Oy. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:50 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected] > wrote:
> It's a virtual server at a regional ISP. It's their property, they are > hosting our website on their virtual server. The Marketing Manager quit a > few weeks ago to get a better gig and left me as one of the few (if not the > only) "technical" people here. I'm just trying to take care of a problem > that really, I'm not qualified to take care of. > > > > From: William Robbins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:22 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Security and maintenance on virtual co-lo servers > > So, since I'm late to the game (vacation) and I have too many emails to > attempt to try to catch up (vacation) you have a server you are > responsible > for somehow, and you don't have access? > > How does that work? :) (Besides the obvious answer of "it doesn't.") > > - WJR > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:10, John Aldrich <[email protected]> > wrote: > Thanks. I am a bit suspicious of someone who finds "threats" and offers to > fix them, for a small fee. :D That's why I was leaning towards Qualys. I'm > trying to find out how to mitigate some of the concerns that were brought > up > by another free security scanner I found that scans public-facing servers. > It found some "minor" security vulnerabilities I would like to plug, but at > this point, I have no information on how to access the server itself so I > can't do that. > > > > From: William Robbins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:21 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Security and maintenance on virtual co-lo servers > We use Qualys here at the office, and have found it to be very reliable. > > +19 on TANSTAAFL. > > - WJR > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 08:48, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote: > Perhaps you should become familiar with the concept of TAANSTAFL. > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:45 AM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> > wrote: > Funny thing... Qualys didn't find anything, but securi.net found some > javascript malware. Not sure which to believe. Anyone got another free > scanner that isn't trying to sell you something? :) > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
