From-the-outside monitoring of our links - mxtoolbox.com for example. Sean Rector, MCSE
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: About network admin password So, how do you get 'circuit down' messages? On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:20, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > The monitoring software I use can send messages via SMTP, so one of the > checks is to watch event logs for specific UserID's and then send it to my > call phone's e-mail address. > > I also finally got smart and stopped using my clients local e-mail > server as the SMTP relay too, kind of hard to get "e-mail server down" > messages when you are relying on the monitored e-mail server to send a > message out :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: HELP_PC [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 6:46 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: R: About network admin password > > Where from did you setup a send text to the phone? > > Guido Elia > > HELPPC > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > Inviato: venerdì 28 ottobre 2011 15.28 > A: NT System Admin Issues > Oggetto: RE: About network admin password > > At %nightjob% a couple users at clients have DA accounts so they can > occasionally install software on their SBS servers (usually with vendors > onsite and I am unavailable), and I have event log monitoring set up to send > a text to my phone whenever that account us used. It's a compromise we live > with that beats alternatives. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:05 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: About network admin password > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:57 AM, HELP_PC <[email protected]> wrote: >> How can I may be sure that another people don't try to get access as >> admin if they know the password.Track every logon ? > > Track every log on, and immediately log the details to a system they > don't have access to. (If you only log locally, they can modify the > log records.) > > Possibly less intensive is to not simply give them the password. > Instead, give them a record of the password under opaque seal. > Periodically audit the seal to make sure it hasn't been broken. > > If they need some access normally: Create a separate account, with separate > credentials. 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