Posts
All the articles I've posted.
Hardening Windows
Updated:When it comes to Microsoft Windows straight out of the box it's full of security weaknesses. These are a number of ways to harden it so that your vulnerabi
Mozilla Thunderbird Logging
I had the need to view the actual SMTP server conversation to confirm TLS and authentication were being used. I could have done this from server logs, but as we transmit thousands of SMTP messages a day it was easier to look to the client for logs, rather than for the needle in a stack of other needles.
Understanding the Node.js Installation
Updated:I'm still a little new to this Node.js stuff and it took me a which for how it is installed to come together in my head. After carrying out the install I w
Atom & Lint
Updated:I've been using Atom for a little while now and have to say I find it a lot quicker than Brackets. It has the occasional moment when loading a large script
Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide
Updated:If you want to write consistent JavaScript then you can use ESLint to validate your coding style against rules. Add the Airbnb style guide to that and you'
Java Certificates
Updated:Certificates are the bane of my existence! After applying some updated certificates to Windows servers some of the systems are now failing to connect to da
Java SSL/TLS Ciphers
Updated:You can specify what cipher suites Java uses by editing the file: %JAVA_HOME%\lib\security\java.security This file must also be used by the Java applicatio
VMware Horizon logjam
Updated:Response to CVE-2015-4000 (a.k.a., Logjam) for Horizon View and Horizon 6 products (2121183) https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?languag
IIS HTTP to HTTPS
Updated:In the process of deploying an IIS web server we'd like to ensure that browsers that visit the http unencrypted page, get redirected to the https encrypted
Installing / Updating Webmin
Updated:We've got webmin installed on a number of our Debian Linux boxes. In our environment many of these servers don't have full and open access to the internet