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When you connect to, umph, say, Starbucks’s wireless networks and similar, you connect without even providing a username or password (some of these applies to web based authentication) think about these; 1. It’s open, therefore there’s NO encryption, everyone (can) see your traffic 2. Others … “Top 5 reasons why you shouldn’t connect to an open wireless (WiFi specifically) connection”
Read MoreIts really frustrating sometimes that these communities like expert-exchange, event-id charge for a community response. I think it should be free! Anyway, i found a nasty way to access some of these information for free. How to?Firstly, you would probably do a search engine for … “Accessing paid tech knowledgebase (for free!!!)”
Read MoreI am a big fan of checklists, besides “reminding” us of steps to do or take, it creates a kind of standardization for work being done. Pilots use checklists even they have thousands of flying hours and are highly experienced. Why? We are only human, … “Running checklists”
Read MoreSo you’ve implemented Exchange 2003 and installed it with service pack 2. Your database grows up to 20 GB from all that migration suddenly the Information Store stops with an error. Well, don’t panic. In Microsoft Exchange 5.5 until 2003 standard editions , the database … “How to enable the 75 gigabyte limit on Exchange 2003”
Read MoreApple corporation released Safari 3.0 beta 3 and works on Windows as well. I downloaded and tested B3 after Frank sent an email of this release. Just cruising the web i found already 10s of vulnerabilities in this browser by far. This was further confirmed … “Safari for Windows Beta 3 – Vulnerabilities found in found in mere minutes”
Read MoreIts about time someone envisions something like this. Imagine, a centralized desktops and servers management platform, with anti-malware, email message protection, workstation access validation, centralized log correlation, personal firewall and what have you. It all spells ONE CONSOLE, ONE INTERFACE which equates SIMPLICITY. The key … “Stirling- The fore front to Microsoft FOREFRONT”
Read MoreGraph source, http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=135 A recent study by ZDnet reveals Vista has way lesser vulnerabilities and high fixes rate as compared to other OSes like RHEL, MacOS. Vista, is what i would imagine, a begining to what will be of the security enabled operating systems, come … “Security Showdown”
Read MoreI had a chance to “play” around with a few virtualization and thin client architectures lately and i must say, before you proceed in spending your big bucks in them, consider the following .. Top 5+1 things to consider before going for Citrix or Terminal … “Things to consider before going for Citrix or Terminal Services”
Read More5b69d4f5b5e7929b5c593e1d63cfc078 – Thats “password” in MD5digest. How to crack more hashes? Try www.hashbreaker.com. Register very quickly and use their free version. If you like it, use their paid service. They use Rainbowtables at the backend, which is an open source hash cracking tool available with … “Hashbreaker”
Read MoreI was doing lots of testing using IPSEC over the weekend (yea, don’t have a life). I must say, in Windows client and server environment, it’s really simple to implement it. Unlike popular application, IPSEC can be centrally deployed and managed in Windows through Group … “Windows IPSEC”
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