Wait a minute. You want someone to make a device that will identify random IoT devices when we can't even get current home/soho router/firewall device makers to update THEIR firmware?
There's this thing people can buy called 'Extended Support' from Microsoft and you will continue to get security patches for their legacy OS's. If your company can't shell out a few bucks for this I don't see how it is Microsoft's fault. I'm sure there is other software in your environment that has similar support contracts why is Microsoft singled out? 10 years is a long time to support a product.
If you've got another job lined up and they want you in three weeks your hands may be tied but if the new place can give you some leeway or if the old place doesn't mind paying you whatever figure you give them per hour you may be able to help them out after you leave.
I would think they'd be a lot less out of the norm there. Unless you're totally going for the coke & whores where the whores are 12 year old boys. Then you may want to just mail yourself the SD card.
A list of Authorized Software: Good. This is good because you need to have a list for those new employees that think Limeware is a corporate application.
Compatibility testing between different software suites: Good. This is the second reason to have a list because this is what you're going to run into a lot more than security issues. Some apps may require java1.2.3 another java4.5.1. Or having multiple Oracle apps on the same workstation. These are the issues your application packagers should be documenting for the helpdesk folks.
Testing software for security to be put on that list: Nearly impossible. "Testing" just isn't going to happen, as people have already said unless you get some companies to offer up source code and then have the expertise to even know what to do with it once you get it.
If you're that concerned start using IPSEC on your windows servers/workstations. It may not stop a virus from propagating from within the organization but it can keep snoopers at bay if they somehow get in.
It's Student and Home Office included in the bundle AND that version isn't going away as an option to buy the 'normal' way.
This is an attempt to woo people who would normally use Google Apps or something similar. Not all of Office is going to this format.
I wouldn't store it in a digital format for long-term if given the choice. I'd rather (and do) have all my video on Mini-DV so that I can encode it to the digital format of the time.
If you're set on digital copies then plan on building and maintaining some sort of system over the long haul. Whether you use higher grade long term DVD/CDs or hard drives you'll want to make a good database or paper (gasp!) file system so that you know where your kids first time saying "Daddy!" are in the stack you're going to develop (you should also make one of these if you go miniDV as well, I think I'm up to 25 hour long tapes in the first 2 years) because once you get a mountain load of whatever your stockpiling, finding it is the next important thing after confirming it will be there when you need it.
If you give notice in Washington, you get paid for the length of notice whether you're at the office counting the minutes away or escorted out the building at that very moment. So give a month's notice 'Softies!
MS is not giving access to the kernel. In fact they're doing what they've been doing with V64 all along, providing API's to monitor the kernel but not hooks into it.
I don't use tape because Windows backup has corrupted two different taped backups for me. CDs/DVDs are inconventient and a storage/handling nightmare. Like many others have suggested I went the external hard drive route. I run Windows Server for my fileserver though so can't use the Maxtor Onetouch software, instead I use a robocopy script I whipped up in about 5 minutes. The first sync is the longest and then it only copies the files that have changed. I then wrote batch files for the individual PCs to backup the fave's, documents and other 'loose' files on the PC to the server to make sure they too get backed up.
As for my linux media box, I have a second box in the garage that I rsync the filesystem to every month.
This depends mostly on the size of your library.
I ran slimsever on a P2 450 with 384MB of RAM for 3 years and I've only recently upgraded the server to a Sempron 2400 with 1GB of RAM and it was for other purposes than the performances of the slimserver.
I do get hit with some lag when using the remote (especially when 'browsing the music folder') but my admin webpages always load right up.
Employment can be terminated at ANY time by both sides. Basically I only put in my notice when I can accept that I'll not need to work there anymore, just in case. I've never had my accounts locked out the day after I've submitted my notice but I've worked my way into being an important cog in the machine by that time so I've got to have some rights to pass on my knowledge to someone else.
Two weeks is nicety, sometimes companies will want more time for you to share your brain and sometimes less but never plan on there definately being a two week period, no matter the job; Not just IT.
Seriously, volunteering to be THE on-site tech support for 500+ users is insane, especially since you're not even getting a discount on your housing. Quit the job or move out so you can worry about your own network.
My mother-in-law had her PC removed from the network by her ISP 2 years ago and she was on dial up. They did email and phone her to tell her that until she removed the offending software that she wouldn't be able to connect.
Granted, this is a regional ISP in BFE North Dakota but it still counts and ISPs have the right to do this. My M-I-L gets DSL in two weeks, should make for interesting times.
In my house the computer room is always the warmest room in the house. If it starts getting chilly in there I just boot up the rsync box and back up my mp3s.
There is a v3 free version for a single author/single blog, this is crippled from their current free version. My current setup wouldn't be able to use the v3 free version, I have two blogs (one is a sub-blog for book reviews) and host two blogs for friends, so have a total of 3 authors. The free version doesn't officially support this. If the Trott's are *wink-wink-nudge-nudging* that people with my type of setup can still run their free software they shouldn't have written their license to specifically forbid it.
That said, it's obvious to anyone with a pair of brain celss that this pricing structure is to make their Typepad service more attractive for casual bloggers and non-techies. If you you're willing to get your elbows dirty you can run a blog on your own machine from home with the free version.
To say they want an apology. The text of the letter only says you need to send a counter-notification that the work has been taken down. Unless the DMCA requires an apology.
"...Comcast request that you immediately remove the allegedly infringing works from the Service or Comcast will be forced to remove or block access to the works.
If you believe in good faith that the allegedly infringing works have been removed or blocked by mistake or misidentification, then you may send a counter notification to Comcast. Upon Comcast's receipt of a counter notification that satisfies the requirements of the DMCA, Comcast will provide a copy of the counter notification to the party who sent the original notification of claimed infringment. We will then follow the DMCA's procedures with respect to a received counter notification."
Since it is a bit torrent link they're talking about (if you go by the port number in the complaint) you could easily say that your child or something had to get 'the internet talk' and kill it as easily as that.
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Wait a minute. You want someone to make a device that will identify random IoT devices when we can't even get current home/soho router/firewall device makers to update THEIR firmware?
There's this thing people can buy called 'Extended Support' from Microsoft and you will continue to get security patches for their legacy OS's. If your company can't shell out a few bucks for this I don't see how it is Microsoft's fault. I'm sure there is other software in your environment that has similar support contracts why is Microsoft singled out? 10 years is a long time to support a product.
If you've got another job lined up and they want you in three weeks your hands may be tied but if the new place can give you some leeway or if the old place doesn't mind paying you whatever figure you give them per hour you may be able to help them out after you leave.
I would think they'd be a lot less out of the norm there. Unless you're totally going for the coke & whores where the whores are 12 year old boys. Then you may want to just mail yourself the SD card.
Compatibility testing between different software suites: Good. This is the second reason to have a list because this is what you're going to run into a lot more than security issues. Some apps may require java1.2.3 another java4.5.1. Or having multiple Oracle apps on the same workstation. These are the issues your application packagers should be documenting for the helpdesk folks.
Testing software for security to be put on that list: Nearly impossible. "Testing" just isn't going to happen, as people have already said unless you get some companies to offer up source code and then have the expertise to even know what to do with it once you get it.
If you're that concerned start using IPSEC on your windows servers/workstations. It may not stop a virus from propagating from within the organization but it can keep snoopers at bay if they somehow get in.
It's Student and Home Office included in the bundle AND that version isn't going away as an option to buy the 'normal' way. This is an attempt to woo people who would normally use Google Apps or something similar. Not all of Office is going to this format.
I wouldn't store it in a digital format for long-term if given the choice. I'd rather (and do) have all my video on Mini-DV so that I can encode it to the digital format of the time. If you're set on digital copies then plan on building and maintaining some sort of system over the long haul. Whether you use higher grade long term DVD/CDs or hard drives you'll want to make a good database or paper (gasp!) file system so that you know where your kids first time saying "Daddy!" are in the stack you're going to develop (you should also make one of these if you go miniDV as well, I think I'm up to 25 hour long tapes in the first 2 years) because once you get a mountain load of whatever your stockpiling, finding it is the next important thing after confirming it will be there when you need it.
If you give notice in Washington, you get paid for the length of notice whether you're at the office counting the minutes away or escorted out the building at that very moment. So give a month's notice 'Softies!
Real Digital Forensics: Computer Security and Incident Response available on Amazon. Not an author just a satisfied customer.
Here's an informative link on KPP or PatchGuard.
I don't use tape because Windows backup has corrupted two different taped backups for me. CDs/DVDs are inconventient and a storage/handling nightmare. Like many others have suggested I went the external hard drive route. I run Windows Server for my fileserver though so can't use the Maxtor Onetouch software, instead I use a robocopy script I whipped up in about 5 minutes. The first sync is the longest and then it only copies the files that have changed. I then wrote batch files for the individual PCs to backup the fave's, documents and other 'loose' files on the PC to the server to make sure they too get backed up. As for my linux media box, I have a second box in the garage that I rsync the filesystem to every month.
If that happened today Universal would shut Walt down quicker than Mr. Toad's Wild ride.
This depends mostly on the size of your library. I ran slimsever on a P2 450 with 384MB of RAM for 3 years and I've only recently upgraded the server to a Sempron 2400 with 1GB of RAM and it was for other purposes than the performances of the slimserver. I do get hit with some lag when using the remote (especially when 'browsing the music folder') but my admin webpages always load right up.
Two weeks is nicety, sometimes companies will want more time for you to share your brain and sometimes less but never plan on there definately being a two week period, no matter the job; Not just IT.
Seriously, volunteering to be THE on-site tech support for 500+ users is insane, especially since you're not even getting a discount on your housing. Quit the job or move out so you can worry about your own network.
Granted, this is a regional ISP in BFE North Dakota but it still counts and ISPs have the right to do this. My M-I-L gets DSL in two weeks, should make for interesting times.
In my house the computer room is always the warmest room in the house. If it starts getting chilly in there I just boot up the rsync box and back up my mp3s.
Instead of a few thousand planes to keep track of they'll now need to keep track of a million cars in the air.
You've been in City College for 6 years now.
How the first Romulan we saw was Spock's daddy.
Here is the link.
Correction, single author/THREE blogs. Still wouldn't help my situation.
MT is written 100% in PERL. Though you do need a DB (BerkelyDB or MYSQL) for background processes and adds some complexity in setup/export/backup.
That said, it's obvious to anyone with a pair of brain celss that this pricing structure is to make their Typepad service more attractive for casual bloggers and non-techies. If you you're willing to get your elbows dirty you can run a blog on your own machine from home with the free version.
"...Comcast request that you immediately remove the allegedly infringing works from the Service or Comcast will be forced to remove or block access to the works.
If you believe in good faith that the allegedly infringing works have been removed or blocked by mistake or misidentification, then you may send a counter notification to Comcast. Upon Comcast's receipt of a counter notification that satisfies the requirements of the DMCA, Comcast will provide a copy of the counter notification to the party who sent the original notification of claimed infringment. We will then follow the DMCA's procedures with respect to a received counter notification."
Since it is a bit torrent link they're talking about (if you go by the port number in the complaint) you could easily say that your child or something had to get 'the internet talk' and kill it as easily as that.