Re: [NTSysADM] Welcome a brand new CTP to the family

Kudos! On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 9:07 AM, Webster wrote: > Our very own James Rankin is a brand-new CTP. Welcome to the family James. > > > > https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2018/02/01/welcome-ctp-class-of-2018/ > > https://www.citrix.com/community/ctp/awardees.html > > > >

Re: [NTSysADM] Sys Log Servers

you could throw a free (kiwi?) syslog at each site to benchmark log data size, and that could help you determine if it's ok to cross the WAN or not. On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 9:03 AM, CSSU NetAdmin wrote: > I am looking for suggestions for sys log servers. Are any able to

Re: [NTSysADM] VDI options

in the last few years, I've seen an almost equal mix of VMware Horizon and Citrix (Xen ?) and have not run across Jentu at all. My customers range from local government to major private enterprise, from 5,000 desktops to over 150,000 desktops. Doesn't answer your request for info directly, but

Re: [NTSysADM] SQL Server 2012 R2 ISO download

Tech Net was pretty much phased out as it used to be, about 5 years or more ago. Software ISOs now should be available via MSDN. But those as were Technet's only for non-production use. You should contact Microsoft if you simply need the install 'media' for an existing license. On Tue, Dec 12,

Re: [NTSysADM] DBA question

this sounds more like a) I don't want to or b) I don't want to pay for this instead of c) it cannot be done Best Practice for Security and Auditing should be a topic for discussion, especially considering your statement of dealing with 'highly sensitive data". Also should be raised

Re: [NTSysADM] OS in the CPU

ood > excuse. J (As if there’s ever really a need for one) > > > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > > > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:lists

Re: [NTSysADM] OS in the CPU

cool, another in the ATL :D On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Melvin Backus wrote: > My condolences on your current position. I highly recommend you find other > employment, unless of course you enjoy that level of abuse, in which case, > you’ve obviously found exactly

Re: [NTSysADM] WOW!!! I had no idea I was going to be honored

nice to be recognized, congrats! Erik On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Webster wrote: > https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2017/10/24/announcing-ctp-fellow-award-a-new- > classification/ > > > > Deeply, deeply humbled and honored > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Carl Webster > >

Re: [NTSysADM] This pleases me...

ention that the index is everything?) > > > > On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Erik Goldoff <egold...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> yeah, I took SANS SEC504 a couple years ago, prep for GCIH, but never got >> around to testing. Wonder if my materials are still valid for the

Re: [NTSysADM] This pleases me...

significantly harder for > > me, as whatever it might be (no sure which - GCED/GCWIN/GHIH) will > > require much more in-depth knowledge in a specific domain. > > > > Kurt > > > > On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 6:10 AM, Erik Goldoff <egold...@gmail.com> wrote: >

Re: [NTSysADM] This pleases me...

Nice :D What was your preparation for the exam? In person classroom, web based, book based, etc. ? Erik On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 9:24 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > It's a good start > https://www.giac.org/certified-professional/kurt-buff/162966 > > Passed with 85%, in 1h 12m. > >

Re: [NTSysADM] Is there a reason not to have file shares in a drives root folder

may also be related to carry over experience from FAT drives, had a limitation in number of files in the root (and directories/folders count as files) so too many files in the root would limit the use of the entire drive capacity. On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 4:03 AM, Graeme Carstairs

Re: [NTSysADM] Dropping Kaspersky Av, who to replace it with?

Disclaimer, I'm biased because I work for Symantec now (NOT in sales), and know many of you love to hate but I was not a fan of early Symantec AV, and would not have come to work for them in the SAV days. I'd give SEP 14 another look, many advanced features, including some exploit

Re: [NTSysADM] Disabling a web site in IIS

you could always change the default page to a 404 Not Found error in a different folder. On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Michael Leone wrote: > I know very little about IIS. I have a Win2008 R2 server, and IIS > Manager shows 3 sites under the web server. I want to disable

Re: [EXTERNAL]Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Test

therine M. Moss < km...@winterhillsolutions.com> wrote: > You mean where I saw the signature? It’s Wwindows 10, and right now I’m > using Windows 10 mail because Outlook won’t behave itself. > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for >

Re: [EXTERNAL]Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Test

. :-( >> >> >> -- >> Espi >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 7:01 AM, David McSpadden <dav...@imcu.com> wrote: >> >> Oh thank God. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:lis

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Test

Yes, only a test. In the event of an actual email event, you will be notified where to tune for additional details On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:48 AM, David McSpadden wrote: > Only a test? > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsadmin@lists. >

Re: [NTSysADM] Running exe from APPDATA..TEMP directory

I have a customer that has an F5 client utility that users must be able to install, and their profile appdata/temp is a location where they have permissions, unlike the program files folders. I warned them about malware using this location as an ingress vector, but they did not want to work out

Re: [NTSysADM] Question about Word

simple method, use the text <> in the template throughout the document, and then perform a Search and Replace ALL for <> with the actual customer name for each time the template is copied and used. On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 8:19 AM, James Rankin wrote: > My Microsoft Office

Re: [NTSysADM] %[SYSTEM]% environment variable

I do not think %system% is a default Windows environment variable, and the brackets don't seem to belong to the syntax. Looks more like something from an A/V exception for a security product I'm very familiar with, and in that context, %[system]% is a prefix variable that usually resolves to

Re: [NTSysADM] Sohpos disables UAC ?

absolutely it is, prevents elevated actions without at least user notification and approval On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:41 AM, James M. Pulver wrote: > As far as I know, UAC isn't a security feature. > > James Pulver > CLASSE Computer Group > Cornell University > > On

Re: [EXTERNAL]Re: [NTSysADM] AWS East Outage

yitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Erik Goldoff > *Sent:* Friday, March 3, 2017 10:29 AM > *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com > *Subject:* Re: [EXTERNAL]Re: [NTSysADM] AWS East Outage > > > > Jim, your link redirects to http://goodworks.sprint. > com/1millionproject/index.cfm whe

Re: [EXTERNAL]Re: [NTSysADM] AWS East Outage

Jim, your link redirects to http://goodworks.sprint.com/1millionproject/index.cfm when I try. On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Kennedy, Jim wrote: > And FYI, O365 links in emails that are forwarded are being mangled all to > heck with the safelinks URL: > > > >

[NTSysADM] is Bundlehunt legit?

Just wondering if anyone on this list has heard of Bundlehunt before, and if so is it legit? Pricing seems 'too good to be true' so thought I'd ask around. https://bundlehunt.com/ Thanks Erik

Re: [NTSysADM] Question re job interview

Congrats ! On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Graeme Carstairs wrote: > Just thought I would let you know > > I went with Eric's advise and gave my presentation at the interview despit > timing it at 8 minutes it actually lasted 15 minutes at the interview > > They thanked

Re: [NTSysADM] Some advice needed about allowing local C: drive access

use the SUBST command ? SUBST Z: c:\debug worth testing to see if you have access using Z: or does your GPO quash this method ? On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Michael Leone wrote: > I know I've read about this procedure somewhere, but I'm not finding > it at the

Re: [NTSysADM] Question re job interview

also maybe relate to the three facets of Security in IT : C I A C = Confidentiality I = Integrity A = Availability On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Erik Goldoff <egold...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see three discreet sections : > 1) Data Management - you can discuss identifying and

Re: [NTSysADM] Question re job interview

I see three discreet sections : 1) Data Management - you can discuss identifying and classifying 'data assets' with regards to value and necessary security, access rights based on 'concept of least privilege', change control/auditing (based on any compliance requirements as a plus) de-duplication,

Re: [NTSysADM] 2012R2 local DNS forward to internet ? Brain hiccup

r you could put in Googles DNS (4.4.4.4 and 8.8.8.8). > > Eric > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 6:59 AM, Erik Goldoff <egold...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Been a long time since I've messed with DNS servers. Set up a 2012R2 >> domain in my VM lab, along with the r

[NTSysADM] 2012R2 local DNS forward to internet ? Brain hiccup

Been a long time since I've messed with DNS servers. Set up a 2012R2 domain in my VM lab, along with the requisite DNS server for the home.local domain. Question is, how do I configure the DNS server to foward ALL non LOCAL.DOMAIN lookups to another (internet) DNS server, not just domain by

Re: [NTSysADM] IT Organization Design

NEVER share accounts, especially admin. Everyone should have a regular user level account, and admins should have a second account for when privilege escalation is needed. Many have username and username-adm or similar to discern between normal and elevated accounts. Configure your auditing to

Re: [NTSysADM] [Semi-OT] Gotta love vendors

one of my mantras : Convenience comes with a cost ! On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Melvin Backus melvin.bac...@byers.com wrote: Easy Secure Never any claim that they were the same thing. It's easier to get into your house if all the doors and windows are open, but that doesn't make it

Re: [NTSysADM] [Semi-OT] Gotta love vendors

or in the *current* day of making everyone local admin on their desktop sigh On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote: The same thinking from way back in the NetWare days of making everyone Supervisor to make things easier. Thanks Webster

Re: [NTSysADM] [Semi-OT] Gotta love vendors

face-palm !!! On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Damien Solodow damien.solo...@harrison.edu wrote: Saw this tidbit in the docs on an app: (name changed to protect the guilty) By default, SillyApp runs as the *Local System* account. This is generally regarded as best practice for

Re: [NTSysADM] OT: portable printer

not in my laptop backpack :( On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Adm sms...@gmail.com wrote: I'm fond of these. Cheap, fast, and wireless. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00LZS5EEI/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1422567292sr=8-1dpPl=1dpID=41UNVMYvaKLref=plSrchpi=AC_SX200_QL40 On Thursday, January 29,

Re: [NTSysADM] OT: What do you call a group of IT professionals

a gaggle of geeks On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: During a discussion today the question was raised, What do you call a group of IT professionals? Oxford dictionary came up with: a blush of boys a drunkship of cobblers a hastiness of cooks a

Re: [NTSysADM] Has anyone implemented this solution?

you could use a program like password safe, keeps the info local, but now you have to share a password amongst staff to get to passwords you want to share amongst staff ;P On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: Just curious, but what would you use as

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: 0.5 foot Cat5 Cables - Too short - Any potential issues?

and buy at least one level better/higher than your current requirement, plan for the future and ensure you meet current spec needs. On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Cat5 isn’t good enough for Gb. You need at least Cat5e and preferably Cat6. I’ve

Re: [NTSysADM] All things pass, but some pass too soon

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Ed Ziots eziot...@gmail.com wrote: Wows this is very sad news shon was an amazing person and her books for the CISSP and others wad the defacto standard for reading. Ed On Oct 15, 2014 10:23 AM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [NTSysADM] Security training

Bear in mind the CISSP is a more vendor neutral, less technical certification that covers a broad scope of security issues (10 domains when I tested in 2012) to include physical security, business continuity, etc. Do you want a security certification from the consultant/management perspective

Re: [NTSysADM] Security training

...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Erik Goldoff *Sent:* Thursday, October 16, 2014 7:37 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Security training Bear in mind the CISSP is a more vendor neutral, less technical

Re: [NTSysADM] Zero-Day Windows Patch

Yep, they waited for the patch to announce the vulnerability to limit the window of opportunity for the wannabes On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: There's a zero-day Windows patch that is part of today's fix. You'll want to prioritize that...

Re: [NTSysADM] Native VNC-like Windows remote control toy?

why not have *that* machine with the large display RDP into a terminal server, and autostart a training video upon login ? On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Alex Eckelberry al...@eckelberry.com wrote: Radmin is awesome and while not free, it’s cheap ($50). http://www.radmin.com/

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: As data loss disasters go...

I also was on the list almost from the start. Very very late 1999 or very very early 2000 at the latest. Enough to remember hacks like Chris Peden posting a firewall config *with* password :) On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Rene de Haas rene.deh...@gmail.com wrote: I was here allmost from

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: As data loss disasters go...

...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Erik Goldoff *Sent:* Friday, June 20, 2014 8:53 AM *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] RE: As data loss disasters go... I also was on the list almost from the start. Very very late 1999 or very very early 2000 at the latest

Re: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: As data loss disasters go...

Operating System ? Service Pack ? On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Free, Bob r...@pge.com wrote: or what I believe to be the list’s the most-often-recycled bits back then that I believe were were the genesis of said link: ‘more info please’ *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

[NTSysADM] recent surge in SPAM

Even in my personal GMAIL account, I'm seeing an increase in SPAM, from 2 or 3 per day to 20 to 30 per day ... the natives must be restless, time to listen for the drums

Re: [NTSysADM] Do you run Windows firewall on your internal servers?

as a rule, I claim that a software firewall should be on every server unless you have proof of performance degradation or other non-remediated interference with production operations. You must remember that not all threats are external. Once an internal device is compromised, it can then be used

Re: [NTSysADM] RE: IT sec pros surprisingly cavalier about mobile security best practices

PhD ? Piled Higher and Deeper ? On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@live.com wrote: My personal experience working in higher Ed was anyone with a PhD after their name always made it hard to take away permissions. They just felt they knew EVERYTHING and anyone without a PhD

Re: [NTSysADM] Start Menu returns

Classic Who Moved My Cheese? On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Steven Peck sep...@live.com wrote: And they have made improvements to it with 8.1 and are making more to it with 8.1 update 1. Evidently they will be making further options available later this year. I will admit, I have a

Re: [NTSysADM] wifi network

you could use 192.168.0.0/23 which would allow 510 nodes all depends on your internal network configuration. You could also use something completely different, like a 172.16.0.0 with standard class B mask of 255.255.0.0 , or use 255.255.254.0 for the 510 node limit On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at

Re: [NTSysADM] Start Menu returns

Start 'menu' or Start 'button' I saw an update with a Start 'button' that only jumped to the 'metro' applications On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgwrote: Could someone point me towards this mythical start menu, because I have the update installed

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: MRTG setup

Not sure if you're looking for something specific, but around 2000 or 2002 I used the MRTG for Dummies documents for a kickstart. This link *may* help http://www.netmon.org/dummies.htm Also I seem to remember something called PRTG that did about the same thing ??? Erik -Original

RE: [NTSysADM] Happy New Year!

Agreed ! Thanks to all and a Happy New Year. -Erik -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Maglinger, Paul Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 4:04 PM To: New NT System Admin List (NTSysADM@lists.myITforum.com) Subject:

RE: [NTSysADM] Free Powershell training videos

Nice, thanks ! From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Crawford, Scott Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 11:35 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Free Powershell training videos I don't think I've seen this posted yet.

RE: [NTSysADM] Shrink the size of winsxs other places, new tool avail

The Symantec result from VirusTotal was WS.Reputation.1 , that wasn't a signature match, it was a result of their Insight reputation database. Just like when doing manual load point analysis of suspicious files, I would Google the filename. Three possible outcomes : 1. Known file for a

RE: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

Are the disks 5-1/4 or 8 ??? :) -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 3:34 PM To: NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on

RE: [NTSysADM] OT-ish: Laptop

About half a year ago or so, I bough a Lenovo Twist, it came with Windows 8, and has a touch screen. Ultrabook size, but the screen spins to make the unit basically a heavy tablet. 4GB RAM, i5 CPU, and 320GB hard drive, got it around $700 U.S. shipped, I think from Staples at the time. Not the

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: naming for service ID's

More work for the second, but better with regards to security processes , yes, self documenting, and capable of granular permissions to follow concept of least privilege. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Bodnar Sent: Tuesday,

RE: [NTSysADM] Quiet Monday

Yep, your message at 7:01pm was the first in my inbox for the list all day. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 7:01 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Quiet Monday Today

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: A completely modular phone

Another technical issue is that antennas need to be of certain sizes and shapes to work properly. You can't just have a tiny block for an antenna and get good performance Ah, but that's the beauty that fractal math adds to science. That's why no more whip/stick antennas, they're all internal

Re: [NTSysADM] Think strategically, not tactically..

I think more of what you want to do, not the details of how to do it. On Sep 17, 2013 3:33 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: So….I need to come up with a way to better approach some situations and think more strategically and less tactically. When it comes to systems management

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Speaking in public

Just practice the presentation by yourself a few times, with a digital clock present. Get a feel for how long each slide/point takes, and form a comfortable rhythm. But also, coming in the last spot, be prepared to have your allotted time shortened if the others go long. That's happened to me a

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Speaking in public

Camtasia ? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of kz2...@googlemail.com Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 5:07 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Speaking in public Actually, while I'm on, what's a good piece

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware

Even with relatively small (160GB), old hard drives a good deal [ I really doubt at this price that those are not original/previous owner drives with years of spin already on them] I might have to pick up one or two , thanks for the link David -EG From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] Looking for Hyper-V server hardware

For between $500/$600 last weekend, I picked up from Microcenter New i7 4770 quad core CPU with HT 16GB RAM 700 Watt modular power supply (Corsair) Large mid tower case (Corsair) Gigabyte Z87X mobo with 8 SATA 3 (6mb/s) ports, can do 2 in Raid 0/1, other 6 Raid 0/1/5/10 From:

RE: [NTSysADM] Bandwidth speed test between two LANs

Well, you could always do an FTP transfer of a large known file (like an ISO image) over the link and time it. Divide the size by the time and you'll get a real world answer. And in this case, yes, FTP will provide a faster throughput than a Windows SMB file copy (especially before

RE: [NTSysADM] ISO creator software

Trying to remember (need to look in archives on my drive to be sure) but back in the diskette days I used something called MAKEDSKF or similar , imaged a floppy , using DSK extension for the image file. Or maybe it was two companion executables, SAFEDSKF and MAKEDSKF , worked pretty reliably.

Re: [NTSysADM] Trust relationships failing

duplicate machine names, duplicate SIDs, DNS db problems, AD db problems ? On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Bill Songstad bsongs...@gmail.com wrote: I've recently moved from a small (50 node) network to a 3500 node network. In my last gig, I never had a single machine lose its trust

Re: [NTSysADM] OT - tips on job change etiquette

and two weeks notice is more than gracious for leaving a job. Employers are not obligated to let you work out the entire two weeks, and in cases of layoffs/RIFs, you would likely not be given two weeks notice either. Kudos to you for wanting to do right by your current employer considering

RE: [NTSysADM] Remote Control

I used to use Crossloop a few years ago, but I suspect it has fallen out of favor with the plethora of capable alternatives From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Curt Finley Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 7:33 PM To: