Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Miguel Gonzalez
About the famous . files that normally screw backups up, there are tools that clean up those files in the Mac and the Windows side (in the case you have a Samba server. Miguel --- El mar, 28/4/09, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com escribió: De: Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: USE

Tape swapping service

2009-04-28 Thread Oliver Marshall
Hi chaps, Just roughly speaking, what would it cost for someone to come out and swap our tapes each day and take the previous days tape offsite with them, and bring the right tape in for the right day ? Anyone know any broad costings? £100's per month or £1000's per month do you reckon ?

Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Jon Harris
Agreed they are a pain. They also like to leave files around that make backups fail (or appear to fail). I took to leaving the files in place and put specific deny write on the Mac user in my environment. Mac users are also a pain to deal with as they usaully whine that it is so much easier on

RE: Tape swapping service

2009-04-28 Thread Andy Crellin
No - that's just for the offsite storage and delivery service. There is a further menu of charges for emergency (e.g. 2 hour) tape delivery etc. The last price I remember paying for LTO tapes was £40 per tape if that's of any use to you. Andy Crellin Technical Services Manager Leonard

RE: script to add auditing

2009-04-28 Thread Ziots, Edward
Correct, Stored in SACL, so subinacl only has the /sdeny switch and /revoke. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer

RE: HP 6535b dual monitor dupport

2009-04-28 Thread Ames Matthew B
This process works for us using T41s and T400s (with and without docking stations) with no issues - either with or without the IBM Presenter s/w being installed (although the presenter s/w allows you to quick switch between various configurations - mirror or extended, and the position of the

Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Jon Harris
No Samba but putting the specific deny write on that file seems to have worked. The Mac user can not up date the file or do anything else with it but read it. Jon On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:44 AM, Miguel Gonzalez miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es wrote: About the famous . files that normally screw

RE: Tape swapping service

2009-04-28 Thread Oliver Marshall
Thanks Andy. Does that include the tapes as needed or do you supply those ? Olly -Original Message- From: Andy Crellin [mailto:andy.crel...@lcdisability.org] Sent: 28 April 2009 11:20 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tape swapping service I pay £5000-£6000 per year for this

Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Jonathan Link
Sounds like some user education is in order. Next time a snide comment is made, give them a chart that shows their use of support compared to the rest of the Windows group. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: It has been our experience that while the

RE: Tape swapping service

2009-04-28 Thread Andy Crellin
I pay £5000-£6000 per year for this service. I've had quotes around the same area as well, so this seems to be the price point. Andy Crellin Technical Services Manager Leonard Cheshire Disability Telephone: 01904 479200 E-mail: andy.crel...@lcdisability.org -Original Message- From:

RE: DFS issues

2009-04-28 Thread John Aldrich
Hi, Bonnie. Thanks for that link. I'll take a look at it. As for the other questions, there are no quotas, etc. The share/NTFS permissions have always been read/write for everyone and full-control for a select few, at least in the main folders. The directory structure is something like this:

RE: Restricted groups, where have you been....

2009-04-28 Thread Ziots, Edward
But they cant stop a HIPS :-) Control the Execution... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]

Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Jon Harris
I will add one additional fact. Our Mac has spent on average at least 2 days a year in service with another 2 days per year on either side of that having issues, either hardware or software. All of the Windows Desktops and Laptops combined have only 4 days in the shop for issues, with most of

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread John Hornbuckle
Not to my knowledge, but I'm open to correction. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.ushttp://www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 7:28 PM To: NT

Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Jon Harris
Not from what my Windows person is finding. He is producing the same level of work as a professional that we pay for. The biggest difference is in the training. The professional was trained on a Mac and our inside person has had no training. The Mac person takes the work done by the Windows

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Holstrom, Don
The machines aren't any better, but it appears the graphics users like Macs more. When a Mac fails, they don't flinch, just look for me patiently. I have five Mac desktops and three Mac laptops here at the Museum. About eight or 10 have Macs at home too. For the in-house users, I give them an

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Vue, Za
I will take a one piece iMac over a PC system any day BUT running Vista. If I have the budget I would buy everyone an iMac and run Vista. I wish PC vendors start making one piece unit like Apple. Too many damn wires man! (Speaker wires, AC adapters, video adapters, mouse wires, KB wires) How

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread John Hornbuckle
That's what we're doing here. We've managed to negotiate some better pricing to reduce the Apple tax, making the iMacs' pricing closer to that of our Dells. We then run Vista on them, which works fine. PC manufacturers are still clueless. They're trying to learn from Apple, but are still way

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread John Hornbuckle
Replying to my own post... I was just taking another look at the Dell XPS One systems. When these first came out, they were crazy expensive. It seems the price has come down quite a bit, though. Has anyone used these? If so, how do they compare to the iMac? John From: John Hornbuckle

NAC - Network Access Control

2009-04-28 Thread Burgess, Jeffrey
Anyone here using a NAC solution? What are you using and how do you like it? I'm looking at a few but would like to see what others are using and how they like it. Specifically in how useful it is for out of band devices (Devices not owned by your company, I.E. Vendor laptops

Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: Not from what my Windows person is finding.  He is producing the same level of work as a professional that we pay for.  The biggest difference is in the training. I think that's actually the case for both users and

Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Jeremy Anderson
The security guy is insisting that we set the Min Password Age to 1 day. I agree in theory that this is a swell idea, but in practice, I think it will be a disaster. We have users that forget their passwords every other day (Don't ask) and company politics that are going to let this bad habit

RE: NAC - Network Access Control

2009-04-28 Thread Gary Whitten
I hesitate to respond to this because I was not actively involved with purchase, planning and deployment of NAC where I am. I actually no longer work directly with server/network planning at all. I am, however, a senior tech at the call center for a large company and we bore the brunt of a lot

Re: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
What is the theory behind this password age? Other people I know don't wash after visiting the restroom. Just because I know or work with them doesn't mean I'd ever shake their hand. -- ME2 On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Jeremy Anderson jer...@mapiadmin.netwrote: The security guy is

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Sean Rector
I do it, and it 1) doesn't create heartburn for our folks and 2) it does prompt my folks for the reset pwd upon next logon. Sean Rector, MCSE From: Jeremy Anderson [mailto:jer...@mapiadmin.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password Policy - -

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Don Guyer
What other password policies are already in place? Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Jeremy Anderson

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Holstrom, Don
At the last place I was at, a p .r. firm, an outside computer expert group recommended that we set everyone's password to password. I couldn't stop laughing, but the operating v.p. wasn't laughing, I recall. There are large groups of companies who do this, apparently. I left soon, for other

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Ralph Smith
I think the idea is that if you prohibit the reuse of the same password for x number of changes, this prevents the user from cycling through several consecutive changes in order to be able to use the same password they started with, thus defeating the policy requiring password changes.

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Sean Rector
IIRC, Min. Pwd. Age is the minimum time before they can change their own password - as in this process: 1. I reset their password. Check box for must reset upon next logon. 2. User logs on. They're prompted to change their pwd. they do. 3. Within the next 24 hours,

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Sean Rector
I think you're thinking of Enforce Password History. Sean Rector, MCSE From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this? I think the idea is that if you

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Louis, Joe
Actually, it's a good security. If used with history, a minimum age prevents users from changing passwords the history length to get their preferred password back. Ie. qwerty - qwertu qwertu - qwerty qwerty - qwerto qwerto - qwertp qwertp - qwerty From: Micheal Espinola Jr

RE: NAC - Network Access Control

2009-04-28 Thread Hart, Robert
We are about half way through our deployment. While I am not involved with the network side of things it is a pain in the a$$ and I would not recommend any Network Access Control that requires a client. It has done nothing but cause more work really. We are using Cisco's Secure Services Client.

Windows 2008 server - local access only

2009-04-28 Thread Tom Miller
I have several 2008 servers. On one of them I somehow configured it for local access only (Control Panel -- Network and Sharing Center). I'm having a brain cramp and can't figure it out how to allow access to the Internet. Suggestions appreciated. Tom Miller Engineer, Information

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Jeremy Anderson
Yes, the min password age requires the passwors to be at leaste 24 hours old before a user can change it. The theory of having a 1 day minimum is so that the users cant just cycle through 10 Passwords and go back to the password they used when it expired. (does that make sense?) Passowrd

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Michael B. Smith
I don't think the behavior is as you expect. Fire up a virtual AD and check. :-) But I still think it's silly. YMMV. From: Jeremy Anderson [jer...@mapiadmin.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password Policy - - how

RE: NAC - Network Access Control

2009-04-28 Thread Blackman, Woody
As an educational institution we went with Bradford Networks NAC solution. They have been in the market space since before it had an acronym. They started out helping to secure residence halls for student housing and have been successfully growing their product offering through the years. It is

Re: Windows 2008 server - local access only

2009-04-28 Thread Jon Harris
Network and sharing Center. Manage Network connections. Right click NIC choose Properties. Choose the IP v4 properties add the IP address for the Gateway. OK your way out Done! Jon On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote: I have several 2008 servers. On one

Re: Windows 2008 server - local access only

2009-04-28 Thread Tom Miller
That's already there. Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com 4/28/2009 12:37 PM Network and sharing Center. Manage Network connections. Right click NIC choose Properties. Choose the IP v4 properties add the IP address for the Gateway. OK your way out Done! Jon On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Tom

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Brian Desmond
Correct. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:11 AM To: NT

Re: NAC - Network Access Control

2009-04-28 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Hart, Robert robert.h...@genexservices.com wrote: One positive,  There are no rouge PCs on our network. Same here. Most of our PCs are beige or black. ;-) Sorry, couldn't resist. Your post was actually quite informative; thank you. I just can't pass up

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Louis, Joe
Yes it makes sense. Good sense. From: Jeremy Anderson [mailto:jer...@mapiadmin.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this? Yes, the min password age requires the passwors to be at leaste 24 hours old before a

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Cameron Cooper
IMO I agree that Macs can be great for graphics/video.. but the pc has made some really good strides to match that... if not take over that area. _ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Phillip Partipilo
We're told by the DSS audit guys to set the minimum password age to 1 day as well. If the gubmint says so, they have to have some kind of reason. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 _ From: Micheal Espinola Jr

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Louis, Joe
I agree, but they are used together. One doesn't replace the other. History itself doesn't prevent changing your password back to what it was. The default history is 6 IIRC. A six day cycle to get back to qwerty is a likely deterrent to use the same password. From: Micheal Espinola Jr

Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Jonathan Link
I thought I'd hijack this thread and ask how others manage the myriad passwords they have. I did something crazy when I got to 10+ passwords, I started writing them down. I have two lists, one is a list of sites, the other is a list of passwords. The list of sites is stored in my network share,

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Cameron Cooper
Although... back in the day Amigas were the tool of choice. _ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com From: John Hornbuckle

RE: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Tim Evans
http://keepass.info/ There are others too, but this is what I use and you can't beat the price. ...Tim From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you

Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Its all about the UI, and Mac's have an exceptional one. It very functional, and the graphics, layers, transitions, effects, always look flawless. Creative/artsy people love it. I appreciate it. -- ME2 On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Cameron Cooper ccoo...@aurico.com wrote: IMO I agree

RE: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Andy Ognenoff
Take a look at Roboform Pro. You’ll never look back. I use it for managing over 250 different passwords – all completely different, and using the maximum complexity the site in question allows. For those passwords that aren’t for web sites (service accounts, application accounts, etc.) I just

RE: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread James Winzenz
We use a web-based tool called Enterprise Password Safe. It allows us to store both personal passwords as well as passwords for service accounts that need to be shared between groups of IS employees. It can use either its own authentication mechanism or active directory authentication for

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread John Hornbuckle
I miss Commodore. But don't get me started down Memory Lane... From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT Although... back in the day Amigas were the tool of choice.

RE: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread lists
+1 manage over 2000 passwords and such. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?) Take a look at

RE: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Sam Cayze
+1 on Roboform. I also have an Excel Spreadsheet will all my passwords/bank accounts/etc in Excel, which is stored in a TrueCrypt volume, accessible via DropBox. -Sam -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:41 PM To: NT

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Cameron Cooper
Oh the good ol days of the Commodore 64 and SX-64. _ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com From: John Hornbuckle

RE: Wierd connectivity issue

2009-04-28 Thread Christopher Bodnar
After you tried to PING the server did you do an NSLOOKUP? What were the results? If you ping the server by IP address what happens? TRACERT to the server? Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread John Hornbuckle
Bah. I traded up to a C-128. From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT Oh the good ol days of the Commodore 64 and SX-64. _ Cameron

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Sean Rector
Commodore PET CBM - that's how I rolled back in the day... My 1st look at a computer was looking in on the Interdata main frame at my dad's office. He was in sales at Interdata, and after they were bought out by Perkin Elmer, he sold the computer that's in the Hubble Space Telescope.

RE: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Roger Wright
Password Corral http://www.cygnusproductions.com/freeware/pc.asp Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Managing

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread gsweers
Ahh, backing up to 25 x 5 ¼'s using xcopy in Dos 6.22 That was a step up from reel to reel. I bet it was more fun to watch them spin though.. Greg From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: USE OF MAC

Re: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Kurt Buff
For all of the reasons discussed below, I thoroughly agree with the security guy. Get your users used to it, and you'll have fewer problems overall. Kurt On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 08:39, Jeremy Anderson jer...@mapiadmin.net wrote: The security guy is insisting that we set the Min Password Age to

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Murray Freeman
As usual, these discussions go off topic, but I appreciate all the answers so far. But as long as we're going back into history, I remember cutting my teeth on IBM 604 machines, programming by wiring boards. then on to the more sophisticated machines like the 7070 and the famous 1401. BTW, I

Re: Dell PE2950 - SBS 2003

2009-04-28 Thread Pete Howard
Install SMS 2003 ? Its been a while so I dont remember all the steps but its not your typical smooth installation. I would try deleting the raid group and then reapply. Then skip the OS setup section because it writes an unattended answer file that SBS may not like.

Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Steve Ens
24? On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: As usual, these discussions go off topic, but I appreciate all the answers so far. But as long as we're going back into history, I remember cutting my teeth on IBM 604 machines, programming by wiring boards. then

RE: Installing Acrobat with GP

2009-04-28 Thread Jim Dandy
I wrote an article on generating the customized MSI you need to push out Acrobat Reader 9 and another for 9.1. The same process works for all versions of Acrobat. I tested with both Acrobat Reader and Pro. http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=10082 Did you know that you are required to

Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Vicky Spelshaus
ahh the days of dip switches when you upgraded anything oh and later the joy of a 24(?) disk install of Borland Office where the very last floppy was bad. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: 24? On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Murray Freeman

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Ralph Smith
No, I was just saying that the minimum password age is useful in conjunction with enforced password history, as others have pointed out and I guess I didn't make clear. From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:13

RE: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Jay Dale
I used to use Password Administrator, but now experimenting with Roboform. Jay -Original Message- From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] On Behalf Of lists Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Managing your passwords was

Re: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Kurt Buff
Password Safe, or Keepass - and I believe each has a version available for PDAs. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:33, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I'd hijack this thread and ask how others manage the myriad passwords they have. I did something crazy when I got to 10+

Re: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Kurt Buff
How much for this? I've been longing for a decent (any!) OSS heirarchical password manager, where the super user has access to all passwords, and other have access to only the passwords they've been granted. Haven't found one yet. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:40, James Winzenz

RE: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread James Winzenz
For US Dollars: $45/user license (minimum 5, I think,) $1100 support $1100 software maintenance http://www.enterprise-password-safe.com/order_enter_USD.php They may also have discounts for large numbers of licenses - I don't remember how much we paid, but we definitely like it. We actually

Re: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Ditto. Pay for it. Go Pro, and go Portable. It will change your life. -- ME2 On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:53 PM, lists li...@bdtechnology.org wrote: +1 manage over 2000 passwords and such. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April

Sharepoint assistance needed...

2009-04-28 Thread Eustace Doc
I may be missing something simple, but it's got me bagged. - Sharepoint Server 2.0 - Only the default site is enabled. - Users from another domain are accessing the web site and after getting authenticated, - When they use the server name they keep getting prompted for

RE: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread James Winzenz
Oh yeah, and the database is triple encrypted for added security, and if you go with AD integration for the authentication, users have to synchronize their old and new AD passwords when they log in to prevent malicious tampering with a user's account. Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread David Lum
ACK! My first tech job was running nightly batch jobs, tweaking the JCL's to get the reports to sequence a nth better, and swapping reel-to-reels... From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: USE OF MAC

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread David Lum
51? :) True geeks chewed on tubes that used to be in radios, TV's etc :-P Dave From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT As usual, these discussions go off

Office 2007 SP2 Out now

2009-04-28 Thread Michael Hoffman
Well what more can I say Downloaded, installed, and .msp files added to the Office folder for slipstreaming. Today really is a day for patching. Remember to get those other patches for Groove, Sharepoint etc. Mike ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: NAC - Network Access Control

2009-04-28 Thread Jim Dandy
I've implemented Microsoft's Network Access Protection with VPN and Terminal Server Gateway. I don't have much experience with it at this point but it seems to work well. I'm considering also using it on my LAN. You can use DHCP, IPSec or 802.1x enforcement. See

RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Gene Giannamore
I miss loading games on my dad's trs80 model 1 from cassette. I also miss modifying the basic code for the star trek game, and storing it back to cassette. That was right after I learned basic on the vic20, in junior high. Gene Giannamore Abide International Inc. Technical Support 561 1st

Re: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:15 PM, James Winzenz james.winz...@pulte.com wrote: ... the database is triple encrypted for added security ... Triple encrypted! Wow, that's three times as good as regular encryption! /SARCASM :-) I'm looking at their website, and their security explanation seems

RE: Dell PE2950 - SBS 2003

2009-04-28 Thread Stefan Jafs
I finally got it working used the DELL start-up CD and installed Windows 2003 then booted with the SBS CD and blow away the W2k3 install. __ Stefan Jafs From: Pete Howard [mailto:pchow...@yahoo.com] Sent: April-28-09 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin

Re: Wierd connectivity issue

2009-04-28 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov wrote: I opened a DOS prompt, tried pinging the server, and get a Host cannot be found error. Things to try: * Try PING by all of {short DNS name, FQDN, NetBIOS name, IP address} and compare results * Use NSLOOKUP to see what DNS

Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

2009-04-28 Thread Steven Peck
I do not miss tape loaders. I had a C64 with a tape drive (ARG!). Saved money from my paper route and bought a floppy drive. I so wanted a C128 but never got it. Eventually I got an Amiga 1000. TRS80s (floppy drives that ate the disks) in school with Apple II, II+ and IIe Steven On Tue, Apr

Re: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Kurt Buff
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 15:27, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: snip Of course, the private key is kept on that same removable media.  I've got a strong passphrase, but XKCD Security applies (http://xkcd.com/538/). /snip XKCD, meet Rubber Hose Deniability:

Re: NAC - Network Access Control

2009-04-28 Thread Klint Price - ArizonaITPro
This may be a bit off topic, but what level of obscurity is removed by the general public knowing what NAC devices get installed at Liberty Bank. I would think you would want that to remain a black box to the good and bad on this list :O) Klint Burgess, Jeffrey wrote: Anyone here

Re: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Of course, the private key is kept on that same removable media.  I've got a strong passphrase, but XKCD Security applies (http://xkcd.com/538/). XKCD, meet Rubber Hose Deniability: The problem is, if you deny you have

Re: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Kurt Buff
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 16:29, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Of course, the private key is kept on that same removable media.  I've got a strong passphrase, but XKCD Security applies (http://xkcd.com/538/). XKCD,

Re: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Dean Cunningham
I (for personal use) have 3 levels of password series or alogritim based on sensitivity 1. On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I thought I'd hijack this thread and ask how others manage the myriad passwords they have. I did something crazy when I got

Re: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-04-28 Thread Dean Cunningham
lets try that again 1. for general internet use. if compromised will it matter (e.g. this gamil account only used for mailign lists) 2. more serious internet use (ebay and other sites that could cause me a bit of trouble (ie bidding on things i don't want and my reputation being sullied) 3.

IE8 and the add dcom storage setting

2009-04-28 Thread Dean Cunningham
Hi, Anyone know what this setting is for. I have googled for it but cannot seem to find any reference It is on by default its in Internet options/advanced tab/security cheers Dean ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: IE8 and the add dcom storage setting

2009-04-28 Thread Wolf
My google-fu is strong http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/readiness/developers-new.aspx#dom On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Dean Cunningham dean.cunning...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Anyone know what this setting is for. I have googled for it but cannot seem to find any reference

Re: IE8 and the add dcom storage setting

2009-04-28 Thread Dean Cunningham
Doh, thank you master, I have made an appointment with the eye doctor DOM not DCOM On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Wolf th3.w...@gmail.com wrote: My google-fu is strong http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/readiness/developers-new.aspx#dom On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at

Re: What is Vmware thinking?

2009-04-28 Thread Dean Cunningham
Lokss like it's just ESX 4 withw a new name and features and different price points...ho hum... a bit like windows 7... :) On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Benjamin Zachary - Lists li...@levelfive.us wrote: No, looks like a product bundle with the new buzzword. *From:* Ziots, Edward

Word 2007 docx password cracker?

2009-04-28 Thread RM
Anyone here ever used one? We've got a couple of Word docx documents that the (unreachable) ex-employees had password protected. thx, RM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Word 2007 docx password cracker?

2009-04-28 Thread gsweers
I am not aware of one, we had one that we sent up to a brute force service that hacked it in about a week. Not overly complicated password but not something we would have guessed on our own. Greg From: RM [mailto:r...@richardmay.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:35 PM To: NT

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Ken Schaefer
How do you stop someone changing their password 5/10/20 times in a couple of minutes, so as to get back to their preferred password? Cheers Ken From: Micheal Espinola Jr [michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 3:11 AM To: NT System Admin

Re[2]: IE8 and the add dcom storage setting

2009-04-28 Thread Joe User
Hello Wolf, Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 7:23:43 PM, you wrote: My google-fu is strong http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/readiness/developers-new.aspx#dom Let Me Google That For You . Com http://lmgtfy.com/ -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now

Re: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Kurt Buff
You don't, but users are too lazy to do that, normally - I except certain classes of users, such as engineers and tech writers, who are often OCD anyway. They usually have the attention span of gnats, too, which is why a 24-hour waiting period to change passwords is just as important/effective.

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Raper, Jonathan
Walk over to them and slap them? :) Seriously... Under Global Security Group Policy... (you are using GPOs, right?1?) enforce minimum password age (which removes their right to change their password on demand more than once every X number of days), combined with...cannot repeat any of the last

Re: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Set a much larger history. -- ME2 On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: How do you stop someone changing their password 5/10/20 times in a couple of minutes, so as to get back to their preferred password? Cheers Ken --

RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this?

2009-04-28 Thread Ken Schaefer
My question was rhetorical. Cheers Ken From: Raper, Jonathan [jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Password Policy - - how do you handle this? Walk over to them and slap them? :) Seriously… Under

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