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Do you have any opinions on the use of Designer versus a tool like Erwin or PowerDesigner in handling the following concerns: Database generation Reverse engineering Accurately representing every detail of a database Speed Use for different DB platforms Thanks for any comments.
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Firewall policy rules for browse Yahoo mail‏
In my environment, I am using ISA server 2004 and 30 client PC. I created firewall policy to all client should use only my corporate web page, Gmail and Yahoo mail. My corporate web page and mail working properly. But Yahoo mail page is not displaying properly in client system. I could see...
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Do you see mobile malware becoming a dangerous trend for BYOD?
In a recent report, FortiGuard Labs has seen a 30% uptick in mobile malware and is tracking over 250,000 unique malicious Android samples, along with 300 unique malicious Android families. The company says while BYOD is still a fast-growing trend, malware could affect both an employee's device and...
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Forgotten Skydrive Password, I can access via laptop but not from Windows phone
I have had to do a factory reset on my HTC 8x Windows phone and have retrieved everything including full Outlook sync, but still cannot access SkyDrive files from my phone.Is it possible to find my password?If it is not and I have to reset my password, does that mean that I have to change my...
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How much does security play into your decision when deploying hypervisors?
With security of paramount importance, admins should understand hypervisor vulnerabilities and the current concepts used to maintain security on virtual servers. Additionally, ways to minimize the hypervisor's system footprint and thus the potential attack surface should be considered. Does...
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What’s your take on DefCon asking Feds to stay away from the conference?
After DefCon founder Jeff Moss' announcement that Feds should skip the hacker conference, the SearchSecurity team asked Trey Ford, General Manager at Black Hat, what Black Hat's stance on the issue. His response: All Feds are welcome. With all the hoopla surround the NSA, what's your take on DefCon...
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I bought Kaspersky 2012 a week ago. Why wasn't it the 2013 version?
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The remote device or resource won’t accept the connection
Hi, We have setup a simple VPN server with PPTP enabled and have forwarded correct PPTP 1723 port and GRE 47 on plain Windows Server 2008(NOT R2). Now when I am trying to connect from any VPN client ie: Windows 7 or XP it connects fine and I can PING the VPN server but I am unable to browse the...
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DNS works fine for internally but unable to resolve external websites
I have a Windows 2003 server domain and around 50 users. While I was checking the DNS yesterday, I have found that its not resolving external websites from any of the domain computer. I checked through nslookup > www.google.com, I get the error DNS request time out timeout was 2 seconds request...
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Data protection....I have been asked by a finance company to confirm my address which I did I was then asked to confirm my date of birth and I asked them to ask me another security question, they refused and the call ended. I am in the right to ask for another security question relating to data...
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How can I delete the Windows security warning that ask me for a yes or no when I go to a new site. It is coming up every time I go to a new site and is driving me crazy.
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What do I need to set up a biometric access control system?
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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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I have been thinking about this for a while. A lot of my friends, family, and colleague ask me what is best as an antivirus. I would like to get some feedback from the community on what everyone thinks is the best antivirus they have used for personal and or business use and the reasons why. A lot...
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Apart from honeypots, what are the different methods to find unknown threats which are prevalent? How do I find methods to mitigate them. PS: all the vulnerabilities are known to all the n/w administrators and then can take measures to mitigate attacks but this doesn't happen..Hackers are at least...
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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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How to monitor and manage LAN gateway from a Helius router?
Hi everyone, I am trying to filter/manage a gateway through a Helius router for directway. We are running Windows 2000 Server with all XP clients, around 50 of them. We have active directory running with the domain controller handing out DNS and DHCP to clients. All clients are pointing to the...
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Auditor prohibited from using Yahoo mail or other research need for the company
In our company, the IT department set some policies to be able to control accessing inappropriate sites and other illegal sites. As an auditor, are we exempt from their policies because even accessing Yahoo mail is banned? There are times we need to research needed by the Top Management but we...
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We have a UTM firewall for using a internet processing to our clients. How do we block the inappropriate sites i.e is unwanted URLs, and how to configure the same in my UTM firewalls.
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Hi all, I have 30+ windows 2000 clients running of a NT4 Server. The clients are locked down via gpedit but due to teacher requirements need the right click enabled. What i want to do is either: Stop any changes to desktop, or set a default wallpaper that cannot be changed. We have no money despite...
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