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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In preparation of updating a service pack 1 or possibly cumulative updates, I wanted to verify my farm deployment version. There are many ways to do this so I will list the ones I know below. Using PowerShell – Go to SharePoint 2013 Management Shell Enter the following script to get the SharePoint 2013 farm […]
I posted about setting a Microsoft SQL Database into ‘read only’ mode as part of an upgrade. Today I need to go back and make some changes on the now legacy system. To handle this request I needed to change back to its normal state, this is when I encountered the error 5120. In the […]
This weekend I am working on a SharePoint 2010 to 2013 upgrade. One of the steps; the beginning steps I will do is set the databases I am upgrading into read only mode to prevent users or automated process from upgrading the database during the upgrade window. Now I could have taken the system offline […]
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 […]
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) […]