Internet Explorer vs. Firefox

Hello, I'm the Assistant Editor on SearchWindowsSecurity.com. I'm looking to start a discussion about what browser people are using and why. Also, is anyone considering switching from IE to Firefox, or are your plans to stay with IE? Here's some food for thought... As of Feb. 2005, an estimated 35...

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Designing the architecture of a computer

I'm in charge of designing the architecture of a very fast computer that can handle large amounts of data.  What are some of the techniques that I can use in the architecture?

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IT Asset Templates

I am looking for "standardized" templates that would assist large organizations map out current IT infrastructure components. This would help provide a baseline to identify gaps as well as help drive out requirements. Ideally, the template would identify critical IT components and force you to...

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Internet cafe solution

In around 3 weeks away from actually implementing an internet cafe solution from my research and helpfulness of fellow members ive concluded that:- there are a few options to choose from. asuming an adsl connection. 1) set up a linux solution say clarkconnect and xp on the clients etc 2)setup a...

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Data vs. perimeter vs. network security

A short time ago, author Wes Noonan wrote some tips for SearchWindowsSecurity.com about deperimeterization. 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....

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Question about IT management software

Hello, I am just wondering if anyone knows of some software available for IT departments, that say is accessible to users through a company intranet site where a user can go in and log an issue or problem with their system which goes into a database, then once the issue is resolved the user can go...

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Create a small SAP QAS from a large SAP PRD

We have a very large production database and doing a copy back to QAS is becoming untenable. We looked at a tool called Infoshuttle to extract a subset from PRD to create a QAS, but it was not designed to do a "mini-copy" with full integrity as we wanted. Anyone heard of any other tools we can look...

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Single Sign On with Windows NT and IIS and Domino

Hi there, my dear peers, What solutions do you know for the following situation: A user has logged in into Windows NT using a certain name/password combination. He then starts his web browser and opens an application on an IIS web server (same domain) where he must be authenticated without entering...

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DB2 Automated Utilities – Vendor selection

We use the IBM utilities suite and our own in-house utilities automation for DB2 v7. Our automated utilities is now draining us with heavy maintenance and since V7, there are still a few holes that could cause us some serious damage if not fixed in the near future. However, with V8, we would...

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Improve IT Infrastructure

Dear All, I need your contribution to help a small enterprise. The new Finance Officer (a friend) ask me to audit is Infrastructure and make proposal for immediate implementation in order to improve security and company equipment performance. Here is the actual infrastructure: -1 IT help desk...

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Monitor Internet bandwidth

Good day, We are using Windows 2000 Small Business Server in our organization with Exchange, DNS and ISA server configured. 1. I want to monitor the internet usage by the users. 2. I want to take a report on monthly or daily basis how much MB/GB utilized by each user. Thanks for your reply in...

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ORA-12535 error on Oracle 9i

My database runs on 9i. There are remote databases that connected to it. Today all of them are failing to connect because of the error message ora-12535. I increased the CONNECT_TIMEOUT but error still persists. I even set it to zero (0) and the system hangs indefinitely.tnsping to these remote...

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Setting up a Windows 2008 IT architecture

I need to setup a new Windows 2008 architecture with the following problematics: I have two location: Office and the datacenter. I currently have two Windows 2008 Servers at the datacenter (WEB1 and DB1) And one Windows 2008 Server at the office (APP1). I want to have a private network with a VPN...

Alexl5 pointsBadges:

Drive letter issue in 2003 terminal server application

I have a situation where I have a terminal server with a C and D drive with all user related stuff on D & all system related & boot is C. I need to install a new application which requires each user to map drive letter C to a network folder on another server. Apparently, there's no way...

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What do you make of the hybrid IT movement?

During last week's 2013 Amazon Web Services Summit, RightScale's senior cloud solutions architect Brian Adler said more enterprises are moving their applications and functions to the cloud via 'hybrid IT architecture.' Hybrid IT allows companies to expand their architecture though multiple cloud...

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vpn through s-box firewall of checkpoint

i'm try to create a vpn from the internet to my "small buisness server 2003" that act as vpn server without any luck, if i try to connect to my server from the internal network it's work just fine, iv'e mapped the correct ports according to the microsoft article that say to forward port 1723 and 47...

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Developing an antivirus (efficient):for Windows:Using VC++

I am working on a Project for making an antivirus.I have 2 other project parteners. But we don't have an guidance on how to develop the antivirus.Plz give me any relevent Information on this subject.(like components of AV,Algorithms(efficient),methods,general detection & removal of virus).(Also...

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Developing an antivirus (efficient):for Windows:Using VC++-2

I am working on a Project for making an antivirus.I have 2 other project parteners. But we don't have an guidance on how to develop the antivirus.Plz give me any relevent Information on this subject.(like components of AV,Algorithms(efficient),methods,general dection & removal of virus).(Also...

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Active Dir. Web Based Password Reset Tool?

We run a native 2003 Active Directory. We have many remote users who have an AD account (without an Exchange account). Quite often we get emailed from users who are requesting password resets, or account unlocks (since we have a 5-try account lockout policy in effect on the domain). Obviously,...

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Slow boot-up in win xp home edition

My notebook(40gb HDD, 256mb RAM)with win xp home edition has become dramatically slow in last 1-2 months. It takes more than 5 minutes to boot even after I removed everything from startup group using msconfig. The initial screen (win XP home) stays atleast 2-3minutes. How can I manage this? Is...

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