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Meltdown & Spectre Vulnerabilities

Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware bugs allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer.  Malicious programs can exploit Meltdown and Spectre to get hold of secrets stored in the memory of other running programs obtaining passwords, logon details and what was once thought to be […]

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How-To Software Technical

Backup of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5

It’s always a good idea to backup your work to provide you a way to recovery if things go wrong with your environment. Running an home lab I have cause my own share of issues many of times which had forced me to reinstall and configure my vCenter environment. Moving forward I will be taking advantage […]

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My Facebook: Why I recently purged

Today is Monday, January 1, 2018 I just finished what I is the first round of purges of my social media feeds. Mostly on my Facebook accounts. This was not a task that was simple to do, because many of the persons removed I do like them but no longer maintain a connection outside of […]

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It’s 2018 – Happy New Year

Happy New Year, Wishing you all the best this year.  Starting now we have 365 days to go after all the things we want and finish 2018 strong.  Be relentless in your efforts and focused on the desired results.  At the end of the day, the only thing that matter is what you truly want.  […]

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Richard Branson: My Tips for Happiness in 2018

We all have influencers in our lives; either by choice or organically. It is those set of influential people who help open our minds to new ways of thinking and going about our day-to-day.  I have followed Richard Branson for a long time and truly admin this man.  Today he posted on LinkedIn a open letter […]

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Tech Short: Modify vCenter Single Sign-On Password Policy

Warning:  I do not advocate that anyone to make modifications which extend outside of their organizations security policies. Doing so may put account security as risk. By default, passwords associated with vSphere Single Sign-On expire every 90 days. As a user approaches this expiry point they will be reminded that their password is about to […]