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    • dafyreD
      dafyre
      last edited by

      I would fire someone for deleting the accounts that belong to other departments in software that they are responsible for.

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      • coliverC
        coliver
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        It's funny, we (our business unit) were just discussing blocking any purchases that required tradition Client/Server and fat applications.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @IRJ
          last edited by

          @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

          @Dashrender said

          My main point was the platformless nature of web apps is what I still don't see very much.

          That is all I see nowadays. I don't want to touch anything that requires a client.

          Same here. I'm just not running into these native apps with platform lock in.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @coliver
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            @coliver said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

            It's funny, we (our business unit) were just discussing blocking any purchases that required tradition Client/Server and fat applications.

            Blocking might be too far, but strongly, strongly auditing to see why that has happened. Unless the vendor can produce a really strong technical case for the requirement or value of the lock in, I'd avoid them on competence grounds alone. If they can't make viable software today, what are the chances that they will be able to properly support it tomorrow?

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender
              last edited by

              I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                last edited by

                @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                  @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                  I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                  I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                  You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

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                  • BrainsB
                    Brains @Dashrender
                    last edited by

                    @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                    @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                    @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                    I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                    I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                    You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                    I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @Brains
                      last edited by

                      @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                      @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                      @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                      @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                      I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                      I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                      You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                      I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                      LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

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                      • IRJI
                        IRJ @Dashrender
                        last edited by

                        @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                        @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                        @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                        @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                        @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                        I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                        I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                        You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                        I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                        LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

                        Our AC maintenance guys installed Wireshark on their server. I was like WTF!

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                        • travisdh1T
                          travisdh1 @IRJ
                          last edited by

                          @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                          @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                          @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                          @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                          @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                          @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                          I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                          I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                          You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                          I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                          LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

                          Our AC maintenance guys installed Wireshark on their server. I was like WTF!

                          Did they at least ask first? If they didn't ask, you're off the network and can pay for your own connection.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @travisdh1
                            last edited by

                            @travisdh1 said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                            @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                            @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                            @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                            @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                            @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                            @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                            I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                            I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                            You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                            I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                            LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

                            Our AC maintenance guys installed Wireshark on their server. I was like WTF!

                            Did they at least ask first? If they didn't ask, you're off the network and can pay for your own connection.

                            Why would they ask, it was their (I'm assuming the HVAC's) server.

                            My question is. how did you know they installed Wireshark? You just happened to walk by and noticed it? lol
                            But absolutely - you need remote access, you get your own network - have a nice day!

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                            • travisdh1T
                              travisdh1 @Dashrender
                              last edited by

                              @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                              @travisdh1 said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                              @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                              @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                              @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                              @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                              @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                              @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                              I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                              I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                              You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                              I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                              LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

                              Our AC maintenance guys installed Wireshark on their server. I was like WTF!

                              Did they at least ask first? If they didn't ask, you're off the network and can pay for your own connection.

                              Why would they ask, it was their (I'm assuming the HVAC's) server.

                              My question is. how did you know they installed Wireshark? You just happened to walk by and noticed it? lol
                              But absolutely - you need remote access, you get your own network - have a nice day!

                              Come to think of it, why in the world does anyone let someone put something like that in their network in the first place? You want an internet line put into our dmark and a network connection just for your server, maybe. Why is your device so poorly built that it doesn't have a VPN built in already?

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                              • IRJI
                                IRJ @Dashrender
                                last edited by

                                @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                @travisdh1 said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                                I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                                You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                                I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                                LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

                                Our AC maintenance guys installed Wireshark on their server. I was like WTF!

                                Did they at least ask first? If they didn't ask, you're off the network and can pay for your own connection.

                                Why would they ask, it was their (I'm assuming the HVAC's) server.

                                My question is. how did you know they installed Wireshark? You just happened to walk by and noticed it? lol
                                But absolutely - you need remote access, you get your own network - have a nice day!

                                Ness us vulnerability scanner caught it as an old version

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @IRJ
                                  last edited by

                                  @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                  @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                  @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                  @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                  @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                  I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                                  I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                                  You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                                  I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                                  LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

                                  Our AC maintenance guys installed Wireshark on their server. I was like WTF!

                                  Um.... seriously, WTF!

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @IRJ
                                    last edited by

                                    @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                    @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                    @travisdh1 said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                    @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                    @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                    @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                    @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                    @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                    I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                                    I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                                    You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                                    I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                                    LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

                                    Our AC maintenance guys installed Wireshark on their server. I was like WTF!

                                    Did they at least ask first? If they didn't ask, you're off the network and can pay for your own connection.

                                    Why would they ask, it was their (I'm assuming the HVAC's) server.

                                    My question is. how did you know they installed Wireshark? You just happened to walk by and noticed it? lol
                                    But absolutely - you need remote access, you get your own network - have a nice day!

                                    Ness us vulnerability scanner caught it as an old version

                                    How did Nessus detect the WS version?

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                                    • IRJI
                                      IRJ @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @travisdh1 said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                      I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                                      I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                                      You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                                      I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                                      LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

                                      Our AC maintenance guys installed Wireshark on their server. I was like WTF!

                                      Did they at least ask first? If they didn't ask, you're off the network and can pay for your own connection.

                                      Why would they ask, it was their (I'm assuming the HVAC's) server.

                                      My question is. how did you know they installed Wireshark? You just happened to walk by and noticed it? lol
                                      But absolutely - you need remote access, you get your own network - have a nice day!

                                      Ness us vulnerability scanner caught it as an old version

                                      How did Nessus detect the WS version?

                                      With a credentialed scan. It pulls information about vulnerabilities on all applications. It's a full time job. Everyday there is a new vulnerability in an OS, software, etc.

                                      Nessus can pull information about networking devices, too. It checks for weak passwords by doing brute force ,and you can add credentials to get even more information like vulnerable firmware versions, etc.

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender @IRJ
                                        last edited by

                                        @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        @travisdh1 said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                        I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                                        I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                                        You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                                        I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                                        LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

                                        Our AC maintenance guys installed Wireshark on their server. I was like WTF!

                                        Did they at least ask first? If they didn't ask, you're off the network and can pay for your own connection.

                                        Why would they ask, it was their (I'm assuming the HVAC's) server.

                                        My question is. how did you know they installed Wireshark? You just happened to walk by and noticed it? lol
                                        But absolutely - you need remote access, you get your own network - have a nice day!

                                        Ness us vulnerability scanner caught it as an old version

                                        How did Nessus detect the WS version?

                                        With a credentialed scan. It pulls information about vulnerabilities on all applications. It's a full time job. Everyday there is a new vulnerability in an OS, software, etc.

                                        Nessus can pull information about networking devices, too. It checks for weak passwords by doing brute force ,and you can add credentials to get even more information like vulnerable firmware versions, etc.

                                        Interesting - so they gave you the password to their server?

                                        Did they/you remove wireshark?

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                                        • IRJI
                                          IRJ @Dashrender
                                          last edited by IRJ

                                          @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @travisdh1 said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @IRJ said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @Brains said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          @Dashrender said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                          I'm trying to do the same for things that require Flash or Java.

                                          I think most of us did that long ago 🙂

                                          You might have within NTG, but I bet many of your clients didn't.

                                          I cringe when I have to install Java for some outdated AC control unit. We currently have a machine blocked from the internet running some OLD version of Java just so they can still monitor the AC system

                                          LOL - these guys wanted a VPN connection to my network for the HVAC - I told my boss that we might as be Target and just turn off the firewall at that point. She agreed that they would not get remote access.

                                          Our AC maintenance guys installed Wireshark on their server. I was like WTF!

                                          Did they at least ask first? If they didn't ask, you're off the network and can pay for your own connection.

                                          Why would they ask, it was their (I'm assuming the HVAC's) server.

                                          My question is. how did you know they installed Wireshark? You just happened to walk by and noticed it? lol
                                          But absolutely - you need remote access, you get your own network - have a nice day!

                                          Ness us vulnerability scanner caught it as an old version

                                          How did Nessus detect the WS version?

                                          With a credentialed scan. It pulls information about vulnerabilities on all applications. It's a full time job. Everyday there is a new vulnerability in an OS, software, etc.

                                          Nessus can pull information about networking devices, too. It checks for weak passwords by doing brute force ,and you can add credentials to get even more information like vulnerable firmware versions, etc.

                                          Interesting - so they gave you the password to their server?

                                          Did they/you remove wireshark?

                                          It's our hardware. Yes wireshark has been removed. They were troubleshooting a connectivity issue. Although they should have asked us first.

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                                            Texkonc @Deleted74295
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                                            @Breffni-Potter said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

                                            @scottalanmiller said

                                            • Did you not use available resources as there are thousands of posts on Spiceworks about this topic, more than any other topic.
                                            • How did you manage to avoid the common knowledge around such a basic, and loudly discussed, topic?
                                            • How is your knowledge outdated by nearly a decade?

                                            Most of the world does not use Spiceworks.
                                            A lot of IT admins choose not to engage in IT communities.
                                            PPTP VPN on 2012 R2 server installs is acceptable to some.

                                            Drops mic, walks away

                                            A free and easy to setup VPN. Managed one at my last job.

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