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  Introduction with a new VPS there are a few configuration steps needed as part of the initial setup. These steps will increase the security and usability of your server, and will give you a solid foundation for subsequent actions.  much of this is stole...

  "im a quarter indian" "okay Dad"  Even as a kid i knew this was a silly thing to claim. Indians lived outside. ate raw meat and painted their faces. Dad never did any of that. But he was very brown, always tan. Went barefoot everywhere and danced hopping ...

Service accounts should not be logging in interactively. You help desk genius should not be using a service account to log into desktops and servers with domain admin or any other permissions. Service accounts are for SERVICES.  Limit the damage of service ac...

Updated TLS cert on an ASA used for anyconnect and assigned it to interfaces- but users are presented with angry red "insecure site" warning on expiration day.  Thats because ASA is a salty bitch and keeps using the old cert for IKEv2 To correct the issue#no...

swapped a cert but messages still stuck in the queue? probably your send connector is being a bitch and holding onto the old cert.  $cert = Get-ExchangeCertificate -Thumbprint XXXXXX $tlscertificatename = "<i>$($cert...

Swapping certs is a bitch. dont forget to set the TLS cert for the server in addition to the service certificate. this isnt visible in the mmc. Change the certificate for SSL and Service-Communications using the following commands: Set-AdfsSslCertificate –Th...

User complains not receiving email sent to DL they are member of.  Where is DL? On prem exchange. makes note to move all the stupid DLs to 365. User is member of list. where is user mailbox? somebody elses computer.  add self to list; emails received.  che...

by default, the wordpress install instructions for debian/ubuntu lead you to hell. nginx, php, run under www-data and own all the files. FUCK thats not right. fix it or youll be spamming the world in no time. Step one: own your shit. in the wordpress root, (...

Sometimes PHP is a pain. no, kinda always a pain.when you update PHP on your server and everything falls over, theme breaks, etc, you can roll back the php-fpm socket temporarily by editing the sites-available conf in nginx. Apache2 is a little different. sudo...

One of the great dreams of the early internet, once it began to creep into regular peoples homes, was that everyone could stand up their own server and host whatever services they wanted.  Website? sure. Fileshare? yep. Email? absofuckinlutely.  Now, it was ...

OT Security in Public Utilities About Me: Currently titled IT Manager. how did i get here? started out in a kitchen. this is a great place to learn composure, stress management, incident response, planning, and so many other skills.  Accidented into Wate...

they say journaling is good for you. maybe, i dunno.

I'm Nolan I do computer stuff for work. Well, not anymore, really. I stand between some people who do computer stuff and the rest of the world. Its not a bad gig; I get to help them be better, and teach them stuff. We make sure the sewage continues its journe...