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Thank you for sharing!  I needed that!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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In this era of international hacking why expose critical lob information to the internet? Cut the cord to in-house servers...
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?? huh?? What do you mean - put everything in the cloud?
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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I think he means have no internet connection attached to critical business systems.
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I read that the IT security was only a "handful fo people (aka five) and the security policy was outdated and only a joke. And it wasnt the first breach, so they were alarmed about attacks. 
After reading that I only got sarcastic like a old men: "They only got what they deserved" 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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KarstenK wrote: I read that the IT security was only a "handful fo people (aka five) and the security policy was outdated and only a joke.
Wouldn't surprise me entirely. Sony laid off thousands last year (or was it the year before?)...I don't remember the source, but I recall hearing/reading that a lot of these were IT people responsible for their own internal infrastructure.
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What I mean is, do not place critical business information on servers (or server farms) that are connected to the internet. This includes accounting, CRM, customer data, credit card, planning, source code, any other company confidential information. Only public facing websites need be hosted on servers connected to the internet. Everything else should be placed on isolated, internal networks. Even systems such as accounting should be on separate internal networks, available to only those with a need to know, apart from general company network.
PCs are cheap (in comparison to being hacked). Use a KVM switch to switch between desktop PCs for browsing the web/email, and a PC with access to internal, confidential application systems.
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These are people in the entertainment industry; they're not very imaginative.
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Passed with a 920 - what a giant pointless pain in the ass this whole thing is.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Google says it's -392. How do you come up with 920??? 
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: what a giant pointless pain in the ass this whole thing is.
OK, but is it actually worth the $150? Perusing what you learn, it strikes me if I don't know something already that I need to do with SQL Server, I can just google for the answer.
BTW, cute, how you got around the profanity sensor.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: BTW, cute, how you got around the profanity sensor.
That's a bold statement.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Marc Clifton wrote: how you got around the profanity sensor.
A bold move.
/ravi
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So, what's all this about? John re-taking his SAT? 
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MCSA cert...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I know, I was just pulling your leg 
Christian took a few of these recently too. Looks like you guys are both having some sort of mid-life crisis and have this sudden urge to be Microsoft certified. 
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No, my urge is to throwup in my mount a little. This is a *requirement* - not an urge. I dn't even want to put the cert on my Rresume because I don't want endless inquiries from clueless headhunters.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I dn't even want to put the cert on my Rresume because I don't want endless inquiries from clueless headhunters.
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Congratulations anyway - I hate exams, and have successfully avoided them for the last thirty years or so... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I think I missed the start of this--this is part of somebody's hiring process, is it not?
Since it's coming from someone who passes these exams with flying colors, your opinion ought to carry a lot more weight than if it came from others who might not do as well.
With that in mind, you should let them know exactly how pointless it is--otherwise "they" (those making you take the exam) are probably only going to continue believing their own bullcrap.
Not that they're going to change their policy overnight (if ever)...but at least I'm hoping they know what you think about the whole process.
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I was hired and THEN told I needed to have a DBA cert for Sql2008. Well, that particular cert is no longer available, so we had to have the contract amended to include wording like "...or current equivalent..." before I could even start taking tests. That happened on January 1 (6 months after I was hired). I have until about March 15 to get the cert. Last week I passed the first test of three with a 976 out of 1000. Today, test #2 with a 920. If everything goes well with the study process, I hope to take the final test either next Friday, or sometime during the following week.
Everybody associated with the contract except the person that wrote it recognizes that a MCSA is not required to do the job. In point of fact, the person that wrote the contract asked how I was able to perform satisfactorily without the required cert. We all just shook our heads. I offered up, "It's just magic, I suppose." I got the stink-eye from the contract person, and all of my compatriots did the best they could to stifle laughing out loud.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Quote: the person that wrote it
A company lawyer or wannabee lawyer, I assume. 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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A DoD civil servant with too many years on the job and too far removed from the actual task at hand, advised by self-important government lackies.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: A DoD civil servant with too many years on the job and too far removed from the actual task at hand, advised by self-important government lackies.
Plain English: A Government Nimrod.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: A DoD civil servant
... but you repeat yourself. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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