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Truth: day-to-day tasks suck To automate SSH login, do the following: 1. Run PuTTYgen. 2. Select SSH-2 DSA as the Type of Key to generate. 3. Click generate and move your mouse around to generate randomness. 4. Click “Save Private Key” and save it somewhere on your computer. 5. Copy the entire content inside the […]
FTP over SSL (Explicit) Explicit security requires that the FTP client issues a specific command to the FTP server after establishing a connection to establish the SSL link. In explicit SSL (or in TLS) the FTP client needs to send an explicit command ( i.e. “AUTH SSL” or “AUTH TLS”) to FTP server to initiate […]
Capturing with tcpdump There are occasions when you want to capture packets using tcpdump rather than wireshark, especially when you want to do a remote capture. Please note that the default tcpdump parameters result in a capture file where each packet is truncated, because most versions of tcpdump, will, by default, only capture the first […]
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SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Update = Fail
Today I took on the fun task of updating a SharePoint 2010 Server to server Pack 1 followed by cumulative updates. Everything seemed to go well up until running the Configuration wizard which bombs at the end. Now the CU update documentation says ‘nothing’ about rebooting the machine. In the update logs there is an […]
A quick pffffft: The Problem Step Recorder (PSR) is a little known feature of Windows 7 which allows you to record your desktop along with applications and activities so you can later show someone such as a tech support person or even give a demo on how to use something in Windows. This is very […]