Our workforce has become  more decentralized and telecommuting has become commonplace. Businesses of all sizes now depend on VPN’s or “virtual private networks”. VPN’s are secure, private networks that run across the public networks (Internet). These VPN’s allow workers to remotely and securely access your computer network, as though they were working at their desks in your office.

If you or your employees are routinely away from your office and need access to your company’s network, a VPN is an inexpensive way to increase productivity — without sacrificing security.

The name “virtual private network” gives you a clue about how VPNs actually work. VPN software programs “carve out” a section of the Web, and allow only authorized users to access it. This virtual network works across the existing network and yet it’s private!

Your remote workers enter their secure login credentials and they are granted access to the VPN gateway at the office. Now they access the network just as if they were at their desks. They can work with software programs, read and send e-mail, even open and store files.  Whatever their work requires them to do, but without requiring them to drive into the office, or occupy their desk.

Creating these secure links between the remote user and the network, requires only two parts.

First you need the “VPN client” which is  software that’s installed on the remote users computer. Second you need the “VPN gateway” which is on the network side. This screens out unauthorized access attempts and safely lets in your  authorized users.

Additional security is provided when the “VPN client” encrypts all data before  sending it out. On the other end the “VPN gateway” decodes the data once it arrives.

Even very small companies can reap the benefits of VPN technology. Windows Small Business Server and Windows 7 have built-in VPN capability. So if your network runs on Windows Small Business Server, it’s just a matter of enabling and configuring the VPN features. Crossroad Technologies can quickly and easily configure these options for you.

There are open source alternatives, too — some of them designed for the home PC user. Let me know if you want to explore these options. However my best recommendation is to use one of the Windows Small Business Server options.

But, I have read that people have had trouble performing a complete recovery from a image copy that they had made.

That is, in event of a "disaster" such as having to re-install Windows, they have not been able to do a complete recovery from the copy they made.

I would like someone who have used Acronis to answer this question.

Thank you

i am professionaly using acronis from last 3 years and never had any problem with the backups. WE use GFS backup strategy as our disaster recovery plan.

its a good idea to have multiple backups in case one gets corrupt.

Harry

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If its a anti virus protector the only way you can, or the only way I could get rid of it was downloading a free malware program, even though I had one on my computer already..

Hope this helps.

http://www.malwaree.org/?tid=meorg&gclid=CIH8utCAuZkCFQKJxgodZCp_6A

1 Windows Media Player
2 System Tools
3 False
4 True
5 60 seconds
6 System Restore
7 Disk Cleanup
8 True
9 Backup tool
10 Windows Media Player

It doesn’t take an expert to answer these – "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"

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6
Which two characteristics describe a worm? (Choose two.)
Executes when software is run on a computer.
Is self-replicating.
Hides in a dormant state until needed by an attacker.
Infects computers by attaching to software code.
Travels to new computers without any intervention or knowledge of the user.

7
Which two statements are true about username and password standards? (Choose two.)
The username naming convention should be kept simple.
Usernames should expire periodically.
The passwords should be kept simple and easy to remember.
Rules about password expiration and lockout should be defined.
BIOS passwords should be given to users to enable them to configure their computer.

8
Which two items can be downloaded from the Microsoft website to help protect Windows XP? (Choose two.)
ROM upgrades
service packs
security patches
BIOS upgrades
DirectX updates

9
A fingerprint reader is an example of which security technology?
authorization
biometric
keylogging
secureware
smartcard

10
Which best practice should be included in a password protection policy?
Encourage users to document passwords in a personal file.
Enforce password protection at the BIOS level.
Implement lockout rules upon consecutive unsuccessful attempts at accessing the system.
Restrict passwords to text-based strings.

11
What must be done to ensure that the anti-virus software on a computer is able to detect and eradicate the most recent viruses?
Download the latest signature files on a regular basis.
Schedule a scan once a week.
Schedule anti-virus updates using Windows Task Manager.
Follow the firewall configuration guidelines on the anti-virus manufacturer website.

12
Where is the safest place to store backups?
portable lock box
locked telecommunications room
locked server room
offsite secure facility

13
Which type of program causes banners and ads to appear on the desktop without any user intervention?
adware
spyware
stealth virus
trojan horse

14
An employee for a small company inadvertently allows a visitor to see their username and password. At home, the visitor then uses this information to gain access to the company network. This is an example of what type of threat?
man-in-the-middle
phishing
physical
social engineering
spoofing

15
A technician has downloaded the latest Windows XP updates from the Microsoft website. What should the technician do before installing the updates?
Create a restore point.
Manually update the Last Known Good Configuration.
Reinstall the anti-virus software.
Change the firewall rules to enable the installer to access port 8900 of the Microsoft server.

The only Cisco related question i can see would possibly be:

Which wireless security technology is a good choice when using Cisco equipment in conjunction with operating systems such as Windows and Linux?
LEAP
WEP
WPA
WTLS

And with that question i would answer WPA

Well today has been a techno disaster

Windows went down so booted to an old 6.06 lts ubuntu live cd to fix the mess.

Decided to do a backup of my important files first so connected my 1TB drive with lots of important files…..but of course ubuntu couldn’t write to ntfs properly back then so hit a problem.

To solve it I fired up parted switched to my backup drive. Which had all the options grayed out as it was mounted.

No matter. Terminal > sudo umount /dev/sdb

….not found.

After a seconds thought I right clicked the desktop icon for the drive and chose eject. Then refreshed parted. Options ungrayed result.

Entered two changes: resize the original ntfs backup partition with all of my files on it to leave 7odd th at the end. And reformat that empty space with extra3.

Selected option to write changes to disk.

Task one started then suddenly ubuntu remounted the drive of its own accord before the first task had completed. I can only assume it has some misguided urge to mount external disks.

An error screen also popped up which I closed too quickly without reading it as I wrongly concluded it was the second new partition which had also been mounted.

Now gparted shows the disk as divided into two with both marked as of unknown filesystem. The second takes up no actual space but appears on the list. The first has maintained its boot flag.

Help how do I recover my backup partition??
Sorry for typos Android phone prediction run amoc

Parted = gparted

Th =gb
Sorry for typos Android phone prediction run amoc

Parted = gparted

Th =gb
Sorry for typos Android phone prediction run amoc

Parted = gparted

Th =gb

I once had a similar problem and TestDisk was able to recover the partition

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

Thanks for your time

How will you learn if I tell you the answers? But here they are:

1. False – it’s a magnetic surface
2. True – yes, 224 root directories possible
3. False – Windows has a limit on directories and subdirectories- 255 deep maximum.
4. False – ISA are memory address specific-no sharing.
5. True – only sixteen IRQ but with port steering and USB managing them, it can appear to be more than sixteen.
6. True – hard copy/paper copy
7. False – Yes they do in case you want to use them.
8. False – SRAM is on cards, HD and hardware -too slow for processor.
9. False – smaller is always faster
10. False – less instructions to prevent slow down of processing time.
11. False – Just use another port if available
12. True – A compressed drive would not function-only a big file.
13. True – way faster!
14. True – of course!

Let me know how I did on your homework.

However in a home-office setting, it seems there is no such thing as backup software, there is no such thing as incremental or differential backups, you’re left to drag-and-drop files to a thumb drive and keep all your install disks handy.

Is it me or is that a completely insane oversight? Shouldn’t there be some more professional alternative to that? Or should I just accept the fact that Windows Explorer and a safe to keep the install CD’s is the only thing home users or home office users will ever have as a "disaster recovery solution"? Or .. and here’s a scary thought … is it simply that NOONE EVER BACKS UP THEIR COMPUTERS EVER?

I don’t know about your computer, but the very first thing there on system tools is "backup" on mine.

Or you can type "backup software free" into a search engine. I just got this as a return:

backup software free Showing 1-10 of 22,610,000

I’m sure one of those 22 millions hits would do the job. There’s even more if you want to pay for it.