I just changed the settings on my spam filter to remove all doc and docx from email.

If they need it, they will need to ask me to release it.

PDFs should be the main thing sent via email anyhow. Not saying those damned things are just riddled with security holes either though.

@coliver said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@Texkonc said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

We're getting dangerously close to the point where I'm going to need to do a lot of research about property taxes, school districts, builders, children, etc. Ahhhhhh!

I just dove right in. Granted I used to process, close, and sell loans.
How about a Neg Am? Those are fun.

We're going to have a very small mortgage, or no mortgage. It depends on how much we want to spend out of our nest egg. We may just pay it off and then reimburse ourselves but we would lose a lot of investment gains/dividends. We'll see

Morgtage rates are actually really decent right now even if they are going to get worse in the near future. You'd often be better off purchasing a house with a mortgage and investing the rest of the money.

Excatly - this is a numbers game. If you can get a mortgage for 2-3% versus returns of 5+ in the market.. take the loan. To top it off, interest is tax deductible from your income so that makes your effective mortgage interest rate just that much lower.

ERX all the way!

$60 on Amazon

@Son-of-Jor-El said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Why have a title of IT Manager or Director of IT and not have the power to sign something that will cost us $293.28?

LOL because titles in SMBs are fake or made up to make people feel good.

@wirestyle22 said:

@Dashrender said:

@Dashrender said:

@wirestyle22 said:

Receiving my Ubiquiti Edgeswitch ES-24-LITE, Open Frame Wall Mounted Rack, Patch Panel, Rack tray and mounted power sure strip. Any good recommendations for UPS solutions for A switch/Fios router/edgerouter?

I installed an Eaton 5S 1500 for my desktop - should be more than enough for your power load.

Oh, and they are a sponsor.

Does that do something for me? Legit question.

Nope, not that I know of..
but you could mention that you hear about them from ML, telling them that their ML dollars are well spent.. and hopefully they will continue to give ML money, which means ML will continue to stay online..

SOooooo in a round about way, yeah, it's doin' somethin' for ya... it's helping to keep this site alive

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I hate copiers

I hate vendors who don't update their shit that's likely going to be in prod for 10+ years

The above posted link references this MS KB https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/967482

It says you can ignore this error if you're not planning on deploying any RODCs - which I don't, but come on, who likes to see failures in tools they run, even if they can ignore them?

Anyone looking forward to the new Lost In Space coming to Netflix in a few weeks?

@Minion-Queen said:

We have been very happy with Vultr. But we also use DO and are happy with them as well. But we have Linode, Rackspace and various others (HATE Azure) but other than that.

that's Scott's fault - anything he touches that is Microsoft based turns to ****, I think he has an anti MS gene

As some of you know, 4.5 weeks ago my wife and I joined Farrell's Extreme 10 Week Workout program. MWF - Cardio (Kickboxing, etc) TTHS - Strength training (swap between upper and lower).

Starting weight 189.5 lbs, now, near the end of Week 5, 182 lbs.
Percent body fat: Starting - 20.9, today 18.4.

Here is the results from a body scan on July 16 (right) and today (left)

I've lost 5.7 lbs of fat in 16 days. I've gained 2.5 lbs of muscle.

I can't believe the changes after such a short period of time!

@RojoLoco said:

Doesn't sound very "pro" for a $2500 laptop...

It has the word Mac in it.. it must be pro - those are the only people who buy that stuff.

Happy birthday to Mrs Dashrender - yesterday.

huh - I don't, but I have a few thoughts.

P2V the server, then upgrade the server - as in an in-place upgrade from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2.

@s-hackleman said in Fitness and Weightloss:

Just dropping in for an update. So about 4 months ago, I joined a CrossFit box and I absolutely love it. Please skip the CrossFit is stupid, or a risk of injury, or etc. etc. etc. I get it, but I have found a gym and a community that pushes me to work out and try like I never have before in my life. I'm up to going 4 days a week at 5:30am. It is tough getting up that early, but it is the one time of the day that nothing conflicts. I haven't lost weight, but I have held near the same body fat and put on about 10lbs of muscle. I need to keep that in better check with diet, but I digress. I am lifting heavier than I ever have, and I can run a mile without stopping to catch my breath, and slowly getting in the best shape of my life. If anyone out there is thinking about trying it out, go for it. It isn't like the stereotypes, and you don't have to be an athlete to get started, everything scales.

The program I joined was/is similar. 6 days a week at 5 AM. M/W/F Kickboxing - kicking your ass - fast paced non stop - no built in water breaks or anything - you need one, you take it, then jump right back in with the rest of class. T/TH/Sat strength training with bands Leg/Arm/Leg swap Arm/Leg/Arm... They also set you up with a macro based diet. In my case it was 25g protein, 9g fat, 28g carbs 6 times a day (basically eat every 2.5-3 hrs while awake).
In 10 weeks I lost 10 lbs, went from a 8:27 mile to a 6:47 mile. I had already lost 30 lbs before joining this program, so I had less weight to loose, otherwise I'm sure that would have been higher. Body fat went from 20% to 15%.

Most important thing - finding something that motivates you and you enjoy doing.

I'm glad you found that!

How are you accessing these files? Just using Windows SMB file sharing? You specifically mention there is no other software installed in the OS, so I was assuming it must just be SMB file sharing.

With that in mind, Why pay the Windows tax? Why not install Linux? It's free, requires less system resources, etc.

1. I'd personally go with XenServer and then a Linux distro in a VM assuming you can make partitions large enough to handle your file needs
   2)The RAID controller is a typical server component, they are designed to run 24/7. Cooling will be your biggest issue here, noise being the second, and power draw the third. Other than saving money on power and your hearing, I see no reason to shut it down.
   3)There is no reason to split the OS away from the array - you're wasting drive slots/storage/performance by doing so. As mentioned in #1, I'd install XS on a SD card or USB flash drive, then built a VM for the OS. The VM should have it's own partition for the OS, then a separate partition for the data drive.
   4)I agree - you should have both.
2. because your files are larger, a larger stripe size is fine. 4K seems typical today.
3. Quick Init is fine.
4. yep, just use the default of the OS you're using - performance isn't critical it seems, so no point in trying to do anything fancy.
   8)Well, by default Windows 10 goes into power save mode - though I don't know after what period. I also don't believe it will wake from normal traffic requests, so a WOL would be required or a manual wake up (press power button, etc)
5. Anything you missed? So you're starting with a 4 drive RAID 6 setup, but you plan to add 6-8 more disks down the road. hmmm.. .@scottalanmiller ?
6. No I wouldn't try testing the rebuild, undue, worthless stress on the system.
7. RTM (read the manual) - sorry I have no idea.
8. I would only grow it once, but frankly, not a fan of growing it at all - and a question, can you add 6-8 disks to a pre existing RAID 6 array all at once? ages ago I could add disks to a RAID 5, but only one at a time. So if I was adding 6 disks, that was 6 different rebuild processes - that's a no go in my book. backup your data and rebuild the array and start over.
   12a) what is Utilize the savings of RAID6 over a backup Please Please Please understand that RAID 6 is NOT a backup, not even close! If the RAID array had a URE (Unrecoverable Read Error), the whole array is toast and your data with it. RAID 6 does allow you to loose two drives and yet still have a viable system, but again this is not a backup. If you don't want to have to rerip all the movies, etc, you need to have an actual backup solution for this array.
9. • is this still an issue? @scottalanmiller

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Packed lunches not a right in Italian schools, court rules

Parents have reacted angrily to a decision by Italy's top court which states that the right to eat packed lunches in schools is not "unconditional."
Italy's Supreme Court said schools should have the autonomy to decide if children are allowed to eat packed lunches on school grounds.
A lower court previously ruled in favour of a group of Turin parents who wanted to opt out of school meals.
Parents say school meals are costly.
They also argue that food provided by schools can be unhealthy.
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that bringing a packed lunch was "a possible violation of the principles of equality and non-discrimination based on economic circumstances".

wow - eat the school's crappy food - or go hungry.. just wow.

@BBigford said in Adding certs to firewalls:

@JaredBusch said in Adding certs to firewalls:

@BBigford said in Adding certs to firewalls:

@JaredBusch said in Adding certs to firewalls:

@Dashrender said in Adding certs to firewalls:

Certs absolutely can have something to do with UTM firewalls that are doing scanning at the network layer. If you're hosting your own website, then you could install your cert on the firewall, it would open the packets, scan them, then seal them back up and send them to your server.

The that is nothing to do with a firewall and everything to do with a MITM webserver intercepting the traffic. Perfectly valid reasons to do so if desired. But it has nothing to do with a firewall.

http://cookbook.fortinet.com/preventing-certificate-warnings/

That is MITM interception of web traffic and has nothing to do with a firewall. Obviously, you can run said service on the same piece of hardware as your firewall, but it is still not a damned firewall.

Okay, just trying to understand what you're trying to saying because I thought the firewall was intercepting and inspecting the traffic. Not another service.

In your case it is.. because you are using a UTM -

JB, now who's pulling a Scott?

His UTM is a firewall and a content filter.

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@JaredBusch I'd like you to give in to your urge to stab me in the jugular. 35.5 hours of being awake with no end in sight

At some point you become more harm to the efforts than good... you just need to walk away and sleep.. 6 hours.. then get back at it.

@scottalanmiller said in Why Faxing is Less Secure Than Email:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2004/11/hacking_faxes.html

Faxes are insecure in both directions, as well. Not only can you not trust where the information went, you can't trust what you receive.

When I learned that a caller could spoof their number without any help from the phone system provider, it was a WTF day for me.

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs I did Choco based VBox installs last night!

ha Nice ! i opened VBox and it said there was an upgrade available, decided it was a good time to go a head and upgrade that.

I run mine headless. I automate it from the command line via MeshCentral.

Wonder what it would take to automate upgrades like that via Powershell.. New project!

use chocolatey itself to update it self automatically

choco install choco-upgrade-all-at -y