Author: Doug N
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Perfect Forward Security and SSL Encryption
Michael Horowitz wrote a great article at Computer World entitled Perfect Forward Secrecy can block the NSA from secure web pages, but no one uses it. The tl;dr – encrypted HTTPS communications can be saved by Big Brother, and if the private key is broken at some time in the future, the saved communications can […]
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The NSA Spying Fiasco and Your Network
The NSA and their PRISM program got a black eye this week, and rightly so. America is supposed to be the land of the free. We’re supposed to speak out against surveillance states, not become one. It’s a disappointing day. Made in the U.S.A. To make things worse, “Made in America” could become a liability […]
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20 Windows Tools SysAdmins Should Know, #11-20
…Cont’d from 20 Windows Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know, #1-10 11. RegEdit – configure all the things! Anyone that’s been in IT for long surely must have peaked at their registry. This is where most of the configuration data for most apps and most of the operating system still lives, even in 2013. One handy […]
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20 Top Windows SysAdmin Tools You Should Know
With a nod to Vivek Gite and his popular 20 Linux System Monitoring Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know article, we present “20 Top Windows SysAdmin Tools You Should Know”. Many of the programs listed below are included with Windows and provide all kinds of information about what is happening on the computer. Some you’ve probably […]