I've been in IT for over 20 years. I've worked for big corporations, privately held companies, a hospital, done consulting, and now I've settled in at a State University. It's not the place for those that value gross pay above everything else, but it has it's benefits, time off being one of them.
I understand it's a lot harder to get a "long weekend" in a business or organization that continues to operate during the time you are trying to get away. However when the doors are locked and nobody is there expecting things to work, it's not such a big deal.
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- Of course that means my replies on Slashdot are always WAY late...
Past experience has shown that exploits are developed very quickly after a patch is released. Without advance notice admins can't schedule or plan to deploy updates. I test and approve patches for about 3000 Windows machines. I'm also in Louisiana where this happens to be a 4 day weekend because of Mardi Gras. Had a critical patch been released on Thursday or Friday I probably wouldn't get to even look at it before next Wednesday. If an exploit was released before then, then well my first day back is going to be a real bad day. While the second Tuesday of the Month might not be perfect for everybody, at least we can plan for it. I know I'll remote in and approve the patches for deployment to my test lab sometime on Mardi Gras day (and watch bugtraq and other places to help determine how important it is to deploy these quickly.)
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Sorry, but this barely qualifies as research and is a awful example of journalisim as well.
Example:
USA Today said:
"To hijack the Windows Small Business Server, the attacker finagled his way into a function of the Windows operating system that allows file sharing between computers. He then uploaded a program that gave him full control."
The report from Avantgarde said:
"the default configuration (NetBIOS enabled) exposed both the
XP SP 1 and the Windows SBS 2003 by exposing hidden shares such as C$,
ADMIN$, etc. The attacking agent simply had to guess any account's password
that had administrator rights. The administrator account was configured with a
simple, easy-to-guess password--"password." Both, the Windows SBS 2003 and the regular Windows XP Home Edition
with SP1 systems were compromised using this method by correctly guessing
a weak password."
What a complete waste of time.
The author corrected the title and the article on Wednesday morning to correct the inaccurate report. The original article did indeed indicate that MS was including AV in XP SP2.
I've had Direct TV for about 6 years now and been extremely pleased with the technology and picture quality. Cable (Cox) is now available in my area and I subscribe for broadband access, but the picture quality on Cable TV is awful compared to DirectTV. There are a number of channels I get with basic cable (required for Internet) and I can easily tell if my wife is watching the cable or Satellite feed.
I did make the mistake of mounting my dish on a 4x4 wood post set in concrete to get it higher off the ground. Heat and moisture would warp the wood enough to throw the dish alignment off. Once I went back to a metal pipe where the dish doesn't move rain fade is a thing of the past. About the only time it's been unwatchable in the last couple years was during a hurricane. (And cable was out long before and long after)
I rode Mission Space a couple of times last week and was surprised to find that I didn't get motion sick at all. They warned against looking away from the viewfinder, but looking around the cabin at the other riders didn't bother me. My wife and mother-in-law claimed to be a little dizzy when they got off but were fine a few minutes later. It apparently affects some people differently. The entire ride was very smooth and the sensation I got was very similar to taking off in a jet airplane.
The ride does have a number of buttons, toggle switches, and even a joystick for each passenger so I'm sure that it would be possible to use it as a sort of flight simulator, but then it wouldn't be possible to handle 20,000+ people a day like it can in the current configuration. I'll bet someone had a lot of fun with this during development though!
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Its the amperage of the devices. Lots of dorms have one 20A breaker on a circuit that feeds all the outlets in multiple rooms. Plug in an iron and a hotplate and the breakers blow. In order to accomodate all these additional outlets the supply transformers and the electrial runs to the rooms need to be upgraded or replaced as well in addition to the panels and circuit breakers. The additional expense just isn't worth it in some buildings and Universities find it more cost effective to tear them down and start from scratch.
ES
- If I had all the money I spent on cars, I'd spend it all on cars.
We configure the built-in windows dynamic DNS for all of our systems. If someone steals it and connects it to a network without bothering to reconfigure, their IP address will show up in our DNS logs. WINS works the same way. Not perfect, but free and easy.
ES
- If I had all the money I spent on cars, I'd spend it all on cars.
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Permissions can be set at the hive level or at the individual key level and the folder/file analogy is appropriate.
Where the permissions are set isn't important, that the permissions are set appropriately is.
I understand it's a lot harder to get a "long weekend" in a business or organization that continues to operate during the time you are trying to get away. However when the doors are locked and nobody is there expecting things to work, it's not such a big deal.
ES
- Of course that means my replies on Slashdot are always WAY late...
Past experience has shown that exploits are developed very quickly after a patch is released. Without advance notice admins can't schedule or plan to deploy updates. I test and approve patches for about 3000 Windows machines. I'm also in Louisiana where this happens to be a 4 day weekend because of Mardi Gras. Had a critical patch been released on Thursday or Friday I probably wouldn't get to even look at it before next Wednesday. If an exploit was released before then, then well my first day back is going to be a real bad day. While the second Tuesday of the Month might not be perfect for everybody, at least we can plan for it. I know I'll remote in and approve the patches for deployment to my test lab sometime on Mardi Gras day (and watch bugtraq and other places to help determine how important it is to deploy these quickly.) ES
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-01-20-no-ph ones_x.htm
Sorry, but this barely qualifies as research and is a awful example of journalisim as well. Example: USA Today said: "To hijack the Windows Small Business Server, the attacker finagled his way into a function of the Windows operating system that allows file sharing between computers. He then uploaded a program that gave him full control." The report from Avantgarde said: "the default configuration (NetBIOS enabled) exposed both the XP SP 1 and the Windows SBS 2003 by exposing hidden shares such as C$, ADMIN$, etc. The attacking agent simply had to guess any account's password that had administrator rights. The administrator account was configured with a simple, easy-to-guess password--"password." Both, the Windows SBS 2003 and the regular Windows XP Home Edition with SP1 systems were compromised using this method by correctly guessing a weak password." What a complete waste of time.
The University of Louisiana team is updating their journal regularly.
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I did make the mistake of mounting my dish on a 4x4 wood post set in concrete to get it higher off the ground. Heat and moisture would warp the wood enough to throw the dish alignment off. Once I went back to a metal pipe where the dish doesn't move rain fade is a thing of the past. About the only time it's been unwatchable in the last couple years was during a hurricane. (And cable was out long before and long after)
I rode Mission Space a couple of times last week and was surprised to find that I didn't get motion sick at all. They warned against looking away from the viewfinder, but looking around the cabin at the other riders didn't bother me. My wife and mother-in-law claimed to be a little dizzy when they got off but were fine a few minutes later. It apparently affects some people differently. The entire ride was very smooth and the sensation I got was very similar to taking off in a jet airplane. The ride does have a number of buttons, toggle switches, and even a joystick for each passenger so I'm sure that it would be possible to use it as a sort of flight simulator, but then it wouldn't be possible to handle 20,000+ people a day like it can in the current configuration. I'll bet someone had a lot of fun with this during development though! ES
Its the amperage of the devices. Lots of dorms have one 20A breaker on a circuit that feeds all the outlets in multiple rooms. Plug in an iron and a hotplate and the breakers blow. In order to accomodate all these additional outlets the supply transformers and the electrial runs to the rooms need to be upgraded or replaced as well in addition to the panels and circuit breakers. The additional expense just isn't worth it in some buildings and Universities find it more cost effective to tear them down and start from scratch.
ES
- If I had all the money I spent on cars, I'd spend it all on cars.
We configure the built-in windows dynamic DNS for all of our systems. If someone steals it and connects it to a network without bothering to reconfigure, their IP address will show up in our DNS logs. WINS works the same way. Not perfect, but free and easy.
ES
- If I had all the money I spent on cars, I'd spend it all on cars.