RE: GoPro going 3D

2010-12-30 Thread Mark Kelsay
Looks like a blast. Quality of the camera is awesome... From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] Sent: 29 December 2010 19:55 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: GoPro going 3D You are correct. I don't have any of my ATV'ing vids uploaded, but here's a couple from sledding

Re: Early Friday Funny

2010-12-30 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Watch it directly from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI -- ME2 On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Daniel Rodriguez drod...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.flixxy.com/my-blackberry-is-not-working.htm Don't know if you have seen this, but very funny. ~ Finally, powerful

Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread helpdesk UK
Hello We are looking to buy a monitoring software for end to end monitoring. We are not sure if MS Operations Manager is the best choice out of the box ? or any other products you have experience with I feel the product has to be enterprise level ? Central Data center + local site offices

RE: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Jim Holmgren
Just my opinion as someone who has tangled with SCOM recently. You can do a whole lot with Ops Mgr (a WHOLE LOT), but if short learning curve and friendly GUI are two of your pre-reqs - you may want to look elsewhere.If you can dedicate some time and training to learning it - it is a cool

RE: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE)
I agree with Jim about IPMONITOR of Solar Winds. I've used it for years and it was a great tool. However, the Solar Winds Orion Network Performance Monitor takes it to the next level. Take a look at Solar Winds, they have a lot of great tools and some are free. Joe Haralson Network

RE: GoPro going 3D

2010-12-30 Thread Don Guyer
They are cool vids, not shaky at all. I must admit, I got a little nauseous after watching them. But, I bet it's a blast! That would be a cool thing to have mounted in my Jeep while offroading. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W.

RE: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Take a look at Longitude, from Heroix. It's pretty comprehensive, and much less expensive than Solar Winds, for example. From: helpdesk UK [mailto:uk.helpd...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 6:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Monitoring Software Hello We are

RE: GoPro going 3D

2010-12-30 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Here's a clever use of the GoPro I saw the other day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaEZZ43WrTQfeature=player_embedded -sc From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GoPro going 3D They

Re: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
+1 Very flexible product which I evaluated quite a bit based on Kim's earlier recommendation. Another option is PRTG, which is very good BUT has high memory consumption if lots of WMI monitoring is utilized. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for

Re: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Miguel Gonzalez
And anything open source or free? Miguel --- El jue, 30/12/10, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com escribió: De: Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: Monitoring Software Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: jueves, 30 de diciembre, 2010 09:31 +1    

RE: GoPro going 3D

2010-12-30 Thread Erik Goldoff
Interesting results, but don’t give any feel for how skillfully the sword is manipulated so much as a feel of flying while trying to keep my breakfast down. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Steven M.

RE: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Erik Goldoff
http://www.nagios.org/ Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

RE: GoPro going 3D

2010-12-30 Thread Steven M. Caesare
I suspect it will be an effect we see in the movies for some interesting character perspective. -sc From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GoPro going 3D Interesting results, but don't give any

Re: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread helpdesk UK
Thank you for the quick response. To be honest we are not looking at free stuff due to various reasonshence I did not ask that question earlier but... Having read what I have...no comments on SCOM ? why not SCOM ?? Does it require a lot of scripting hence it is not proffered ? OR Does it

RE: GoPro going 3D

2010-12-30 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Hmmm... Let's see if we have a spare keyboard as my breakfast is now all over this one... From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 8:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GoPro going 3D Here's a clever use of the GoPro I saw the other day:

Re: FEP 2010

2010-12-30 Thread Anders Blomgren
According to http://blogs.technet.com/b/forefront/archive/2010/12/16/announcing-forefront-endpoint-protection-2010.aspx it'll be on VLSC on saturday. -Anders Sent from my iPhone On 29 dec 2010, at 19:56, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: The EA part is what I meant. Saw that it was

RE: GoPro going 3D

2010-12-30 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Wait until you see the 3D version. -sc From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GoPro going 3D Hmmm... Let's see if we have a spare keyboard as my breakfast is now all over this one...

Re: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Plenty. ZenOSS, Nagios, Hyperic, etc... Of course, many of those run on Linux rather than Windows, which might be a problem for the specific environment that this solution is being requested for. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business

RE: Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage. Need a sounding board

2010-12-30 Thread Ziots, Edward
Thanks much Ken, I was search the SQLCAT page trying to find the exact explaination after looking at the counters like 3x times it defintely looks like the commit total is what is being shown, it kinda tipped me off when performance monitor only shows me a 25% of a 2GB paging file being used but

videos from hulu

2010-12-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
So, there are some videos on hulu (Good Eats holiday recipes, actually, like http://www.hulu.com/watch/179670/good-eats-ultimate-mashed-potatoes) I'd like to get digitally and save. Any easy/reasonable way to do that? Thanks. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP

RE: videos from hulu

2010-12-30 Thread Eldridge, Dave
I use the suite from these people. Works good. http://www.applian.com/ dave -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 9:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: videos from hulu So, there are some videos on hulu (Good

RE: videos from hulu

2010-12-30 Thread David Mazzaccaro
You can try the program SnagIt I've had reasonably good success with it. http://www.techsmith.com/snagit/ -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: videos from hulu So, there

RE: videos from hulu

2010-12-30 Thread Tim Evans
Does this help: http://www.wikihow.com/Save-Flash-Animation-from-Website I've used applian apps for other things (not saving videos) and they have worked well. I thought that snagit only captured images. Camtasia can do it, but that seems like overkill to me. I guess it depends on how badly you

RE: videos from hulu

2010-12-30 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Snagit won't pick up the audio, will it? -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: videos from hulu You can try the program SnagIt I've had reasonably good

RE: videos from hulu

2010-12-30 Thread David Mazzaccaro
You may have to get creative (microphone placed in front of speakers perhaps), but it can! -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: videos from hulu Snagit won't pick up the

Re: videos from hulu

2010-12-30 Thread Roger Wright
Are videos on hulu done with flash? If so, there are a several flash video download add-ins for Firefox. I've used Flash Video Downloader successfully with YouTube videos. Roger Wright ___ Never make hard what you can make easy. - Fred W. Frailey On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Michael

RE: videos from hulu

2010-12-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
Actually, I own a license for Camtasia Studio. It didn't cross my mind (d'oh!). That will work great! (Applian looks good too - thanks for those who suggested it.) Thanks everyone! Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original

RE: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Jacob
We still use Whats Up. I tried tackling SCOM.. I just got lost in it and I do not have the time to play with it. SCCM was a breezy, SCOM.. ugh! From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 4:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Monitoring

RE: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
self-promotion I know this guy that wrote a book to make it easy :) http://snurl.com/45ppf /self-promotion Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:39 PM To: NT

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Kurt Buff
This is pretty old, but I'm now being forced to allow skype on our network, and I'm pretty unhappy about it.. Ken, is your firm still allowing skype, and if so, can you speak to what your security folks did to make themselves happy about allowing skype? Has anyone else here done a security

RE: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Jacob
Well.. I do have a gift card for Amazon.. hmm From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Monitoring Software self-promotion I know this guy that wrote a book to make it easy…. J

RE: videos from hulu

2010-12-30 Thread Steve Kelsay
Yes. It does record the audio too, but it is not without problems. -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: videos from hulu Snagit won't pick up the audio, will it?

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
What's your main concern with Skype? What aspect of security is your focus? *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: This is pretty old, but I'm now

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
This is a good article imo: http://www.csoonline.com/article/478577/voip-security-the-basics -- ME2 On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: This is pretty old, but I'm now being forced to allow skype on our network, and I'm pretty unhappy about it..

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Yeah, but this focuses on on-premise VoIP solutions for the enterprise... *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: This is a good article

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Kurt Buff
Among my concerns is that skype is a P2P technology - in itself not such a big deal, normally - and that skype data transits all manner of end-user machines not under anyone's control (certainly in many cases not in the control of the putative owner). It also is intrusive in that according to the

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Kurt Buff
Oh, and I just saw this: http://blogs.skype.com/en/2010/12/cio_update.html: On Wednesday, December 22, a cluster of support servers responsible for offline instant messaging became overloaded. As a result of this overload, some Skype clients received delayed responses from the overloaded servers.

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
***Does this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_security#Flaws_and_potential_flaws) not give plenty for a reasonable person to worry about?* Some pause, sure. Plenty to worry about? No, unless you also prohibit internet access for the folks in your organization, since some of these are

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
*Really? A delay in response causes a crash in client software? Really?* Isn't that precisely how a DoS works? Did you read the whole article or just the summary?The client software, as you noted before, is operating in P2P mode, so it is both client and server software, depending on the

RE: FEP 2010

2010-12-30 Thread James Hill
I'd be interested to hear people's feedback on this new version. -Original Message- From: Anders Blomgren [mailto:chanks...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 31 December 2010 1:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FEP 2010 According to

RE: FEP 2010

2010-12-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
I like it - a lot. Less overhead, more control, better reporting. For the MORG/LORG - it's a great fit. (I was on the beta program with one of my clients.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: James Hill

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Doug Hampshire
My top three security concerns. 1. Internet Explorer 2. Google Chrome 3. Firefox and 4. Users .and those are my top 4 security concerns on my network... On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: ***Does this (

RE: Monitoring Software

2010-12-30 Thread Ken Schaefer
SCOM is definitely geared to the Microsoft eco-system. For monitoring stuff that comes from non-Microsoft vendors, you generally need an MP from that vendor (or author your own). SCOM requires a fair amount of tuning out-of-the-box as the MS MPs generate vast amounts of information. MyITForum

RE: Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-30 Thread Ben Schorr
Update: We went with the Juniper SSG-5. I think we're going to like it but good grief this thing is complicated! We're having to open a tech support incident with Juniper just to get the IPSEC VPN configured. The manuals we downloaded for it are almost 2300 pages long! I look forward to

RE: Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-30 Thread Webster
I am sure ASB is available for a nice consulting fee to assist! J Webster From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Subject: RE: Small/Mid Firewall? Update: We went with the Juniper SSG-5. I think we're going to like it but good grief this thing is complicated! We're having

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I see your generic browser concerns, and raise you Adobe products. #1 concern for me is Flash. #2 - Browsers #3 - Tie between PDFs and Smartphones connected to the network *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Dec

Re: Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Really? IPSec VPNs are one of the easiest things to configure on those devices. In fairness, however, I've been using Netscreen devices since Feb 2000, so that might simply be familiarity talking. The VPN wizard is very straightforward *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker

Re: Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
You are the man, Webster! :) *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Webster carlwebs...@gmail.com wrote: I am sure ASB is available for a nice consulting fee to assist! J Webster

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Kurt Buff
Ah, but I believe you're mistaking or minimizing the differences between web browsing and skype. They are nothing alike. For the largest difference, http is a well understood protocol, and there are many ways to mitigate issues with it and the software that consumes it, including web filters with

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Kurt Buff
It's also precisely how exploitations begin, not merely DoSes. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 14:51, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Really? A delay in response causes a crash in client software? Really? Isn't that precisely how a DoS works? Did you read the whole article or just the summary?

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
* Ah, but I believe you're mistaking or minimizing the differences between web browsing and skype.* No, Kurt, I am not minimizing them. I pointing out that we routinely hear about people who experience infosec-related problems in the corporate realm due to what would otherwise be deemed as

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
*It's also precisely how exploitations begin, not merely DoSes. * Well then, it's a good thing that none of the other software we use ever behaves like that. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at

Re: videos from hulu

2010-12-30 Thread Doug Hampshire
Seriously? Why not just point a video camera at the monitor? On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 12:23 PM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com wrote: You may have to get creative (microphone placed in front of speakers perhaps), but it can! -Original Message- From:

RE: Small/Mid Firewall?

2010-12-30 Thread Ben Schorr
Well, to be fair *I* haven't looked at it yet myself. It's been in the hands of two of my junior people; at least one of whom is generally very capable and has deployed several other firewall/routers of other vendors in the past. But he's spent the better part of all day trying to get the

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Kurt Buff
It's good you don't equate ubiquity with safety - the apocryphal lemmings are a poor example. I submit, however, that another animal is a powerful and relevant metaphor here - the black swan. We simply don't know what the threats are, and the downside is huge. That alone should be warning

Re: Skype

2010-12-30 Thread Kurt Buff
True, but... As I'll keep hammering on - the traffic for other apps is much more transparent than that for skype, and NIDS systems, such as snort, etc., can help with the other apps, but absolutely cannot help with skype. Kurt On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 21:28, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com