Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Oct 25 13:42:41 CDT 2013
Hi John: I used to assume much of my work was similar to a Garbage Collector: It is a dirty job, it never ends but someone has to do it. ;-) 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 11:55:48 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Chkdsk log Lol - a thankless impossible job for life - dreams do come true! ;-) -----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 1:44 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [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 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com