Thursday, October 18, 2007

Weekly Update: Passwords, VLAN, B-RAS and more...

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

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Wiki Article: Design Structured Cabling Systems and IT Network...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607536

Wiki Article: Broadband Remote Access Server
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607537

Blog Post: Did Microsoft ruin SCO?
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607182

Blog Post: Biometrics integrated into new IP phone
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607180

Blog Post: NAS devices are popular hacker targets
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607179

White Paper: Best Practices for IM Archiving & Compliance
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607183

White Paper: Liberating the inbox: How to make email safe and...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607184

White Paper: Stopping Image-Based Spam
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Managing unauthorized computers
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EXCHANGE SERVER NEEDS TO BE REBOOTED CONTINOUSLY (Networkadmin-l)
Asked By DanielCWillis (Warehouse Lead) | Replies (1)
My exchange server for email needs to be rebooted at least a couple time a week. everything else...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602805/networkadmin-l/1657891

VLAN (Cisco-infrastructure-l)
Asked By ebinesar
Step 1: sify isp line is directly connected to router 2600. Step2: after routing...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602805/cisco-infrastructure-l/1658817

HOW CAN I CHANGE THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD ON ALL MY COMPUTERS (Networkadmin-l)
Asked By jamesno
I'm trying figure out the best way to change all administrator passwords on all PC's on a domain....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602805/networkadmin-l/1658423

EVENT LOG ERRORS PERTAINING TO THE EXCHANGE SERVER NEEDS TO BE REBOOTED CONTINOUSLY (Networkadmin-l)
Asked By DanielCWillis (Warehouse Lead)
I checked the event log and the performance monitor. The error I received from the event log that...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602805/networkadmin-l/1658218

CONNECTING INTERNET THRU DIFF NETWORK ADAPTERS?? (Networkadmin-l)
Asked By wmsriram
I'm have a sis900 Ethernet adapter and I loaded a virtual network adapter also...my question is I...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602805/networkadmin-l/1656718

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Recent Wiki Contributions

DESIGN STRUCTURED CABLING SYSTEMS AND IT NETWORK... -- last edited by Wired
Designing a Structured Cabling System - a ten step HOWTO guide Below we have provided a ten step...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/567353

HIPERSOCKET -- last edited by aksbh
HiperSocket is an IBM technology that enables high-speed communications between the logical...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607199

WAN -- last edited by melissa_bezeau
A Wide Area Network (WAN) is a collection of Local Area Networks (LANs) that have been connected...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607200

ZEROCONF -- last edited by aksbh
Zeroconf or ZERO CONFiguration is an IETF specification and a technology that enables the network...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607201

BROADBAND REMOTE ACCESS SERVER -- last edited by aksbh
A broadband remote access server (B-RAS) is a specialized server based at an ISPs (Internet service...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607202


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DID MICROSOFT RUIN SCO?
Posted by Locutus (System Admin) Comments(15)
Going through my daily ruminations a vagrant thought crossed through the trackless wastes of my...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607206

Recent Blog Entries

BIOMETRICS INTEGRATED INTO NEW IP PHONE
Posted by Tom Olzak (Director, Information Security)
A new LG-Nortel IP phone allows only authorized callers. How useful this will actually be to...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607204

VOIP IS XSS ATTACK VECTOR
Posted by Tom Olzak (Director, Information Security)
According to Secure Computing, an XSS attack across the VoIP SIP protocol allows the installation...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607205

NAS DEVICES ARE POPULAR HACKER TARGETS
Posted by Tom Olzak (Director, Information Security)
In their quest to protect databases and other large data repositories, security managers often...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607041


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BEST PRACTICES FOR IM ARCHIVING & COMPLIANCE
By Symantec Corporation
This white paper provides an overview of what Symantec believes to be the best practices in managing IM as a record of...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/535219

LIBERATING THE INBOX: HOW TO MAKE EMAIL SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE AGAIN
By Sophos Inc.
With spam levels breaking records every day, the quintessential business tool - email - has simultaneously become a...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607208

SOLUTIONS FOR OUT-OF-BAND MANAGEMENT: SCALABILITY, MANAGEABILITY, AND USABILITY
By MRV Communications
Secure centralized management and control are essential for delivering high performance and reliable Data Center...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607048

STOPPING IMAGE-BASED SPAM
By MX Logic
Image spam rose to prominence in late 2006/early 2007, although it has waned recently. This paper discusses image spam...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607209

TAKING REMOTE SUPPORT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
By WebEx
Examine how an effective application of remote support technologies improves the support transaction process, reduces...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607210

MANAGED APPLIANCES: SECURITY SOLUTIONS THAT DO MORE
By Sophos Inc.
Traditional appliances that promise to meet the challenge of letting the IT administrator do more with constrained...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/607211


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Projects that are designed to fail account for uncertainty in the estimation process...
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