Category: System Administration
SSL Labs – Securing Apache
Today we will show you several things you can do to help secure apache web servers, we proudly provide TheCodeAsylum SSL Labs report as an example.
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Deprecating TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1
There have been many discussions about TLS, what to enable and what to disable. Here is the bottom line, you only need to disable TLS 1.0, both TLS 1. ...
How To Pass The CISSP Exam!
BIBA NO WURD! Soon those words will be seared into your brain!
Early morning on October the 13th I found myself stand outside a large building in S ...
Fix Blue Screen of Death BSOD
I have seen this many times, you are doing a Microsoft Windows Update and something goes terribly wrong. After reboot you get the dreaded Blue Screen ...
Use PowerShell to Check .NET version and update
This function will check the currently installed .NET version, if it is not at a minimum 4.6.1 then depending on if the Windows Server is 2008/2012 or ...
IIS with ASP.NET support check
I have in the past had an occasion to check if IIS is installed with support for ASP.NET applications. This function will do all you need:
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WMI and CIM with PowerShell – The Basics
If you've been working with computers for any length of time you have heard the terms WMI and CIM. CIM (Common Information Model) is a database that h ...
Windows Updates Failed – FIXED
The dreaded cannot install Windows Update! Unfortunately this happens a lot more than it should, but this trick usually does it for me:
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Lost AD Trust and Your Local Account Doesn’t Work!
This has happened one a rare occasion to me but I figure it is worth documenting for prosperity This will only work IF you have a Domai ...
Fixing Domain Trust Relationships!
No, this won't fix human trust relationships! but it will help you with Domain Trust Issues. This seems to happen more and more, the common fix wa ...