tomsie1000

Hi All, Since we're all trapped in our houses we're looking at how we can get people easy access to their files on our Netapp storage. Most of it is hidden behind DFS for ease of management. Cloud storage is something we have but there's still no clear strategy on it. We have Box which is costing limbs, and there are plans to move to o365 and onedrive but these mean cost and disruption and University only moves as fast as they want to. I notice a few places (Leicester and Warwick) have fairly slick looking web interfaces to manage this sort of thing. I could bodge together an apache or IIS server to allow read-only access to user's files etc but that seems like it's solving half the problem. Wondering if anyone is using/has used anything low-cost or OSS to do this sort of thing? Appreciate your help T

Had the same here - our Infoblox appliance was listing these as potentially malicious. Bottom line is that Sophos uses a kind of DNS tunnelling to send back file hashes of files it suspects may be malicious or doesn't have any info in the definitions for. It's kinda like the SmartScreen technology that Microsoft has in Windows. You can turn this off by disabling the 'Live Protection' in your Sophos AV policy, but you accept that you'll only be covered for positive identifications that are present in the definition files and more exposed to 0-day or 0-hour infections. Truthfully there's no real way to know how effective that is without asking Sophos, and even if you did they'll (have to) tell you that it works perfectly and you really shouldn't turn it off. In the end, we whitelisted *.sophosxl.net and left it running.

Thanks guys for the input! jamesfed: I'll have to have a bit more of a look at the software/hardware he's using for capture to see if the E350 or an atom would cut it.. but I was thinking along these lines also - this will be crucial in getting the pricing right.. This is a trial over this winter period and could lead to a further couple of years investigation if it's successful.. I'm sure everyone here knows how university budgets get cut! (yes even the well planned ones too ) Oaktech: A fair point! At these temps condensation could be a real issue - we don't want to risk frying the equipment!

Hi all, New to the forum so please excuse me if I break any rules etc! I have a user who's looking to set up a machine to capture sonar data over the winter period. He has a steel container large enough to hold the computer and external storage, but we're worried about what might happen under harsh temperature conditions. Dell ruggedised laptops have been suggested.. also Panasonic toughbooks. There was a question as to whether we would be better off just using a desktop pc. The machine will be expected to capture data unattended for around a week between check-ups. At this time the external (usb) storage will be swapped over and the capture data will be taken away. We've discussed using solid state disks for the data capture, but there are arguments both for and against this (finite writes, capacity, etc..) so still in the air. Just wondering if anybody has experience of similar outdoor projects that have braved cold winters.. would especially appreciate any experiences with ruggedised laptops and your recommendations! Thanks in advance everyone who contributes Tom.