Which certs should I take first?
Net+ will probably be the easiest and take the least time to prepare for. It will give you confidence as you continue on your path. Good luck to you! —————————————– Go CCENT / CCNA… covers all the networking basics and leads you to other certification tracks. (Plus Cisco certs are more in demand)
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| February 14, 2011 2:33 PM
CCENT, CCNA, Certifications, Cisco certifications, MCSA, MCSE, Microsoft certifications, Network+, Networking certifications, Security certifications, Security+
Net+ will probably be the easiest and take the least time to prepare for. It will give you confidence as you continue on your path. Good luck to you! —————————————– Go CCENT / CCNA… covers all the networking basics and leads you to other certification tracks. (Plus Cisco certs are more in demand)
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| February 14, 2011 2:33 PM
CCENT, CCNA, Certifications, Cisco certifications, MCSA, MCSE, Microsoft certifications, Network+, Networking certifications, Security certifications, Security+
Unable to Access outlook when not connected to VPN
From your words, I think that what you want is to configure a feature commonly called <i>Outlook Anywhere</i>. This feature allows any internet connected outlook to sync a user account with an Exchange Server directly without need a prior VPN connection. You did not give many details, but for this to work, there are several [...]
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| February 13, 2011 11:27 PM
Exchange 2010, Outlook 2007, Outlook Login Credentials, VPN
From your words, I think that what you want is to configure a feature commonly called <i>Outlook Anywhere</i>. This feature allows any internet connected outlook to sync a user account with an Exchange Server directly without need a prior VPN connection. You did not give many details, but for this to work, there are several [...]
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| February 13, 2011 11:27 PM
Exchange 2010, Outlook 2007, Outlook Login Credentials, VPN
Mitigating cloud server risks during DDoS attacks
Go with a cloud hosting provider that has greater bandwidth then the hackers that are attempting to bring down the service with a DDos attack. As an example in the recent wikileaks DDos attempts, the hackers called off their attempt to shutdown Amazon because they could not exceed the bandwidth/resources that Amazon possessed. There is [...]
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| February 13, 2011 10:16 PM
Cloud Security, Cloud Services, DDOS
Go with a cloud hosting provider that has greater bandwidth then the hackers that are attempting to bring down the service with a DDos attack. As an example in the recent wikileaks DDos attempts, the hackers called off their attempt to shutdown Amazon because they could not exceed the bandwidth/resources that Amazon possessed. There is [...]
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| February 13, 2011 10:16 PM
Cloud Security, Cloud Services, DDOS
Former employee has credential to webhost, domain reg and dns
If you can still log in, change them. If not you’ll need to contact the web host and get them changed. If they refuse to help (they should be able to once you can prove that you own the site and the account) you’ll need to contact the former employee and get the passwords from [...]
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| February 12, 2011 8:11 PM
DNS registration, Domain Administration, Hacking, Security protocols
If you can still log in, change them. If not you’ll need to contact the web host and get them changed. If they refuse to help (they should be able to once you can prove that you own the site and the account) you’ll need to contact the former employee and get the passwords from [...]
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| February 12, 2011 8:11 PM
DNS registration, Domain Administration, Hacking, Security protocols
Contest Bounties: Last chance to win an iPad!
tweeted about IT Knowledge Exchange via twitter..
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| February 12, 2011 1:03 AM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
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| February 12, 2011 1:03 AM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Software firewall that act like hardware firewalls
I do not think you could find software but just get your hands on the old PII pc with 256MB of Ram with 4GB hard drive install few ISA/PCI networks cards and use http://www.ipcop.org/ hope this helps
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| February 11, 2011 8:21 PM
Firewalls, Windows 7, Windows 7 Professional, Windows firewall
I do not think you could find software but just get your hands on the old PII pc with 256MB of Ram with 4GB hard drive install few ISA/PCI networks cards and use http://www.ipcop.org/ hope this helps
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| February 11, 2011 8:21 PM
Firewalls, Windows 7, Windows 7 Professional, Windows firewall
Open IT Forum: Security Worst-Cases
We had an IT exec who also wanted to write code, especially SQL. He would take nice compact stored procedures and turn them into a nightmare. Not only did he rewrite 75 % of the stored procedures, he bypassed our content control system doing it so none of it was documented. He had procedures that [...]
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| February 11, 2011 6:18 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
We had an IT exec who also wanted to write code, especially SQL. He would take nice compact stored procedures and turn them into a nightmare. Not only did he rewrite 75 % of the stored procedures, he bypassed our content control system doing it so none of it was documented. He had procedures that [...]
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| February 11, 2011 6:18 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Remote printer service pose security risk?
Locate the daemons providing this remote printing service (these may be LPD – Line Printing Daemon, LPRng – “LPD” New Generation, CUPS – Common Unix Printing System) and stop them. Configure your systems not to launch those daemons during normal startup. This, of course, is OS specific
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| February 11, 2011 3:20 PM
AIX, Remote Printing, Security Audit, Solaris 10, SUSE Enterprise Linux
Locate the daemons providing this remote printing service (these may be LPD – Line Printing Daemon, LPRng – “LPD” New Generation, CUPS – Common Unix Printing System) and stop them. Configure your systems not to launch those daemons during normal startup. This, of course, is OS specific
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| February 11, 2011 3:20 PM
AIX, Remote Printing, Security Audit, Solaris 10, SUSE Enterprise Linux
Do I disable DHCP on my router to create a Windows or DHCP server?
You use the <pre>service dhcp</pre> command to enable DHCP server. You have to use <pre>no service dhcp</pre> to disable DHCP server. No you do not have to…but you have to have different scopes ——————————- If you’re going to use a server for DHCP, then you may want to disable it on the router. You will [...]
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| February 11, 2011 1:55 PM
DHCP, Networking, routers and switches, Windows Server
You use the <pre>service dhcp</pre> command to enable DHCP server. You have to use <pre>no service dhcp</pre> to disable DHCP server. No you do not have to…but you have to have different scopes ——————————- If you’re going to use a server for DHCP, then you may want to disable it on the router. You will [...]
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| February 11, 2011 1:55 PM
DHCP, Networking, routers and switches, Windows Server
Management of root password in Linux & Unix environment
Hi, Google for linux/unix system administration will be a good idea. But here I tell you some tips. 1. Try to never use root password to do sysadmin tasks. Instead create a special account for every task. 2. Implement the use of sudo command, read about sudoers file to see the potencial of sudo command. [...]
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| February 10, 2011 8:12 PM
Linux administration, Linux administration and management, Password management, Unix administration
Hi, Google for linux/unix system administration will be a good idea. But here I tell you some tips. 1. Try to never use root password to do sysadmin tasks. Instead create a special account for every task. 2. Implement the use of sudo command, read about sudoers file to see the potencial of sudo command. [...]
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| February 10, 2011 8:12 PM
Linux administration, Linux administration and management, Password management, Unix administration
Antivirus software for a virtual machine running Windows Server 2003 R2
Whatever one you like. Use AVGfree. Is the antivirus just for this server, or do you want an enterprise antivirus s/w so you can deploy to workstations and manage centrally?
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| February 10, 2011 7:19 PM
Antivirus software, Cloud Security, Virtual Machine Security Management, Virtual Machines, Virtualization security, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 security
Whatever one you like. Use AVGfree. Is the antivirus just for this server, or do you want an enterprise antivirus s/w so you can deploy to workstations and manage centrally?
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| February 10, 2011 7:19 PM
Antivirus software, Cloud Security, Virtual Machine Security Management, Virtual Machines, Virtualization security, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 security
Using ACL to block traffic from internal LAN
An ACL means Access Control List. It is a list that controls access to networks. To answer your question, you need to be more specific. In which equipment do you intend to deploy the ACL brand and model. What is your layer 3 network configuration? What addresses are you using in your local and remote [...]
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| February 10, 2011 4:32 AM
ACL, ACL Manager, Internal LAN Domain, LAN, LAN administration, Remote access, Subnet
An ACL means Access Control List. It is a list that controls access to networks. To answer your question, you need to be more specific. In which equipment do you intend to deploy the ACL brand and model. What is your layer 3 network configuration? What addresses are you using in your local and remote [...]
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| February 10, 2011 4:32 AM
ACL, ACL Manager, Internal LAN Domain, LAN, LAN administration, Remote access, Subnet
Central security server for WiFI based on mac address?
Check out the <a href=”http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6366/index.html”>Cisco 4400 Series WLAN Controllers</a> —————————– To answer your question, most routers DO offer some kind of wireless-MAC access restrictions, but, as mentioned, MACs can be faked. Not broadcasting SSIDs adn seting up great wireless security are stronger, or even a combination of all of the above..
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| February 9, 2011 9:09 PM
MAC address, MAC address authentication, Network security, Network security appliances, Network Security Management, Security hardware, Server Security, Wifi
Check out the <a href=”http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6366/index.html”>Cisco 4400 Series WLAN Controllers</a> —————————– To answer your question, most routers DO offer some kind of wireless-MAC access restrictions, but, as mentioned, MACs can be faked. Not broadcasting SSIDs adn seting up great wireless security are stronger, or even a combination of all of the above..
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| February 9, 2011 9:09 PM
MAC address, MAC address authentication, Network security, Network security appliances, Network Security Management, Security hardware, Server Security, Wifi
Segmenting a piece of our Windows network
Your best option is to do some type of access control list (ACL) on the router or switch between the two subnets. In effect this is like creating a firewall rule blocking traffic between the subnets. ——————— As labnuke99 said: set up VLANs and ACL filtering on your router/L3 device to control traffic flows as [...]
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| February 9, 2011 9:03 PM
Network Access Policy, Network management, Network security, Subnet, Subnetting, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking
Your best option is to do some type of access control list (ACL) on the router or switch between the two subnets. In effect this is like creating a firewall rule blocking traffic between the subnets. ——————— As labnuke99 said: set up VLANs and ACL filtering on your router/L3 device to control traffic flows as [...]
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| February 9, 2011 9:03 PM
Network Access Policy, Network management, Network security, Subnet, Subnetting, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking
Intervlan connectivity
Thanks for your response Alam, I’m using Thomson Gateway to connect the internet & typically i have designed a traditional intervlan routing … (i.e two interface of a router are connected two different vlans (voice & data)) . The PC needs to be connected to the internet after establishing the setup but I ‘m not [...]
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| February 9, 2011 7:47 PM
Cisco 2900, Cisco 3560, InterVLAN, InterVLAN Routing, Switch
Thanks for your response Alam, I’m using Thomson Gateway to connect the internet & typically i have designed a traditional intervlan routing … (i.e two interface of a router are connected two different vlans (voice & data)) . The PC needs to be connected to the internet after establishing the setup but I ‘m not [...]
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| February 9, 2011 7:47 PM
Cisco 2900, Cisco 3560, InterVLAN, InterVLAN Routing, Switch
Inbound traffic is coming from router IP, not internet IP. Why?
Is it possible that you are using some type of network address translation or mapped IP? If the router is acting on behalf of the client then the behavior you see would be expected. ————— Agreed… A routers job is to transfer packets from network to another. In doing so, most of the time it [...]
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| February 9, 2011 2:49 PM
Gibson Research Corporation, grc, Hamachi, Network security, packet analysis, Packet sniffers, Packet Sniffing, Packets, Shields Up, syn, VPN
Is it possible that you are using some type of network address translation or mapped IP? If the router is acting on behalf of the client then the behavior you see would be expected. ————— Agreed… A routers job is to transfer packets from network to another. In doing so, most of the time it [...]
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| February 9, 2011 2:49 PM
Gibson Research Corporation, grc, Hamachi, Network security, packet analysis, Packet sniffers, Packet Sniffing, Packets, Shields Up, syn, VPN
Lotus Notes Database encryption
Lotus Notes database encryption uses a user’s public key to encrypt the database. And the user’s private key is used to decrypt the database. Depending on the version of Notes and if you have a PKI configured, then you will just need to configure your Notes client to get your certificates from the PKI. If [...]
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| February 8, 2011 8:29 AM
Encryption, Encryption key management, Lotus Notes Database
Lotus Notes database encryption uses a user’s public key to encrypt the database. And the user’s private key is used to decrypt the database. Depending on the version of Notes and if you have a PKI configured, then you will just need to configure your Notes client to get your certificates from the PKI. If [...]
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| February 8, 2011 8:29 AM
Encryption, Encryption key management, Lotus Notes Database
TrendMicro vs Symantec experiences
Using Symantec, you have a great interface for allowing remote installs, system scans, and other tasks. Im not sure about what Trend Micro offers in that sense. However, we have switch to nod32 Antivirus, which we supply for our client. To my experience, I ges its the simplicity, fast performance, high security protection, less updates [...]
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| February 8, 2011 2:00 AM
Endpoint security, Symantec, Symantec AntiVirus, TrendMicro
Using Symantec, you have a great interface for allowing remote installs, system scans, and other tasks. Im not sure about what Trend Micro offers in that sense. However, we have switch to nod32 Antivirus, which we supply for our client. To my experience, I ges its the simplicity, fast performance, high security protection, less updates [...]
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| February 8, 2011 2:00 AM
Endpoint security, Symantec, Symantec AntiVirus, TrendMicro
Storage Area Network Certification
SNIA offers several different standards base SAN certifications. http://www.snia.org/education/certification/ In addition, most vendors offer their own certifications as typically the administrative software used is very vendor specific. You would generally get certified by the storage vendor that makes the storage array that your company uses.
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| February 7, 2011 8:29 PM
SAN, SAN certificate, SQL Server, Storage Area Networks
SNIA offers several different standards base SAN certifications. http://www.snia.org/education/certification/ In addition, most vendors offer their own certifications as typically the administrative software used is very vendor specific. You would generally get certified by the storage vendor that makes the storage array that your company uses.
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| February 7, 2011 8:29 PM
SAN, SAN certificate, SQL Server, Storage Area Networks
What is the” Progam FilesExchsrvrMailrootvsi2UceArchive” folder?
Got it… It’s the IMF spam archive folder. http://www.petri.co.il/view_imf_archive.htm
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| February 7, 2011 5:22 PM
Antivirus software, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003
Got it… It’s the IMF spam archive folder. http://www.petri.co.il/view_imf_archive.htm
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| February 7, 2011 5:22 PM
Antivirus software, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003
