[dba-Tech] Chkdsk log

John:

It does sound like you are in a difficult situation and unless the management wants to make some major infrastructure changes, things will not improve. OTOH, at this rate, you have s job for life. ;-)

Jim 

----- Original Message -----
From: "John R Bartow" <jbartow at winhaven.net>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:22:01 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Chkdsk log

Jim,
Problem is that the staff is constantly changing and the management seems to
think all of them should have full access to everything. They bring their
own devices at will and so who knows which/where/when the devices were
infected, attached and if they will be again?

It's an impossible situation to manage, let alone secure. So I will try ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 12:50 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Chkdsk log

It has been recommended by others (no first hand experience myself) that
WireShark is a good product for tracking data flow around a
network...Stewart has some experience with it.

If the files are RSA or AES encrypted and you don't have the keys that is
the way they will stay...the cypher is not breakable but anything other than
brute-force...according to the current wisdom, a 128 bit encryption would
take a supercomputer, the age of the universe to crack...256 is more so. ;-)


Do they have a good router or have any router on their network? Nothing like
a challenge...

Jim