So there is a article written by Microsoft stating for the most part that you should not use Windows as a reliable NTP server. The introduction: the support boundary to configure the Windows Time (W32Time) service for high-accuracy environments. High-accuracy environments include exchange trading houses and high-precision manufacturing companies for whose success critically accurate time measurement […]
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Re posted from Lifehacker OS X Yosemite has had a slew of issues with Wi-Fi, namely that connections are randomly dropping out or slowing down. Cause: The problem seems to stem from how Yosemite handles its Wi-Fi connection with AirDrop using a connection called AWDL. And if you’re affected by this, developer Mario Ciabarra has […]
To keep my home network as secure as possible, I wanted to make sure that I had UPnP disabled. After jumping from one menu to the next I was able to search around (thanks Google) and find the hidden URL suffix to the pages I wanted. So why not share there here UpNP hidden Menu […]
So I setup a VPN Server for a friend. But what’s a VPN Server if you are unable to access it form the outside world. This is where opening ports on ones router / firewall is required. Rather than focus on a specific firewall vendor or appliance, I will just focus on the ports and […]
I need to configure a L2TP/IPSEC VPN Server for a friend. For this I used Vyatta, well its forked version Vyos Network Access Requirements L2TP traffic – UDP 1701 Internet Key Exchange (IKE) – UDP 500 IPSec Network Address Translation (NAT-T) – UDP 4500 L2TP Setup set vpn l2tp remote-access outside-address X.X.X.X set […]
Here we are again with POODLE I’ve touched on it here: https://jermsmit.com/security-news-poodle-security-vulnerability/ Then secured up Apache here: https://jermsmit.com/secure-apache-httpd-from-poodle/ And even did some testing here: https://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: […]