@DustinB3403 said in Define Air Gapped Networks:

@IThomeboy80 said in Define Air Gapped Networks:

I think it is isolated from the rest of the network. This is to ensure that data and intellectual property are kept safely guarded.

Right, but isolated from the "rest of the network" doesn't mean that it is isolated from the rest of the world.

Or are you suggesting that it does?

Well the "rest of hte world" is a connection between the two. So while "the outside world" itself isn't a problem, both can't be on the Internet without being connected to each other.

@Obsolesce said in Define Air Gapped Networks:

@DustinB3403 said in Define Air Gapped Networks:

When using terminology like "Air Gapped" what is your first impression of it?

When I see someone say they have an air gapped network, I think it to mean that the network is separate from the rest of the organization (through a physical disconnect), and that Air Gapped, does not imply the lack of internet.

Air Gapped != Without Internet

What's your opinion?

An air gapped network is indeed physically isolated from other networks, but the key yiur missing is that it is also isolated from the Internet. The primary characteristic being lack of any connection to outside networks, including the internet.

It's not the "connection to the outside" that violates the air gap, the issue is that if BOTH networks connect to the Internet or any shared network, it clearly isn't air gapped. Air gapped systems can never talk to each other without a different mechanism passing messages in between that crosses the air gap.

@IThomeboy80 said in Define Air Gapped Networks:

I think it is isolated from the rest of the network. This is to ensure that data and intellectual property are kept safely guarded.

Definitely isolated, but it HAS to be isolated by a lack of connection.

If you hack a normally isolated network's infrastructure, you need nothing more to violate the isolation.

If you hack an air gapped network infrastructure, you have to further hack a human (or robot) to remove the air gap in order to violate the isolation.

@GUIn00b said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Contemplating how to leverage 2 ISP's for supplemental bandwidth when needed using 2 separate routers that are both servicing the same LAN.

......So I'm gonna go post a new topic!

Saw the post. It's not a fun thing. What I did when I had this was I just separated things by machine. Some machines used one connection and some the other based on their workloads. It was "static" but let me use both.

What are you doing that LANCACHE is useful for? Do you install the same games to several computers inside your house?

I agree as a starting point, a single router with dual WANs is key. Otherwise your individual devices have to manage their point of egress, instead of you having central control of it.

@stacksofplates said in TMUX: hype or function:

Once really nice thing about tmux is you can keep jobs running in the session after disconnecting from SSH

Which means, for those who miss the implication, that you can reconnect to the same session from a different location.

@travisdh1 said in TMUX: hype or function:

Off the top of my head, tmux is like screen. It's a way to manage multiple terminal sessions.

Yeah, it's like an upgraded screen I think. Screen is fine for me and I started on that. Useful tools, not sure if there is much "hype" around them.

Trying out the free Minecraft servers from https://aternos.org

This makes things a lot more handy.

@RojoLoco said in Cloud Based Auto-Attendant:

@Danp said in Cloud Based Auto-Attendant:

@DustinB3403 I used RC in the past, and it should be able to handle this without issue. You should only need to pay for a single user for this to work.

We currently use RC. Honestly, as much as I want to bag on it, I can't. It works, all the time. The only thing I ever have to touch on RC is add/remove users.

If you are only doing a single line or two, RC is basically unbeatable. Get beyond that, they start getting pretty pricey.

@DustinB3403 said in Cloud Based Auto-Attendant:

@gjacobse said in Cloud Based Auto-Attendant:

I'm ONLY suggesting this as we are moving all of our sites to it. Scalable, handling routing, extension to Paging adapter and more.

RingCentral

May be an option.

How would I setup an IVR or Auto-Attendant on it? I don't need to it to do anything other than to route calls from the "office number" to a cell phone and maybe have VM to Email (but this is TBD).

You do it as a FULL phone system.

@gjacobse said in Cloud Based Auto-Attendant:

I'm ONLY suggesting this as we are moving all of our sites to it. Scalable, handling routing, extension to Paging adapter and more.

RingCentral

May be an option.

That's MORE than standing up FreePBX though, not less.

@DustinB3403 said in Cloud Based Auto-Attendant:

It seems like everyone offers this, yet only as a part of other bundles... and standing up freepbx for something like this seems like overkill...

Well, at the end of the day, that's what's happening more or less. It's a full phone system no matter how you slice or dice it. So FreePBX or similar makes sense.

Well known commands but very handy to have them all in one place.

First check where things are currently held..

get-addomain | select InfrastructureMaster, PDCEmulator, RIDMaster
Get-ADForest | select DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster

And then these commands to move the roles. my_dc is the name of the DC to which to want to move the roles.

Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "my_dc" PDCEmulator
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "my_dc" RIDMaster
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "my_dc" Infrastructuremaster
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "my_dc" DomainNamingmaster
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "my_dc" SchemaMaster

We've been using Acer and Asus for a few years now and are SO much happier. Hardware costs a fraction as much and just works. Just bought another laptop this week, $299. Can't beat that. And staff is super happy with that gear.

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just realized that 2024 will be TWENTY YEARS since IBM shed its Intel server and end point business (sold it to Lenovo.) It's been a full two decades and people still regularly mistake laptops as being IBM devices today. That's like 4-5 IT generations later.

Ha. Was thinking about this the other day. Wasn't one of the big things with that was that Lenovo were a Chinese company?

Oh, I'll never buy one of those.

Being a Chinese company has nothing to do with why I'd never touch Lenovo and recommend any company that has them immediately replace Lenovo gear.

Why is that my good man?

20 years ago it was because they were Chinese and nothing good ever comes out of China, well 20 years ago that was general mood.

They're still loading spyware via drivers. I'll grant that it's been around a year since I was forced to do a factory install to see it for myself, but at this point they've been so bad for so long they can't be trusted.

I've yet to use any hardware from them that I'm truly happy with. Some have been okay, some have been awful. None have made me want to buy more.

@gjacobse said in ChromeOS vs Linux:

@scottalanmiller said in ChromeOS vs Linux:

The idea behind ChromeOS is to be "set and forget." It's not meant to be twiddled with.

I get that,… why so popular with schools..

Secure, simple, NOT to be twiddled with.

It's got everything normal people want. Less risk of people doing what they don't want.

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Working on cleaning up a new gigs XCP-ng backups, getting drivers installed and documenting everything..

Merry Christmas and long time!

Nice, where are you working now?

A company out of Buffalo, I'm basically fully remote.

Nice, congrats.

2024 is a "big" year for me in my career...

35 years working in IT and software engineering
25 years at NTG specifically

Wow that makes you feel old. 2024 is the year that I will have had more time working in my career than my dad did in his before retirement! He retired at 34 years in his field (but 38 years total working.) I'll be 35 years in my field (but just 35 years total working.)

Just realized that 2024 will be TWENTY YEARS since IBM shed its Intel server and end point business (sold it to Lenovo.) It's been a full two decades and people still regularly mistake laptops as being IBM devices today. That's like 4-5 IT generations later.