Alright. I finally had some free time today. My grandfather wanted me put some work into a project that I have been working on for his company. (A inventory Access database). Usually I just go into...

Well the mission was a success thanks to you guys. I posted a in depth reply on how it went but a moderator has not approved that post. I put a lot of work into it. :(

Wow. Great news guys! Shes all setup and very happy! :o

She went out and bought a Netgear WNR3500L Router yesterday, she picked me up this morning to install it and setup the VLAN.

We got there...

Thanks for the quick replies...

I kinda get what Gitsnik is talking about. I run DD-WRT on my home router...I see the VLAN options, but never tinkered with them....I just use it for a webserver...

The old forum had a place for general discussion but this is the only place I could see this could fit?

Need some help/advice.

A company I do work for called me and said they got a letter...

Wow....I thought this was some type of discussion for some IP-Sec VPN exploit or something. haha.

Does not get past the splashscreen?...You could set if you could reset the BIOS...might not even be the drive at all?

Alright...sorry I could not post back faster...been having a lot going on. Iv learned a little more about the company...all the employees files are mostly in the My Docs folder on ALL the computers....

I know....I ran Windows Update also....Its just what they had...I didnt have any say in what they were buying.

Thats why im asking for advice on Securing Microsoft....least the best it can be...

I recently got a call from a loan company who just got started and they were installing there computers and "wanted" a server....They talked to another compny I do work for and got a P4 3Ghz and a...

This questions is so simple its annoying me. Its more Linux related.

Im looking at my linux message log and am seeing a lot of data....Im trying to find hacking attempts on my webserver, syslog is...

KK, ill try that. Also I did use google, what I tried was the best i could come up with, but the first link looks pretty good.

Thanks.

Also Keys might be a good idea, but it just sounds like...

Im trying to keep my routers HTTPS port and SSH port from being brute forced. Say like only allow 3 failed connections a minute or something like that. I entered in these IPTable rules but the dont...

Normally I dont think much about this question till now.

I just bought a new Asus Eee 1000H Netbook, I upgraded it to 2GB of RAM.

It came with XP Home on it, I would like to put Pro on it. I...

I thinik they would call that hacking which I think would vote to get her fired. But do look into it, let me know what you find. It would kinda neat to check out on my equipment.

Woops Double Post....sorry....I ment for this one and my other one to be combined...clicking "replay" is kinda a habbit by now.



Im not saying teachers SHOULD have admin rights, I know how much...

I doubt that HP would ship there printers with malicious code, and I have a hunch I dont think any one would care enough to try something that complex.

I have a hunch they already do....

Well that would so far seem the best way for her to do it without accessing the helpdesk. Cause if she can access gpedit.msc from her teacher account then it should be ok right?

Well SecondLife I heard has the ability for PCI MAC Banning? Maybe they did the same thing. bring over your laptop plug in and try it, bring your router too and try swaping that out. Then youll...

It depends, whats the website? Did she do something to piss of the Web server admin?

Ok. First off I don't think i can touch the registry, you need admin rights as well, they have the school computers locked down pretty tight.

Next i am not social engineering. I am not "stupid"...

Alright. A few days ago I got a call from my sisters old high school teacher. I have done some tech work for her in the past. She said she was having a problem with her "School" computer and the help...

Well it may be the "standard way" but I have never done it before and barly have a clue on where to start, except for the first post which was my basic idea...I barely even know that there ever WAS a...

Whats the whole point of identd anyway come to think of it, never figured that one out and google just made things worse...