@dbeato said in Protek Support MSP Ransomware Hits Customers in Salt Lake City, Utah:
I think that if it was VPN, still bad practice to have VPN from MSP or any other systems that unprotected. MSPs should not need to have VPN to customers at all.
And vendors wonder why I won’t let them VPN into my network.... ha
Last week was fantastic!
Drove to Greeley, CO - ok that was boring.
Drove to Moab - visited Arches National Park - drove a 4x4 trail - my friend nearly freaked out.. It was awesome!
Drove to Zion National park - walked The Narrows! - man, can't wait to go back.
Drove to Las Vegas - at at Gordan Ramsey's Steak - had the tasting menu - the Beef Wellington was meh at best, the rest was fantastic!!!
Drove to Hoover Dam took some dam pictures
Drove to Grand Canyon Skywalk - paid for the skywalk - was a let down!!! visit other viewing point in that area - SO MUCH BETTER than the over priced, no pictures allowed skywalk...
Drove to AZ south rim Grand Canyon - hiked the 3 mile trail, very scenic!
Visited Bedrock - Fred Flinstone's home town and watched a raptor show - and got to hold the raptor (on a a glove of course).
Drove to Four Corners - it was exactly what I expected - a plaque marking where the four states meet, took a picture and continued on...
Drove back to Greeley, CO -
and lastly,
Drove home.
58 hours in the car, 3200 miles, 5 states, 3 National Parks, a million pictures - great time!
As some might recall, I ran into Wiztree a month ago. I asked the author to look into adding it to Chocolatey.
And he did.
https://chocolatey.org/packages/wiztree/3.17
It's been a good year for Dashrender - down 40 Lbs since January!
Brought my mile time from 8:29 to 6:47.
Only bad thing - good cholesterol is a bit low (but bad cholesterol is in the good range). Doc suggested I drink Red Wine to improve the good Cholesterol.
Just read about this free book on that other site, thought i would share a link to it here.
I was restoring some files from our backups when I ran across this.
These files have been sitting there for a month plus. Unbelievably it appears that non of my other network shares were affected by this.
OMG - I think we some how dodged this bullet.
@dafyre said in ATA sp112 behind Sonicwall to Skyetel:
[takes thumb out of ass for a moment, speaking begins]
Isn't there an option in the Sonicwalls that has to be turned off (or maybe on)? I don't deal with them, so I'm not sure what that option is called any more.
[puts thumb back where it belongs]
SIP-ALG - yep.. that should be killed with fire!
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Morning everyone. Coffee time around here.
that started 3 hours ago.
After I created a new account for someone, they heard from their rep in about 24 hours...
@gjacobse said in I can't even:
Oh FFS - Printers..... Toner.
oh yeah... I just love those....
But hey.. I pass it along to management - who SHOULD know the salary difference between us and how simple it is to change out a toner... but, beyond that I just swap them...
I probably spend 50% or more of my day being bench....
@dafyre said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Me... Every day last week.
Yeah.. that definitely spells out my previous week! and it's already going to chew several hours of this week.
@phlipelder said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
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@eddiejennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@phlipelder said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@eddiejennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Small victories in life are often the sweetest! As of about 10 AM today, I paid off my car loan. The taste of freedom being being debt-free is so nice. :D
Both our vehicles were paid off this summer. We've been eyeing the idea of purchasing a 3500 series diesel for a 5th wheel trailer.
But I ain't gonna pay $85K+ for a truck.
The used vehicle market up here is nuts right now. Any truck for sale doesn't get below 70% of retail unless it's a wreck.
And yes, it is a good feeling.
We're putting the extra cash flow into fun things with the fam.
My next goal is building some general savings. I'm putting a good bit away for retirement, but I need to increase my more liquid savings that's easily accessible in case of hardship.
With the MSP revolution a number of years ago, a decade or more even?, we presented proposals to all of our clients. Since they are mostly accounting firms they didn't go for the full meal deal (OpEx versus CapEx) but did opt in for a blended approach.
Residual Income (Rich Dad, Poor Dad kind of stuff though I've never read the book(s) but had buddies around me into Silver Bullets preach to me) is the key.
It kept us going when I was incapacitated after an auto accident in 2016.
So, start there.
I assume that's the same as passive income?
Yes.
Residual Income is the same as Passive income.
Income that is not being actively produced.
EDIT: Another Example: Residual income would be the incoming fees from Tier 1 Cloud for all of the subscriptions we manage.
yeah, this is why I want to get into rental properties...
Sure I could try to save up a ton of money and live off the gains in the market.. but realestate seems safer in the long run.
@phlipelder said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@eddiejennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@phlipelder said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@eddiejennings said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Small victories in life are often the sweetest! As of about 10 AM today, I paid off my car loan. The taste of freedom being being debt-free is so nice. :D
Both our vehicles were paid off this summer. We've been eyeing the idea of purchasing a 3500 series diesel for a 5th wheel trailer.
But I ain't gonna pay $85K+ for a truck.
The used vehicle market up here is nuts right now. Any truck for sale doesn't get below 70% of retail unless it's a wreck.
And yes, it is a good feeling.
We're putting the extra cash flow into fun things with the fam.
My next goal is building some general savings. I'm putting a good bit away for retirement, but I need to increase my more liquid savings that's easily accessible in case of hardship.
With the MSP revolution a number of years ago, a decade or more even?, we presented proposals to all of our clients. Since they are mostly accounting firms they didn't go for the full meal deal (OpEx versus CapEx) but did opt in for a blended approach.
Residual Income (Rich Dad, Poor Dad kind of stuff though I've never read the book(s) but had buddies around me into Silver Bullets preach to me) is the key.
It kept us going when I was incapacitated after an auto accident in 2016.
So, start there.
I assume that's the same as passive income?
@rojoloco said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
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@krzykat said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@obsolesce I've been investing a bit in rental real-estate. I call it my triple play:
- Hedge against inflation
- Life insurance policy
- Retirement plan
Every house for sale around here gets snatched up by companies for rental property. Quick lipstick reno, $2k a month for a 3/2. Which is why my house has doubled in value in 6 years of ownership. My neighbor turned down a cash offer (as is, no inspection) of nearly 300k, probably triple what he paid 12 years ago.
What I want to know is - if people can afford those rental prices - why not just buy?
Bad credit. And general jackassery, like the tweaker neighbors that were screaming and fighting in the driveway last night... Which brought 3 cop cars this morning, which is NEVER seen in our neighborhood.
Fucking renters.
yeah - but do you really want to rent to those people? I suppose if you demand 4 months rent as security deposit AND first and last month rent. AND you have fucking OMG awesome landlord insurance.
@dashrender said in Is VOIP.MS down?:
@syko24 said in Is VOIP.MS down?:
@dashrender said in Is VOIP.MS down?:
Well this is new for them
I assume since all their IP addresses are publicly posted, they are still getting DDoS directly.
yesterday, to the best of my knowledge they weren't getting DDOSed directly - their DNS was down...
but now that they have "fixed" that.. perhaps they are being attacked directly.
But my Trunks are still up - but now the service has gone to shit..
customers are complaining
