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Yesterday I released version 2.2 of my network documentation tool, SYDI-Server. The new package contains some small fixes, but also a script which lets you audit local group memberships in all your computers. That is local machine specific groups, not domain local groups.
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USB Stick

Suppose there was an unknown USB stick, waiting to be found in your parking lot. Perhaps this would scare you enough to disable autorun throughout your domain (you’ve done that right)? Now imagine if someone gave one of your users a USB device which was connected to a workstation on your network and in turn your network was compromised. How would you explain that? [Read more…]

Train Ticket

During your childhood I’m sure you experienced a lot of magic, some things were just so fantastic and mind boggling you just couldn’t figure it out. For me, one of these extraordinary events was the work of train conductors. Before you laugh hear me out!
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German has joined the ranks of languages you can use with SYDI-Server. The file will be included in the next version of SYDI-Server. Until then it is available for download through the download page. Thanks to Jan Picard who has made the translation file. [Read more…]

Thanks to Morten Vitved we now have a Danish language file for SYDI. This means we can now translate the XML files generated by SYDI-Server in seven different languages.
The file with be included in the next version of SYDI-Server, until that time you can download it as a patch from the SYDI download page.
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