Administration
Cloned machines and duplicate SIDs
It’s been over 4 years since I wrote about the duplicate SID issue in SID error on cloned Virtual Server / VPC / VMWare OSes.…
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Security
Exchange Server
Bulk mailbox creation: Import passwords from a file
Automating bulk mailbox creation required fairly advanced scripting skills in Exchange 2003/2000. Thanks to the Exchange Management Shell (aka “the shell”) in Exchange 2010 and…
Apple
iPhone OS 3.1 Security Changes and Exchange ActiveSync Policy
Apple implemented device encryption in the iPhone 3GS, improving its odds of being considered for enterprise deployment. However, users using Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) to connect…
Microsoft
The ‘Catastrophic’ Windows 7 bug and security vulnerability that never was
Perhaps I should’ve used a different headline for this post. Something like “InfoWorld’s conspiracy to derail the Windows 7 product launch”. But that would be…
News
Trust Thy Certificate? New SSL Vulnerabilities Revealed At BlackHat 2009
It’s BlackHat time in Vegas, and I was expecting some interesting security revelations to make headlines, but not as serious as the SSL vulnerability revealed…
Mobility
UAE BlackBerry Update A Surveillance App
Unsuspecting BlackBerry customers in the UAE have been pushed out a surveillance app disguised as a BlackBerry update by telco Etisalat. Rather than improve BlackBerry…
Security
Windows 7 and Direct Access: The Anywhere Experience
Over the past few weeks, Windows 7 Release Candidate has been widely downloaded, used, praised (including by some very vocal critics), and loved. It’s easy…
Security
ASN1 Bad Tag Error Installing an SSL Certificate in IIS 7
You’ve installed SSL certificates on previous versions of IIS more times than you care to remember. It’s no rocket science – you create a certificate…
Google
Google Docs’ Privacy Blunder: Shares Your Docs Without Permission
Just as I was beginning to warm up to certain kinds of cloud computing comes news of Google Docs’ “privacy blunder”. Google has sent a…
Mobility
McCain Campaign Sells Loaded BlackBerry Smartphones
As part of winding down operations, the McCain-Palin campaign ended up making yet another security foible – the campaign sold 10 BlackBerry smartphones without wiping…