What Are You Doing Right Now
-
Sounds like fun. It came from their servers?
-
@Reid-Cooper said:
@johnhooks said:
@Dashrender said:
@johnhooks said:
So just left a new client's office. They paid $500 for some Indian scam company to do their IT for 2 years. There was a file on the desktop called scan.bat that when run essentially echoed different percents complete and then at the end echoed you have 5823 issues that need to be resolved (along with some other junk). There was another batch file called reset that added and removed a bunch of registries and deleted some files.
Wow - so what did they say when you wanted $500 a month or more?
I didn't even quote anything. I just charged them for the time I was there and promptly ran away.
That's, um, great. How did they take the news that they had been scammed?
They just kind of brushed it off. But if I would have charged them $500 they would have complained and never paid.
-
Did you not charge them at all?
-
@scottalanmiller said:
Did you not charge them at all?
No I did. I did some other work, but I didn't charge them very much.
-
@johnhooks said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Did you not charge them at all?
No I did. I did some other work, but I didn't charge them very much.
No stupidity tax? That seems like a missed opportunity.
-
@coliver said:
@johnhooks said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Did you not charge them at all?
No I did. I did some other work, but I didn't charge them very much.
No stupidity tax? That seems like a missed opportunity.
Yes, it probably was. I hate how polite I am.
-
@coliver said:
No stupidity tax? That seems like a missed opportunity.
That is one tax that should never go away.
-
I'd vote for an increase on that.
-
@Reid-Cooper said:
I'd vote for an increase on that.
Some where in the order or 300 to 500% increase for first offense. Second offense should see an additionall 700 to 900% increase.
-
There are no stupid questions only stupid answers
-
-
Just back from grocery shopping. Having dinner now.
-
Running the update scripts for everything. Now that I've got ZeroTier I don't need to make the 3 mile drive
-
@travisdh1 said:
Running the update scripts for everything. Now that I've got ZeroTier I don't need to make the 3 mile drive
How is ZT saving you a 3 mile drive? lol
-
@dafyre said:
@travisdh1 said:
Running the update scripts for everything. Now that I've got ZeroTier I don't need to make the 3 mile drive
How is ZT saving you a 3 mile drive? lol
I was wondering the same thing - no jump box assuming 'nix? or normal VPN assuming Windows RDS?
-
Got guacamole running but I have this weird Nightmare Before Christmas font going on.
-
@dafyre said:
@travisdh1 said:
Running the update scripts for everything. Now that I've got ZeroTier I don't need to make the 3 mile drive
How is ZT saving you a 3 mile drive? lol
I've got command line access to the remote server now. The connection is only 700k/150k DSL, and the best RDP client ever doesn't mean that remote support is possible over that connection. ZT just makes getting a VPN up and running so very much easier than anything I've tried before. @Dashrender I'm using ZT into the jumpbox vm, so I can hit the backup SamSD and host.
-
@johnhooks said:
Got guacamole running but I have this weird Nightmare Before Christmas font going on.
Bet the hashes don't match
-
@travisdh1 said:
@dafyre said:
@travisdh1 said:
Running the update scripts for everything. Now that I've got ZeroTier I don't need to make the 3 mile drive
How is ZT saving you a 3 mile drive? lol
I've got command line access to the remote server now. The connection is only 700k/150k DSL, and the best RDP client ever doesn't mean that remote support is possible over that connection. ZT just makes getting a VPN up and running so very much easier than anything I've tried before. @Dashrender I'm using ZT into the jumpbox vm, so I can hit the backup SamSD and host.
That's a lot of work just to connect to a jump box, lol. You could punch a hole in your firewall for it.
ALthough you have now made it easier to add more devices to connect to by using ZT... No hole punching through the firewall required.
-
@dafyre said:
@travisdh1 said:
@dafyre said:
@travisdh1 said:
Running the update scripts for everything. Now that I've got ZeroTier I don't need to make the 3 mile drive
How is ZT saving you a 3 mile drive? lol
I've got command line access to the remote server now. The connection is only 700k/150k DSL, and the best RDP client ever doesn't mean that remote support is possible over that connection. ZT just makes getting a VPN up and running so very much easier than anything I've tried before. @Dashrender I'm using ZT into the jumpbox vm, so I can hit the backup SamSD and host.
That's a lot of work just to connect to a jump box, lol. You could punch a hole in your firewall for it.
ALthough you have now made it easier to add more devices to connect to by using ZT... No hole punching through the firewall required.
If I can avoid punching holes in firewalls, even for a single box, it's worth it.
