Infosec Serious RDP Vulnerability found in older OS'es - patch now A serious vulnerability in the popular RDP protocol can leave machines exposed to an attack that will allow a remote person full control. Be aware that AWS is notorious for allowing access to RDP and so I've included a script to help check.
There is nothing wrong with free secure certs No, free certs are not a problem. Despite what the pay for cert vendors say, a cert is a cert. With Let’s encrypt on the scene and making something of a mockery
Infosec Data mining the internet What happens when you start to data mine information collected from websites on the internet?
Veeam How the Veeam Agent saved Christmas Just before Christmas, the SSD in my computer died. Veeam agent helped me recover all the data and I also learned something about the nature of SSD failures.
Examining Certs across the internet I've always found HTTPS certificates fascinating and, with the removal of Symantec as a CA provider I was curious as to just how certs are used across the internet so I obtained a
Vmware Two VM Escape flaws found in VMWare VMXNet3 Adapters Two VM Escape flaws found in VMWare VMXNet3 Adapters
StarWind StarWind release rPerf for testing RDMA connections StarWind release rPerf, an RDMA performance testing tool
Vmware Upgrading to VCentre 6.7 Upgrading VCentre 6.5 to 6.7 - one small networking gotcha caught me out for a few hours, don't let it catch you out.
StarWind announce new VSAN Products I’ve been a fan and user of StarWind products for sometime now, especially their StarWind VTL and StarWind VSAN products. Today, StarWind have released updates to thier VSAN product protfolio which specifically
HTTPS Deploying a root CA via a GPO A quick guide showing how to push a custom root CA certificate to domain joined clients via GPO
HTTPS Creating a secure certificate – internal resources A walk through for creating a simple web certificate for a freenas server and explanation of how certs work, why they are needed and how to create them for other sites.
Vmware VMWare and VCentre compatibility matrix A quick compatibility guide to which versions of ESXi work with which versions of VCentre
gitlab Install Gitlab, HTTPS and the container registry. I'd spent more than a little time fighting the Gitlab installer, HTTPS and getting the container registry working to the point that I thought it might be handy to put a blog together
GDPR GDPR, Re-Consent and PECR Is re-consent for mailing lists required and how does PECR affect GDPR?
Security Using PFSense as an internal CA If you're considered setting up an internal CA, have a look at this.
Windows 2019 Windows 2019 Part One, installation and management Windows 2019 was recently released to the insiders group, this is what I found when I tested it.
Security Encryption isn’t the solution to GDPR If you think GDPR can be circumvented just by encrypting everything, you've missed the point of what GDPR is about.
Security Exploring HTTPS headers Know which HTTPS headers to use to help make your site as secure as possible.
Tools Review: Stellar Phoenix SQL Database Repair tool MS SQL data is important, this tool might be able to help recover data when you are in a bad situation
Security The US Government are upset at Intel Intel are in trouble with the US Government over Spectre and Meltdown, this is why the US Government are in the wrong.
