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Comment Re:Hmmm .... (Score 1) 125

Too many tourists? Double the room rates. Double the restaurant prices. Double the airfare. No, triple it! A new horde of US tourists surging demand in Cuba will just drive up prices.

Which means that the owners of the resorts will get more money, which they will spend in the local economy, which means more money for the locals.

Comment Re:bank I use ... allows (weak passwords) (Score 1) 271

I don't know what the solution is. Clearly neither does google or anyone else.

There is a solution that doesn't require SMS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

It is based off of RFCs, as well, so you don't even need to use Google's implementation.

That, combined with a sheet of OTP's that don't require a code tucked in a safe, gets it done.

Comment Re:This is a much bigger problem than you might th (Score 1) 129

As I said, very easy to circumvent

If your point is to stop employees from plugging in an access point they bought at Best Buy, this is quite effective.

If your point is actual security against a criminal, 802.1x with certificates is the only way to go.

Point is, at least stopping 1/2 of the problems is better than stopping none of them. Right or wrong, 802.1x security is seen as too complicated for most IT departments.

Comment Re:and when the next one has a bomb? (Score 4, Informative) 236

The scenario you have painted here is a farce.

While I don't support regulation of drones outside of keeping them away from normal airplane traffic and outside private property, this is hardly a farce.

This is a 4-lb payload drone that doesn't look more than 1 meter wide. There is even a video showing it dropping a small watermelon from 250ft.

A M18 Claymore is 3.5 lbs, so this drone could carry one without issue.

Comment Re:Air-gap. (Score 1) 177

Just make sure that anything past your legal retention limit is only retained offline.

Do you think that because it is no longer required for you to keep certain documents, that it will prevent a subpoena from demanding them if they exist?

So, every time there is a lawsuit, you have to re-plug all of those air gaps archives to search for whatever documents the opposition deems relevant. There went February's IT productivity.

NO. As soon as you don't need it, delete it automatically. Make it a written policy. After X years, everything is deleted unless it is placed in a certain archive manually. That archive will be small and certain to only be used to your company's advantage.

Comment Re:Work from home FTW (Score 1) 420

Yes, I am the CCNA whisperer, and I appreciate the hard work that you do and want to buy you a drink the next time you're in town.

Damn, you're good.

Seriously, I went from "mildly annoyed that your viewpoint was different from mine", to "This cat is alright, one of the good ones" in your one comment.

And yes, I know part of it is because your comment has some ego stroking for network people, but I don't care. I'll take it. :)

I do appreciate you people. I really want to help, but when the morals just keep saying "It don't work", I'm really at a loss on how to help them understand their own app!

Comment Work from home FTW (Score 1) 420

For me, working in an office is about maximizing Communication.

I work for a global company, and collaborate with people around the planet. We're not going to be in one office, therefore an office is pointless.

Plus, your workspace is very much a showcase of your work, personality, and work habits, and I find it way easier to display it on the open planform "science fair" office than in the empty nest "cube farm" booth format.

My results are the showcase of my work. I'm paid for results, not a display of how neat my workspace is. I'm a network engineer, so maybe you're an interior designer and it makes sense.

If you really need privacy, grab a break-out room, or work from home that day. But for the most part, I find that work sucks more when there's not enough communication,

I work from home full-time. If it were practical to meet in an office, I'd do it 1-2 days a week max just for building relationships with coworkers. Still, a majority of my time is actually getting shit done.
As for communication, we have phones, IM chat, and online meetings. There is no shortage of ways to communicate requirements and goals. The only thing that suffers is the ability to grow relationships with people around the coffee maker, and again, that isn't going to happen when we live on opposite sides of this rock.

Comment Re:What about long-term data integrity? (Score 1) 438

I think the point is that the parent has obviously dealt with IT people that think RAID = backup. I have as well. It is painful.

Also, saying "RAID protects against *some* data loss scenarios" isn't accurate. It protects against one, and only one, data loss scenario: drive failure.

ALL other data loss scenarios are immune to RAID.

One =! some.

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