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- Test your firewalls for behavior problems
- A 2 way firewall is only part of the solution, short of what we need.Opening and closing ports in either direction is the basic function of a firewall. Port 80 is just as dangerous as port TCP/514. What IS required is a Statefull Packet Inspection and if you...
- Tags: Firewalls, TCP/IP, Network security, SECURITY, NETWORKING, zczc2311, firewall, Internet, Port 80, hardware, TCP, firmware, SPI
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- The Religion of Technical Excellence.
- Most of up have an opinion on matters of love, the arts and wine and we draw this opinion from many emotive and often intangible experiences which cannot be defined by logic.Enter the PC operating System. The PC Operating System is one of great mys
- Tags: off-topic, programming, linux, it management, software, windows, career, O/S, zczc2311, operating system, PC, PC operating system
- Discussion threads 2006-11-17
- DHCP – An administrator's delight or a security issue.
- I can well understand with large networks the ability to configure new PC's and it on the network and have the convenience of DHCP issue a valid IP and DNS server as a very very useful tool.However, how many of use consider the security repercussio
- Tags: DHCP, hardware, it management, network, networking, PC, project management, security, windows, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2006-10-30
- Vista: How SuperFetch and ReadyBoost work together
- The Good, the Bad the the poor overwork I/O subsystemUsing the Hard Disk to simulate RAM, which is a long standing feature of Main Frame operating systems certainly has its advantages but ultimately will degrade performance.Having an application use virtual RAM means that there must be an increase in Disk...
- Tags: disk, Disk I/O, disk i/o, hardware, I/O, Microsoft Windows Vista, O/S, RAM, software, windows, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2006-10-21
- Optimize Linux server performance with system monitoring
- Software Tools to assist Linux LANs and WAN's o a Linux platformEvery where I look in discussion papers I find that monitoring a Linux network requires and MS-Windows Management system. Everything from a syslog server UDP/514, not to be confused by syslog -ng. If you need monitoring tools and...
- Tags: hardware, Linux, linux ids, linux management software, linux router, linux syslog, monitoring, performance, software, system monitoring, tool, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2006-09-09
- I am thinking of implementing unix SUSE and Netware Small Buiness Server
- I am thinking of implementing LNIX SUSE and Netware Small Business ServerYes…I am not planning on continuing my office in a Microsoft Direction due to many reasons which are not relevant on my part.I would like to hear from others success/acceptance/disappointment/advise on anyone who can offer what technical issues they...
- Tags: adapter, linux, Microsoft Corp., netware, network, novell, Novell Inc., Novell NetWare, open source, SCSI, software, suse, Unix, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2006-01-16
- Reduce vulnerability by limiting your network's reach
- Reduce vulnerability by limiting your network's reacharticle rootNo Apologies for Blocking IP and Aggressively ContentI make NO apologies for the IDS/IDP system I use and the constraints I have placed upon loaded software or non requested traffic that I personally have not or automated to exit my LAN.I make no...
- Tags: content filtering, HTML, HTTP, idp, ids, network, network security, security, tools, vulnerability, windows, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2006-01-15
- Blog Me - I dont bite and I hope you dont either
- blog root
- Tags: Blogging, zczc2311, blog
- Discussion threads 2006-01-15
- How far have we come in Business, at what cost, and are we far better off?
- Preface: This document was written NOT in the spirit to bash Windows, moreover to initiate good discussion.Before Graphical User Interfaces, we had an operating system, only 3 files called DOS. It only really needed 1 Meg of RAM to function efficiently but if you had 16 Meg you were in...
- Tags: Printers, Technical Staff
- Discussion threads 2005-11-16
- Don't underestimate reliability and importance of tape-based backups
- Backup DevicesAnother excellent article from Mike. In the situation of “Snapshots and other point-in-time copies are still housed on moving disks—great for quick recovery in some situations, but ultimately undependable in a full-blown disaster. Since the disk must reside in a server………perhaps the answer may lie in http://www.snapappliance.com/The physical devices...
- Tags: backup, backup devices, disk, Disk-to-Disk, media, replication, server, servers, small business servers, Snap Servers, software, storage, windows, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2005-10-11
- Who Looks at Firewall Logs?
- Who Look in Firewall LogsAfter 6 month at a quick analysis of a general MS office installation and Windows XP Pro SP2 of what ended up in SP2 firewall logs it became apparent that I could almost certainly bock the following Ports without causing any function change or pain to...
- Tags: audit, firewall, security, services, TCP, tcp ports, TCP/UDP, UDP, windows xp, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2005-09-25
- August 2005 Microsoft Security Updates Windows XP
- For those of use who have utilized all or part of the Guide for Securing Microsoft Windows XP by the Operational Network Evaluation Division of the Systems and Network Attack Centre SNAC, December 1 2003, Unclassified – a NSA publication; have the latest round of Microsoft Security Updates thwarted your...
- Tags: Administrator Account, august security updates, local security policy windows xp, LUA, Microsoft Corp., security, windows xp, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2005-08-15
- Security gripes? Microsoft feels your pain
- Great Idea ...but cure rather than preventionOne wonders, why security problems in existing MS software cannot be fixed to prevent rather than cured.MS does want to cure you but, sorry guys I feel prevention is far better and recourse deployment should be directed in that area.But then again, there no...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-06-01
- IS THE OFFICE AN EXTENSION OF THE HOME PC
- IS THE OFFICE AN EXTENSION OF THE HOME PCIs the Corporate Office an extension of the Home PC.I think the answer is NOT. I do not live in the US currently and I am not saying anything bad here, its just my observations living in a different land and seeing...
- Tags: company assets, e-mail, game, home PC, it management, it policy, job, job specification, LAN, LAN/WAN, Microsoft Office, network adm, PC, security, spam, tco, WAN, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2005-05-15
- Microsoft plans to give some pirates a break
- WHY PAY WHEN I'LL GIVE YOU A FREE COPY.I have legitimately paid for every copy of Windows since version 2.01. At my home Business I have 5 copies of XP Pro as I have 5 PC and I have paid for valid licensing for every piece of software I own.If...
- Tags: paid-for, software, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-05-08
- Defense Department signs Red Hat deal
- Congratulations to DISAPerhaps NOW finally we shall see some Data Security in the Most Important Aspect of our Lives - our Defense.I have read the DISA article on how to try to secure a Windows XP installation with horror.Anyone may obtain a copy from Microsoft the title is SECURE CONFIGURATION...
- Tags: DISA, linux, Red Hat Inc., U.S. Department of Defense, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2005-05-03
- Ask these key questions to test application security
- Dedicacated to Everyone who's IT Manager won't listen/respect you!What a fine example of common sense is written here. I have a favourite small test that just about all can carry out without the need to get a consultant in.IF YOU’RE SERVERS, ROUTERS AND OTHER PRIORITY 1 SYSTEMS ARE PROTECTED BY...
- Tags: application security, security, United Parcel Service of America Inc., zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2005-04-12
- Get ready for legacy systems' disaster recovery complications
- Obsolescence is everywhere, planned or otherwiseIn an ideal world, we would always like to think that, neither configuration nor data exists on the client PC. For Disaster Recovery to even be contemplated, IF you cannot go, as a user, from one Client PC, to another and be able to access,...
- Tags: configuration file, disaster recovery, it management, legacy system, Obsolescence, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2005-02-22
- Hidden users within Windows XP and security limitations
- You might like to think who has access to your PC might you not and you might want to controll they users on your system.1.Open Control Pannell2 Administrative Services.3 Component services.If SP2 firewall comes clamering in here tell it you want to see.Follow the tree from the root untill you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, networking, security, zczc2311
- Discussion threads 2005-01-20
- 'Critical' patches released for Windows, IE
- Mor patches, more bug fixes will theyever endI dont know about you but I would lik to go back to enjoying my computer network and not have to rely on monthy updates, service packs, facing the end of Windows XPSP2 in December 2006 when I see no evidence nor replacement...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Patches, SECURITY
- Discussion threads 2005-01-13
