by wwarren | Jul 16, 2013 | Open Source
If you see an IT person exhibiting any of these…they haven’t lost their mind..:) Nine traits of the veteran network admin.
by wwarren | Apr 7, 2013 | AVG, Security
AVG scored in the top 5 again. This is the reason i’ve partnered with AVG as recently their products have garnered consistent top 5 scores while costing much less and while being much less invasive than other products. AVG has come quite a way since their...
by wwarren | Mar 2, 2013 | Microsoft, Vista, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8
Microsoft’s “latest and greatest” isn’t even able to get a larger share than the acknowledged failure that is Vista. I’ve been telling clients that Windows 7 is a worthy replacement for XP. Nice to see some independent data to back up...
by wwarren | Feb 18, 2013 | Linux, Open Source, Security, Security Alerts
HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE BEEN ROOTED: ls -la /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.9 rpm -qf /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.9 ls -la /lib/libkeyutils.so.1.9 rpm -qf /lib/libkeyutils.so.1.9 If you find the file and RPM shows “is not owned by any package” you have been rooted. Currently...
by wwarren | Jan 29, 2013 | Hardware, Internet, Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts
As the world’s various media outlets start talking breathlessly about how dangerous UPNP is anyone who has talked to me(every one of my clients knows about this) I’ve always maintained UPNP was a huge security hole. I’ve seen Microsoft among others...