Microsoft offers a tool to check the Windows machines you administer from common security oversights and holes. You can run a quick scan on your machine, a specific remote machine, an IP range, or even a domain to find out how your machines add up. The results that you get from running this scan can tell you the general health of your machine and how it's behaving in … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2008
Make a .msi from Firefox 3 setup.exe for Enterprise Deployment
A popular and convenient way of deploying software is to use Microsoft's Group Policy to assign packages (.msi files). I posted the various products I had found earlier with the post Making Setup.exe into Setup.msi. Mozilla does not offer a .MSI file for easy deployment and management. It seems to me that this would be a great direction for Mozilla to push for as it would make … [Read more...]
Use Remote Desktop to Control a Current Session
This is for Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003. If you want to use Remote Desktop to control a session already logged in at the console (physically at and logged into the machine) instead of starting a new session (Windows Server 2003 default) or kicking off the current user (Windows XP default), use the following commands to achieve this. Problem: I am logged … [Read more...]
Block a country from your server, period.
If you're running a server and would like to prevent a particular country, that's right a country, from accessing the server, visit this site for help configuring your .htaccess file. You might find that you're getting a lot of spam or malicious traffic from a spam-heavy country and find it easier to block the entire nation than fighting to keep up with the never-ending … [Read more...]
AuditMyPC.com – Firewall, Privacy, and Popup Test Your Setup
AuditMyPC provides a free service with their website to: Test your firewall for open ports Show you the information your browser is transmitting Put your browser/popup blocking software to the test with all types of popups All TCP and UDP ports, just a range of ports, or a specific port can be tested to see if they are open and visible to the world with the firewall … [Read more...]