Tweet When it comes to network security there are several things one must address. Patch management will take care of any vulnerability that the vendor is aware of and has issued a patch for, but it will do nothing for vulnerabilities for which a patch is still in development or the vendor chose not to [Continue]
Tweet PHP is an opensource server side scripting language and it is a widely used. The Apache web server provides access to files and content over HTTP OR HTTPS protocol. A misconfigured server side scripting language can create all sorts of problems. So, PHP should be used carefully. Here are twenty five php security best practices [Continue]
Tweet In order to install the SVN Server you need the SVN Server and Apache Server (to access the repository over http and https). Following are the steps to install the SVN Server and Apache Server. yum install subversion (this command will download and install the SVN Server) yum install mod_dav_svn (it will install the [Continue]
Tweet EXEC sp_dboption N’mydb’, N’offline’, N’true’ OR ALTER DATABASE SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK AFTER 30 SECONDS OR ALTER DATABASE SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE Using the alter database statement (SQL Server 2k and beyond) is the preferred method. The rollback after statement will force [Continue]
Tweet This article describes the process of downloading and installing the Funambol SyncML plugin for the PocketPC. This will allow the synchronization of calendars, contacts, tasks and notes between a SmarterMail user account and the PocketPC. NOTE: SmarterMail does not support Corporate Calendar because it is a special app and does not follow [Continue]
Tweet SmarterMail uses multiple data synchronization technologies to sync mailbox data with email clients and mobile devices. Before users can sync using SyncML, the system administrator must enable synchronization using SyncML for the domain. NOTE: SmarterMail does not support Corporate Calendar because it is a special app and does not follow AS [Continue]
Tweet Oracle has released a first beta for version 4.0.0 of the open source VirtualBox desktop virtualisation application for x86 hardware. According to Oracle’s Frank Mehnert, the preview of the next major update to VirtualBox is considered to be a “bleeding-edge release meant for early evaluation and testing purposes”. [Continue]
Tweet I love to read, I pretty much read everything I get my hands on, including my morning cereal box. I have books on my iPod Touch, my iPad, my laptop and my phone, believe it or not, I think I’d still also enjoy having an eReader. I know I’m probably not the norm, but [Continue]
Tweet The FreeNAS developers have announced the availability of the first beta for version 8.0 of FreeNAS, a FreeBSD based network attached storage (NAS) Unix like server operating system. According to iXsystems FreeBSD Development Director Warner Losh, “the new FreeNAS makes it easier to upgrade, back up, or restore, with the system [Continue]
Tweet The new kernel version is notable because it hasn’t grown in size – yet it contains hundreds of advancements which will be obvious to end users, who don’t often notice changes in their Linux distribution’s kernel. After 80 days of development Linus Torvalds has released Linux version 2.6.36. It got the name [Continue]
Tweet Internet Information Services 7 (IIS7) doesn’t use metabase-like file from IIS6. Instead the settings and configuration are stored in schema files and applicationHost.config files. Since the configuration files are different, the old IIS6 tools will not be able to backup IIS7 settings. This is the new script that you can use to backup [Continue]
Mozilla has just announced Firefox 4 beta is now available for Android and Maemo. Saying, “A major focus of this release is to increase performance and responsiveness,” Mozilla says on its blog that Firefox 4 beta for mobile is, “built on the same technology platform as Firefox for the desktop,” but optimized for the mobile [Continue]
