December 2014 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Accessibility of certain security and monitoring products
by Chris Nestrud 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

Hello all, I would appreciate comments from anyone who has used any of the following security-related products. I am particularly interested in their accessibility or lack thereof and any workarounds that you had to develop to get things done. Links included for the curious. Nessus Scanner By Tenable: http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus Web interface works best using NVDA and Firefox; reports can be exported as csv. Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (MARS): http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/security-monitoring-analysis- response-system/index.html HP ArcSight SIEM: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/siem-security-information-event- management/ NfSen: http://nfsen.sourceforge.net/ Unsure of accessibility; other CLI tools such as nfdump are available for intercepting and extracting netflow data. TippingPoint Security Management System: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/software.html?compURI=1344453#.U 95ick10yig Nagios - The Industry Standard in IT Infrastructure Monitoring: http://www.nagios.org Uses Perl or shell scripts for plugins, unsure of accessibility of web interface. Thanks in advance for any information, Chris

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Exploration of IT and Windows Server related careers
by John Ylioja 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

Hi all, I'm doing some career exploration in the IT field, and wondering if anyone would have any suggestions on IT related careers that would have a greater likelihood of being accessible, or thoughts on the types of jobs I may want to consider. I'd be looking for an entry level role to start with, since I don't have a lot of experience yet. I've done some help desk work where I've developed customer communication skills. During my studies, I've had a beginner course in databases, studied the Cisco IT Essentials course through CAVI, and done some programming, courses, though didn't feel programming is one of my strong points. However, I may consider some higher level programming such as PHP without a lot of graphical interface work. I've also studied the basics of command line Linux administration through CAVI. I haven't had any Windows Server experience, and am wondering about how and what to explore to get a sense of what types of duties would be involved with server administration. One thought I have is to try using an Amazon EC2 server with NVDA's remote access once that is released. I have a Canadian membership to Bookshare, and have found some Windows related books there. Are there any other accessible sources of Windows server material, certification or otherwise? I'm interested in exploring work from home opportunities, but would also consider working in an office given the right opportunity. I'm interested in assistive technology and have thought about doing some remote-based software support for other AT users, but have found that the market for that type of thing seems quite small here in Canada, and I'm uncertain I could make a career of it. Thanks for any thoughts. John

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hiron boot
by Ibrahim Mahsoub 01 Jan '15

01 Jan '15

hello guys i'm searching for hiron boot or some thing can let me format hards and rep computers but as you know i need it with screen reader or something like that -- ibrahem mahsoub blind computerest

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keynote gold nvda addon
by Josh k 01 Jan '15

01 Jan '15

hi if you all would email humanware about a keynote gold addon, their email is info(a)humanware.com thanks Josh

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Osx and safari
by mattias 31 Dec '14

31 Dec '14

maybe wrong list but i do a try if i do a google search for example and i select a search result and i will return back to the google search result must i go from the toolbar or are there a hotkey?

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sound blaster in a dos vmware guest
by Josh k 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

hi Has anyone gotten sound blaster sounds to work in an ms-dos vmware player guest? it works in windows3.1 but not in ms-dos. thanks Josh

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hiron boot
by Ibrahim Mahsoub 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

hello guys i'm searching for hiron boot or some thing can let me format hards and rep computers but as you know i need it with screen reader or something like that -- ibrahem mahsoub blind computerest

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Handy utility for UEFI based systems
by Ben Mustill-Rose 26 Dec '14

26 Dec '14

Hi all, If you have a UEFI based system you can use the below utility to choose a boot device from within Windows - E.G. you can insert a CD or a bootable USB device and this tool will make your device boot from it at the next restart. Out of 3 systems that I've tried the tool on it's worked on two of them & the third one seems to be having problems with booting from other devices regardless of the method, so it's not really fair to blaim it on the tool. The tool is called Boot Next and can be downloaded from this http://www.boyans.net/bootnext/bootnext.html page. Unfortunately the author has decided to impose fairly strict rules as to who can download the tool so your milage may vary. I'm more than happy to answer questions about the tool off list if for what ever reason someone wants to go that root. Hope everyone's enjoying the holidays. Cheers, Ben.

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Handy utility for UEFI based systems
by Ben Mustill-Rose 26 Dec '14

26 Dec '14

Hi all, If you have a UEFI based system you can use the below utility to choose a boot device from within Windows - E.G. you can insert a CD or a bootable USB device and this tool will make your device boot from it at the next restart. Out of 3 systems that I've tried the tool on it's worked on two of them & the third one seems to be having problems with booting from other devices regardless of the method, so it's not really fair to blaim it on the tool. The tool is called Boot Next and can be downloaded from this http://www.boyans.net/bootnext/bootnext.html page. Unfortunately the author has decided to impose fairly strict rules as to who can download the tool so your milage may vary. I'm more than happy to answer questions about the tool off list if for what ever reason someone wants to go that root. Hope everyone's enjoying the holidays. Cheers, Ben.

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windows mail for windows 7
by Isaac Brofman 26 Dec '14

26 Dec '14

Hi, anyone still have the windows mail in windows 7 folder please with the vista dll to get it up and working

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