{"id":1700,"date":"2015-10-22T00:17:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T23:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2015-12-30T21:47:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T21:47:46","slug":"useful-resources-for-sysadmins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/10\/2015\/useful-resources-for-sysadmins\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Resources for SysAdmins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The below are some resources that I find useful in\u00a0my role as a (mainly Windows) sysadmin.\u00a0If there are any that I have missed that you think would be useful to others then\u00a0please leave a comment and I will add them to this list.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Mailing Lists\/Blogs<\/h3>\n<p>Mailing lists are a valuable\u00a0source of information from the community and knowledgeable folk.<\/p>\n<p>In no particular order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nmap.org\/mailman\/listinfo\/fulldisclosure\" target=\"_blank\">Full disclosure<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <em>&#8220;public forum for detailed discussion of vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques, as well as tools, papers, news, and events of interest to the community&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.securityfocus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SecurityFocus<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Bugtraq security advisories<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/patchmanagement.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patch management<\/a> &#8211; Linux and WSUS updates\/patching discussions<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.activedir.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ActiveDir<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; random discussions about AD<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cabforum.org\/mailman\/listinfo\/public\" target=\"_blank\">CA\/Browser Forum<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; discussions about certificates and browsers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Krebs on Security<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; good articles to read in your down-time<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/mailman\/listinfo\/outages\" target=\"_blank\">Outages<\/a> &#8211; reports of network outages\u00a0as they happen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myitforum.com\/absolutenm\/EmailLists.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">myITforum mailing lists<\/a> &#8211; they have a few good ones on here &#8211; mainly Windows based<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virten.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Virten.net<\/a> &#8211; good guides\u00a0and patch notifications for VMware Admins<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us-cert.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">US-CERT<\/a> &#8211; computer emergency readiness team &#8211; security advisories and the such<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.isc.org\/mailman\/listinfo\/bind-users\" target=\"_blank\">BIND users mailing list<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; every now and then you&#8217;ll read some useful discussions on DNS<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.vmware.com\/cgi-bin\/mailman\/listinfo\/security-announce\" target=\"_blank\">VMware security announcements<\/a> &#8211; as the name suggests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>RSS Feeds &#8211; I use a RSS-to-email service to get feeds directly to my inbox<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/askcore\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft &#8211; Ask the Core Team<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; general all-rounder posts about Windows clients, servers, file systems, Bitlocker, etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/askpfeplat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft &#8211; Ask Premier Field Engineering Platforms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/filecab\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft &#8211; The Storage Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft &#8211; Exchange Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/windowsserver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft &#8211; Windows Server<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Podcasts<\/h3>\n<p>My daily driver smartphone is a Nexus 5. If you don&#8217;t have a podcast app or need a recommendation for one then I would strongly suggest you check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts\" target=\"_blank\">Pocket Casts<\/a> &#8211; the devs are\u00a0awesome, the app is awesome, Chromecasting podcasts is awesome and their online web-player is awesome.<\/p>\n<p>In no particular order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jupiterbroadcasting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jupiter Broadcasting<\/a> in general have some really good podcasts.\u00a0I mostly listen to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jupiterbroadcasting.com\/show\/techsnap\/\" target=\"_blank\">TechSNAP<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jupiterbroadcasting.com\/show\/today\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tech-Talk-Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grc.com\/securitynow.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Security Now<\/a> by Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson is generally good. I don&#8217;t listen to it as much as I used to (mainly because of how much time is spent talking about ads and off-track topics) but you will find some decent content every now and then<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/crypto-gram.libsyn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crypto-Gram<\/a> is an audio of Bruce Schneier&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneier.com\/crypto-gram\/\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Misc<\/h3>\n<p>Resources that don&#8217;t fit in any of the above categories.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\" target=\"_blank\">reddit<\/a> &#8211; seriously, I&#8217;ve pretty much learnt something new every day by subscribing to subreddits like: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sysadmin\/\" target=\"_blank\">sysadmin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/netsec\/\" target=\"_blank\">netsec<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/networking\/\" target=\"_blank\">networking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/vmware\/\" target=\"_blank\">vmware<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/powershell\/\" target=\"_blank\">powershell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/office365\/\" target=\"_blank\">office365<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/usefulscripts\/\" target=\"_blank\">usefulscripts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/exchangeserver\/\" target=\"_blank\">exchangeserver<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sysadmintools\/\" target=\"_blank\">sysadmintools<\/a> and more!\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sysadmin\/comments\/3easaq\/sysadmin_blog_and_rss_feed_list\/\" target=\"_blank\">SysAdmin Blog and RSS Feed List<\/a>\u00a0by \/u\/SpectralCoding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The below are some resources that I find useful in\u00a0my role as a (mainly Windows) sysadmin.\u00a0If there are any that I have missed that you think would be useful to others then\u00a0please leave a comment and I will add them to this list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[211],"class_list":["post-1700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1trTO-rq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1700"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1802,"href":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions\/1802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}