Tag: Windows
All the articles with the tag "Windows".
Hardening Windows
Updated:When it comes to Microsoft Windows straight out of the box it's full of security weaknesses. These are a number of ways to harden it so that your vulnerabi
Java Certificates
Updated:Certificates are the bane of my existence! After applying some updated certificates to Windows servers some of the systems are now failing to connect to da
Java SSL/TLS Ciphers
Updated:You can specify what cipher suites Java uses by editing the file: %JAVA_HOME%\lib\security\java.security This file must also be used by the Java applicatio
VMware Horizon logjam
Updated:Response to CVE-2015-4000 (a.k.a., Logjam) for Horizon View and Horizon 6 products (2121183) https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?languag
IIS HTTP to HTTPS
Updated:In the process of deploying an IIS web server we'd like to ensure that browsers that visit the http unencrypted page, get redirected to the https encrypted
SSL/TLS as a Server Admin
Updated:I don't trust you just because we can encrypt data together. I need to trust you based on a 3rd party we both trust telling me that you are who you say you are.
Diving Deeper into Windows SSL
This response to a question raised some interest and I found it very interesting. I then went to investigate the keys and values on my own machine. This ca
MySQL Enterprise
Updated:Today’s a MySQL day. After the shocker that is Microsoft Licensing I decided to seriously look at what MySQL has to offer the enterprise. I read their white paper and thought somethings sounds too good to be true. So I spent half an hour on the phone with someone in their enterprise team.
Updating ADFS Certificates
This wasn't as easy as I thought it was going to be. I expected just to import the new certificate into the mmc certificate snap in and then set ADFS to use it in the ADFS Management console by choosing "Set Service Communication Certificate...". Why would it need to be more difficult than that?
Horizon SSL/TLS Ciphers
Updated:After running an SSL scan on our external facing Horizon Security Server, using Qualys' SSLTest and receiving an A- rating, I wanted to fix that by getting