In the past year, most customers are not fired up about one proven security measure I grew to appreciate in my Unix days: user versus root accounts.
Entries from November 2005
XP User Accounts - Limited accounts are a hassle - why use them?
November 22nd, 2005 1:34 am · No Comments
Tags: Windows
Files downloaded from web server get cut off
November 8th, 2005 11:44 pm · No Comments
I recently had trouble after installing Panda Platinum Antivirus onmy webserver - any files that got downloaded were cut off at 128Kb.
Tags: Apache
Apache - htaccess password protected directories
November 5th, 2005 12:20 am · No Comments
#####Background
There are two files needed for to password protect directories in Apache - a .htaccess file and a password file.
This is a rudimentary solution - simple and effective security measure to password protect a portion(s) of a site.
This tutorial is written for windows users - however this method [...]
Tags: Apache
Panda Antivirus Control Panel -enable and settings keys greyed out
November 4th, 2005 6:20 pm · No Comments
Panda Antivirus Control Panel -enable and settings keys greyed out
I ran into this with a a customer - turned out the issue was remaining pieces of Norton Internet Security was killing the Panda config script iface.exe.
Solution: use rnav.exe at Microsoft’s site or find it at Symantec.com
After this, Panda should work - or else reboot [...]
Tags: Notes
Internet Explorer cannot access the internet
November 4th, 2005 6:19 pm · No Comments
First see if your internet connection is up - can you use windows update or Mozilla/Yahoo Chat/MSN Messenger to access anything on the net? Click on the “refresh” key on your browser to ensure its not pulling up a cached page.
Tags: Windows