If you are running a vanilla install of Debian 8, you may know that the Linux Kernel version is 3.16 out of the box. While this kernel is certainly not old, if you are running on a newer laptop or netbook, you may want to go with a newer Kernel to support your hardware. In… Read More
If you are using Hyper-V and running a Debian 8 guest, you may not be aware that Microsoft provides Linux Integration Services (LIS), which are basically Microsoft’s version of VMware Tools. In this article we will detail how to enable LIS on our Debian 8.2 virtual machine. The first step is to edit the “modules”… Read More
Kali Linux is preinstalled with over 600 penetration-testing programs, including nmap (a port scanner), Wireshark (a packet analyzer), John the Ripper (a password cracker), Aircrack-ng (a software suite for penetration-testing wireless LANs), Burp suite and OWASP ZAP (both web application security scanners). Kali Linux can run natively when installed on a computer’s hard disk, can… Read More
If you would like to use the latest version of Subversion and prefer using the package manager like me, the following steps below will enable you to install Subversion 1.9 from the WanDisco repositories. At the time of writing, the latest version in the WanDisco repo is 1.9.1.
If you would like to install PHP 5.6 and prefer using the package manager like me, the following steps below will enable you to install PHP 5.6 from the Dot Deb repositories.
As recently reported on Ars Technica, Extreme Tech and Ghacks, Microsoft is at it again. Windows’ network activity continues to be scrutinized amid privacy concerns. Windows 10 was first put under the microscope with both new and old features causing concern. With its Cortana digital personal assistant, Windows 10 represents a new breed of operating… Read More
After you install Update Roll-ups on Exchange 2010, it is common to get a blank white page when browsing to your Outlook Web Access page after the update. If you navigate to your Outlook Web Access and the address is redirected to https://mail.yourdomain.com/owa/auth/logon.aspx?url=https://mail.yourdomain.com/owa/&reason=0, this is a strong indication that this is your issue. This issue… Read More
Recently when logging into the StartCom control panel using FireFox I received the error pictured below. After some quick Googling, I was able to find a StartCom forum post from other users reporting the same issue. The following steps fixed the issue up for me. The fix for the error above is below. Please see picture… Read More
Recently while trying to login to Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA), using the most recent Mozilla Firefox, I got the error pictured below. Initially I thought maybe the server process was hung so I restarted the service. That did not work so the next step was to try another browser. So I fired up Internet… Read More
Cyberduck is an open source client for FTP and SFTP, WebDAV, OpenStack Swift, and Amazon S3, available for Mac OS X and Windows (as of version 4.0) licensed under the GPL. Cyberduck is written in Java and C# using the Cocoa user interface framework on OS X and Windows Forms on Windows. It supports FTP/TLS… Read More