Below are the 7 most recent journal entries recorded in fenris368's InsaneJournal:

Thursday, January 5th, 2012
10:28 am	How to Survive and Prosper In a Network Market There are many people in the world who are unable to hold onto full time jobs due to a variety of reasons. Such people usually resort to part time professions where they can do justice to their jobs while, at the same time, deal with their personal problems and issues. One of the best ways of reconciling personal problems and daily earnings is to enter the network market and become successful in it. However, it is particularly difficult for a person to survive in network marketing let alone become successful. Even so, it is possible for an individual to make the network marketdance to his tunes if he knows the intricacies inherent in it. The following are some tips that will help you become a sparkling success in the network market. 1. Determination is important: In order to be successful in the network market, you need to be determined. The problem with most people getting into this business is that they treat it as a part time business or a hobby and expect it to come through by itself. When this does not happen, the usual reaction is to blame the business. Therefore, you should first decide to treat network marketing with respect and allot the time and effort that is due it business firewalls. 2. Establish a detailed schedule: With any business, a routine is required to achieve success. This is especially true for businesses where there are no offices and the person works from home. Resultantly, if you have just entered the world of the network market then you need to establish a detailed schedule with clearly demarcated segments. Moreover, you should also try to stick to this schedule as strictly as possible if you want to be successful. 3. Keep expanding your knowledge: The key to leveraging your strengths in the network market business is to keep abreast of all the developments in the industry. If you can keep pace with all the new developments in the industry, the consumer trends and also the behavioral researches then you would be in a very strong place when it comes to convincing people to buy the product or service that you are selling. For example, if you know about the competing products and services then you can compare them to your product and service with them to show the potential buyer that yours is better. 4. Constitute a monthly budget: It is also important to understand that, unless you invest a certain amount of money in your business, you would never see it flourish. What this means is that you need to constitute a monthly budget for your business which would be used to further it through training, marketing materials and even miscellaneous expenses. Over and above everything mentioned above, you need to keep a rational approach when it comes to the network market. A measured approach is important because it would keep you from having unrealistic expectations with your business and would also give you a roadmap on how to go about making it successful. Current Mood: sad (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
10:31 pm	Looking For Some Network Marketing Tips to Help Your Team Grow Huge Many people start in their network marketing business thinking they are going to make a ton of money selling the products or marketing the services. network security This is so far from the truth. The only way you can make a lot of money in your network marketing business is to duplicate yourself. Meaning you have to the ability to sponsor people and train them so they can become successful business owners themselves. If you are looking for a way to explode your team then your business really needs to have a training program that rocks. The right business with the right training program will attract many different kinds of people. Some people will have no experience what so ever in the network marketing arena and will really need a step by step plan to grow their business. You will also attract successful business people. They are looking for a business that has a training program so they can use it to build their enterprise. When you see a successful network marketing entrepreneur you know that they have built a team that has a training program in place to help their downline become a success. network security The MLM industry has the coolest structure. In order for anyone to be successful they have to make sure they have a system in place that teaches their teammates how to be successful. I can be the best salesman in the world but until I understand that to build a huge network marketing business then I have to be able to train many different kinds of people. So my training system has to be simple and easy to duplicate. firewall hardware In my experience you are going to find people who need to be held by the hand and walked through getting started. They are going to need emails, possibly web casts, and I'm sure phone calls to encourage them they are on track. Then you are going to find the other extreme of people who want no help at all. They are going to ask for links, maybe some written instruction and they want you to get out of their way. In either extreme you need a training program that works for all kinds of people. In many network marketing programs the training starts out teaching about the products or service, the opportunity itself, and then will share or explain a marketing strategy. At some point though you are going to have to different marketing strategies in the training. Many businesses have the basic training in place but have nothing in place to train people how to grow and keep in contact with a huge downline. As you grow your business you need to continue your own training. You need to research successful entrepreneurs and businesses to see the different systems they have in place that has grown their own company. You will see all of these people and businesses have a training program in place that meets the needs of all people and usually for every step in growing a person's business. It is going to be extremely important that you take advantage of all the network marketing tips so you can make your team go boom. Continue to research and study successful business people. Find out the training programs they have in place that you can use to enhance your business. Put together a training program that will reach all the different people you are going to attract and then watch your business and team EXPLODE. Current Mood: artistic (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
12:44 pm	Spam Firewall What's a Spam Firewall A spam firewall is a hardware device that sits between your net firewall and LAN. It's called a "firewall" as a result of it provides data filtering of email packets, and blocks the packets that meet the criteria of "spam". Spam firewalls will additionally give anti-virus protection, anti-spyware, anti-spoofing and anti-phishing services, depending on the model you choose. A spam firewall is not designed to shield your network against intruders like hackers - you will need a daily internet firewall for that. How Does a Spam Firewall Appliance Work Spam firewalls use a selection of strategies for determining what is considered spam and filtering it out. business firewalls Normally a form of blacklisting is employed, that automatically filters out email from known spammy addresses. A whitelist could also be used, which permits the administrator to identify addresses or domains that should never be blocked. Keyword scanning may conjointly be used, allowing the administrator or individual user to dam emails containing certain keywords or keyword combinations. A form of message authenticity checking is additionally normally used to identify valid "from" addresses, check details of the entire SMTP process, or validate legitimate IP addresses. Several spam firewall appliances also use bayesian algorithm filtering, that facilitate the firewall block additional spam over time because it "learns" what is thought-about spam based on message history, user input and other analysis. Incoming message flow filters also observe the number of incoming messages and where they're from, permitting them to quickly spot and stop a sudden barrage of spam emails that are mass-distributed from the same source. Spam firewalls are terribly "sensible" and good at eliminating the bulk of spam email that comes into a network. They're not 100% effective, however many return close firewall software. Are Spam Firewalls Expensive Spam firewall appliances range in worth from around $2000 up to $twenty,000 or more, depending on the amount of users it desires to guard and features. Several spam firewalls have optional options like antivirus or anti spyware. Spam firewalls would like to be kept recent with the newest data on known spam sites, new algorithms, updated filters, etc... This can be normally handled by the firewall manufacturer as an auto-update feature. As with most network appliances, an annual maintenance arrange is usually purchased for the purpose of keeping the firewall recent and performing it's best. What Regarding False Positives Spam firewall appliances use several subtle techniques to spot and block spam, typically with very sensible success. As a result of spammers are constantly amendment their techniques in order to induce their unsolicited mail past the newest and greatest spam filtering technologies, spam firewalls should regularly monitor patterns and create filtering corrections. Spam firewall makers are constantly create corrective configuration changes to stay up with the battle against spammers. For that reason, even the most effective spam firewall is going to filter out "smart" mail from time to time. network security This is known as a "false positive", and administrators (and users) must invariably be looking out for this. Most spam firewalls have sensitivity thresholds that can be adjusted by an administrator to help overcome false positives. A spam firewall appliance isn't your typical "set it and forget it" firewall, however the advantage of having such an appliance on your network way outweighs the necessity for some administrative work. If your organization experiences a lot of spam mail - get a spam firewall and expertise the distinction! Current Mood: productive (Comment on this)
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
4:03 am	How to secure your small business with a PIX firewall One of the more popular firewall products for the small business market is the Cisco PIX 501. Out of the box it requires just a few ... entries and you are up and running. In this guide, we One of the more popular firewall products for the small business market is the Cisco PIX 501. Out of the box it requires just a few configuration entries and you are up and running. network security This guide is written for the user who has no knowledge of the PIX firewall. As such, it is not a treatise on network security, but a quick, by-the numbers guide to configuring a PIX firewall with as little jargon as possible. We are assuming that you have an internet connection with at least one static IP address. While the PIX can easily handle a dynamic IP address (that is the default configuration), you wont be able to easily configure remote access, VPNs, Mail, or web servers without a static IP address. Your PIX should have come with an AC adapter, a yellow CAT 5 cable, an orange CAT5 cable and a flat, (typically) baby blue cable with a 9-pin serial connector on one end and an RJ-45 plug on the other. The yellow CAT5 cable is a standard Ethernet cable and is used to connect your pc or server to the 4-port Ethernet switch built into the PIX. The Orange CAT5 cable is a cross-over cable and may be required to connect the outside interface of the PIX to your ISPs router (if your PCs or workstations are plugged into a Cisco switch inside the network, you will also require a cross-over cable for connecting to one of the switch ports on the PIX). What we are going to use for our configuration is the baby blue rollover cable. Insert the serial jack into one of the serial ports on the back of the PC or laptop you will be using to configure the PIX. Then, insert the RJ-45 plug into the port on the back of the PIX labeled console. Windows has a built in application that is used for (among other things) configuring serial devices. Using the start menu, go to Start > Programs > Accessories > Communications > Hyper Terminal. Choose the Hyper Terminal application. You may get a dialog box asking if youd like to make Hyper Terminal your default telnet application. Unless you have a preference, go ahead and choose yes. Then you will be asked for the area code from which you are dialing, although it isnt applicable here, the program still wants to know, so fill it in and click next or ok. Next, well be asked to enter the details for the phone number wed like to dial. Since we aren't dialing a phone number, use the drop-down selector at the bottom of the box to choose COM1 or COM2 (whichever is applicable). If you have no idea which one is which, you may need to try it both ways. Luckily, it isnt too complex, just remember 9600, 8, none, and 1. Enter these settings into the drop down selectors of the box on your screen. Now we are ready to set up the PIX. Insert the power cable and you will be greeted with the startup monologue (its not a dialog in this case, its just informing you of what is occurring). Then, you will be greeted with a screen that asks if youd like to program the PIX using interactive prompts. For the purpose of this exercise, type no and click enter. You will now get a prompt that looks like this: pixfirewall> Type the word enable (no quotes), when prompted for the password, just click enter as the default is no password. The prompt has changed to a hash mark: Pixfirewall# Type the phrase configure terminal (no quotes); you are telling the PIX that you want to enter the global configuration mode and you will be doing your configuration via the terminal window. Now, the domain name; its alright if you dont have a domain set up on your network, you can call it whatever you like. However, give some thought to whether a domain might be a possibility at some point and plan your naming scheme appropriately. pixfirewall(config)# domain-name mydomain.com As you can see from the configuration above, the ethernet0 interface is the outside interface, with a security setting of 0, while ethernet1 is the inside interface with a security setting of 100. Additionally, you can see that the interfaces are shutdown. All we need do to bring them up is enter the speed at which they should operate. As they are Ethernet interfaces, any software version after 6.3(3) will take 100full, prior to that, use 10full. Now to assign an address to the inside and outside interfaces; the ip address command sets the ip address of an interface. The syntax is as follows: Ip address pixfirewall(config)# ip address outside 12.25.241.2 255.255.255.252 (this IP address, netmask combination should not be used, it is shown here for example only. Use the IP address/mask given to you by your ISP). One way that is used to conserve public IP addresses is through the use of non-routable IP addressing blocks specified in RFC 1597. You may sometimes hear them referred to as private IP addresses, which is fine, but not quite technically accurate. There are three different blocks to choose from: 10.0.0.0 10.255.255.255 with a netmask of 255.0.0.0 172.16.0.0 172.31.255.255 with a netmask of 255.255.0.0 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0 as long as your internal network's IP addresses are all within one of those blocks of address space, you will not need to introduce the complexity of routing within your LAN. An example scheme for those who are not familiar is shown below: PIX 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 File/DHCP server 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 Workstations 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.254 netmask (each) 255.255.255.0 * I intentionally skipped over the 192.168.0.3-9 addresses to plan for future expansion and the possible need for additional servers, you don't have to do this. * Configure your DHCP server to hand out addresses in the specified block using your ISP-provided DNS servers for name resolution. Make sure to change this should you ever decide to install a name server within your own network. * If you don't want to set up a DHCP server, just configure each PC with the IP address, default gateway, netmask & DNS servers It is very important now to add a default route to the PIX configuration. Another term for default route is the default gateway. You need to tell the PIX that if it receives traffic destined for a network that isnt directly connected, it should send it to the connected ISP router. Your ISP should have given you the IP address of your default gateway when you received your setup information. Here is the syntax: Route The English translation is if packets destined for interface on the network specified by network address are bounded by mask then route it via a next hop at the optional command is used to give an indication of distance. For example pixfirewall(config)# Route outside 0 0 1 (if packets are destined outside the network to any ip address with any netmask, send them through the ISPs default gateway, which is one hop away, meaning it is the device to which the PIX is connected on the outside interface). To password protect your PIX in order to prevent unauthorized access, use something that is secure and hard to guess. Try to stay away from the names of spouses, children, pets, birthdays or other easily guessed variable. Whenever possible, use a combination of letters and numbers. The syntax is as follows (but please dont use cisco as your actual password) pixfirewall(config)# Passwd cisco (note the abbreviated spelling of the word password) this will set a password for basic access (rembember the pixfirewall> prompt) pixfirewall(config)# Enable password cisco this will set the password for administrative access Now that your PIX has been given a basic configuration, you should be able to access the internet, while preventing unauthorized access to your resources. Current Mood: curious (Comment on this)
Monday, December 19th, 2011
12:01 am	A Look At The Diaspora Social Network Diaspora is an open-source alternative to Facebook (with, rather amazingly, some solid donations from Mark Zuckerberg himself!) that is currently in it's alpha stage of development. The project rode the wave of the Facebook privacy crisis during the chafing summer of 2010, and sought to address issues such as transparency by offering an open-source framework. As the criticism and negativity regarding Facebook's privacy woes began to dim a little in the public eye, and critics began to take swipes at Diaspora's primitive framework, our budding social network began to lose some steam despite having reached almost $200k in funding. The Diaspora team call the project a "...privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all distributed open source social network". The basic structural premise is as follows: Instead of entrusting the entirety of your data to a corporation, users can host their own (servers) thereby taking full control of how their privacy is handled. Think of Diaspora as a kind of p2p for social networking! Giving users the ability to customize and refine their own pods (the project is open-source), come a tentative October initial release, we can expect a healthy growth of modifications and addons to start enticing users. Selective privacy. Users will be able to control what gets shared with whom due to how the aspect system works (more on that later). network security Despite addressing the growing concerns over centralizing private data, Diaspora has a number of ifs it needs to address, and in some cases, they are quite big ifs. Firstly, having to host your own server is expensive (and currently relatively complicated) and Internet users, thanks to services such as Google+ and Facebook have come to equate social networking with a freebie. While for many, protecting their privacy will understandably come at a cost, I think it's fair to say that the vast majority of people will not. If the project is unable to entice a large quantity of people, people will stick with Facebook and co. simply because "hey, that's where everyone else is". I find it hard to blame them, a social network demands a large user-base. My personal opinion is that the ongoing success of such a promising platform will depend largely on how the issue of hosting is simplified -- which leads to something of an ideological conundrum. If free hosts step-in to address these concerns, and services are offered to users to simplify establishing their new online presence, wouldn't the premise of a decentralized and corporate free platform be invalidated Aesthetically speaking, Diaspora is a triumph of minimalism and strikes me immediately as the kind of social networking screen I could feast my eyes on indefinitely. Although bear in mind this is a primitive screenshot and things may change as final changes come closer to fruition. Diaspora's main feature list is as follows: Both private and real time sharing of photos and status messages. Other social networking integration (I foresee legal issues here, but perhaps that's because I'm inherently paranoid). A twitter style API. Spam prevention tools (finally!). Aspects: The flexibility in assigning people roles other than friends or family. Taggable photos. A behind the hood administrative interface! Third-party services integration. I find Diaspora to be a dream social networking platform that I pessimistically worry will never quite find the popular footing it deserves. While I would love nothing more than seeing the Internet masses move forcefully towards this platform, it is still, as yet, a little to complex to expect a meaningful migration business firewalls. Come October, an initial candidate release may unveil some shockers, as the developers have pledged to listen attentively to the community. Only time will tell where the project goes from here, hopefully it isn't all that long. Current Mood: ecstatic (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
11:08 am	CES 2011 highlights Samsung's sexy sliding tablet PC Samsungs Sliding PC 7 sliding tablet PC was first scene today during Microsofts press conference. firewall hardware It was used in a demonstration of Windows 7s ability to run on SoC and immediately hit the news waves with its sleek and sexy, yet very function style. It combines the elegance, ease-of-use and portable form factor of a tablet but also the familiarity of a notebook, according to Scott Leterman, director of mobile PC product marketing at Samsung. Running Windows 7 Home premium, the computer has some very impressive specs: CPU: Intel ATOMTM Oak Trail Z670 @ 1. 66GHz Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium Samsung Touch Launcher Memory: 2GB DDR2 Hard Drive (max): 32GB or 64GB (mSATA SSD) Screen: 10. 1-inch touchscreen HD LCD display (340 nit) Resolution: 1366 x 768 Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics Audio Technology: Integrated speaker (0. 8W x 2) I/O: USB 2. 0 4-in-1 memory card reader HMDI out Webcam: 1. 3MP Battery: Lithium Polymer; up to 9 hours Wireless: 802. 11b/g/n; WiMax; 3G Dimensions: 10 network security. 47 x 6. 88 x 0. 78 inches (W x D x H) Weight: Starting at 2. firewall hardware 18 lbs. Current Mood: stressed (Comment on this)
Friday, December 9th, 2011
10:56 am	Network Routers How Do They Work When you are in a situation where you need to make sure that several computers are networked together and then to still be able to communicate with the outside world, you will find that of course you turn to a router for help. Routers have become such a commonplace part of office and home office life that they are scarcely worth a second thought, but in truth, you will find that learning about the routers on your network can make a huge difference when it comes to understanding how your own office works. In the first place, you will find that a router is essentially all about data organization business firewalls. A home network is a system that is very interconnected, and if all the pieces were simply connected to each other, you would soon find that your network would necessarily move at a snail's pace. Each device on the network would evaluate every piece of information that passed through the network to determine whether or not that that information belonged to it, and this would slow things down a great deal. A router, placed between the disparate units, would go a long way towards directing the traffic flow and making sure that everything to where it was going with as few points between as possible. A router will use a configuration table as its rubric for determining where the information will go. A configuration table will consist of things like the priority with which the message needs to be delivered, the rules for handling the traffic, and the information under which the information is sent through the addresses. In small and simple routers, you may find that a configuration table is as straightforward as a dozen lines, while in more complex ones, the configuration table can grow exponentially. When you are looking at the configuration table for your own router, you will find that it can be changed, but it does take some time and some work. Putting the right configuration tables on your router is something that is called flashing. The router that you use will be the only device that will see every piece of data that goes through your network. One of the router's most important jobs is going to be separating different networks and making sure that their traffic does not bog each other down, and you will also find that it does an important job when it comes to taking information in. Internet data is transferred in the form of packets of data. Thee packets of data are sent along a balanced road that is navigated on a millisecond by millisecond basis, and the routing occurs, to humans at least, practically instantaneously. Take some time and think about your router and everything that it does for you. There are plenty of things that you need to do in order to make sure that you are going to be getting the right kind of options taken care of in your office, so don't miss out on understanding your equipment network security. Current Mood: disappointed (Comment on this)