Network Maintenance
DNS Server Critical Design Flaw Leaves DNS Servers Open to Attack
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Dan Kaminsky, director of penetration testing for security firm IOActive, found a critical flaw in Domain Name Servers while doing non-security research over 6 months ago. Most corporate DNS servers have already been patched, but this just shows how a new design implementation needs to be enacted to prevent things like this from happpening.
The [...]
Default Passwords for Almost any Router
Friday, July 13th, 2007I’ve been bouncing around the net and stumbled upon this gem. A single web page that has passwords for hundreds of different router models ranging from 3COM to Apple to Linksys to Cisco.
This will come in handy say, you need to reset your router and reconfigure it. Beware! though. This can be just [...]
Windows Automatic Update, A Must! - Walkthrough
Sunday, July 8th, 2007There are a lot of tech people out there that do not like to have Windows Automatic Updates running because it takes up resources. Honestly, I think everyone should. It’s the most basic of security features you can have, AND because windows is targeted so often, why would you take the risk of [...]
Turning on Windows Firewall - walkthrough
Sunday, July 8th, 2007OK here is how to turn on windows firewall.
First, click on the Start button on the taskbar. Then, navigate to the Control Panel
Next, click on the Windows Firewall Icon.
Now, just select the button and your good to go!
If you want to know how to turn on Windows Update, click here.