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RE: Palo Alto GlobalProtect Exploit

Posted By Brian Helman 04-22-2024 06:25:20 AM
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And note, Palo Alto is now saying that the previously announced mitigation – turning off telemetry – does not counter the vulnerability. The hotfix needs to be applied ASAP. This vulnerability is actively being exploited. -Brian Helman

RE: Major bugs in PuTTY, Palo Alto major vuln with new guidance

Posted By Brian Helman 04-18-2024 09:33:13 AM
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Good heads up. Upgrading PuTTY is painless, so that should be done immediately. Yesterday, Palo Alto released a statement that the previously recommended mitigation of disabling Telemetry is no longer viable. They have hotfix patches (that still require a reboot) for each of their supported ...

RE: On-Premises Password Managers

Posted By Brian Helman 03-13-2024 09:06:27 AM
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I've been using BitWarden Family for a couple years now and have been very happy with it. Their interfaces are much better/more reliable than the company I replaced. It did take *a little* getting used to regarding sharing passwords. I've also started comparing Password Managers for work. One ...

RE: OSPF Areas

Posted By Brian Helman 03-06-2024 10:26:06 AM
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My feeling is that geographic separations (building, wing, floor) are going to be easier to manage than department. I'm just thinking of all the departments we have that aren't contiguous. The "exceptions" to the rule would be impossible to remember and add a layer of complexity to manage. -Br ...

Password Managers

Posted By Brian Helman 01-10-2024 04:17:00 PM
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I'm posting this here rather than the Security group because they tend to be a little ... intense. I'm researching replacing our existing password manager [from an untrustworthy company that will be redacted to prevent lawsuits – but may or may not rhyme with MastBass]. I've done a good deal of ...

RE: HPE to acquire Juniper in buyout deal

Posted By Brian Helman 01-09-2024 08:22:38 AM
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Take Mist's aggressive marketing and amplify it with HPE's and yikes! -Brian

RE: MS Teams Location

Posted By Brian Helman 12-22-2023 10:05:10 AM
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Just be careful when scripting this information across different manufacturers. We've found that the lldp-med field length not only varies between manufacturers, but sometimes is a fixed/maximum width between fields. -Brian

RE: Update on Aruba Central Licensing

Posted By Brian Helman 12-12-2023 12:15:43 PM
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Of course that's good news for the short term, BUT now that Aruba has been HPEnized, do we really trust what will happen in 2026? How many times did they INSIST that AirWave wasn't going anywhere? If we make this switch from AirWave to Central and they then jack the price back up in 2-3 years, ...

Streaming Live Events

Posted By Brian Helman 12-08-2023 08:07:00 AM
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I've asked this in the past (probably recently), but I'm just getting around to actually researching it. We have been using Livestream to provide a stream of our commencements to family/friends/lurkers who could not attend in person. Livestream has been swallowed up by Vimeo and the services aren't ...

RE: Wireless Network Probes

Posted By Brian Helman 08-29-2023 12:20:30 PM
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We're demo'ing the Aruba product right now and will probably take a closer look at the Wyebot technology some time in October. I suspect all of these probes hit the same core set of data points. Do you have the ability to monitor multiple SSID's at once, or do you have to change the configuration? ...

Wireless Network Probes

Posted By Brian Helman 08-29-2023 07:30:00 AM
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Anyone with experience using Wyebot wireless probes? We are an Aruba shop. I'm happy to get opinions on the product from folks using other Wi-Fi gear, but also interested in people who baked-off Wyebot vs Aruba UXI. Feel free to reach out directly (not an invite for vendors to jump into marketing ...

Crown Castle DDoS Services

Posted By Brian Helman 08-25-2023 02:21:16 PM
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Does anyone use Crown Castle's DDoS services? We met with them today. There are pro's and con's . I'd like to get input from someone who has used this service. I do have questions, but I don't want to influence any opinions (just yet). Thanks, Brian ____________________________________________ ...

RE: Apple HomePod Mini

Posted By Brian Helman 08-25-2023 02:06:17 PM
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I found a Ubiquiti forum where the poster described the same issue. He said disabling the nightly channel optimization seemed to correct the problem. I wonder if the HomePod Mini is being stubborn and holding on to the existing channel? I'll experiment a bit more with this next week. Disabling that function ...

RE: Apple HomePod Mini

Posted By Brian Helman 08-25-2023 01:27:26 PM
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Charles, Good question. We just got an iPhone to test with (our only engineer who uses the inferior iOS was on vacation this week �� ), so I'll have to test next week. I'm going through logs today to see if anything stands out. Since these seem to work as expected in a home environment, I'd bet they'll ...

Apple HomePod Mini

Posted By Brian Helman 08-25-2023 07:29:00 AM
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We'll open a case with Aruba, but ... Users with Apple HomePod Mini's have reported (I picked up one and verified) that they can connect their HomePod to our WiFi just fine, but every day they must reset it and re-attach. I picked up one and verified this behavior. It looks like the HomePod possibly ...

RE: Registration for Joint commtech/netman/wireless pre-conf at EDUCAUSE Annual

Posted By Brian Helman 08-21-2023 09:22:05 AM
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The pre-conference session will obviously allow for more in-depth discussions and some presentations. If there are hot topics that come out of it, they could spill into the Wednesday session or informal discussions during the week. If you've already made travel plans, many (if not most) of the airlines ...

Cloudflare DDoS Services

Posted By Brian Helman 07-19-2023 12:31:19 PM
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Has anyone used Cloudflare's DDoS services? Pro's, Con's, alternatives? We probably get hit once every 18-24 months with one that is prolonged and disruptive. We've been reactionary at this point, but I keep looking at services that don't seem to be quite a good fit. I'm very early into looking ...

RE: Aruba CX lead times?

Posted By Brian Helman 07-14-2023 06:51:52 AM
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We purchased units back in October of '22. We were told 6 months lead. Not even close. Among many other excuses, I was told that the prices went up after I purchased. So, how does that impact my delivery? What that implies to me is that they gave MY units (which I paid less for) to people who paid more. ...

RE: Netflow monitoring tools

Posted By Brian Helman 07-12-2023 10:03:29 AM
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I'll address the elephant. NTA is probably one of, if not the best out there. But honestly, it will be years (if ever) before I trust Solarwinds again. -Brian

RE: IPv4 Brokers

Posted By Brian Helman 05-25-2023 12:12:06 PM
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It's always good to subscribe to the CIO list to see what they are talking about and the misinformation that gets propagated there. (hint: they are discussing this topic) -Brian