On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, Google researchers announced the discovery of a vulnerability that affects systems with SSL 3.0 enabled. This vulnerability has been named POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption). Details are available at https://www.openssl.org/~bodo/ssl-poodle.pdf. It has been strongly encouraged to discontinue the use of SSL 3.0. Info Sources http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/10/this-poodle-bites-exploiting-ssl-30.html
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Finally I can Watch Netflix in Ubuntu
Hi all, I just read on the Ubuntu insights that watching Netflix is now a thing for Ubuntu. Recent efforts have finally paid off and Canonical, Ubuntu now supports it when using Google Chrome version 37 and above. I big thanks goes out to those at Netflix and Ubuntu for making this “official”. I’ve personally […]
In a previous post I wrote about my Exchange 2013 CU6 Adventure and how it caused my Exchange Replication Services to crash. That wasn’t the only issues faced after updating to CU6. It seems that the CU6 upgrade had crippled my ability to use the POP3 service. I have been waiting for a week now for […]
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October is Cyber Security Awareness Month
We all know the internet is a part of our day to day life. We use the Internet at work, home, for entertainment, and for social engagements. However, there are risks involved to our security which is only increasing. These risks include fraud, theft, social pressure abuse. No one, is immune to these threats. National […]
And here we go again. Last time it was heartbleed, now we are back with another trending name that goes by Shellshock. This vulnerability is one; like many. Allows an attacker to inject code into your machine. This means all Linux and Mac users are at risk for attacks. Fortunately we can check for this […]
I am facing an issue where my Exchange 2013 server has run into trouble mounting databases. Also the Microsoft Exchange Replication has crashing repeatedly. Attempting to mount database result in error during the crash events. Error: An Active Manager operation failed. Error: The database action failed. Error: The Microsoft Exchange Replication service may not be […]