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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @AdamF
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      @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Trying to get a VM spun up with VMM, but it's telling me that KVM is unavailable. I suspect it's because Virtualization is turned off in my BIOS....

      Does /dev/kvm exist?

      Negative

      Either lacking the capability in the CPU or deactivated in the BIOS, then.

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      • AdamFA
        AdamF @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        Trying to get a VM spun up with VMM, but it's telling me that KVM is unavailable. I suspect it's because Virtualization is turned off in my BIOS....

        Does /dev/kvm exist?

        Negative

        Either lacking the capability in the CPU or deactivated in the BIOS, then.

        Yeah, it is definitely disabled in the BIOS. I just can't enable it at the moment.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @AdamF
          last edited by

          @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          Trying to get a VM spun up with VMM, but it's telling me that KVM is unavailable. I suspect it's because Virtualization is turned off in my BIOS....

          Does /dev/kvm exist?

          Negative

          Either lacking the capability in the CPU or deactivated in the BIOS, then.

          Yeah, it is definitely disabled in the BIOS. I just can't enable it at the moment.

          That's both a crappy, and silly, problem to have.

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          • AdamFA
            AdamF @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            Trying to get a VM spun up with VMM, but it's telling me that KVM is unavailable. I suspect it's because Virtualization is turned off in my BIOS....

            Does /dev/kvm exist?

            Negative

            Either lacking the capability in the CPU or deactivated in the BIOS, then.

            Yeah, it is definitely disabled in the BIOS. I just can't enable it at the moment.

            That's both a crappy, and silly, problem to have.

            Yeah, it's an old "Hand me down" laptop that I've had in the desk drawer for years. Just need to reset the PW somehow. This thing actually runs Korora quite nicely for being a super old Dell Latitude D630!

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @AdamF
              last edited by

              @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              Trying to get a VM spun up with VMM, but it's telling me that KVM is unavailable. I suspect it's because Virtualization is turned off in my BIOS....

              Does /dev/kvm exist?

              Negative

              Either lacking the capability in the CPU or deactivated in the BIOS, then.

              Yeah, it is definitely disabled in the BIOS. I just can't enable it at the moment.

              That's both a crappy, and silly, problem to have.

              Yeah, it's an old "Hand me down" laptop that I've had in the desk drawer for years. Just need to reset the PW somehow. This thing actually runs Korora quite nicely for being a super old Dell Latitude D630!

              Definitely no need for the latest hardware for it to run really well.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                This week's round of "I own the network, not the company, and I'm not going to hand over the details of it to anyone."

                https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1997727-outside-auditor-is-requesting-firewall-configuration-files-is-this-safe

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                • BRRABillB
                  BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  This week's round of "I own the network, not the company, and I'm not going to hand over the details of it to anyone."

                  https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1997727-outside-auditor-is-requesting-firewall-configuration-files-is-this-safe

                  Yes but you assume the CEO knows what they are doing. I think it's perfectly ok to question a request as opposed to just blindly doing it because you were ordered.

                  Of course, I am also preparing to be told I am an idiot in 5...4...3...

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                    @BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    This week's round of "I own the network, not the company, and I'm not going to hand over the details of it to anyone."

                    https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1997727-outside-auditor-is-requesting-firewall-configuration-files-is-this-safe

                    Yes but you assume the CEO knows what they are doing.

                    Whoa, where did you get that impression? I assume that the CEO is the boss, nothing more.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                      @BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      I think it's perfectly ok to question a request as opposed to just blindly doing it because you were ordered.

                      If by question you mean "double check with the boss and voice your concerns until he makes it clear you are to follow orders?" Okay, that's how you can handle that if you have that much authority. Anything past that, and you are insubordinate. It's NOT okay to refuse to follow orders. Questioning and refusing are very different things.

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        I think it's perfectly ok to question a request as opposed to just blindly doing it because you were ordered.

                        If by question you mean "double check with the boss and voice your concerns until he makes it clear you are to follow orders?" Okay, that's how you can handle that if you have that much authority. Anything past that, and you are insubordinate. It's NOT okay to refuse to follow orders. Questioning and refusing are very different things.

                        Most companies don't even know how to fill out a proper job description but the expectation is they will know how to properly vet a third party company?

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          So how would this conversation with the boss go? "Hey, CEO... your auditor is trying to do their job and I don't understand security, but I feel like this auditor is either a risk to my network or undermines my consolidation of power. I'd like to question your hiring this guy and if I should comply with the audit that you paid for or not?"

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                          • BRRABillB
                            BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            I think it's perfectly ok to question a request as opposed to just blindly doing it because you were ordered.

                            If by question you mean "double check with the boss and voice your concerns until he makes it clear you are to follow orders?" Okay, that's how you can handle that if you have that much authority. Anything past that, and you are insubordinate. It's NOT okay to refuse to follow orders. Questioning and refusing are very different things.

                            That's all I meant.

                            If the boss said "hey erase all the files on the network" I'd definitely question and fight, and perhaps ultimately never do it and quit first.

                            But yes, his network, his rules.

                            I was reacting to you saying
                            "Other than verifying that this isn't a scam and that the owners/CEO or whoever is running IT did in fact authorize this, IT has NOTHING to say here - this is not their right to assess. "

                            I disagree that you can't assess a request and go back to the CEO (or management) and voice concerns.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                              @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              Most companies don't even know how to fill out a proper job description but the expectation is they will know how to properly vet a third party company?

                              I hate to tell you this, but:

                              1. This automatically means that they were unable to vet the internal parties too. So the internal IT would demonstrate that they can't be trusted automatically by triggering this line of thinking.
                              2. This isn't IT's concern. Period.
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                              • wirestyle22W
                                wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                So how would this conversation with the boss go? "Hey, CEO... your auditor is trying to do their job and I don't understand security, but I feel like this auditor is either a risk to my network or undermines my consolidation of power. I'd like to question your hiring this guy and if I should comply with the audit that you paid for or not?"

                                I'm talking about the initial hiring process. I can absolutely understand hesitation consider the company has no idea what they need or how to vet. After you hire a company though I completely agree with you.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                                  @BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  If the boss said "hey erase all the files on the network" I'd definitely question and fight, and perhaps ultimately never do it and quit first.

                                  What employee logic leads to that?

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                                    @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    I'm talking about the initial hiring process. I can absolutely understand hesitation consider the company has no idea what they need or how to vet. After you hire a company though I completely agree with you.

                                    Right, and the situation here is that the audit is already underway.

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                                    • BRRABillB
                                      BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      If the boss said "hey erase all the files on the network" I'd definitely question and fight, and perhaps ultimately never do it and quit first.

                                      What employee logic leads to that?

                                      I can already tell what path this argument is leading down. LOL. I've said my peace. 🙂

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                                      • wirestyle22W
                                        wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        If the boss said "hey erase all the files on the network" I'd definitely question and fight, and perhaps ultimately never do it and quit first.

                                        What employee logic leads to that?

                                        What logic leads to employees having logic?

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                                          @BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          I was reacting to you saying
                                          "Other than verifying that this isn't a scam and that the owners/CEO or whoever is running IT did in fact authorize this, IT has NOTHING to say here - this is not their right to assess. "

                                          I disagree that you can't assess a request and go back to the CEO (or management) and voice concerns.

                                          What would those concerns be? That the audit is real? That the CEO did actually authorize it?

                                          Any "concerns" past that are not really appropriate, right? What possible "concern" is there here that is legitimate to bring up realistically?

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                                            @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            If the boss said "hey erase all the files on the network" I'd definitely question and fight, and perhaps ultimately never do it and quit first.

                                            What employee logic leads to that?

                                            What logic leads to employees having logic?

                                            Given that that is the primary value in an IT employee....

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