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Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Re: Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Post by arcticfox »

mergy wrote: post #15

Other very serious concerns: 1. Was it running RAID? If so, what level? Better not be RAID 5. Horrible write speed. 2. Let's REALLY dig into the DNS. What about reverse lookups and CNAMEs. 3. Any idea what the screensaver was? I'll reserve judgement until I have some confirmation. 4. NIC driver version: Hearing that she just ran a generic MS driver for the Intel dual network card. Unbelievable.

Is your point that the published details are irrelevant? Because if so, I very much disagree. You can ignore the details if you want.

Re: Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Post by shas3 »

drakefire wrote: post #3

This story just keeps getting better. There is either a grand nefarious plot, or worse, horrific incompetence. I just can't find a third possibility.

It almost sounds like a farce: Clinton gets indicted or loses face due to incompetence relating to the e-mail server scandal, and in her place is elected The Donald, a man who has committed worse transgressions and has the potential to do even worse things when given power.

Frankly, she doesn't sound any more incompetent than even a typical old company c. 2010: think Target, Sony, etc. It would be sad, given that her opponent will likely be Trump, if this scandal sinks her candidacy.

Re: Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Post by darawk »

Jerry2 wrote: post #11

Here's some more details about the state of security of her private server [0]: > Outlook Web Access, or OWA, was running on port 80 without SSL (unencrypted) > Remote Desktop Protocol, port 3389, was exposed through the DMZ (open to anyone on the internet.) This, at the time it was being used, was open to critical vulnerabilities that would allow for remote execution of code. > VNC Remote Desktop, port 5900, was als…

Ah yes, the classic 'shut it down for a few minutes' defense. Stops 'em every time.

Re: Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Post by rosalinekarr »

Esau wrote: post #2

Am I the only one who dislikes the domain name itself? Every time I see it, I read it as "Clint One Mail", not "Clinton Email".

Yeah, as important and fascinating as the whole story is, every time I see "ClintonEmail.com," all I can think is that surely the Clintons of all people should have the influence and power to get a hold of just "Clinton.com."

I mean the current owner of clinton.com is some investment firm that could probably do just as well something like ClintonGroup.com or ClintonInvestments.com. If I was her, I would fight for the email address "hillary@clinton.com."

Then again, I'm a programmer, not a politician.

Re: Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Post by toomuchtodo »

shas3 wrote: post #22
drakefire wrote: post #3

This story just keeps getting better. There is either a grand nefarious plot, or worse, horrific incompetence. I just can't find a third possibility.

It almost sounds like a farce: Clinton gets indicted or loses face due to incompetence relating to the e-mail server scandal, and in her place is elected The Donald, a man who has committed worse transgressions and has the potential to do even worse things when given power. Frankly, she doesn't sound any more incompetent than even a typical old company c. 2010: think Target, Sony, etc. It would be sad, given that her…

She has no one to blame but herself.

Re: Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Post by banhfun »

jrcii wrote: post #16

Any time in the last 10 years I setup an independent email server it had horrible deliverability rates. I wonder how they worked around that. Getting your server whitelisted with all the major providers is a major hassle.

http://www.mail-tester.com/ is a good resource to use to help with this.

Re: Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Post by foota »

drakefire wrote: post #20
gizmo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No nefarious plot. My understanding is that it went roughly like this. Back in 2009 Clinton requested a secure smartphone from the NSA. It's a custom made device (security by obscurity?). Anyway, the president gets one. As the secretary of state she has to travel a lot, and not being able to do email on the road is highly impractical. So she thought she should get one too. The NSA denied her request for a secure smar…

I just don't believe that Hillary Clinton could not get an email account on a government email server and that somehow having exchange at her house with no controls was the last option she had. I can't think of a scenario where a server at her house is better than almost any other option.

It's not according to the parent that she couldn't get an email account, but rather that she couldn't get a "secure smartphone"

Re: Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Post by [deleted] »

drakefire wrote: post #20
gizmo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No nefarious plot. My understanding is that it went roughly like this. Back in 2009 Clinton requested a secure smartphone from the NSA. It's a custom made device (security by obscurity?). Anyway, the president gets one. As the secretary of state she has to travel a lot, and not being able to do email on the road is highly impractical. So she thought she should get one too. The NSA denied her request for a secure smar…

I just don't believe that Hillary Clinton could not get an email account on a government email server and that somehow having exchange at her house with no controls was the last option she had. I can't think of a scenario where a server at her house is better than almost any other option.

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Re: Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Post by eightysix_four »

drakefire wrote: post #20
gizmo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No nefarious plot. My understanding is that it went roughly like this. Back in 2009 Clinton requested a secure smartphone from the NSA. It's a custom made device (security by obscurity?). Anyway, the president gets one. As the secretary of state she has to travel a lot, and not being able to do email on the road is highly impractical. So she thought she should get one too. The NSA denied her request for a secure smar…

I just don't believe that Hillary Clinton could not get an email account on a government email server and that somehow having exchange at her house with no controls was the last option she had. I can't think of a scenario where a server at her house is better than almost any other option.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/nsa-re...

Re: Did the Clinton Email Server Have an Internet-Based Printer?

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Post by daughart »

blhack wrote: post #18
gizmo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No nefarious plot. My understanding is that it went roughly like this. Back in 2009 Clinton requested a secure smartphone from the NSA. It's a custom made device (security by obscurity?). Anyway, the president gets one. As the secretary of state she has to travel a lot, and not being able to do email on the road is highly impractical. So she thought she should get one too. The NSA denied her request for a secure smar…

Do you have any sources for that? The story I keep hearing is that she had this set up to make FOIA requests more difficult/impossible to fulfil. The really out there stuff is that this was to hide any cash-for-favors exchanges that happened with relation to The Clinton Foundation.

If the latter was the case why not just use the .gov email for state dept. business and the clintonemail.com email for international cash for favors?
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