disaster recovery
hi, i have 2xSE9900. one for the Production (prod) and one for Development (dev), few clustered DB servers (some inter domain and some normal clustered) which total more than 5. the servers are running different Solaris versions, VXVM versions but all using Sun cluster. for the next phase of implementation the number of DB servers [...]

Answer Question   |  May 18, 2005  6:05 AM
Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Disaster Recovery, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, IT architecture, Storage servers, Sun Microsystems, Veritas

Secure the qsecofr profile
We are looking for a way to secure the qsecofr profile, more specifically, limit who can change the password. Certain applications on our system require intermittent use of the qsecofr profile, by users with SECADM and ALLOBJ, making it difficult to keep Qsecofr secure when mutable users can change the password. I have looked at [...]

Answer Question   |  May 18, 2005  12:19 PM
Security management

Bandwidth managment … in windows 2000 0r 2003 server
Hi ! Plz I need help in controlling the internet bandwidth on a LAN network ? Also note that I have a Game server installed on LAN.

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2005  3:44 AM
Active Directory, Bind, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, Microsoft Windows, Networking, NFS, Novell NDS, WINS

printing headaches
I have a printer problem. The printer is taking A3 paper instead of A4. This problem has occurred for a few weeks now. Other applications using the same printer, like Word and Excel, are taking A4 paper. I have version 4.6 C. Can anyone tell me what might be the problem?

Answer Question   |  May 18, 2005  4:22 PM
Basis, Business Information Warehouse, EDI, MySAP, mySAP Accounting, mySAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer, mySAP Application Link Enabling, mySAP CRM, mySAP Enterprise, mySAP Financials, mySAP Human Resources, mySAP Supplier Relationship Management, NetWeaver, R/3, SAP, SAP development, Security, Strategic Enterprise Management, Workflow

IDocs vs. BAPI
I am looking for the advantages and disadvantages of IDocs over BAPIs. While designing an interface in SAP, which methodology is best?

Answer Question   |  May 21, 2005  4:13 PM
Basis, Business Information Warehouse, EDI, ERP, MySAP, mySAP Accounting, mySAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer, mySAP Application Link Enabling, mySAP CRM, mySAP Enterprise, mySAP Financials, mySAP Human Resources, mySAP Supplier Relationship Management, NetWeaver, R/3, SAP, SAP development, Security, Strategic Enterprise Management, Workflow

Data vs. perimeter vs. network security
A short time ago, author Wes Noonan wrote some tips for SearchWindowsSecurity.com about <a href=http://searchwindowssecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid45_gci1007026,00.html>deperimeterization</a>. He explained how security is always pitted against business needs, and perimeters have become porous because businesses require traffic from SMTP, HTTP or VPNs to pass through the firewall. He then offered techniques for keeping data safe in spite of [...]

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2005  4:36 PM
Administration, Application security, Architecture/Design, backdoors, Biometrics, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Desktop vs network-based firewalls, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Documentation, Encryption, Exchange, Features/Functionality, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Host-based IDS/IPS, human factors, Identity & Access Management, IDS vs IPS, IDS/IPS management, Incident response, Installation, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Managed security services, Management, Network security, Network-based IDS/IPS, Networking, Outsourcing/Managed services, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Product evaluation, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security products, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Service and support, Signature updating/Management, Single sign-on, Software vs appliance, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management, Wireless, worms

Problems Installing Novell Netware 6. PLEASE HELP.
I am installing Netware 6 on a supermicro server with a supermicro X5DPA-GG motherboard, adaptec 2200s RAID controller card, two Seagate cheetah Ultra 320 SCSI HD’s setup as a Mirrored array, and dual Xeon Processors. The problem is that after the DOS partition is installed, and after the files are copied it always gives me [...]

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2005  10:25 AM
Application software, CIO, Hardware, Help Desk, Network management software, Networking, Networking Products, Novell Extend Application Server, Novell NDS, Operating system platforms, Servers, Tech support, Vendor support, Vendors

Stuck with WEP – will increasing key lengths help harden WLAN?
I have potential security issues on my wireless LAN because my equipment is older and I can?t use WPA. I’m worried that my data is vulnerable. If I increase my WEP key length from 40 to 128 or greater, will this help?

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2005  7:15 AM
Biometrics, Compliance, CRM, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Identity & Access Management, Intrusion management, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Single sign-on

iSeries IP adress restruction
Hi, is there a way to restrict access to iSeries by IP address? I need to configure something on iSeries to prevent one PC to access on our iSeries and think that best way is to restrict IP address of this PC. Please help.

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2005  4:19 AM
AS/400, DataCenter, Intrusion management, Managed security services, Security, Tech support

Secure FTP on iSeries
Are there any “easy to follow” instruction documents on how to setup and manage SSL for FTP on iSeries (V5R2)? Perhaps I’ve not located the “right” sections of the FTP manual. Can you help me out? Need ability to securely (encrypted) ftp data from/to iSeries and a mix of unix platforms. I keep getting the [...]

Answer Question   |  January 24, 2011  9:06 AM
iSeries, Secure FTP, SSL, Unix administration

Windows Messenger
Can someone please tell me how much bandwidth Windows Messenger uses generally. Also, I would like to block all instant messaging on the corporate network. Can someone tell me how to do that with a Cisco PIX

Answer Question   |  May 30, 2005  11:12 AM
DHCP, DNS, Microsoft Windows, Networking services, Policies, Security

Indentifying end users with weak passwords
I am looking for a product that I can use to identify end users that log into our network (NT4.0 going to Active Directory this summer) using weak passwords. Can anyone help?

Answer Question   |  May 27, 2005  8:22 AM
Career development, Networking, Policies, Security management, Tech support, User awareness

Is BW the right answer for our reporting needs?
We’re looking at pulling data from a third party tool and SAP HR into BW for reporting purposes. One limitation that we’re experiencing is the third party tool has long character strings (greater than 200). Can BW handle this as an input? How are companies getting around this issue? And is BW the right answer [...]

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2005  4:20 PM
Basis, Business Information Warehouse, EDI, ERP, MySAP, mySAP Accounting, mySAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer, mySAP Application Link Enabling, mySAP CRM, mySAP Enterprise, mySAP Financials, mySAP Human Resources, mySAP Supplier Relationship Management, NetWeaver, R/3, SAP, SAP development, Security, Strategic Enterprise Management, Workflow

.NET worth it?
We have a big VB5 application and we intend to integrate it with SAP. We do not want to convert the VB app to .NET. This will be a huge task. Since DCOM connector is no longer supported, what is the alternative for connecting to SAP from our VB app.?

Answer Question   |  April 28, 2005  4:17 PM
Basis, Business Information Warehouse, EDI, ERP, MySAP, mySAP Accounting, mySAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer, mySAP Application Link Enabling, mySAP CRM, mySAP Enterprise, mySAP Financials, mySAP Human Resources, mySAP Supplier Relationship Management, NetWeaver, R/3, SAP, SAP development, Security, Strategic Enterprise Management, Workflow

Secure FTP
Does anyone know how to setup Certificate for Secure SSL FTP on AS400 ?

Answer Question   |  May 8, 2005  3:21 PM
Networking, Security

PIX VPN DHCP Relay not relaying DHCP packets
Hi, I’ve setup a VPN across 2 PIX506e’s using primarily the PDM software. IT is a very basic setup using PDM. I also needed DHCP relay to relay from clients on pix B to pixA and then the dhcp server. So I add in the DHCP relay server address on pixB and point to the [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2005  12:13 PM
Administration, Architecture/Design, Cisco, DHCP, DNS, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Installation, Intrusion management, Management, Network security, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Routers, Security, Service and support, VPN, Wireless

A graduate student in need of help – I would like to know your professional opinion on information security.
I am graduate student at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University and am conducting research to gather empirical data on the subject of information security. My goal is to gain a better understanding of what IT professionals believe is an adequate level of information / network security. In other words, I am seeking [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2005  2:32 AM
Compliance, CRM, Disaster Recovery, Policies, Risk management, Security, Security management, Security Program Management

Group policy: Restricting users from accessing control panel
I want to restrict users from accessing control panel from their workstation. How can I do that?

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  8:03 AM
Active Directory, Auditing, DataCenter, Policies

OS/400 System Security; Limiting User Capabilities
We have set up our AS/400 user profiles with Limit Capabilities *NO. However, this does not keep them from being able to enter a command on a command line. How do we accomplish this?

Answer Question   |  October 21, 2010  10:13 AM
AS/400, DataCenter, Hardware, i5, iSeries, OS/400, Security, Servers, tips and tricks, Tools

Is Windows security an afterthought?
As the editor of SearchWindowsSecurity.com, I often speak with users about their Windows security responsibilities. One senior systems analyst in particular sent me an interesting note recently… To give you some background, he’s in charge of configuring and administering desktop systems (primarily Win2000 and XP)for a large company, and he developed many of the security [...]

Answer Question   |  April 21, 2005  3:00 PM
Administration, Application security, Architecture/Design, backdoors, Biometrics, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Documentation, Encryption, Exchange, Features/Functionality, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, IDS/IPS management, Incident response, Installation, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Managed security services, Management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Product evaluation, Product/Service evaluation, provisioning, Remote users, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security products, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Service and support, Signature updating/Management, Single sign-on, Spam, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management, Wireless, worms