Phasor Burn: The Official Unofficial System Administrator Oath

Thefluffyadmin IT Policy, Rants, Sysadmin & Geek Culture April 10, 2009

This is basicly a report of something the Phasor Burn blog linked to. Very nice blog btw, and he linked to my related rant on there, thank you for that 🙂 The original is from an alt.sysadmin.recovery post from '99 by Mike Sphar, and it deserves reprinting: I am hired because I know what I
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First Impressions of new job

Jemimus IT Policy April 6, 2009

Today is my fourth day at the new job. In some ways I feel I have taken a step back perhaps. It feels very much like many of the companies I worked for before DHL. Medium-to-small IT departments, medium-to-small user base. A lot of overlap between the roles of helpdesk (that they called the "frontoffice"
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Desicionmaking on the new Proxy solution

Thefluffyadmin IT Policy, Rants May 28, 2008

For your enjoyment, here is a, slightly edited, email I just sent to the department head and various other decision makers. It goes over some of the options we need to consider to solve the current issues with our internet access. Names and places have been changed to protect the guilty 😉 And please exuse
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Security Park – It is the employer not the employee who is the weakest link in a companies IT security

Thefluffyadmin IT Policy, Security June 21, 2005

Security Park - It is the employer not the employee who is the weakest link in a company###s IT security It is the employer not the employee who is the weakest link in a company's IT security SurfControl has today announced the results of a new UK survey that uncovers an alarming level of complacency
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Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Volume VII

Thefluffyadmin IT Policy, Management and Politics, Security March 21, 2005

Its not been posted just yet, but various sites are reporting the release of Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report Volume VII. Here is a link to where it probably will be posted: http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content.cfm?articleid=1539 With this report, keep 2 things in mind: 1. Symantec has a vested interest in selling and marketing their own Antivirus/spam/spyware products.
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