The client uninstallation password is different from the server group password, and it can be set by the administrator through the Symantec System Center for the client that is managed. If the client uninstallation password has not been set or changed specifically, it will still be the default password. Thus, first thing to try in order to successfully uninstall a Symantec Client Security program is by using the default password for the uninstalling clients, which is symantec.

In the cases where Symantec AntiVirus server has been taken down and no longer exist, or the client computer has no access to company network , or the default client uninstall password does not work, the following hack will enable you to remove Symantec Antivirus without using a password:

1. Open Registry Editor (regedit).
2. Navigate to the following registry key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Administrator Only\Security\
3. Change the value for useVPuninstallpassword key from 1 to 0.
4. Exit Registry Editor and now you can uninstall Symantec AntiVirus Client.

The trick should work on most version of Symantec AntiVirus client or Norton AntiVirus Client, including version 7, 8, 9 or 10.

Product Features and Background

Transparently integrated into the enterprise-class feature set available on the Cisco 880 Series, 3G wireless connectivity allows rapid installation, deployment flexibility, and resilient WAN backup.

Product Overview

Cisco 888 Series Integrated Services Routers are the next generation of fixed-configuration routers that provide collaborative business solutions for secure data communication to small businesses and enterprise teleworkers. The 3G wireless option available on these routers offers a costeffective, rapidly deployable, reliable, and secure backup solution. With data rates approaching T1 speeds, 3G wireless can be used for primary WAN connectivity in locations where wireline services such as DSL and ISDN are not available or are too expensive to deploy.

The Cisco 880G Series Integrated Services Routers support the latest 3G standards (High-Speed Packet Access [HSPA] and EVDO Rev A) and are backward-compatible with Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS), Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), and EVDO Rev0/1xRTT. The Cisco 880G Series has two variants.

1: Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and UMTS models are based on Third-
Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), and they support HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, and GPRS.

2: Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) models are based on 3GPP2, and they support EVDO RevA/Rev0 and 1xRTT.

In addition to 3G wireless WAN, the Cisco 880G Series offers additional WAN options such as xDSL and Fast Ethernet WAN interface, a 4-port 10/100 Fast Ethernet managed switch with VLAN support and the latest 802.11n WLAN capability. The Cisco 880 Series provides the performance required for concurrent services, including firewall, intrusion prevention, content filtering, and encryption for VPNs; and quality-of-service (QoS) features for optimizing voice and video applications. In addition, Cisco Configuration Professional is a web-based configuration tool that simplifies setup and deployment. Centralized management capabilities give network managers visibility and control of the network configurations at the remote site.

Businesses are looking for ways to reduce costs, increase revenue, and improve business continuity. Third-generation wireless connectivity allows a small enterprise branch office or remote office to set up in a matter of hours, without worrying about availability of broadband services and the need for laying down the lines. Wireless carriers offer flexible, usage-based data plans that can be catered to meet the needs and price points of the business customer. As a WAN backup alternative, 3G wireless offers greater WAN diversity and resiliency because it is independent of the local terrestrial infrastructure. It enables businesses to stay productive during service provider
downtime or a network failure.

Cisco 888 G.SHDSL Wireless Router with ISDN backup and 3G – wireless router

How’ve I used it?

I’ve seen the Cisco 888 in place at a customer environment in downtown Cleveland.

The router was providing wireless access to the server room in which it was installed, in addition to powering a single Cisco IP phone. AutoQos runs on the appliance so that voice traffic on the phone is toll quality. VPN services run connecting the 888 to another location over IPSec tunnels through the internet so each site can share files. The 3des, SSL, and AES encryption methods secure the IPSec tunnels and VPN connections on the 888.

802.1x authentication, authing back to a Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server running Internet Authentication Services as a Radius server and Root Certificate Authority services to secure all connections to the wireless network.

This particular 888 did run the 3G services and got connectivity of over 1.5Mbps so when the primary link (a metro ethernet connection through Fidelity Access) went down, the back up 3G network supported the internet access including the VPN tunnel.

The Cisco 888 supports the basic management services so we were able to configure SNMP on it to get the high level statistics necessary to identify potential issues. Being able to accurately identify traffic utilization at the internet link, and the wireless access point of a remote site can be critical to keeping that Utah office up and running.

The USB port makes adding quick storage to dump that config, or copy that image right to your router instead of a tftp server. You can also boot from the USB if you leave a memory stick in it, so it’s a nice back up in case for some crazy reason your flash memory dies, the router will boot from an image on the USB stick that you should keep connected to the USB port at all times. That’s a hint.

The only catch with the 888 series is that there’s no model that includes both the 3g capability and the wireless draft N capability. Sad but true.

I personally think the 888 is a great device and find it to have been as reliable as anything you’d expect from Cisco.

Cloud Security Alert By Tim Greene , Network World , 05/18/2009

 

 

Senior Editor Tim Greene clarifies issues surrounding the evolving NAC security architecture.

 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is going to weigh in on cloud computing and has started by working on a definition of what cloud computing is.

While it hasn’t officially released its draft definition, it’s been posted on several blogs, including this one by Chris Hoff, who makes an important observation: the NIST draft is similar to his own definition of clouds which is similar to that of the Jericho Forum.

 

Hoff’s work for the Cloud Security Alliance so closely resembled that of the Jericho Forum that members of both groups promised at the recent RSA conference to work together.

NIST, CSA and Jericho Forum agreeing on what clouds are is an important step toward getting a set of cloud standards, including security, in place. Together, they represent a broad spectrum of interested parties.

 

For its part, NIST is exploring the possibilities cloud computing holds for the government and weighing the merits of a single government cloud vs. multiple clouds built agency by agency. NIST’s security concerns are significant and align well with what businesses ought to worry about.

The agency breaks its security concerns into creating a secure overall cloud architecture, securing applications that might exist within that cloud, centralizing security monitoring and enabling forensics in a cloud to discover the cause of security breaches. NIST’s results in any of these areas can be instructive to corporations considering cloud services.

Significantly, NIST is also considering how the government might use third-party clouds and insure a measure of security using service level agreements. Apparently NIST gives cloud service providers the benefit of the doubt when it comes to creating environments secure enough to pass federal muster, bringing a broader consensus to the utility of cloud services.

Tim Greene is senior editor at Network World.

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3rd parties have been developing wireless HDMI transceivers and receivers for over a year, why is the official HDMI next-gen still wired?  Who knows, but the original article is below:

Next HDMI to have Ethernet built in

 

HDMI 1.4

Network Architecture Alert By Jeff Caruso , Network World , 05/18/2009

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Site Editor Jeff Caruso helps you make sense of the evolving world of LANs and routers.

 

Several Web sites last week came forward with details of the next version of the HDMI cable specification, one that will have Ethernet capabilities built in – but the group responsible for the spec isn’t verifying any of those details.

 

High-Definition Multimedia Interface, or HDMI, is a spec primarily aimed at video and audio. If you have a high-definition TV, you may already be familiar with it as the interface that allows you to run a single cable between your cable-TV box and your TV, instead of a bunch of component audio and video lines.

 

HDMI Licensing LLC in January issued a press release saying that “high-speed data” via Ethernet would be consolidated into the next version of the cable, alongside HD video and audio.

HDMI is already being used for data in at least one corporate application, as I noted a couple of months ago. Netgear uses HDMI cables in its stackable Ethernet switches as the stacking connection that allows the switches to work together as one unit. Netgear says it can get a 10G bit/sec connection using the cables.

 

Last week, several reports surfaced with more details than the January press release, saying that the next HDMI, version 1.4, would include an “HDMI Ethernet Channel” to deliver up to 100M bit/sec. Bloggers blasted the spec on the grounds that it is slated to have two different data rates, and that could be confusing to consumers. But like I said, the HDMI group isn’t confirming those details.

Other features that the group did promise in January include better performance, a new connector for in-car audio and video, and a new smaller connector.

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The Cisco 1800 Series fixed-configuration routers are designed for secured broadband access, Metro Ethernet, and wireless connectivity.

They also help businesses reduce costs by enabling deployment of a single device to provide multiple services typically performed by separate devices.

News analysis: Oracle-Sun – What the analysts say

Tags: java, oracle, ibm, solaris

By Tim Ferguson

Published: 22 April 2009 08:34 BST

Oracle’s proposed $7.4bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems has shaken up the tech industry.

The mega-deal, which comes soon after IBM’s bid for Sun fell apart, strengthens Oracle’s hand in the software market and gives Oracle control over the Unix-based Solaris operating system and Java programming language. More dramatically, it could pave the way for database giant Oracle to become a systems vendor.

So what are the challenges for the players involved, and the implications for the industry as a whole? We asked a panel of expert analysts to weigh in on various aspects of the deal.

How will the deal change Oracle and how is Sun’s technology likely to be used?

Stefan Ried, senior analyst at Forrester Research, said: “Oracle will value Sun’s software stack and use the open source alternatives to complement their portfolio of mostly commercial software products today. Oracle will be able to turn the Sun deal into a best practice of the packaged apps [and] hardware combination and be a serious threat to IBM.”

Phil Dawson, research VP at Gartner, said: “I think the real choice is Oracle becomes a systems vendor. How far they go with the hardware is the question. Oracle don’t generally sell things you can touch.”

David Mitchell, senior VP of IT research at Ovum, said: “The hardware business in an interesting one. Where I see that going to add value is in the development and deployment of a number of appliances. It gives [Oracle] a good open source community base which I think is a valuable thing for any software vendor at the moment. Sun has a strong support and maintenance revenue stream associated with both its hardware products and its software ones. That’s quite an attraction to Oracle.”

What impact will the deal have on other tech industry players?

“[The acquisition] isolates IBM straight away because IBM didn’t buy Sun. Two weeks ago IBM could have dominated nearly two-thirds of the Unix market and this week they’ll be lucky to dominate a third of it. IBM missed the boat here. I think Solaris is a real threat here for IBM,” Gartner’s Dawson said.

“[Red Hat was] close with Oracle then Oracle did unbreakable Linux. Now Oracle might say let’s move everything to Solaris X86 – it’s unbelievable. It makes a very complex portfolio but it also means people are very, if not loyal, tied to Oracle.”

Research firm Technology Business Research (TBR) said in a note: “Oracle may spin off or sell off some parts of Sun’s hardware and software business following the acquisition. Likely purchasers of Sun’s hardware business include Fujitsu, EMC, Dell and HP.”

What about the industry in general?

Ovum’s Mitchell said: “The market’s really condensing into four large players at the moment – IBM, HP, Microsoft and Oracle, after this acquisition, are really the largest around. It’s moving [Oracle] into that category.”

TBR said: “[The deal] allows Oracle to remain the great white shark of the IT industry, driving growth through a voracious appetite for leading technology companies”.

What implications is it likely to have for Sun and its customers?

“The Sun guys are going to be a little happier. They know that they’re going to have an enterprise Unix strategy moving forward. They know they’ve still got Solaris. It makes a very complex portfolio but it also means people are very, if not loyal, tied to Oracle,” according to Dawson.

Mitchell said: “Oracle is a very commercially astute company – they are unlikely to do anything to damage customer satisfaction and the way that they support customers.”

The original article can be found here:

http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39421978,00.htm

Dell™ PowerVault™ 5xF Switches Zoning Guide

  Creating and Modifying Zone Aliases

  Creating and Modifying Zones

  Creating and Modifying Zone Configurations

  Managing a Zone Configuration

You can zone Dell™ PowerVault™ switches using Command Line Interface (CLI) commands by creating and managing the three principal zoning object types—alias, zone, and configuration. You issue the commands during a Telnet session with the switch(es). (Refer to your PowerVault switch Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for details on creating a Telnet session with the switch.)

NOTE: Before issuing any zoning commands, use the switchShow command on each switch in the zoned fabric to verify that all switches in the fabric are connected. All ports used for interswitch links (ISL) display the neighboring switches’ WWN and switch name.

Follow this general sequence of steps when creating a new zone configuration.

NOTE: See “Zoning Roadmap” in “Introduction” for additional guidelines on creating or managing zones.

1. Define the core aliases.
2. Define all zones.
3. Add aliases and members to the zones.
4. Define the zone configuration.
5. Add zones to the configuration.
6. Enable the configuration.
7. Test the configuration.
8. Save the configuration.

Including Multiple Items in a CLI Command

To include multiple items in a CLI command, separate the items with semicolons, within a single pair of quotes:

command “name_of_zoning_object“, “member; member; member”

For example, zoneAdd “Red_zone“, “1,10;1,12” adds domain 1, port 10 and domain 1, port 12 to zone “Red_zone”.

Creating and Modifying Zone Aliases

While aliases are not required in a zone configuration, they can make it easier to manage complex configurations in your zone. After you create aliases, you can then move to the next section and create and configure zones.

aliCreate

The following example shows three instances of the aliCreate command, which creates a new zone alias.

aliDelete

The following example shows the aliDelete command, which deletes an existing zone alias.

aliAdd

The following example shows three instances of the aliAdd command, which adds one or more new alias members to an existing zone alias and is a list of one or more physical-fabric port numbers (such as 1,2) or WWNs (such as 10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a) separated by semicolons.

White spaces are ignored. The alias members list cannot contain references to any other zone aliases.

aliRemove

The following example shows the aliRemove command, which removes one or more members from an existing zone alias.

The members to be removed are found by an exact string match. When removing multiple members, sequence is important. If this command results in all members being removed, the system deletes the zone alias.

aliShow

The following example shows the aliShow command, which displays the specified zone alias definition if a parameter is given (otherwise all zone configuration information is displayed).

Creating and Modifying Zones

You can use the following CLI commands to create or manipulate the zones and their members within a fabric. These members may consist of fabric ports, WWNs, or aliases.

zoneCreate

Use this command to create a zone with one or more members. The following example shows three instances of the zoneCreate command.

zoneDelete

The following example shows the zoneDelete command, which deletes an existing zone.

zoneAdd

The following example shows the zoneAdd command, which adds one or more new members to an existing zone.

zoneRemove

The following example shows the zoneRemove command, which removes one or more members from an existing zone.

The members to be removed are found by an exact string match. Therefore, when removing multiple members, sequence is important. If this command removes all members, the system deletes the zone.

zoneShow

The following example shows the zoneShow command, which displays the specified zone definition if a parameter is given (otherwise all zone configuration information is displayed).

Creating and Modifying Zone Configurations

After creating zones, you can create or remove zone configurations and their members using CLI commands.

cfgCreate

The following example shows the cfgCreate command, which creates a new zone configuration.

cfgDelete

The following example shows the cfgDelete command, which deletes an existing zone configuration.

cfgAdd

The following example shows the cfgAdd command, which adds one or more new zones to an existing zone configuration.

cfgRemove

The following example shows the cfgRemove command, which removes one or more zones from an existing zone configuration.

The zones to be removed are found by an exact string match. When removing multiple members, sequence is important. If this command removes all members, the system deletes the zone configuration.

cfgShow

The following example shows the cfgShow command, which displays the specified zone configuration definition if a parameter is given (otherwise, all zone configuration information is displayed)

Adding a New Device to a Configuration

1. Create an alias for the device by typing

aliCreate “alias_name“, WWN (or port number)

2. Add the alias to the appropriate zone(s) by typing

zoneAdd “zone_name“, “alias_name“

3. Save the configuration by typing

cfgSave “config_name“

4. Enable the configuration by typing

cfgEnable “config_name“

Removing a Device From a Zone Configuration

1. Remove the device from the zone:
   1. If there is only one device in the alias, type

zoneRemove “zone_name“, “alias_name“

1.  
   2. If you are removing a single device from an alias that includes several devices, type

zoneRemove “zone_name”, “alias_name”, WWN (or port number)

1.  
   3. To remove multiple devices, type aliRemove “alias_name”, followed by the WWN (or port number) of each device you are removing.

2. Save the new configuration by typing

cfgSave “config_name“

3. Enable the configuration by typing

cfgEnable “config_name“

Replacing a Device in a Zone Configuration

1. Remove the existing device from the zone:
   1. If you are replacing a single device in an alias that includes several devices, remove the device you are replacing by typing

zoneRemove “zone_name“, “alias_name“, WWN (or port number)

1.  
   2. If the device you wish to replace is the only device in the alias, type

zoneRemove “zone_name“, “alias_name“

1.  
   3. To replace multiple devices, type aliRemove “alias_name“, followed by the WWN (or port number) of each device you wish to replace.

2. If desired, create an alias for the replacement device by typing

aliCreate “alias_name“, WWN (or port number)

3. Add the device or alias to the appropriate zone(s) by typing

zoneAdd “zone_name“, “zone member name“

or

zoneAdd “zone_name“, “alias_name“

4. Save the configuration by typing

cfgSave “config_name“

5. Enable the configuration by typing

cfgEnable “config_name“

Managing a Zone Configuration

After creating the zone configuration, use the following commands to enable, save, disable, or clear the zone configuration.

cfgSave

The following example shows the cfgSave command, which writes a copy of the defined configuration and the name of the effective configuration to flash memory in all fabric switches.

The saved configuration is automatically reloaded by the switch at system startup. If a configuration was in effect when it was saved, the same configuration is reinstated with an automatic cfgEnable command.

NOTE: Dell recommends saving after you enable and test a configuration. Any unsaved configuration is lost if the system fails.

cfgEnable

The following example shows the cfgEnable command, which enables a specified configuration.

cfgDisable

The following example shows the cfgDisable command, which disables the current zone configuration.

The fabric returns to a nonzoned mode, in which all devices see each other.

cfgClear

The following example shows the cfgClear command, which you should use with caution.

NOTICE: When executed on any switch in the fabric, the cfgClear command removes all alias, zone, and configuration information from all switches in the fabric. Dell recommends clearing any switch before connecting it to a zoned fabric.

When the cfgClear command is used on an enabled zone configuration, it is first disabled. The system then deletes all defined zone objects. However, the saved configuration remains in flash memory. To clear the configuration from memory, type cfgSave after cfgClear and press <Enter>.