To reduce to surface vulnerable to malicious attack. This is accomplished by removing, disabling unused services and/or increasing the encryption level of communication protocol. Microsoft has provided three types of templates: Compatible, Secure and Highly Secure.
Holiday 2007
This year we checked out Swissotel Stamford. The room has a king-size bed and threw in a cot, lots of space for the kids.
Patching ISA 2004
Ever tried patching an ISA server? Not as easy as other application servers. Recently I had an interesting experience on patching an ISA 2004 server. So I am documenting this down for everyone and myself.
Train rides
Usually, I do not do social commentary, but it has been really nagging me.
Palm Vx digitizer went nuts
I have lost control of the lower half of the screen. Looks like I need to do a hardware reset to get it to calibrate. Then add in the Hackmaster plugins to have full control. Looks like time for a…
The Brave One
Moving backup to disk folders for Backup Exec 11d
I had a situation that required me to change the IP address of the NAS for the Backup to disk folders. Now the location of the folders cannot be changed in the properties. Symantec recommends to create a new location…
Cloning the HP way part deux
Using HP’s Server Migration Pack to do migration requires three servers. The source, destination and the application server. If there is a firewall in between any of these servers, you will need to open some ports. Windows Firewall is automatically…
Meet Shorty
Shorty, the smaller brother of HP c7000 Blade enclosure is now available. The new c3000 is targetted towards SMB. It is a very compact enclosure, with only eight half-height slots compared to the C7000 16 slots. To achieve this size,…
Project Management
Once upon a time, an architect friend of mine commented what is so special IT project management. You have the lead time and allotted time for the task. Plan and execute. Unlike construction project management, we don’t have to contend…