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 | Latency will be the big issue. And how it affects your program depends on the program. Does the program need 1 call, 20 calls, 100 calls with heavy DB inserts? If this is the lifeblood of the system, then it should be located as close to the majority of users …  |
| | Yes. You can install via bootcamp... Here's how: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1461 |
 | A bastion host is one where 3rd party clients are allowed an SSH session. From this 'bastion' host, the client could then open a new session to internal hosts. Using a Bastion is a way to control all external traffic entering your site. Using this along with a VPN is … |
| | Re: 10 Mbps Switch? I can't even remember the last time I deployed a 10 Mbps hub/switch. I think any current 10/100/1000 switch will support you, but I still am curious as to why this would even be needed. |
| | How about soundproofing the lab walls. Foam squares and spray on glue work wonders. |
 | Re: Kali linux help Use unetbootin to create a USB for persistence.... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick Once installed, use Truecrypt to encrypt the entire drive. |
 | QOS is the way to go here. It depends on the router you use and whether or not it is a supported feature. With QOS, you can specify that all HTTP traffic is low priority while other types of traffic (like VOIP) would get higher priority. |
 | if you want to deny access, any current prosumer router can block requests to any FQDN. |
 | Right here: https://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/ I use mysql Workbench all the time. Works just fine and supports ssh tunneling to the DB as well. |
 | I use GParted for everything. HAs never failed me. Get the Gparted ISO. Mount or burn to disk. Boot with it and you can resize partitions easily. Always backup before messing with your partitions and filesystems. |
 | Routing is just step 1. You do need to have the something act as the router.... plenty of ISOs for linux based systems as well if you don't want to follow JorgeM's good advice. After which, you need to setup DNS with the proper MX records so that each exchange … |
 | Re: bind9 > **Name servers** ns1.otherdomain.com (Points to: my public ip) I assume this is the IP address of the server running bind. How about a few sanity checks. 1. curl http://www.icanhazip.com and verify that you are using the correct external IP. 2. install chromium-browser. SSH -X to the server and run … |
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| | 'cd \progra~1' works as well. You can also type cd \progra then hit the TAB key to autofill the rest. |
| | Re: Videos converter MEdiacoder is one I've used with success in the past. http://www.mediacoderhq.com/ |
 | Work was throwing away the HP tablets when webos was dropped. I grabbed one from the trash, loaded Cyanogen on it, and use it to read comics online. It really serves no other purpose.  |
| | Simply that the "IP-MIB" module is not present on the system. Try running the same command without specifying a MIB. You should at least get the OIDs spit back at you. |
| | I had the same type of issue. Kali runs on 3.7. I run kali in Virtual Box but the repositories lack a headers package. Without that, I can't install the VBox tools. I thought about recompiling the kernel, but the repos also lack any kernel-package. Perhaps someone with more knowledge … |
| | Sounds like you are missing or have a bad file association where the doc or docx is associated with Internet Explorer. You need to check and re-associate the doc/docx extension with the application 'word.exe'.  |
| | Re: Crashed hardrive 1) Hard Drives crash for many reasons.... It's a fact of computer life and can't be avoided. It is nothing that your did in particuliar that made it crash. 2) There are professional data recopvery companies that can recover data. But it is expensive so the data has to be … |
| | I'm kind of curious myself. What was the issue and resolution? |
 | Could you post your /etc/hosts here (just xx out a piece of the IP). |
| | Something is acting as your perimeter device. Theis perimeter device will show the static IP on the WAN interface. Getting your cameras viewable to the public simply involves forwarding the port used for remote viewing 'through' the permiter device using port forwarding or pinholing (whichever your device supports). What port … |
 | Re: Dell 620 problem Hold Down the Fn Button during startup to access the dell diagnostics. See if they run.  |
 | My gut tells me your Power supply may be having issues in not providing enough juice to the system. You might test the rig with another Power supply. The Proc may be overheating and throttling down due to high temp. ARe all the fans working in the system with clean … |
 | 2 things. 1) Did you allow windows update to upgrade any hardware drivers? I usually tell people not to use the win drivers. Instead, it is better to go with drivers from the manufacturers. 2) Have you updated or removed any hardware drivers recently? Some things you can safely try. … |
| | Sanity Check: Make sure there is no physical switch that is set to read only. After that, try this: http://www.troublefixers.com/remove-write-protection-on-usb-pen-drive-or-memory-card-or-ipod/  |
| | Sounds like a homework question. My #1, always has been and always will be, is having backups of your data with historicals. Nothing is more important. Even Security Comes in at #2 compared to that. |
| | DO you want certain attachments blocked, or do you want the user to save them then open them. If you remove the GPO and/or the Reg key it created, does the pop up go away? |
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| | Keyboards, like any machine, can break and wear out over time. Find the same model laptop on ebay or 2nd hand, or just buy a replacement keyboard. If you buy a model from ebay, even a non-booting one will do since you just want the keyboard anyway as a spare … |
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| | Re: networks Google is your friend: http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/OSI_Layers.asp http://www.tech-faq.com/osi-model.html http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786900%28v=WS.10%29.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP_model |
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| | IF the win7 host can ping the ubuntu host and vice versa, then you can use WINSCP on the windows side to get files or just use a CIFS mount from the ubuntu side to get to a windows share. |
 | Solution is easy. You need to run a server with Postfix. Setup postfix to accept SMTP traffic and relay all traffic outbound to your ISP using the SSL that you should be using. I have this setup at my home. My DVR only sends SMTP on port 25. So I … |
| | Smartphones have their place... Having a data-enabled smart phone with Juice-SSH client on it and an RDP client on it has saved me in a pinch on more than one occasion. |
| | Yep. Did you check device manager to see if your card is listed and/or missing drivers (indicated by the yellow sign on the device). From command line, run 'ipconfig /all'. Is your card listed? |
| | Depends what kind of backup. You can usually conenct the external drive via usb, have it mounted under /media or /mnt, and access the backup data. How are you backing up?  |
 | 1) Turn off all windows firewalls. then test 2) Run IPCONFIG /ALL on each and note results. Are they all on the same subnet with same gateway and DNS? 3) Ping another PC by IP? 4) Ping another PC by full FQDN name? Does the FQDN even resolve? 5) IS …  |
| | Screen shots would help... Also several command line outputs from IPCONFIG /ALL PING 8.8.8.8 PING www.yahoo.com TRACEROUTE 8.8.8.8 |
 | You have to be more specific. There are many ways to track internet access from the host or from a network level....  |
| | no-ip.org is a dynamic dns provider offering free service. I use it with success. You just have to type in a code every month when they send you a reminder email. |
 | How about a reverse proxy or a Load Balancer on ther front end with your Web server on the back end. ICMPs are easily dropped at the proxy or LB while all web traffic is simply passed internally. Thus reducing load on the Web Server |
| | Just as an additional note.... if the router can't restrict access based on source IP, use IPTABLES on the host OS along with FAIL2BAN... just in case you are paranoid like me. |
| | Ditto what JorgeM said.... there's a lot to learn if you are just starting out. If you want to try OpenVPN, it's an SSL based VPN and I have a post on how to set it up and configure it. http://www.slsmk.com/installing-openvpn-on-ubuntu-server-12-04/ I also have post on L2TP/IPSEC, great for stock …  |
| | Re: wifi password WPA/WPA2 is very crackable... just takes a longer depending on the complexity of the PSK. |
| | Yeo. You can do this 2 ways, and this of course depends on your VPN equipment. 1) Create the 150-ish tunnels where site A has 12 tunnels (one to each site), site B has 12 tunnel (one to each site) and so on. Not a fun option. 2)The better option, … |
| | Is the server listening on 3306 for the mysql service? You can check with "netstat -lanp | grep 3306" Can you telnet to this port from the workstation? For windows use "telnet <server IP> 3306". Do you know the DB to which you want to connect? HAve you assigned rights … |
| | Somehow - Jorge always beats me to the answers.... OP, do follow JorgeM's post, it's spot on. |
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