by wwarren | Aug 3, 2010 | Apple, Security, Security Alerts
It’s either that or incompetence. At this point I’m not sure which it is. How To Prevent iOS From Automatically Loading PDFs [Vulnerability].
by wwarren | Jul 31, 2010 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Server 2008, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Normally I advocate caution in major patches. This hole however is so important that i am going to immediately patch and then workaround any issues this is going to cause. Again on mOnday htis patch gets released. PATCH IMMEDIATLY!!! Read the previous advisories I...
by wwarren | Jul 29, 2010 | Microsoft, Server 2008, Windows
I had my server setup as best as i could. I had a RAID 1 mirror on both of my drives. Not only that I had shadow copies being made on the array. Finally I had everything being backed up to an external hard drive. Last night my server started acting funny. Putting...
by wwarren | Jul 29, 2010 | Cloud Computing, Open Source
After some internal testing and research i can honestly say that virtualization may not be the best solution except for larger deployments. For the same money(or less) than either upgrading one server to be able to host multiple vm’s or the purchase of a new...
by wwarren | Jul 28, 2010 | Linux, Microsoft, Windows
This is the primary reason Unix folks remove the computer, make an image for forensics, and then rebuild from a known good source. Windows folks have yet to figure this one out. I take the same philosophy towards malware that Unix admins do..nuke the...