My certificates expired recently on my Exchange server and I had to set about renewing them. Not fun, more on that later. I was going to make a long how to on this but Microsoft has a wiki post on TechNet about this very subject with pictures and explanations. How to use a self signed […]
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It’s about that time again for a new firmware update on your Cyberoam devices and with firmware updates come configuration backups. I’m a big believer in automation, with backups. One of the methods I implemented with my Cyberoam was the automatic e-mail backup. I am not a fan of the FTP backup as it sends […]
This is a pretty useful piece of information that will make your network troubleshooting go quicker. I find it kind of hard to remember as it breaks with convention. You can’t use CTRL+Break, or any other normal ways to break a trace, ping or whatever in windows (CTRL+Z, CTRL+ESC, CTRL+C). How to Break a Trace […]
This is a hard problem to classify as I don’t have the exact error message that Outlook gives for this. The basic problem is that when you open an attachment it puts it into a “Secure Temporary Folder”. If an attachment has the same name as another file that has already been downloaded to that […]
If you need a super easy VPN that can be used without buying a software client like Cisco VPN Client, then L2TP is definitely the way to go. Windows 7, Vista and XP all have a built-in VPN client that can hook up to it. It’s a really good alternative to traditional IPSEC especially for […]