Just today I received the Install Disc from your fulfillment center in Illinois, which is very speedy. I felt I would be wise to protect my investment with the small additional expense of an install CD.

The updates are super fast with the Premium Suite, and the Firewall is much less “in your face” than other firewalls which is good for my wife. I am a programmer and I enjoy interacting with a verbose firewall, but most non tech folks do not.

My question is this: In the event that her old machine crashes, I presume that I am free to reinstall Avira on a replacement machine, and that my only obligation as a user is to have it installed and active on only ONE machine at a time. Am I correct in these assumptions? I assume that every time Avira downloads or scans, your servers are aware of the license and IP address and all of that, which would make sense to control the legitimate use of the license and prevent abuse.

Several other machine in my extended family are running free Avira, and I want to report that updates are very fast and reliable. I have only had to resort to a manual update perhaps twice in the past 2 months, and those are quite speedy when they are necessary.

I post what follows simply in the spirit of friendly readable chat because we do get to know each other in these forums (but I am not seeking Ubuntu support in this post)

Regarding my Ubuntu experiments, last night at midnight, I totally crashed my Ubuntu install by experimenting with two different forms of backup,, one a tar to root, and the other a Simple Backup installed via synaptic manager, which places a mysterious folder /var/backup which is unmoveable except by some form of sudo command. I think I crashed it because I did a sudo Nautilus to launch the file manager GUI with root privileges. It did work and let me delete the /backup.tar.gz, but when I rebooted, I got fatal error messages. I realize that this forum is not the place to ask for help on such matters, but I just wanted to also let reader know my latest adventure. I stayed up all night and in 7 hours did a complete Ubuntu reinstall, based upon my elaborate notes in my wordpress blog. And I took elaborate notes on the step by step REINSTALL process, which was a better install because I learned from my first mistakes and so perhaps it is a sounder system now with ext4 rather than ext3, and the installer did its own disk format and partitioning, which did not occur during the first install.

I found the instructions for Avira install under Linux too daunting, involving kernel rebuilds, which I yet lack the skills to undertake. I did find an easy Avast install with a .deb (Debian) which is what Ubuntu likes. But it did some rather strange things both in my Wubi Ubuntu under Windows and my pure Ubuntu machine. I have decided that I do not really need antivirus or firewall on the Ubuntu machine, since each exotic program and install runs the risk to trashing the system. As far as I can see from my readings, the main reason for a linux virus scan is to protect Windows users who might receive emails, but I do not forward many emails with attachments. And Ubuntu is suppose to be farily sound with regard to firewall issues by the default nature of its install. And, now that I know I can restore the system in 7 hours, I can somewhat affort to risk not doing system backups and just backing up as much data as possible, or if I am doing a lot of MySQL Apache PhP, then just building scripts as I go, which would automatically recreate databases.

I do think I will get a large (64 gig) flash drive and practice with their option for an Ubuntu bootable flash, once I have combed google for feedback on the procedure..

Thanks, Avira Forum Members, for all your great help. I am spending a lot of time now in IRC Ubuntu chat using Konversation client, and there are usually 300 people in the channel from around the world at any time, so I take every opportunity to praiise Avira and this forum.

posted at Avira Antivir Support Forum today:

I just upgraded to 3 years of Premium Avira Suite (having done a 30 day eval. with Firewall, so no need for Online Armor) and everything is smooth).

But my old Compaq machine has Free Avira and Online Armor as well as MalwareBytes (free).

I do use Paltalk on this machine, and neither Avira nor MalwareBytes has ever caught anything. But Online Armor reported some very suspicious activity from Paltalk. I allowed Online Armor to block certain things, and I still had a fine long session in Paltalk Tuesday night. But ever since, Online Armour has been doing OAminidumps. I SUBMIT them via the minidump submit. When I go to DELETE, the machine hangs for a long time and then reboots. I booted in safe (F8) mode and the defragger said I needed to do chkdsk /f and that it could not be performed at the moment but would be performed at next reboot. When I rebooted, out of curiosity, I chose the Ubuntu boot, and it did a bit of fixing and then Ubuntu came up fine and stable. But each time I boot into Windows, I get the same Online Armor minidump crash. I am in safe mode right now on that machine after the chkdsk /f successfully ran. It is allowing me to do a defrag right now. As soon as that finishes, I think I shall delete Online Armor, with the assumption that the OAdump business will go away. I do wonder about the Paltalk issues, but I really enjoy Paltalk, and I know so many people around the world who use it, so it cannot be too malicious or destructive. I shall also post this at Online Armor’s forum, but I am curious to get the feedback from people here. Thanks for your great support!

Someone suggested at Avira that it would make more sense to tell Tall Emu, the makers of Online Armor, to which I reply:

[quote='Farger',index.php?page=Thread&postID=875210#post875210]HI WilliamBuell,

I think that more reasonable will be to ask Tallemu about this :S[/quote]

Of course I am going to tell Tallemu about this, but it IS a legitimate Avira issue with regard to the question of whether Paltalk is doing something questionable, and is escaping the attention of Avira AND malwarebytes.

The two strange things that happened with regard to Online Armor and Paltalk are that Paltalk when I first launched it, tried to access my drive directly, and Online Armor said this is a very suspicious activity. The other thing, which I blocked, had something to do with some key.dll. I didnt like the looks of it, so I blocked it, but Paltalk launched fine and I was in it for an hour. But after that, all this crash business started.

I was marveling to myself how a firewall can detect suspicious activity which an AV scanner might miss. So, this in itself is a valid issue to raise on the Avira forum, NAMELY, what can be said about those suspicious activities which only a Firewall can catch? There is one antivirus someone recommended to me which supposedly detects suspicious activity and can catch a virus or malware on DAY ZERO. I am perfectly happy with Avira Premium Suite on my wife’s computer, because I want everything integrated and straight foward, and the Avira fire wall is not “in your face” every other minute with questions.

A side note of interest: I find that I am able to access Paltalk on my Ubuntu machine via Firefox. Initially, I could not get audio or mic to work, but then Firefox installed an Adobe flash update, and suddenly it was working. So, I imagine I would be safe from Paltalk monkey business on an Ubuntu machine in a Firefox browser.

Entre las típicas y nuevas características del ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 podemos destacar la denominada auto defensa que consiste en detectar aquellos virus concebidos para apagar los sistemas de seguridad de la PC. El control de acceso de medios extraíbles para proteger de cualquier malware nuestro sistema al ingresar con un CD/DVD, Pendrive, etc. y el inspector del sistema, una poderosa herramienta de diagnóstico para analizar el sistema operativo en profundidad, incluidos los procesos activos, las entradas de registro, los programas que se cargan en el inicio del equipo y las conexiones de red.

Además, la cuarta versión proporciona soporte para más clientes de correo electrónico como ser Mozilla Thunderbird o Windows Mail.

En cuanto al renovado ESET Smart Security 4, se ha puesto especial énfasis en integrar cuatro funcionalidades necesarias en cualquier servidor: antivirus, antispyware, antispam y firewall.

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Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls

by Chris Lathem, Benjamin W. Fortenberry, Kevin Lynn, Daniel H. Bendell, Joshua Reed

Introduction

Every enterprise requires at least one firewall to provide the backbone for its network security architecture. Firewalls are the core component of your network’s security. The risks today have greatly increased, so the call for a stronger breed of firewall has been made. In the past, simple packet-filtering firewalls allowing access to your internal resources have helped to mitigate your network’s risk.The next development was stateful inspection allowing you to monitor network sessions instead of single packets.Today’s risks are far greater and require a new generation of devices to help secure our networks’ borders from the more sophisticated attacks.

Firewalls police your network traffic. A firewall is a specialized device that allows or denies traffic based upon administratively defined policies.They contain technologies to inspect your network’s traffic. This technology is not something that is exclusive to firewalls, but firewalls are designed specifically for inspecting traffic and therefore do it better then any other type of device. Any network can have millions of packets transverse it in a short period of time. It is impossible for a human to directly interact with the network. Even if you were to use a tool to look at the traffic directly it would be impossible for you to decide which traffic is good and which is bad.The need for a specialized device to enforce traffic restrictions has grown over the years. Because security is of such high importance, a specialized device was required to ensure the security of network traffic.

SonicWALL firewall appliances have answered this call for a secure enterprise. The SonicWALL firewall product line has complete offerings from the home office to the enterprise networks. In this chapter we will review networking basics. Security requires a strong basic knowledge of networking protocols. In our first section, “Understanding Networking,” we will look at networking from a top-down approach.This section starts with the basic ideas of networking models and then works into full networking communications. We will also discuss the components and prerequisites of IP addresses and how they are divided up to make networks.

We will next look at networking in general by breaking it down to a layered approach.This will help you understand the flow of networking. Each specific layer in the networking model has a purpose. Working together, these layers allow for data to seamlessly pass over the network between systems. An example of browsing a Web site will be used.You will see all of the effort it takes just to fetch a Web page. We will focus then on the TCP/IP protocol suite. This is the most commonly used networking protocol and it is the protocol of the Internet. Finally in this chapter, we will look at network security. There are many important concepts to be aware of for information security. This will help you understand some network design considerations and the background behind them….

How To Stop Spam

Change Mcft to microsoft

HOW TO STOP SPAM VIA WINDOWS MESSENGER SERVICE
Below you’ll find many ways (sorted in the most successful ratio first) to stop the Windows Messenger service, depending on your system environment, some may require more than one process. This service is available only on NT, 2K, XP & Server 2003. Administrator Login is REQUIRED

About The Messenger Service
* Messenger is a Windows Service that runs in the background
* Messenger is not the same as MSN Messenger or any other Instant Messaging Program
* Messenger does not facilitate two-way chatting
* Many Windows Programs, Firewalls, UPS and Antiviruses require the Messenger Service
* Antivirus and UPS software, among others, may not work if Messenger is disabled
* The Messenger Service is usually turned on by default in most Windows NT, 2K and XP systems
1. Manually

1. Example 1

1. Click Start, Run and enter the following command:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
NOTE: This will prevent a long delay when opening Outlook Express if you have the Contacts pane enabled
2. To prevent this, click Start, Run and enter {REGEDIT} Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Mcft\Outlook Express
3. Right click in the right pane and select New, Dword value
4. Give it the name Hide Messenger Double click this new entry and set the value to 2
5. End result should look EXACTLY like this:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mcft\Outlook Express]
Value Name: Hide Messenger
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (2 = remove messenger)

2. Example 2

1. Copy and paste the following to Run Command Bar in the Start Menu:
RunDll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection
%windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

3. Example 3

1. If Example 5 didn’t work, then try this – Many users miss or don’t know of it
2. Click on Start then go to RUN and type:
C:\WINDOWS\inf\sysoc.inf
3. Change:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
4. To:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7
5. Then use Add/Remove Windows Components to remove Messenger
NOTE: You can also prevent access to Windows Messenger using Group Policy or the Set Program Access and Defaults utility added by default in Windows XP SP1 and Windows 2000 SP3

4. Example 4

1. Open Windows Messenger
2. From the menu, select “Tools” then “Options” then “Preferences” tab
3. Uncheck “Run this program when Windows starts”
4. Open Outlook Express
5. From the menu, select “Tools” then “Options” then “General” tab
6. Uncheck the option to “Automatically log on”, if it’s there
7. Also in Outlook Express, select “View” then “Layout”
8. Uncheck the option to “display Contacts” – The program will open a connection and display a list of all Contacts on line if you do not
9. In “Startup Folder” make sure there is no entry there for Messenger
10. Open Norton Anti-Virus if you have it installed
11. Click “Options” then “Instant Messenger”
12. Unckeck “Windows Messenger (recommended”
NOTE: This list ought to work in disassociate MSN from Outlook Express, so that it’ll only start up if you really want it to

5. Example 5

1. 2000

* Click Start-> Settings-> Control Panel-> Administrative Tools->Services
* Scroll down and highlight “Messenger”
* Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties
* Click the STOP button
* Select Disable in the Startup Type scroll bar
* Click OK

2. XP Home

* Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
* Click Performance and Maintenance
* Click Administrative Tools
* Double click Services
* Scroll down and highlight “Messenger”
* Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties
* Click the STOP button
* Select Disable in the Startup Type scroll bar
* Click OK

3. XP Professional

* Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
* Click Administrative Tools
* Click Services
* Double click Services
* Scroll down and highlight “Messenger”
* Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
* Click the STOP button.
* Select Disable in the Startup Type scroll bar
* Click OK

4. Windows NT

* Click Start ->Control Panel
* Double Click Administrative Tools
* Select Services-> Double-click on Messenger
* In the Messenger Properties window, select Stop
* Then choose Disable as the Startup Type
* Click OK
NOTE: If you stop the service and don’t adjust the startup type, the Messenger service will start automatically the next time you reboot. Keep in mind that when you disable the Messenger service, you’ll no longer receive messages about an attached UPS, and you won’t be notified of print job completion, performance alerts, or antivirus activity (from Windows) not the program you’re using for those purposes.

6. Example 6

1. To disable receipt of messenger pop-ups, verify that your firewall disables inbound traffic on UDP ports 135, 137, and 138, and TCP ports 135 and 139. On a system connected directly to the Internet, you should also disable inbound traffic on TCP port 445. If the system you want to protect is part of a Win2K-based network with Active Directory (AD), don’t block incoming traffic on port 445 – Mcft Knowledge Base Article – 330904
Code:
http://support.Mcft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330904

NOTE: You can use the firewall approach only if your system doesn’t communicate with legacy systems that rely on NetBIOS name resolution to locate machines and shared resources. If, for example, you let users running Windows 9x share your printer or scanner, when you disable inbound NetBIOS traffic, users won’t be able to connect to these shared resources. Regardless of the method you choose, you can stop messenger spam

2. Program

1. Example 1

NOTE: On Oct 15, 2003, Mcft releases Critical Security Bulletin MS03-043 warning users that the Windows Messenger Service running and exposed by default in all versions of Windows NT, 2000 and XP, contains a “Remote Code Execution” vulnerability that allows any not otherwise secured and protected Windows machine to be taken over and remotely compromised over the Internet
1. Shoot the Messenger
Code:
http://grc.com/files/shootthemessenger.exe
2. Example 2

1. Messenger Disable
Code:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/MessengerDisable.zip

NOTE: If you choose to uninstall Windows Messenger on a system with SP1 installed, you will receive an error message about “un-registering” an OCX file. This is normal, and doest not affect the removal process. Windows Messenger will still be removed

3. TEST

1. Example 1

1. Right-click “My Computer”
2. Select “Manage”
3. Under “System Tools” right-click on “Shared Folders”
4. Choose “All Tasks” and select “Send Console Message…”
5. If you recieve the following error message then the service has been disabled, otherwise confirm that you have disabled it or try another example
“The following error occured while reading the list of sessions from Windows clients:
Error 2114: The Server service is not started.”

2. Example 2

1. Click Start then “Run”
2. Type in {cmd.exe}
3. Type in net send 127.0.0.1 hi
4. If you get a popup “hi” message, then confirm that you have disabled it or try another example

4. IF YOU INSIST

1. If you insist on keeping Windows Messenger, then I’d recommend Messenger Manager – “Allows you to keep your messenger service running, as is intended and needed by Windows. This ensures that vital system errors and notifications may be sent informing you of Important System Events”
Code:
http://www.sellertools.com/default.asp?i=MessageManager3.htm

2. However, as a replacement to Windows Messenger remote control feature, I’d recommend this free tool Virtual Network Computing – “It is a remote control software which allows you to view and interact with one computer (the “server”) using a simple program (the “viewer”) on another computer anywhere on the Internet. The two computers don’t even have to be the same type, so for example you can use VNC to view an office Linux machine on your Windows PC at home”
Code:
http://www.realvnc.com/download.html

RESULTS WILL VARY
No matter how good your systems may be, they’re only as effective as what you put into them.

¿Qué es Firewall Analyzer?

Los firewalls, servidores Proxy, IDS/IPS y VPNs son importantes herramientas de seguridad perimetral que protegen a su red de ataques, intrusiones y otras amenazas. Estas herramientas de seguridad generan una gran cantidad de logs de tráfico, que pueden ser analizados para generar abundantes informes de seguridad y ancho de banda. Utilice los informes de ancho de banda para controlar su utilización para propósitos de negocio. Utilice los informes de seguridad para proteger proactivamente su red empresarial de amenazas externas.

ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer es un software de análisis y reportes de logs de firewall 100% basado en web, que no precisa instalar agentes. La aplicación de software monitorea, recolecta, analiza y almacena logs de los dispositivos de seguridad perimetrales de redes empresariales y genera informes. Los dispositivos son, firewalls, servidores Proxy, IDS (Intrusion Detection System)/ IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) y VPN (Virtual Private Networks) (vea la lista completa de dispositivos soportados). Dos importantes características de la aplicación son el monitoreo de red y los informes de firewall.

¿Qué problemas resuelve?
Firewall Analyzer ayuda a los administradores de seguridad de la red y a los managers de TI a monitorear eficientemente el ancho de banda y los eventos de seguridad de Internet de Firewall. Los eventos de seguridad de Firewall son, detección de intrusiones, ataques de virus, ataques de denegación de servicio, etc., comportamientos anormales, actividades web del empleado y análisis del tráfico web. Le permite visualizar la seguridad de sus redes empresariales. El planeamiento de capacidad utilizando análisis de tendencias y detectando compromisos de seguridad son algunos de los problemas críticos que se resuelven utilizando Firewall Analyzer. Genera informes de admin, sobre todos los logs de firewall, orienta sus requerimientos de auditoria de red y regulaciones de conformidad. Monitorea las políticas de firewall usadas/no utilizadas y éstas pueden ser optimizadas utilizando las configuraciones de firewall. Las actividades web de los empleados pueden ser monitoreadas con la ayuda del análisis de logs de proxy.

Firewall Analyzer brinda una solución para los Proveedores de Servicios de Seguridad Administrados (MSSP ? Managed Security Service Providers) para ofrecer servicios de firewall administrados rentables. El monitoreo de tráfico y los informes de firewall ayudará a realizar el seguimiento de los ataques, intrusiones, administrar el acceso del usuario a sitios web, auditar tráfico y también lo ayudará a administrar eficientemente la utilización del ancho de banda de la red del cliente.

¿Qué características ofrece?
Admite múltiples dispositivos y fabricantes, soporta MSSP, alertas en tiempo real, almacenamiento de logs flexible, capacidad de ver las tendencias del tráfico y patrones de utilización, detalles multi-nivel de los máximos hosts, protocolos, sitios web y más, informes de VPN/proxy squid entre otras.

¿Qué plataformas y dispositivos admite?

Plataformas: Windows y Linux

Dispositivos:

* Firewalls: Cisco ASA, Cisco IOS, Cisco FWSM, Cisco PIX, CheckPoint, Fortigate, Juniper Netscreen, Sonicwall
* Servidores Proxy: Microsoft ISA, NetCache, Squid
* IDS/IPS: 3Com X Family
* VPN: Cisco VPN Concentrator

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Online Armor Personal Firewall Free 3.5.0.50

Online Armor FREE – powerful Windows Firewall. Provides a blend of usability and hard-wired PC security to ensure a good user experience. This award-winning program is easy to use and provides 100% leak protection out of the box. The powerful “HIPS” functions, which is designed to to stop all unrecognised programs from running on your computer, makes it possible to protect yourself against new threats and attacks.

NOTE: Online Armor Free is a complementary version of our powerful windows firewall. Built on the same technology as Online Armor, the free version offers a basic firewall at no cost. There are no advertisements, no time limitations and no nag screens!

Homepage: http://www.tallemu.com/
Download: OnlineArmor_Setup_Free.exe
File Size: 9.37MB

What is VoIP?

Online Armor Personal Firewall Free 3.5.0.50

Online Armor FREE – powerful Windows Firewall. Provides a blend of usability and hard-wired PC security to ensure a good user experience. This award-winning program is easy to use and provides 100% leak protection out of the box. The powerful “HIPS” functions, which is designed to to stop all unrecognised programs from running on your computer, makes it possible to protect yourself against new threats and attacks.

NOTE: Online Armor Free is a complementary version of our powerful windows firewall. Built on the same technology as Online Armor, the free version offers a basic firewall at no cost. There are no advertisements, no time limitations and no nag screens!

Homepage: http://www.tallemu.com/
Download: OnlineArmor_Setup_Free.exe
File Size: 9.37MB

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Most of the time, it becomes necessary for us to monitor our own computer or a remote computer to keep track of the activities going on. This may be for several reasons. Especially it is most necessary for the parents to monitor their computer to keep track of their children’s activities during their absence. Some people may also require to monitor their computer to keep an eye on the activities of their spouse or partner. Today, with the advancement in the field of the software technology, it’s just a cakewalk to monitor the computer. For this all you have to do is, use a PC Monitoring Software.

But the job doesn’t end here. This is because there exists tons of such monitoring softwares on the market and many times we get confused which to choose and how to use them. So I have decided to make this job simpler for you, by writing this post. In this post I’ll give a detailed information about Computer monitoring softwares which include their features, advantages, installation, usage procedure and so on. To make this post interesting, let’s take up each topic in the form of question and answer.

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What exactly is a Monitoring Software and how can it help me ?

A computer monitoring software is just like any other software (program) which when installed, secretly monitors each and every activity that takes place on the computer. The activities such as web browsing, chatting, gaming etc. are all recorded and saved. These monitoring softwares can record each and every keystroke. So it is possible to capture usernames and passwords very easily with minimum effort. Monitoring softwares are also commonly known as Keyloggers.

How can I install a monitoring software ?

Installing a monitoring software is too simple. During the installation, you need to setup a secret password and hotkey combination which is required later to see the recorded data ( logs). After the installation is complete the software goes invisible, but keeps running in the background. Whenever you want to see the logs, just press the hotkey combination (ex. Shift+Ctrl+F10). Now a small window will popup asking for a password. Here you need to enter the password that was setup during the installation time. After you enter the password you’ll be able to see all the activities that took place on the computer during your absence.

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Can the person using the computer come to know about the presence of the Monitoring Software ?

Most of the time it becomes impossible to detect the presence of the monitoring software. This is because, once installed it hides itself from Start menu, Program Files, Control Panel, Task manager etc. Because of it’s stealth behaviour the user can never come to know that he/she is under the presence of monitoring.

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Which Monitoring Software should I use ?

There exists different flavours of these softwares and you have to choose the one that best match your needs. Here is a list of some of the best monitoring programs that I recommend.

For Monitoring a Local PC:

If you want to monitor a local PC (may be your own PC) then the following program is recommended.

Spy Agent Stealth

For Monitoring a Remote PC (Also works on local PC) :

If you want to monitor a remote PC  you may use the following programs. These programs works for remote PC as well as local PC.

Win-Spy Monitor

Realtime Spy

Keystroke Spy

For Monitoring a Network :

The following program can be used to monitor an Entire Network of computers from one central location. This becomes handy to monitor the staff in a company or students in a school/college.

NetVizor

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On Linux, create a separate chain for the data that is to be monitored. Chuck the rules in, then periodically do this:

iptables-save -c | grep “\-A mychain” >> ipacct.log.

But one would have to zero out those counters right after that save:

iptables -L mychain -Z > /dev/null

OR install something like ntop.

Or SNMP and MRTG, although I like the flexibility of using iptables.

With ipfw, this is also possible, but Mac OS X is crazy with most of my firewall rules (the ones set up with the Preferences) hidden from ipfw list!

Firewalls Kerio WinRoute Firewall™ is a corporate gateway firewall for small and medium-sized businesses. Equipped with VPN server, optional embedded McAfee Anti-Virus, integrated customizable ISS Orange Web Filter, and user-specific Internet access management, Kerio WinRoute Firewall provides a multi-layer architecture for protecting networks, servers and users.
Kerio WinRoute Firewall sets new standards in versatility, security and user access control. Designed for corporate networks, it defends against external attacks and viruses and can restrict access to websites based on their content.

• Deep inspection firewall
Kerio WinRoute Firewall, certified by ICSA Labs in the Corporate Firewall category, includes detailed rule definition to perform stateful inspection and protocol inspection of all outgoing and incoming Internet traffic. A network rules wizard assists in the rapid setup of the firewall.
• VPN, VPN Client & SSL VPN
Kerio’s built-in SSL-based VPN server works in both client-to-server and server-to-server modes, allowing both branch offices and remote workers to securely connect to the corporate LAN. Clientless SSL VPN allows remote users to connect securely to the corporate network for file sharing from any computer with a browser and Internet connection.
• Anti-virus gateway protection
Kerio WinRoute Firewall provides optional virus scanning of inbound and outbound email, web traffic, and FTP transfers. In addition to a version with integrated McAfee Anti-Virus, there are several other anti-virus options to choose from.
• Surf protection
The integrated IBM Orange Web Filter option blocks users from accessing to up to 58 categories of web content, reducing legal liabilities for corporate and educational environments.
• Content filtering
Kerio WinRoute Firewall offers a variety of content security features such as MP3 music download blocking, filtering for potentially dangerous executable files or blocking of annoying pop-up windows. The P2P Eliminator automatically detects and blocks peer-to-peer networks such as Kazaa.
• User-specific access management
Each user in the network can be required to log in to Kerio WinRoute Firewall before connecting to the Internet. That allows for restrictive security and access policies to be applied based on the specific user, rather than the IP address. Transparent Active Directory support simplifies user account mapping to Windows domains, and an auto-add feature allows for creation of user-specific policies before users authenticate.
• Fast Internet sharing
Support for DSL, cable modems, ISDN, satellite, dial-up or wireless Internet allows administrators to deploy Kerio WinRoute Firewall in networks of all sizes and in all locations. Users can share one Internet connection with fail-over to a backup connection. Administrators can use the Bandwidth Limiter to optimize the data throughput for business critical applications.
• VoIP and UPnP support
Kerio WinRoute Firewall allows H.323 and SIP protocols to connect through it, eliminating the need to publicly expose the VoIP infrastructure to the Internet. Also, it integrates UPnP technology so that compliant applications such as MSN Messenger run instantly without requiring additional configuration at the firewall.
• Internet monitoring
Web-based reporting of Internet usage to help employers and administrators spot problems, manage employee productivity and prevent liabilities.

Changes in Version 6.6.0 – March 31, 2009:
+ VPN client for Mac OS X and Linux
+ VPN client for Windows runs as a service (it is possible to have VPN established before login to Windows)
+ VPN server propagates WINS servers and DNS domain suffix to VPN client
+ VPN client now uses primary IP address on VPN adapter (improved Network Neighborhood browsing)
- Fixed CPU load peak every 3 seconds caused by DHCP renew on VPN adapter
* The Kerio VPN Client does not allow multiple concurrent VPN connections.
* The extended and the basic mode of the Kerio VPN Client have been merged.

DownloadLink:

Kerio WinRoute Firewall

A great question from an associate:

What program do you use for managing your email account? I like that you can have your picture on it.

Here’s my answer:

I just started using Outlook (not to be confused with Outlook Express, which is a truncated version of Outlook handling email only).

Outlook combines email, calendaring and contacts all in one application. It’s really slick. Being able to embed a photo or logo in outgoing emails is only the start of its really cool features. It’s also pretty easy to get started on.

On the downside, the most cool features require a bit of a learning curve to implement; however, once you get them set up, you never have to think about them again….unless your system crashes and you have to do a complete system reinstall.

That said, a major downside to Outlook is that it is HIGHLY susceptible to viruses – more so than about any other software on the market. So if you decide to use it, make sure you have a system in place for protecting your computer from viruses and backups.

I can’t stress backups highly enough. I once paid $2000 to get my data back after a system crash. I would have paid $10K. To avoid any expense, I could have paid $100 and done weekly backups.

I can’t recommend to anyone, anywhere, for any reason, at any time using virus protection software (McAffee or Norton) – but instead using hardware in the form of an external firewall, hardware offered by Internet service providers like Comcast or McLeod. (Qwest DSL is terrible, can’t recommend that either.)

The reasons I recommend against software virus protection are:

1. Virus protection software companies have an incentive to put viruses ON people’s computers; doing this keeps them in business. Some have actually been caught doing this.
2. Virus protection software interferes with the use of other software, particularly email and browsers.
3. Virus protection software requires an enormous amount of RAM (Random Access Memory). RAM is what determines how fast your computer is able to think. The amount of RAM that comes standard in most of today’s computers is a healthy amount – but the anti virus software requires ALL of it to run properly. This means that there is no RAM left for your computer to run other software (like the operating system and Office); therefore, your computer will appear to function VERY SLOWLY – taking forever to do very simple things….like open a Word file.
4. Virus protection software has been the #1 cause of support calls I have received in my 15-year career. It is likely the bane of most internal PC support technician’s careers — and a pretty good source of income for most external (contracting/consulting) PC support technicians.

So my recommendation is to get high speed cable with an external firewall (hardware). Fewer hassles. Much lower cost short and long term.

I’ve only had 2 viruses in the last 5 years — which was my own fault on both counts; I clicked on a nasty link while doing research. I also have a good backup system (external hard drive) and system recovery process (VMware) in place – so restoration only takes me 20 minutes as opposed to 2-3 days.

This all makes Outlook a good solution for me.

Villains, like sharks, have a eye for weak points in any form and just like sharks, they can find and exploit the Achilles heel. The major producers of software for the Web Microsoft, Apple and Opera regularly find new defects in their code and often issue updates to their software. In most cases, you can and should set your software to automatically patch your software. It’s one more way of closing potential entry points which the criminals can use to get into your system and cause havoc. Even when you install a new Browser or a brand new computer system, remember to check that you are using the newest issue of software. Take a look

MindSource specializes in placing technology professionals with companies in the Silicon Valley Region and beyond. We have a need for a Network Administrator to work with our client in Mt. View, CA. This is a CONTRACT position, so let me know your interest ASAP!

Our client is seeking an energetic and experienced Network Engineer with Juniper router experience. If you have just done Cisco, you will not be a fit. Also, hands-on experience with Citrix netscalers and Netscreen VPN/firewalls is important.

You would join a heterogeneous team of 6 system and network engineers who support the production and development environments. Specifically, the team is tasked with taking project handoffs from engineering and implementing as well as providing ongoing support for said “services”. In addition to implementation, the team is tasked with carrying out smaller scale changes (setting up ACL’s, load balancing, VPN, caching, switching, routing, etc). Most client interaction is internal, though we do get involved with external clients for some configuration work as well as outage support. This team is on call 24/7 to provide tier 2/3 level support as necessary.

The ideal candidate would have a broad background in both network (primary) as well as system level troubleshooting. A generalist with solid troubleshooting skills is probably the best way to describe it.

Specific skills:

• System level network debugging (Solaris, Linux and a little bit of Windows)
• packet switching, packet routing
• in-depth knowledge of routers, switches, load balancing, VPN.
• familiar with JunOS, Citrix netscaler, Netscreen, Blue Coat, SBC’s, Cisco switches
• knowledge of shell scripting (regex)
• experience in HA multi-site networks
• data circuit troubleshooting (T1’s to OC3’s)
• familiarity with VOIP is helpful
• console/command line network config (we don’t use gui’s to configure network
  equipment)
• RCS (revision control system) and ACL*s
• perform and read/debug packet captures
• 5 plus years experience
• change management familiarity
• conceptual knowledge of 7-layer OSI model

If you are interested in this position, please forward your resume to kathy@mindsource.com TODAY!

In an Era whereby time is considered an important factor to make a business a success or a failure, many Purchasing Executives would appreciate a One-Stop-Shop that could help them to find out quickly their needs of new and refurbished networking products, such as switches, routers, servers, firewalls, telecommunications and security products to fulfill their company’s monthly purchasing lists. One such a place is provided in this URL Link.

The common categories of the networking products would include the following:

1. Patch Cables: The Infinit Technology Solutions CAT5E Patch Cables and CAT6 Patch Cables are the perfect solution for distributing data, voice and video. These patch cables are constructed with high quality wire and a shortened body plug to keep Near End Crosstalk(NEXT) levels to a minimum while providing the necessary bandwidth to support mission critiacal applications. Fiber Patch Cables are also available in two classifications, namely the 50/125 Multimode Fiber Patch Cables and the 62.5/125 Multimode Fiber Patch Cables to support the latest demand for fiber optic cable patching installations.
2. Network Routers: Major brand routers are available to ensure good quality of voice, video, data and multimedia communication network routing for the large or small enterprises. These branded routers include 3COM Routers, CISCO Routers, Enterasys Routers, Foundry Routers, Juniper Routers, and Nortel Routers.
3. Network Security: These products are needed to ensure secure voice, video, data and multimedia transmissions across the enterprise networks. Major brands include: Barracuda, Check Point, Cisco Firewalls, Cisco VPN, Crossbeam Systems, and Juniper Firewalls.
4. Network Switches: These network switches operate at layer two of the OSI model are used to link multiple computers in a Local Area Network. Major brands available include: 3COM Switches, Cisco Switches, Enterasys Switches, Extreme Switches, Force10 Switches, Foundry Switches, HP Switches, Juniper Switches, and Nortel Switches.
5. Aerosoft RFID Tags: These RFID tags are used in many apllications, such as in Education, Government, Health Care, Hospitality, Logistics and Transportation, Manufacturing, and in Retail solutions. By tagging products, items or computers with RFID, the management will be able to monitor their location, movements and quantity at the press of a button.
6. Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM) Switches are available from many top brands, such as: Aten KVM Switches, Aten Video Splitters, Aten Video Switches, Dell, HP/Compaq, IBM, and Seneca Data.
7. Telecommunications Products, such ad IP Phone, Unified Communications and Accessories are available from many major brands: Cisco IP Phones, Cisco UC500 Series, Used Avaya Definity, Used Avaya Merlin Legend, Used Avaya Merlin Magix, Used Avaya Partner, Used Merlin, and Used Nortel.
8. Wireless Products: available two top brand wireless networking products, namely from 3COM and CISCO.
]]> http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/three-tips-to-keep-your-pc-safe/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:06:47 +0000 worddreams http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/three-tips-to-keep-your-pc-safe/ http://inboxrevenge.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/spamhaus-blocks-a-16-of-ips-of-a-hijacked-netblock/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:12:13 +0000 inboxrevenge http://inboxrevenge.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/spamhaus-blocks-a-16-of-ips-of-a-hijacked-netblock/



On September 6th, 2009, Spamhaus blocked a /16 which is 65,536 IPs (1 Class B) on its SBL. This listing is filed under SBL68517. The IP range that is being blocked is 132.240.0.0/16. One can view the ASN information of 132.240.0.0 at robtex. According to robtex, the upstream for this range is AS3257 which is Tinet (formerly Tiscali). There are 3 current SBLs related to this large blocking: SBL68517, SBL78348 ( 207.86.112.0/21 of XO.com ) and SBL78350 ( 38.97.224.0/24 of Cogentco).

If one is rusty on subnetting (how many IPs after a / listing), one can check the CIDR entry on the wiki. Having over 65,000 IPs blocked by Spamhaus is generally a big deal to ISPs and webhosts. Spamhaus in its diligent research of the worst spam ogranisations has determined that this IP range which is owned by Oracle (AS794) is hijacked. Spamhaus classifies such activitiy under ROKSO as Zombies. Nearly all Spamhaus’ ROKSO (Register of Known Spam Operations) entries are names of companies, people or something similar which are known to engage in large scale spamming activities. Spamhaus lists such groups on its ROKSO lists if the spamming operations have been terminated with at least 3 different ISPs. Zombies (the activity of hijacking networks of IP ranges) gets its own entry.

The problem of zombies (hijacked netblocks) appears to be an issue in fighting spam and blocking various rogue networks. Spamhaus updates a list of DROP (Don’t Route or Peer) networks (hijacked netblocks or zombies) on its website for network administrators to use to block unwanted traffic to their networks, firewalls or webservers.

It would seem that the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs which are LACNIC, ARIN, RIPE, AfriNIC, and APNIC ) would be more protactive in preventing hijacking from happening in the first place. The RIRs allocate the IPs to different organizations, mainly to ISPs and large corporations. Perhaps IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) which is oversees the allocations of IP addresses should take some action as well in minimizing the stealing of netblocks on the Internet by spammers. But then again, one who watches the issue of fraudulent domain name purchases knows that ICANN is not taking direct action that often in minimizing falsified domains purchased by spammers often using stolen credit cards. These fraudulent domains are then used in many spamming activities including fast flux DNS on botnets.

]]> http://blog.christophermichaelwebb.com/2009/09/03/windows-updates-and-proxy-servers/ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:36:18 +0000 chriswebb18 http://blog.christophermichaelwebb.com/2009/09/03/windows-updates-and-proxy-servers/

So, in our environment, we have several segregated networks. Each has their own (squid) proxy server and none have previously had issues with automatic updates. All were supposedly set the same way, with the proxy being pushed through group policy. The gpo was set to only push the proxy to normal users and not members of the IT team, mainly because we just don’t like having it. Anyway, there is one network that could not get the microsoft update web page to load. When we looked at the proxy, it looked as though it was redirecting the page to a null site. The reason it was only affecting the one network was: The other networks have the ability to bypass the proxy if the page didn’t load and it wasn’t listed as blocked, whereas this particular network was forced to have all traffice through the proxy. The key to making it work was one simple command:

proxycfg -p :

Anyway, i know this is a simple little post, but hope it helps someone.

UPDATE (9/17):

For Vista/Server 2008 use this command:

netsh winhttp set proxy [myproxy]:[myport]

]]> http://dichterunddenker.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/reim-revolution/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:07:29 +0000 dichterunddenker http://dichterunddenker.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/reim-revolution/
Ich schreib Gedichte,
Ich leg mein Ohr auf die Schiene der Geschichte,
und ich werde euch von Zuständen berichten,
wie Sondergesetzen und politischen gelenkten Gerichten,
werd niemals eure Fahnen hissen,
wie manche die kommerz großschreiben,
bin ich vielleicht sehr, vielleicht garnicht zu beneiden
werd aber nicht von eurem Mainstreet-ICE mitgerissen
fang nicht an sondern hab nie aufgehört euch zu dissen,
die Guten sind öft böse und die Bösen sind gerissen.
deshalb werd ich eure scheinbar weißen Westen anpissen,
werd euch nicht auf-sitzen wie auf Dixis auf dem Pepsi Sziget
ist es ein beschissener Horrortrip mit euch auf eurem Ticket,
deswegen “watch your steps” wie in Freddys’ Nightmare,
um euren Weg zu vorher zu sehen bedarf es keiner Hellseher,
ihr seid die Kopfverdreher und Gehirnweichspüler,
ich brauch wie old-school 911er einen Zusatzölkühler,
um am Limit um zu bestehen wie auf dem Planet der Affen,
seid ihr dabei die Menschlichkeit per Gesetz abzuschaffen,
wie Mad Max mit Kompressor auf der Überholspur,
puscht mich mein Adrenalin und mein Racheschwur,
tanke ich kein benzin sondern mein kerosin pur.
leicht explosiv und primitiv wie ihr und euer Spiel,
ich durchrase unwirkliche Landschaften mit unklarem Ziel
auf der A7 oder dem Highway to Hell,
wir fahren todsicher schnell,
aber nicht mit in eurem ICE nach Eschede,
Last-minute-one-way,
habt ihr nicht mehr lange,
doch im Angesicht der Gefahr wird euch nicht bange-mann,
korrupte Politiker sitzen an den langen Hebeln dran,
und keiner dreht am Steuer also werdet ihr weiterrasen,
wie Senna in den letzten Lebensphasen,
seid ihr euch zum Abschied treu geblieben,
wenn Playboyhasen eure letze Kerze ausblasen.
auf eurem High-Speed-Trip in die Death End Street,
im Rhythmus dieser Reime schlägt mein Herz nen Beat,
der sich mit eurer Raubkopie eines Fakes nicht deckt,
ich leb unter euch im undergroundkeller versteckt,
ich hab den Algorhythmus eurer Matrix gecheckt,
entschlüsselt hab ich eure Vorgehensweisen,
bilde Kreuzverweise wie Memex-Großrechner,
scannen meine Sniffer eure Worte und Kontakte,
ich schließ keine gelinkten Nichtangriffspakte,
ihr wolltet doch den totalen Krieg,
dann kämpf ich nach dem Motto Tod oder Sieg !
Ich beginn den absoluten Kampf wie die Weise Rose,
überrenne euch in der Unterzahl wie Alexander der Große,
kämpfe bis zum Schluß wie die Geschwister Scholl,
nehme ich nicht hin, daß Ungerechtigkeit normal sein soll.
und das Wahrheit heute keinen mehr juckt,
merkt ihr wenn euer Arbeitskollege mit den Schultern zuckt,
wenn ihr ihn fragt warum er nie richtig aufmuckt,
warum alle mit dem Kopf nicken anstatt in zu schütteln,
warum Medien beschönigen anstatt wachzurütteln,
warum Geld beliebt ist wie im Titty-Twister Trucker,
so beliebt wie Linux Firewalls bei einem Hacker.
Und so hilflos wie ein Microsoft-User im Internet,
ist die arbeitenden Klasse der Bauer auf dem Schachbrett,
sieht er nur schwarz und weiß und alles kleinkariert,
vorgeschoben von oben der im Interesse der Könige aggiert,
den man vorschickt um sein eigenes Leben zu retten,
so wie Bereitschaftscops in deutschen Großstädten,
ist es nur ein Bauernopfer schenk ich euren Bauernkopf her,
hab keine Lust mehr,
darauf mich verstellen zu müssen,
aus offiziell ungeklärter Ursache kommt es zu Schüssen,
Theorien , übereilten Authopsien und Trugschlüssen.
Wieso oft werden Akten zurückgehalten,
wie Aussagen von dunklen Gestalten,
im Namen des Volkes und der nationalen Sicherheit
beschränkt ihr unbemerkt demokratische Meinungsfreiheit,
präsentiert uns beobachtet zu werden als Medienhighlight,
und wie geklaute Reime nervts wenn ihr dabei seid,
ich fahr downhill und freestyle in eurer Eiszeit,
schmilzt der Winter wie der Sommer schmeckt,
alles wird gleich und ihr habt es so abgecheckt,
korrekt wie Freeware vom Server gecrackt,
schreibe ich wie Java auf eure Festplatte direkt,
ohne euch zu fragen lege ich Cookies an die euch plagen,
werden, eure Anonymität konnt ihr danch erden,
so wie Individualismus in Büffelheerden,
oder Kopfrechnen bei Hunden oder Pferden.
Ich sag euch die Wahrheit :
Verliert nie die Klarheit,
zu wissen woher ihr kommt und wohin ihr wollt,
das Wort zu ergreifen wenn jemand mit seiner Leere prollt,
willst du der sein der die Kastanien aus dem Feuer holt ?
oder bist du auch schon umgepolt,
wie Bruce Willis in 12 Monkeys ?
ähnelst du Yuppies oder Jumkies ?
oder fährst du weiter im vollen Boot namens Titanic ?
so oder so behalte Ruhe und gerate nie in Panik,
den es kommt die Zeit wo du dich entscheiden mußt,
sonst landest du wie im Flug im Knast,
wie bei Matthias Rust,
lache ich mir nen Ast,
über deine verplannte Psychoaktion,
Hofgang verdeutlicht dir deine Situation,
Alltag so monoton wie Propagandaminister im Orginalton,
ich hoffe ihr wißt es schon,
ich hab kein Bock auf ein müdes Pils,
wie im halflife multiplayer mode zählen im Leben nur die kills
und die Spielregeln stammen nicht von mir,
ich laß sie erstmals genannt “Gesetze” geschrieben auf Papier,
also mach ich mit im Spiel und riskier ,daß ich verlier,
versuch zu gewinnen und von Neuem zu beginnen,
mich auf Stärken zu besinnen,
während automatisierte Fließbänder Platinen verzinnen.
spür ich meine Zeit verinnen,
manchmal vergeht sie wie in Zeitlupe,
manchmal heult sie an dir vorbei wie eine Autohupe,
bei mir gibts keine weißen Westen auf Knopfdruck
aus der Tube,
schau euch wie big brother in die scheinbar gute Stube
ich nehm euch unter die Lupe,
wie Frauenrechtlerinnen die Barbie Puppe,
auf Hintergrund auf dem steht :
ich schreibe also bin ich, was ich drucke,
und ich hoffe das ich euch in eure Alltagssuppe,
spucke,
wenn ich aufmucke
mit meiner Meinung teile eure Truppe,
ob allein im Reim
oder im Kampfverband als Guerillagruppe,
ist mir schnuppe,
ich hohl euch runter von euren hohen Rossen,
sagt zum Abschied leise servus am Funk zu euren Bossen
hab keine Angst vor Vollmantelgeschoßen,
sterbe lieber stehend unter Genossen,
anstatt wie ein Hund um Gnade zu winseln,
greife ich zum Ausdruck meiner Meinung zum Pinsel,
und greif euch mit Worten an wie ihr mich mit Gewehren,
will mich über Umstände und Mißstände beschweren,
ich mach mir einen Reim auf euch und ziehe meine Lehren.
Ich schreib Gedichte,
Ich leg mein Ohr auf die Schiene der Geschichte,
und ich werde euch von Zuständen berichten,
wie Sondergesetzen und politischen gelenkten Gerichten,
werd niemals eure Fahnen hissen,
wie manche die kommerz großschreiben,
bin ich vielleicht sehr, vielleicht garnicht zu beneiden
werd aber nicht von eurem Mainstreet-ICE mitgerissen
fang nicht an sondern hab nie aufgehört euch zu dissen,
die Guten sind öft böse und die Bösen sind gerissen.
deshalb werd ich eure scheinbar weißen Westen anpissen,
werd euch nicht auf-sitzen wie auf Dixis auf dem Pepsi Sziget
ist es ein beschissener Horrortrip mit euch auf eurem Ticket,
deswegen “watch your steps” wie in Freddys’ Nightmare,
um euren Weg zu vorher zu sehen bedarf es keiner Hellseher,
ihr seid die Kopfverdreher und Gehirnweichspüler,
ich brauch wie old-school 911er einen Zusatzölkühler,
um am Limit um zu bestehen wie auf dem Planet der Affen,
seid ihr dabei die Menschlichkeit per Gesetz abzuschaffen,
wie Mad Max mit Kompressor auf der Überholspur,
puscht mich mein Adrenalin und mein Racheschwur,
tanke ich kein benzin sondern mein kerosin pur.
leicht explosiv und primitiv wie ihr und euer Spiel,
ich durchrase unwirkliche Landschaften mit unklarem Ziel
auf der A7 oder dem Highway to Hell,
wir fahren todsicher schnell,
aber nicht mit in eurem ICE nach Eschede,
Last-minute-one-way,
habt ihr nicht mehr lange,
doch im Angesicht der Gefahr wird euch nicht bange-mann,
korrupte Politiker sitzen an den langen Hebeln dran,
und keiner dreht am Steuer also werdet ihr weiterrasen,
wie Senna in den letzten Lebensphasen,
seid ihr euch zum Abschied treu geblieben,
wenn Playboyhasen eure letze Kerze ausblasen.
auf eurem High-Speed-Trip in die Death End Street,
im Rhythmus dieser Reime schlägt mein Herz nen Beat,
der sich mit eurer Raubkopie eines Fakes nicht deckt,
ich leb unter euch im undergroundkeller versteckt,
ich hab den Algorhythmus eurer Matrix gecheckt,
entschlüsselt hab ich eure Vorgehensweisen,
bilde Kreuzverweise wie Memex-Großrechner,
scannen meine Sniffer eure Worte und Kontakte,
ich schließ keine gelinkten Nichtangriffspakte,
ihr wolltet doch den totalen Krieg,
dann kämpf ich nach dem Motto Tod oder Sieg !
Ich beginn den absoluten Kampf wie die Weise Rose,
überrenne euch in der Unterzahl wie Alexander der Große,
kämpfe bis zum Schluß wie die Geschwister Scholl,
nehme ich nicht hin, daß Ungerechtigkeit normal sein soll.
und das Wahrheit heute keinen mehr juckt,
merkt ihr wenn euer Arbeitskollege mit den Schultern zuckt,
wenn ihr ihn fragt warum er nie richtig aufmuckt,
warum alle mit dem Kopf nicken anstatt in zu schütteln,
warum Medien beschönigen anstatt wachzurütteln,
warum Geld beliebt ist wie im Titty-Twister Trucker,
so beliebt wie Linux Firewalls bei einem Hacker.
Und so hilflos wie ein Microsoft-User im Internet,
ist die arbeitenden Klasse der Bauer auf dem Schachbrett,
sieht er nur schwarz und weiß und alles kleinkariert,
vorgeschoben von oben der im Interesse der Könige aggiert,
den man vorschickt um sein eigenes Leben zu retten,
so wie Bereitschaftscops in deutschen Großstädten,
ist es nur ein Bauernopfer schenk ich euren Bauernkopf her,
hab keine Lust mehr,
darauf mich verstellen zu müssen,
aus offiziell ungeklärter Ursache kommt es zu Schüssen,
Theorien , übereilten Authopsien und Trugschlüssen.
Wieso oft werden Akten zurückgehalten,
wie Aussagen von dunklen Gestalten,
im Namen des Volkes und der nationalen Sicherheit
beschränkt ihr unbemerkt demokratische Meinungsfreiheit,
präsentiert uns beobachtet zu werden als Medienhighlight,
und wie geklaute Reime nervts wenn ihr dabei seid,
ich fahr downhill und freestyle in eurer Eiszeit,
schmilzt der Winter wie der Sommer schmeckt,
alles wird gleich und ihr habt es so abgecheckt,
korrekt wie Freeware vom Server gecrackt,
schreibe ich wie Java auf eure Festplatte direkt,
ohne euch zu fragen lege ich Cookies an die euch plagen,
werden, eure Anonymität konnt ihr danch erden,
so wie Individualismus in Büffelheerden,
oder Kopfrechnen bei Hunden oder Pferden.
Ich sag euch die Wahrheit :
Verliert nie die Klarheit,
zu wissen woher ihr kommt und wohin ihr wollt,
das Wort zu ergreifen wenn jemand mit seiner Leere prollt,
willst du der sein der die Kastanien aus dem Feuer holt ?
oder bist du auch schon umgepolt,
wie Bruce Willis in 12 Monkeys ?
ähnelst du Yuppies oder Jumkies ?
oder fährst du weiter im vollen Boot namens Titanic ?
so oder so behalte Ruhe und gerate nie in Panik,
den es kommt die Zeit wo du dich entscheiden mußt,
sonst landest du wie im Flug im Knast,
wie bei Matthias Rust,
lache ich mir nen Ast,
über deine verplannte Psychoaktion,
Hofgang verdeutlicht dir deine Situation,
Alltag so monoton wie Propagandaminister im Orginalton,
ich hoffe ihr wißt es schon,
ich hab kein Bock auf ein müdes Pils,
wie im halflife multiplayer mode zählen im Leben nur die kills
und die Spielregeln stammen nicht von mir,
ich laß sie erstmals genannt “Gesetze” geschrieben auf Papier,
also mach ich mit im Spiel und riskier ,daß ich verlier,
versuch zu gewinnen und von Neuem zu beginnen,
mich auf Stärken zu besinnen,
während automatisierte Fließbänder Platinen verzinnen.
spür ich meine Zeit verinnen,
manchmal vergeht sie wie in Zeitlupe,
manchmal heult sie an dir vorbei wie eine Autohupe,
bei mir gibts keine weißen Westen auf Knopfdruck
aus der Tube,
schau euch wie big brother in die scheinbar gute Stube
ich nehm euch unter die Lupe,
wie Frauenrechtlerinnen die Barbie Puppe,
auf Hintergrund auf dem steht :
ich schreibe also bin ich, was ich drucke,
und ich hoffe das ich euch in eure Alltagssuppe,
spucke,
wenn ich aufmucke
mit meiner Meinung teile eure Truppe,
ob allein im Reim
oder im Kampfverband als Guerillagruppe,
ist mir schnuppe,
ich hohl euch runter von euren hohen Rossen,
sagt zum Abschied leise servus am Funk zu euren Bossen
hab keine Angst vor Vollmantelgeschoßen,
sterbe lieber stehend unter Genossen,
anstatt wie ein Hund um Gnade zu winseln,
greife ich zum Ausdruck meiner Meinung zum Pinsel,
und greif euch mit Worten an wie ihr mich mit Gewehren,
will mich über Umstände und Mißstände beschweren,
ich mach mir einen Reim auf euch und ziehe meine Lehren.
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www.capital.gr – Κεφάλαιο στην ενημέρωση

Στην κυκλοφορία μιας καινούριας σειράς συσκευών με την ονομασία Accelerator Series προχώρησε η Cyberoam. Οι δε πρώτες συσκευές της νέας σειράς, CR50ia και CR100ia, συνδυάζουν αδιάλειπτη ασφάλεια δικτύων με εντυπωσιακή απόδοση σε μικρομεσαίες επιχειρήσεις. Παράλληλα, προσφέρουν σχεδόν πέντε φορές μεγαλύτερο όγκο διαχείρισης σε επίπεδο firewall και δύο φορές τον όγκο διαχείρισης σε επίπεδο προστασίας παρείσφρησης (Intrusion Prevention System – IPS) σε σχέση με τα υπάρχοντα μοντέλα, παρέχοντας υψηλή ασφάλεια και αντίστοιχο λόγο απόδοσης προς τιμή στις ενδιαφερόμενες επιχειρήσεις-πελάτες.[next]


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