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    SB Router/FW Recommendations

    All, I have a small network which I am currently running an Asus RT-N16 with DD-WRT in front of. The network is split into 2 subnets behind the router with each firewalled from the other by the Asus. |---> LAN1 Internet ---> Asus ---| |--->...
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    Problem with Dell GX150

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    where do you get fonts from?

    my GF needs a bunch of fonts in a hurry. does anyone know of a decent font package she can buy? she has tried downloading free fonts, but says that a lot of them don't work or look like crap at more than 8 points. any suggestions? thanks, big boi
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    serious problem with ZIP files

    okay, i installed some crapass freeware zip program a while ago. i don't recall the name of it. , but anyway i decided it sucked so i uninstalled it. here is the problem: 1) windows XP did not revert back to using it's own zip utility. 2) when i try to open a zip file with winzip and check...
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    Master's Degree decision - advice needed

    a little background: i am turning 30 this summer. i graduated from a small liberal arts college with a BA in philosophy and a BA in Sociology/Anthropology. i have been working in the IT field for the past 6 years with basically the last 2.5 years in the information security area. currently...
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    anyone work in federal IT security?

    i have a question about doing a risk assessment as outlined by NIST in SP 800-30. there is a 3x3 risk level matrix they use to calculcate risk-level. my understanding is that you ID vulnerabilities and threats-sources and then use the 3x3 matrix to calculcate the risk-level of that particular...
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    gigabit card, rackmount case, dual athlon MPs, ECC DDR, and tons other stuff

    here is a list of good stuff. the prices for some of these items may seem high, but only because shiping will cost a bit. if you want multiple items i will knock some dollars off for you. so please don't be shy asking for packages- you will get a deal that way. also, if you buy a bunch of...
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    Nessus v ISS

    I have a new job as of Monday, and in the job listing it mentioned using Nessus. So I started playing with that over the past week or so. But when I started work I found out they are using ISS as the vulnerability scanner. In any case, the point is not about whether I know how to use...
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    FS/FT: CPUs, dual AMD system, power supplies, etc

    i am not exaggerating when i say that this is the greatest sale of stuff ever to happen in these forums. in addition to the items listed below i have a box full of cables. they include the following: USB cables floppy cables 80 pin IDE cables 40 pin IDE cables power cords phone cords AV...
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    serious career blessing/problem

    first the fantastic news. i was just offered a job i interviewed for last week. it is with a great company doing IT consulting work with the federal government (i live in DC so i'm not aware that any other type of work actually exists ;) ). in any case the place sounds great, and i'd be doing...
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    WTB: drive cage

    this should be fairly simple although i'm not sure anything will turn up. i want a drive cage that meets the following requirements: 1) must have a fan blowing through/between the drives. 2) must hold 3 3.5" drives while using up 2 5.25" drive bays. 3) here is basically what i'm looking for...
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    not the same old WMA -> MP3 thread i swear

    okay, i know similar threads have been posted a million times, but none are quite the same as this one. i have my entire music collection in WMA . . . lossless. so the usual "do not convert them to mp3 files" comments should not apply because i'm not going from lossy to lossy formats. if...
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    anyone looking for Team Xtreem RAM?

    i emailed them a while ago and finally got a response about how to purchase it: ------------------------------------------------------------ Hello! Good day! Please contact with our USA Company for the purchaing issue Please contact Mr. Michael Li. His contact is as below, I believe he will...
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    how not to kill your A64

    this seems fairly important and i didn't see any mention of it here: http://www.madshrimps.be/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20882
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    memory choice

    since these are so close in price and are really pushing the budget, i need an opinion between the 2. do not say the $222 one is better cause i can barely afford either of these. if you want to suggest i just get the PC3200 G.Skill though that's fine ;) btw, i have: Asus A8N-SLI Premium...
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    can a geforce3 ti200 run battlefield (the first one)?

    i know it might not be pretty, but the geforce3 ti200 DOES support directX 8.1 right? so the game should run. am i right? okay, second question- now how bad would it be? someone wants to buy an old dell p3 933mhz system with 256MB of ram to run the game. so i don't think they can expect...
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    help picking between 2 heatsinks

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductCompare.asp?CompareItemList=N82E16835185126%2CN82E16835185125&SubCategory=62 i have the following new stuff: Asus A8N-SLI Premium Athlon 3800+ X2 2 x 1GB G.Skill RAM some other junk i want a cooler that is going to allow me to OC a little bit. not...
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    head spinning- need some recommendations please

    i desperately need a new machine as my old one is . . OLD! so i have a few requirements for the mobo, and have been reading a ton, but getting nowhere in terms of making a decision. so i apologize for this "please make a recommendation" thread, but i have actually done a lot of reading. i...
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    WTB/WTT small form factor computer- epia or athlon based

    just like the title says, i'm looking for a small computer. something like a shuttle sk43g or some sort of via epia doodad. i already have a 1ghz athlon so please don't offer me up your P4-based shuttle box . . . unless it's so insanely cheap that i have to buy it. in trade i could offer...
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    up-to-date performance comparison between packetfilter and iptables?

    i'm looking for something basically identical to this, but a little more recent: http://www.benzedrine.cx/pf-paper.html anyone know of any comparisons? TIA, big boi
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    any suggestions for a redirector to use with squid?

    i learned about this redirector during a SANS training i attended and was going to use it on a squid reverse proxy in front of my web site. it would give me 2 important features. 1) it would allow me to restrict access to only specific, legitimate directories on my web server. 2) it would...
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    Problem with Dell GX150

    i have a couple of dell gx150s here at work. both are giving me similar problems. i boot the machine up and it gets past loading the BIOS, and then gives a message saying "Invalid configuration information - please run SETUP program" so all i need to do is go into the BIOS and set the time or...
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    Forinet Fortigate DMZ question

    if anyone has worked with these i have a question for you. on the DMZ port(s) do you have the ability to only expose certain ports? on a lot of devices DMZ means you completely expose an IP address. i would pefer to simply forward ports to a private IP address though. is this possible with...
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    Serious career advice needed - TIA

    I have been talking to someone at a large company that is a household name in terms of computers about a job there. The job begins with 6 weeks of training, most of it being technical in nature. I would get a lot of network training as well as product-specific training. I think part of it...
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    problem with script for new user creation in AD

    i have a script that i would like to read values out of an excel file, and then use them to create several users in windows 2000 AD. the problem i think i have is that i have a password policy requiring complex passwords (IOW- can't be blank). i believe i can use the SetPassword method to set...
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    should be a simple java question

    for some reason the few times i've tried to use the Math pow() function in java it hasn't worked. i've always worked around it because i've known what the power i was going to raise to was, but that is not the case here. i've tried many different ways of writing this program (in terms of the...
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    really odd DNS issue

    so i'm trying to help my brother get his network at work running properly, and there's this wierd DNS problem that i can't figure out. he has all windows server 2003 servers including 2 AD-integrated DNS servers. when he runs nslookup on ANY box in the domain he'll get > www.2cpu.com...
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    duplicating a domain- which method would you use?

    i am working on getting a change management lab setup here at work, and need some advice as to how to do it. i think i've asked this before, but now that i've done a lot more research and thinking about the topic and am ready to move forward i have a much more specific question. so, this is...
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    should pings within your LAN always be <1ms?

    i mean if all your cables are good and you don't have something configured incorrectly and you're pinging by IP address on a small LAN you should never get ping times any higher than that right? even <10ms response time is too high? we're talking like less than 10 machines within 50 feet of...
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    how much should this job cost?

    i thought this had been posted before, but i STF and didn't find any threads. someone has asked me to terminate 20 runs of cable for them. that is 40 ends that need terminating. in the office i will mount them in the wall plates, and on the other end i'll put them in the patch panel. they...
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    good RAID on a single processor mobo?

    being that i store a lot of DV footage i am a bit obssessed with storage size and speed. in the past that has required a dual processor board with PCI-X slots on it which can accomodate high-end storage controllers. it has come time for me to upgrade my editing rig and as usual storage is a...
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    Cisco 1605R router w/ user guides, cables, & extras

    this is a used cisco 1605R router with all of the user manuals and documentation you get in the new package. it also includes 2 console cables for it. there are 2 different fast flash cards, an 8MB and a 4MB. the 4MB has IOS version 11.2.18 on it and i believe the 8MB has a newer IOS on it...
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    looking for world's tiniest computer

    okay, so what i am thinking about is building a tiny computer that i can run smoothwall or clarkconnect on. the problem is that this needs to be as small as humanly possible- like the size of a netgear or only a little larger. i'm not sure which type of components would be best- via epia...
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    email and reverse DNS lookups

    we are implementing a customer management system thyat is web-based and hosted at another organization. this thing will be using mailman or something similar to send emails. i was told to add a new MX record to our DNS zone for the mailman server which is in a different domain. so here's the...
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    simple dos command i can't remember- please help

    there is a command you can run at the command prompt which will tell you some information about the current user session including the domain controller you authenticated to. i can't remember what the command is despite using it frequently in the past and google is not helping. i need to see...
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    Network training/certification question

    okay, i have taken the SANS GSEC training and passed the associated certification exam. time has come again to register for the local SANS conference, but i don't know what training to go for. your advice in making this decision would be greatly appreciated.basically, i am interested in...
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    anyone know how to read this minidump?

    i can tell that there is a driver issue, but i'm not sure if there is any other info that will help me hone in on the problem. this is a friend's laptop that has been reinstalled several times and still keeps doing the same thing. they finally gave it to me to look at, and my initial diagnosis...
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    advice on good cable testing equipment

    i know i've heard fluke meter mentioned before, but i wanted to lay out some specifics first and get advice based on that. basically, i have made some cables at home. they all seem to work, but this is the first time i've ever made cables. initially there were a few problems. in my...
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