Uncategorized

Which name should I use as Common Name for my UC certificate?

I recently got a UC/SAN cert from DigiCert (read previous post “DigiCert: A Certificate Authority with excellent customer service“). Here’s a tip from them about which name (fqdn) to use as the Common Name. Q: Which name should I use as the “common name” for my UC certificate?A: It’s probably best to use the name […]

More →

Exchange ActiveSync, ISA 2006 and Error 0x85010004

When publishing Exchange ActiveSync with ISA Server 2006, you get an error 0x85010004 on the device. The error: Result:Your account in Microsoft Exchange Server does not have permission to synchronize with your current settings. Contact your Exchange Server administrator. Support code: 0x85010004 After hours of troubleshooting, deleting the ISA rule and recreating it, playing with […]

More →

New Exchange Server 2007 mailbox stamped as legacy mailbox

If you use the Exchange Server 2003/2000 extensions to Active Directory Users & Computers (ADUC) console to create mailboxes residing on Exchange Server 2007 servers, these mailboxes get stamped as legacy mailboxes. Exchange Server 2007 mailboxes should be created using the Exchange (2007) console or shell. To remove the legacy tag from mailboxes created using […]

More →

Apple: Time to iPatch your iPhones

Within weeks of the iPhone’s launch, it’s time to patch your iPhones! Yes, Apple has released a bunch of fixes for Mac OS X and the just-launched iPhone. The iPhone patches get delivered to you next time you synch your iPhone with iTunes.

More →

DigiCert: A Certificate Authority with excellent customer service

I finally took the plunge and decided to get a certificate from a public Certificate Authority (CA) for my Exchange Server 2007 server at home. A certificate that supports Subject Alternative Names (SAN certificate, aka “Unified Communications” certificate), no less. Having dealt with a number of CAs in the past, and having heard some horror […]

More →

New Distribution Groups do not receive internet email by default

New Exchange Server 2007 Distribution Groups created using the Exchange shell or console do not receive internet mail (i.e. mail from unauthenticated senders) by default. Thanks to Exchange MVP Devin Ganger for pointing this out. Figure 1: By default, new Distribution Groups created in Exchange Server 2007 are configured to receive mail only from authenticated […]

More →

SP1 fixes setup failure issue with Windows 2000 domains

Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 fixes setup related issues where setup fails when you do not have any Windows Server 2003 SP1 Domain Controllers in other Domains in the Forest (i.e. one or more domains have only Windows 2000 DCs/GCs), or one or more domains are unreachable during setup. More on the team blog: […]

More →

FireFox 2.0.0.6: Mozilla fixes the IE security hole that wasn’t

You’ve probably heard about the FireFox patch that fixed a vulnerability caused by IE? Here’s more. July 10: Mozilla’s head of Security Strategy Window Snyder writes: “Today security firm Secunia released an advisory on a security issue found (apparently) simultaneously and independently by Greg MacManus and Billy Rios based on a previously reported issue in […]

More →

Web Developer: A must-have FireFox extension for web developers

If you have anything to do with CSS/XHTML and web design, Chris Pederick’s Web Developer extension for FireFox is a must have! It lets you do a whole bunch of things directly within FireFox, including: – Display CSS stylesheets used by a web page– Edit the CSS sytlesheets directly and see the web page change […]

More →

Apple’s security woes: Has less than 7 days to fix iPhone vulnerability

The company that designs its products “to be secure from day 1” is facing some security headaches of its own. First, the vulnerabilities in its beta release of Safari browser for Windows, ironically discovered on “day 1”, within hours of Apple Wizard-In-Chief Steve Jobs announcing it with much fanfare (read previous post “Safari, Meet Windows: […]

More →