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Many a times you might cross organizations that implement internal DNS for name resolution. This is especially true for those running Microsoft Active Directory, where DNS plays an integral part in it’s directory services lookup. Problems can happen when especially the domain names for both … “Split-brain DNS”
Read MoreA customer from Cambodia (shout out to Whaddanak of CBL) once asked ways in which one can publish a front end Exchange server securely in a DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone). The obvious answer is DEFINITELY YES. Since Exchange 5.5, OWA could easily be isolated from the … “ISA Server 2006 VS Exchange Outlook Web Access”
Read MoreA shout out to my friend Velan Ramalinggam, thanks for your help today 🙂 We just got back from a customer’s site and they had a complain that after enabling ISA server proxy forwarding option through routing, the ISA server became a crawl. Although direct, … “DNS and ISA Server”
Read MoreI start with a disclaimer: I do not advocate piracy nor support it. Whatever you learn from this and how you apply it to your benefit/misfit is completely beyond the purpose of this article. Be responsible for your actions or inactions 😛 OK. Sigh of … “Download MP3s via Google Search”
Read MoreA MERDEKA SHOUT OUT TO ALL MALAYSIAN! LONG LIVE MALAYSIA When purchasing a firewall long time ago, there weren’t many things to consider as it was really the lame ole’ packet and stateful filtering the few vendors boast about. Fine, that was then but these … “Firewall Considerations”
Read MoreHi there, bet most of you are wondering why’s your mom (who’s perhaps computer illiterate btw) sends an e-greeting for an occasion that has nothing to do with you (e.g. Indonesia’s national day, today!). Well, the answer is simple, they’re just SCAMS!. Recently, i’ve received … “PDF and ECard Spam”
Read MoreWhen you connect to, umph, say, Starbucks’s wireless networks and similar, you connect without even providing a username or password (some of these applies to web based authentication) think about these; 1. It’s open, therefore there’s NO encryption, everyone (can) see your traffic 2. Others … “Top 5 reasons why you shouldn’t connect to an open wireless (WiFi specifically) connection”
Read MoreIts really frustrating sometimes that these communities like expert-exchange, event-id charge for a community response. I think it should be free! Anyway, i found a nasty way to access some of these information for free. How to?Firstly, you would probably do a search engine for … “Accessing paid tech knowledgebase (for free!!!)”
Read MoreI am a big fan of checklists, besides “reminding” us of steps to do or take, it creates a kind of standardization for work being done. Pilots use checklists even they have thousands of flying hours and are highly experienced. Why? We are only human, … “Running checklists”
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