Connecting to a Microsoft VPN with Linux
If you have the need to create MS VPN tunnels from your Linux box, then this link may be interesting to you; http://www.ghacks.net/2010/03/02/connecting-to-a-microsoft-vpn-with-linux/
Entries by Mike
Yubikey now with AD integration
I got a newsletter some time ago informing me that www.Yubico.com (or rather one of it’s partners) had added AD integration to the Yubikey, this should allow you to use the Yubikey to login to windows something that could be quite interesting.. Read more here; http://www.yubico.com/news/100204/ ps. I also seem to recall stumbling across some PAM […]
Microsoft App Virtualization – the fun never ends
So as described earlier I was messing with Softgrid (now Microsoft Application Virtualization) and had some issues getting it to work, so I decided to move to the latest version (thus the name change), we was using 4.2 and the latest version is 4.5. Anyhow, I upgraded the sequencer and everything seemed fine, I started […]
Softgrid tool and guide
So I had to brush a bit up on my Softgrid knowledge for a package build and I came across a few things I’d like to share; A super guide to Softgrid building by one of the Guru’s on the field (Chris Lord). http://myitforum.com/cs2/files/folders/120058/download.aspx A neat util to explore Softgrid packages without installing the sequencer. […]
Kingston 128gb flash drive (Fake?)
So I stumbled across a Kingston Data Traveller 128gb USB flash drive for US$ 27,- on Ebay.co.uk – now with a retail price of US$ 527,- this is beyond totally cheap.. Sadly it is likely a fake drive, but hey with the PayPal buyers protection program (and a price as low as this) I’m not that […]
Keyboard confusion
Have you ever had to support users with a different national keyboard than yours? If so you may have noticed that national keyboards can vary quite a lot!? Anyway, here is a few links to graphical depictions of national keyboards, then you at least stand a fighting chance 🙂 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc195104.aspx
OpenDNS newsletter – granular control of blocked sites
I just read a news letter from OpenDNS in which they state that they are now offering a paid solution where you get granular control of blocked sites. Basically this mean that you can allow yourself (or equally important persons 😉 to bypass all the site blocking your site otherwize uses.. That seem quite clever.. […]
Free mini IDS – DecaffeinatID: a security util
Ever heard about ARP spoofing or man in the middle attacks? If not then this may not be for you, but if on the other hand “Yes” then here is a tool for you.. Our pal Irongeek has released this nifty small util “DecaffeinatID:” that will sit in your tray until it detects something nasty […]
Online Backup – followup
I just heard one of my favorite podcasts this morning, in this they talked about Carbonite and how they have actually changed their crypto policy lately. Before you had to rely on their crypto keys, which meant that although all your data was encrypted both during transport and storage it could basically be decrypted by […]
Get notified when a service fails
If you are a sysadmin, then you know the problem with services of vital equipment that keep failing every now and again!? So what do you do? Wait for the users to start calling, buy an expensive monitoring solution or just do some simple scripting? Well I’ll just give you a quick brief on how to […]