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Ah, the joys of penny-pinching.
The firewall at work is down. As in, "It's dead, Jim!" The support contract/warranty expired yesterday.
This means that almost all computer connections from our inside network out (and vice versa) is completely down, as well (email, websites, remote connections, etc.). Unfortunately Fortunately, it doesn't affect my VPN connection or my IP phone connection, so I can still work somewhat.
Of course, most of the stuff I am working on right now involves the web server and database server that is in our DMZ - and only accessible through the firewall (even from the inside).
We've been trying to get a new firewall, since this one is an older model (and in any case it's good to have a backup), but the people holding the purse strings have been extremely reluctant to let us spend any money. These guys are the poster-child for the disaster-recovery consulting industry.
The latest update from my buddy C (the network admin) is that we may not be able to get things back up until tomorrow.
*whopee*
The firewall at work is down. As in, "It's dead, Jim!" The support contract/warranty expired yesterday.
This means that almost all computer connections from our inside network out (and vice versa) is completely down, as well (email, websites, remote connections, etc.). Unfortunately Fortunately, it doesn't affect my VPN connection or my IP phone connection, so I can still work somewhat.
Of course, most of the stuff I am working on right now involves the web server and database server that is in our DMZ - and only accessible through the firewall (even from the inside).
We've been trying to get a new firewall, since this one is an older model (and in any case it's good to have a backup), but the people holding the purse strings have been extremely reluctant to let us spend any money. These guys are the poster-child for the disaster-recovery consulting industry.
The latest update from my buddy C (the network admin) is that we may not be able to get things back up until tomorrow.
*whopee*
