RE: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld

2013-02-08 Thread Sobey, Richard A
*** them. The fact is we're STILL waiting for any kind of service pack to, you know, allow us to deploy it. No idea what they're playing at and only have themselves to blame. From: bounce-9580718-8267...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9580718-8267...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On

RE: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld

2013-02-08 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
LOL, I know--hence not ordering any hardware yet. Hard to know what to buy to support a vaporware migration. But, from rumors, migration compatibility will likely show up in the March/April timeframe, and then there will probably be a rollup or two after that to fix issues. If that actually

RE: Domain upgrade: 2008 R2 or 2012 ?

2013-02-08 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Eventually I will be responsible for both. My biggest fear at this point is that we find some kind of incompatibility with 2012 down the road. As you mentioned the 2012 will be a new build that needs to be certified in our environment. Where as 2008 R2 has been in our environment and stable

Re: Fortigate (was Guest network security)

2013-02-08 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Version 5.0 installed smoothly. The visual changes are somewhat minimal for now, but the performance of the UI improved. Can't say for the rest of the device (performance wise) as I haven't finished migrating to it. The backups are much smaller under 5.0 than under v4 *ASB

Re: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Andrew S. Baker
LOL *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote: I use Internet Exploder and trust Microsoft to

Re: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld

2013-02-08 Thread Andrew S. Baker
:::hangs head::: *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: Tsk tsk tsk ** **

Re: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Hank .
Not to worry. It is in the cloud so it is totally secure... On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:21 PM, S Powell powe...@gmail.com wrote: it says that mine, qwerty123 is not very good... odd that... or what a great way to collect passwords... - Sub ubi semper ubi On Thu, Feb 7,

RE: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Webster
They store all the data in Dropbox since with Dropbox passwords are not always required or used even if you have one. Thanks Webster From: Hank . [mailto:hgedr...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Passsword Meter Not to worry. It is in the cloud so it is totally secure... On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at

RE: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Stephen Holtz
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RE: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Guyer, Don
Think I'll just stick to writing them on a piece of paper, laminating that and taping it to my forearm, NFL Q-back style... Regards, Don Guyer Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory Messaging Services 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073

Dell/Quest Reporter

2013-02-08 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Anyone using this? Looking for a canned package that can generate reports on Active Directory. Looks like this does it and a lot more. Would like to hear from anyone who has used it. Thanks Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture

Re: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote: If you don't mind typing your password into a web form, this is a pretty nice indicator of strength. http://www.passwordmeter.com/ It appears to be implemented entirely in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. There's a link

RE: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Shauna Hensala
Try this one from Steve Gibson's site: https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm From: ste...@addisonreserve.cc To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Passsword Meter Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:39:03 -0500 Hmmm, password was not very strong! Stephen L. Holtz, MCSE, MCT Director of

Re: Dell/Quest Reporter

2013-02-08 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I used it back in the day. Provided detailed reports that were useful. *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Christopher Bodnar

Re: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Shauna Hensala she...@msn.com wrote: Try this one from Steve Gibson's site: https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm That one simply deduces the character set and computes permutations, which is not a terribly good measure of password strength. The original one

RE: Fortigate (was Guest network security)

2013-02-08 Thread Sam Cayze
Good to know, thanks! From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 8:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Fortigate (was Guest network security) Version 5.0 installed smoothly. The visual changes are somewhat minimal for now, but the

RE: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Michael B. Smith
Not so much, actually, as long as you control what you mean by entropy. http://xkcd.com/936/ :) See the response here by Akton: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/167235/how-can-i-estimate-the-entropy-of-a-password -Original Message- From: Ben Scott

Re: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Ideally, password meters should measure entropy, but that's hard to deduce. Not so much, actually, as long as you control what you mean by entropy. http://xkcd.com/936/ :) I *almost* posted that link. See

RE: Passsword Meter

2013-02-08 Thread Michael B. Smith
I think absolute entropy can be easily calculated. Relative entropy - which is a logical as opposed to a physical concept - is much much more difficult. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 2:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

Netflow? BW monitoring options on Cisco

2013-02-08 Thread N Parr
I have a WAN link on a Cisco 3750x I want to monitor BW for. It's just a Metro-E type of Fiber link between two identical switches. Switch requires a 10G module for this functionality. Don't want to pay 2k+ just for the privilege. Anyone else done this on the cheap some other way? ~

Re: Netflow? BW monitoring options on Cisco

2013-02-08 Thread Don Ely
Aside from something like MRTG? If you're just monitoring bandwidth, use SNMP and find the interfaces being used... On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, N Parr npar...@mortonind.com wrote: ** I have a WAN link on a Cisco 3750x I want to monitor BW for. It's just a Metro-E type of Fiber link

RE: Java

2013-02-08 Thread Kennedy, Jim
7 13 is better than 6 38, but I won't say it is 'fixed' since it isn't. There are still problems and will be for years to come, imho. From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Java Anyone

RE: Java

2013-02-08 Thread Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife
Lol Very true. I was asking more along the lines of the last big 0 Day vulnerability. I want to be able to go back to my developers and ask them to work on making the newest technology work with our internal apps. From: Jim Kennedy [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday,

Re: Java

2013-02-08 Thread Steven Peck
I may have missed this link being on the list but here it is anyway as a reminder to peoples. http://www.zdnet.com/a-close-look-at-how-oracle-installs-deceptive-software-with-java-updates-710038/ Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife

Friday OT: Just because it's cool

2013-02-08 Thread Kurt Buff
A little paint, and... http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130201-3d-print-a-super-cool-ultra-futuristic-modular-snap-fit-airship.html I'm thinking hard about a 3d printer for my birthday present to myself... Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Java

2013-02-08 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
Don't know about the latest vulnerability, but there is a v6u39 available that was released at the same time as 7v13 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 12:32 PM

RE: Highly recommended - I have a paper copy

2013-02-08 Thread Sam Cayze
Just read a chapter, and I have a say, I'm hooked. Looking through the TOC, there are so many aspects of security in the book that I have been wanting a better understanding of. All in one place. I already downloaded and combined the PDFs. but heck, I'm buying the paper version of this one!

Security Firm Bit9 Hacked, Used to Spread Malware

2013-02-08 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
Bit9, a company that provides software and network security services to the U.S. government and at least 30 Fortune 100 firms, has suffered an electronic compromise that cuts to the core of its business: helping clients distinguish known safe files from computer viruses and other malicious

RE: Java

2013-02-08 Thread Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife
I was also told that they were not doing any more updates to version 6 after this month, so we're going to need to make the jump sooner or later, just wanted to make sure there's no blaring, remote code execution holes at the moment. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu]

RE: Java

2013-02-08 Thread Sam Cayze
Another patch coming the 19th. http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/Mw3dWu4JeTE/Oracle_to_release_yet_more_patches_for_Java On Feb 8, 2013 5:14 PM, Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote: Yep: End of the month no more updates for 6:

Re: Security Firm Bit9 Hacked, Used to Spread Malware

2013-02-08 Thread Kurt Buff
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com wrote: Bit9, a company that provides software and network security services to the U.S. government and at least 30 Fortune 100 firms, has suffered an electronic compromise that cuts to the core of its business: helping