March 2023 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Ubiquiti and/or PFSense access
by Andrew Hodgson 30 Apr '23

30 Apr '23

Hi all, I have a new flat and with it comes a 1GBPs Ethernet connection as part of the building service. The router they have given me is causing me a lot of issues so I want to upgrade it. I have been looking at different models and I have discount a lot due to the 1GBPs connection. I have a Sophos router from a previous job, but it doesn't support IPV6. At this point I am looking at potentially going with a Synology router, the Unifi kit or a PFSense build. has anyone used any of this and can comment on the usability with JFW? i know the Synology will be pritty much the same as the NAS, though they don't have a demo site for the router. I am going to check out the Ubiquiti demo site next but I know people on this list were using it. Thanks. Andrew.

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Tables in m365 admin sites inaccessible
by core7xx＠gmail.com 12 Apr '23

12 Apr '23

Hi all, I use the admin pages of m365 like: Admin.microsoft.com Or the message trace in the new exchange admin center as examples. What I'm finding is that I'm not able to select users or information that is presented in a table. This started happening a few weeks ago. I've tried using different machines, screenreaders and different accounts from different tenants. Not sure if this affects a specific region. Any help/advice would be much appreciated. Kind Regards

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Tables in M365
by Kieran Little 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

Hi All, I can’t find the original thread to this, but I had a reply from the enterprise disability answer desk on this issue. “CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi @Kieran Little<mailto:kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk>, Thank you for contacting the Microsoft enterprise Disability Answer Desk. Engineering team is already aware of the issue, and they are currently working to resolve it. We will keep you informed of any progress made. In the meantime, we recommend that you try using the Firefox browser as a workaround. Based on our testing, this issue doesn't seem to occur in Firefox. For reference we have created a tracking ticket for this issue Accessibility 205512<https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdev.azure…>. You won’t have access to the link, but the number will help you and our team to track the issue to resolution.  Thank you. Devaki “ Kieran Little Support Officer Cyber Security Team Information Services Northumberland County Council Call me<callto:kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk> Send me an instant message<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=kieran.little@northumberland.g…> Mobile: 07966325130 Email: Kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk<mailto:Kieran.little@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 Stay Home]

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PRTG
by Billy Irwin 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Hi All, It is great to be back on the list. I have some news for all of you looking for a NMS solution. PRTG by Paessler is getting a GUI makeover and will be WCAG compliant with their new interface. I've been testing it in my production environment with much success. The GUI isn't complete by no means, but it is a great step in the right direction. They have committed to making their solution complaint. The interface is still in alpha. You can download their demo and work with it and send them feedback if you are interested. I will also add that they added WCAG to their public roadmap as well.. Best, Billy L. Irwin Sr. Cyber Security / Network Engineer County Government

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Create NFC accessibly?
by Can Kırca 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

Hello, Could you recommend a device and/or solution to write/read NFC tags? I've to create some NFC tags for our wireless system Thank you.

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Booting a CD or DVD from a running Linux system
by Steve Matzura 17 Mar '23

17 Mar '23

I have no possibility of accessing the BIOS on one of my machines--no screen (the system is hopelessly buried behind other equipment) and no one to read it even if I had one. This system booted from its DVD drive at one time, but now no longer does, and I don't know why. I can mount the DVD with the command: mount -t 9660 -o ro cdrom and show the filesystem with df, but if I reboot the system with the reboot command or turn it on from cold, seems like the DVD drive gets bypassed. I have also tried booting the system from a USB thumb drive suitably prepaired with Debian 11.6 by writing it with IMGBurn, and still no joy no matter which USB port I choose. Is there a way to force the CD/DVD drive to boot from maybe an installed boot manager package that I can install on my Debian 8 system so as to boot the Debian 11 DVD and regenerate my system?

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Serial port header block on mobo
by John G. Heim 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

I'm about to have a new PC built. So far, I have always been able to find a motherboard with a serial port header block. Does anybody know what incantation I can use while searching for a mobo with the serial header block? Searching for mobos with com1 has not worked. What is the technical name for that serial port on the mobo? -- John .G. Heim jheim(a)math.wisc.edu

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o365 admin tables not working with screen readers
by Kelly Prescott 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

I could not find the original message to keep the thread, but I remember seeing a message on this list about the sudden failure of screen readers in tables on the Microsoft O365 admin site. https://admin.microsoft.com I figured this would get cleared up soon, but it has been a few weeks, and no screen reader, JAWS, NVDA, or Narrator will work with this content anymore. I did send a email to the enterprise accessibility answer desk at Microsoft, but no answer yet. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to get around this? This makes the site unusable to me and that is a significant part of my job. I have been able to use powershell for some things, but that takes time as I have to lookup commands for all the things I need to do. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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Looking for a pentester
by David Mehler 10 Mar '23

10 Mar '23

Hello, Any pentesters on this list? I feel like I'm chasing a shadow and I need to ask a few questions. Thanks. Dave.

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Accessibility, audio and speech support, Kali Linux, Parrot OS, System Rescue CD, running from a USB multiboot disk
by David Mehler 08 Mar '23

08 Mar '23

Hello, Is anyone running one, sum, or all of the above distros specifically from either a single bootable USB stick or a multiboot USB stick? If so, how did you get audio and speech going in each of the distros on the disk? Also, if your using a multiboot do you use shared caching or persistent storage so that OS settings persist across reboots? Thanks. Dave.

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