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DoD 8570 Security Certs
by matt.bsa＠wh1t3.net 19 Jan '19

19 Jan '19

I have a need to get baseline certified for DoD 8570. Initially, I was thinking about doing the CompTIA Security Plus-it is quick, cheap, etc. The CISSP would get me level 3 certified though and has better long-term viability. I would like to hear anyone's experiences studying for and then taking the tests for either of these certifications. Thank you, Matt

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Re: Corporate enterprise AV solutions
by Simon Eigeldinger 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Hi, We are using TrendMicro OfficeScan at the moment. The client is mostly accessible though you have to do some workarounds. The management console running on the server using a web interface isn't. Greetings, Simon Am 18.01.2019 um 16:51 schrieb Kieran.Little via Blind-sysadmins: > Hi all, > Currently we're using an older Sophos product for our antivirus which goes out of support in May. > Because of this, we've gone out to tender for a new solution. > I've played with the new online Sophos demo which seems mostly accessible (our current iteration uses a console app on a server). > I'm just wondering what people's experiences with these sorts of solutions are? > I've found that with our current Sophos the management console side is completely accessible, and I can accomplish everything I need to. > Obviously I haven't got a clew who is going to win the contract, but one of my responsibilities will be implementing and managing whatever is chosen so I'm just curious. > Cheers, > Kieran. > > > Kieran Little > IT Apprentice (Solution Design Assurance) > Information Services > Northumberland County Council > County Hall > Morpeth > NE61 2EF > Service desk: 01670 627004 > Direct: 01670 623699 > Mobile: 07966325130 > Email: kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk > Website: www.northumberland.gov.uk > > > Save Time Do It Online! > We have made a few key improvements to our site to make our services easy to access. Now you can do everything from paying your council tax, to reporting a faulty street light online. Go to: www.northumberland.gov.uk and click 'pay, apply or report' to access the relevant forms. > This email is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with internal policy and relevant legislation. > > [Northumberland County Council] > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Re: Corporate enterprise AV solutions
by Andrew Hodgson 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Hi, I have experience with mainly Sophos (both on the old server product and the cloud manager). I didn't realise they were discontinuing the server product altogether. The cloud manager is usable with speech and has a good API to. At work we have switched to a corporate version of Windows Defender from Symantec. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Kieran.Little via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: 18 January 2019 15:51 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Cc: Kieran.Little <kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Corporate enterprise AV solutions Hi all, Currently we're using an older Sophos product for our antivirus which goes out of support in May. Because of this, we've gone out to tender for a new solution. I've played with the new online Sophos demo which seems mostly accessible (our current iteration uses a console app on a server). I'm just wondering what people's experiences with these sorts of solutions are? I've found that with our current Sophos the management console side is completely accessible, and I can accomplish everything I need to. Obviously I haven't got a clew who is going to win the contract, but one of my responsibilities will be implementing and managing whatever is chosen so I'm just curious. Cheers, Kieran. Kieran Little IT Apprentice (Solution Design Assurance) Information Services Northumberland County Council County Hall Morpeth NE61 2EF Service desk: 01670 627004 Direct: 01670 623699 Mobile: 07966325130 Email: kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk Website: www.northumberland.gov.uk Save Time Do It Online! We have made a few key improvements to our site to make our services easy to access. Now you can do everything from paying your council tax, to reporting a faulty street light online. Go to: www.northumberland.gov.uk and click 'pay, apply or report' to access the relevant forms. This email is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with internal policy and relevant legislation. [Northumberland County Council] _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Corporate enterprise AV solutions
by Kieran.Little 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Hi all, Currently we're using an older Sophos product for our antivirus which goes out of support in May. Because of this, we've gone out to tender for a new solution. I've played with the new online Sophos demo which seems mostly accessible (our current iteration uses a console app on a server). I'm just wondering what people's experiences with these sorts of solutions are? I've found that with our current Sophos the management console side is completely accessible, and I can accomplish everything I need to. Obviously I haven't got a clew who is going to win the contract, but one of my responsibilities will be implementing and managing whatever is chosen so I'm just curious. Cheers, Kieran. Kieran Little IT Apprentice (Solution Design Assurance) Information Services Northumberland County Council County Hall Morpeth NE61 2EF Service desk: 01670 627004 Direct: 01670 623699 Mobile: 07966325130 Email: kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk Website: www.northumberland.gov.uk Save Time Do It Online! We have made a few key improvements to our site to make our services easy to access. Now you can do everything from paying your council tax, to reporting a faulty street light online. Go to: www.northumberland.gov.uk and click 'pay, apply or report' to access the relevant forms. This email is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with internal policy and relevant legislation. [Northumberland County Council]

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Re: vm software question
by Andrew Hodgson 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Hi, Thanks for that. is that on the server or client editions of Windows and from what version? i thought this may be available at some point but didn't find any info about it when I responded yesterday. Andrew. ________________________________________ From: Katherine M. Moss via Blind-sysadmins [blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org] Sent: 18 January 2019 14:10 To: Blind sysadmins list Cc: Katherine M. Moss Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: vm software question Hyper-V does have audio, but only after the machine is installed; works on both Windows and Linux, but in Linux's case, needs something like Pulse Audio, and not sure whether or not that would work with Speakup or others for terminal speech access from the local host. I'm going to test with SUSE through Hyper-V, though, so I can let you guys know. -----Original Message----- From: Majid Hussain <mhussaincov93(a)gmail.com> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 9:06 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: Jason White <jason(a)jasonjgw.net> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: vm software question hi all, I got in touch with someone who is in charge of hyper-v at Microsoft to ask them to enable audio when running inside a vm. pending if i get more news i'll let you know, for reference, here s my contacts info via twitter. @CraigWilhite https://twitter.com/craigwilhite?lang=en if you wanted to communicate. hope this helps, Majid Hussain On 18/01/2019, Jason White via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> wrote: > Is HyperV appropriate for running a Linux virtual machine that could > be accessed via the local host using ssh? If so, is the installation > and configuration process accessible? I'm also using > virtualization-based security on the Windows side, and I'm running > Windows Pro for Workstations on the machine that I'm contemplating. > > I have other options not involving virtualization, but just wanted to > float the idea to understand the possibilities. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 10:56 AM > To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: vm software question > > Hi, > > I am a bit rusty on this since I only used HyperV up to 2012 R2. > However here goes: > > - HyperV does not provide native sound, but you can configure RDP > options to push sound through to the client; > - The native HyperV installation ISO installs HyperV on a Windows Core > installation and so Narrator is not available. I strongly recommend > not going down this route as it is very difficult to manage unless you > are on a domain network. Even then I don't really know what the > purpose of this installation is because you would mostly get Windows > Enterprise and benefit from the HyperV licensing. > > Andrew. > > ________________________________________ > From: Majid Hussain [mhussaincov93(a)gmail.com] > Sent: 17 January 2019 15:21 > To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] vm software question > > hi all, > i've a few questions. > is hyperv accessible with sound? > i.e the sound from with in the vm? > if yes that's great, if not could it be made so with out sited assistance? > does hyper-v on bare mettle have speech? > how would you go about setting it up? > wanted to have a play around? > does the hyper-v iso have the ability of running narrator like the > windows > 10 iso's doo? > this is for me to have a play around and to learn while playing. > I hope my questions don't seemb to be too newbieish, or foolish. > > thanks, > Majid Hussain > > -- > kind regards, > Majid Hussain > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > -- kind regards, Majid Hussain _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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vm software question
by Majid Hussain 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

hi all, i've a few questions. is hyperv accessible with sound? i.e the sound from with in the vm? if yes that's great, if not could it be made so with out sited assistance? does hyper-v on bare mettle have speech? how would you go about setting it up? wanted to have a play around? does the hyper-v iso have the ability of running narrator like the windows 10 iso's doo? this is for me to have a play around and to learn while playing. I hope my questions don't seemb to be too newbieish, or foolish. thanks, Majid Hussain -- kind regards, Majid Hussain

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fog imaging software
by Kathryn Jedynak 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Hello All: Has anyone had experience with fog imaging software? Is it accessible with a screen reader? Are all parts of it accessible? Or is sccm more accessible than the Fog software? Regards, Kathryn Jedynak

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Re: Podcast on why accessibility is not a win.
by Jared Stofflett 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

I have no problem with what was said on that podcast. As someone who's blind and just set up a new Windows laptop I find cortana's "a little wifi" spiel insulting. I would expect Narrator to start talking after some period of time, or if I don't want to wait just enable it with control+alt+win like normal. On 1/15/19, Darragh Ó Héiligh <d(a)digitaldarragh.com> wrote: > Thanks everyone. From Wednesday morning I would ask that everyone tweets > @Thurrott with the following: > > #AccessibilityWins @Thurrott @TWiT #WindowsWeekly #LeoLaporte > > You could write a message like this: > > Because Microsoft invested in accessibility, I can use SCCM to administer > thousands of workstations. #AccessibilityWins @Thurrott @TWiT > #WindowsWeekly #LeoLaporte > > Narrator in Windows 10 is becoming a very powerful screen reader. > #AccessibilityWins @Thurrott @TWiT #WindowsWeekly #LeoLaporte > > Because Microsoft works with companies like Freedom Scientific and NVAccess, > Windows 10 is very accessible. #AccessibilityWins @Thurrott @TWiT > #WindowsWeekly #LeoLaporte > > I administer 104,000 users in active directory. It's fully accessible. > #AccessibilityWins @Thurrott @TWiT #WindowsWeekly #LeoLaporte > > I'm a full stack developer thanks to Visual studio. #AccessibilityWins > @Thurrott @TWiT #WindowsWeekly #LeoLaporte > > Windows Weekly airs again tomorrow, Wednesday. I really want the messages > relating to accessibility to be clear in Paul's, Mary's and Leo's mind while > they sit down to present tomorrow's show. > > Feel free to ask people to retweet. > > > I agree that The OOB experience could be better. > And I know I don't need to say it but just for the benefit of others, the > points I was making weren't related to the OOB. Certain people who disagree > with me are trying to conflate my points to associate them with frustrations > around OOB but my issues are with how Paul attacked accessibility. Not the > way he attacked the OOB. > > I'm just saying this again here. Not because I think people are > misunderstanding me but because I have been misunderstood, sometimes > intentionally on some other forums. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> > Sent: Monday 14 January 2019 20:57 > To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Podcast on why accessibility is not a win. > > Hi, > > Sorry only just got around to this now - I don't really listen to many > podcasts so had to make a bit of time. > > I originally thought this was the Windows 10 RE mode speech we were talking > about but we were talking about the OOBE. I am not sure what the end > decision is on the talking OOBE now, but I agree that the way they > implemented it was probably a bit dumb in the sense that everyone else I > know of hates the thing and wants to get rid of it. Also if you try and use > it without enabling Narrator you will have a tough time, so I think it needs > addressing. However the podcast was totally wrong and the comments made > were at best misguided and at worse will only serve to clarify people's > misguided opinion on what people with little or no sight can do on a > computer. > > I am not sure what the state of the talking OOBE will be going forward, but > I like the way Apple do this after a while of silence, and then only giving > the minimum of noise. > > If I can find it the BCAB (presenter me!) did a presentation on installing > Windows from a completely blank disk and everyone was extremely pleased with > the work that MS did. However I did do a survey afterwards about how many > people would try this on their own and in a room of 40 people only 2 said > they would try it actively which although I wasn't surprised, it did make me > feel a bit sad. > > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Toner <barry(a)tonermail.co.uk> > Sent: 14 January 2019 20:32 > To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Podcast on why accessibility is not a win. > > Hi, > > I have reposted Daragh's link to the British Computer Of The Blind > Association discussion list. It is important that word is gotten out there, > and that people contact Paul, Leo and the team at TWIT.tv and our voice is > heard. This is an utter disgrace. I've just about calmed down, after a > few hours and a fair number of cigarettes. > > Thank you so so much Darragh for picking up on this and addressing this. As > I've said on the BCAB list, talking on the lists is grand but to effect > change the guys at TWIT.tv need to hear about this. It's important that we > contact them directly and that the powers that be see Darragh's BLOG and > accompanying comments. > > Barry. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Billy Irwin [mailto:billy.irwin@outlook.com] > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 5:12 PM > To: Blind sysadmins list > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Podcast on why accessibility is not a win. > > I also submitted something to your blog and also sent an email to Leo > directly. > > Best > > Billy L. Irwin - K9OH > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Toner <barry(a)tonermail.co.uk> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 12:10 PM > To: jheim(a)math.wisc.edu; Blind sysadmins list > <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Podcast on why accessibility is not a win. > > Hi, > > I've submitted a reply on your BLOG. I hope it went through OK. > > Barry > > -----Original Message----- > From: John G Heim [mailto:jheim@math.wisc.edu] > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 4:36 PM > To: Blind sysadmins list; Andrew Hodgson > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Podcast on why accessibility is not a win. > > I think this issue highlights a point I'veen trying to make for years. > While the number of blind sys admins might be fairly small, to them, > accessibility is extremely important. There probably are a lot more blind > sys admins than most people realize. But having to call someone over to help > you install Windows, as the podcaster suggested, is not a trivial thing. it > is a matter of whether you can actually perform the job you were hired to do > or not. There aren't that many tweeks Microsoft can make to Windows that > can change the careers, and therefore the very lives, of a whole class of > people. > > > Accessibility problems aren't like other bugs. A typical bug doesn't make it > harder for one guy to keep his job compared to another guy. A typical bug > doesn't put a whole class of people at a disadvantage in the job market. > > > On 1/14/19 5:21 AM, Andrew Hodgson wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Have you had any response to paul on Twitter yet? He has responded to me >> a couple of times there, but this is a different point entirely. >> >> Andrew. >> ________________________________________ >> From: Darragh Ó Héiligh [d(a)digitaldarragh.com] >> Sent: 14 January 2019 11:16 >> To: Blind sysadmins list >> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Podcast on why accessibility is not a win. >> >> Thanks for highlighting this. >> >> I recorded this to hopefully get the message out that Paul Thurrott was >> very wrong in what he was saying. I'm hoping that they will correct him >> on Wednesday. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mhysnm1964(a)gmail.com <mhysnm1964(a)gmail.com> >> Sent: Sunday 13 January 2019 23:26 >> To: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> >> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Podcast on why accessibility is not a win. >> >> All, >> >> >> >> The below podcast I would suggest you have a listen too. The original >> podcast is from Windows weekly episode 603 where this host makes a large >> number of negative statements against accessibility for the vision >> impaired in windows. They are design to get an reaction. The host of the >> below podcast does an excellent job in highlighting the errors. >> >> >> >> http://www.digitaldarragh.com/2019/01/10/windows-weekly-603-paul-thurr >> ott-is >> -so-very-wrong/#comment-49688 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >> blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >> blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- >> blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >

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IOS app for managing active directory
by Troy Hergert 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

Hi all, Apologies if this get's through twice. I never saw my first attempt get through. I was looking into the IOS app called Active Directory Assist. Does anyone have any experience managing AD from an IOS app. I tried the light version of this app and find that it makes you search for AD objects and you must get the name right. I was hoping the pro version would actually list the objects in the domain and not make you search for them. Basically I was hoping to find an app that allowed me to do some basic AD tasks, like resetting passwords, unlocking accounts, adding people to groups etc. Thought I'd check with you all before I spent the $20 on the pro version of the app. Thanks. Troy ### ###

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Examples of unattended Windows server 2019 installations with SSH enabled?
by Jared Stofflett 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

Does anyone have examples of automated installs of Windows Server 2019 that have SSH enabled when the install is completed? I'd like to build some 2019 VM's using Packer and it would be a lot easier to access them over SSH then dealing with winrm since they will not be joined to a domain.

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