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Security
How to Increase Home Network Security
Let’s face it, these days, our digital security is under attack just about anywhere we are and access our data. However, we may not think about security when we are at home. After all, home is our private place, our…
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SQL
SQL 2014 Setup there was an error generating XML document
A couple of days ago, a fellow colleague was setting up a VM with SQL and then Microsoft Dynamics or that was the plan. The VM was relatively clean with only Windows updates installed, AV, and a couple of small…
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Security
How to connect Shrew Soft VPN client to Sophos IPsec VPN
So far I have really been impressed with the features and power of the Sophos UTM appliance. I have ran it both in a software based applianced running on a whitebox atom powered machine and also in a VMware virtual…
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Security
Sophos UTM vs Untangle
UTM or Unified Threat Management devices are becoming more and more popular as businesses and corporations have realized in the past couple of years that a simple tradition firewall of allows and denies is not adequate any longer. Hackers and…
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Security
Google 2 Step Verification Setup with Duo
Two step verification is quickly becoming the preferred means of authentication especially for the security minded out there who want that extra layer of security protecting their personal accounts or other information. Two step verification in general makes the end…
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Networking
Keep from switching IPs back and forth
If you are a system administrator or someone who spends time configuring routers or other network devices, you may have the need to place your laptop or workstation on the same network as the network device you are configuring. Most…
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Virtualization
Installing and configuring VMware Operations Manager 5.5
vCenter Operations Manager allows admins to monitor and manage the health, performance, and capacity planning of their current vSphere infrastructure environment. It provides a really nice graphical interface to help visualize possible heat maps of issues in your vSphere infrastructure…
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Windows
Setup iSCSI Napp-it Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster
In playing around recently in my home VMware lab, I set about created a Windows Server 2012 R2 cluster with iSCSI storage. I have used many products over the years as opensource NAS appliances such as OpenFiler and others out…
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Web
Nginx configuration, security, and other information
Nginx is rapidly gaining popularity in the WebHosting world, especially since performance, speed, and scaling are becoming ever more important. Nginx is capable of handling a large amount of concurrent connections with a fair amount of ease. It is used…
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Cool Stuff
Hacker Typer – code like a hacker
If you are ever needlessly bored or you have the desire to become a super hacker able to blast out lines of code in an instant and impress your friends or visitors, HackerTyper.net is your friend! I cranked out the…
