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Networking
Untangle 10 slow to apply network changes
I wanted to put this question out to you fellow admins out in the field who have experience with using both Untangle 9 and the new Untangle version 10. Do you find Untangle 10 slow to apply network changes? In…
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Security
How to find and block abusive BYOD devices on your network
With the ever growing popularity of smartphones and tablets and the availability and affordability of these devices, more and more people are bringing them to work. Especially in smaller to mid sized businesses, bandwidth is still a premium that most…
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Web
How to properly setup nginx local authentication
If you have a website running on nginx and you want to make sure the content is not viewable by anyone that isn’t authenticated, the easiest way to set this up is to setup local authentication. Let us take a…
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Exchange
Moving Exchange 2010 mailboxes from child domain to parent domain
Recently, working on a project that involved moving exchange 2010 mailboxes from child domain to parent domain, I wanted to document the process involved. This process was actually twofold as it involved upgrading a client’s email from Exchange 2003 to…
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MySQL
How to troubleshoot MySQL connectivity issues
So you have setup a wordpress or drupal site and you need to access MySQL to be able to work on your database. However, you can’t seem to connect to MySQL as you expect. Each time you try to connect…
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Linux
Linux redirected output not showing in file
Recently, when working with Nginx, I wanted to export out the details of my Nginx build so I could see all modules the webserver was compiled with. However, each time I tried to redirect the output of the nginx -V command, the…
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Web
How to add Apple icons in Genesis wordpress child theme
A really cool thing to do for your end user is add Apple icons in Genesis wordpress child theme so that if they choose to add your site to their home screen using the “add to home screen” option in Safari, their…
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Web
Google page speed module nginx delete cache
Google page speed module nginx is a great way to speed up your website speed and handle more requests. There are tons of caching plugins out there especially for wordpress and other popular CMS systems, however, Google’s pagespeed functions at…
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Windows
Windows Server Backup not running backup job
Windows Server backup is a great out of the box utility in Windows Server 2008 R2 and higher versions for performing good backups if you don’t have the budget for a more advanced and feature rich backup utility for your…
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Group Policy
Software restriction policy path rule still blocking allowed programs
Software restriction policies are a great way to restrict certain program activity in your Windows domain. They can be tremendously helpful in containing a malware outbreak or preventing them altogether, especially as we have seen with the recent Cryptolocker malware.…
