Tag: Windows
All the articles with the tag "Windows".
Setting the Killbit for an ActiveX Control
Updated:Adding a killbit for a control that Nessus says requires one. https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/240797/how-to-stop-an-activex-control-from-running-i
OpenVPN & DNS Lookup Failures
Updated:I've noticed that occasionally my OpenVPN connection fails to resolve host names for systems at the other end of the tunnel. If I check the DHCP settings I can see I am being pushed the DNS servers for the remote end, but nslookup fails to use them.
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
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
SSL/TLS as a Server Admin
Updated:I don't trust you just because we can encrypt data together. I need to trust you based on a 3rd party we both trust telling me that you are who you say you are.
Diving Deeper into Windows SSL
This response to a question raised some interest and I found it very interesting. I then went to investigate the keys and values on my own machine. This ca
MySQL Enterprise
Updated:Today’s a MySQL day. After the shocker that is Microsoft Licensing I decided to seriously look at what MySQL has to offer the enterprise. I read their white paper and thought somethings sounds too good to be true. So I spent half an hour on the phone with someone in their enterprise team.