Re: Microsoft/Hotmail forgot to set reverse DNS pointers?

2012-03-21 Thread Jason Gurtz
> > n...@microsoft.com will probably understand or at least point you in the > > right direction. > > Yeah, tried that, doesn't work. Same for moc@ and soc@ *sigh* quite the frustrating company... looking in my archives I see also doma...@microsoft.com which I conversed with late may last year. I

RE: Microsoft/Hotmail forgot to set reverse DNS pointers?

2012-03-21 Thread Jason Gurtz
> Diagnostic-Code: smtp;450 4.7.1 Client host rejected: cannot find your > reverse hostname, [157.55.1.150] > > (Verified this using various public DNS servers, to exclude potential > local > issues) > > Anyone here who has proper contacts to give them the clue-bat? n...@microsoft.com will proba

RE: POLL: Network and Service Status Pages

2012-03-07 Thread Jason Gurtz
> http://www.outages.org/index.php/Anything_you_might_want_to_know_about_ab > s_exercises Mark V Shaney must have an account @ Outages ~JasonG

RE: Reliable Cloud host ?

2012-02-27 Thread Jason Gurtz
> [...] For DNS, > EasyDNS (https://web.easydns.com/DNS_hosting.php) are rather good and > not too expensive, and you can get a 100% up-time guarantee if you > want. A review of them regarding availability is at > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/31/why_i_use_easydns/ I have been a very sati

RE: First real-world SCADA attack in US

2011-11-21 Thread Jason Gurtz
> Having worked on plenty of industrial and other control systems I can > safely say security on the systems is generally very poor. The > vulnerabilities have existed for years but are just now getting > attention. +1 Just for context, let me tell everyone about an operational characteristic o

RE: Cable standards question

2011-11-14 Thread Jason Gurtz
> How you phrase the requirements depends on what you want the end result > to be. Sorry to start this off with a wishy-washy statement, but when > dealing with contractors, you have to be very specific with what you > want, and stay involved during the project, to be sure the results are > what y

Is a postmaster from csod.com/cornerstoneondemand.com present?

2011-06-14 Thread Jason Gurtz
la4prd4.mx.csod.com seems to be having trouble saying helo/ehlo and disconnects after our welcome banner Users think we're blocking training registration emails from your large wholesale energy customer in the N.E. area; we're not. Please get in touch. 860.823.4118 if email fails. ~JasonG

RE: Recycling old cabling?

2010-08-17 Thread Jason Gurtz
> Just out of curiosity, is anyone here recycling old cabling and plant > infrastructure for their raw materials, or engaging a recycler to handle > those materials? There are places that will pay for and recycle old telecom wire. About 11 years ago I did some consulting work for a company that d

RE: Advice regarding Cisco/Juniper/HP

2010-06-25 Thread Jason Gurtz
> pretty quick. I think what we do using about 10 people in a Cisco > environment would be closer to 20 in an HP and Juniper environment, so > those additional salaries and benefits need to be a factor. I hear you on the HP stuff, but are you saying that Juniper equipment also shows a higher fail

RE: Router for Metro Ethernet

2010-04-12 Thread Jason Gurtz
> question is about hardware. Can I assume that I can use something like a > Cisco 2000 series router with two built in fast/gig ethernet ports, > without a WIC? For Cisco, check out the ME3400 series of switches. Be sure to look at the IOS licensing carefully to see if the features you need are

RE: Best VPN Appliance

2010-03-08 Thread Jason Gurtz
> There is also the fact to consider that Cisco has said there will be no > support for Windows 64-bit on their IPSEC client [...] Amazingly, and to many people's great surprise, Cisco recently made available a beta version of the IPSEC VPN client that supports 64-bit. ~JasonG smime.p7s Descrip

FreeAxez raised flooring?

2010-03-05 Thread Jason Gurtz
A consultant has recommended FreeAxez for the raised floor in a new data center. I checked it out and have concerns since it says it does NOT create a plenum and cannot be used as an air handling space; it's a low-profile flooring system. How would cooling be done in this scenario? Open air (wit

RE: Threading the senderbase reputation needle

2010-02-02 Thread Jason Gurtz
> Has anyone come up with a reverse DNS 'pattern' that one can employ that > will prevent Senderbase from assigning a poor reputation to an entire /24 > because they saw an email they didn't like from a single IP address? > > We're an infrastructure provider, which means that we lease servers, etc

RE: Email filtering and protection Help

2009-11-05 Thread Jason Gurtz
> Does anyone have recommendations for other products/software to filter > our outgoing email, from our customers going to the internet. For Roll-your-own it's hard to beat a combo of MIMEDefang/SA/Clam (MD is a milter, so sendmail or postfix needed). The MIMEDefang developer also started a compa

RE: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar?

2009-07-16 Thread Jason Gurtz
> I am curious what others in the industry think on this topic. When one > registers a domain they can put in their real information or they can use > a proxy, like Go-Daddy's Domains By Proxy. More food for thought:

RE: Wireless bridge

2009-06-18 Thread Jason Gurtz
> (for example, after a good thunderstorm, the wireless link will be down > for at least 12 hours, but will fix itself eventually. Are you sure there's not a moisture problem in the antennae cabling? Get an SWR meter that can handle the 2.4 GHz range and make sure that SWR is very low (approachin

RE: Managed, cheap, DC power switches

2008-07-17 Thread Jason Gurtz
> ***.network-liquidators.*** I am amazed that two people now have spoken positively about these folks. I had to threaten to get them to stop contacting me...and if I get one more phone call *&[EMAIL PROTECTED])(^%# I'll add that the pricing on the initial quote I requested for a used 3640A and N

RE: AT&T Outage?

2008-06-04 Thread Jason Gurtz
> Same coming out of the mid-west also. Not seeing anything unusual here in S.E CT (att adsl going to Comcast business cable acct.). 1 2 ms10 ms 2 ms 172.16.34.250 2 1 ms<1 ms<1 ms 69.183.133.206 3 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms se1-l0.mrdnct.sbcglobal.net [204.60.4.38]