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Exchange Server 2013 SP1 Transport Service Issues

I recently updated Exchange Server 2013 CU3 to Exchange Server 2013 SP1. The update seemed to go smoothly however I discovered that external emails were not flowing. Oddly enough outbound emails worked just fine. Symptoms No inbound email being processed by Exchange 2013 SP1. You also notice the following loged in the Application Event Logs: […]

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Windows 8.1 & Server 2012 R2 Update Links

Its that time; and the update(s) have been made public for you to download. I saved you some time and have provided you the direct path to get these. Now you too can enjoy the new features of Windows 8.1 & Server 2012 R2 update 1 Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Update for x86 (KB2919355) Windows […]

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Heartbleed

From Wikipedia “Heartbleed is a security bug in the open-source OpenSSL cryptography library, widely used to implement the Internet’s Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. This vulnerability is due to a missing bounds check in the handling of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) heartbeat extension” So what can I do to protect myself? First thing to […]

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Tech Short: CryptoLocker

CryptoLocker is a type of “ransomware” that encrypts the data on an infected computer so that it can’t be read and then demands payment to decrypt it. A CryptoLocker attack may come from various sources; one such is disguised as a legitimate email attachment. When activated, the malware encrypts certain types of files stored on […]

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Tech Short: Data Encryption

Data Encryption is the intentional scrambling of information into unreadable form – until it is later converted back into its original form by the intended recipient. Looking for data encryption tools or info have a look below: GNU Privacy Guard – GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is an open-source implementation of the famed Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) […]

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Vyatta is now a Brocade company

This week Vyatta; The award-winning open source network operating system providing advanced IPv4 and IPv6 routing made the move under Brocade. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (BRCD (NASDAQ)) is an American technology company specializing in data and storage networking products. What does this mean to those of us who use and are customers of Vyatta. In […]