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Cisco ASA IPS Monitoring

I may be inheriting a number of Cisco ASA firewalls to manage. I know ASA well enough, but one of their major concerns is the IPS functionality and doing security monitoring. In the past I've just dumped the stuff to Syslog and into a SIEM device. Currently, I have some staff who are...
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- Oct 28, 2014
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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How far away is it now?

Here is an interesting (simplified) summary of these concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBr4GkRnY04
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- Post #17
- Aug 23, 2014
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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How far away is it now?

I don't think this is correct either. 13.3 billion light years is how much distance the light has traveled since it was emitted. This is NEITHER the distance then, nor the distance now. In fact, the accepted diameter of the observable universe is approximately 93 billion light years, and...
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- Post #5
- Aug 21, 2014
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Powerline Networking and Aluminum Wiring

I had a wire smoke out in an old house with aluminium wiring. Made scorch marks all the way down the wall and all around the socket. Probably 30 seconds longer and it would have burnt the house down if I hadn't run to the back room to hit the breaker. I can't imagine if I was sleeping. And...
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- Post #24
- Apr 1, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Super noob with VPN's

Uhm, if they're on the same LAN network, they should be able to share files. No VPN required. It sounds to me like you have the Windows firewall turned on, or some permissions issue with file sharing (or perhaps file sharing is disabled on one of the machines). Obviously, if you want some...
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- Post #4
- Apr 1, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Fastest Remote Desktop Solution for Watching Videos / Gaming

To be fair, Youtube pushes 720p down over a 10-15mbps connection alright. BUT, they have had the chance to pre-encode it, which makes a huge difference. Doing it in realtime is probably not practical, even at 720p.
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- Post #11
- Apr 1, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Doubt in networklayer

The transport layer (Layer 4) does not care about addresses. It just doesn't. It is designed to manage host connectivity, delivery of data, reliability and some other things. It just assumes that the packet will be delivered to the correct address. This is what TCP/UDP/ICMP does. It handles...
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- Post #7
- Apr 1, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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I need advice from an experienced IT proffesional about this (job market).

This is the wrong forum for this post. Regardless, your list is absurd. No job posting EVER required that list. Pick 15 of those things and some whiny boss might want those, but most GOOD jobs in IT are somewhat specialized. That said, if you've never done any programming and you've...
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- Post #3
- Apr 1, 2014
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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AMD Smoother than Intel?

This is completely bullcrap. A CPU is nothing like a car. In fact, general desktop operations don't tax the CPU very much, and those that do, the x86 instruction set does not vary. The "time to process" difference is on the scale of nanoseconds, which is 4-5 orders of magnitude (10,000...
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- Post #44
- Mar 28, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Computer network problems - desktop pc only

Certainly sounds like an issue with your ISP to me. No sense running out and doing something silly like wiping out your computer (?!?!?) until you know what the issue is. See if you can find the cause of the drops. Ping local systems, ping remote systems, try pinging from your laptop to...
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- Post #10
- Mar 3, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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Why is it so hard to find a good laptop?

It's your day! http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/540156/20140224/apple-macbook-air-2014-a8.htm
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- Post #53
- Feb 24, 2014
- Forum: Laptops
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Electronics in Rice for Water Damage

TLDR; The rice is more effective if the ambient air is humid, since it keeps the local air very dry. The fan would be more effective given very dry air to start with. P.S. Check your local humidity level (use weather.com or something). Humidity between 10% and 40% is pretty dry. Between...
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- Post #17
- Feb 10, 2014
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Any way to test your network "locally" the way it is seen "remotely".

In theory, Tor works with any ports, but I think most exit nodes restrict the majority of them, so it probably isn't the best solution. I suggest using a cell phone/3G connection, or a VPN.
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- Post #7
- Feb 6, 2014
- Forum: Networking
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(How) Do divining rods work?

OK. Sure. Are you a wealthy man?
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- Post #150
- Feb 6, 2014
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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There's your problem, sir

It's the electronic hypocondriac. This is the same person who shows up at the doctor convinced they have hepatitis because of their soft stool and cramps. Turns out they've just been taking large doses of black-market antibiotics due to fears about an imagined staph infection and have wrecked...
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- Post #4
- Jan 29, 2014
- Forum: Security

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