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Troubleshooting someone else's problem is particularly enjoyable for me. But I don't mind troubleshooting my own company's issues, as long as I can get it right relatively quickly. And being recognized for being helpful is always a bonus, for me.

Selfie-Deaths. Hmph. I"m more of the opinion that the actual event being attempted is probably the root cause of the risks and injuries and deaths. But the added risks of losing one's perspective and situational awareness as part of setting up a selfie exacerbates the issue dramatically. Rather, shouldn't we say "Climbing…

You made a good choice. Always protect your integrity and reputation and job--the first two are all you have to keep you employed and sleeping soundly at night. The second lets you live the lifestyle you do, and keeps you from spiraling downward to lower economic opportunities and depression. Avoid temptation, always ALWAY…

Kubernetes: This Cluster Management solution might be OK--Google seems to endorse / use it. Or it might just be another high-priced "cluster" . . . Azure Disperse Even Further: Another way to spread your data further around the planet, exposing it to more physical and virtual access of which you may remain unaware? I think…

Are we sad that we can't use "converged" instead of "hyper-converged" yet? Let converged's old methods fall into obsolescence and hyper-converged's new methods become the new standard. Yeah, it's only semantics. Like "I oriented myself." instead of "I made sure I was orientated." One is efficient, the other is bloated…

Wal-Mart cutting staff in order to reduce COVID-19 exposure might make sense. Unless you're one of the people depending on your job as at Wal-Mart's checkout stands for paying your bills, feeding your kids, paying for medical insurance, etc. Particularly when Wal-Mart's opening, just outside of many small town's city…

Given what we know about IoT risks, it only seems reasonable that using any API could have a parallel risk factor. We're often in the "newer MUST BE better" or "work smarter not harder--and API's MUST be the way forward" kind of environments. That's when "API" just becomes a buzzword for some "magical solution" someone…

I've googled "Wahupakoza" to find what it means, but not been satisfied with the results. How do you interpret that word, please?

No matter whether this is true or it's fiction, it's good reading, and contains lessons we need to see so that we can appreciate security policies, practices, and tools that aid in discovering issues. Thank you.

Your routers that have lost neighbors should at least be alerting you via snmp traps. And NPM's Alert Manager could be configured to send you pages and e-mails when those events occur. I agree that having something up front in NPM that showed graphically certain neighbor relationships have failed would be fast and…

I agreed with that statement several years ago. Well, actually, back in 2004. But no longer is that sentence applicable in my business. NPM has been a Godsend, showing me where Networks can improve things immensely, and as a result of those corrections I've changed the reputation of the network such that the Help Desk, the…

Scientists' response to criticism isn't unexpected; it's merely unfortunate. Human nature responds better to praise than criticism. Knowing this in advance, SOME people have learned how to couch their criticism in less confrontational terms. Other people haven't learned this.

I understand now. You want upgrades to be simultaneous instead of sequential. It's a useful idea. My bet is that Solarwinds will need to make some modifications to allow it. I've had good luck moving IOS images to seven Cisco devices simultaneously by leveraging the multi-threading capabilities of Solarwinds' SFTP or TFTP…

 

Lots of knee-jerk reacting happening. In many ways, this is not new, it's just efficient. If you received an infected file and simply accepted it, your systems would be compromised if they didn't recognize it with AV and quarantine or delete it. Once you were infected you'd end up sending a copy of the suspicious file to…

You're all funny--prize panting. Of course, I'm guilty, too.

Nope. I don't dream of software defined sheep. I organize my sleep patterns to dream of fishing for big ones in Canada. (Or so I wish) I bet Amazon and Google and other cloud-vendors of sufficient size DO dream of SDS.

What references about packet analysis would you recommend for newbies to start reading? I continually get that question from high school and college people, and generally they're not looking for something very intense. While at the same time they want something more applicable to the real world than reading another " . . .…

Our teams started going UCS around seven years ago, and MANY of our servers are now virtualized and in resilient/redundant UCS chasses. It's meant less labor for the Network Team--no more having to configure Nexus switch ports for stand-alone servers. Which means less opportunity for human error, and also means improved…

Requiring someone to use a separate / dedicated device for admin tasks, and NOT install admin tools on every device they might touch in a year? That's good advice. But it's a bit late in implementation. Training the user the right processes to do their job is step 1. Step 2 is monitoring and verifying they're doing it…

Agreed, Question 16 did not match my learning from the hints. Rather than testing to failure, let's test to succeed.

I loved vinyl right up until it became dirty, scratched, or warped. Or had to be flipped. As a media it is too fragile for my needs, but I certainly listened to thousands of hours of it. The convenience and durability and archivability of digital media won me over immediately. The streaming of audio is bothersome for…

Go old-school, check out works from the '40's and 50's by the greats (Heinlein, Asimov, Clark) but don't forget to test the "next-in-lines" or "honorable mentions". "Starlight: The Best of Alfred Bester" is full of things that'll twist & entertain your S/F funny bone. Cordwainer Smith wrote some seriously amazing things…

That seems most likely to me, too.

I like the thoughtful tone of your article. Bots have not yet proved their value to me; I see them as any of the following: * Annoyances * Bits of programs that provide information that is already readily available * Interruptions in concentration that may require research to accommodate, use, or ignore * Unnecessary…

Thanks for the additional information. When we understand and accept that " No device is ever "secure", it just might be harder to get into but they will never be 100% secure," what does that say about us? We all want secure communications. But when we can't have them, we accept that knowledge and complacently continue on…

Thanks for the good news! I've had all sorts of upgrade experiences, from bad to flawless. The only thing that keeps one going forward is observing that the most recent upgrade was less painful than the one before it. It gives us hope for the next upgrade. Go ahead and upgrade, folks. Solarwinds has gotten it right, as far…

It seems it would be relatively easy to create a custom web page, or even a resource within NPM's front page, that shows an NPM view of a specific NetPath resource.

Saying security is an availability problem doesn't seem to shine the spotlight where it belong, IMHO. OK, if someone hacks a web site and the site becomes unavailable, that's a symptom of a security problem. It might also be thought of a problem with availability of security, budget to install and promote and test…

Crazy complex in description, but MUCH appreciated in use!