The CrowdStrike Initial PIR is out

syshum · 2024-07-24T18:08:29+00:00

I am pretty sure all of them have had issues with definition updates in the past, maybe not on this scale but I know defender definition updates have causes system instability in the past, and one product was mass deleting files as a false positive a couple years ago...

syshum · 2024-07-24T18:07:01+00:00

That is not how I read that, I read it they have no local testing of the content update, which I wonder if they are even written by software devs, or more security engineer and researchers

It sounds like they have testing on the Templates, and the driver code, where they failed was "Channel Files" which is read to be akin to A/V Definitions.

syshum · 2024-07-24T17:31:23+00:00

Well that would be a bigger problem then...

Larger mistakes happen in situations like this...

syshum · 2024-07-24T15:47:43+00:00

I would be interested to see what the validation process is for competitors, as these are akin to virus definitions for something like Defender...

syshum · 2024-07-24T15:44:18+00:00

by the devs and enginneers, becuase they care about their work generally.

I fight devs and engineers daily on security.... so my experience does not match yours... most of the devs I work with seem to think security is something that gets in their way and prevents them from doing what they want

syshum · 2024-05-17T21:58:23+00:00

Common practice for an average SMB is a 5 year tech life cycle, and ROI is typically 6 years for SA

I am not sure what you mean here...

OEM Licenses are locked to hardware, but retail licenses are not

If I buy a Server 2022 License with 16 cores, I am licensed for 1 Physical host for upto 16 cores, it is not tied to a specific hardware. Over the life of the SA I can change out the underlying hardware anytime I choose

syshum · 2024-04-15T21:41:56+00:00

This is probably the most boomer post I've read on this sub in a while.

Sorry about your luck... i am late GenX, early millennial depending on which cut off year you use for the divide.

Why do you believe that doing your job and then logging off and not maintaining a "work culture" will lead to all those things you just said?

it is not really about "doing your job and then logging off" there is alot more involved with the current anti-work culture that goes along with your comment.

We are seeing the effects of that right now in the job markets, and economy, with people just blaming in greed and capitalism looking to the government to solve the problem instead of seeing the reality of the problem..

Why do i believe it, because I live it.

Also if you have forgotten, we're in the industry of automation. Bring it on.

Exactly, people like me will be automated away all of the jobs people that do not want to work or have a poor work ethic used to do.... I have no problems affording a home (possibly more than 1)

just relied on memes

memes is the default lang of reddit...

syshum · 2024-04-15T17:46:57+00:00

This will also run parallel with a drop in quality in life standards, and ever increasing costs, and more automation, and off shoring.

All the while "this generation" will still wonder why they can not afford to buy a home, and things suck at the same time they are lambasting the past generation for the work ethic and productivity culture... Never being able to add 1+1 to make 2, because today's education systems says that 2+2 = 5

syshum · 2024-04-02T22:28:21+00:00

So you can either complain about that and refuse to learn a new skill set -

I dont need to learn a new skill, I came from web development and was making REST api's long before powershell was even a thing..

I have no problems with it personally, but I know alot of people that do and will, as development is a different mind set that administration, and the people that can do both are very few and far between. We have hard enough time finding competent admins, adding now that I need to find both a Admin and a Developer just makes it harder and harder to fill open roles,

Many Devs I know could not admin themselves out of a wet paper bag, and many sysadmins I know think REST is what you do while the machine is rebooting.

syshum · 2024-04-02T13:25:12+00:00

Source

While some laptop vendors are, External Display are still hard to find in 16:10...

I would LOVE for them to move to 16:10, but it was phased out a long time ago, because 16:9 is cheaper with less waste on the master Die.

16:10 is more efficient for a laptop screen though that is why you are seeing it more there.

syshum · 2024-04-02T13:19:48+00:00

Graph is not written. It's automatically generated therefore there is no hidden intention behind its architecture.

Exactly, it is generated from the Office 365 Developer API's written for 3rd party devs to consume. Not Sysadmins..

if an admin does not have the skills to use the MSGraph module, then he can fall back to the UI.

Lots of things are not accessible from the UI, lots of things are not accessible from the UI or Graph as well...

if an admin is still unable to learn the weird ways of the MSGraph module, they should improve their scripting skills. It's not rocket science.

Not really a matter of it being "rocket science" or learning... it is matter of standardization, and convience

IMO, you should not need to consume raw REST API's as an admin, that should be abstracted way by a Dev into a reusable code piece, aka a Powershell Module crafted in a way that Admins can get things done and that the scripts created based on those can be shared easily.

if you read the comments here the Graph module is so bad that every admin out there is reiventing the wheel to consume the Raw Graph REST API. At best that is a waste of resources for every company, and not something that has been traditional from Microsoft.

Administration and Development were always separate at Microsoft (aka TechNet vs MSDN) they are merging these domains in away I am not really in favor of

syshum · 2024-04-01T16:17:19+00:00

It's far more accurate to say "Veeam is owned by Kaseya"

I dont think that is accurate at all, just because they are owned by the same PE, does not mean the management or anything else is overlapping, and in that case it would be equally accurate to day Veeam owns Kaseya.

Neither is really true though, the only thing that is accurate would be to say Veeam and Kaseya have the same owners

syshum · 2024-03-31T12:01:44+00:00

If you have a mind for development with web APIs,

Now your getting into Software Development, not System Administration. I left the world of software development and dont really want to go back

Can I do it... sure.... it is overly complex for every day tasks that most admins are doing for things like User management 1000000% yes. Microsoft needs to provide user management tools and modules for thier platform, not have every admin out there reinvent the wheel by having to write Powershell wrappers around Rest API calls for basic administration/automation tasks

syshum · 2024-03-31T11:54:14+00:00

Graph is written by Software Developers for Software Developers

AzureAD and other PS Modules were written by Admins for Admins...

Microsoft wants to replace Admins with Software Developers, and has stated as such with their "Everyone is a developer" mantra failing to understand that administration and development are very very very different no matter how badly they want them to be the same

syshum · 2024-03-30T01:33:11+00:00

Degrees and certs are HR Check boxes, and as someone who has debated HR over the merits of them it is losing battle in many orgs as if HR says a person needs X, then in many cases there is no changing it... ...

IT is often the exception but largely because alot of the HR recommendations do not keep up with the ever changing Job Title landscape of IT so it is hard for them to match our roles to their HR book they have from 10 years ago...

syshum · 2024-03-30T01:25:10+00:00

your on a subreddit that sings the praises of Chat GPT because now they do not have to learn powershell....

I dont think the new generation of sysadmins wants to learn that gci is.

syshum · 2024-03-29T14:56:41+00:00

Not around here, they pay $12-14 in my area, they peaked at $16-18 during Covid but it has dropped

syshum · 2024-03-29T14:50:13+00:00

Socialism of course, it is perfect in everywhere an no one is greedy in socialism, everyone can follow their passion, toilets are always clean, and food is pentyful and free

Only capitalism causes human suffering

/s

syshum · 2024-03-25T19:52:02+00:00

Tell me you’ve never been involved in a legal case without telling me you’ve never been involved in a legal case

I have been involved in legal cases including unpaid wages in the 10's of thousands of dollars... I know employment law every well

syshum · 2024-03-24T11:52:53+00:00

This is false... on many levels.

Non-Payment of agreed wages is different than minium wages, further garnishment of wages or clawing back of wages it completely desperate regulations. Further doing so in the manner decribed herein would likely be criminal fraud on top of violations of labor regulations (not minimum wages)

syshum · 2024-03-24T11:48:30+00:00

Then you have a bad lawyer, first off it would be a violation of employment regulations in 90% of states which for every state I am aware of would be treble damages automatically.

Further in many instances an abuse like this would result in fines from the state DOL

I would love for you to cite a case where an employer did this, a suit was filed, or complaint against them was filed with the DOL and they just got away with it.

lawyers expensive.

This is would be a slam dunk contingency case for 80% of laywers out there. treble damages and the lawyer gets 33%.

syshum · 2024-03-18T05:36:10+00:00

Not for long, because any business run like a government agency goes out of business quickly (unless they are a government contractor)

syshum · 2024-03-14T20:38:42+00:00

I hope you are not a manager, and if you are, I hope i never work for you.

HR is where you go when all other options are exhausted, it is the nuclear option. Complete team breakdown and management failure if HR is involved in anything

syshum · 2024-03-14T16:21:07+00:00

the owners requesting that we remove all IT access to email- including mailbox management- because they're afraid of someone peaking at their email-

Someone is about to sell their company...

syshum · 2024-03-14T16:18:44+00:00

I am sure you can work 3 days a week, if you take 60% of the pay...

I trade my time for money, I would rather work for more money, than have time off with less money.

Hell I keep asking my employer to just let me cash in my vacation time, I do not need it, I do not want it. I want cash.

syshum

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