Archive for 2022

Update Stand-alone VmWare ESXi

12th April 2022

Step1:download patch, Ignore patches < 1 month old, patches are cumulativehttps://customerconnect.vmware.com/patchESXi (not ESX), enter the major build and click searchbeside the patch name click View Detailssearch for “Image Profile Name”record…

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Active Directory Clear AdminCount

1st April 2022

PingCastle or another Domain health/security tool may tell you that an account isn’t administrator but it has the adminCount set to a number larger than 0. here is how to…

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Exchange Onsite Removal

I encountered this while running PingCastle and cleaning up domain Company had Exchange Onsite then moved to Exchange365 PingCastle reports vulnerable schema class msExchStorageGroup/PossSuperiorComputer logon with a user that is…

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Finding Domain Kerberos Delegations

31st March 2022

nice powershell script here https://blog.netwrix.com/2021/11/30/what-is-kerberos-delegation-an-overview-of-kerberos-delegation/

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HowTo Test a Mail server BEFORE going live

25th March 2022

Use the Wormly website to test email deliver either before going live with at new mail service or if there are problems. https://www.wormly.com/test-smtp-server (previously free, now subscription reqd :/ )…

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HP Printer prints every other page garbled

The default printer driver for HP M402 and maybe others come by default set to double sided printing, even if the printer is single sided only. UNCHECK double sided and…

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The Problem with Security

21st March 2022

If you do security well nobody notices. If you do security badly the world explodes.

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Firefox HSTS blocking local servers

Disable HSTS thusly https://campus.barracuda.com/product/ContentShield/doc/73699516/how-to-clear-the-hsts-cache-or-disable-hsts-for-firefox/

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Adventures in Home Assistant

19th March 2022

How to setup Wifi here https://pimylifeup.com/home-assistant-raspberry-pi/ Why Home Assistant and not some cloud service? You have no control over cloud services. They could shutdown and your investment is lost. or…

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MTU Testing

18th March 2022

Background: When packets get transported they are cut into manageable chunks because routers & switches only have a limited amount of RAM. Normally each chunk is 1500 bytes BUT when…

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