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Please disable POODLE in IIS, here is how

Here we are again with POODLE I’ve touched on it here: http://jermsmit.com/security-news-poodle-security-vulnerability/ Then secured up Apache here: http://jermsmit.com/secure-apache-httpd-from-poodle/ And even did some testing here: http://jermsmit.com/tech-short-lets-test-for-poodle-or-sslv3/ This time I am adding the steps used to secure-up some IIS Servers. Lets Start:  *note* These steps apply to Server 2003, 2008, 2012 Requirements:  Administrator Rights Registry Changes Reboot of Server Steps: […]

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Unmount local ISO before making it an OVF Template

So you have made an awesome system in VMware ESXi and exported it an OVF Template. Later to find that something has gone very wrong and the template will not import and gives you the following error: If you have encountered this it means that your Template was originally created with a ISO image still attached […]

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Custom .onion address

If you have used TOR you are all to familiar with lack of human memorable onion addresses. Recently Facebook has arrived on TOR officially with a hidden service address of fcebookcorewwwi.onion. So I started thinking; and thoughts went to into actions to create my own custom hidden service address. Using a program by the name […]

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Facebook, and TOR hidden services

All I can say is … “Its about time” While TOR does provide you with the ability to be anonymous that isn’t the full extent of its use. There’s no reason to let your ISP know when or whether you’re visiting Facebook.  Same goes for Facebook’s upstream ISP, or some any other agency on the […]

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Configuring Apache for Forward Secrecy

I was testing one of my SSL enabled sites after securing apache HTTPD from POODLE, when I noticed the following warning: The server does not support Forward Secrecy with the reference browsers To ensure I was operating at the best security level possible for my little site, I added the following to the apache2.conf (/etc/apache2/) […]

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vCloud Air – I want it

From our friends over at VMware we now have news of vCloud Air. A public cloud platform built on the trusted foundation of vSphere, compatible with your on-premises data center, that includes infrastructure, disaster recovery. With vCloud Air  you can migrate existing onsite virtual machines (VMs) to the public cloud.  vCloud Air’s billing mode uses the IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) […]