Checklist for designing Active Directory

Well, i walked the web for a while now and finally i had to make a checklist myself of designing Active Directory. I hope this super simple guide helps presales, consultants and other enthusiasts out there.. 10 Hot-checklist for Implementing/Designing Active Directory:NOTE: Please know AD … “Checklist for designing Active Directory”

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Vista updates

Yesterday (Apr 10, 2007), Microsoft released 4 to 5 updates for Vista. I downloaded and patched the CSRSS manually and got 4 updates on WindowsUpdate program. Also, there’s a couple of high criticality vulnerabilities on Windows and anyone running Windows should immediately run Windows update. … “Vista updates”

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Active Directory Bulk Editing GUI

What do you want to bulk modify today? Tired of writing VB scripts to modify Active Directory object attributes (users, groups, etc) then try out Microsoft Exchange team’s ADModify.net. This is a cool tool do perform bulk modification of attributes of Active Directory and / … “Active Directory Bulk Editing GUI”

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Psychic Whois

I found this tool website called Psychic Whois (http://www.psychicwhois.com/). It has a cool way of looking for WHOIS domain information in an autocomplete method. If you’re a researcher or enthusiasts you could use the site for finding domain names quick and easy. Like the google … “Psychic Whois”

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Which Active Directory Schema?

Now that Microsoft released Windows 2003 R2, some customer have been facing issues making their R2 box a domain controller. This is simply because R2 requires an upgrade of the schema of Active Directory to a higher one from Windows 2003. So, if you intend … “Which Active Directory Schema?”

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iPod virus?

Kaspersky recently detected a potential program/virus dubbed Podloso that could be used and infect a linux based iPod’s executables with the extension .elf. Right now, i guess there’s no “real” virus *yet* that could spread automatically and do bad stuff to your cute-lil-ipod. The best … “iPod virus?”

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ANI has been patched, but bugs are known and workarounds are available

If you patched your system with the ANI patch from Microsoft, it may break certain drivers such as the Networking & Audio ones from Realtek. If you have this particular problem checkout this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935448 (I guess if your network adapter is down, chances are … “ANI has been patched, but bugs are known and workarounds are available”

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Microsoft releases patches for several GDI vulnerabilities including the new ANI vulnerability

This update is outside Microsoft’s standard security update cycle thus clearly sends a message of the seriousness of these issues. Customer using Windows should do Windows Update and/or read this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-017.mspx where you can find more information about the patches available. This KB article … “Microsoft releases patches for several GDI vulnerabilities including the new ANI vulnerability”

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eEye Releases Temporary Patch for Windows .ANI Exploit

Microsoft hasn’t released the patch, yet. So, if you are concerned about this exploitation, there’s a temporary patch available from eEYE which can fix the issue until Microsoft releases an official patch. Please test these files before using in production environment. Thie eEye patch should … “eEye Releases Temporary Patch for Windows .ANI Exploit”

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