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Interesting...

I guess some bad actors in China are creating a stir this morning...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/24/microsoft-warns-that-china-hackers-attacked-us-infrastructure.html

@scottalanmiller

I thought MTA was Mail Transfer Agent? I never heard of it referred to Mail Transport Application.

Was that used in the very early days?

@scottalanmiller said in Why is MangoLassi Not on Google?:

@pmoncho said in Why is MangoLassi Not on Google?:

@scottalanmiller

Just throwing this out there.

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7474347?hl=en#:~:text=Did you recently create the,if it is still missing.

I was already partway through that process. I don't normally use this tool, but using it now and seeing what we can find as a starting point. Thanks!

Didn't you upgrade the site a couple years ago and/or move it to new servers? Time flies so I don't know exactly when you did it.

I am wondering if it is correlated in some way.

@scottalanmiller

Just throwing this out there.

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7474347?hl=en#:~:text=Did you recently create the,if it is still missing.

@scottalanmiller said in Allow Binaries on Linux to Run on Well Known Privileged Ports:

Very easy, but very hard to diagnose when things don't work.

Yep, couldn't figure out why MeshCentral wouldn't work after OS upgrade.
This was it.

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109 more now.

@scottalanmiller said in Beelink PC issues:

@pmoncho said in Beelink PC issues:

@scottalanmiller said in Beelink PC issues:

@JaredBusch said in Beelink PC issues:

@stacksofplates said in Beelink PC issues:

I've bought a couple of the micro form factor Optiplex computers (9020) and have been happy with them. You couldn't have saved too much by buying something like this I can't imagine? I think I paid $250 for the last one and it came with 8GB RAM, an i7, and a 250GB SSD.

This? Yeah, it does not compare, except price.

Wow, that can't be worth $40 new, but $240 used? What the heck?

It should be worth $40 and my guess for the higher price is economics. It was built well and keep on chugging along. It seems they are continually in demand for a basic pc that needs just a web browser or to act as a kiosk.

Yes, but you can get brand new with much more performance for that price. Why get something that is a decade old, AND used when new and new is possible? Much less flexible. And can that unit even run current Windows?

Because it keeps chugging along and fulfilling the purpose it was intended. If @stacksofplates doesn't have to do anything to it for 2-3 years other than updates and/or deal with any issues @Dashrender is having, then it could be worth the money.

It seems, based on this thread, the issues @Dashrender is having with the more powerfull/lower cost Beelinks are becoming more expensive than if he just paid $550 for a Dell Optiplex 5070 micro. I cannot be sure as only @Dashrender knows the true cost and if the Beelink's are working out better.

I like products that fulfill the purpose and require less maintenance. If that is Beelink or a new $1200 OptiPlex 5090 micro, count me in.

I guess it comes down to the old axiom, "Price is what you pay, value is what you get!"

@scottalanmiller said in Beelink PC issues:

@JaredBusch said in Beelink PC issues:

@stacksofplates said in Beelink PC issues:

I've bought a couple of the micro form factor Optiplex computers (9020) and have been happy with them. You couldn't have saved too much by buying something like this I can't imagine? I think I paid $250 for the last one and it came with 8GB RAM, an i7, and a 250GB SSD.

This? Yeah, it does not compare, except price.

Wow, that can't be worth $40 new, but $240 used? What the heck?

It should be worth $40 and my guess for the higher price is economics. It was built well and keep on chugging along. It seems they are continually in demand for a basic pc that needs just a web browser or to act as a kiosk.

@Pete-S said in Bookstack - Line break instead of Paragraph:

@dafyre said in Bookstack - Line break instead of Paragraph:

@pmoncho Does SHIFT+ENTER work?

Ctrl+Enter is otherwise the usual key combo.

Thanks. This is to used to save the page.

@dafyre said in Bookstack - Line break instead of Paragraph:

@pmoncho Does SHIFT+ENTER work?

Thank you very much. That worked.

Does anyone know how or a trick to get a line break/CR instead of a Paragraph when hitting enter?

Currently, I just use a code block, type what I want, then copy and paste the text back so I have single spacing.

@dmacf10 said in Meshcentral future uncertain:

So unfortunate. I've become quite reliant on MeshCentral over the past couple of years.

Ditto.

https://meshcentral2.blogspot.com/2023/02/starting-work-at-microsoft.html?m=1

Bummer

@Obsolesce said in User migration to azure:

@pmoncho said in User migration to azure:

@Obsolesce said in User migration to azure:

@Dashrender said in User migration to azure:

@Obsolesce said in User migration to azure:

@pmoncho said in User migration to azure:

@Dashrender said in User migration to azure:

@Pete-S said in User migration to azure:

@Dashrender said in User migration to azure:

@Pete-S said in User migration to azure:

@lilyleiden said in User migration to azure:

We just tested migrating a small batch of test users to our new Azure tenant.

While migrating the PC/user account was no problem, the fact that people get a completely blank user profile, certainly was a showstopper!!

Many of our users has had their AD profile for years, even a decade and has a lot of individual settings, ways to work, shortcuts, quick links, favorites/browser cached passwords etc. and they loose all that.
Management has currently halted the process due to the protests.

So I am on the lookout for a way to link/migrate the old profile/profile settings, when Azure joining the PC?

I would use this as an opportunity to remove unneeded customizations and old ways of doing things and introduce new ways of working instead.

For instance is it really wise to rely on browser cached passwords? To me that's a signal that you need to look over you password management policy. Maybe your users need a real password manager or setup SSO to apps they're using.

I'm really on board with this! We don't migrate when people get new machines, that said - we have few users that do much customization to their setup...

Yes and it's also question of setting the right expectations. For instance saying: IT allows users to customize their desktops but will not provide support for it. New machines, reimaged desktops etc will be reset to company default.

I do this - I don't support end user shortcuts to their desktop. If you figure out how to get it - or get others around you to do it for you, fine... but IT does not support your shortcuts.

Wondering what others do for users bookmarks? Do you just have them create and use their own Google/Firefox/Microsoft account so they follow the user?

They can sign in and use their corporate email to sync in the web browser.

huh - a PITA making users make three separate accounts (one for each browser) based on their corporate account... but doable.

Three separate accounts for what? I only use one web browser for work, and only one work account, and have all my work bookmarks on that, and synced. Why would someone do all that on multiple browsers?

Government Healthcare websites. That is why. Medicaid (per state), Medicare (per jurisdiction), Insurance websites, different EMR websites, etc... etc... etc... etc...

Yes, it is a BIG PITA. Heck, up until last year, Eclinical EMR (version based) still wanted IE and refused to use Chrome/FireFox/Edge. It can now be used on Chrome/Edge but doesn't like FF, yet for Medicaid, they like FF better than Chrome/Edge. UGH

(Just a little bitter....)

Even in those cases, if I had a need to visit those websites on my work device with my work account, that would be the exception to the rule. I would continue to ONLY use Edge, with only my work account set up for sync. And in the weird cases I ever had to visit one of those sites that only support IE, I'd just copy/paste the password in there from the saved passwords through Edge or LastPass (whichever you'd use).

My current user use KeePass and I work with them to open the URL from KeePass so that will limit their Bookmarks. Doesn't work all the time but the power users are good.

The alternative to signing into the web browser to sync is so much worse, even in the off chance you chose to use 4 web browsers at the same time, and sign into them all with your work account to sync. Any other method is going to end up costing way more effort in the end anyways.

I agree. The option I use is on occasion, I have my users export their Bookmarks to the Documents folder. This works most of the time.

@Obsolesce said in User migration to azure:

@Dashrender said in User migration to azure:

@Obsolesce said in User migration to azure:

@pmoncho said in User migration to azure:

@Dashrender said in User migration to azure:

@Pete-S said in User migration to azure:

@Dashrender said in User migration to azure:

@Pete-S said in User migration to azure:

@lilyleiden said in User migration to azure:

We just tested migrating a small batch of test users to our new Azure tenant.

While migrating the PC/user account was no problem, the fact that people get a completely blank user profile, certainly was a showstopper!!

Many of our users has had their AD profile for years, even a decade and has a lot of individual settings, ways to work, shortcuts, quick links, favorites/browser cached passwords etc. and they loose all that.
Management has currently halted the process due to the protests.

So I am on the lookout for a way to link/migrate the old profile/profile settings, when Azure joining the PC?

I would use this as an opportunity to remove unneeded customizations and old ways of doing things and introduce new ways of working instead.

For instance is it really wise to rely on browser cached passwords? To me that's a signal that you need to look over you password management policy. Maybe your users need a real password manager or setup SSO to apps they're using.

I'm really on board with this! We don't migrate when people get new machines, that said - we have few users that do much customization to their setup...

Yes and it's also question of setting the right expectations. For instance saying: IT allows users to customize their desktops but will not provide support for it. New machines, reimaged desktops etc will be reset to company default.

I do this - I don't support end user shortcuts to their desktop. If you figure out how to get it - or get others around you to do it for you, fine... but IT does not support your shortcuts.

Wondering what others do for users bookmarks? Do you just have them create and use their own Google/Firefox/Microsoft account so they follow the user?

They can sign in and use their corporate email to sync in the web browser.

huh - a PITA making users make three separate accounts (one for each browser) based on their corporate account... but doable.

Three separate accounts for what? I only use one web browser for work, and only one work account, and have all my work bookmarks on that, and synced. Why would someone do all that on multiple browsers?

Government Healthcare websites. That is why. Medicaid (per state), Medicare (per jurisdiction), Insurance websites, different EMR websites, etc... etc... etc... etc...

Yes, it is a BIG PITA. Heck, up until last year, Eclinical EMR (version based) still wanted IE and refused to use Chrome/FireFox/Edge. It can now be used on Chrome/Edge but doesn't like FF, yet for Medicaid, they like FF better than Chrome/Edge. UGH

(Just a little bitter....)

@Dashrender said in User migration to azure:

@Pete-S said in User migration to azure:

@Dashrender said in User migration to azure:

@Pete-S said in User migration to azure:

@lilyleiden said in User migration to azure:

We just tested migrating a small batch of test users to our new Azure tenant.

While migrating the PC/user account was no problem, the fact that people get a completely blank user profile, certainly was a showstopper!!

Many of our users has had their AD profile for years, even a decade and has a lot of individual settings, ways to work, shortcuts, quick links, favorites/browser cached passwords etc. and they loose all that.
Management has currently halted the process due to the protests.

So I am on the lookout for a way to link/migrate the old profile/profile settings, when Azure joining the PC?

I would use this as an opportunity to remove unneeded customizations and old ways of doing things and introduce new ways of working instead.

For instance is it really wise to rely on browser cached passwords? To me that's a signal that you need to look over you password management policy. Maybe your users need a real password manager or setup SSO to apps they're using.

I'm really on board with this! We don't migrate when people get new machines, that said - we have few users that do much customization to their setup...

Yes and it's also question of setting the right expectations. For instance saying: IT allows users to customize their desktops but will not provide support for it. New machines, reimaged desktops etc will be reset to company default.

I do this - I don't support end user shortcuts to their desktop. If you figure out how to get it - or get others around you to do it for you, fine... but IT does not support your shortcuts.

Wondering what others do for users bookmarks? Do you just have them create and use their own Google/Firefox/Microsoft account so they follow the user?

@scottalanmiller said in Anyone using yubikey, smart card or other hardware device for MFA?:

@CCWTech @pchiodo and I were discussing this just this week. @CCWTech got a classic RSA key from his bank and we were talking about what a total joke it was. It's this bulky key you have to carry around and the security on it is a joke. It shows the key at all times and is super visible. You can't hide it, you can't secure it.

Using Authy, OneAuth or Authenticator you have all this heavy security protecting access to the app, it's in a convenient place on a device that you have with you anyway, and it's only visible when you want it to be visible. And it's on a device you know if you've lost. Rather than being a key you can go months without using, easily misplace, and if someone stole it you'd likely not know for months.

(Using Authy for the last 3 years)

I have thought this for a while now but felt I was wrong somehow. With the articles I have read over the last few years it seems most point to physical hardware based tokens are more secure.

I have limited knowledge in this area, so, what the heck am I missing? Does yubikey provide better security than Authy????

@Obsolesce
I stole the Jupiter pic from you. So darn cool.

@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Obsolesce yes, with standard home toilets.

Really? All data shows public restroom / commercial water jet toilets. I can't find a single reference to a home toilet test or study. Nothing at all.

Until then, I have no reason to think a home toilet is at all as bad or even remotely close.

Give Mike Rowe a shot. Here is a snippit from an episode he did with a "clean" bathroom, black light, and flushing a home toilet with the lid up.

Youtube Video

Over the years, I have become a huge proponent of closing the lid before flushing.

@scottalanmiller
Dang. That stinks.

Definitely explains your email issue.