Posts made by popester

@jaredbusch Thank you sir. It seems kind of goofy to me as well. Every day something new. Gotta luv it.

Strange request. Is there anyone out there that uses PGP for email encryption? If so would anyone be willing to take a moment to allow me to test the process out? I would need your email address and public key. I can provide my email via private chat. Please forgive if this a really stupid request, not sure if it is proper etiquette to make this type of request. Im just trying to scrub the noob off.

If it is a dumb way to test it, would anyone have an idea how to test it?

Thanks.

@scottalanmiller Thank you sir. I know what i will be doing on Monday.

@popester Well, I heard back from them. Their response confused the hell out of me. I may be working with someone that is more clueless than myself. Now they want me to enable an SFTP server so they can upload the file. My question is "Then why the hell did i send you a public PGP key!" Do they really need to encrypt the encrypted payload? Which one of us needs to drop the crack pipe?

Reloading several hundred rounds for my new virgin S&W 686 .357 mag. Plan on burning some power at the range Sunday afternoon. Cant wait.

This is my first run in with PGP. We had a bank that wanted to send us an encrypted file and asked for a PGP public key. I had heard of PGP but never had a need or use for it until today. I tried talking them into using Citrix Sharefile, which they absolutely use because the person I was working with admitted he had an account. Their security team was adamant that they wanted a public PGP key. Since this was an (no surprise) emergency I came across GPGSuite. https://gpgtools.org/gpgsuite.html I downloaded installed and followed the installation tutorial. http://notes.jerzygangi.com/the-best-pgp-tutorial-for-mac-os-x-ever/ I sent them the public key but have not heard back from them yet.

Knowing that MAC is an evil company and hated by many (sarcasm), I was wondering of the few that do demean themselves and use macOS. Do you have any experience with PGP apps what would you recommend?

Thank you,

@coliver Did someone say spirits?!? Make mine a double!

@travisdh1 said in Cisco: we're not competent.:

@coliver said in Cisco: we're not competent.:

@net-runner said in Cisco: we're not competent.:

Well, true. But Cisco is a kind of standard for networking equipment nowadays and been those for pretty long time already. What would you recommend as an alternative?

Dell, HP, Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, even Netgear. There are dozens of switch and router manufacturers in this space that are on par with Cisco's performance and have the same support system for significantly less price.

Ubiquiti especially, as their $45 router will outperform a Cisco ASA device that start around $3500.

Cisco devices do have their place, but it's one of those things where if you don't know beyond a shadow of doubt that you need a certain Cisco device, you probably don't. Add on the cost difference, and Cisco starts to look silly.

Can i get a model number of that one? I need to take a serious look at this stuff.

Face palm. "You can lead a user to safety but you cannot make him think."

Cleaning up after a Docusign spear phishing incident. The bastards got over 900 emails off before we could shut it down. I am sure this is nothing on the scale of "What could happen".

Life is a terminal condition.

This worked for me when I goofed. Everything came back in 24 hrs.

@penguinwrangler No surprise. City of Dallas is very corrupt. Has been a joke and run by jokers for quite a while.

Started experimenting with 8oz of Pinot Noir with dinner last night. Have to say it was quite refreshing. Bed time and sleep came easier than usual. The total chaos that is my household in the evening with 3 dogs and 2 preteen boys did not have its usual negative effect on me. Felt as though feet and hands were much warmer than usual when I lay down. Awoke refreshed and ready to start the day. If this is medicinal count me in. Looking forward to another 8oz tonight.

Having never been a wine drinker I grabbed a bottle of yellow tail. Not sure if this is a good one or not. Any suggestions?

Had to reboot, now i am getting the error. Never realized how much I have been leaning on ML for knowledge. Bring back internetz pleeze!!

Hopefully i am reading this correctly. Have you tried account expires in Active Directory Users and Computers?

FWIW: no problems with Firefox, Safari, on macOS High Sierra. Chrome..... Not so much.

@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller
The study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20424-y

How much is 2.6 daily drink equivalents? Shot and a beer? Two shots? One Irish coffee?

In conclusion, the main finding of this study is that a low dose of ethanol, comparable to 2.6 daily drink equivalents (for a 70 kg person) per day, increases glymphatic function in mice, which is expected to facilitate clearance of metabolic waste and potentially toxic proteins from the interstitial fluid. This beneficial effect of light alcohol intake was linked to a decreased GFAP expression in astrocytes. We hypothesize that boosting of glymphatic function in combination with the reduction in GFAP expression might potentially contribute to the lowered risk for Alzheimer’s disease and non-Alzheimer’s dementia among individuals with habitually low but non-zero alcohol intake