Control Panel, clicked on Internet Connections, then “View computers in your workgroup.”  I was shocked and afraid when I discovered five (5) different computers.  Upon further research, I learned that “Remote Assistance” had  been enabled [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  9:07 PM
Administrator account, Hacking, Hacking tools and techniques, Windows XP

Smoothwall School Guardian and New VLANs
I was wondering if someone could help me with the specifics of how to set up a VLAN for the network using Schoolguardian. I do not have formal network training and so I feel very inadequate to tackle this project, but it just needs to be done and so any help would be very appreciated…Current [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  12:49 PM
DHCP, DNS configuration, SchoolGuardian, Smoothwall, Static IP address, VLAN

Active Directory LDAP, Set Custom Security Persmissions on 3 Attributes, not the whole class
Fellow experts, I signed up just a few minutes ago, and hope to become a valuable contributor on this forum, however I need your expertise now… so put on your AD Schema hat… I have an object class “organizationalPerson” and three optional attributes in the class. I went into adsiedit and edited the security of [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  12:41 PM
Active Directory, LDAP, NTFS, Permissions, Schema, Security

UDP datagram don’t get the server
I have implemented with c++, two small apps: an UDP client and an UDP server I place client in same machine than server. I start server, I start client, and I send data from client to 127.0.0.1… server receives OK now i do ipconfig and i get my local IP is 192.168.1.8 so I repeat [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  12:22 AM
Datagram protocol, Firewalls, Network, UDP, UDP port, Visual C++

Security in Cloud computing
Can you please elaborate on the most pressing security issues that cloud computing faces, and its solutions that are being considered to handle them Regards.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  1:22 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud computing security, Open IT Forum, Security

Deploying MMC consoles
Can we deploy MMC consoles pre-populated to domain administrators start menus under administrative tools?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:53 PM
Administrative tools, Domain Administration, Domain Administrator, MMC

ACL configuration
hey, I want to create standard acl to allow all network to flow from 172.16.10.0 0.0.0.255 to 172.16.20.0 0.0.0.255 and 172.16.30.0 0.0.0.255 but i don’t want network to flow from 172.16.20.0 0.0.0.255 to 172.16.30.0 0.0.0.255 and vice versa, so I created the following acl, access-list standard 10 permit 172.16.10.0 0.0.0.255 access-list standard 10 deny any. [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  11:15 AM
Access Control List, ACL, ACL Manager, Cisco 2960, Cisco 7206, Network security

Network failover using Fortinet F310B
We are using Fortinet F310b Internet appliance having AV,IPS/PDS,Firewall for our connectivity with outside world. We have two(2) nos. of 2Mbps(1:1) dedicated internet Lease Line and a 1.5Mbps WiMax Link. Entire network load is balance between 2 Lease Line and Wimax link is used for Backup link. How the failover can be implemented  

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:57 AM
Failover, Fault Tollerance, Firewalls, Fortinet, Fortinet firewall, WiMAX

Encrypting DHCP requests and traffic
Is it possible to encrypt DHCP requests and traffic?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  5:33 PM
DHCP, DHCP security, DHCP server, Encryption

Creating ACLs on the network
How can we create ACLs on the network to block out users from attempting to connect to HR file shares?

Answer Question   |  July 27, 2011  5:28 PM
Access Control List, ACL, ACL Manager, File Share Permissions, File Shares, Network security, Network Security Management

Blocking command line on desktops
How can we block the command line on 7 desktops for all non-administrator users?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  5:27 PM
Administrator password, Command line, Command line tools, Permissions and authentication, Permissions and settings

Windows Server 2008 encryption
Can I encrypt data over the wire between local Windows Server 2008 local servers?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:25 PM
Encryption, Local Administrators Group, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Security