[lopsa-discuss] Blastwave/CSW - just the practical side....

2008-12-16 Thread Elizabeth Schwartz
Are any of you still using Blastwave and/or CSW and if so which one or what? I really, really, REALLY don't want to understand what the split is all about. Life is too short to stick my nose into other people's flame wars[1] I'm just wondering what is the practical best thing to do with my remaini

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Recommendations for a Network Service Monitor?

2009-03-11 Thread Elizabeth Schwartz
We're also a small shop and big brother free edition is working well for me, with LARRD for statistics. We're not keeping any complex metrics, just basic stats. It's working with our Solaris, Linux and Windows servers, there are a bunch of add-ins at deadcat, and it's easy to add custom checks. Pl

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Recommendations for a Network Service Monitor?

2009-03-11 Thread Elizabeth Schwartz
PS and BB alerts are customizable - by time, host, recipient, etc. On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote: > We're also a small shop and big brother free edition is working well > for me, with LARRD for statistics.  We're not keeping any complex > metric

[lopsa-discuss] Nitty Gritty Best Practices for ISO 27001 and HIPPA

2009-09-08 Thread Elizabeth Schwartz
I'm wondering if anyone has anything they can share about implementing compliance for ISO 27001 and/or HIPPA? There's a lot of mid-level detail about things like making sure root doesn't have access, and encryption, and other places where the Devil is probably lurking deep within the details.,,, t

[lopsa-discuss] Fwd: Sunfreeware.com Comments Needed Urgently

2010-06-06 Thread Elizabeth Schwartz
Forgive the forward please but this is someone who has made a huge contribution to our communities, I think, and he needs our assistance. -- Forwarded message -- From: Steven M. Christensen Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:33 AM Subject: Sunfreeware.com Comments Needed Urgently To:

Re: [lopsa-discuss] [SAGE] Fwd: Sunfreeware.com Comments Needed Urgently

2010-06-11 Thread Elizabeth Schwartz
I've used both in production at a University; I use only SunFreeware now that I am back in a commercial site. The advantage of CSW was the one-stop shopping, being able as you point out to install an entire functioning server with a few clicks. However, the downside was that at one point I got int

Re: [lopsa-discuss] IT Policy Discuss

2010-07-09 Thread Elizabeth Schwartz
Catching way up on my email how did this go? If you feel like writing about it, I'm wondering how you went about introducing the idea of IT policy and how it went down. (thinking the idea of introducing a sketched-out policy and then inviting some discussion was a good one) __

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What do you ask when hiring a network admin?

2010-08-31 Thread Elizabeth Schwartz
As someone else who tries to keep her home life simple, I like to answer that question by talking (with a little humor) about how I manage my home network to meet the business requirements. My home customer (me) wants security, stability, high uptime and minimal maintenance, and the ability to leve