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Help SW Admins out with your worst-case scenario of users being given Node Admin rights. What do you fear they'll do? Delete nodes? Change configurations beyond changing port up/down? Really make your case as strong as you can, and then step back to see if it's as bad as you fear. Things that should make you trust your…

That WOULD be ironic!

This is a TOUGH comparison. The popularity of Otis Day & the nights singing "Shout!" (not to mention Animal House), while at the same time, the band's just not shining. They're riding on the well-written song and one singer's style, versus multiple musicians shining talent. On the other side is the lesser-known Night Train…

I looked at them. Lots of good to be said for Palo Alto. We didn't choose them for a few reasons: * Cost. Our ASA's are less expensive initially, but the add-ons to get all the needed functionality actually seem to make the finished Cisco security solution more expensive than any other vendor's offerings. But the ASA…

Do you have NPM 12? If so, you might discover NetPath is a fun, new alternative to Traceroute. Not only will it work inside your organization, it also works outside, discovering BGP and path resilience and latency in ways Traceroute couldn't (and still can't) do. Try it if you can; I think you'll be impressed at what it…

This sounds very promising!

One cloud-based solution that the medical industry is watching has to do with access to medical images and medical histories from anywhere by anyone who has purchased the rights and signed the agreements. When I was born in the 1950's a hospital would make medical images and record medical procedures in someone's folder.…

Put your servers under the ocean for better cooling. Because we need warmer oceans. A better solution might be finding systems that accomplish what's needed without generating heat. Or reducing that "need". Do we need Pandora, Netflix, akamai advertising, etc.?

The Amazon Fake Reviews story? Wow. Like the author, I've always been skeptical of glowing 5-star reviews, no matter if online or even back in the old days of print. I've ALWAYS believed ethics are poor when it comes to a seller's claims about their products, and strongly suspected some percentage of positive reviews are…

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I still announce "Launch Vipers" when I'm heading out of the garage in my car. My wife doesn't understand . . .

Having dealt with 30-day-password-policies, I can only say they come with risks and inconveniences. I'd expect the local passwords to be changed automatically every time the laptop connects to the network, after 30 days has passed. Being able to track which password is currently valid, three years down the line, must be…

Your story sounds all too familiar. Sometimes a business can feel too large for those responsible for getting timely and effective changes through Change Management. The size can slow down information sharing & understanding, which slows down Change Approval. Worse, there may be too many gun-shy Managers, or too few…

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Useful to know for SCP testing . . .

If only there were an article that contained "Understanding" followed by "government" anything, and it made sense and contained solutions that were easily deployed and affordable and relatively permanent. Understanding anything having to do with the government seem likely to never be simple, easy, affordable, practical,…

Government's a tough place for automation to be adopted if it results in people losing jobs. One of the best places I ever worked was a shop that never laid anyone off due to technology efficiencies. The boss always found new areas in which an employee could be trained to do new work, and those new areas represented growth…

What a friendly company!

Sixty-One Month Bump.

I was certain Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem would be my choice, but after researching both bands . . . Compare for yourself: Dr. Teeth: https://youtu.be/h4Bq69HfR0Y?t=100 A 27-minute long clip of Meet The Raisins shows a wide variety styles, and full instrumentation, combined with top-notch vocals! The soulful and…

Some of those sentences I can't get comprehend. I must need more sleep.

Here we sit, a bunch of mice in the wings, voting to bell the cat, without intent to follow through, without budget . . . At least we think we know better, and at least it's fun.

The topics are still valid today. Not having a technical manager, needing to expand one's knowledge, and learning more about coding. Even reviewing "old" blogs like this can be useful!

Thank you for another educational mission!

A great first question--which can be answered with common sense. Thanks for the mini-mission!

Printing Titanium: It'll be "interesting" to see the practical stress tests and life of printing airplane parts. I hope it's all for the better, and doesn't reduce cost at the expense of reliability. Star Trek replicator technology seems to be sneaking closer & closer. Makes me wish I'd be alive in another hundred years to…

"When good systems go bad." I agree with you in that "rogue" is a word I reserve for an outsider's device affecting my internal network--like someone bringing in a personal Access Point in and plugging it into the corporate network--while it has DHCP enabled. It eventually hijacks many or all of the devices on its subnet,…

One line stood out above all others, for me: This applies to all aspects of our world. A few poisons come to mind, like prejudice, narrow-mindedness, greed, absence of altruism. It also applies to paranoia, blindly allowing principles of freedom to be compromised in reaction to fear, real or perceived. Are we resigned to…

When fraud and theft and other crimes are directly associated with crypto-currency, it's simple to show someone the risks. It's simple to make it illegal. You can lead people to knowledge, but you cannot make them think. It's a sad commentary that so many have chosen unethical behavior for their income sources, and equally…

I think this month's Mission Photograph is missing something . . .